so you love rolph russia's foreign minister thank you very much for being with r.t. today my pleasure the year ending with a visit to india russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent member of un security council how do you think the much criticized u.n. security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would say that criticism is not always warranted the latest wave of criticism was related to the fact that the security council allegedly cannot act on syria. by these by the desire to see some action on the part of the security council the critics want to pass the resolution under chapter seven which provides for the use of sanctions on the use of force eventually and russia and china are convinced hundred percent that this would be a disaster and that this would be the beginning of a very slippery slope and will bring us to the libyans in the area which we cannot afford anymore and the region cannot afford the security council was once expended only in the category of nonpermanent members and now. after

today's news and the week's top stories on r.t. the u.s. lays into israel over plans to build three thousand more satellite homes immediately after the palestinians u.n. status was upgraded. egypt divided as tens of thousands rallied both supporters and opponents of president morsi a referendum on traditional new constitution set two weeks time. as the world's top whistleblower promises more sensational revelations next year he talked of joining the son of an exclusive interview. this is artie's weekly news review welcome to the program. the us says it's trying to steer israel and the palestinians back to the table so far to no avail washington has criticised israel's approval of three thousand more settler homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the un voted to upgrade palestine to a nonmember observer state despite america's opposition party's poilus lead looks now at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of

and this is r.t. according to our aims jail the daughter of a prominent opposition activist for one month taking part in a demonstration it is a never acquired just third conviction of the past six months with her father seven life plotting against the ruling family that rising in bahrain has been going on for almost two years now although the opposition of the regime say they are ready for dialogue now and as election reports the divisions might run too deep though for any lasting peace. said dick says his life was shattered his sits on a municipal council in bahrain and several months ago he was shot by police during a peaceful protest looking at him. injuries his lucky to be alive part of an on line one and i was with many other protesters when we were faced by riot police they did not hesitate to shoot us directly to the head with the bullets the police are using for hunting birds and animals i've been shot with over one hundred ninety two pellets scattered all over my body in the head face arms a

after the break r.t. traces the emergence of the occupy movement as the people's force to be reckoned with. the sun rises over what seems like and list forest here in the new directions quite hundred kilometers north of light of all stock as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. mockers both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system filing down the forests of the more skewed region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy logger set up traps making them hard to reach in an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes this is the nature reserve were only sanitary logging of disease trees is a lie out according to law and not a single berry can be picked but loggers like this use their sanitary long. permit to cut down absolutely healthy tree

meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . starting off this hour he's the man who's made a name for himself by sharing explosive government leaks on a secret spilling website known as wiki leaks and is now facing the consequences for those data drops lovemore hatim the press and public can't seem to get enough of wiki leaks co-founder julian assigned his tale after all as one of classified documents innovating authorities in other words the perfect made for t.v. drama and this case is far from over r.t. international had a chance to sit down with the man himself to find out the latest developments in his political standoff here's part of that interview with artie's laura smith. julian you're saying basically in your book that the internet can in slave us but the internet is just a thing right it's a soulless piece of equipment who are the real in slavers. the people who control the interception of the internet and to some degree also physically control the big dollar warehouses and international fiber optic lines so we all th

r.t. tel aviv. and r.t. is coming to you live from moscow thousands of demonstrators in madrid of course against austerity policies which much of the anti government anger based on a broken promise to raise pensions in line with inflation pensioners and the elderly make up a large section of the crowd in the rally organized by spanish labor unions the protest comes a day after medical workers marched right through the capitol enraged by the government's plan to privatized health care spain's current debt started at least eight hundred billion euros however madrid has gone out of its way to avoid requesting a sovereign bailout economist yanis varoufakis says the mistakes made by the country's government that ultimately cost it a part of its territory. this is a government like the one with greece like the one island which is put all its eggs in the basket or consolidating its agreement with germany into the european something but it will take a lot more than one of two demonstrations it will take senior serio

robert for an unknown r.t. i'm moving on to the italian alps and the big name rock fest skiing event where a local favorite took the title from star hall the ted ligety untinged a record top prize climb gray reports. fountains of spectators packed the pagan ella ski resort in trentino has twenty olympic stars began the four round competition of giant slalom various obstacles along the course including an audi beneath the jump while rock bands pumped out the hit last year's winner and hot favorite ted ligety was fastest in all the rounds but to the crowd surprise crashed out on his final run they went ashore and he made one little mistake. that's about it so it goes i guess sometimes it's you know somebody else wants. you know i'm really glad it's not. that left a way clear for other big names with norwegian olympic super g. champion aksel and spindle putting himself in contention but he was picked by local star out of planting but it was compatriot davida simone chello who out of the crowds posting the best tim

member this story r.t. brought you earlier this year of a man who had his british citizenship revoked who had disappeared and in africa when the series reappeared now in a new york court charged with terrorism offenses the unexplained of marty how she in the u.s. adds weight to fears that he may have been a victim of america's notorious rendition program and he's got if you can as more on the case. the twenty year old men mock the how she stands accused of providing material support to somali militant group al-shabaab how she was stripped of his british citizenship earlier this summer over accusations of his involvement with islamist extremists at the time he and his family tried to contest that decision they claim that m i five. to label him an islamic extremist if he refused to become an informant for british intelligence and spy on the muslim community shortly after his citizenship was revoked he went missing on the outskirts of mogadishu somalia and one of our reporters broke with his parents several mo

be watching at r.t. live from moscow the us is trying to stay israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington has criticized israel to prove or of three thousand more settler homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the u.n. voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition parties paul asli and now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations of the national law and its violations the rights of the palestinian people especially the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the intern

you can watch the full interview with julian assange john i website r.t. dot com. now u.s. army private bradley manning and manage charged with handing over classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks he spoke out for the first time in over two years saying he considered suicide one detention during his pretrial hearing the twenty four year old said his detention conditions triggered anxiety attacks and if you want to hang himself manning has been locked up for more than one hundred days the longest pretrial detention of a u.s. soldier since the vietnam war but chase another our lawyer and author of a book on manning says even members of the military are supporting the imprisoned private. opinion in the military and intelligence and law enforcement is quite divided about this i am not going to lie most people in the military have a very strict by the book attitude towards many of the rules not all the rules but many and would like to see that you convicted but i have talked with infantry one of whom who is caught on camera at that infamous collateral murder helicopter video who

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hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow our timeline story now the main opposition group in egypt its supporters to again occupy the streets and squares in a bid to challenge the first round of the referendum on a new constitution the national salvation front or peace told the weekend poll claiming it was plagued by an overwhelming fraud so i'm going from the results indicate that fifty six percent approve of the draft constitution which was drawn up by the islamists that would be backing out the president and the muslim brotherhood it's rigorously rejected the opposition who blamed the government for turning the constitution into an islamist code and there's still time for campaign is against the draft to turn things around before the polls open for the referendum second stage are such a day national salvation front spokesperson rudy is hoping the opposition's complaints won't remain unheard. right now we want the authorities the election commission to look into the violations and to

calls to support democracy from some are less worthy of attention than others like see russia of ski r.t. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. to syria now where the fighting rages on as the rebels and government trade accusations of atrocities and civilians and the media are also being increasingly caught in the crossfire of the twenty one month conflict let's get the details from our middle east correspondent paula slayer paula we understand that the deadline has passed for the release of a foreign journalist being held captive by the rebels in the country what more can you tell us on. what yes that is correct there is growing concern as to the fate of ukrainian journalist. who was taken captive by syrian rebels two months ago in october now a second deadline has a hospital up of ransom being paid what the rebel group holding her is asking for is some fifty million u.s. dollars they were accusing her of being a russian and a syrian spy and they've already released some two you tube videos in which she does appear it was an earlier deadline that was extended to wednesday but as i say

this is r.t. weekly news review with me kerry johnston the palestinians moved a step closer this week to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions speaks of import of political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations of the national law and its violations the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips i

ok r.t. if you go thanks for that update well president putin is continuing to address the media and you can see what he's saying in that r.t. dot com. how the man on the front line of the information battle of wiki leaks julian assange is to give a christmas address and deliver his speech from the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy in london he's been ensconced for six months now after being granted political asylum there well as much anticipation as to what assad will say what is laura smith reports now on possible topics for his address. later on thursday julian i saw she's doing something which is usually reserved for heads of state queens the pope people like that he's giving a christmas message from the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy where he's been holed up for the last six months and in fact this speech will mark his six month anniversary inside the ecuadorian embassy now the last time judy and i saw it appeared in public it was back in august and he had to organize a kind of a rall

ski r.t. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain news making headlines right now fresh protests have hit the northern irish city of belfast over the local council to sit in to remove the union flag there from the town council building. please use water cannon to disperse the rioting crowds biology returned a few days after thousands of protesters rallied outside belfast city hall against the irish trickle as were burned as the crowd chanted and sang sectarian songs twenty six protesters including three teenagers have been charged with public order offense it's. more will be taliban assault on a police station in northwestern pakistan has left at least eight people dead three attackers reportedly fired rockets and grenades in a battle that lasted over an hour to insurgents detonated civil side vest during the clash the local taliban says the attack was to avenge the death of a relative of the former commander. an earthquake measuring five point six on the richter scale hit the philippines real sc

and will be broke also the launch live right here on r.t. and also online so don't miss the lift off at twelve minutes past twelve that's noon g.m.t. and you can learn more about the mission at t. dot com. plus it's for feels like the british spend over one hundred fifty million pounds a year on phone calls to find out how much tax they have to pay. for the. technology innovation all the developments from around russia. the future. for. the. blind. would be soon which brightened if you knew all about the song from the funniest impression it's. nice clean stop totty dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada as. a child corporations are old today. ratings agency standard and poor's is raised the credit rating of greece's sovereign debt this comes just hours before a planned twenty four on nationwide strike as people continue venting their frustration at budget cuts on monday athens received its second tranche of funds from the e.u. and the international

are you watching r.t. on carried austin now whether you prefer to hit the high street for the best deals or stop offers online this is a day to do it britain's boxing day bargain hunters are out in force and although they're keeping you cased hills ringing you might be surprised to know whose pockets are being lined. has been finding out. proud to be british brits interests alike often pay for their quintessentially british experience says unaware that they're run by foreign companies harrods the dorchester hotel and even the queen's grocer fortnum and mason keeping the fortnum and mason is a british store. it's been here for ages so i assumed it was wholly owned by british people no never mind everything's blown out you know the reason that things are getting. almost half the companies in the u.k. and now in foreign hands the coalition government in britain likes to talk about the march of the makers have a march of the makers if we're selling of all that is good household names like boots the chemist cad

you dear law growth russia's foreign minister thank you very much for being with r.t. today my pleasure now your ending your ear with a visit to india russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent member of un security council how do you think the much criticized joint security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would see.

robert for an unknown r.t. . moving on to the italian alps and the big name rock fest skiing events where a local favorite took the title from star hall the ted ligety untinged a record top prize climb gray reports. fountains of spectators packed the pagan ella ski resort in trentino as twenty olympic stars began the four round competition of giant slalom various obstacles along the course including an audi beneath a jump while rock bands pumped out the hit last year's winner and hot favorite ted ligety was fastest in all the rounds but to the crowd surprise crashed out on his final run they went ashore and he made one little mistake. that's a it's so i guess i guess sometimes it's somebody else once. you know i'm really glad it's not. that left a way clear for other big names with norwegian olympic super g. champion aksel and spindle putting himself in contention but he was picked by local star luke out of plenty me but it was compatriot davida simone chello who out of the crowds posting the best time in the fin

you're watching r.t. and the u.k. is on the tentative road to recovery but there are parts of the country not exactly sharing in the turnaround of people in britain's poorest region the northeast are still feeling the bite there are three times more attempted suicides in the entire london area. want to see why the situation looks so bleak. as the old saying impressing gays it's grim up north it's a perception of life in some of the nation's other major cities recessions hit the u.k. hard it's been in the northeast where it's been felt particularly acutely. you know a common a recession and maybe that is right. here i mean you know the very people who are living on the poverty line trade union leader about scott's furious with the government's decision to close sunderland's rempel a factory it's a government venture that began back in the nine hundred forty s. to provide employment the people with disabilities two weeks before christmas the government announced that they were going to close the package in factories and

this is r.t. and thousands of people have marched through the spanish capital with the christmas spirit failing to quell anti austerity sentiment and this time the show of discontent was directed towards education cuts a spanish government remains committed to its strategy of austerity is desperate to avoid the bailout fate of other european nations like greece and portugal and ireland the country though is nearly one hundred and fifty billion euros in debt. now the u.k. government has given the green light to the resumption of the controversial gas drilling technique known as fracking are the methods heavily criticized for its destructive environmental impact including causing massive water pollution and then earthquakes what is probably a biker takes up the story. cordray is the only company with a license to conduct fracking in the u.k. but that's all set to change now that the government has given its blessing for the controversial method of extracting shale gas from underground already operat

how you think the standoff might actually end or what it could lead to by taking part in our poll of r.t. dot com here's how the vote looks so far a third of those who've had to say believe that the egyptian leader will cancel his new to create in order to stay in office just over a quarter think the new wave of anti-government protests will result in further instability leading to a libya stalled war slightly less say the current situation will lead to the military ex-president mubarak's clique coming back to power and finally we can see the less than fifteen percent convinced morse's resignation and new elections are inevitable well let us know what you think it r.t. dot com. britain is facing at least five more years of history the country's finance minister says there's no miracle cure for the country's economy the highly anticipated autumn statement by george osborne brought little relief for a public already angered by government cuts on the surface reports from them well everyone now madly picking their way through the thing is that while we're there is . one thing that was very v

thoughts on r.t. thank you. we've got online feud r.t. dot com tonight now it seems the number of deaths the bit of good news from car accidents may be on the decline of the united states but the bad news is there's no cause for complacency we're reporting online tonight the startling research suggesting american citizens will soon be more likely to lose their lives in shootings as the motor accidents gun murders there are on the increase we track that for you want to keep abreast of it please do also online as well for most of us a breathing a sigh of relief from the mayan calendar is prediction of the end of the world didn't thankfully come to fruition a recent global poll though does show the one in ten of us do worry about armageddon we invite you to go to our t dot com we've got more stories of possible apocalypse now. yemen is in for a defense shake up as its u.s. backed president tries to break away from the legacy of the country's ousted leader the former president stepped down following mass protests almost a year ago under a pow

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with r.t. more well that news for you now israelis are expected to trudge back to the polling stations again next month and a parliamentary election that's happening earlier than planned no government has survived a food term in office for decades and there's a point to reports voting for teeth is rife. call us money as you know in back in my political career i was minister of regional cooperation minister of agriculture minister of housing and construction minister of immigrant of the option and minister of justice i have even held this post serial tenuously but it doesn't mean i'm talented it just shows that the system is so messed up be toyed. it's a system that's been in place since the founding of the state sixty four years ago it's seen thirty four governments in sixty four years that's a new israeli government almost every two years and a new minister just as often in the last twenty years there have been twenty interior ministers fourteen foreign ministers and fifteen justice ministers

twenty four seven this is r.t. . trying to pull us back from the brink of the fiscal cliff couldn't get much closer to the wire in a few hours time americans will be hit hard by billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts. come into effect on tuesday but republicans and democrats just can't agree on how to avert it and time is rapidly running out washington correspondent. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce its deficit and its you monger's debt and what they did was what they usually do they put off those important decisions until a certain deadline that deadline is now so they came up with this scary word cliff to create lots of drama around which would be the ordinary maybe somewhat boring working process of any congress or parliament that is to agree on a budget the need to deadlines so the cliff which actually describes the mode in which the congress is working their inability to make decisions until the very very last minu

and i would this is scribes to r.t. how he helped rescue a wounded woman from that crushed airliner as he drove past the accident scene. and i look at the week's other main news president putin signs into law a ban on americans adopting russian children but it's dividing public opinion here in russia even though the authorities insisted saying that the flawed adoption system in the u.s. . and egypt's new constitution which sparked weeks of protests is officially adopted but matters are far from settled with opposition leaders now under investigation for allegedly plotting to topple the islamist president. hello there a very good morning show if you just joined it just after midnight now here in moscow it's kevin zero in with a round up of the big stories of the last seven days in a sad story on russian soil to start as well an update for you this morning five people have now died as a result of that plane crash yes they went a passenger jet overshot the runway at one of russia's busiest airports one of the wounded fligh

r.t. israel. and on r.t. dot com disguises disposable cell phones and other deception it's a hit and run story abolish the murder and antivirus inventor john mcafee takes a look at something the bottom line there that's not as prosecution believes where his neighbor was. maybe gas has and sounds authorities are proposing to have big residents with a breadboard of harassment to separate homes where they live in converted to shipping containers that are more pointing out. of london that has suggested the u.k. should significantly power back its ties with the e.u. dubbing the euro as a calamitous project and he called it a referendum on the role of the country in the blog robert oulds director of the bridge group think tank size the mayor has struck a chord with the british people as the majority want the u.k. out of the you once and for all according to the opinion polls most people in britain do want the u.k. out of the european union they think the e.u. is a massive burden both in terms of tax amount of money

with live news and much more around the clock this is r.t. . reports claim that syrian rebels led by the islamist radical front have seized control of an army base in the country's north killing thirty five soldiers the u.s. backed still position movements but has placed the militant group on a terrorist list and is porous lyrics planes there are increasing fears syria's chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands some of the images in this report of a graphic nature. now this comes as the damascus regime increasingly accuses both the e.u. and the united states of conducting a smear campaign against it in terms of falsely accusing damascus of using chemical weapons the syrian foreign ministry has written a number of letters to the united nations in which it says that it is afraid that countries backing both terrorists and terrorism might themselves provide those countries with chemical weapons and then shift the blame and point fingers towards syria there is of course growing concern that the chemical weapons stockpiles within syria could

up next though in just a few minutes here on r.t. we are focusing on the extremist movement in europe of course amid the huge inflow of immigrants that this is on same. to teach. on the edge of human capabilities. struggling with pain and. layout to become the first. force. in the. nation and free accreditation free zones for judges free roaming humans free risk free stereotypes free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com. the heartland is the town of fifty kilometers north of london. an old working class town now plagued by. in two thousand and two the car industry learned some thirty thousand workers were laid off. its two hundred twenty thousand residents including a large number of muslims so he five thousand of them live in a neighborhood around the league reaver road. and all the women wear veils. tommy robinson the founder and leader of the e.t.l. lives in luton and agrees to meet us in a. somewhat unexpectedly it's a beauty saw his clients come to top off their times. with

welcome back this is r.t. live from moscow let's get into it straight into the world update some of the global headlines for you in brief madrid's doctors and nurses once again on the streets calling for plans for privatized hospitals to be scrapped but the striking now for a fifth week in a row medical workers are also angry of a possible layoffs but many still unsure whether their contracts will be renewed next year spends government says the cuts and needed to maintain the health service through recession and countries regions are a total of one hundred eighty five billion euros and. the opposition in egypt has dismissed president morsi as calls for dialogue he doesn't offer any real. it was on wednesday that morsi delivered his first national address after signing in the new charter hailing it as paving the road to democracy over the opposition insists the new constitution allows the islamic majority to form a dictatorship meanwhile egypt's prosecutor ordered an investigation into claims the opposition plo

what r.t. dot com we have more coverage of moscow's ban on u.s. adoptions including the full text of russia's reply to washington's magnitsky act online for that and much more. the world's most visited city is sparkling paris spent a record amount on festive lights to put everyone in the holiday spirit but the millions hit by financial hardship aren't celebrating the sight of millions of euros being splashed on the decorations ships he reports. it is beyond any doubt that in the daytime paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world but after dark the french capital lives up to its other name the city of lights. many parisians regard to the launch of the christmas elimination as one of the most important events of any year. this year in central paris alone the famous installing christmas lights wasn't cheap at christmas elimination because they're on a one million euros it shop on the shelves it is a is contributing to the christmas lighting depending on the number of trees they have in front of their of their shop eighty percent money mon

from our new studios in moscow this is r.t. it's a decisive day for egypt as people vote on a draft constitution that split the nation and triggered a month long protest the second and final leg of the referendum was preceded by a fresh outbreak of violence in egypt second largest city of alexandria a car based journalist well true explain what's expected from that and whether the outcome is likely to end the turmoil. millions of egyptians across seventeen governorates our heads headed to the polling stations today to votes in the second and final round of egypt's contentious constitutional referendum yesterday this once again was the fact of the violence as we saw clashes in this in egypt's second city alexandria between those who follow the constitution those who are against the constitution this happened on islamist staged a hundred thousand strong rally in support of the constitution and the implementation of sharia law the two sides hold rocks at each other they burned cars and buses some saying these buses belong to the m

are back to our top story here on r.t. the ongoing crisis in syria what is to be done with it now is only the way forward that of peace talks and diplomatic negotiations moscow's claim there's no other way to resolve the ending bloodshed there it's got to be done through political channels it's also accuse the rebels foreign supporters of instigating even more violence by pledging both moral and material help to them let's talk more on our russia's latest assessment of the syrian crisis with r.t. so you've got a pretty good off by now joining us here live on the program your caller there's been growing speculation that moscow could actually be. changing its attitude towards the conflict any truth to that. bus ride for the past twenty four hours international media has been buzzing with speculation that moscow allegedly changed its stance on the conflict in syria and now there's been an official announcement from the foreign ministry which says that russia's position on the issue has not changed moscow does not support any

in broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. but have you with us egypt's president could be about to yield a top position demands to postpone the referendum on the controversial new constitution reports are also emerging morsi is ready to amend the decree granting him sweeping executive powers that sparked the current outpouring of public anger hundreds of thousands marched on the presidential palace on friday but as journalist bill true explains the crisis remains far from being resolved. the president may see the referendum for spying here in egypt provided the opposition forces open dialogue with the president's without preconditions which people see on the streets as meaning without the respite demands here the presidential palace doesn't say spontaneous sitting over nights in protest of this controversial decrees that president morsi released two weeks ago which they see as a power grab and of course the constitution which is going to refer in the next week to stacey's dismissed as it was written by an islamist dominated c

week's top stories from r.t. palestine the moves up in the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could allow it to pursue israel with claims of crowds. egypt's power struggle spirals rival forces gather strength in a showdown over the draft constitution and the president's self-imposed supreme authority. plus watch the space for wiki leaks on the way during the sarge promises more ground shaking revelations next year he talks exclusively swati. are you watching our weekly news review with me carrie johnston the palestinians moved a step closer this week to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a non member observer state a middle east correspondent force their ports now and how them may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmembe

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow russia the lower house of parliament has passed a bill banning all adoptions of russian children by americans it's part of a larger document aimed at preventing human rights abuses of russians abroad then it should count looks at the cases which raised the alarm with lawmakers. the adoption agreement that russia and the u.s. cited in one of them where it was designed to provide mechanisms for oversight for russian children adopted by american families but moscow claims it is still being met with obstacles when it attempts to inquire an adopted children stored there are so many lies about the real conditions of children adopted by u.s. parents we have no idea what's really going on the united states does not do follow ups once an adoption is finalized once the adoption is finalized the child is considered the same as if you were born into that family one thousand russian children have died in the hands of their adoptive parents in the us in recent years were there is u

likely go down to a thrilling finale with little to choose between m g and xeni constantine but out of r.t. . so after all that action let's look at the best of the rest from the past week in the world of sport. on monday let's stay in russia as defending champions need hosted angie in the last top flight match before the winter break but if you watch this from the battle as it was played behind closed doors and she took a first half lead through zhao carlos though the home side levelled in the second comforting xian off and one one it finished and she stay second suneet third with not being the real winners as they stay top. on tuesday blade runner oscar pistorius proved once again he's the fastest man on no legs after the six time paralympic champion out grand prix races force the arab start was called maserati but the sports car name didn't help the beast in the one hundred fifteen meter dash pistorius pulling off another victory to promote disability sport the south african also made history this summer by taking part in the london olympics was. that on wednesday former world number on

the modest effect on r.t. . experience before theory is on the. course. before. they are all here to make. a chimp and the flying. imax dancer whether the kaiser report hollywood money is it money it's been jailed snow melts in your hand and there you are who said that dorothy parker said that nine hundred fifty six but she could have well been talking about twelve and the globe. the financial system where money and wealth melt like so much congealed snow stacey. i mean that was a great introductions you had to read it at the end of dorothy parker i think she had a cat named cliche. well the news is a cliche this week and i want to look at this hollywood accounting and it is something that hollywood has taught the world michigan town wounds hollywood but ends up with a bit part so the story starts in august two thousand and seven jennifer granholm is the governor of michigan into michigan flies mike binder who is a director from michigan and he convinces the governor that hey michigan should have one of these financial incentive schemes that all the other states

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to have you company you're watching r.t. the political crisis in egypt is deepening with the country's top judges rebelling against president mohamed morsi the supremes constitutional court has refused to oversee a referendum on the new draft constitution planned for two weeks time and claims prime morsy supporters have prevented them from doing their job judges declared an open ended strike late on sunday when they were supposed to rule on the legitimacy of these dominated panel which drafted the constitution thousands of morsy supporters surrounded the building and stopped the judges from entering the opposition who continue their protests against what they call an oppressive regime are planning to march on the presidential palace on tuesday the mall egypt's economy is deteriorating as economists explained to artie's tom barton in cairo. with protests continuing around the clock both for and against a gyptian president behalf. morsi the country's economy is facing increasing troubles with me to discuss this is very the tim

good morning good to have you company you're watching r.t. live from moscow. now the united states has all but begun its plunge off the fiscal cliff at least on the markets and with the last minute talks between republicans and democrats falling apart yet again america could be in for a hard landing wall street is in full retreat seeing five straight days of sell off this panicky investors jump ship on new year's day six hundred billion dollars worth of tax hikes and federal cuts are slated to come into force in america and a deal to avert that is still no way in sight though as our. reports the makings of this crisis were there but want to see. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce its deficit and its you mongers debt and what they did was what they usually do they put off those important decisions until a certain deadline that deadline is now so they came up with this scary word cliff to create lots of drama around what should be the ordinary maybe somewhat boring working proce

relations and exclusive interview with r.t. . also the salad and the news titles further around iran and british troops are read it for the gulf war while the united states can cure is up eight north sanctions on tap. to pour over christmas with the businesses screaming the profits of the festive season british shows are increasingly of course a lot of big holidays by spiraling costs. international news live from moscow this is aussie with me hello and welcome to the program the state of global politics start beyond's of russia's foreign minister we speak exclusively to sergey lavrov on topics ranging from syria's bloody war to russia u.s. relations and the group is going to joins us now live from norm this follow you go so what exactly did the foreign minister have to say on the global developments that shapes the yeah. ah speaking about the most pressing issues are two thousand and twelve the russian foreign minister of course had to talk about the coffin in syria and syria love it off once again stressed that moscow is not on

from moscow twenty four seven this is r.t. . relations are up for discussion as president putin talks to the books during his first visit to brussels since returning to the kremlin energy issues are expected to dominate with russia the largest oil and natural gas supplier to the european union but the partnership isn't counting some big hurdles. explains. we're up for a very interesting e.u. russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be the energy cooperation i'd like to remind you of us that gazprom remains the biggest supplier of gas into the european continent and despite that gas from has already built several pipelines delivering the russian gas to the european continent the e.u. has a certain claims and accusations towards the russian gas giant in particular it wants to but it wants gazprom to diversify the means of control over its pipelines in europe certainly stand strongly against it and we understand that the russian president will be discussing this with his europ

coming up in just a few moments piddle of elle's cross talk to stay with r.t. . you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. to least be cool language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hot spots of the cia people interviews intriguing stories for you here. in trying. to find out more visit our big teeth dot com. download the official up location to choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from atsushi t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device watch on t.v. any time i didn't. lead. lives. still. blowing welcome across the country for little the kurds would seem like a fantasy only two years ago could become a reality.

we have christmas address in full on our website r.t. dot com or you can also get more on the top level exposures he's planning. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. the russian lower house of parliament has passed a bill targeting americans accused of abusing the human rights of russians abroad they also bans americans from adopting russian children when the move comes a response to the u.s. is so-called magnitsky act that's now top teams in france outside the russian parliament more on this. with a new russian retaliatory build it is post controversy within the country so what's it all about really. put the world. back on adoptions of russian children by american families indeed it's actually split the russian public was approved overwhelmingly in the duma four hundred twenty four to just seven but opposed by the education ministry and human rights activists but nonetheless it has now booted president clinton thinks

broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . now bahrain has cut the sentences for dozens of people who took part in anti-government rallies last year when the move has failed to satisfy the activists who are calling for the release of all political prisoners human rights groups in the kingdom to stop using tear gas and torture interrogations and its crackdown on public gatherings. looks at who benefits from the two year unrest. when it came to supporting calls for democracy in middle eastern and north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave out of a very clear message for president which is it is time for him to go but when scenes of violent clashes between riot police and reform company risk came from bahrain the definition of democracy shifted and rhetoric softened. in the summer of the us state department came up with a statement expressing its concerns over the human rights situation and alleged tor

r.t. dot com. well for greece's largest bank securing out for a bailout post after pulling huge losses this year together they'll need around twenty seven billion euros worth of loans to stay afloat greece has been relying on international bailout funds since twenty ten and sick on a mystery to us you're not told me it's all the greeks who are bearing the brunt of the bank's losses the loans on which. this recapitalization of banks. are coming from the troika the e.u. the i.m.f. and the e.c.b. and they are going to be aid they're going to art of the greek each national debt which is going to be paid by the greek taxpayers we had forty thousand small businesses closing closing this year alone three hundred additional thousand of job losses as a total unemployment rate of twenty six percent. so we have really. on the one hand course on the other hand. inability to provide liquidity for the markets. preparing for another painful year of cuts and tax hikes but for a wider outlook on where the global ec

you're watching r.t. live from moscow the u.s. is trying to steer israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington has criticised israel's approval of three thousand more sessile homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the un voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition artie's paul asli and now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state as to a nonmember observer state in the u.n. one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against look at it forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal co