her after two people were savaged by sharks in just two days attacks that have never been seen there before. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching are two with me and he said now it's eight pm here in the russian capital seven pm in damascus and russia has refused to back the call made by the u.s. and e.u. urging syria's leader to step down moscow believes president should be given time to implement promised reforms and that the country should be left alone to sort out its own political future. has more. russia's position has always been clear syria definitely needs reforms detainer is definitely needed or required in this country but president assad needs time to do that. the syrian

leadership needs time to implement its reform program but significant steps towards that have already been taken the state of emergency has been lifted the higher court of state security was abolished but a decree allowing citizens to form peaceful demonstrations was accepted syrians should negotiate not fight and the opposition as well as the regime is responsible for making that happen russian believes that external pressure on president assad could only deteriorate things here on the ground and could hamper transition to democratic state at the same time russia has all the time been retreating that eve present our side doesn't keep his promises in that case they social community should react to russia's delegation is due into maskers very soon on saturday were to try to find out exactly what is going on here on the ground and to see how assad

is full feeling his policies while the situation on the ground he is here it is very complicated and i have to emphasize that the call from the u.s. and e.u. for the syrian president to step down comes just hours after president bashar assad has announced that the military operation here in syria is over and has promised for more reforms we've witnessed the army throw we've seen at least thirty tanks live in the city and inside the city we haven't seen any ministry laught police has returned to duty meanwhile we are receiving reports and the run media reports that based on the information received from protesters and local residents that the army is still. on the ground. in latakia and even in the reports that. the soldiers are firing from type to time to tasteful demonstrators but i have to emphasize and this is very important that these reports are very hard to verify

because of international journalists are not allowed to move freely here in the country as the syrian government says because it's dangerous well james corbet editor of an independent news website says russia can play a key role in preventing the situation in syria from repeating what we're seeing now in libya so extremely important right now to to watch how russia's position in this unfolds because obviously we are entering into unthinkable times where the idea of military intervention in syria is on the table only a major force like russia seems at this stage capable of really preventing a repeat of what we saw in libya which of course started out as the u.n. security council resolution one thousand seventy three of of a no fly zone which immediately became a bombing so we've seen how this is just a stepping stone to a later phase and unfortunately the the type of rhetoric that we've seen especially

with all of the even major nato powers yesterday coming out with cameroon and sort cosey and merkel and harper and obama and clinton all coming out simultaneously telling assad that he needs to step down it's exactly the type of preparatory phase that we saw in the lead up to the libyan campaign so i think the parallels are there. well the israeli military and gods are exchanging deadly fire after a series of attacks allegedly by palestinians on thursday seven israelis were killed after bus and civilian vehicles and soldiers were targeted in the south of the country well for more on this we're now joined live from tel aviv by counter terrorism expert dr carmona thank you very much for joining us this evening all of this comes ahead of a u.n. vote on palestinian statehood why would the palestinians possibly want to ask relate the situation now ahead of that vote. even though there are various palestinians are going to i think some of them are not

interested. they want to have one palestinian. point of view. the decision of the united nations is a relevant and perhaps even damaging by the way this is also the point of view of some. countries like iran and syria so it is possible to. have a an operation that these intended to sabotage exactly the palestinian authority is an invention to raise the question of the united nations and also perhaps. the peace process between israel and the peace agreement between israel and egypt we just of the fall of the. is a very sensitive these relations. thirty years of. it is not clear told the new egyptian government we've already.

called agreement and to go do your. normal relations with israel. if we're going to bring in other issues that are sabotaging the peace process like egypt let's talk about settlements it's seen that israel is sabotaging the peace process by expanding on on settlements. i promise they want. a look the issue of settlements is not going to break a long time issue but if you look to the last year for instance the police still totally decided not to continue the negotiations with the government and they are not supporting the rebel government in this issue but the government was the first one to stop completely the segments for ten months and during all these ten months there was no negotiations so only after ten months president abbas decided to come for one or two encounters in washington and that's all so well on the two parts there is a problem on the issue of settlements i think that the palestinian leadership is

not ready to compromise the fact is that abu mazin government did not compromise with the previous government of. the all militant believe in it which are today no position they discussed a lot and did not even agreement because the palestinian side did not want to compromise on the issue not only borders but especially on the issue of the refugees and the status of jerusalem let's get back to that un vote on palestinian statehood it seems likely that it will be vetoed and if it even if it isn't easy to say it's not want to go ahead and ignore whatever decision is made in new york at the u.n. . i'm not sure that there is a league nor completely but i think also also many countries which are supporting the vote at the united nations they understand that in the end without negotiations

would not be any agreement. by the way when the first night vision assembly nine hundred forty seven decided about the partition the palestinians did not accept it . and so after the six day war of the palestinian and also especially the arab states. not accept any negotiations or reason and so this is historically a very difficult issue and without negotiations i don't think that the palestinian would have a independent state and by the way that they are divided between the west bank but the authority controlled and the gaza and we see what happens in gaza hamas has an agreement on paper with the palestinian authority that it is not implemented. there is no government common government of the fatah and hamas movement which means that also the palestinians are not so happy with their cooperation but stuck and israeli government for

a second thousands of israelis are protesting against their government's economic policies is the violent search nothing to struck the jewish people from domestic problems perhaps. sorry i didn't understand i'm asking if perhaps some of this violence is how many cities if the violence is helping to distract the people who are protesting who are not happy with the israeli government is it distracting that. it's it's clearly it's clear that. this strike because the people first of all want to leave and then they want to live a good life and is not helping this situation but i think that this movement is a very profound movement social political movement it's. not completely political but still it's a mass movement and the moment the conditions meet the people will return either to

the streets or they will return to negotiating with the government. there for instance the doctors which were on strike they decided to stop the strike because they understand that they have to redo people which were injured in the dozens of people injured in the terrorist attacks. today we have a look at that that's major. people have closed the border. leaving their lives and then. right live from tel aviv counterterrorism expert dr andy card thank you very much. now it's twenty years ago to the day since eight communist hardliner stage a coup to overthrow. the then president of the soviet union but while it failed to topple the government it's widely seen as a pivotal factor in the u.s.s.r.'s eventual collapse artist on barton takes

a look at how it changes the course of soviet history. if you turned on your t.v. set in moscow on the morning of the nineteenth of all this one nine hundred ninety one this is what you would have seen tchaikovsky's swan lake. why are so many muscovites because on the streets this is what was really happening. there was confusion and panic even among the tent crews themselves. we were ordered to march towards moscow i thought i'd figured out when i get there as we weren't given any information as to what was happening. soviet leader mikhail gorbachev had been shot in his holiday home in the crimea a state committee on the state of emergency declared itself in charge it was made up of high ranking communist party officials including the head of the k.g.b. gorbachev's vice president and the defense minister they were terrified that

gorbachev's democratic reforms and the union treaty due to be signed on the twentieth of august would give so much power away from the center to the soviet republics it would destroy the soviet union. but it was an act of treason on the part of good which often yeltsin and this circle out right treason they were going to ruin our country. in a press conference later that day they said that gorbachev was ill and that they would take over in his absence but their show wasn't convincing on the nineteenth of august vice president kennedy and i have on the other members of the emergency committee sat in this very spot as he delivered his statement the assembled journalists noticed that his hands were shaking then one twenty four year old journalist blew his official words right out of the water. everybody will tell me do you realize that you've conducted

a coup de tat they work very convincing. and. just got mad meanwhile on the streets the russian supremes soviet building the white house had become the center of resistance to the coup boris yeltsin the president of the russian part of the u.s.s.r. had convinced some of the tank crews to switch sides people flocked to join him and demand to return. if yeltsin tells you that was the yeahs of in your command are traitors and enemies whose always will you have be as night fell on the twentieth of august the curfew ordered by the cool denies is raised fears of an assault on the white house when armored vehicles began moving through a row tunnel in the night protesters disillusioned with the communist party rose up to defend their hopes of democracy. of kamar son dimitriy was killed in one word

police are now down to the road to where his friend legitimate tried to drag him away while the machine rode over my sons had and killed lead to marriage wow. the coup had failed and what's more it destroyed trust in the communist party which was then banned in russia in november one thousand nine hundred one by the end of the year the very system they sought to keep alive the soviet union had ceased to exist dumbarton r.t. . well despite the fact that it happened twenty years ago there are still some people out there who aren't aware that the u.s.s.r. is no more log on to our dot com for all the details of where you'll find out how some of them are in fairly highly paid places or at least almost there republican presidential candidate michele bachmann believes that the u.s.s.r. still exists and continues to pose a threat to the u.s. . while mine for you president will go chavez wants to bring back all the export of

venezuelan gold back to the country to protect it from financial turmoil and the possible consequences of that action that are to dot com. the turbulence on the world markets continues as u.s. stocks remain volatile newly released economic data has made grim reading for american traders over the last week domestic manufacturing fell to its lowest point since two thousand and nine while the housing market is in a slump and unemployment spiraling let's cross live to new york to talk with our correspondent there in a fortnight and she joins us we know of course that it's mayhem out there just how bad is it. well and it looks to be pretty bad and the bad forecasts the most recent one is coming from morgan stanley goldman sachs

and j.p. morgan chase all three banks in the past day have released reports slashing their expectations for u.s. and global growth now morgan stanley believes that the global economy is hovering close to a recession j.p. morgan chase says the risk of recession has been elevated now this news of course will only cause investors to lose even more confidence and trust in the markets in the u.s. here and around the world we've been seeing that play out with all the volatility hitting the markets around the world and of course the debt crisis in europe is causing great concern for investors all the debt drama and debate that took place here in the u.s. caused a lot of concern so much so that credit agency s. and p. downgraded the u.s. this credit from aaa to double a for the first time ever in history and so all of this of course is not easing the mindset of of americans living in the

u.s. hoping that job numbers job opportunities will increase we have to remember unemployment here in the u.s. is is above nine percent nine point one percent one million people lost their homes in two thousand and ten and another million are expected to have their homes foreclosed on this year so if people are not confident in the market every day folks they're not going to spend their money all of this is tied together all of this is systemic and of course the united states being the world's largest economy whatever happens here in the u.s. does affect the world we saw that nearly three years ago in two thousand and eight with the financial crisis and collapse and we saw how it had a ripple domino effect around the world and right now many people are wondering why three years. later after all the promises all the stimulus plans all the tax cuts nothing has changed and it is long as there is

a lack of confidence or very little trust it's hard to believe and predict that the u.s. economy and the rest of the world economy is going to bounce back any time soon it's right every day it seems to look worse and worse will continue to keep track of it we're in a poor nial live from new york. a look now at some world news in brief for you at least forty people have been killed and over one hundred injured when a bomb exploded at a mosque in a kimber region in northwest pakistan witnesses report a teenage boy don't identify it during traditional friday prayers many of the injured are in serious condition no group has admitted responsibility yet but taliban and al-qaeda militants are active in the region. twin suicide blast have rocked the afghan capital kabul close to a counter compound run by the british government the explosions that awful five hour long gun battle between security forces and insurgents with at least ten people killed the taliban which has claimed responsibility as it was marking the

anniversary of afghanistan's independence from the u.k. president hamid karzai made no mention of the attacks during events to mark the anniversary urging his people to unite and move the country towards a better future. the classic horror movie jaws has become a reality in russia's far east which has been terrorized by a marine predator a cash reward has been offered by the local authorities for the capture of the shark that sabbaths two people or two story of her skull over tells the stories of the victims who are lucky to be alive. nothing like this has ever happened here before russia has never seen a shark attack let alone two in two days this sixteen year old boy was diving one hundred meters off shore when it appeared the young man's wet suit served just protection and saved him from death but both his legs were severely wounded. crying a shark would be booed but it was tied up with some guys went out on to do use. the

first day. only a day earlier and twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple was saved witnesses were shocked at what they saw there with us it was really scary. countrymen describe it the man's hands were chewed off and the boat was full of blood. the attacks happened in the far eastern primordial region that shares a border with north korea it is known for its beaches and clear water and swimming here has always been safe dangerous sharks don't usually go that far north in the sea of japan scientists believe the predator was a white shark a man eater and all trying to work out what it was doing here. this type of shock really comes to what is is a species that lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the ocean but with global warming they're now starting to move more and more to the law out of roughly

three hundred sixty species of sharks just over thirty are known to be dangerous to humans the rest are either too small on live t v but most experts agree that any shark with sharp enough teeth and longer than one point two metres can cause serious injuries especially if there's food of love in the water and while scientists are looking for the reasons for these recent attacks the swimming season in the area is over at least for the time being dairy r.t. moscow. well we're back with a recap of our top stories shortly before that green green is here with the latest business. herald welcome to our business update the south thanks for joining me russian stock markets lost about fifty billion dollars in a week the cost of companies including allies x. and x. has to chryst by nineteen percent since august first but

a western from our tongue says the russian are just following the global trend. it's the same as you're seeing on a global scale it's really a market that is now driven by fear. the increasing concern that a state of the global another global recession took a real hold on the markets yesterday and what clients are trying to do is to try to figure out where we go from here because there's so many on certain factors right now to some extent you can argue that the the current situation is actually more pic or your study was in two thousand and seven given that policymakers are running out of options china has their own problems in trying to sort of cool down their economy and then you have different policy options in europe and the u.s. u.s. is probably going to try and stimulate where's europe where there's a lot of other service will stay on top of that i think you know little looking forward i mean if you look at what's going to happen in europe over the next couple of months you're going to have about four hundred fifty billion euros to be paid in debt by euro zone countries by the before the end of the year two hundred fifty

billion of those come due in september and october so i think for those two months we're going to continue to see increased volatility the good news i would say though is that we don't see the same kind of panic selling that we saw in two thousand and eight so. ok let's take a look at the figures now here is wall street the markets are mixed air with the dow trading in the red in the nasdaq point three percent in the black hewitt packard is topping losers list on the dow down twenty percent that's after the world's largest computer maker unveiled plans to sell its personal computers business it's line of smartphones and by u.k. software company autonomy for eleven point seven billion dollars markets in europe never covered the worst of the day's palls after steadiest the u.s. share the footy ended over a percent in the red while the german dax is down two percent earlier markets were shopping lower with falls of more than three percent or more with some leading indexes some banking shares were hit again with lloyds down over five percent in

london and france this being people are about down of nearly four percent. and here's moscow the markets that we covered here from early a sharp falls but still ended in the red tails close to half a percent down in the mines ix and it just under a percent lower but still better from what we've seen during the day now here's the snapshot of the markets movers on the mind six energy majors were among the main decliners to coal and rolls now were down hydro ended the day two and a half percent in the red bucking the trend oh just guessed wrong that managed to reverse into the black after trading two and a half percent lower in evening session and banking stocks the worst hits bear bank lost nearly three percent. oil prices most likely up after an almost six percent decline on thursday concerns about the global economic recovery a weighing on crude over the we can dollar is giving some support to it lightweight is trading at eighty two dollars a barrel and brant is trading at nearly one hundred eight dollars a barrel and

a quick look at the precious metals gold is trading at a new record high level as uncertainty about the global economy is pushing investors back to safe havens the spot price is now at about one thousand eight hundred fifty five dollars per ounce and silver is gaining three hundred percent and is trading at forty one dollars programs. it's been called the largest infrastructure project in europe the first part of the russian backed north stream gas pipeline has finished first witness the final stages of construction. well this is the very last weld in the first line of the north stream pipeline there's a hundred thousand of these in this life this was told to goldman well not only because it's the final one but also because all of the rest of them have been tested when they've run water through the pipeline previously this one has to be golden because it's going to get its first test when they feed

a russian natural gas for the first time in directly two years and that's going to be happening very shortly during september it's not only the world's longest pipeline over twelve hundred kilometers long is also the sickest inmates withstand it stream conditions including temperatures as low as minus fifty degrees celsius a huge amount of time has gone into the preparation and planning of this nearly fifteen years since the initial plans were put in place it shovels under the both fix a course in need can only examines the five states russia finland sweden denmark and germany and it's been described as an example of multilateral cooperation in energy currently russia supplies around a third of europe's gas and there are concerns that once the north steam pipelines are fully operational europe will become even more dependent on russian

hydrocarbons now russia's oncet this by saying that this is really a new stage in energy and gas security they're going to be able to bypass transit countries and the problems that we've seen in the past and have direct delivery of russian natural gas to the european customers. ok reporting from the languid region that's all the business news for now but for more stories you can always go on to our web site that's our to dot com thanks for.

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it's eight thirty pm here in moscow your work hard to see these are our top stories moscow cautions against international calls for change in syria saying the president needs time to implement promised changes. black friday on the markets the world's financial stocks are hit by a fresh wave of selling amid fears the world economy is in decline becomes experts suggest the u.s. and europe are dangerously close to recession. because it's twenty years to the day since an attempted coup by a group of hardline communists against the new president mikhail gorbachev failing to topple the government to help bring about the eventual end of the soviet union.