foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a lot more not so that later on. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now a it's four pm here in the russian capital three pm in athens where greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police on wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now house to implement the agreed cuts in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. we cannot cross to financial journalist domestic until last who joins us live from athens you're on syntagma square of course the focal point of these protests how are the events unfolding in the greek capital ahead of this new vote. really quiet here no one i gather to get the protesters supposed to take place around six o'clock where they're supposed just. collecting on the on the square

we've just heard the u.n. atomic watchdog is looking into syria's alleged nuclear activities claiming a facility distorted two thousand and seven was an undeclared nuclear site. from the institute for democracy and cooperation says the move is intended to turn up the heat on damascus. i think what we're seeing are the western powers ratcheting up the pressure they're trying to increase their room for maneuver so in the draft resolution you have crimes against humanity you have a threat to international peace and security and in parallel you have this cranking up now of pressure from the international atomic energy authority so i think this is a way of increasing the number of cards that the west believes that it holds as far as russia is concerned i think that it's pretty obvious that russia or the russian government greatly regret not having vetoed the resolution on libya which as we can all see was immediately exploited. to go way beyond the terms laid down in the resolution i mean by that that the western p

u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a bit later on. broadcasting around the world of the top news and headlines this is r.t. direct from the heart of moscow glad to have you with us let's take a look at your top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures it is the last heard. all that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european bailout funds the plans met heavy public resistance with two days of rioting that has left more than three hundred people injured financial journalist dimitri kovtun us right in the middle of the action at the syntagma square. yesterday was the worst day we've seen we saw chemicals used that were not just tear gas we saw illegal chemical use like expect seeding agents and things of that nature you had massive amounts of police brutality and the films all over the all of the internet and

many have been criticizing russia and china's position on the u.n. security council resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such a resolution inappropriate i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there but nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it so. they're reiterating in some ways words he has said before that russia wants to see peace brought around brought about in the arab world through discussion and diplomacy and not through international intervention something that they will not support. sending enough rope has also announced that moscow is waiting for confirmation from libyan rebels that they have a. received weapons from france well if proven true the russian foreign minister says it would be a serious violation of the u.n. arms embargo french officials earlier admitted their military has airlifted arms into the country it's the first time a nato member has owned up to supplying weapons to libya since the bombing began over three

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stakes during lunch he calls a civil war taking place in yemen are more not so the late rolled. around russia's largest company gazprom has announced its boosting exhibit of payments and investment program to record levels find out more what's coming out from the annual general meeting of the governing in twenty with a side of the sultan. it's five pm in moscow this is r g coming to life i'm used to now with our top story this hour greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police said wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now has to implement the agreed costs in order to secure a further. financial lifeline from the e.u. financial journalists. at square the focal point of the protests with more. things really quiet here no one's not i gathered yet the protests are supposed to take place around six o'clock or they're suppo

the foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stakes during what he calls a civil law taking place in yemen are more not so good later on look. from says it's boosting its investment program and raising dividends to record levels find out more what came out of the a.g.m. of the company business world. just after ten pm in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us and now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of a sturdy measures it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds well the plan is met with resistance with more than three hundred people injured in two days of riots the national journal is to me that it is in the heart of athens where frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather around the parliament right now they're quickly starting to amass a number on the street in front of constituti

a u.n. back tribunals has issued arrest warrants in connection with the murder in two thousand and five of lebanon's former prime minister rafik officials say be the warrant name for senior members of hezbollah and members of the group did now also the tribunal and have vowed action against it because he was killed along with twenty two others in february two thousand and five in central b. when a bomb exploded as his car passed by. rival forces in sudan have mutually agreed to withdraw from its border areas ahead of southern independence next week the agreement follows two separate deals to end the fighting which forced one hundred seventy thousand people to flee the two sides still have to agree on how sudan's oil wealth will be divided once the separation takes place so the region is see more than two decades of civil war which claimed over two million lives. journalists are back at home after eighteen long months of captivity in afghanistan the men have been held hostage by the taliban b

the u.n. security council has been considering a resolution drafted by great britain and france and others to condemn the violence. but russia's opposed, saying the syrians should resolve the conflict themselves. in geneva today, the u.n. high commissioner for human rights condemned the syrian regime's use of force against his own people as unacceptable. >> as high commissioner would say, strong pressure must be brought to bear on the syrian authorities to stop the excessive violence. and respond to the demands of their people. >> but the conflict in syria could continue for months. it might be a long time before these people get back home. owen bennett jones, "bbc news" on the turkish-syrian border. >> russia has stepped up its opposition to pass the u.n. security council resolution condemning syria. the russian foreign ministry spokesman said moscow was against such a move because the situation in syria did not threaten international peace and security. alexander bogevitch joins me on the li

is using the u.n. security council the international criminal court to bring charges against other countries for terrorism and it is clearly exposed international terrorism itself in yemen and of course in sabotage teams in syria and in bombing of libya not to mention the devastating wars in iraq and afghanistan in yemen it is to protect a complete thirty three year dictatorship of salo who's now for. health reasons and saudi arabia an effort to protect his regime potentially bring him back and it's been used against a people's movement anyone that the u.s. fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al-qaeda and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations the u.s. says that it's jets recently killed an important al qaeda operative now isn't that something to be happy about there's actually no way of knowing that any of this is true who's targeted and what their political agenda is all of this is only coming from the pen

and france want a u.n. security council resolution condemning the syrian government in your opinion are we heading for libya two point zero here you know i would like to stress that nato has no intention whatsoever to intervene in syria at the same time lots of critics expect that that could be the case if we see a resolution russell saying that the fact that it's even being debated is going to cause more violence in syria. there might be some kind of intervention do you think not if the u.n. goes had it goes ahead rather and approves that resolution once again let me stress we have no intention to intervene in syria having said that. the international condemnation of the brutal attacks against the civilian population syria the only way forward is to accommodate the. aspirations of the syrian people let's look at the lack of an entry strategy into libya it could be said that you were dragged into this rushing to regime change have you accidently gone to war in libya definitely not on the contrary we conside

but first the russian foreign minister has highlighted double standards at the u.n. over the organization's approach to the arab world so again lavrov says the crisis in syria and yemen are provoking vastly different and unjustified approaches are just peter all over reports from moscow. mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted and said so really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world though he gets outside what he sees as the western desire for regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support it and any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law. russia's feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya has progressed russia of course abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there a very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters l

moscow rejects a u.n. resolution against syria warning it could be a prelude to what aggressive libya style intervention but the u.k. and france are committed to putting more pressure on the vastness and response to its crackdown on protesters its. nato challenges its numbers to be more active in the aerial bombardment of colonel gadhafi forces russia which is trying to mediate a cease fire between the libyan leader and the rebels says both sides want a vote on a military way out. earlier nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen i spoke to my colleague a nice about way up next is that interview in full where he had cysts the alliance has no plans to act in syria and defends the actions being taken in libya. thank you very much for joining us here on r t it's much appreciated i want to get straight to our first question the u.k. and france want a u.n. security council resolution condemning the syrian government in your opinion are we heading for libya two point zero here you know i would like to stress

aspirations of the syrian people but u.n. resolution was laid out for a no fly zone and lots of people would consider what's happening in libya to be much more than a no fly zone actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone according to the u.n. security council resolution we are mandated to protect the civilian population in libya taking all necessary measures and that's exactly what we're doing right. now all the necessary measures if i might speak of what our admiral pollo has legitimised strikes on any command center in libya i just want to clarify for some of our viewers who have seen homes gone they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces there's a gas leak in a car on a phone or at a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we hate. military. targets. and of course common control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control centers military ta

many have been criticizing russia and china's position on the u.n. security council resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such a resolution the inappropriateness i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there with nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it so. they're reiterating in some ways words he has said before that russia wants to see peace through its around about in the arab world to discussion and diplomacy and not to do. international intervention something that they will not support. well for more perspective on what's happening in greece one of our top stories today of course and with this recent news that the government of parliament has in fact passed a law to implement the austerity package that they passed on wednesday we can cross live to athens georgia newness who is a greek activist has been fined by fine with the protesters out throughout all of this what does this news mean to you mr new list the second law has been pas

general attaches to offer us sharon says in an interview to our team even as the u.n. security council debates a resolution against the syrian government. but nato is challenging its members to join the arab garb meant colonel gadhafi in libya a moscow pushes for peace talks. and the use of an animal drug to execute death row inmates in the u.s. would actually be torturing them to death. but from our headquarters in central moscow here watching our t.v. with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital four pm in brussels and draft resolutions against the syrian regime are under consideration at the u.n. nuclear watchdog and the security council but so far russia is affectively been blocking a proposal to condemn president assad's government for its crackdown on protesters moscow says discussing the resolution at the security council will only escalate

gets the u.n. and the way to accuse syria of violating international law so they can take the matter to this community council so that we can apply more pressure yet again abuse of the international institutions for political whether it's to die or whether it's this curative council this is what the u.s. is doing this is a building which has been inspected by the. time and number of times but there they want to have the last look at this it is out doing they told them a number of times that this is a military is the measure and this is nothing to do with the nuclear and the g. or power or a reactor the saying since you're not telling us what else you're going to use it therefore it must be a nuclear facility and that's why we're going to take them out there the security council. well as we've just heard the u.n. atomic why. watchdog is examining syria's alleged activities in the field claiming that the syllabi destroyed by israel in two thousand and seven was and on declared nuclear site john law a

many have been criticizing russia and china's position on the u.n. security council resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such a resolution inappropriate i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there but nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it. reiterating in some ways words he has said before that russia wants to see a peace brought to round about in the arab world to discussion and diplomacy and not through international intervention something that they will not support. of robert gates has retired as u.s. secretary of defense after almost five years on the job but. three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panetta isn't expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies well for more of this let's talk to have retired u.s. army general steven anderson who is in ohio for us thank you very much for joining us mr anderson as robert gates retires his successor inherits quite a task are we likely to

japan's u.n. ambassador expressed the japanese government's intention to support those developing countries. >> translator: in fact, many deloping countries are not fully implementing the u.n. sanctions. i think developed countries should help them with technical assistance. >> reporter: it all began last month when the united nations came up with their report. many examples of loop holes in the sanctions were listed. the report refers to the suspicion that components for missiles are smuggled between north korea and iran through a neighboring third country using their state owned airlines. it also mentions the airport by north korea to buy through a neighboring third country luxury goods cars and yachts which are banned under the sanctions. the phrase "a neighboring third country" is repeatedly used in the report. it was initially written as china. it is said that the phrase was changed after china expressed its displeasure. at aeeting on tuesday, the japanese government appealed for tightening t

and foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil taking place in yemen a lot more not so good later on. to softer eleven pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of a ceratin measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds. plans about having a public recess two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured let's cross live to the heart of our financial journalist to meet a coffin also joins us well thanks again for being with us at this hour in the last time you spoke to our to you said if people were massing around us and talk to square what's happening there right now well it's pretty amazing actually it's what we usually see on nights but tonight it's just the crowd is just much bigger it's reall

oh it is looking forward to adopting a u.n. resolution improving the relationship between the u.n. and the s.d.o. having more cooperation so this could be an obstacle but nevertheless iran is here as an observer and they are also involved in the dialogue afghanistan is also here but if you want to send is here as a guest of the vs c.e.o. however afghanistan has also applied for an observer status and they were saying that at the end of this summit it is expected that they will come up with a decision whether or not of the on the side will indeed become an observer this is a specific summit they do want to give ample time to economic and financial issues they do want to come up with a special account so to speak now china for its part has already given ten billion dollars committed ten billion dollars for member nations should they ever need it and what's interesting is the presence of of ghana study it is an important part of this region and they do want to talk about post nato afghanistan what is the future of ganesan after the nato forces do withdraw in the future and this abilit

many have been criticizing russia and china's position on the u.n. security council resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such a resolution inappropriate i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there but nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it. reiterating in some ways words he has said before that russia wants to see peace brought to round about in the arab world to discussion and diplomacy and not international intervention something that they will not support. welcome back to our top story greece has voted on a second bill and it's the final step towards implementing the next wave of the measures and still protests are going on in athens well let's cross live to the heart of athens joining us now is financial journalist you need to thank you very much for being there with us now how are the people of athens reacting to thursday's vote. well they they already started to gather around the parliament right now they're quickly starting to

. >> five years more for the secretary general of the u.n.. this tiny city just grows and grows and grows. >> it is 2:00 a.m. here in london broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. >> the greek government has survived a confidence vote in parliament. a crucial step needed to avoid a default on their debt repayment. more than half of the members of parliament voted in support of the government. if the government fails to get the necessary parliamentary approval, it would not be able to pass the austerity bills. this has been set up by 80 monetary fund. -- this has been set up by the international monetary fund. >> they have back to the prime minister for now. with nothing less than the economic future estate, there was fierce debate inside of the chamber before a crucial vote of confidence. in the end, it was the result which the prime minister had wanted and one which is government needed to survive. outside, the news was met with anger, protestors tired of austerity measures and massive unemployment turned out and forc

the way the u.n. resolution is being implemented in libya hundred mines international law that was the warning from russia's foreign minister who has called on nato to adhere to the resolution or lose moscow's trust habit has more from moscow. poor minnesota gay lover all suggested that a lack of trust was in danger of forging no which between russia and the all the cabinet members of the un security council and that's because of the way the ship to seize nato was implementing the agreed u.n. resolution number one million seventy three it was a photo of him on twins russia abstained and that allows a no fly zone seemings it over the libya however russian out of these days actions in libya gave beyond that are made in preventing and those guys aid and in fact now are on regime change and allegedly actively supporting the opposition and that willing of trust lavrov today suggested only escalated following the very recent visit it's about cricket president jakob zuma to tripoli and soon talking trying th

it is inconceivable that the u.n. remain silent on such a matter. >> and each day, hundreds more serious are fleeing their country, many into neighboring turkey as the crisis worsens. >> our correspondent in the u.n. is looking at the concerns of other council members. but the negotiations begin today, thursday, and in essence, what the resolution says is its condensed the systematic violence of rights in syria and demand access for humanitarian workers. it also urges countries to exercise vigilance in preventing the sale of arms to syria. although, it does not authorize any concrete measures. this is the most the council members might be able to agree on because there are six council members that are quite reluctant, mostly because they fear this could be the first step toward a libya-style military intervention and they do not feel that is going very well at all and they do not wanted repeated elsewhere. britain has taken these concerns into account. they have added language stressing that any change must be a syria

abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention a very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters laid out in that u.n. resolution and keen to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria yemen sigil of role pulling no punches he's out of those that have criticised russia's stance on the u.n. security council and also had a few of the same self about what he sees as a lack of consistency by the u.n. body. many have been criticizing russia and china's position on the u.n. security council resolution on syria for the fact that we consider such a resolution inappropriate i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a difficult civil war going on there nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it. before the. peace around in the arab world to discussion and diplomacy and international intervention something that they will not support. welcome back to our top story greece has v

. >>> in other news, italy's u.n. ambassador dashed hopes that a japan supported resolution to expand the security council will be passed this year. japan, germany, india and brazil are hoping to join the council and plan to submit the resolution by september to increase the number of permanent and non-permanent members. in an interview with nhk, italy's u.n. ambassador criticized the draft resolution. the four s only aim is to get nations and said ratification would be difficult. >> the bad aspect which is the only one frankly, because the only point which characterized the proposition is to have new permanent members and they think about themselves as new permanent members. >> he also said the proposal is supported by only 0% of u.n. member nations. he added japan must have already realized how difficult it would be to adopt, changing the number of u.n. security council members requires a revision to the u.n. charter. it must be supported by two-thirds of its members including the five permanent seats. >>> angry fan

now with russia concerned over abuse of the u.n. mandate in libya moscow is trying to make sure the same mistakes are not repeated elsewhere it's effectively blocking draft resolutions put forward at the u.n. nuclear watchdog i'm the security council which right are pressuring the syrian regime and i in our reports it's because the same kind of language is being used which led to the bombing of libya. following two hours of closed door consultations with the u.n. security council members france and britain did not garner enough support that they clearly needed for this resolution that they introduced to be adopted in that resolution introduced by britain and france calls for a condemnation against the syrian government for our crack down on anti-government protesters that has taken place over the past three months the resolution the draft resolution proposed by the u.k. and france as i mentioned also urges countries to not supply weapons to damascus it also calls on syria to comply and to work with the u.n. human rights organization