news channel from moscow these are our top stories tonight for you russia's top diplomat slams u.s. threats that moscow will pay the price for the syrian on rest and accuses foreign powers of blackmail of a u.n. action against a basket. a new wave of mass social unrest sweeps israel after a man says himself on fire to protest the prime minister's policies he claims are robbing the people. and a five day hearing starts in the case of alleged whistle blowing soldiers bradley manning his lawyers accuse prosecutors of treating him worse than a convicted terrorist. next drafting a plan for struggling countries on how to quit the euro was a leading british business chief tells r t why he thinks they should go. today i'm talking to lord simon wolfson who is a multi-millionaire and chief executive of the next fashion chain he's also just sponsored a prize for the person who comes up with a nice disruptive way for a country to exit the euro is a lot simon wilson thanks for talking to us today now why did you decide to sponsor this prize i suppose the prize because there was an enormous intel

from moscow it's kevin owen here with the top stories for you russia's top diplomat is u.s. threats the moscow will pay the price for the syrian press accuses foreign powers of blackmail of a u.n. action against. a new wave of my social unrest sweeps israel after a man sets himself on fire to protest the prime minister's policies he claims are robbing the people. of the. pelosi confirmed russia's head coach. drafting a plan for struggling countries on how to quit the euro as the leading british business chief tells r t why he thinks they should. today i'm talking to lord simon wolfson who is a multi-millionaire and chief executive of the next fashion chain he's also just sponsored a prize for the person who comes up with the least disruptive way for a country to exit the euro is a lot so ivan watson thanks for talking to us today now why did you decide to sponsor this prize i sponsor the prize because there was an enormous intellectual vacuum nine months ago people were not talking about this the euro was designed with all lines of retreat cut off and it looks increasingly u

live from moscow our top stories russia's top diplomat slams us threats that moscow will pay the price for the syrian graft and accuses foreign powers of blackmail over you in action against them. a new wave of mass social unrest sweeping israel after a man sets himself on fire to protest the prime minister's policies he claims are dropping the people. and football's new man at the top x. england supreme ofat neil capello is confirmed as russia's head coach. next drafting a plan for struggling countries and how to quit the euro as the leading british business chief tells archie why he thinks they should go. today i'm talking to lord simon wolfson who is a multi-millionaire and chief executive of the next fashion chain he's also just sponsored a prize for the person who comes up with the least disruptive way for a country to exit the euro is a lot so ivan watson thanks for talking to us today now why did you decide to sponsor this prize i sponsor the prize because there was an enormous interactive vacuum nine months ago people were not talking about this the euro was designed with all l

moscow. to football where it's the opening weekend of the russian premier league season the opening game of the day on saturday. joining cross-town rivals looking at the top of the table the army man's clash with rough stuff reportedly watched by new national team manager fabio capello but the italian won't be able to pick the winning goal scorer for his squad i recall the international city didn't have the man there in ten minutes after the break to scout with plenty of chances to double their advantage after that the rough stuff would stand firm meaning one nil was how it ended in to. mention moscow kicked off the new season with a win on friday night so we had to do it because the home side is no playing in their first ever top flight clash group in the spring for a real punch in the sixty minutes look over with then head three without reply before half time three two the eventual final score from a christian national team boss. off to a winning start in russia i. now it just six days left

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moscow. now let's move to boxing way of italy. preparing for the defense of his w.b.c. world heavyweight title against manual charge in moscow this september char a syrian born german started his professional career in two thousand and five and since then has recorded twenty one wins without a loss to his name of italy has stepped into the ring forty six times as a pro winning forty four of those contests and despite the fact it's dr brother who boasts the rest of the heavyweight belts char believes he's up against the best on the planet. it'd be cool with a lot of what you tell it could score is the world champion the strongest blokes in the world is joined by then his brother vladimir but i'm not frightened only fear god i will work out a plan for the fight with my trainer and we'll see what happens on the day of this little bit and finally moving to the baseball diamond where a plethora of players are looking to increase their stock with the m l b try deadline now ten days away while it was a disappointing return to chicago for mom who was unable to leave the miami m

moscow. with this go to business no sure way to retreat is the new center business desk once again b.p. in the spotlight bringing some today well it's now is basically abandoned the idea of joining north stream the pipeline project which links russia with europe and gas from last week's at the british company was interested in extending the north stream pipeline to great britain but the russian shareholders of. this move should be done frew its russian joint venture and that's something b.p. does not want to do well consultancy one of head of the national energy security fund says the situation is indeed complicated. music greenman between b.p. and if they are going for strong is not bubbling is not transparent that is why we see a lot of discussions between two companies for example if i sink in that it's impossible to sell fifty percent then got to be. possible but b.p. is thinking that it is possible to sell fifty percent to other companies but not. the same story it is about this agreemen

at two thirty pm moscow time these are the top stories from archie russia's foreign minister claims foreign partners have tried to blackmail moscow saying that if it doesn't support un resolution allowing action against the u.n. observers mission it won't be prolonged sergei lavrov says u.n. monitors in syria are trying to establish peace should not be using used as a bargaining chip. and the american protest u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton on a violent person is given washington support for the new the alaska because it was president this thread strained u.s. relations with israel where it is concluding her nation regional war. and americans are losing trust in mainstream media polls show its popularity is at an all time low but citizens are stepping in building on line reporting new to the forefront. and next drafting a plan for struggling countries and how to create the euro as the leading british business chief tells r t why he thinks they should go. today i'm talking to lord simon wolfson who is a multi-millionaire and chief executive of the next fashion chain he's also just sp

see moscow region. meanwhile your guy renzo has tightened his grip on the moto g.p. standings the spanish rider cruising to victory at the italian grand prix to stretch his overall lead on the very first turnarounds overtrick compound danny petrosian who started from pole in the yamaha man never looked back after that to be into second result means the enzo now leads betrays it by nineteen points at the top of the oval standings reigning champion casey stoner is eighteen points further back this train had to settle for a lowly eight spot on the day after running off the track i'm here right and here's the video complete. i knew. it was going to be a very difficult race because danielle saw it would place but i try to hold a human the first. two and i knew that the struggle a little bit more with. the new tires but it wasn't i know they keep. very close. police are investigating an act of sabotage on stage fourteen of the tour de france it was won by spaniards on sanchez and britain's bradley wiggins keeps hold of the yellow jersey but thirty riders suffered punches o

so what you want to live from moscow these are the top stories moscow moves the mediation forward syrian opposition groups are in the capital and foreign minister sergei lavrov is due to meet representatives of the syrian national council later on tuesday they reportedly want to persuade brush to get behind foreign intervention and. the british m.p. admits politicians were useless in uncovering the truth behind the barclays scandal while the bank of england's deputy governor has denied claims he gave barclays hands to manipulate lending rates in two thousand and eight. and russian sand the basic necessities to their ravaged southern region of cross and are emergency workers and volunteers are trying to help those affected by flash floods. next we discuss russia's position on syria with the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament makes a push gulf. coast city think the events unfolding in syria are in line with the interested to syrian people. there's a civil war going on in syria and it's only the syrian political opposition that's benefiting from

moscow's boundaries are broadening out the city is officially more than doubled in size. of explains why and what it means for the people of the russian capital. it was always one of europe's largest cities and now moscow has gotten even bigger from the first of july a huge chunk of what had been the moscow region has now been absorbed into the city proper but why was this done and what differences will it make to the lives of those living in the new parts of the city the changes which were put forward last year by then president dmitri medvedev see two small cities and three municipal districts coming inside the city limits seeing moscow grow almost two and a half times covering an area roughly the size of a quarter of a million football pitches but the idea is that these new sites will take some of the strain of moscow's jump back city center their plans to make them attractive to foreign investment also some elements of russia's federal government will see their headquarters relocating to new buildings away from downtown there's even the possibility of building a new f

see moscow region. meanwhile you'll get a renzo has tightened his grip on the motel pay standings the spanish rider crazing to victory in grand prix to stretch his overall lead the runs i would compare dani pedrosa who started from pole on the first turn and they. never looked back after that to be into second in the result means the runs are now only to drive by nineteen points the top of the overall standings reigning champion casey stoner is eighteen points back history and had to settle for a lowly eighth spot on the day after running off the track here andrea. completed the podium i knew. it was going to be very difficult race because. it would be nice but i try to learn the human the first. two and i knew that. struggle a little bit more with. the new tires but it was and i. keep. very close. now officials are investigating an act of sabotage on stage fourteen of the tour de france it was won by spaniard luis sanchez and britain's bradley wiggins keeps the yellow jersey but thirty riders suffered

moscow. so that's all the sport for the moment got the weather. you know his secret laboratory made him a curve he was able to build which most sophisticated robots which are unfortunately he doesn't give a darn.

moscow. ok that's all from me for today goodbye. there hasn't been a thing good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact of. the full source material is worth hopes keep journalism honest we will. we want to present. something else. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

here going to spin off live in central moscow many thanks. now i still to come of the program here on british bank scandals a raging on with the added twist of drugs and terror the country's biggest bank h.s.b.c. accused of more enduring drug cartel money and helping saudi arabian organizations fund terrorists and those details coming your way just a couple of. the gloves are coming off in georgia we report on how the government tightens its grip on power oppressing the opposition but all of this ahead of parliamentary elections. the boss of a british security firm has admitted the company's reputation is in tatters after failing to provide enough staff to guard the olympics however he still wants to claim the fifty seven million pound management fee saying it's all part of the contract as artie's laura smith reports olympic security concerns are now extending far across the atlantic. as athletes and guests start to arrive here at heathrow airport for london's olympic games they'll be met by all the usual sites including loans that immigratio

moscow. now dimitri's next with the business news and in the spotlight today b.p. changing its mind about teaming up with gazprom that's right it's a base or given up the idea of joining gazprom in extending nord stream the russian gas pipeline to europe to great britain basically last week gazprom said that the british company was interested in joining this project but the russian shareholders in k b p and says that the move should be done through its russian investment vehicle now that's obviously something that b.p. does not want to do and consented siminoff the head of the national energy security fund explains the complexity of the situation. music remained between b. b. and they are going to close on these not bubbly is not transparent that is why we see a lot of discussions between two companies what example. that it's impossible to sell fifty percent then got to be other possible partner b.p. is thinking that it is possible to sell fifty percent to other company but not. the same story it is a vile disagreement. take a look at what's going on global markets

moscow joining cross-town rivals locking the t.v. off the top of the standings a little earlier on saturday the army men's clash were rushed off watch by new national team manager fabio capello but the italian won't be able to pick that winning goal scorer for his squad i say doing be a man having ten minutes after the break currently of play is the vulgate nizhny novgorod clash fifteen minutes in but no score is yet one while later he poised to line you will try to upset the odds at home to powerhouse spark tucked in moscow. well as mentioned local t.v. school kicked off the new season with a win on friday night a way to more do via the home saudis though playing in their first ever top flight plush hoop and their scoring through that man real punching sixteen minutes in look over with then hit three without reply before halftime three two with the eventual final score former christian national team ball sloven billets the us off to a winning start here in russia. thing with poor manchester united have refused to reveal how much the

moscow. across a lot of the business just natasha our equity markets extending last week's rally it looks like they are and fact at the moment what we're seeing in europe as that it is trading higher mainly thanks to the banking sector let's take a quick look at the actual figures and as you can see the footsie is now gaining three quarters of a percent mainly thanks to banks being higher as i said in london barclays is gaining on the news that as chairman the world presided over the benchmark interest rates scandal and although the good news coming from europe namely about the european union leaders agreeing on some measures to help the euro zone out of the current banking crisis certainly driving the stock market higher it's not helping the european currency as you can see it's losing value at the moment against the u.s. dollar the russian ruble is also shedding value against the dollar but is gaining against the european currency and now on to the russian stock market where as you can see

moscow. it's twenty two minutes past the hour i'll be back with the headlines after this short break. goal of. the speech. she gave. her. her wish gunk. being dumb is something good. we. just spent the money and come. out on our mind i'm a little. thanks. it's almost twenty six minutes past the hour and you're watching business here and let's move straight onto the equity markets asia first stand as you can see the asian indices are apparently still psyched about the european banks saving plan announced on friday the e.u. leaders agreed to let their rescue fund inject aid directly into the struggling banks that also create a single body or more i'm sure the eurozone banks basically will look at the much anticipated european banking union and that's the background now this hour of the japanese exports beat on improved sentiment towards europe the nikkei is modestly a beat gaining less than a quarter percent as you can see there after losing one and a half percent on friday the hand saying is c

moscow so that's all we've got time for for the moment into us. oh. well this is true science technology innovation all the least of melanin spun around russia we've got the future covered. nearly a billion people in the world are going hungry every day. in the united states even our trash cans are filled with food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just threw them all the way up and she was from the german oh you clearly like the upper five. in the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill a cake is made from and one dozen dumpster egg whites. and delicious breakfast for the family make some toast for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of.

here with the live from moscow our top story and russia's top diplomat slammed us that moscow will pay the price for syrian wrath and accuses foreign powers of blackmail over u.n. action against a math test. a new wave of mass social unrest sweeping israel after a man sets himself on fire to protest prime minister policies he claimed are dropping the people. and football's new man at the top x. england supreme. it's confirmed as russia's coach. max drafting a plan for struggling contraries and how to quit the euro as the leading british businessman chief tells r.t. why he thinks they should go. today i'm talking to lord simon wolfson who is a multi-millionaire and chief executive of the next fashion chain he's also just sponsored a prize for the person who comes up with a nice disruptive way for a country to exit the euro is a lot simon wilson thanks for talking to us today now why did you decide to sponsor this prize i was once the prize because there was an enormous intellectual vacuum nine months ago people were not talking about this the euro was designed with all lines of retreat

moscow. to football where it's the opening weekend of the russian premier league season the opening game of the day on saturday. joining cross-town rivals looking at the top of the table the army man's class rough stuff reportedly watched by new national team manager fabio capello but the italian will be able to pick the winning goal scorer for his squad i rico international see to do them on that in ten minutes after the break to scout with plenty of chances to double dared frontage after that rough stuff would stand firm meaning one nil that's how it ended in to. mention moscow kicked off the new season with a win on friday night so we had to do it because the home side is no playing in their first ever top flight clash group in the spring for a real punch in the sixty minutes to look over with then head three without reply before half time three to the eventual final score former creation national team boss the us off to a winning start in russia i. now it just six days left to go before t

live here in moscow russia and china have vetoed another western backed resolution of the un security council which threatened syria with new sanctions and could have paved the way for military intervention moscow says the drive against assad is ultimately aimed at taking down iran. israel's prime minister extends his blameless to lebanon saying both iran and hezbollah were behind that deadly bus blast in area . and we bring you live pictures as people gather on the streets of madrid to show their discontent over the latest wave of suffocating. just hours after the german bundestag approved a one hundred billion euro bailout for the country's battered banking system. the u.s. and its allies have failed to push and resolution through the u.n. security council for the third time russia and china have once again vetoed the motion. has more now from new york. well the lead us double veto put forth by russia and china came because they said they would not support any resolution under chapter seven that paved the way for sanctions or possible military intervention into syria and that is exa

our team at how ponce they are an apparent these are your headlines the turkish prime minister visits moscow for syria crisis talks but russia and turkey have opposing views on how to bring peace to the war torn country because it's very much reflected in the you want to know which votes later on today just what to do. with the olympics private security firm proving incompetent u.s. agents are now being flown in from out of the fold at british airports while the u.k. is forced to draft and thousands of troops to make up the number. one banking giant h.s.b.c. is tied to terrorist cash as washington reports the lender's money laundering helped saudi arabian groups finance terror h.s.b.c. is also accused of handling drug cartels and to dohring sanctions. next up a look at the soviet fashion industry in our special report. western journalists called her the soviet union's answer to audrey hepburn international modeling agencies snapped up her pictures fashion houses offered her lucrative contracts abroad but global stardom was out of reach. can you imagine that for the post that i am in now. one

the policy of supporting the opposition will lead to an impasse as the turkish prime minister visits moscow to decide the next step towards the conflict in syria. and to explosion as scaring israeli tourists at an airport in the city of burgas seven people have lost his beliefs have been a terrorist attack with israel already blaming iran. with a news team with more news stories for in half an hour from now in the meantime we have a look at the fashion industry in special report. western journalists called her the soviet union's answer to audrey hepburn international modeling agencies snapped up her pictures fashion houses offered her lucrative contracts abroad but global stardom was out of reach. can you imagine that for the post that i am in now. one of our girls had to leave the soviet union that was going in the middle of that she was doing a shoot for a foreign magazine and when our authorities saw this picture she was harassed interrogated by the police and then finally she was forced to leave the country. in the one nine hundred sixty s. when the a commuter on the boat began to attra

international diplomacy of a city where he'd stop with special envoy called cannot come to moscow to seek help in ending the bloody crisis made global that. russia says it's foreign partners on doing enough to use their influence to help bring about a end to the bloodshed in syria join me in a few moments more on this. also this hour america's child support for egypt's new lead to the islamist president threatens to strain its relations with israel as hillary clinton miss from cairo to love a top level talks class. it would be problems with electricity water supply gerri i want to make sure we can help this time when many people. also that doomsday desperation on t.v. is the ostrich with all do you believe the most pessimistic outlook for the future of living in the euro zone. international news live from moscow this is all see with me thanks for joining us first u.n. special envoy kofi annan is seeking russia's help in ending the conflict in syria during a two day visit to moscow the talks come at a crucial time as violence and serious piles and world powers remain deadlocked over h

you live from our new center here in moscow and our breaking news story that all members of the u.n. security council of voted to extend the observer mission to syria for a final thirty days and then escalating violence across the country western backed resolution contains no threat of sanctions which russia strongly opposes. meanwhile russian officials have denied media reports claiming they have information that president assad's prepared to step down also on the list of dispelled rumors as an offer of asylum to both assad and his wife. and police great angry crowds were to gas and rubber bullets in the streets of spain as the public rages against the latest wave of a steady imposed on the country in return for a bank rescue by the. i'll be back with another summary for in about fifteen minutes from now meantime in an exclusive interview with r.t. i spoke to russia's ambassador to the u.n. after he vetoed the resolution yesterday. mr chicken russia's decision to veto this latest resolution has caused consternation and widespread criticism of moscow's stance is russia supporting the

moscow. ok up to date now back into us time with more sports news for you from around the world where there was axed stay with us. welcome to. science technology innovation all the moves developments from around russia we've got the future covered. i'm. line. would be so much brighter if you knew all about sundin from funds to impressions.

change versus a peaceful resolution in syria the opposition is getting ready for some tough talking in moscow. but you can use double dip recession leaves many struggling to make ends meet what soaring daily cost made worse by wage and benefit cuts. but the some of britain's ugly things could be said to get even was we've got all the latest on not just the. kind of greek finance is deteriorating it's the country's nationalists that are reaping the benefits of chaos with race hate crimes on the rise. welcome back you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie tough negotiations are due to start shortly in moscow between the main syrian opposition alliance and russia's top diplomat the syrian national council hopes to persuade foreign minister sergey lavrov that russia should help them oust president bashar asad and moscow wants to hear whether rebel forces are committed to a peaceful solution here's our. the position of the syrian national council which again we have to keep in mind as the largest opposition group involved here is that no talks no negotiations over a tran

change versus a peaceful resolution in syria the opposition is getting ready for some tough talking in moscow. u.k.'s double dip recession leaves many struggling to make ends meet with soaring daily kos made worse by wage and benefit cuts. but the some of britain's really things could be said to get even was we've got all the latest poll not just eleven. and it's refinances deteriorate it's the country's national is that are reading the benefits of race hate crimes on the rise. eleven am in the russian gavel you're watching tough negotiations are beginning now in moscow between the main syrian opposition alliance and russia's top diplomat the syrian national council hopes to persuade foreign minister sergei lavrov the russia should have them oust president bashar asad a moscow wants to hear whether rebel forces are committed to a peaceful solution here's our off them. the position of the syrian national council which again we have to keep in mind as the largest opposition group involved here is that no talks no negotiations over a transitional government can take place without assad stepping

dating russian islands and extreme sports come to moscow to showcase their skills. but first revert a man cheney has agreed a new five year deal to stay at the helm of manch the city and therefore ruling out the possibility of becoming the new russia coach the contract will see the forty seven year old stay with the blues until the summer of twenty seventeen the italian coach guided the club to f.a. cup glory in his first full season in charge and he followed that up with their first league title in forty four years in may mancini had been strongly linked to the russia job after take out the car's departure following russia's ball before much of the recent european championships in poland and ukraine elsewhere brendan rodgers says he would consider sending striker andy carroll out on loan ac milan the reported to be interested but rodgers denies there's been an official offer in the meantime the former swans you boss has made the league liverpool was priority the side finished outside the european places last season i'm rodgers wants to improve on that probably scor

moscow. dimitris nice with the business news and the mall doesn't looking all positive i seem why the all the optimism dimitri basic comes from from last week when we had an e.u. summit which was surprisingly productive and as basically you leaders agreed to facilitate the process of getting access to funds without going through bailout procedures the markets saw a fantastic rally so indeed everything is looking positive except for commodities right now second well is a quiet name but this is basically a cash out after one of the biggest rallies in three years that we saw on friday so absolutely technical move but nothing to be worried about and therefore in the russian market we're still seeing some positive movement despite the fact that depend so much on the oil price of my success you can see that moderately of the south now moving the mice a notably financial stocks the v.t. be gaining almost three percent our raso the diamond producer is weaker than the market that's after reporting pro

region commuting to moscow for their home games. to cycling we're under a great deal of germany has clinched his second consecutive stage of this year's total france thanks in part to a perfectly timed sprint finish the german became the first rider to win more than one stage at this the one thousand nine hundred eighteen of the race just a day after finishing first in stage four greipel produce another high class performance the lottery palace old man was the quickest at the sprint finish placing matthew dawson kwan jose into second respectively to sky's mark cavendish settle for faith while swiss star foreign country retained the leader's yellow jersey and stays top of the overall standings russian denis menchov is currently sitting six thirteen seconds behind. now to go where v.j. saying has taken an early lead at the greenbrier classic some big names vying for the million dollar prize multiple major win is tell you words in phil mickelson already eight shots off the pace woods carting four birdies including this on the eleventh

moscow. dimitris next there with the business that now dimitri's o.b.b. is not going to team up with gazprom ofter all right that's why they've abandoned the idea of joining the north stream project which was a gas pipeline linking russia with europe last week we heard gazprom saying that the british company is interested in building a new extending the existing lines of north stream to great britain but the shareholders in the russian shareholders insist that this should be done through its russian joint venture and that's something that b.p. doesn't want to do well a concern since even of the head of the national energy security fund says that the situation is indeed complicated. music remain between b. b. and they are going for some is not bob is not transparent that is why we see a lot of discussions between two companies what example. i think in that it's impossible to sell fifty percent do you think i'd be two other possible partner to be is thinking that it is possible to sell fifty percent of the company but not. the same story it is about this ag

moscow. to football where it's the opening weekend of the russian premier league season the opening game of the day on saturday. joining cross-town rivals looking at the top of the table the army man's clash with rough stuff reportedly watched by new national team manager fabio capello but the italian won't be able to pick the winning goal scorer for his squad i recall the international city doing the mandating ten minutes after the break to scout with plenty of chances to double bird frontage after that the rough stuff would stand firm meaning one nil was how it ended in to. mention moscow kicked off the new season with a win on friday night so we had to do it because the home side is no playing in their first ever top flight clash group in the spring for a real punch in the sixty minutes look over with then head three without reply before half time three to the eventual final score from a christian national team boss thus off to a winning start in russia i. now it just six days left to go b

will help to bring about a change in the current regime but moscow is pushing for the warring sides to sit down and talk with the violence in the country intensifying over the past two months. emergency aid his ascent to russia as a southern region of crush not over one hundred seventy people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after flash floods trying to tarion assistance is coming in from all across the country as volunteers try to help victims get back on their feet. by the former boss of barclays bank gives up a twenty million pound bonus afterwards signing but is still in line for a tidy payoff fuelling claims that big bankers get rewarded regardless of the ledge to wrongdoing. right happy to stay with us here and we discussed russia's stance on the conflict in syria with the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament that of alexei pushkov. did he think he events unfolding in syria are in hindsight the interested to syrian people. there's a civil war going on in syria and it's only the syrian political opposition that's benefit

blocked a decision which in our view was gone the book counterproductive so moscow not supporting the assad regime but america britain and france say that russia has failed the syrian people today how how do you react to that. well you know you know you know. there are quite good and bad and loud propaganda i think what they have been doing in criticizing russia and china and some sometimes quite stridently today it was the british and the french perm reps who went out of their way on fortunately all sorts of false false who's on the foreign policies of russia and china they should focus more on on the need to. help unfortunately they have done anything at all in order to set them train a productive positive process in in syria instead they have been working. with the so-called friends of syria in fact. this is a group of countries who are enemies of the syrian government i wouldn't call them enemies of the syrian people but certainly those who want to topple the syrian government this regarding the consequences which are extremely tragic which such policy. because the government or p

or to moscow. cross over to our business desk natasha our equity markets extending last week's rally well it's certainly starting to look that way this hour let's check out the actual numbers you'll see for yourself over in europe we see that the footsie is trading in the block while the dax is still staying in the red and european indices are trading in the mixed territory following a major rally on friday that's on the news about the european bank savings plan the e.u. leaders agreed to to let their rescue fund inject cash into the troubled banks directly and they also agreed to create a single body that will receive all of the eurozone banking sector and essentially we're talking about the much anticipated european banking union and now on to the russian markets here what we're seeing is a pretty pictures you can see the my sex is really managing to put on one and a quarter percent of our the r.t.s. is seeing more modest losses but it's gaining almost one percent and now on to the biggest movers

efforts if we see some sort of success in moscow. well i think often urns role in the end is in the spencer war the six point plan is the main bases so you know his role will continue our regarding success in moscow as i said that it appears that now the tide is turning in favor of what we could call the russian chinese iranian club i mean coffee island right after visiting bashar assad he goes ahead and pays a visit to iran and there he is by the by the way he is in iraq and of course there are no and according to my information during his talks with the shot i said he focused on the geneva meeting and didn't give any importance or didn't even mention the so-called friends of syria meeting which was held in france meaning i think that i learned knows that the solution of lawyers with russia iran and china and that the u.s. really here has limited ability and that the u.s. just briefly earlier it's just briefly the u.s. have dismissed any involvement by tehran how significant is that all is that not a worry. when they are so there is

and life in moscow the u.n. the arab league peace envoy to syria continues on his diplomatic road to kofi annan he's due to meet president putin here in moscow deep international divisions on how to curb the crisis in syria thomas now joins us live with a preview here sean good to see you today it is a kofi annan second visit to moscow since he became a mediator in the syrian crisis i talked to us about the timing if you would. rory it certainly is a very tricky agenda for kofi annan right now is the situation in syria is it degrading as time of progress is forward in fact let's just take the situation just at the beginning of this month where syrian rebels met with sergey lavrov here in moscow and at that time they said they were not willing to deal with president bashar al assad since then they have launched what they are calling operation the damascus of volcano and earthquakes of syria the stated goal of that operation is to bring. syria and i'm quoting here bring that syria into a state of complete and tota

it's now ten pm here in moscow my name is kevin our top story moscow says it's under armed twisting tactics from foreign partners who want to push through a un resolution on syria which could allow the use of external force the words of the russian foreign minister and comment to from our correspondent peter oliver now . unfortunately we've even seen some moments of blackmail i consider it part of the counterproductive and dangerous approach because it is unacceptable to use the observers as a bargaining chip but it works well what russia wants to see is the extension of the u.n. monitoring program on the ground in syria now they proposed a resolution to the u.n. security council which says just that's no some of russia's foreign partners have come forward and said yes we'll vote for your resolution if you vote for hours now the second resolution is being put put forward by countries such as the united states and great britain now the wording of this second resolution is open to interpretation it could see for it military intervention in syria now this is something that russia has always be

blocked a decision which in our view was gone the but counterproductive so moscow not supporting the assad regime but america britain and france say that russia has failed the syrian people today how how do you react to that. well you know. there are quite good and bad and loud propaganda i think what they have been doing in criticizing russia and china and some sometimes quite stridently today it was the british and the french. who went out of their way unfortunately a pile of all sorts of false false who. on the foreign policies of russia and china they should focus more. on the new do. unfortunately they haven't done anything at all in order to set them train a productive positive process in syria instead they have been working. with the so-called friends of syria in fact the. this is a group of countries who are enemies of the syrian government i wouldn't call them enemies of the syrian people but certainly those who want to topple the syrian government this regarding the consequences which are extremely tragic which such policy. entails because the government or president our si

live from moscow this is r.t. now war weary israel remains a popular hot spot for tourists despite an ever growing security risk and visitors now feel one step closer to the front line by getting their hands on some firepower at a brand new attraction but the marketing move is raising moral concerns in the country as ports. a training ground way tourists visiting the land of the holy can learn to look after themselves on the world's increasingly mean streets where touring is their hour and this is part of a user experience and it's it's something they could only do in as there are and it's very easy this shooting schools been around for years training security guards professionals soldiers and bodyguards now it's opened its doors with a two hour course for visitors we want to come today to the site to learn a little bit about the anti terrorist. tactics that they learned the villagers and inhabitants and learn so that they can protect themselves it's the brainchild of norman solomon a former real estate agent from

fiercest fighting since the uprising against the government began a special envoy kofi anon travels to moscow seeking president putin's support to end the bloodshed. when you see that in belgium we live in who is is what does that mean it mean americans live in trees pentagrams insult that's how immigrants in belgium feel about the new starter at explaining basic behavior even the know how to use a child to grow. and get away to rust or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a telephone retreat. hello and welcome to our tea this tuesday it's nine o'clock here in moscow i'm karen tara was here is armed conflict has now engulfed the capital damascus and its suburbs the fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the military is thought to have deployed armored vehicles near the city center after the threat of a full scale assault on loyalist units across the country. is in damascus. clashes between the army and rebels never stopped here in syria now the fightin

today i'm live for you in moscow now the u.n. observer mission to syria expires later on friday but the security council still split over a resolution to extend it another vote is expected shortly after russia and china yesterday vetoed a western backed draft which they considered unacceptable in new york is. standing by live for us now to join us here on the program good to see you marina so what's russia claiming is at stake if indeed the observer mission is not extended today. i didn't hear your question in its entirety but with respect to the observer mission there is another showdown taking place at the security council beginning in just a few minutes there are two draft resolutions on the table from what is being reported that the security council be considering has one that was submitted by the u.k. another one submitted by the u.k. that extends the u.n. supervision mission in syria for thirty days that's final thirty days and then it ends the second draft resolution submitted by pakistan extends the mission indefinitely o

moscow. all right natasha's manning the business desk this morning natasha good morning should we expect last week's european deal to lift stocks this monday. well we certainly could hope so judging by the way the asian markets are trading let's check out the actual figures and as you can see at the moment the nikkei is posting some gains in fact as posting gains of around a quarter percent following the european leaders decision a las friday to all let their rescue fund deposit cash a straight into the struggling banks and also to create a single body that will essentially monitor the eurozone banks and that's basically what we're looking at is the european banking union the much anticipated banking union i should say of course that's the background but at the moment in asia as i said exporters are really driving the nikkei higher on them prove the sentiment toward europe and hong kong the hang saying is closed for a holiday this monday now on wall street last friday the nasdaq ended up post

syria's opposition says it will not engage in dialogue with the country's president and hopes moscow will help to bring about a change in the current regime. well it's diplomacy to the limits after during international calls for a new transitional government in syria the opposition convenes here in moscow to try to push for the removal of president. emergency aid to russia as a flood ravaged southern region of krasnodar well over a hundred and seventy people were killed and tens of thousands lost their homes. on the former boss of barclays bank gives up a twenty million pound bonus after resigning but he's still in line for a tidy payoff fuelling claims that big bankers get rewarded regardless of alleged wrong. worldwide news live from moscow this is r t with me rule research showing syria's main opposition alliances here in moscow trying to negotiate the best way to put an end to continuing bloodshed in the country the group wants to oust the current leader bashar al assad and hopes that moscow will help to oversee a transition of power. standing by outside the foreign ministry head

prospects for a peaceful solution but syria's dinner after opposition leaders came out of moscow's talks sticking to their position and calling for the removal of president bashar al assad a blow for diplomacy but other news recovery it's not the increase in violent attacks on immigrants in greece is big blamed on rising nationalism both on the streets and in parliament all linked to the economic crisis. welcomes the darkeys eight pm wednesday evening in moscow my name is kevin zero in our top story tonight violence has erupted on the streets of madrid as police launch a fierce crackdown against a mass demonstration today security forces have been falling rubber bullets and using battling against crowds who are supporting coal miners who converged on the bridge protesting an industry cuts for the workers have been joined by thousands of other demonstrators venting their anger at new government tax hikes are you correspondent terser sort of explains what's been stirring the. escalating violence today it's a continuation of what we've already seen in the past few weeks there are already be

good evening from kevin owen here in moscow it's half past eight pm moscow time the top stories from r.t. wiki leaks strikes again this time by starting to publish over two million e-mails from syrian politicians government departments and companies that date back years and website promises the documents would expose the double standards of a number of countries. within syria itself violence s. continues to escalate with dozens were killed across the country the last three days but civilians were injured battles of the road to live through the conflict with a lack of basic goods and soaring food prices. and gray slums of british prime minister of the threat suggesting he could block greek immigrants and other people from the euro zone from entering the u.k. the rules demand the free movement of citizens but britain fears a wave of economic migrants from struggling states. we hear if international efforts to finally bring an end to syria's woes are aiming in the right directions at least as r.t. talks to the country's vice premier who is also an opposition member. tappan was a. minist

in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine moscow hosted the first guest fashion show since the end of the second world war. do your models arrived from paris to promote the shows they staged a photo shoot in the heart of the soviet capitol. all the seats for the fashion show quickly sold out eleven thousand tickets were snapped up by the communist elite while ordinary citizens could only read about the show in newspapers. borzois fashion makes a woman with high heels which makes it difficult for her to walk without someone to support them. why make such open dresses out of think wolf it's totally impractical but people who live in a cold climate. for dresses are too short it won't make the short and stout look any better. than in the the so. in a fashion model is regarded as a worker of the lowest category and therefore receive the smallest possible salary but at the same time i worked with the americans and the french and they estimated one hour of my work at two thousand dollars and that was back in one thousand nine hundred sixty six. the western idea of a cover girl did not fit the ru