for a good evening for me kevin i would here at r.t. tonight it's now midnight in moscow and our top story the international monetary fund has warned that europe and the united states risk falling back into recession and less lawmakers act quickly earlier took a beating from ratings giant standard and poor's which downgraded the country school by one notch our europe correspondent daniel bushell reports investors call it the starter for ten the piece of news that triggers bad reactions across the rest of the eurozone so it's leave downgrade problems not just the need to be where people are really trying to resist the parliament budget cuts that the government there is trying to bring through of course report with greece is planning a referendum on membership of the euro is just more bad sign there we're seeing turbulence in the stock market throughout europe as a result we've had the i.m.f. saying that europe needs to get its act together and deal with its worsening sovereign debt crisis warning of the risk of severe global repercussions now the

i.m.f. added both europe's debt worries and the slow recovery united states of forming the return to normal the konami growth but it was typically concerned by the problems in europe and the religious investors that this will spread not just from countries like greece and italy but to spain countries like portugal ireland and even france is now being mentioned as being in the firing zone for having too high levels of debts or really not really much of a growth strategy to get back on the right track star you're bushell your correspondent well but earlier i spoke to economic analyst michael ross he's author of the books the currency crash he told me he believes the psychological effect of these constant downgrades is taking its toll on the world's economy. we have also to take into account that there is a kind of currency war going on is specially with the continuous downgrade from the united states from the rating agencies here in europe today italy i mean what does it really matter one notch up or down social up psychologically it's really very

very hard and in terms of currency war you have to see that they are want to feel that fail the euro in order to keep the dollar and at the end of the day this equation will not be true at the end currencies will fail in my opinion because europe and united states have more or less the same problem if you take a closer look to most western countries they are all failing they are all over the getting better if they have such things at the end of the day we are all falling together and the situation at the moment is psychologically very under big pressure so it doesn't help any of us if the i.m.f. says such things but financial analysts michael ross they talk about the great effect of the downgrade we've got more hard hitting news coming our way in the program as well including the european human rights call ruling that russia

lawfully in its investigation against the club soldier but alas is still seeking a record ninety eight billion dollars in damages find out why in just a few minutes. and the former afghan president rabbani has been killed in his home rabbani spoke with t in his latest televised interview about the effects of foreign intervention his country has got that exclusive footage to come. israeli settlers and radical groups gathered in the west bank to protest the palestinians drive for sovereignty at the un on friday placing the armed forces are on high alert fearing the mass marches might turn violent if settlers enter palestinian lands paul asli is on the israeli palestinian border where the people are waiting for the approach of the sets. the situation here certainly is tense and it's heating up we're talking about a land that both the israeli state says and palestinians claim is that is not be punished students have say that macer in the week they will hold peaceful demonstrations as the united nations gets under way and discusses the bid for

statehood but the israeli settlers are not waiting until the end of the week and throughout the day today tuesday we saw it's way he said it's taking to the streets in various systems across the west bank i'm not songs from the israeli settlement up it's a mall near hundreds of people marched on that system and to this end point i'm currently on the israeli palestinian border and one of the squad jovial in the circle was musically played it was a very strong underlying minutes and received when you listen to some of the speeches that people were saying they were expressing thoughts such as the land of israel belongs only to the people of israel to keep national pride urging the government to be strong and this is precisely what kind of skins are afraid of they all saying that they plan to hold peaceful demonstrations you have this extremist element that is marching towards palestinian villages towards palestinians pones and that is going to evoke vitamins now we are hearing reports that the work

matches inside the madness earlier today tuesday that a full ten year old palestinian was injured in his back what a lot of people a point in fingers at these way beyond the israeli government and accusing them of double standards they're saying that on the one hand they are preventing the students from holding demonstrations but on the other hand they're now in stitches to reach the border points which evokes very real fears of violence taking place because many operations have been handing out money for with them such as to the gas to all the settlements they've also been arming and training the body guards who secured the settlements they deem all created with lines around all the settlements and given the green light to soldiers that is palestinian protesters approached beyond a certain distance soldiers had suits we've also been hearing reports of these raids. the army is planting landmines along its northern borders particularly along its border with syria visit going sense of isolation among israelis for months they simply named it supply and else the timber is here and with it the ease and

uncertainty about what to do when palestinians ask the united nations to recognize the state i think the responsible thing to do from the idea of spore interview is to prepare for any eventuality prepare for the worst case scenario and hope it doesn't happen the worst case scenario is violence there's even talk of a third intifada the israeli army has been preparing for months beefing up security on settlements and planting new land mines along israel's northern borders but many complain these measures go too far now they are going to mines it. maybe it's more come for. the last thing tel aviv once is a repeat of the chaos at its borders three months ago when hundreds of demonstrators stormed the israeli syrian border in a show of sympathy for the palestinians twenty protesters were killed by israeli fire the area is littered with mines and added danger to those clamoring the mines

are not necessarily very to deal with people who have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of defense many countries have mines on their borders for that reason in one of its internal magazines the israeli army said it was planting new mines in the area as a deterrent against any future demonstrations that might take place crowds are expected to surge forward when palestinians put forward their case at the united nations and the army refused of request for an interview the most they give us was an e-mail response in which they said they were performing ongoing situation assessments and doing everything required in order to ensure that the daily routine and security on israel's northern borders was maintained but it wasn't security that tore off the right half of salad bars body heal up. still leg a hand and an eye when you picked up a mine when he was thirteen years old. or so what happened with you and sometimes. maybe it was better if you

did because it's how we can continue the life he like. he got a little sympathy from the israeli government that blamed him for being in an area infamous for mines but instead of hate and anger sally wants his misfortune to be a warning to others and is now dreading what will happen if thousands of people surge towards the borders later this week i feel very very very sad because i know i know or my. material. make just just. give flowers or good life for the people it's nine months since the arab spring began and as palestinians lobby the united nations the last of the region's old certainties are being swept away but fears in the region are growing that what happens in new york state the stage for the next middle east crisis

policia r t israel well palestinian supporters will be watching closely what happens over the next forty eight hours or so that the vista paul spoke to says even as the palestinians get their statehood bid that was going to change. washington has essentially purchased some friends in there in the middle east to sit at the top of some government people who disagree with their alliance with the united states the popular level almost all the people in the arab world are united against the policies of the united states in that region everyone from the palestinian side has said that they may want to possibly have negotiations only after statehood the statehood vote takes place they're quite ambivalent about this and have very little illusions that this will either advance or detract from their cause the statehood would if it if it comes about would be almost entirely

symbolic and it won't change anything on the ground because israel is not going to change its policies on israel controls what is left of palestine you know general assemblies being dominated by the show that of the palestinian statehood but also new york president obama seeks to boost libya's new leadership in the general assembly by pointing out progress in the country. as scott that story. palestinian campaign for a un membership and statehood is purse percy thing and this is despite the massive amount of pressure the us has reportedly been putting on the palestinians to stop this bid now the majority of the un members do support palestinian un membership and statehood that's approximately one hundred thirty three countries if not more but it is because of the u.s. that that measure may not go through the u.s. as we've been reporting has threatened to officially veto

a palestinian membership to the united nations if it house do because the u.s. believes that palestine should go back to the negotiating tables with israel but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke to the media and said that no country should stand in the way of palestine's ambitions because they're going to get the new blood in the middle east quartet will not meet in the near future the recent meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has showed that the u.s. would not like to see the palestinian question raised at the u.n. we think that it would be preferable to sit to the negotiating table first. not ready for it because there's no agreement between them we think good one must deprive the kind of studio an administration of the right to ask the u.n. security council to speak out on it statehood bid the new u.s. president barack obama took advantage of the opportunity to get some attention off of palestine and move it over to libya because a high level meeting was held at the united nations in which dozens of countries

were in attendance and libya's national transitional council was there outlining how the plans will be set up for establishing a new government the u.s. president addressed those in attendance saying that libya now is in a very successful position now that moammar gadhafi has been removed from power and the u.s. leader how did this success. for libya and for the international community he says that a host could offer libya is much more free and much more democratic but not everybody at the united nations sees this situation the same way russia for example believes that the u.n. security council resolution one nine hundred seventy three that was established back in march that put a no fly zone over libya and led to the nato military intervention was succeed it was exceeded russia and many other countries believe that nato members took

advantage of an opportunity to protect civilians and in turn exacerbated a military conflict which led to as we know tens of thousands of people being killed and or wounded and now this is a country that needs to be rebuilt but not everybody believes that libya is essentially a success story many many countries do believe that. certain western european countries took advantage of an opportunity and struck harder that needed to be strong in a very sensitive country that was in the midst of a terrible conflict so at this point discussions about libya will proceed but it's clear that the u.s. sees the circumstance in libya one way while other countries see it a much different way. the european human rights court has ruled russia lawfully when launching a tux fraud investigation against the collapse will join you coast judges also said the kremlin's moves were not politically motivated but the verdict also states that

between two thousand and two thousand and one the russian government didn't give enough time for you cause to propose to freezing the firm's assets lifted unable to function properly eventually forced into bankruptcy you course is also signalling to a billion dollars in damages the largest claim of course fifty year history but just not ready to rule without further evidence. it's a long running story what more analysis. background information well you cos case it's on our website r t dot com while you're there you might want to check out these stories to russia gives nato the cold shoulder over suggestions the new arms race is heating up in the oil rich arctic that could be kicking off more details of r.t. dot com. and for a journalist and you want to meet the israeli prime minister then it seems apparently not confirmed removing your underwear could help you secure a scoop what's that about find out of our t.v. dot com. the former afghan president

burhanuddin rabbani has been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at his home in kabul afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety s. most recently ran the country's peace council attempting to negotiate a political solution between the government of the taliban was speaking to r.t. in his last television interview rabbani blamed foreign intervention for bringing initial instability to his country. certainly the people of afghanistan do not want foreign troops to remain in our country and we don't want our nation's security to depend upon a foreign military presence however considering the critical situation in our country the lack of stability and they continue an armed clashes we have to tolerate a foreign military presence i have already emphasized a deal would have been no civil war in afghanistan and no problems with the taliban if not for the invasions by foreign countries after all the people of afghanistan had managed to live for centuries without such in-fighting. dode sultanzoy as

a political analyst and former afghan to pay he told me talk of a stable country now sounds as as unrealistic. he was a very moderating figure he was a very important influence in bringing moderation and. stability in the politics of the country and mr karzai and others will miss that president with the problems that we are facing are monumental problems so three years is not very much time for the problems of afghanistan as facing and i don't think. figures like that and the absence of those kinds of figures do not render themselves for stability and do not help stability the radicals are winning this time. small world views a brief known explosions rocked the turkish capital it's killed three it's injured at least fifteen officials say a bomb was planted in a vehicle in downtown ankara while i witnessed his claim to have seen a burning canister from a parked car from a nearby building were the cause of the blast remains unclear turkey is no stranger

to the threat of terrorism kurdish separatists have recently intensified their attacks on the country killing over forty turks in the past few months. the first day of violence in the yemeni capital erupted after pro-government forces shot dead nine more people but the violence has come down in the last few hours after a cease fire came into effect brokered by the vice president and western bassinet the total number of victims since sunday has now risen to over sixty clued in four children the crackdown in said follows reports that a power transfer could be signed something protesters been calling for for months. for passenger trains derail the peace in germany it's injured nearly fifty police said the incident happened after a train crashed into a car that had been hit by another vehicle and pushed on to the tracks the driver the car did manage to get out before the impact but the train was unable to stop in time one of the derailed train carriages tipped onto its side seriously injuring nine passengers a further forty suffered minor injuries. a typhoon threat has triggered evacuation

orders and fears of landslides in nagoya city central japan over a million people have been. to flee their homes tonight the strong winds move closer bringing heavy rain storms already cause flooding with two people reported missing just earlier this month another type of devastated japan left some ninety people dead or missing. well sunny's rather so far this hour next on this channel r.t. talks to one of the palestinian president mahmoud abbas his advisors who participated in drafting the un bid for statehood recognition he explains the solid goals behind the move.

let me i have talked in the bill south a member of the palestinian legislative council dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. some israeli officials admit that they are losing the battle at the united nations are you confident of a positive vote we are absolutely certain in the job there is something that's where the votes count and the security council of the of course you need just one of the five permanent members to say no which is precisely the united states and that will be a veto that will stop the decision of the security council this for a while but a normal member status in the general assembly is only symbolic what do you need it for. well there's a lot of symbols in this world that people die for. respect

of so many symbols dignity has many symbols that. human beings think are important so. minimize or to marginalize symbols of dignity freedom and independence but it's not all about symbols because when we become full members of all of these are directional. that gives us more clout in facing israel's attempt to deepen our occupation or settlements give us more say in determining the kind of terms that are used if we and when we go back to the. i think we will have to go or originally back to negotiations when barack obama became president of the united states there was high hopes that he would play a positive role in resolving the israeli palestinian conflict but now his opposition to the vote do you see this as a stab in the back. it's really abject surrender to the israelis with it he meant it to be a stab in the back or i mean these have ended two mr netanyahu rules and it does so

not because the united states it's subservient to israel. now it's because the united states government and president when he faces such. huge domestic pressures and the mystical problems and then he comes close to a reelection time and he has very well margin of maneuver on other issues such as the relationship with israel. so maybe if mr obama is reelected he might be more capable of really pushing for the program he suggested two and three years ago that all settlements or to stop including these jerusalem so that it would allow a more reasonable climate for negotiations are you concerned it's going to be financed for several months now the israeli army has been preparing for violence

but there are those who are saying that it's almost as if it's creating a violence in a speculation for it. yes that i think that our. hypothesis that if there is any violence it would be really created by this radius but we'll do our best not to respond when violence is not a passive. point passive reaction to asia or oppression for that matter and violence is people's determination to get what they want without violence the israelis say let's negotiate first let's sort out all the outstanding issues and then no recognize a palestinian state you know somebody takes your house and. occupies all of it but says that the only thing i want is the garden and the basement but in the meanwhile i occupy all your home to force you to do so. let's negotiate so you negotiate and none of the things you agree he ever implements that's what

the israelis are doing we've been negotiating for twenty years after madrid for eighteen years after signing those two agreement which required them to withdraw from every inch of palestine with the exception of jerusalem and settlements in three years which they didn't do so it is utterly ridiculous come to the to do what our negotiations are still necessary absolutely necessary but the goshi ations need always two very important international conditions one you stick to the reference you don't keep changing the terms of reference and do what you agree you implement if you don't follow these two rules negotiations are few tide is useless what are the details of the new plan and how will the two states co-exist know the two the stool states will definitely coexist in peace because that where there is a a full withdrawal of this radius from our state that we signed

a peace agreement we will. definitely commit ourselves to all the steps of neighborliness security and peace but what if israelis as isn't as a pated don't withdraw from the disputed territories we will continue to put all the one violent pressure that we have to get them out and i think this step will help us gain more ammunition peaceful a division if you succeed on the independence vote which is unusual access to the international criminal court if we would come a member of the international criminal court and i hope we world that would be really our best defense against any further israeli crimes several people asked me like what i said like going into gaza and killing fourteen hundred people with phosphorus bombs and napalm how important in the biggest struggle of the palestinian people is. this independence but it's a step it's not the end of the game it's a step it's a step that should give us

a little bit more ability to defend our case and go to the proper goal she ations produce results. it's no more than that we have been for a century trying to at the end. and it's difficult when the arm struggle we would all negotiations we were in the political struggle. we are decided now to go back to violence and therefore this is a non violent step in the right direction dr bell south thank you very much for joining us here on alt. in the faraway land. where human life is ruled by nature. the distant past of planet earth is scarcely preserved by the poor. animals

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