prosser cautions against international calls for change in syria as the us and e.u. urged president of the to step down. most of the syrian regime needs time to implement promised changes and should be given the chance to sort out its political future from or join the race notion of from damascus in just a few moments. and it's black friday on the markets another day of global stock sell off of u.s. shares some of again after sharp falls in europe and asia new fears global recession. because it's twenty years to the day since an attempted coup by a group of hardline communists against me. helped bring about the end of the soviet

union. swimmers in brussels far east are gripped by terror after two people were solvers by sharks in just two days attacks that have never been seen there before. it's nine pm in moscow and this is our duty coming to you live on the snow it with our top story russia has refused to back the call made by the u.s. and e.u. urging syria's leader to step down believes president also should be given time to implement promised reforms and that the country should be left alone to sort out its own political future if the motion is in damascus with more. precious position has always been clear steer it definitely needs reforms these changes are

definitely needed required in this country but presidents are sorry i need time to do that very very. remote democracy. very they're rejecting you look who are against population and which are all real they have. to be confirmed. but on the other hand we were to work right now where the international community is to continue to keep pressure on the inferior but not pushing the situation in a corner just for the people of syria. all right good people who are willing to risk or. not be guarded by india or. in washington or in brussels or in most russian believes that external trash own president bashar assad could only deteriorate things here on the ground and could

hamper as a transition to democratic state at the same time russia has all the time in reach rating that eve present our side doesn't keep his promises in that case because national community should react russia's delegation is into masters very soon on saturday to try to find out exactly what is going on here on the ground and to see how assad is full feeling these promises while the situation on the ground he's hearing is very complicated and i have to emphasize the call from the last and me you call this really present is tied down comes just hours after president bashar assad has announced that the country operation hundred three is over and has promised more reforms he witnessed the army. troll we've seen at least two tanks live in the city and inside the city we haven't seen any ministry lacked police has

returned to duty meanwhile we are receiving reports and the run media reports. based on information received from protesters and local residents that's the army is still. on the ground in latakia and even the reports that. the soldiers are firing from type to time to peaceful demonstrators but i have to emphasize and this is very important that these records are very hard to verify because of international journalists are not allowed to move freely here in the country as the syrian government because it's dangerous so these reports are very. very. also i have to say that we have been able to speak to one of the opposition leaders here in damascus and he has sad that the situation is very hard very difficult but not hopeless because people are in the state people needs reform

these reforms they want reforms but they have patience and they are ready to wait because they've been waiting actually for more than thirty decades now and they're ready to wait a little bit more but of course not too much. these analysts based of king's college london james then followed joins us live now to share his perspective on these latest developments in the syrian crisis this incident so opinions on how to help syria overcome its crisis are divided obviously the u.s. and e.u. are urging assad to step down with russia saying the syrian leader should be given more time what could be a factor of a split like that be. well it's important that the split is bridged i think that the europeans and americans they've spent five months giving us time to implement reforms and their patience clearly is at an end so i'll be interested to see what moscow says is their kind of timeline in terms of when they think this could possibly happen otherwise the americans have been very clear they know their

influence and ability to change syria behavior is limited they've always said they'd have to reach out to countries will close it's a syria and russia is one such country and a very important country at that so i think the americans will now and the europeans especially really have to work hard to persuade the russians that they are right on syria and that russia is currently wrong so that is the next important step let's read a little bit between the lines what does this latest rhetoric by western nations say about their ambitions in syria well i think it's important to say it's not just rhetoric because of course the the words that have come out are outlining increased sanctions on the country and i think we should focus on one particular element which is really important could go either way serious oil exports of the present about ninety percent or so serious oil is exported europe so the europeans and alcohol is going to united front against assad does that mean that they will no longer accept syrian oil now syrian oil makes up a quarter of syria's hard currency budget so could have

a huge amount of an impact on the assad regime is ability to control things so ultimately i do think there is more than rhetoric to what u.s. and europeans are saying right now. after months of criticism over libya nato action there is a coalition of course is still there we don't see any site and inside i should say to this crisis that in fact the thinking of the u.s. and the e.u. or will it affect any of the actions they might take in syria. but i think libya has certainly affected a number of elements namely the russians inability to believe in the west when they say they want simply to stop killing the protesters as they did for gadhafi of course they turned it into more of a regime change there however i do think things in libya have changed a lot recently in the last couple of days even the roads to tunisia from libya from sort of in tripoli have been cut off so there is talk now of the because the regime under real pressure which does of course free up the west to increase its diplomatic pressure on syria but remember this all comes against the backdrop of

the west saying very clearly that they know there's no military intervention possibility with syria that allows them to sort of run part of rhetoric as he called it without having to concern from the same level of commitment i think if the u.s. and its allies do get their wish and. what would the alternative actually be. but it's a really difficult question to be honest i think it depends on how assad goes i mean if he leaves really only with his senior regime then you can imagine a scenario much like that in egypt where a military transitional government takes over and essential prepares the ground for free and democratic elections however the other options are a bit more worrying such as the ones that happen in iraq where the regime hangs on eventually brings down the state with it and you have a collapse that could lead to central civil war that could take some time however so i think the manner of which assad's departure if that is to happen it will determine exactly who will kind of fill in the vacuum that follows and also iran

has strongly criticized nato as operation in libya how might it react to any kind of moves against the syrian regime. well very badly i mean syria is the single biggest arab ally of iran it's a crucially important piece of its foreign policy egypt's or not only is a supporter of the allied means of transit from weapons through to a large lebanon but also as a way of putting pressure on israel so i think that ultimately the rains will be concerned by increasing the pressure on its ally in syria i mean of course to try and make up the slack to some degree in terms of economic sanctions iran help its ally this assad regime's darkest hour right mideast expert james denzil guy from london thank you very much for your input. now it's twenty years ago to the day since a communist hardliner staged a coup to overthrow mikhail gorbachev then president of the soviet union but it

fell to topple the government it's widely seen as a pivotal factor in the u.s.s.r.'s eventual collapse barton takes a look now at how it changed the course of soviet history. if you turned on your t.v. set in moscow on the morning of the nineteenth the war was ninety 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 tank crews themselves not with 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. . 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 called the trough 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 and then one twenty four

year old journalist blew his official words right out of the water. bottle tell me do you realize that you've conducted a credit card they were very concerned. just read 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 the charts return. if yeltsin tells you that was the yeahs of your commander traitors and enemies who always will you have be as night fell on the twentieth of august the curfew ordered by the coup organizers raised fears of an assault on the white house when armored vehicles began moving from a row tunnel in the night protest has disillusioned with the communist party rose

up to defend their hopes of democracy. of kamar son dimitriy was killed one word police are now down to the road where his friends lived image tried to drag him away while the machine rolled over my sons had and killed lead to marriage while. the coup had failed and what's more it destroyed trust in the communist party which was then bam russia and november one nine hundred ninety 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 just by 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 welcome to argue dot com for all the details but you'll find out some of them are in fairly high places republican presidential candidate michele bachmann believes that the u.s.s.r. still exists and continues to pose a threat to the u.s.

. also online from today president obama chavez wants to bring back all the export of venezuelan gold to the country to protect it from financial turmoil and the possible consequences of our team. the turbulence on the world markets continues as u.s. stocks remain volatile newly released economic data has made grim readings for american traders over the week domestic manufacturing fell to its lowest point since two thousand and nine well the housing market is in a slump and unemployment is spiraling or just more important i reports now from new york. the bad forecast 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 drama and debate that took place here in the u.s. caused a lot of concern and so all of this of course is not easing the mindset of of americans 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 the 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 as long as there is a lack of confidence or very little trust it's hard to believe them predict that the u.s. economy and the rest of the world economy is going to bounce back any time soon. well russian markets have also suffered losses today following the downturn in the

global exchanges kareena joins us from our business desk to give us a better idea of all these fears of a double dip recession and how they are reflected in the mood of russian traders well and he said the russian markets are definitely following the global trends what's happening in asia europe and the united states but somehow they recovered from earlier shot falls but still ended the week unfortunately in the red and isaac's close just under a percent lower but better than what we've seen during the day and it was a sea of red across the board with energy banking stocks among the main decline as bucking the trend there was gasp on that managed to reverse into the black at the end of the trading session after trading two and a half percent in the red during the day now i have more for you more figures in our business or it's a very. the israeli military and cars are exchanging deadly fire after a series of attacks allegedly by palestinians on thursday seven israelis were killed and for buses civilian vehicles and soldiers were targeted in the south of

the country because of race political analyst dr honey aisle but it's significant that the violence comes just weeks before you want to vote on palestinian statehood . policy and political factions have their mind and healing course possibility with this attack on the israeli side despite this fact we have witnessed last night military operations against the gaza strip in which syrian policy there were killed more than twenty people were wounded i guess that there is a link between the. policy of forty two the united nations next month trying to call claim policy is to i think the israeli side trying to use this as a pretext to launch try thinks it is the palestinian civilians and palestinian factions i think the israeli military would like to drupal dies i mean the policy even before the war to the united nations to seek

a palestinian state this is why on palestinian political factions. are trying to call for calm and try to call for a ceasefire with the israeli side in order to prevent. the whispering by the israeli military forces and in order to give a chance for the palestinian authority to go to the you and next month to seek a policy an estate. ever popular international airshow continues to soar opening its doors to thousands of new spectators on friday some of the most spectacular arab aerobatic displays are still had at knox trying to eleven for the show closes in two days time. now the event isn't just about entertainment of course four days of the show have already seen multibillion dollar deals sealed on the ground box allows private investors to see the flying machines in action before buying them on the spot this

serious thought that made him public fight of russia's newest fighter jet it t fifty parties are in the courts. many have heard about it but until now only a select few had seen it with their own eyes to ravish the pams a t fifty is known as pack this is it is still being developed so most of his technical specifications are top secret in fact as close as we can get to the real thing is this model right here but during the words there are still visitors to get it sure we can make a chance to see the judge in flight the first ever public display for what the chip is being developed by the superior design bureau under the watchful eyes of the united aircraft corporation and the entire project is shrouded in mystery in fact representatives of the corporation say the project is so secret they can't even talk on camera about it so we're going to look at the united states and russia are

the only two countries in the world that have the technological potential to implement a large scale national project for the development of a fifth generation jet fighter the five that russia has demonstrated two models of this year's max here show is strong evidence that russian evolution is in a very good state the jets will reportedly be able to carry out combat duty in any weather at any time of day will feature a special coating which will make it less noticeable to anti aircraft breeder's and will be able to cruise at supersonic speed but most of the guesswork boils down to this when fully developed the russian fifth generation fighter will good. american after twenty two an f. thirty five a run for their money in terms of stealth capabilities maneuverability and cost some other opinions about this being a new generation fighter it's much more comfortable a fly everything was designed with c.g. mind it has thrust of curing engine nozzles so would fly safely at lol near zero

speeds it's safe even would fly still first a good environment in the cockpit is also due to fire provides intelligence support to the pilots or that the jets are supposed to be fully developed by two thousand and fifteen it's hoped orders for roughly six hundred jets will follow with one third of that number going to russian air force but until the final touches to the project are made the only chance to see the hope and pride of russian aviation is a max air show even those who r.t. ski region. well our reporters are on the ground of the ongoing international air show in the afghan region stay with r.t. for for coverage of marks twenty eleven as we track the business side of the week. now the classic horror movie jaws has become a reality and 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 two people or two story of discover tells the story 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 a hundred meters off shore when it appeared the young man's wetsuit service protection and saved him from death but both his legs were severely wounded. who cry help help shark i will be bull but it was dried out so some guys went out on to do the shoot him and the first day only the area twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple was saved witnesses are shocked at what they saw but i would ask you if it was really scary a country even describe it the man's hands were chewed off and the boat was full of blood. the attacks happened in the far eastern 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 signed as believe the predator was a white shark a man eater and are trying to work out what it was doing here. this type of shock really comes to waters it's a species that lose and tropical and subtropical waters of the ocean but with global warming they're now starting to move more and more of the law out of roughly three hundred sixty spaces of sharks just over thirty are known to rethink your is a few mins the rest are either to 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 or blood 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 carried over r t moscow. but that wraps up our main news block up next it's the latest business news with kareen stay with r.t. . more news today volunteers once again flared up. these are the images called world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations are relieved a. live. preview of the latest in science technology from the realms of. the future

covering. her welcome to our business update this thanks for joining me russell stock markets lost about fifteen billion dollars in a week the cost of companies included in the effects index has decreased by nineteen percent since august first hit a western from out song says the russian voices 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 in the us the state of the global another global recession took a real hold on the markets to so many and sort of factors right now to some extent you can argue that the the current situation is actually more per korea's that it

was in two thousand and seven given that policymakers are running out of options and 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 services 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 into by you or some countries by the before the end of the year two hundred fifty billion of those come due in september and october which i think for those two months are going to continue seeing this volatility the good news i would say though is that we don't see the same kind of panic selling that was soaring two thousand and eight. and how friday the russian markets have recovered from earlier sharp falls but still ended in the red the out here has closed half a percent the randomize extended just on the percent lower but still better than

from what we've seen during the day here is the snapshot of the markets movers some isaac's energy manges among the main decline has. asked for down the roof hydro ended the day two and a half percent in the red bucking the trend simple stocks from that managed to reverse into the black after trading two and a half percent lower in the session back in stocks were also worse hits the bank lost three percent. now here's wall street the stock market is back in a low investors wait for the next signals on the u.s. economy and whether it's headed for another recession major indexes swung into positive territory within the first hour fading then sag again i'm ok. and markets in europe have recovered the worst. day's paulson up to steady a start for us as the footsie ended over a percentage of the red while the german dax was down over two percent right in markets to shop in lower with falls of more than three percent of the meeting indexes and some banking shares were hit again with lloyds down over five percent in london and a friend seventy pre-bought down three point nine percent. that's

a business up at this hour i'll be back with more in about forty. six people just a quarter. of. this industry still. trying to feel. the soviet spy.