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promised. fields all stream across europe are fueled by the latest arrests in copenhagen. said to be the country's biggest terrorism attempt. on the fourth consecutive day of braiding the verdict russia's once richest man still awaits his fate for the details outside the courthouse stay with. the truck. you shall see. the story up trouble the economic crisis proves no barrier to america's credit card addiction shoppers continue to swipe their way through a recession. and gold is expected to continue its rally in twenty eleven as it's

such a clever financial system to save have a whole new more in twenty minutes. global news around the clock this is. danish police are to release one of the five suspects who were arrested on wednesday planning a gun attack in copenhagen instore the others will face custody hearings as investigators look into what's being called the most serious terror plot ever attempted in the country that's target was the office of the newspaper that printed the controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago police say the suspects intended to break in and to kill as many people as possible the publication of the cartoons one of which depicted the prophet mohammed with a bomb shaped turban invoke the fury of muslims around the world it's the latest in

a series of arrests throughout the year which put european nations on high alert over the spread of islamic radicalism and as artie's you've got a piece going off reports it's happening right under the noses of the authorities. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany and the netherlands belgium dutch moroccans and chechens all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihad list candidates and financing terrorist organizations right from the heartland of europe police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over this is a very it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this redo a ruse was born in belgium in the family of christians and converted to islam when he was léontine he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he couldn't find in other religions according to him is lanty just peace

and tolerance but unfortunately due to generally poor knowledge about it it can be used to teach the exact opposite. there are really extreme arms acting in europe and the problem is people who don't feel erratic and don't understand the muslim philosophy they end up in the arms of these in moms who come from saudi arabia or egypt. a former french intelligence officer claude money care now has a company advising governments and corporations or health to deal with terrorism and extremism related threats based in brussels he claims the spread of islamic extremism is happening right in front of the authorities vielka from their attention by its privacy they will say you are not a good missed him because you don't practice five times the prior five times a day you are not a good muslim because you are drinking you are not a good muslim because your wife is not there and you are not a good mystery because you don't do nothing for your brother. in palestine in iraq

and so on which are oppressed and are killed it begins in the families it begins. in the streets and in damascus this is one of the immigrant quarters of brussels populated by muslims signs in arabic specialist shops and cafes teleport to believe one top european union official around a quarter of the local active working age population from eighteen to thirty is unemployed unofficial this figure is even higher which makes it prime ground for recruitment. the lack of education and little work in many european muslim communities seem to have become the driving force behind the spread of extremist belgium's early to towards asylum or among the most to be left in the european union the flow of newcomers is likely to continue and many experts believe. it is need to hope muslims integrate into a multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests

or me you go to school of brussels. you are watching r.t. it's good of you to join us today and there are still many more stories ahead for you this hour including people in the gulf getting nostalgic for their more prosperous yugoslav past during the mid twentieth century. show of siberian strength we traveled to the russian city of homs where the top. produces a tough breed of people. or the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is underway sentencing is expected on friday. and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzlement and money laundering both men are coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud parties kind of you know i thought about his across developments for us here in moscow. right now the judge is in the process of reading the verdict this is of course the fourth consecutive day of reading and

it's taking so long because the verdict is this long. there are fourteen files in the verdict itself around three hundred pages in each trial so far the judges read over five hundred pages so nobody knows as of now whether the judge will actually finish reading the verdict before the year two thousand and ten is over or whether the process will in fact carry on into january some of the defense lawyers are already suggesting that they're leaving may well go with the law into tomorrow which of course is new year's eve a very a celebrated holiday here in russia but many others suggesting that there really will continue all the way into next year of course the previous trial because of that it will see the verdict took over two leaks to be read so it may well take a very long time but for now everybody here at the courthouse just monitoring the reading watching and wondering whether the verdict will be read in full today and the prison sentence the fact that the final part of the verdict that everyone is

now waiting for back in two thousand and three a poor criminal process began. in which mcauliffe about his former colleagues left on the floor of accused of tax evasion and money laundering and fraud they were found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison that sentence was later reduced to eight years and they are of course coming up to the end of that sentence they were coming up to the end of that sentence when the prosecution launched a new case into them accusing them of stealing of over twenty billion dollars worth of oil and the laundering the proceeds we know that the judge has found them guilty we don't yet know exactly how much how lengthy of a prison term they will receive but the prosecution did ask for fourteen years behind bars starting from the time when the first trial of originally began in two thousand and three so should the. grant the prosecution their wishes and give her that full scale may be difficult for fourteen years they will be released in twenty

seventeen the west has shown a lot of interest in the trial and tribulations of. calling the trial politicized this of course of these latest comments of come from countries such as the united states who have oppressed expressed concern over this latest trial germany also calling it a step backwards for russia the russian foreign affairs ministry coming back with quite a harsh retort basically telling everybody else to mind their own business this is a domestic affair and a legal one no it's strictly a legalized and of course politics never enter the fray according to the russian forces of foreign affairs ministry basically everything that has been done has been done according to procedure and by the law so no comments or contradictions or concerns should be voiced. reporting more reaction and analysis on that story. and here's what else we're covering for you on line as well from st

prostration across winterreise no. roads to a halt that's putting the new year holiday plans for thousands. and dozens of exotic animals dying after a fire breaks out in a russian traveling circus those details are waiting for you twenty four. the united states may be a nation deep in debt but you would never get it stores are still ringing in the takings but it's the credit card firms who are making the killings with shoppers weighing heavily on the plastic artie's anastasio referent billy a man with a mission to break the american addiction to shopping. true. you should.

stop. her. but styles and new must have items of the fashion world changes fast as the seasons but one thing that never goes out of style in the us is shopping america is the birthplace of modern consumerism nowhere else in the world do people buy more than here with officially more shopping malls in the us than high schools if i didn't spend enough money on sunglasses i could probably save for college and things like bad very few actually admit to an addiction is a dora does exactly what. that obviously is a twenty five things with a daily need for a new dose of jackets sweaters and skirts she considers herself

a shopaholic how many pairs of shoes do you have. so hundreds the urge to possess has taken over men to statistics eight men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about spencer runs your last couple of years have spent i think a one hundred thousand dollars on clothes while these numbers are simply unimaginable for millions of americans only a few are putting up a very loud fight against consumerism. reverend billy says a credit card exorcism on the entire nation is what can cure america fifteen million americans are addicted to shopping but many more americans than fifteen million shop too much stuff shading his main life mission is to cheese so with. this shopping devil by putting on an act in churches and shopping malls around the

country because across the purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws use of this plastic you spend too much money consumer consumer. it's a church because trolls us it's a fundamentalist church like the roman catholic church in the fourteen hundreds these desperate times by i'd normally except my credit card limit every month could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms nothing to the letter of the word does all that appeal to you since more often than not in the us legally the majority of people have too much month left at the end of the money the average american is said to generate over fifty tons of garbage by the time they are a senior with millions buzzing around new york stores this holiday season it's hard to tell who is doing it responsibly and who is completely out of control because of shopping not considered a mental disorder there are dozens of there are people and clinics in the big apple

for those who are willing to admit they have a problem an indication of no lessons learned even after the big crash of a recession and stacy true can i see the order. and america has to have money to burn in over an hour's time. looks at how the country is almost bankrupt and why telling the truth can lead to torture. looking at those bradley manning story resume source for the wiki leaks cable gate just because this guy embarrassed hillary clinton and proved that she was an incompetent bureaucrat the us is torturing young that's right they're torturing us it's come to that let's get more on how badly america sucks let's bring in stacy herbert hello i am so mad i really did have lines like a preparation for the new year i want you to start paying attention to the sort of at. i don't for what we're going to see pretty two thousand and eleven why the

united states of america is broke tell me tell me oh great one well it turns out that one of the major reasons why the us is broke is you'll be shocked to hear this military spend. seven hundred billion dollars in two thousand and nine was spent on the military now for some reason with america you then have to include the proviso the seven hundred billion dollars this just the balance spending because you have to actually double it if you're going to count the real costs of the military. just on a quarter past the hour now here in moscow you with r.t. now the balkans today are synonymous with struggle and division spurred on by the devastating conflicts of the one nine hundred ninety s. for many the future is even less so with the feeling of being pushed towards integration and as artie's allies have it reports it's being met by

a wave of hugo nostalgia and many say they hanker for the stability and prosperity under the leadership of marshall tito everyone in skimpy a new slogan down his cafe is the point peter watering hole for locals and tourists alike keen for a taste of you can astound. stepping inside the cafe yugoslavia really is like taking a step back in time i mean food and alcohol available in the form. of french wines or with the menu and you can pay for your meal in local currency we were told on no account will they accept us dollars or english pounds. but now he's channeling his love for all things yugoslavian into politics founding the fledgling alliance of tito's left forces policy. and when you say tito you think socialism peace brotherhood and unity it just says it all life was better than it

was cheaper to live it was safe we could travel more people had jobs and factories were working now everything is imported. youngsters he may not remember life but they certainly know who he is. appalled by a macedonian based think tank revealed the most believed life was better in the former yugoslavia where they felt rich and free at the late. eighty's which are considered progressive period of the. federation when the image about this period has never faded when there's always been kept as a positive results tallied with similar surveys carried out across the balkans bit of additional i remember how could i not remember what was good but now days things are miserable and all the republics. there's no need to ask if life was better then you could live off your monthly salary and still save something now it lasts just

three days. but is it just fear to all came when the earth is shaking when everything is so uncertain and so on the only thing which which is provides absolute certainty a fixed point. archimedean point is the past the recent wave of crises to hit the euro zone has raised concerns among some here in macedonia that as their own countrymen steadily towards joining the bloc membership might not only help solve their own pressing domestic problems of mine employment and economic stagnation macedonia's i am after quest for four hundred eighty million euros his raise concerns that it will further in debt the country entirely it's to europe in the throes of a financial crisis in the mountains surrounding belgrade must still cheer for the past is alive and bushie down its commitment to it is so strong he's built a movie lead to it dogs are allowed to say when i was

a calm reader live local moose don't know that i'm a minister i live like a big oh. so one governments in the former yugoslavia have their eyes firmly says one europe you can still hear remains for those keen to fly the flag for days gone by how is the brits are see in macedonia and central. the us is refusing to help poland with investigating claims of a secret cia prison which allegedly operated in the country between two thousand and three and two thousand and four warsaw prosecutors have spent the past two years looking into the supposed to hidden facilities washington's refusal to help was reported by a polish news agency just days after a palestinian terrorist suspect claimed that he was secretly shipped to the country and tortured in one of the prisons i mean the whole who is the coordinator of the helsinki human rights courts cia observation program says that if evidence turns up during a potence investigation america's support would then be unnecessary. we believe

that their refusal. now poland is not going to the. investigation in poland will not lead to explanation of this issue all the bands of their material gathered by the prosecutor which may include serious proofs and evidences what is also important is that there have been lazy interventions into the investigation. by the missionaries of prisoners claiming to be former prisoners of secret cia prisons in poland which might be serious for an investigation and the explanation of the case now is just over twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital this is r.t. let's check out some other global headlines now former president israel of so has been convicted of two counts of rape and other sexual offenses it comes more than

four years after the first complaints from his employers the assaults date back to his terms as tourism minister in the ninety's and later as president. resigned from the largely ceremonial post in two thousand and seven and now faces up to four years in prison. a bomb hidden on a motorcycle has exploded outside fulfilled rooms in central athens no one was hurt in the blast even though it happened you know densely populated area however cars have been damaged and windows were shattered the telephone warning was given to a newspaper and private t.v. station official suspect the greek militant groups are to blame and of course tappin stepping up attacks in the past two years. the united states has revoked the venezuelan ambassador's visa it's in response to president chavez rejection of america's choice of envoy to caracas laurie palmer was blocked after the american

diplomat accused chavez's government of close ties to leftist. being rebels the venezuelan leader also challenged obama's administration to cut all diplomatic relations there are long simmering tensions between washington and the socialist chavez who is a fierce u.s. critic. well time now to see more of russia close up as we head off on a siberian expedition. this time we're in the southwestern almost screecher and it was once the capital of siberia today we focus on its sporting prowess the people of arms can know how to make the most of the ice proud as they are of their renowned professional hockey team upon god but as tom barton explains it's not the only example of such here in st. i and almost goes wild

the local hockey team album god puts another goal in the net they may look like other teams from around russia or in the world but they know they're special i bet so i know you're still missing my niece since we were little we practiced outside in the cold weather so we used the hot conditions and it's warm i know america so we are the toughest players. and it's not just seasoned on school players easy as in for the test of courage and strength comes young. and so i like the way they play hockey the pillow fights the strikes and the opportunity to become the still life. ice hockey isn't the only have kilian endevor trying to get attention here how about a water no turning a minibus. but those boys really release a beer in winter with sleepy roads it's pretty hard. pulling many buses are the only way these whitely have to show their strength they can also find many other

ways to flex some siberian muscle. he regional gym in the team lifts bends and pulls anything they can lay their hands on the competitions across russia they also put on public shows to entertain crowds and earn some extra money for your big day in day out it's about heaving that little bit. monad to separate the spam it's different i just like it that's all i like wrestling against these pieces of equipment and i like to achieve high results with the teeth the team only formed a few years ago so they haven't won a major titles yet but again aside darian spirit infuses that i really have a strong sense of it's special all it should matter of could possibly come assassin historically people from siberia have been very strong and made great soldiers later i think they greatly contributed to our victory in world war two conditions

here make people learn how to survive because he thinks they might be strong indeed in fact you could hardly describe these lot as being in survival mode. if it looks lift a bow or movable these guys will try and muscle it's around need a tire moving. need some giant weights lifting. or perhaps even me. it's not a problem for the men with the muscles tombaugh it's an arty. time now for the business with you. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program here on our team russia's prime minister is confident there will be no gas wars between state owned gas monopoly gas brawl mendus counterparts the energy giant expects demand for gas to increase

next year with the market price just at this year's highs. because. we don't expect the demand for gas to fall mixed year on the contrary we think it will increase as for the gas contracts the price of gas probably contract is defined by a formula connected to the price of oil products regarding the spot price the excess supply we saw recently is now fading we think that next year the spot price of gas will be quite high stress would consumer prices and russia have risen eight point seven percent since the beginning of the year that's slightly higher than official forecast but still the lowest level of inflation in the country's history fuckwit and prices rose after this summer's drought and potato and cabbage prices have jumped almost six percent in the last week. russia's international reserves declined by almost too good and dollars in one week the

central bank says there are now equal to around two hundred seven to six billion dollars which is still almost eight percent higher than in january international reserves comprise foreign cars used gold and other assets. in time to have a check on the markets and here in russia the markets are flat before the last day of this year's trading. picture is pretty much the same in europe european stock markets are mixed this hour with the last full trading day of the year marked by a low volumes as many traders already gone for new year's holiday. gold is expected to continue its rally in twenty eleven as uncertainty over the global financial system but also its safe haven allure. reports. two thousand dollars per round sum by them tough two thousand and eleven is the most

optimistic target on the market mop sound two hundred surprise to many gold has risen average here for the last decade and two thousand and ten and bit old records delivering a fed to press on to return find that says that really has been driven by a certain in the markets. and that's called a nation of of uncertain in the financial markets a combination of low interest rates as we're seeing in the us fear of inflation in the pipeline a get all these things are supported in the gold price if you look at gold production from audience that's been more or less range bound to about twenty five hundred tonnes a year and so you're not getting more supply from the mines while some analysts say such skyrocketing appreciation is the babo which is bound to burst obvious is strong fundamentals which will continue to drive the rally china's central bank holdings as a percentage of all holdings is two percent the global.