we told stories in our view i think here is a council meets on syria seeming to seek consensus rather than any action as a military intervention on sanctions against the country. between the opposition and end up with him. also if the raid south clashes between government forces and rebel fighters continue on the outskirts of the compas so will be the ship has returned to the channels for talks with the country's president instead of threatening the family would have. been sixty nine to haul from the people who are out of work in b. eurozone and then implement. ten points of the sound that was in the bathroom of a single person see the figures were released just today also e.u. leaders pledged eight billion viewers to agree more jobs about that summit of pointed out. the headlines for you know about and his guys discuss syria and what might lie in store. next. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle syria on the brink as violence escalates in this in battle country the calls for strong sanctions and even a military intervention grow in intensity what is at stake the protection

different syria's very good ties with syria they have good ties with iran they have access to the rest of the world so they're not completely isolated regime they can hang on i mean they they've proven determination hang on last time an uprising like this. ten thousand people were killed we i think estimates are about half that now so you know the regime may just hang on and crush everything else the regime may collapse and made of all that is so war but my guess is it's the internal events inside the country that are going to drive the future and the decision that the regime makes and the opposition makes and of course that's very complicated because that's a dynamic relationship neither one of them is and an actor but they're going to determine the future of this country much more than the rest of us are standing in the sidelines that's why i really think with what the rest of us are standing on the sidelines with the united states and other countries should be doing is you know we can work to ensure the stability of the region and to deal with this crisis with every direction it goe

diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria as moscow slams a proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down. but want to be out of wiki leaks founder julian assange is due out of britain supreme court shortly to appeal against his extradition to sweden. and israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backfires by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america. what are they coming to you live from moscow i'm reading josh welcome to the program the u.n. security council has agreed it wants to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way had the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those sp

and around syria well if i said finally quits. which is a possibility of course who do you think will pick up the pound the s.n.c. is most likely to become the the the the ruling party the country which is well first i don't think he will voluntarily quit and second of all it depends very much on how he eventually relinquished his power and you know some people have spoken of the prospect for example of a military coup perhaps coming from within and let's say the alawite security elite who will feel that if they can move him aside it will be much easier to. negotiate a transition that preserves their core interests there is a possibility of at some point you know a sudden popular uprising in key cities such as damascus and aleppo which we haven't really seen yet there is a possibility of prolonged conflict and civil war and ultimately what i think would be most beneficial to syria although looking increasingly unlikely is a negotiated transition away from this you know dictatorial one party rule and i think you know we have to adm

he is now doing the same and that this family's on acceptable in syria needs a nonsectarian national government to prepare a new constitution the arab league's reportedly calling for a joint arab league u.n. so-called peacekeeping force to be sent into syria president assad has already rejected the idea do you think it's a good idea i don't think it's a good idea to send any so-called peacekeeping forces i mean first we have to say what is the arab league the arab league is essentially amaury by and organization which is brought to life when the west needs it too it is played no active role for the last twenty five years in any positive sense in the region it failed to stop the war in iraq it backed the war. libya and it's probably being used as a surrogate to try and push through foreign troops an intervention in syria which i'm totally opposed to i think that is the one thing syria does not need is foreign armies we've seen what's happened in iraq and we've seen what's happened in libya but surely the involvement of the arab league which is kind of a local regional group is better

let the national state from from syria the old syria to a new a new syria but the what are done by old what are it is empowered the policies that is empowered by the u.s. and its allies in the opinion alleys it will make syria feel state and if syria is instability or goes in a tunnel of instability i think all the middle east will come towards this tunnel also and the fundamentalism will raise and this will affect the whole world and especially specially it will affect eastern europe western europe and all. mediterranean region also right dr varian. robin a professor at lebanese international university thank you very much for your analysis. but with less than a month ago before russia's presidential vote emotions are running high i am a campaign shift up a gear following a day of demonstrations and. prime minister and presidential candidates idea where putin continues to lay out his electoral program this time it's more about whether shape democracy with initiatives allowing the people to suggest their own laws online can offer has more of the main idea of the sort of go is that a ci

on the situation in syria. on behalf of the vice-president of the commission, representing beehive representative of the union of foreign affairs, i would like to give him the floor. >> thank you very much. thank you for giving me the possibility to present to you the eu position. percentage of ashton. the e.u. convinced the totally unacceptable escalation of violence in the area. the time as kind to speak with one voice and demand an end to the bloodshed and the democratic future for syria. the e.u. has been leading international calls for strong u.n. action. we are very disappointed like all of you by the recent failure of the united nations will to adopt a resolution due to a new feature of russia and china. last saturday following the vote, the high representative on the can ress up the eagles continue to support all efforts at the league of arab states and called once more on all members of the u.n. security council to assume their resonsibilities. the searing crisis is and will remain very high on the e.u

what's going on in syria right now. well peter let me just to get back to what was discussed previously before the interruption i mean there are two dimensions to the to the situation in syria now there is on the one hand a very legitimate powerful movement of civilians who are claiming in fact change in the country and access to democracy to social justice to economic and political rights and this should not be undermined this this is a powerful and legitimate movement which started peacefully it's been only since a month or a few weeks that it has become militarized which is in fact leading to the internationalization of the conflict but so far it has been in majority a peaceful movement now these movements are claiming change and access to power and the end of the over the country there is another side to the debate which is now the involvement of the international community and in fact the fact that syria is in a web of strategic alliances which is in fact trying to gain the momentum to take advantage of the politic

laura smith talks to middle east expert taricani on the situation in syria and what it could mean for the entire region. i'm talking to tariq ali who's a historian and author and writes mainly on subjects to do with the middle east of course we're talking about events in syria tariq ali thanks very much for talking to us now president assad seems to be clinging on to power in syria do you think there's any chance of him stepping down in the near future well it looks unlikely as if he'll step. off its own accord i think he has to be pushed out the syrian people who are of course doing their best in the country. what is more dangerous is the pressure of being built outside especially in istanbul and by nato to try and organize an intervention that i think would be disastrous and lead to enormous bloodshed much much worse than what's happened in libya. so i think that be a disaster i think the best way is for pressure to be put on him from without by countries who are not seen as hostile to syria which include russia china and others. and the pressure should be kept on at home and he sho

up next the ongoing crisis in syria comes under scrutiny and cross talk with peter lavelle. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm curious about syria and the spiral of violence why does the west refuse to describe events being played out in syria as a civil war why is there such music since the finding a political settlement among the warring factions and will outside intervention eventual tear syria apart. could cross talk the situation unfolding in syria i'm joined by kurt worth miller in washington he's a research fellow at the center for religious freedom at the hudson institute in london we have patrick case he's a journalist and political commentator and in cairo we go to rami gerar he is a political activist and co-founder of activists news association all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want patrick i'd like to go to you first in london there seems to be this amazing lack of recognition that really what's happening in syria is a civil war and i'm looking at western capitals right now but when i think about what's going on there an

damascus syria. post two more about the latest statements of decisions taken at the friends of syria meeting in june is the top issue is the beirut based director of the center for middle east are these these joining us on the line now dr gelb a very good evening to you the so-called friends the syria concluding that tough economic sanctions will help resolve the syrian crisis do you agree with them not at all the answer is no because i need economy. have effects not on the syrian regime on syria on the syrian people and which will not solve the problem they can make political pressure on the syrian regime they can me like they . close the embassies of syria and kick out the ambassador's bad not all for this it will not solve the problem it will not also harm the people in syria but i me economy. will harm the people in syria it will not solve the problem at all it will make it much more complicate a lot of focus on this meeting tonight in. the saudis attended then they walked out a couple of hours a

people in syria really think. there's a media blackout i think it's still pretty hard to say ma if i can go to you in princeton has the west decided to support a side in this conflict in syria that is rapidly looking like a civil war well clearly there is an uprising which has continued unabated since about a year and now we're heading towards the first anniversary of the start of the uprisings. there has been a brutal repression on the part of the regime and so far about six thousand civilian casualties killed in this repression so clearly there's a situation that here they are peaceful protesters who have been crushed by the regime security parrott us and that has drawn attention internationally so there's been a side taken in the sense that there are human rights violations and i would say it's true that the uprisings have taken you know have continued and a large part of the population is supporting it you also have a part of the population which still doesn't know which side to take because they are afraid of

and is very weakly represented on syria's political scene as. it is only one of the opposition groups comprised of syrians now have no influence or presence in the country there are other groups each one viewing itself as the most significant but again according to a representative of the opposition these organizations have no control over the whole insurgency for instance syria has so called and protest committees and some of these aren't connected to any opposition groups with a have their own agenda so they demand that the regime change its policies they demand democracy and free elections are they do not necessarily identify themselves with specific opposition movements in other words the opposition is very fragmented new york their goals are different some groups believe in talks with the regime others think it pointless some believe a constitution would offer some grounds for political evolution and syria to business and others i think the constitution will be worth less than the paper it's printed on some believe the elections are going t

resolution on syria let's get more reaction on the situation in and around syria with dr omar to xabi a lecturer and professor at the lebanese american university of beirut so why do you think the u.s. and e.u. rushed to put the resolution on syria to a vote even to russia asked for a delay until foreign minister lavrov met with the syrian government. well i think there are some political objectives behind that but let's let's just clarify that the that the russian position and the chinese position was not to support the syrian regime or to support the. heart of is that are coming from syria on the contrary quite the opposite it was to stop this bloodshed and interview of russia and china to stop this bloodshed is to stick to the you and charter and the principles of the un charter and to stick to the united nations as an organization that works with peace and therefore that encourages dialogue and that with that i think is the position of russia by actually saying that there should be more time to actually for the attempts the russian attempts to model minister lavrov is going to be.

different syria's very good ties with syria they have good ties with iran they have access to the rest of the world so they're not completely isolated regime they can hang on i mean they've proven determination hang on last time an uprising like this ten thousand people were killed but we think estimates are about half that now so you know the regime may just hang on and crush everything else the regime may collapse and made of all that is so war but my guess is it's in turn all events inside the country that are going to drive the future and the.

iran is an issue here and we hear a lot of saber rattling right now in so let's look at the issue of syria and iran because there's a lot of countries in the world including the united states would love to see the iranians punished somehow one way or another you know take down hezbollah you mention to masala already i mean it's really has nothing to do about the poor people of syria or democracy it's a geo political play to go after to turn around and turn around would be oh i met loser if the regime in damascus did fall well it's both exactly which part of the reason why the united states would like to see assad go because then iran loses its only regional ally and it further isolates you are allowing the united states and israel to put more pressure on it to stop its nuclear weapons program suspected nuclear weapons program so there is a clear strategic interests go ahead jump in i just want to jump in i do think there are any and they're greatly concerned here i think one of the problems at the top of their concern is if the syrian regime falls that in a sense the arab spring will blow

play our welcome back to cross talk time you were talking about the war in syria. lebanon. and you just start playing ok i'd like to go back to rami and in cairo i started out the program saying how disappointed i am but i expected that the western powers wouldn't like to call what's going on in in syria's civil war because it has very important political and geopolitical input implications but let's talk about another thing that western media and politicians don't like to talk about it and it's the sectarian strife there i mean this is about you you said in the first part of the program about defectors most of them at least i've been told are sunni what does that tell you. not actually the case of the country is so you would see a majority of defectors being cinese we've seen the whites we've seen christian defectors that's actually not the case but what you have in syria now is the government basically portraying the sectarian violence and that's sort of provoking both sides what you're seeing is in the army i have to be detailed about this in the army with mobile phones

a diplomatic battle at the one over a resolution on syria calling the president assad to step down russia says no to regime change and pushes for talks instead all the details from new york just ahead in the program. the u.k.'s high court considers the bait to wiki leaks founder julian assange is wanted on sweden accommodations of sexual assault. soldiers always maintained this case is politically motivated it's great it's good it's from here to sweden to america more coming up. on the u.n. atomic bush talk indicates tehran is ready to cooperate on beaches over its nuclear program and plans to make another trip to iran next month. international news live from moscow this is with me thanks for joining us russia will not agree to embalm their own weapons to syria and moscow says doing so i would not prevent the continued arming of opposition groups in the country. could be un security council where russia is refusing to back any military intervention or resolution that could break the conflict r.t. this is from new york. russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo

national party damascus syria. and we have reestablished our live connection with maria for an ocean or so there are high hopes on the outcome of this meeting although another war is optimistic what's the feeling on the ground in syria. well matt on my way to a studio here in damascus of in passing by many cafes in the old town and i've noticed that everybody inside was cool chain live coverage from tunisia well people here on the ground people here in syria are following this event but the country is divided on what to expect from this meeting of friends of syria in tunisia and what kind of solution these countries may bring to them here on the ground some still hope that the nations taken part in this event will be able to get together the opposition to the authorities and force them to start dialogue and through this dialogue peace and stability will finally be restored here in the country but others are still concerned that it will not be the case and fearing that their western countries are actually planning a

resolution for syria. quite honestly no not unless the draft of this wreckage that unless the text of the draft of this resolution changes because a it calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside handover of power to the deputy make room for a unity transition government to be formed that is something that is a move that some members of the council consider a regime change secondly it has wording that allows for possible foreign intervention even though west major western powers as well as arab league representatives have for us have underscore the fact that no military intervention or foreign intervention would be allowed into syria a lot of a lot of countries are skeptical because of what took place in libya so unless the text of this draft resolution changes and holds both sides accountable and allows for mediation instead of you know a change in government then i don't see russia supporting this resolution or even abstaining from it i see russia casting a veto we're going to thanks very mu

damascus syria a top u.s. intelligence official has admitted al qaeda is working alongside syria's armed opposition but could mean washington and the terrorist group are actually fighting on the same side because as an investigative journalist russell baker believes foreign states are helping armed rebels to. we're seeing a similar pattern to what we saw in libya and that is this the western countries clearly want bashar assad out just as much as they wanted khadafi out and we are seeing this introduction of tremendous amounts of force very skilled sophisticated operations like the assassination of that cleric like the assassination of a general the other day in damascus very skilled operatives are bringing this battle right home to assad and that is not the sign of a traditional peaceful uprising that's not to say that there are not a large number of people in syria who would like to get rid of assad but i think that that sentiment of part of the population is being dramatically helped along by outside forces

the syrian government destabilize syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy state still that like with washington it's not all big all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. while that's one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya it's pre-pay one yet since the start of its revolution its economy a shambles the rebels fighting each other thousands of former gadhafi supporters reportedly tortured prisoners. overseas demand for indian summer gets drupal that's a recession these hopeful parents struggling to pay the u.s. price tag. greece has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that's a cash injection may yet prove to be in the use of greece push through final cut some wednesday to a written promise to stick by austerity off connections that still not enough for the e.u. . it's now one sentence to accept i don't want is to make sure it's falling in terms of the bailout greece has already struggled to meet the te

on syria as well as the u.k. britain has recruited its ambassador from syria for consultations and it looks like new resolutions are just around the corner. hawse from box. struggling to convince the west impartiality critics. approach which brought into question. it's divisive on every level the syrian crisis has splits opinion from the streets to the international stage the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here this is a doomed. as well as i murdering regime there is no way it can get its credibility back internationally or with its own people and when you come when you realize that you see what a mistake russia is making by backing this regime so many in the west russia's decision along with china to veto the un resolution on syria is difficult to understand america's u.n. envoy described the decision to show you full and accuse the countries of attempting to sell out the syrian people and if shielding a tyrant the right fr

from the russian capital top stories now syria's first steps to democratic reform ridiculed by the u.s. as washington stops just shy of labeling president assad a war criminal while allegedly pumping weapons into the war torn state. france spain greece the czech republic unfolding and yesterday protests hit the e.u. as governments hack and slash policies leave economies and public patience at the points of collapse. the man charge of the murder of prominent russian journalist anna politkovskaya says the killing may have been orchestrated in london by a fugitive russian businessman and a suspected chechen terrorists. i'll be back with more on this story as more of. the meantime on cross-talk peter navarro and his guests get hot under the collar of a what the global economy thinks it should do about war torn syria heated debate next on altie. well the perks science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. and if you. want to. know him well come across talk i'm futile about the right to protect or the right to penetrate as syria conti

time for your headlines diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria. proposed a u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down the kremlin's warning against using the world body to impose outside interests on the syrian people. are live pictures here coming in all over wiki leaks founder julian assange is in britain supreme court it's where he's appealing against his extradition to sweden and those are live pictures for you now back to. wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses which he denies the allegations against him are politically. and that is really a pain in the u.s. backed by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america many of criticized the commercials saying they use scare tactics to israelis jews to return to their. stay with us if you can hear when it's time for his cross talk the main subject for debate syria and what the future may hold in store. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm curious about syria on the brink as violence escalates in this in battle country the calls for strong sanctions and even a milit

the political opposition outside syria. i believe they are doing the right thing and they will be able to bring greater unity to the opposition and syria. >> to promote the syria national council as legitimate representative of the opposition. to ramp up economic sanctions against syria, to close embassies, and to pre position humanitarian aid just in case president bashar al-assad ever agrees to a cease-fire. behind the scenes, it was chaotic disagreement about whether to arm the rebels. britain has always been against it. the americans hinted they might consider it. sitting next to hillary clinton, the saudi foreign minister said he was all for it. an excellent idea, he called it. >> what do you think about foreign aid to syrian opposition? >> i think it is an excellent idea. quips one thing -- >> the failure of the outside world to stop the violence in syria is not to do with their own lack of political will, but the fault they say of russia and china. they have blocked any u.n. approval and refused to turn up to the con

people pushing for the intervention in syria saudi arabia. essentially they would like a syrian version of the muslim brotherhood to to run the country that is the new plot for the arab region and then the united states will do deals with them as it has done in the past and you say china and russia are in a very strong negotiating position now however. foreign minister lavrov says visits to syria recently seems to have yielded no results whatsoever well i think that you know if it carries on like this. the. family and clan refuse to budge and refuse to relinquish their stranglehold on the country sooner or later something disastrous will happen possibly including some form of foreign intervention and then where will they and do they want to end up like do they want to end up like lynched by mobs backed by western troops that is the future that stares them in the face there is no other breach let's talk about the sheer complexity of the various forces that seem to be at large in syria at the moment we've heard reports that british and cattery

the syrian government stabilize syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is. still the like with washington so it's not a big all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. and for an example of how the syrian uprising could end up we take a look at libya the country prepares to mark one this is the start of its revolution its economy a shambles the rebels fighting each other since a former gadhafi supporters into the prisons. and the overseas demand for indian summer get screwed drew pools as a recession who parents struggling to pay the u.s. price tag. greece has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout and that cash injection may yet prove to be in this if greece push through final cut some wednesday committed to a promise to stick by austerity ofter and actions that's not enough for the. one sackings to sometimes want to make sure it's for doing the terms of the bite out issue may well complicate things larry and distrustful greeks and that's resentful

does that long to beat libya are going to take us to syria how far do you think syria is already essentially a battlefield between iran and the west the israelis have been clear for many years that if you can pull syria out of all but you will weaken iran which they consider to be the number one enemy the number one menace in the neighborhood the number one threat to israel's strategic interests so if you can get syria away from iran either through a diplomatic deal which they tried for many years all through regime change which seems to be the direction of travel mel that would definitely weaken iran and all roads in the middle east right now or do seem to lead back to tehran and saudi arabia's relationship with iran is increasingly hostile and it teases iran of supporting create this testing shiite minority how do you think that could play out saudi arabia's own position is brazenly one sided brazenly self-serving and hypocritical here you have saudi arabia having pulled its ambassador of damascus having complained about the arab league on the ground of its human rights observations well f

there with our to you live from moscow our top stories syria announces a referendum on a new constitution to take place in under two weeks but as the fighting goes on not everyone engaged in the conflict seems willing to look for peace. sizing up rivals u.s. leaders slap on the smiles for china's visiting vice president and leader and waiting as two nations fine for the upper hand in the turbulent relationship. and rallies to mark the anniversary of approach to mocker sea on prising in bahrain are put down with tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western democracy over different revolts in the region. and next artie's laura smith talks to mideast expert tariq ali on the turbulent situation in syria and the implications of could house for the entire region. i'm talking to tara kelley who's a historian and author and writes mainly on subjects to do with the middle east of course we're talking about events in syria tariq ali thanks very much for talking to us now president assad seems to be clinging on to power in syria do you think there's any chance of him stepping down in

damascus syria. but as syrians vote on their future the so-called friends of syria have already made their position clear on friday the group of states led by washington recognize the credibility of the syrian opposition insisting that assad must go because papadopoulos an analyst from britain's the politics first online magazine says encouraging the rebels could push the country into further chaos political dialogue it's the only solution to the conflict in syria any conflict in the middle east has the potential to turn the entire region into a vast firestorm and the fact that the american and british government are implicitly encouraging the syrian opposition is only making things worse in syria and it's only groups all to more casualties and more tragedies the brain which western media is portraying the conflict in syria could this could be mistakenly taken for a hollywood film where by good versus evil in the real world however we know that it is a black and white and what we're seeing is a conce

the meeting won't paint an accurate picture of the situation in syria. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form of the su called friends of syria purpose of the conference is not to find a way it is the current situation for it to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if assad leaves this way more school refused to take part and i've met with mr assad and with representatives of two opposition organizations i did not get the impression that it is the people versus assad in this conflict the situation is different faction of the people is opposing the regime will another part of it supports mistress or will yet another faction does not want syria to fall it just feels the support the regime possibly they do not support the idea of a second to see that it is not black and white it is not a scenario where a whole nation rises up to overthrow a government they don't like they believe that the situation cannot be resolved without the regime in representatives of the governments which do not have a single democratic institut

syria the board. should be allowed to the polls. are now. you know the public comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in here is going to. that's all the training. regime and. hopefully we will never use the weapons for self defense but we should be. they are a full class and sleazy teacher assemblers. seventeen students and sage am one of seventy four stole a lot of. feel. just so. just. seemed. to. say. the phone. if you. are going to take three three. three. three. three. three. golds three blog video. stream media. pressure refuses to back the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria unless it's a matter to put clearly military intervention and an arms embargo on damascus moscow's against regime change the blame for the bloodshed in syria placed equally on the government and the armed opposition led german chancellor angela merkel was in china calling on the country to help them financially crippled by investing in the euro and pushing. the western policy on iraq. as the international community calls on israel to stop buildin

size in syria to lay down the arms. as the money during mission of that i believe was there and as the situation was evolving everybody saw that the government troops were pulling out of certain. quarters of the city is that territory was taken over by armed rebel groups that would mean that the. armed confrontation will continue and escalate. now again it's important to you it's important to acknowledge that just on sunday al-qaeda lead the new leader said that he also supports a syrian opposition he actually called on all of muslims in the arab world to unite and. basically come into syria and support those fighting against the syrian the syrian regime at the moment in fact there that there are obvious points from the iraqi intelligence to say that's ok eventually the militants already flying in from iraq into syria to fight on the side of the armed rebels and of course you'll see our troops keep an eye on washington we're trying to gather a coalition of the willing so to speak who are hoping to put more pressure on t

over syria other news now here on our t.v. the world's top whistleblower has made his appeal to the u.k. supreme court and now it's up to the judges to decide his fate gina saunders wanted in sweden on the negations of sexual assault we can leaks founder denies the accusations and sister case against him is politically motivated or smith is outside the supreme court in la. and laura both sides have put their case before court can we expect a decision soon what's the time scale of all of this. for the time scale is according to the supreme court's they will deliver that takes in what they're calling and number of weeks so we're not sure whether that means two weeks or whether it means eight weeks but certainly we have now reached the end of this day herring and which base.

time few headlines now promise of reform in syria fail. in washington as the u.s. secretary of state says the syrian leader may fit criminals. off the president signed a new draft constitution which implies a political shake up in the country. with just a few days to go before russia's presidential election. but people's needs and political loyalties are the same all across the country. even in neighboring region. on the streets of athens. one of the most. nations to follow a similar. time for them to get rather hot under the collar over what the global community should do about syria you watching. well the turks science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. and if you. want to. know him well come across talk i'm futile about the right to protect or the right to penetrate as syria continues down the path of destruction and civil war there are loud voices on the international stage demanding some form of outside intervention to end the violence and death is international law moving from sovereignty is rig

turkey and syria is the only. one and now you say there are several regional implications here certainly regional implications when it comes to the a qana mees with sanctions or certainly with the west looking to get involved as you say i wish we had more time for this i'm afraid we don't talk to the shop job or director for the center for middle eastern studies live in beirut thank you for joining us on our seats of thank you so. this is artsy now the world's top whistleblower is taking his long legal battle to stay in the u.k. to the country's supreme court julian assange is wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten occasions that he denies the wiki leaks founder insists the case is politically motivated and in response to his website publishing top secret u.s. cables on the wars in afghanistan and iraq laura smith now reports from the high court in london. the building that you see behind me the supremes court could literally be last chance saloon a full julian