christian you before we go to the record syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply answer terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of hezbollah long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they are building a nuclear. weapon democracy will change now it's this is a battle against all arguing that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with our team. and. good luck. to build a most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything mission to teach creation and why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only. the for. the for. loop to be soon which brightened a few. songs from fans to questions. whose flames dance on t.v. dot com. the first. place. plug and. story. comes from the field of. play. welcome back to cross talk you know about my job we're talking about the syrian civil war. plane and. story. and now we're joined by

role which is increasingly becoming public in syria. the only thrives on on societies where particular sunni arab societies where the political leadership has broken down and we've seen that happen in iraq where saddam hussein a sunni arabs were not able to build a cohesive political leadership that can negotiate with the united states and the shiites in iraq are i'm afraid the same things happening in syria right now christian if i go back you know los angeles do you think it's underestimated of snakes a karine differences in the civil war particularly in western media when i think. no i think that they have been you know reasonably well appreciated of course there you know it's important to realize very various foreign powers interests in this in iran has an interest in supporting the alawite minority which is the shia minority and you know or iran is a shia government which is one of several reasons why they continue to back syria russia of course has its interest has a naval base at tartus so you know those are interest that aren't

christian you before we go to the record syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply lines are terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has blown long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they have they've they're building a nuclear so the israeli modern history will change all of that and local weapons democracy will change now it's the this is the big i don't think it's not really arguing that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria at stake with our team. my name is richard davis i'm an architectural photographer from london and i've been traveling in russia for the last ten years on a project photograph wooden chair choose obviously i fell in love with the tragedies they are extraordinary ok it's a beautiful opiates and the church is is a religious monumental obviously but it's also an object of wonder you know it's something t

christian you have before we go to the record syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply lines are terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has been long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they have they've they're building a nuclear so that is what it was obviously will change all of that and local weapons they democracy will change all that now it's the this is the big i don't think it's not our arguing that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with our team. and. you can. download the official publication. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch on t.v. any time. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other pa

because at this moment to be sure region in syria or the people in accordance region in syria a already got a lot of. governments from the government in damascus and of course turkey is not happy with this evolution why this change of mind why are they so. anti syria and no i think there are different theories is can be true would that be still have this. dream these aspirations to make of turkey again a. power. house which it once was once was in the region. during the autumn an era. another factor is that. the factor of the muslim brotherhood they are not really anti western because of the origin of the muslim brotherhood. they are what we call rick and. so they are interested in free trade with europe with the united states with the western world i mean we see now in egypt the muslim brotherhood we know with that thirty governments also the president is also pro muslim brotherhood and maybe they are hoping to establish a new government in syria also pro muslim brotherhoods for economical economical reasons and also political reasons of course because you cannot really split this and

but syria can be a transit country. you also have to know that or huge guess reserves in the former soviet union i mean the central asian states of the former soviet union so they're for a huge i guess reserves and i think you have to sit in this context how do you confirm the identity of the rebel fighters as you claim that they are coming from the outside they're foreigners how do we have proof of that because they found a lot of. proof of this like. when people die in homes. they find identity cards passports of foreign people. they captured people with a foreign accent you really are for mercenaries or doing it for the money but you also have no out qaeda which is active in syria because they hope to be find a new you know a new base to establish a new base over there let's just briefly look at turkey's role in all of this historically turkey and syria have had good relations what is the interest in turkey being rather aggressive now against syria what is the what lies in it for them to see unrest in syria as a matt

well it's a lot more complex obviously in syria because syria has a stronger military has stronger regional allies than libya did. obviously the looking for some way to overthrow the regime in syria nothing nothing so far has what are the gun was the great muslim hope for nato is to push on the people of the region and their dog on a kind of far shine has somewhat faded and i think the new the new boy on the block is a president of egypt morsi and i think it's in this context that we have to study the so-called shift to the east there is no shift to the east this is this this seems to me and i think we have to really kind of display a lot of vigilance considering what we've seen in the last two years but this seems like another trick that nato is trying to employ and as mr one of the conference said in opinion piece in the guardian just recently and what the comfort of being you know a very important asset to nato is interest in the region that morsi does not come with the baggage of the people and morsi is the product of the arab spring so he's perfectly placed to kind of push regime chang

that explored the war in syria and made very sure that war would not stop in syria i think a lot of the blame for what is taking place in syria fall in the hands of the sooty and qatari and the turkish because they actually prevented every to find a solution for the crisis i think the syrian and its allies its friends china russia and iran tried to actually put a plan to find and exit where a new transition will take place and every time you find the sooty calling for a conference and putting more pressure on syria now i think the free syrian starving kidnapping lebanese every day look what happened now everything is going into chaos and the street of lebanon and i think the. one at the exit its citizens from lebanon and leave the lebanese in a very difficult condition so we're seeing at the moment the sectarian violence spreading going over the borders is this an isolated incident or do you see more to come as there seems to be no end in sight to the crisis within syria itself. well i think i think there is more to come on and it is very tense today all all across the country from from

>> well, i found a way in to syria. the syrian government does not really allowed journalists in on official visits, are very rarely does, so there was a way in through lebanon to reach this talent. i was hoping to reach damascus, but the number of checkpoints prevented it from happening. it was a very interesting and i opening experience to see this town, which basically is waiting for some kind of solution to happen and is yet really on the receiving end of the majority of the violence. >> sharif, thank you for being with this, and your bravery and just describing in "the nation" especially at the end of the peace, interviewing people and the shells are falling. "democracy now!" correspond sharif abdel kouddous speaking to us from cairo where he has just returned from syria professor omar dahi is also with us. he is speaking to us from western massachusetts, an economics professor at hampshire college, born and raised in syria, just returned from a research trip to lebanon. talk about the syrian uprising and what you

more updates available on the situation in syria of course from r.t. on twitter we'll bring you the first hand experience of our crew on the ground there as well as reaction analysis on the latest images to disturbing as they are a lot of it said r.t. underscore common. of the new snow today during the sun just mother whose medical dollars leader as her son pleads for asylum the president said the decision won't be influenced by pressure from any other country cristina such talk to r.t. to during a visit telling us that u.s. politicians are still gunning for revenge as you put it over wiki leaks some even calling for sons execution the full interviews on air later this hour on this channel is some of what we expect. from the beginning. from the us from politicians and from. news coming ahead it's what they were screaming at his news in the most brutal way this interview no filter at all on how they were feeling and calling out for approval for the submerged inciting movie against myself and still in the last few weeks. there's been a fox news it has in

to syria why is it incumbent upon the united states france and britain to bring democracy to syria why. because we have interests here because syria has. problems for the u.s. david you want to jump in syria a nation that has supported the go ahead david jump in. why not assist the nations that are struggling nonviolently against the dictators that still have western support why in bahrain do we send some of our top cops over there to lead the cracking of the skulls while in syria we be mown the inability to pursue a nonviolent course that we have opposed at every turn. christian you before we go to the record syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply lines are terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has blown long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area and they have they've they're building a nuclear so if that is what it was obviously will change all of that and local weapons democracy will change all that now it's the this is the big i don't think it's not our arguing that

brush your top stories from the week syria's rebels fight to retake control of the left but with the help of further west and financial backing while the arab league puts its emergency get together on hold it had been to discuss a replacement for peace envoy kofi annan. more of a top stories the last seven days egypt's president orders the country's powerful defense minister and the chief of staff to resign it comes amid a crackdown in the recently volatile sinai region which killed seven suspected militants. members of russian punk band pussy riot to wait. until putin stunned the country's main cathedral in a trial that's divided the nation prosecutors are demanding. the final decision expected next friday. next american world affairs expert phyllis bennis explains why both sides in the syrian conflict have side interests. thank you for joining us on r.t. red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that how does that affect the positions of the positions of the west versus the position of oth

and turkey have discussed the new ways to replace assad and consider bringing in a no fly zone with syria. thousands of plugged into the streets of the cairo in support of the president's move against the military after he fired the country's pople defense minister and she stopped it comes amid a crackdown in the increasingly volatile scientists sinai region which killed dozens and like the militants. and members of the russian female hungry tuesday right away the verdict stopped an empty bruton's done and in the country's main cathedral in a trial they divided the nation prosecutors are demanding three year jail for the women with the final decision expected next friday. next american world for is the expert phyllis bennis explains why i mean both sides in the syrian conflict only so outside interests. thank you for joining us on r.t. red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that how does that affect the positions of the positions of the west versus the position of other countries so far we hav

so badly the difference between syria and bahrain is that syria refuses to be an outpost for international western imperialism and bahrain is an outpost for that so maybe hillary clinton should be having friends of bahrain meetings to help the bahraini people but of course that's not going to happen the situation in bahrain is grave if you're on the side of reform if you're with the royal family everything's fine just check out a few stories on the. website that might catch your attention if you take a few clicks to get there a fishy catch radiations discovered in the rain life can see wall to. wall on sunday play protesters show no signs of slowing of the campaign either for that online if you're interested i'm reporting to roving around the red planet the two point five billion dollar attempt to look from life as. if they shoot something inappropriate for a public they can easily be. casualties of war ok. i wish it would never happen but it has happened. in a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors

and you want to bring a certain picture about syria. the evil. the use of force or selective editing is hardly a new invention the war war's has long become a cliche but in syria one sided coverage keeps the war going and shooting for t.v. really kills journalism schools no longer teach their students to be objective it's considered impossible rather they are told to strive for balance and integrity and to put humanistic values above political but syria is once again a special case in this bloody conflict western media rarely hear calls for reconciliation or political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and for the war also known as freedom fight to go on a summer break artsy reporting from syria racial discrimination was felt nowhere more painfully in the world than south africa when apartheid was dished nearly two decades ago the country was reborn of race related prejudice has reemerged in this time against the whites living their party's policy clear investigates. once the color of all to start and skin was the key to the good life her

the beauty of india want to bring a certain picture about syria. even. the use of force or selective editing is hardly a new invention the war war's has long become a cliche but in syria one sided coverage keeps the war going and shooting for t.v. really kills journalism schools no longer teach their students to be objective it's considered impossible rather they are told to strive for balance and integrity and to put humanistic values above all a bit dull but syria is once again a special case in this bloody conflict western media rarely calls for rick avoid political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and for the war also known as freedom to go on its own about artsy reporting from syria and of course we're closely monitoring the situation in syria on our web site for you where the latest news and in-depth analysis is available twenty four seven including video footage released by the free syrian army on what appears to be a mass execution of assad supporters in aleppo. plus a u.s. court has declared the use of drones in american skies complete

christian you before we go to the record and syria of course. syria has killed great number of american troops in iraq they facilitated the flow of foreign fighters then they supply lines are terrorists they are perhaps the chief sponsor of has blown long with iran they are iran's mini me in the area they have they've they're building a nuclear so if that is what it was obviously it will change all of that and local weapons sales democracy will change all that now it's the this is the big i don't think it's that are are going that it's as simple as that all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with our team. and. he's. wealthy british style some time to write in the times. of the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on. my name is richard davis i'm an architectural photographer from london that i've been traveling in russia for the last ten years on a project photograph wouldn't choose obviously i fell in love with

the problem is that we're not having syria as a problem alone we're not having. a problem in a row now we have turkey because conflict there's escalating everything at the same time so where do you see the future of this argument between israel and iran if tel aviv would be rational. i would be happy and think nothing's going to happen because i think military attack on the. cooking nearly suicidal for israel. considering that with all the change in egypt in the neighboring countries the tech like this you don't know how to how the region would react and if netanyahu the rational would be happy and safe and think no they won't dare to unfortunately i'm not sure that that and you know is that rational i mean he's increasing he's really increasing his tanks israel attacks. and i'm afraid his calculation might be before the u.s. election i can attack iraq i have to back me after the election he might not want to back so that the gives us really really bad chance that the netanyahu might attack in october as soon as october and starts with an attack and the question

for more flowers on in syria i think this is a situation i know nobody really solution in syria so the scientists have a team around him editions for any foreign intervention in syria i think this will save. lives on equal to war and you have also to be more limitations to intervene in syria for example that the first edition is there if the cancer carry on structure in the society so i mean if foreign intervention in syria would have ensue flexions inside this turkish society the second reaction is that turkey don't want to spend alone against iran and syria it is thought that the gulf states have the will and desire to finance. such. a step in syria as such or an intervention that they don't have the means the military means to intervene so turkey would just stand along with the nato in syria and the limitation is that the relationship between their dog on. the army is not good. for example. his general stance of germs. into turkey sure presents under the pretext of the so-called mark against him but also i think kind of i think there is no option but there is no possibility for you

i presume that the syrian national council will with members from in syria and outside syria will assume a transitional authority of sorts. i will assume they will benefit from the work that's been done as part of the day after project, the transitional framework. and they will move to restoring order throughout the country and beginning the process of enabling the syrian people to conduct free and fair elections. of course, this is the optimistic view. the pessimistic view would be that there would be ongoing chaos. but i try to stay with the optimistic view. i know that the free syrian army has already committed to transitioning to a civilian-led government. this is an incredibly positive step. i know that there are organizations like the national consensus movement operating and pushing for a secular agenda. i know that the syrian national council and other opposition groups have called for a civil democratic state. so i think those commitments and statements would go a great way to allay any fears of sectarian violence. those are all part of the optimistic view. i have to stay optimi

red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that how does that affect the positions of the positions of the west versus the position of other countries so far we have seen no indication that either the us or any of the outside actors are taking seriously the consequences of the determination by the international committee of the red cross that this is a full scale civil war what it means among other things is that the international laws of war what's known as international humanitarian law apply throughout the region and it applies to the opposition as well as to the regime they are obligated under the conditions of international law not to use certain kinds of weapons not to attack civilians not to hold prisoners without some kind of process all of those things are part of international humanitarian law and we have seen no evidence yet that any of the outside actors are taking any of that seriously what does that mean to the syrian conflict what it means for the syrian people is that the milita

internationally here called the out of this quitting his role as voice threatening to throw peace efforts in syria tells. its emerged president obama apparently authorized secretive for going to see around with a violent conflict just as brushing and america's closest ally britain try to bridge divisions over how the prices should be resolved. also video was released which seem to show submission of croats and supporters by syrian rebel fighters side of the war often ignored by a leading foreign media. they would scream you know. in the most brutal way. joined assad as mater says the u.s. threatens her son in an explosive artillery new in ecuador where she now the country's president part of the whistleblowers asylum plea. which aren't you coming to you live from moscow and first breaking news this hour international peace and boy in syria kofi annan says he's quitting his row as syria and oil well i was made architect of the syrian peace plan the called on both sides in the syrian conflict to lay down arms and a gauge and a dialogue we have more on that from our correspondent from the u.s. and fr

syria's delegates walk out of a meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. taking place in tehran outraged by egypt's new president dubbing damascus an oppressive regime. while the divided u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock with turkey pushing for a buffer zone as heavy battles continue. plus the euro zone's engine room in germany heads east for investment chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery. one screen online international news and comment live from a new center here in moscow the syrian delegation has walked out on a session of the nonaligned movement in tehran they were angered to dispute by the egyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive syria's foreign minister said the comments amounted to inciting further violence in the country where we spoke to journalists and broadcaster neil clark a little earlier who believes that morsi statement was at best syria's with my colleague. he didn't criticize the rebels at all i mean

the security team in syria it's a cute cord which is imposed somehow. by regime which is very strong good and sometimes it kind of. again but never does and this. is that everybody was living in security. now were when the events begin. raise we were very happy because really also wanted felt that the that is a need for a chance but the fact we are very quickly. we got bad news. from. the witnesses. in i would have a offices in homs. and also from damascus in that out. where what to do is it messes with civilians without any political. positions and you know they were counting on us telling our story as it were expected the contrary of what we were seeing on the television so we took position for. objective truth. real information and also for sunday that it because slowly by slowly you had to help opposition where you had. people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what we call in terry our opposition the civilian a pushy or position which is not under any party and that i'm not out of. you have you have always until today a peace

as fighting rages on in syria rebel groups are calling for a no fly zone with moscow stressing it would only make matters worse. a presentation of a plan created in the west syria without his son drafted by his exit is already set in stone. britain's cracking down on illegal immigration after authorities were left in red faced by the disappearance of some one hundred fifty thousand people living without permission in the u.k. . and america's longtime ally egypt is taking a step toward the east as the country's new president travels to china seeking massive economic assistance. global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow with me will receive a group representing the free syrian army has called on washington to immediately establish a no fly zone over syria and the measure has been strongly opposed by moscow which said it would only work to further destabilize the situation now the opposition claims assad forces have intensified air strikes on the rebel held areas as fighting rages in damascus foreign media criticism against the syrian government also emerged after a recen

and turkey or syria and any need to a nation will turn into a large regional war and syria is a part of a huge alliance and for instance the iranians just last week made it clear that if any foreign power tries to interfere in syria they would not just watch their strongest ally for now we seems clinton offering money to support a few g.'s but actually under the table they are supporting other groups and the signal let's try to understand what they are in the past few days we've seen them throwing post office workers from. the roof seven workers are being attacked and seen rebels kill people in the streets slaughter them with knives and then mrs clinton comes and gives them money they lost in the massacres they lost in any poll they are losing in any poll as we speak and as usual whenever the they find themselves in a pickle like this they call for foreign intervention and if if they claim that they have popular support as they have been saying for seventeen months why do they need foreign intervention. for people in syria the situation remains as dangerous as ever with public sector

and qatar two of the leading hawks on syria so when you're receiving that much money from us in a tie it's hardly surprising go to a summit and criticise syrian was not a big surprise really so so the new leader the new egyptian leader mohamed morsi are perhaps already. signaling his friendship with the west or possibly a war capitol hill as you say with his brow temple over should you think that with the whole summit going on and you know one hundred twenty members of member states being represented here do you think they can come to something to resolve the ongoing crisis in syria well i think you know i think the key player in this room is the u.s. i mean the u.s. is the main part of the u.s. and its allies which look of course as well and if we're going to change position from there i don't really see what the any any movement can actually do i think the boss of me us is caught or we're getting a break from the washington is more sort of right wing rhetoric about arming rebels congolese rights today so i actually get a major shift there it's not going to help really and i hate egy

special troops are on standby to go into syria following president obama's warning of all theorizing intervention if there are signs to mask us it's moving its chemical arms. despite america's countdown to pullout from afghanistan there was a warning that washington is fueling insurgency following a deadly wave of insider attacks against western troops next hour one of syria's deputy prime ministers shares his view on how a cease fire and lasting peace can be achieved. there are joined by dr carter his journey and the series vice prime minister for economic affairs and i'm becoming. let us start over visiting your is a news conference where he says the basic principle that must be observed for any kind of dialogue to be possible in syria you named. and it has still it is and refraining from foreign interference and on is there anything else you know. no there are only these two principle ours which should be enough but if we were to agree on these two principles all other issues would become technicalities despite a contradiction is assumed and we would be able to reach an agreement

continue in syria. lived in syria for a decade and witnessed what the people went through when the. united. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded a christian community and i'm on a street in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria around different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen uprising and violence of course we have been facing. reality evolving to get more and more of that as you can pick. you know it's really in the central health it's so for us it was new because we were. put in sort of predation of the smallest pity since nineteen ninety four when we really. appreciate. the security team in syria you know its security of course it which is imposed somehow. by regime which is very strong good and sometimes it kind of. again but nevertheless the reality is that everybody was living in security now

and border design orders syria's neighbors to feel the heat from the country's civil war with deadly clashes and a growing flow of refugees. and up next time she talks to dr kundry jamil syria's deputy prime minister for economic affairs and he has his say on how a ceasefire under lossing fees can be reached. they're joined by dr. sears vice prime minister for economic affairs and then become. the let us start over visiting your is the news conference for us says the basic principle that must be observed for any kind of dialogue to be possible in syria you named the present was and it has still it is and refraining from foreign interference and on is there anything else you know of that in for no there are only these two principle ours which should be enough if we were to agree on these two principles all other issues would become technicalities despite a contradiction is assumed and we would be able to reach an agreement all certain reciprocal concessions over the guidelines in question include refraining from foreign interference in any form of them which means that the syrian peop

next hour one of syria's deputy prime minister shares his view on how a cease fire and lasting peace can be achieved. they're joined by dr corder hegemony a serious vice prime minister for economic affairs and then become. the let us start over visiting your is a news conference for us says the basic principle that must be observed for any kind of dialogue to be possible in syria you named principles and it has still it is and refraining from foreign interference and on is there anything else you know well no there are only these two principle ours which should be enough but if we were to agree on these two principles all other issues would become technicalities despite a contradiction is assumed and we would be able to reach an agreement or certain reciprocal concessions over the guidelines in question include refraining from foreign interference in any form of them which means that the syrian people should be allowed to decide their fate by themselves it is in fact a longstanding principle of international relations that to being violated right now of the thirty second principle re

fleeing the violence in syria in droves. refugees are spilling across the border at a rate that hard to handle. >> about 500 people are coming every day, but the authorities are having to send them to another camp which is only just being built. >> and talk about some hometown advantage -- great britain is having an olympics to remember and the games aren't over yet. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was a bruising day for the british bank standard chartered, with its shares plummeting after accusations from u.s. regulators that it laundered money for iran. the uk's fifth largest bank denies it hit over $250 billion of secret transactions, but american authorities say it violated its embargo. our business correspondent reports. >> can a bank really stand for something? can it balance its ambition with its conscience? >> this is how standard chartered sells itself -- a bank with operations across the world, doing good. but tonight, executives here at its london headquarters will be reeling f

my first question is, you know, how long does he have to govern greater syria? i mean going back to plan b, i mean he could still be in power, that is one issue. the other issue people need to look at are the finances depending on who you listen to he has between 5 and $7 billion of reserve in the central bank, if he runs out of money to run his country, i think that is more indicative of how strong the regime is, because if you can't pay your troops. >> rose: down from 17 billion. >> if i look at the weakness of the regime i look at the finances, so he if he has money coming in technically he should be able to hold on indefinitely if he runs out of money, can't keep the electricity power stations open and can't keep the water running and can't keep paying his soldiers, i think that is where the major crack is. >> and how long, what is the ticking clock on that? so that the economic pressure will be so severe he has no choice well, depending on who you listen to, financially, if you look at the central bank figures toward the end of the year technically but it d

in syria because when you see for instance the people in powers of the. united church you know the national syrian committee. down very much their own very worst speaking they are very democrats and so on when you see the people planting bomb bouncing because it's another sign of the free so where is the truth what is the real power of the moderates and the democrats if they exist what is develop over for the people of al qaeda what is the report of the saudis nobody exactly knows and we would see it moving noids. after but when will be does nobody knows who would be in six months or. medicaid banks very much for your i think you. wealthy british science it's time to. market weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on our. headlines on odds he ukraine's high court rejects yulia timoshenko appeal against a seven year sentence the former prime minister was jailed for abuse of power linked to a gas deal signed with the rusher in two thousand and nine the meantime are hundreds of supporters are demonstrating in kie

reporting from damascus in syria. reports the u.s. and some of its western allies are seeking to build more direct links with the rebels while trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council dr abraham from the university in amman says by backing the opposition washington is only adding to the violence in syria. the rebels as you have seen are made up of the front bands there are outlaws there are muslim brothers there are al qaida supporters and the from places they cooperate or they compete against one another sometimes using guns so the purpose here is to destroy the country and many syrians and arabs have come to see that for what it is. syria is supposed to fall into chaos and fragmentation as has happened and somalia before and so the united states has been engaged and implementing the design of creation of chaos in syria so what we have here is an armed rebellion that is being supported financed and politically covered why these people the dollars mainly money earned from selling oil and in the service of imperia