hello and welcome this is r.t. it's one am right now here in moscow my name is kevin and our top story the international monetary fund has warned that europe and the united states risk falling back into recession unless lawmakers act quickly italy took a beating from the rating giant standard and poor's which downgraded the country school by a notch our europe correspondent delia bushell reports investors call it the start of a ten a piece of bad news that triggers bad reactions across the rest of the eurozone so it's a leave downgrade problem not just the need to be where people are really trying to resist the parliament budget cuts but the government there is trying to bring through of course reports with greece is planning a referendum on membership of the euro is just more now we're seeing turbulence on the spot 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. i did both europe that was the slow recovery united states of forming the return to normal economic 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 debt are really not really much of a growth strategy to get back on the right track let's take a bushel your correspondent there were a bit earlier i spoke to economic analyst michael ross he's author of the book three currency crash he told me believes the psychological effect of the constant grades has taken its toll on the world economy. we have also to take into account that there is a kind of currency war going on especially with these continuous downgrades 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 but psychologically it's really very very hard and in terms of currency war you have to see that they are want to fail that failed the euro in order to keep the dollar and at the end of the day this equation will not be true at the end both 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 the search says such things so 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. thoughts there of. skilling in his thoughts but the great effect of the on left and great day got more hard hitting news coming your way on this

channel the european human rights called russia acted lawfully in its investigation against the collapsible joint you caused but the latter is still seeking a record ninety eight billion dollars in damages we're going to find out more about that got the details in a few minutes. the former afghan president rabbani has been killed in his home he spoke with us at r.t. in his last televised television interview about the effects of foreign intervention in his country got exclusive footage from. israeli settlers and radical rights groups a gathering in the west bank to protest the palestinian drive for sovereignty at the u.n. on friday police and the armed forces are on high alert fearing the mass marches might turn violent if settlers enter palestinian lands at his policy is on the israeli palestinian border for us where the people are waiting for the approach of the settlers. 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 said that mason in the week they will hold the school demonstrations as the united nations gets under way and discusses very broad full 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 way spend a month songs from the israeli settlement up it's a mall near hundreds of people mosques from that statement to this end point i'm currently on the israeli palestinian border and while the mood was quite jovial and the surface was music being 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 for such as the land of israel belongs only to the people of israel to keep the national side urging the government to be strong and this is precisely what the palestinians 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 in southern madness earlier today tuesday that a food ten year old palestinian was injured in his back when a lot of people appointing fingers at the israeli army or the israeli government and accusing them of double standards they're saying that on the one hand they are preventing palestinians from holding demonstrations but on the other hand and now incentives to reach the border points which evokes very real fears of violence taking place because many operations have been having a witness such as to i guess to all the settlements they've also been arming and training body guards to secure the settlements they waited 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 fiza growing sense of isolation among israelis for months

they simply named it supply and now september is here and with it the ease and uncertainty about what to do when palestinians are united nations to recognize the state i think the responsible thing to do from the idea of point of view 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 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 there towards the right half of salad bars body heal up. made 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 he did because. we can continue to live he like half human he got 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 surged towards the borders later this week i feel very very very sad because i know in or. around material. make just just. give flowers or a 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 as you see the un general assembly has been dominated by the showdown of a palestinian statehood but also new york president obama six to boost libya's new leadership at the general assembly while pointing out progress in the country art is more important that the u.n. across that side of the developments. palestinian campaign for a u.n. membership and statehood is per speech 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 u.n. members do support palestinian u.n. 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 people 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 both sides are not ready for it because there's no agreement between them we think good one must deprive the kind of study and administration of the right to ask the u.n. security council to speak out on it statehood bid us 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 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 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 in discussions about libya 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. correspondent in new york and while the palestinians are. washington is using its economic influence to stop them getting recognition.

there's no question that the obama administration and the democratic and republican party are bringing through congress is exerting a ments pressure on the palestinian authority to make make clear that the palestinian authority will be cut off will be deprived of the funds necessary to pay palestinian authority employees as has already happened much of the money was already cut in july this is pressure mounting on the palestinians to make them pull back from their right to go forward in the general assembly and ask for recognition of a palestinian state it's a lot of pressure on the palestinians but the palestinians are likewise pressured by their own people who have seen no remedy to the suffering that they suffered both in the west bank and gaza and the growing international support that makes the palestinians see a new possibility at the u.n. for recognition of palestinian statehood. the european human rights court ruled that russia acted lawfully when launching a tax fraud investigation against the collapsed all john you cost 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 prepare its defense adding that freezing the firm's assets left the able to function properly benchley force going into bankruptcy and you course is also seeking ninety eight billion dollars in damages the largest claim in the court fifty year history but judges say they're not ready to rule on that without further evidence it's a long running case the case if you will refresh yourself on it find more on our web site r t v dot com what was the other stories that these tonight show and wall street find out why this protest chant is sparking fears of an arab spring like revolution in america online from us tonight. and if you're a journalist and you want to meet the israeli prime minister then removing your underwear you heard me right could help you secure a scoop it's not confirmed we don't know more but you will find out. more from our

website. the former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani has been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at his home in kabul the lead afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety s. most recently run the country's peace council attempting to negotiate a political solution between the government of the taliban was speaking to us at 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. dodes autumn's always

a political analyst and former afghan m.p. told me talk of a stable country now sounds as unrealistic as ever. he was a very moderate figure he was. very important influence in bringing moderation and . stability in the politics of the country and mr karzai and others will miss that those are the problems that we are facing are monumental problems so three years is not very much time for the problems of afghanistan is 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 would take through some international news in brief explosions rocked the turkish camp it was killed three and injured at least thirty officials say a bomb was planted in a vehicle in downtown ankara while i would miss his claim to see the burning canisters from the parked cars from

a nearby building that 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. a third day of violence in the yemeni capital is rocketed after pro-government forces shot dead nine more people but the violence has come down in the last few hours after a ceasefire effect brokered by the vice president and western ambassadors a total number of victims now since sunday is risen to over sixty including four children the crackdown in sanaa follows reports that a power transfer could decide something the protesters have been calling for for months now. in germany a passenger's derailed in the east of the country it's injured nearly fifty three said the it is that happened after the train crashed into a car that had been hit by another vehicle and pushed out of the tracks where the driver of a car did manage to get out before the impact but the train was unable to stop in time one of the de rails courage is indeed tipped toppled would side seriously

injured nine passengers a further forty suffered minor injuries in. the typhoon threats triggered evacuation orders and fears of landslides in the city's central japan over a million people have been. now to flee their homes a strong winds move closer bringing with them heavy rains the storms already caused flooding with two people reported missing earlier this month another typhoon devastated japan leaving some ninety people dead or missing. well so the news looks to be careful when you're out see this you can stay with us there's plenty more to come next we talked to one of palestinian president mahmoud abbas's advisors who participated in drafting the un bid for statehood recognition he explains next the solid goals behind the move.

let me i have talked in a 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 and the judge there is somebody that's where the votes count in the security council 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 the dignity as many symbols that the human beings think are important so. minimize or to marginalize symbols of dignity freedom and independence but it's not all about sibos because when we become full members of all of this of the rational. 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 and if we and when we go back to negotiations i don't think i think a. you will have to go eventually back to negotiations when the rock 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 object surrendered to the israelis with it he meant

it to be a stab in the back or i mean he's one hundred two mr netanyahu has rules and he does so look because the united states it's subservient to israel. no it's because the united states government president when he faces such. huge domestic pressures in the rest of us and then he comes close to a reelection time. he has very small 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 the 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 more reasonable climate for negotiations are you concerned it's

going to be violence 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 the violence in its preparation for it. yes that i think that's our. hypothesis that if there is any violence it would be really created by this radius but we do our best not to respond when violence is not a passive point passive reaction to asia or oppression for that matter but 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 in 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 rules 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 one of the two the stews states will definitely co-exist in peace because that where there is

a full withdrawal of this radius from our state 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 page said 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 militia if they succeed on the independence vote which is unusual access to the international criminal court if we become a member of the international criminal court and i hope we will that would. b. really our best defense against any further israeli crimes several people asked me like what it's like going into gaza and killing fourteen hundred people with phosphorus bombs that 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 to go to proper girl she ations produce results. it's no more than that we have been for a century trying to have it depends for. its couldn't go on struggled with asians we were in the political struggle. we are decided now to go back to violence and there for this is a non violent step in the right direction dr bell south thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. .

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from moscow this is international these are our top stories tonight the i.m.f. predicts a grim cost for the global economy. while the u.s. many times accuse the big two hasty. of the palestinian recognition just a couple of days away israel and its key partner of the us to show their opposition . military forces against palestinian protesters while allowing the settlers to demonstrate territory. but also new york president of. the general assembly by pointing out progress in the country but questions over whether the actions in libya complied with the u.n. resolution. which. thanks for being with us tonight.