handed and the diplomatic approach to russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria foreign minister sergey lavrov pointed out the un's hard line on damascus while it allowed a civil war to rage in yemen this comes as a lot of rather strongly criticized the france for reportedly dropping arms to libyan rebels saying if the claims are true they represent a clear breach of the u.n. resolution. now with many countries watching their spending at the moment the cost of sending delegates or hosting international summits is being scrutinised the recent russia e.u. conference has critics asking if we're getting value for money to answer this i'll grant off talks to the head of the european union's delegation to russia fernando vallance waya that's coming up on spotlight next. culture is that so much of the human and there's a huge musician apparently trying to hide from the market black market and standoff in libya is there a military solution to the conflict in libya and a stable democratic and whole libya if you create. a welcome to spotlight the interview show on arts and

an even handed and diplomatic approach russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria foreign minister sergey lavrov pointed out the un's a hard line on damascus while it allowed a civil war to rage in yemen this comes as a lot of robert strongly criticized france for live or to dropping arms to libyan rebels saying if the claims are true they represent a clear breach of the u.n. resolution. and of course we'll be back with more world news in thirty minutes but before that our financial pundit max kaiser tells us how greek communists have missed the mark in blaming capitalism for the country's was. ah it's me max kaiser this is the kaiser report we're going to tell you things you never knew about michael bloomberg but first let's check in with stacey herbert stacey max you know we've been talking about suicide bankers around the world and they are out in full force this latest week but at the start of the week i want you to look at this image from outside of their crop elice when it was taken over by the communist party union in athens the peoples have the power never

and even diplomatic approach russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria foreign minister sergey lavrov. points out yemen is in a state of civil war while the un has so far failed to take action but has taken a hard line position against damascus. and up next the latest in our series of reports on life in the former soviet republics twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . nine hundred ninety one georgia or achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . the standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. we did get independence but it resulted in much blood and destruction. a similar broke out in georgia d'souza came sovereignty to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people who fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years have passed but people here enjoy less freedom than they did during the soviet period. back in one thousand nine hundred eight. real

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 as evidence for that you had people beaten well away from from the square where tourists were people

moscow points to double standards at the un over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution. well more world news in thirty minutes time with my colleague sean thomas but before that our financial pundit max cars are tells us how greek communists have missed the mark in blaming capitalism for the country's woes that's up next. i it's me max kaiser this is the kaiser report we're going to tell you things you never knew about michael bloomberg but first let's check in with stacey herbert stacey max you know we've been talking about suicide bankers around the world and they are out in full force this latest week but at the start of the week i want you to look at this image from outside of their crop elice when it was taken over by the communist party union in athens the peoples have the power never surrender organize counter attack is to counter attack in athens joining the global insurrection against banker occupation over there in cairo they're well ahead of the curve and they're rejecting all i.m.f. world bank loans and all these protests are goi

resolution and came to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria or yemen. sigil of rule pulling no punches he hits out at those that have 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 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 tru

over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution. and next latest in our series of reports on life in the former soviet republics twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. that's up next. nine hundred ninety one george are achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . before a violent standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. we did get independence but it resulted in much blood in the struction. the civil war broke out in georgia to susie came sovereignty to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people who fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years have passed but people here enjoy less freedom than they did during the soviet period. back in one thousand nine hundred eight. really was just a student he joined a mass trying to strike outside government headquarters time the country was still cooled the georgian soviet

russia exposes a double standards at the un over the organisation's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly diplomatic solution. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria whilst ignoring what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen are not so good later on. just after midnight here 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 a wave of a sturdy measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to job to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds well the plans met heavy public resistance with two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured the national journalist amaechi coffee loss is right in the middle of the action at the syntagma square. in the front where you might hear some screaming that's where people are standing in front of my yes which is a street that passed in front of parliament and that's where more of the tonton go

resolution and keen to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria yemen. sergei lavrov pulling no punches even how to those that have 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 which. 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 would nobody's going to the u.n. security council to try and stop it. they're reiterating in some ways words he has said before that russia wants to see a peace draw to round in the arab world to discussion in diplomacy and not to do international intervention something that they will not support. robert gates has retired as u.s. secretary of defense after almost five years on the job but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panett

over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should not be calling for action while ignoring what he describes as a civil war in india. and next we talk to british union leader mark somewhat guy who says public sector workers won't stop until they achieve their goals. today i'm talking to mark hughes one of the brains behind the. nationwide strike in the u.k. he's head of the public and commercial services union he's three hundred thousand members are walking out the proposed reforms to the pension scheme mr walker thanks for talking to r.t. today now this is possible to plan to cut public spending in this country just how drastic are these cuts going to be give us an impression of what they might mean for the cuts to the biggest that most people will have seen in their lifetime. projected to mean half a million jobs lost in the public sector six hundred thousand jobs in the private sector as a direct result we're seeing changes in the delivery of welfare cuts in funding of education for y

expose us double standards at the un over the organization's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly diplomatic solution. the foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while state during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen olive oil not so later on. russia's gazprom says it's boosting its investment program and raising dividends to record levels find out more block him out of the a.g.m. of the company in our business. 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 and the final step towards implementing the next wave of hysteria measures it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds all the plans met with resistance with more than a three hundred people injured in two days of riots financial journalists and media is in the heart of athens where frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather around the parliament

over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should not be calling for action while ignoring what he describes as the civil war in yemen. a war world news in around thirty minutes but before that we look at how life in georgia has changed two decades after it gained independence from the soviet union that's up next on our. nine hundred ninety one georgia achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . before a violent standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. we did get independence but it resulted in much blood in the struction. the civil war broke out in georgia to susie came sovereignty to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people have fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years have passed but people here enjoy less freedom than i did during the soviet period. back in one tho

russia exposes double standards at the un over the organization's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly differ from out excellent. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while steak ignoring what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen i'll have more not so good later old. russia's largest company gas giant gazprom has announces boosting dividends on his investment program to record levels from the company's a.g.m. and all business groups are going to it's. just after nine 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 a bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of us therapy measures as a last hurdle that athens has to job to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds and the plans met with resistance more than three hundred people injured in two days of riots natural journalist dimitri coffee in the heart of athens where frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather

resolution and keen to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria yemen. sigil of rolf 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 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 liv

russia expose us double standards of the un over the organization's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly diplomatic solution. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while state during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen all aboard up to the delayed roll. just after eight 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 sturdy measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to job to qualify for a new stack of european bailout funds but we will. i have. a journalist joining us later on in the program who was right there in the middle of the action let's go to the u.k. now where up to three quarters of a million public sector workers are preparing for industrial action they're voicing their opposition to plan changes to their pay and pensions both part of the government's austerity measures a third of schools are expected to close with

over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should not be calling for action on ignoring what he describes as a civil war and. that's all for me and he said now why more world news at the top of the hour with pets are silly up before that our financial pundit max kaiser told us how great communists have missed the mark in blaming capitalism for the country's financial woes. i mean max keiser this is the guys report of things you never knew about michael bloomberg but first let's check in with stacey herbert stacey max you know we've been talking about suicide bankers around the world and they are out in full force this latest week but at the start of the week i want you to look at this image from outside of their crop elice when it was taken over by the communist party union in athens the people's house the power never surrender organize counter attack is to counterattack in athens joining the global insurrection against banker occupation over there in cairo they're well ahead of the curv

hour concerns in russia over double standards at the un over the organization's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly diplomatic solution. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stated during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen all aboard not so good later old. and of the risk of greece is the fault is reduced russian markets put on the another office number for the obvious a nice rights group putting the street two or three days in a row more on that in the business as you put it in. that seven pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live and he's now with our top story this evening greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures is the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european ballot funds while the plans may have the public resistance with two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured. live to the heart of athens where financial journalist timothy coff

concerns in russia over double standards at the un over the organization's hard line position on syria with moscow calling for a strictly diplomatic solution. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen i'll have more nuts of it later on. my from our studios in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital five 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 has to implement the agreed cots in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. financial journalists. where the focal point of the protests with more. things are really quiet here no one's not i gather to get the protests are supposed to take place around six o'clock or they're supposed to start collecting i was in the square on the afternoon right now most people are prob

over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should be calling for action public nor in what he describes as a civil war in yemen. but many countries tightening their belts and feeling the effects of the economic downturn we ask whether the world is really getting value for money spotlight is next here on our. hello and welcome to spotlight today into a show on arts and i'm already operating today my guest in the studio is. the reason russia has left some of the diplomats questioning your true officials critics saying such summits cost too much and aren't very effective but maybe this lady was an exceptional russian and you feel need is compromised the moscow's ban on the move and move pretty good progress on a visa free regime but is there anything that still remains and so here's the head of the european union delegation to russia to tell them go. ask those battling back to the european benadryl stole the headlines of the russia e.u. summit. some other topics moscow wanted to discuss lik

over the organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council simply calling for action all the core and what he describes a civil war in yemen. which many countries tightening their belts and feeling the effects of the economic downturn we asked whether the world is really getting value for money the spotlight is next here on our. hello yes and welcome to stop watching the interview shell on parts of i'll be your friend today my guest in the studio instead of no no violence for. the reason russia has left some of the diplomats questioning a tree with fresh his critics saying such summits cost too much and aren't very effective but maybe this lady was an exception russian elite feel leaders compromised by moscow's ban on here feel vegetables and who printed progress on a visa free regime but is there anything that still remains and so here's the head how the european union delegation to russia to talk about the balance i. ask you is battling back to the european vegetables the headlines of the russia e.u.

security council's resolution on syria for the facts that we consider such as. resolution inappropriateness i'll give you a simple example the situation in yemen is no easier than in syria there's a typical civil war going on there but nobody's going to the un security council to try and stop it so. they're reiterating in someways words he has said before that russia wants to see a peace brought around brought about in the arab world to discussion and diplomacy and not through international intervention something that they will not support. sergei lavrov has also announced that moscow is waiting for confirmation from libyan rebels that they have received weapons from france 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 to the country it's the first time a member of nato has owned up to supplying weapons to the since the bombing began over three months ago alliance officials want paris to explain its unilateral action the u.n. mandate on

over the organization's hard line position on syria saying the crisis there warrants only a peaceful solution of. 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 wh

resolution in appropriate 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 russia has long been opposed to adopting the u.n. resolution condemning crackdowns on protesters in syria moscow argues such a resolution could only escalate violence in the country russia special envoy to africa has been calling for a peaceful resolution to the syrian crisis saying that russia doesn't want to see the situation go down the same military power as libya protest against president bashar asad rules have been rocking the country for months. but the african union has condemned frowns for supplying weapons to libyan rebels its chief said the move threatens to put the entire region at risk on wednesday france became the first nato country to openly admit to arming tribal fighters who are striving to topple colonel gadhafi rebels have recently been making gains and hope to advance on tripoli john laughlin from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris sa

resolution condemning crackdowns on protesters in syria moscow argues such a resolution could only ask away violence in the country russell special envoy to africa is calling for a peaceful resolution to the syrian crisis saying that russia doesn't want to see the situation go down the same military power as libya protests against president bashar asad rocking the country for months. but the african union has condemned frowns for supplying weapons to libyan rebels its chief said the move threatens to put the entire region at risk and wednesday france became the first nato country to openly admit to arming tribal fighters who are striving to topple another daffy have recently been making gains and hope to advance on tripoli down laughlin from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris as fractious action reveals the true colors of nato as efforts in libya. the admission that france is arming the rebels is very obviously an admission that what's going on in libya is a fight between the government and armed rebels and on bro bills are not civilians so any attack by the government

dennis kucinich sits down with the dictator of syria and taking heat for praising him. he claims he was mistranslated. we'll show you what he said. you can decide for yourself. we ask tough questions about was he being a diplomat or being duped. and more later in the casey anthony trial. first words in her trial were tears and dr. phil mcgraw on her credibility on the stand. >> her likability is not good right now. her believability, her credibility is not good right now. it will do nothing but go down if she takes the stand. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, i

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moved from the country under the control of the lebanese militant group hezbollah syria has a large network of allies and supporters and analysts say the collapse of the government in damascus could have catastrophic implications for the region. more than a thousand people have been injured. in clashes with police in egypt's capital cairo demonstrators are demanding the prosecution of security forces accused of brutality during the mass uprising that led to the ousting in february of president hosni mubarak or also anger at the slow pace of reforms following the revolution. back now to our washington studios for part two of the alona show stay with us here on our. we've got. the biggest issues good voice face to face with the news makers. are it's time for you said it i read it take time to respond to my brilliant and engaging viewer comments from facebook twitter and you too because when you've got something to say i do listen now first on responded john smith who commented on lol psych announcing that they would be disbanding after their fifty day reign of terror he said on facebo

iran and syria remain leading state sponsors of terrorism. hezbollah and hamas are terrorist organizations that threaten israel and our interests in the middle east. we will therefore continue to use the full range of our foreign policy tools to prevent these regimes and terrorist organizations from endangering our national security. president obama has made it clear the united states is determined to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. we will continue to work closely with allies and partners, including sharing and acting upon intelligence to prevent the flow of weapons and funds to hezbollah and hamas to prevent attacks against our allies, citizens, or our interests. the principal focus of this counterterrorism strategy and the focus of our efforts since president obama took office is the network that poses the most direct and significant threat to the united states, and that is al qaeda, its affiliates, and its adherents, and we use these terms deliberately. it is al qaeda, the core group founded by osama bin laden, that has murde

lot in the south of the country which is something israelis know these missiles originated in syria they found their way to lebanon and then they were fired by his below onto the true state back in two thousand and six this museum was set up about a decade ago so that the i.d.f. could display weapons ammunition and items that are captured from israel's enemies on the ground and almost ominous threat the lebanese palestinian and his bill of flags flying on the israeli border the message is clear here no country's immune to what happens to its neighbor and it won't take much to turn the region's precarious peace into all out war policy r.t. israel france has become the first country to openly admit it supplied the libyan rebels with weapons a french military spokesman said the arms including machine guns and rocket propelled grenades were parachuted in by air to the besieged rebel forces former u.s. diplomat george kenney believes the consequences of the illegal action are unpredictable but completely contrary to the un resolution apparently they've shipped a couple of light tanks into the

that missiles are being moved from the country under control of the lebanese militant group hezbollah syria has a large network of allies and supporters analysts say the collapse of the syrian government could have had a straw fake implications for the region. more than a thousand people have been injured in clashes with police in egypt's capital cairo demonstrators are demanding prosecution of the security forces accused of brutality during the mass uprising that led to the ousting of president mubarak in february there's also anger at the slow pace of reforms following the revolution. up next our latest in their series of reports on life in a former soviet republics twenty years on after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. stay with us here on r.t. . cheat independence from the u.s.s.r. . standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. dependents but it resulted in much blood in the struction. listening. to susie. to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people have fled the country in the time of the s