our top story political differences won't be a sticking point in improving russian british relations it's a pledge from leaders of both countries after a meeting in moscow it's the first official visit from a british head of state to the russian capital after six years of strained ties or he's a nice and i was following the talks she joins us live with more how will a nice or so relations have been cold for some time but the leaders chose to focus on positive aspects what exactly was said after a meeting. they did indeed president it's made of called the talks direct and constructive david cameron called them excellent the two leaders have pretty much agreed to disagree on their sticking points saying that they have to be able to move forward in other spheres especially business britain is pretty much the number one investor in russia and both sides and including businessmen as well want that of course to keep moving forward a lot of talk that least in the news conference a lot of questions about the lips when you go case and how that will if it will

really continue to in fact ties like you said the first time british prime minister officially in moscow for six years and those six years full of a lot of issues that they really did affect relations both sides saying that they don't want to take you to affect any further growth i david cameron went as far to say that the issue is not parts but we will continue to grow in other spheres let's take. it remains an issue between britain and russia and we haven't changed opposition about that and the russians haven't changed their position but i don't think that means that we freeze the entire relationship it's not posturing an issue is just recognizing there is a disagreement that hasn't changed the two countries are changing their arrangements because of it but we should work on our relationship beyond. just to remind you alexander litvinenko was

a former russian security officer who was poisoned with polonium and died in the london diplomatic spat broke out between the u.k. and russia after that british authorities want to tax to buy russian citizen andre will go boy but according to the russian constitution in fact article sixty one which president medvedev reminded david cameron once again today doesn't allow for the russian federation to extradite its citizens to another country to be tried and basically what president mid-range of said was that will not change that is our law and if people are going to conspire to criticize russia for not upholding law what would it mean if we went and changed our constitution i just to extradite this russian citizen to the u.k. so again i agreed to disagree on the between ankle issue but i think it's fair to say that we've seen some progress progress is certainly open mindedness towards moving forward on other issues the russian u.k. also agreed to cooperate on an international agenda so what is the situation moving

forward there. are the two leaders of course work together in many different formats including the g twenty the g eight the u.n. security council and both sides spoke about that in terms of the most pressing international issues they spoke about livia and it turns out they spent most of their time speaking about the situation in syria both pointed out that they still do have very different viewpoints on that but they do encourage each other to be direct and frank about what they think and try to use each other's ideas to move forward david cameron mentioned that he believes that that sanctions should go even further and president medvedev pointed out that he is for you when president bush doesn't think what's happening in syria is right and something needs to be done but by no means can this turn in to another libya. crisis because russia believes the resolution in syria should be tough but at the same time finally has to address to both the syrian conflict president assad and the opposition only they can such

a resolution succeed it should be tough but not automatically sanctions syria is already under a u.n. u.s. sanctions it doesn't need additional pressure. so certainly no major breakthrough in british russian relations but a very positive atmosphere considering that a british official at that level hasn't been in moscow on a visit like this in so long positive atmosphere lots of laughs in fact one of the last questions asked at the news conference by the b.b.c. to david cameron asking him about rumors that he was possibly recruited or attempted to be recruited into the k.g.b. back in the ninety's cameron said he doesn't think he would be a very good k.g.b. agent present may day to beg to differ. with. david i'm pretty sure that david would be a good k.g.b. agent was filled with him yet but in this case he would never have become the u.k.'s prime minister ok.

so the official visit at this level ended on quite a light no lots of laughs there after that joke about the k.g.b. and david cameron he goes on to meet with members of the civil society and n.g.o.s and also will be sitting down with prime minister putin on this visit to moscow right artes and so now i live for us outside the kremlin there in moscow thanks for that report. syria is one of the main stumbling blocks for the two countries russia wants talks in syria and imposes sanctions that britain supports political analysts to between babbage says moscow's position is justified. russian somewhat conservative stance on this issue and i think russia has reasons we have just recently seen what a song called arab spring led to in egypt it led to their own sake and all the israeli embassy for the first time in harmony in thirty years right. so it's not

such a. one way nice street. how the events are developing in the middle east and of course russia is concerned which course syria will take if indeed it has an all future with the president pass up i would like to remind you that president abbas saw that his father represents a minority in syria what would happen to this minority it looks like great britain and the majority of western countries just view this situation in terms of the eyes democratic against the evil of the sheaves i think it's a simplification. turn our other top stories on r.t. italy's much disputed fifty four billion euro austerity package to slash the country's crippling debt well over a final debate in the lower house of parliament monday that would increase taxes cut government spending and balancing the budget by two thousand and thirteen but constant changes to the plan and squabbling between lawmakers has damaged people's

faith in it as artie's ivor better reports there is a town that's decided it doesn't want to wait for the cuts. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy that also claims to be an independent principality and to prove it it's even started printing its own money the man on the new note says town may lucas a lhari now self-proclaimed prince i guess everyone dreams of being a prince when they're little and so did i now i get to live that dream filipinos going solo in protest over government plans to slash council funding he wants small towns to merge having the number of low. thora teas with a population of just six hundred filipino and its mayor for the chop. it's a terrible idea because it makes no economic sense we have everything here to be autonomous and besides our neighboring towns are at least thirty kilometers away so

it's not practically possible it wouldn't even save that much money most regional administrations do nothing we should get rid of them instead of italy's in deep debt one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe but unions are furious with the cuts accusing the government of punishing those already at their poorest even some of silvio berlusconi's own allies now oppose them with amendments piling up but filipinos fed up determined to be the next san marino a constitutional republic within italy that has no national debt a rare thing in europe that methinks the town can live off its natural resources of wood and water but currently profits go to private companies there are constitutional hurdles but since autonomy is not illegal it could just be a matter of time at the moment there is no exam legal tender just souvenirs but the plan is for two theory to be worth one euro and for this to be the only currency

they could be spent in the shops and restaurants here business is always been slow in this sleepy town but shopkeepers hope the new money will bring new cash. i'm sure that once we start using the new currency the economic situation here will significantly improve it will have a positive effect on tourism of course attracting more people to the town. far from being a p.r. stunt filipino means business and berlusconi knows it he's visiting the town later this month to stave off the rebellion and he'll have a fight on his hands filipinos the sort of rome's water supply and that may is threatening to. if he doesn't get what he wants to then it's see fillets. debt laden greece meanwhile is planning to impose a property tax it claims will let the country meet the demands of its lenders as the government struggles to curb debt tax collectors and taxi owners have started

a two day strike angry of more proposed austerity cuts later we speak with a greek m.p.c. most critical of lew who says joining the euro zone was detrimental to his country's financial. with the help of the european union greek foreign most have stopped producing can you imagine the country like greece right now. it's people we don't produce enough for me we don't produce enough we give them all we are importing and do we had the scheme from the european union that farmers were paid so that they would then produce anything. we destroyed. maimed the main message of our economy the investments that were made that. were only to germany you know what's the biggest investment it's made in greece for the past ten years super markets. and we ended up

buying german pro the buying german cause maybe greece bodo the lot of money the past ten years from the european union from germany especially why don't you check out how much money germany has made out of greece the past ten years you'll discover that it's more than what we borrowed. to watch a full interview with little more than an hour here on our t.v. or any time on our website r t v dot com well still ahead this hour egypt and turkey turning their backs on israel which is warned that it could be isolated in the region with two former allies expressing growing resentment plus. libya's new leadership continues its search for ousted leader moammar gadhafi we take a look at whether nato is forgetting its original aims in the country. but first a hockey player one of only two survivors of a plane crash that killed almost the entire local ice hockey team has died in the

hospital despite the doctors best efforts twenty six year old alexander gallo died from severe burns to his body and respiratory tract apply. in carrying russia's cage while hockey team crashed in central russia last week it was on its way to belarus for their first game of the season more than one hundred thousand people gathered to honor the much loved players in their hometown with ceremonies also being held in their native countries over foreign players a crew member from the plane is now the only survivor of the forty five people on board when it went down at our web site r.t. dot com for more on the tragedy. iran's bush era nuclear power plant is officially about to start providing the country with electricity the facility which was built with russian help will be forty percent operational russia's energy minister praised the efforts and the cooperation and promised similar projects in the future. to give the widow the rate income to par its win through difficulties some problems building

plans and today we can be proud to the results that are drawing the attention of the whole world i'm sure for the cooperation through it in the station the developing now the nuclear and the two projects who will be distinguished by the atmosphere we created while working together. you know gratian ceremony is under way into share these are live pictures from the scene when building the plant russia also agreed to provide fuel for it but iran will return the spent fuel rods rods to russia to ease western concerns over the country's uranium enrichment program has once again stressed its atomic ambitions were peaceful and not aimed at building nuclear weapons. or staying in the region turkey has warned israel that it faces growing isolation as the turkish prime minister heads for a meeting in egypt the jewish state recently found its relations with it as well as cairo strained after rioters there ransacked the israeli embassy anger swelled

after israeli security forces responding to a cross border militant attack mistakenly killed five egyptian police officers officers last month the turkish prime minister said israel's raid on a gaza block last year was cause for war but his country refrain from taking action did however cut military and trade ties with israel after refused to apologize for the deaths of nine turks in the raid for more on this now i'm joined by author and editor hugo wald live for us in tel aviv thank you very much for joining us so israel recently had this fall out with her and now with cairo where do you think it comes from this rapid losing of allies in the arab world and what do you think could lead up to this is that on the verge of possible military confrontation. and i think there are two factors here relation to turkey you know we've seen the rise of an islamic government prime minister done it's been quite before not only. with the united states for example back in the second go for he didn't allow

american forces to go through three can to iraq. similarly with the full of mubarak . more power increase he was sitting but on the street the second factor is the. banana. this is being incomplete. under the new government the world in the arab world they don't believe in a time you know sincerely interested in peace and as a result we're seeing more tensions more anger more a solution of israel. so speaking of tensions do you think it's time for israel to change its stance toward the peace process with the palestinians in order to keep its allies and do you think the palestinian bid for statehood this month at the u.n. will the increased tensions. to change its approach it's not only up to israel it should save the palestinians it also another being very interested apparently in restarting the peace talks but

even though the palestinians presented all sorts of preconditions does not absolve the israel of its responsibility to move ahead with the peace process i think israel has to take the initiative to come up with new ideas maybe with notions to push the peace process forward we cannot just wait for for other people to do it for us as to your second question i think it will be higher there is no question about it following the palestinian bid in the united nations will question is how bad are those tensions going to be. going to see palestinian protesters trying to clash with the israeli forces or trying to go into israeli settlements that could lead to deadly clashes as you mentioned earlier with the growing tensions turkey might be involved egypt may be involved in under the state of affairs and things could get very messy in the region very very soon hopefully it's not going to get

to that the palestinian authority. they're not planning any violence meanwhile israel is about to show restraint. these really mean is equipped with quite a bit of lethal weaponry in recent months so it's not going to get to that but the tensions that exist if the situation deteriorates you know you could it's very very quickly and gets very messy as they said all right author and editor hugo walsh joining us live from tel aviv thanks for your perspective. stay with us here on our team has plenty more stories and video for you on line at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. that emotional tribute across the u.s. ten years after the tragic nine eleven attacks commemorations ended with a concert in new york and a laser light show imitating the color. twin towers. and for the fourth time the top prize of the veterans film festival coming to russia alexander

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colonel qaddafi's remaining troops are continuing their resistance in libya as the rebels advance one of their final strongholds with the help of nato air strikes cut off these fighters did not lay down their arms before a surrender deadline last week but the whereabouts of libya's former leader who vowed to fight to the death is still unknown one of his sons all sides he has been given refuge in neighboring the share earlier reports suggested other family members and some associates have also fled there but with khadafi now on the run journalists chandan thinks nato might be contradicting the initial aim of its mission. we have now nato was main rebel commander in tripoli who was a form a friend of al qaida on a so-called jihadi so this is going to. the big news that we have today which in the end hardly any of the news and news networks are covering it the world has to learn that the west will never give up its domination of the globe without

devastating and taken the rest of the world to war so in as much so doing the main lesson for us to learn is how do we develop effective internationalism against aggression or for once the lessons of oversleeping learned by the west because of what they've done in libya. you know gadhafi has more of a social support in libya than the taliban do in afghanistan unlike when it's done in libya is this neighboring europe so with the resistance that is raging and will lead them to want to go in in libya i think europe needs to watch its back. to you know to some other stories making headlines across the globe at least sixty one people have died eighty injured after a gas pipeline exploded in nairobi kenya hospital staff say many of the victims suffered severe burns the pipeline ruptured in a heavily populated islam and now largely reduced to debris firefighters are still trying to battle the blaze while rescue workers are recovering bodies from a nearby river. counting is underway in guatemala as presidential race with former

military general otto perez molina thought to be leading leftist groups have warned against a return to the nation's dictatorship past about a high crime rate and poverty in the country have left many voters seeking tough solutions at all the same a leader whose nickname the iron fist is seen as the most likely candidate to restore order and stability. japan has a new trade minister a day after the old one was sacked for calling the area around the tsunami damage fukushima nuclear plant a town of death. row who lost his job after just a week had also joked about having radioactive clothes after visiting the area former government spokesman yukio edano takes over at the post which includes responsibility for japan's energy policy. business news next week he will stay with us here on our. hello and a very warm welcome to

a business update deals for around four hundred million dollars have been signed during the visit of the u.k. prime minister david cameron to russia their location includes blue chip companies like royal dutch shell b.p. and british airways british d.i.y. retailer kingfisher will unveil a plan to open nine stores in russia total investment two hundred fifty million dollars the u.k. is also expected to sign a deal with the russian state energy. which would help u.k. companies wind contracts and russia's expanding nuclear industry. among other notable deals russian state nanotechnology corporation is buying forty to fifty percent of the london based pro bono bio one and just close some of the financial times to scrunch the company as a new medical company launching the world's first volek with scale nanotechnology treatment pro bono bio plans to list in moscow and in london within the next four years. tony hayward just stepping down from

a russian oil firm team k b p less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the forward chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticised for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time following b.p.'s failed attempts to join with ross never to explore the arctic their lines was broken by the russian partners and tame p.p.p. who are seeking compensation for the courts from the british parent company. which brings us to the markets oil prices a low investor spirit europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for gold materials lights which is currently trading at eighty five dollars per barrel while brant is hovering at one hundred ten dollars. european markets are seeing heavy losses and the dax is losing three and a half stand the first say is just a bit high. two and a half cent lower shares and cayle lenders are under pressure after the independent commission told banks they will have to ring balance their retail arms fully the

credit crisis. and european debt war is weighing on the russian markets as well the indices are extending last week's losses in monday's trade the r.t.s. and the minuses of both slumped four percent and three point two point three percent respectively let's not have a look at some of the individual share moves in the my six energy majors are losing ground with gazprom shedding almost three percent and look at others down one point eight percent banking stocks are also under pressure with russia's largest lender setting under four percent sour. fears amounting the world is heading rapidly for a second dip of the recession russian finance minister says it's more probable now than before the sum up russia's balanced budget means it is reasonably well placed to ride out the turmoil but troika strategist chris with us says that will offer only limited protection when the mood turns sour in reality russia is in

a much stronger position today than it was in two thousand and eight so you know the rush is in a much better position to be able to withstand global downturn. you know to to to remain fiscally solvent and stable that's the reality it doesn't matter the perception is that russia is still a high risk environment and most international investors view russia as a derivative of global growth therefore if they become optimistic about global recovery russian asset prices tend to rise higher faster than others and equally when there's a sell off as we saw in august russianness or prices will go down even faster than the rest. rushes to ferrying to small air carriers from running both charter and local flights routes will be given to the country's major airlines who will also get state subsidies analysts say this could hurt use existent passenger traffic by up to forty percent with just a few companies operating in the market the move is aimed at improving russia's

poor aviation safety record after almost an entire professional ice hockey team was killed in a plane crash last week. that's wraps up the business bulletin another business update unless someone has time for you.

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thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines political differences won't be a sticking point in improving brushing and british relations and that's the pledge from the leaders of both nations during a meeting in moscow the first official day visit other british prime minister to the russian capital following six years of strained ties. iran officially plugs in its russian built to share nuclear station it's the country's first atomic plant that will reach about half past city after being connected to the main national grid. and italy's disputed fifty four billion euro austerity package entering a vital to bathe in the lower house of parliament open protests have the unpopular cuts have already started with some parts of the country going as far as trying to seek autonomy. and as more each country's sink in a mire of debt crosstalk.