people were savaged by sharks in today's attacks that have never been seen before. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and you see now it's ten pm here in the russian capital and moscow has refused to back the call made by the u.s. and e.u. urging syria's leader to step down moscow believes president assad should be given time to implement promised reforms and that the country should be left alone to sort out its own political future meanwhile twenty people have reportedly been killed by government troops in the latest fighting for notion is in damascus with more. russia's position has always been clear syria definitely needs reforms detainer is definitely needed required in this country but president assad needs

time to do that through this trip. promoting democracy developing agreeable support them rejecting the you look or against real population in the future already there first of all have to be confirmed to be fools but on the other hand fortunately or to work to be right know by the international community to continue to think pressure on the big picture if you inferior but not pushing the situation in a corner you just of the people here are clearly. all right to determine the people who are the ruling class or this you should not be done by any decisions or extra are there in washington or in brussels or in more or russia believes that external trash all present. 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 the social community should react to russia's delegation is due into massacres 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 is hearing is very complicated and i have to emphasize 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 hundred series over and have promised more reforms we witnessed the army try. we've seen at least thirty tanks live in the city and inside the city we haven't seen any military laugh at police has returned to duty meanwhile we are receiving reports and the media reports

that based on information received from protesters and local residents that 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 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 because it's dangerous well james dance though a mideast analyst space to king's college london says the oil embargo that the e.u. has put in place could be a decisive move against syria the americans have been very clear they know their ability to change their behavior is limited they've always said that have to reach out to countries who are closer to syria and russia is one such country and

a very important country so i think the americans with the europeans especially really have to work hard to persuade the russians that they are right on syria and the russia is currently wrong for that is the next important step and i think we should focus on one particular element which is really important could go either way syria's oil exports of the present about ninety percent or so syria's oil is exported to europe so the europeans are now come out you know united front against assad does that mean that they will no longer accept syrian oil now syrian oil makes up some quarter of syria's hard currency budget so could have a huge amount of an impact on the assad regime its ability to control things so ultimately i do think there is more than rhetoric to what the u.s. and the europeans are saying right now. turbulence on the world markets continues as u.s. stocks remain volatile no they're released economic data has made grim reading for american traders over the week to mystic manufacturing fell to its lowest point since two thousand and nine while the housing market is in

a slump and unemployment spiraling are just reports 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 debt 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 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 for 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 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 stock exchanges around the world let's get the latest from our business check in what the ha for us a little bit later in the program corrina obviously fears of a double dip recession were reflected in the mood of the russian traders. yes that's right it is the markets have recovered from earlier shot falls but still ended in negative territory on friday and he has closed half a percent in the red demise extended just under a percent lower but still better than what we've seen during the day all in all russian stock markets lost about fifty billion dollars in a week the cost of companies included in the my six has decreased by ninety percent nineteen percent since august first i have more for you after. your thirty still to come why the sky's the limit at the international air show near

moscow. stunning performances by aerobatics teams from across the world war zone aircraft what is all this mean remarks of dollars at a level that's opened its doors to the public report later in the program. and there is hard on the beaches of russia as far east as one hundred begins for the shark that mauling young man in the space of just two days. but first it's twenty years ago to the day since eight communist hardliners staged a coup to overthrow. the 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 tom barton takes a look 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 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 tank 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. jobs 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 were very convincing. just

got mad meanwhile on the streets the russians 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 when your commander 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 one would believe are now down to the right to wear his friend legitimate tried to drag him away while the machine rode 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 banned in russia in 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 despite the fact 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 time dot com for all the details we'll your find out how some of them are in fairly high places republican presidential candidate a shell bachmann she believes that the u.s. troops are still exist and continues to pose a threat to the us. line for you president chavez wants to bring back all the export of venezuelan gold to the country to protect it from financial turmoil possible up to play. at our.

look now at some international news in brief for you this hour at least forty people have been killed and over a hundred were injured when a bomb exploded at a mosque in a region in northwest pakistan we want to report a teenage boy detonating a device during traditional friday prayers many of the injured are in the serious condition no group has admitted responsibility yet but taliban and al qaeda militants are active in the region. twin suicide blasts have rocked the afghan capital kabul close to a compound run by the british government the explosion set off a five hour long gun battle between security forces and insurgents with at least ten people killed the taliban which has claimed responsibility says it was marking

the anniversary of afghanistan's independence from the u.k. president hamid karzai made no mention of the attacks during the events to mark that anniversary urging his people to unite and move the country towards a better future. the israeli military and guns are exchanging deadly fire after a series of attacks allegedly by palace. on thursday seven israelis were killed after buses villian vehicles and soldiers were targeted in the south of the country while gaza based political analyst dr honey i'll buy suits thanks significant that the violence comes just weeks before a un vote on palestinian statehood all palestinian political factions have their mind and a link or responsibility with this attack on the israeli side despite this fact we have what this last might mean military operations against the gaza strip and which syrian policy there were killed more than twenty people were wounded i guess that there is a link between the. authority going to the united nations next month

trying to talk to the i think the israeli side trying to use this as a pretext to launch military thinks it is the palestinian civilians or the palestinian factions i think the israeli military would like to drupal dies any policy mean to force to go to the united nations to seek a palestinian state this is why all the palestinian political factions. are trying to call for calm and try to call for ceasefire with the israeli side in order to prevent any attacks against girls or that we spent by the israeli military forces and in order to give a chance for the policy. to go to the you and next month to seek a palestinian is to eat well moscow's ever popular international airshow continues to soar opening its doors to thousands of new spectators on friday some of the most

spectacular aerobatic displays are still had that marks twenty eleven for the show closes in two days' time and it's not just about entertainment many major contracts are being signed as well you know of is there. there are sounds of jet ten propeller engines in the skies school or soft various types of aircraft on the ground it means the must a thousand and eleven air show has opened its doors to the public the first few days it's function mainly for official and business delegations inking out those billion dollar contracts with some of the biggest names in civil and military aircraft producers from across the world but now ordinary people can see and even touch some of these planes themselves and there's a huge variety of them from all months for example this plane is from the times before the second world war to some of the most advanced ones like the airbus a

three eighty jumbo jet all eyes are on the skies there's a huge program in store for all the visitors have already seen stunning performances by aerobatics teams from across the world including the russian knights swifts and falcons we're expecting more from them and others in the next few days as well. for those who can't pilots planes but would really want to know just do a little bit what it feels like there are various seemingly interesting here as well for example this one gives an idea of what sort of hardware will be installed on airplanes over the next generation in this case while it won't even need to look out the window all the needed information about the flight will be displayed in of a cockpit it's not clear whether some of this hardware is installed on board one of the headliners off the mark two thousand and eleven but it's just still top secret

generation still for quieter jets t. fifty and r. g.'s you know tried to with a big mystery at least a little bit about this plane. many have heard about it until now only a select few had seen. with their own eyes to add the fans the t. fifty is known as pac that's it is still being developed so most of its 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 mix there are still visitors to get it sure we can you chose to see the judge in flight the first ever public display for that but the jet is being developed by the sukhoi 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 it doesn't give us 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 in the fight of russia's demonstrating two models at this year's max air show is strong evidence that russian efficient he's in a very good state has 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 and to aircraft traders 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 give the american after twenty two and f. thirty five a run for their money in terms of stealth capabilities maneuverability and cost smaller than yours that of this being a new generation fighter it's much more comfortable to fly everything was designed with safety in mind it has thrust vectoring engine nozzles so it flies safely at

low near zero speeds it's safe even want to fly still first the data environment in the cockpit is also the fighter provides intelligence support to the pilot or to the jets are supposed to be fully developed by two thousand feet. dean 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 the max air show even those who r.t. . region. where reporters are on the ground and the ongoing international air show in the moscow region and stay with our team for full coverage of max twenty eleven as we track the business and the aerobatic side of the event throughout the weekend. the classic horror movie jaws has become a reality in brussels 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 savage's two people started preschool 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 as protection and saved him from death but both his legs were severely wounded. who cry help help the shark have a big bowl but it was died out so some guys went out on to do receive him and gave first grade only a day earlier a twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple were saved witnesses were shocked at what they saw but i with us it was really scary a countryman 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 are trying to work out what it was doing here the world this type of shock really comes to those it's 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 d 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 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 pushed over r.t. moscow. now it's time to get the latest from the world of business with kareena stay with r.t. . hello and welcome to our business update this hour it's been called the largest infrastructure project and europe the first part of the russian backed nord stream gas pipeline is finished r.t. sara firth witnessed the final stages of construction. well this is it the very last weld in the fence line of the north stream pipeline there's a hundred thousand of these in this life this unfold the golden well not only because it's the final one but also because 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 not sure that's the first time directly to europe and that's going to be happening very shortly during september it's not only the world's longest pipeline of the twelve hundred kilometers low it's also the thickest inmates withstand extreme conditions including temperatures as low as minus fifty degrees celsius it travels under the baltic states of course in the economic zones of five states 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 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 in the problems that we've seen in the past and have direct delivery of russia not sure gas to the european customers. global indices have seen wall

swings with fears of a double dip that was fueled by poor data from europe and the u.s. let's take a look at how the markets performed on friday here's wall street u.s. stocks back in the low investors wait for the next signals on the u.s. economy whether it's headed for another recession major indexes swung into positive territory within the first hour of trading on friday and saturday again by in their day and still down markets in europe have recovered the worst of the day's falls after a steady a start for u.s. shares for which he ended over a percent in the red while for the german dax. this down over two percent cut in markets was sharply lower with poles of more than three percent for some leading indexes some banking shares were hit again lloyds banking group was down five percent and in london and bronzes being very bad down nearly four percent and here in moscow the markets have recovered from earlier sharp falls but still ended in negative territory the r.g.s. close tough a percent in the red in the my exit exam a just under

a percent lower but still better from what we've seen during the day russia's stock markets lost about fifty billion dollars in the week the cost of companies including the my xix index has decreased by nineteen percent since august fourth oldest first. and here's a snapshot of the markets movers m i six banking stocks among the worst hit spared by a globe's nearly three percent energy may just as well look for the dross to put down hydrophone the most two and a half percent gas pump pushed up a bit after trading two and a half percent lower and even the session. process a slightly up after an almost six percent decline on thursday concerns about global economic recovery awaiting on crude over the we could go is giving some support like sweet is trading at eighty three dollars per barrel while brant is up almost one hundred nine dollars a barrel and a quick look at precious metals gold is trading at a new record high level as uncertainty about the global economy is pushing

investors back to say havens the spot price is now at about one thousand eight hundred forty nine dollars per ounce and so what is also off is gaining point a half percent discount. noisemaking has offered to buy back fifteen percent of its shares owned by element in producer who sold the deal is worth eight and a half billion dollars and price is at a little over three hundred dollars it's part of the long running battle between billionaires looking apartheid and a leg to repulse over control of norilsk who have until the beginning of next. to except that they are otherwise the world's largest mikko producer got a small shareholders well. that's all i have for this hour but join me in about forty five minutes from now with some more updates.

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takes me to the max air show. the line from the russian capital these are the headlines moscow consuls against international calls for change in syria saying president needs time to implement promised changes. black friday on the markets the world financial stocks are hit by a fresh wave of selloff amid fears the global economy is in decline and it comes as experts suggest the u.s. and europe are dangerously close to recession. swimmers and russian far east are gripped by fear after two people were savaged by sharks in just two days attacks that have never been seen before in the country the hunt has begun for.