it is six am in russia's capital moscow this is our team we're certainly glad to have you with us let's get right to your top stories the international monetary fund is painting a gloomy outlook for the world economy saying that western nations risk falling back into recession unless they can curb their spending earlier it only took a blow from standard and poor's which dropped its credit rating artie's it down your bushel reports from brussels in business call it the start of a ten the piece of bad news that triggers bad reactions across the rest of the eurozone so it's only downgrade problems not just the rates and where people are really trying to resist the palmach budget cuts that the government is trying to bring through of course report with greece is planning a referendum on membership of the euro is just more bad sign and now we're seeing turbulence and 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 and the slow recovery united states. return to a normal economy growth but it was really concerned by the problems in europe and the religious investors that this will spread not just from countries like greece and italy but spain is not cool to go on and even france is now being mentioned as being in the far examined for having too high levels of debts are really not really much of a growth strategy to get back on the right track which is daniel bushell reporting for us there now financial analyst at michael believes the constant downgrades are putting pressure on the world economy. but you 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 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 to want to feel 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 go all over there 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 economist michael pentode says the e.u. crisis will have far reaching consequences for the global economy. personally i mean a plus to a i mean is anybody really believe that italy deserves an eight rating their debt to g.d.p. is one hundred twenty percent and rising

a significant number of european banks are insolvent the e.c.b. has to buy all of that sovereign debt and take it off their balance sheet that is the final answer greece will default and that means somebody has to take the pain and it's going to be either the banks for it's going to be this central bank creating inflation and then everybody suffers get ready for a protracted and significant increase in inflation both in europe in japan and the united states. economist michael pentode there talking to us from new york no of course we have more hard hitting news coming your way including. the european human rights court has ruled russia acted lawfully in its investigation into collapse of oil giant yukos but the now defunct company is still seeking a record ninety eight billion dollars in damages find out why in just a few moments. and former afghan president rabbani hasn't been killed at

his home in kabul it is it would be in his last televised interview with our t.v. spoke about the effects of foreign intervention in his country stay tuned for that . to israel now where crowds of settlers and radical groups have gathered in the west bank to protest the palestinians move for statehood recognition at the un police and the armed forces are on high alert fearing the mass marches might turn violent if settlers enter palestinian territories artie's policy or brings us the details from israeli palestinian borders. the situation here certainly is tense and it's heating up we're talking about and that both is great he states as and palestinians claim is that is not be punished students have said that mason in the week they will hold peaceful demonstrations as the united nations gets under way and discusses they 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 this is taking to the streets in various systems across the way spend i'm not soft

on the israeli system and it's a mob earlier hundreds of people marched on that system and to this end point i'm currently on the israeli palestinian border and while the mood was quite jovial and the surface was music 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 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 that have this extremist element that is more true towards palestinian villages towards palestinians pones and that is going to evoke vitamins now we are hearing reports that they work matches in southern madness earlier today tuesday at a food ten year old palestinian was injured in his back when a lot of people appointed fingers at the israeli army in 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 incentives to reach the border points which evokes very real fears of violence taking place because many operations have been climbing up monica with things such as to i guess to all the settlements they've also been arming and training the body guards who secure the settlements they do all places ridge lines around all the settlements and given the green light to soldiers that is palestinian protesters approached beyond a certain distance so does ted suit we've also been hearing with the. also the israeli 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 a 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 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 food into fodder 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. 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 there tore off the right half of salad bars barred. he lost a leg and hand when he 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. how we can continue the life he like i have. 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 . 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. r t israel with palestine statehood bid overshadowing most proceedings at the u.n. general assembly president obama is seeking to boost the libya's new leadership by

pointing out progress in the country but his main airport brings us more on this from new york. international diplomacy is in full swing but the issue that remains at center stage for those attending the united nations general assembly is the issue of the palestinian campaign for a u.n. membership state hood this is something that has stolen the spotlight because palestinian membership is something that the majority of the general assembly does support but it's something that the united states has been speaking out against that the us has threatened to use its veto in the security council to prevent palestine from gaining u.n. statehood membership but while it can still gain the support of the general assembly and return an observer status because no sides palestine or israel are ready to return to the negotiating table but foreign minister lavrov did say that

it is within palestinians right to ask for u.n. membership and the united states should not get in the way of aspirations for any country take a listen to what the russian foreign minister had to say because. the middle east quartet will not meet in the near future with a 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. ready for it because there's no agreement between them we think deprive the kind of standing and administration of the right to ask the u.n. security council to speak out on it statehood bid now if our viewers remember it was just this time last year that u.s. president barack obama addressed the international body saying that when he comes back to the united nations in two thousand and eleven he hopes that palestine will

be a member of the united nations and now told months later the u.s. horses back pedaling and through. veto the aspirations of palestine now also on tuesday more than sixty heads of state got together for a high level meeting on libya and this gave us president barack obama the opportunity to turn the world's attention to libya because the u.s. of course wants to try to focus on something that it can tell a bit more as into success and that's exactly what the u.s. president did at this high levels meeting according to u.s. president barack obama and he says that the world is now a safer place as libyans are in much more safer position now that moammar gadhafi has been removed from power but many countries believe that nato and the u.s. have acted outside international law by forcing military

conflict to exacerbate an already very dangerous situation that was taking place in libya many believe that nato military intervention and attack has led to the necessary deaths and injuries that would know if a may not have taken place otherwise on wednesday diplomatic talks continues even here a bit with heads of state addressing the international body there are also reports coming out that u.s. president barack obama will be meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas this was a meeting that was not scheduled up to this point of course with the u.s. so against the palestinian bid for u.n. membership but if this meeting does take place who knows maybe the story will shift into a much different gear we'll have to wait and see and of course we'll keep our viewers updated. reporting for us there from new york now the european human rights

court has ruled russia acted lawfully when launching a tax fraud investigation against the collapsed oil giant yukos 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 did not give enough time for you goes to prepare its defense adding that freezing of the firm's assets left it on able to function properly eventually forcing it into bankruptcy yukos is also seeking ninety eight billion dollars in damages the largest claim in the court's fifty year history but judges say they're not ready to rule on that without further evidence. more analysis and background information on the case that are to dot com and that's not the only story available online. shut wall street down find out why this protest chant is sparking fears of from an arab spring a like revolution in america. and if you're

a journalist i'm not sure it would work too well for me but if you want to meet the israeli prime minister then removing your underwear could help you secure a scoop find out why check out the website r t dot com. former afghan president of bull run oudin rabani has been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at his home in kabul most recently mr rabbani ran the country's peace council attempting to negotiate a political solution between the government and the taliban and to lead the main political opposition in the country in his last t.v. interview with r t he blamed foreign intervention for bringing 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 to continue an armed clashes we have to tolerate a foreign military presence i have already emphasized that there 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. sultanzoy political analyst and a former afghan m.p. says his death is a huge blow to the country. he was a very moderate figure and he was. very important influence in bringing moderation . and stability in the politics of the country and mr karzai and others will miss that the president with 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. a quick look at some other international news making headlines this hour

. an explosion has rocked the turkish capital killing three and injuring at least fifteen people officials say a bomb was planted in a vehicle in downtown on car while i witness is claimed to have seen a burning canister thrown at a parked car from a nearby building turkish president abdullah gul commented on the situation saying it was a terror act targeting civilians meanwhile two people suspected of organizing the attack have been detained near the scene of the explosion. a third day of unrest in the yemeni capital erupted after pro-government forces shot dead nine more people the violence abated after a cease fire came into effect brokered by the vice president and western ambassadors the total number of victims since sunday has now risen to over sixty including four children a crackdown in the sun follows reports that a power transfer could be signed something protesters have been calling for for

months. a passenger train has derailed in eastern germany injuring nearly fifty people police said to be incident occurred after the train crashed into a car which had been hit by another vehicle and pushed onto the tracks the driver of the car managed to get out before the impact but the train was unable to stop in time one of the derailed train and carriages tipped onto its side. seriously injuring nine passengers a further forty suffered from minor injuries. and later today on cross talk peter lavelle and his guests discuss the changing role of turkey in the arab world of following the revolutionary wave that has swept through the region. turkey has seemed to be able to read the changes in the middle east. brought about by the arab uprisings it's been able to read them very well and it's been able to read them in a manner that other nations other players in the region have not been able to do

a tool break up the idea picture that is being portrayed here about would be successful turkey's foreign policy so i'll do more than nice trivial the middle east the arab countries have always to rejected any attempt to buy out of power ways that iran of the shall we see always the way it will be allowed turkey which is surely but not up to it gemini's out of politics. of course you can get to cross talk later right here on our t.v. this is how the news looks at this hour up next i'll talk to one of the palestinian president mahmoud abbas's advisors who participated in drafting the un bid for statehood recognition explains the solid goals behind the move.

let me i have talked in a bill soft a member of the palestinian legislative council dr thank you very much for joining us here on our team 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 general assembly 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 is for a white a known member status in the general assembly is only symbolic what do you need it for. well there's a lot of symbolism this world that people die for. respect of so many symbols the committee has 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 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. when we go back to negotiations i don't think i think we

will have to go on the bridge or 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 he meant to be a stab in the back or i mean these have ended too mr netanyahu has rules and he does so not because the united states it's subservient to israel. now it's because the united states government president when he faces such. huge domestic pressures and the mystic problems and then he comes close to a reelection time and 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 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 the violence in a speculation 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'll do our best not to respond when violence is not a passive point passive reaction to racial 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 way can i as 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 are negotiations still necessary absolutely necessary but the goshi asians 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 a few tight is useless what are the details of the new plan and how will the two states co-exist one of the two the stool states will definitely coexist 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 pated don't withdraw from the disputed territories we will continue to put all become violent pressure that we have to get them out and i think this step will help us gain more ammunition peaceful a violation if you 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 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 would should give us a little bit more ability to defend our case and go to proper the girl she ations produce results. it's no more than that we have been for a century try to have it depends for. its couldn't go on struggled with hugo she ations we were in the political struggle. we are decided not 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 r.t. .

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six thirty in the morning here in moscow russia's capital this is r t i'm sean thomas and these are your head it's the international monetary fund says both europe and the u.s. are headed for a double dip recession unless they get their act together on debt and radically increasing growth according to the i.m.f. countries around the world need to revamp their economic policies or face a lost decade. ahead of the palestinian push for full statehood at the u.n. israeli forces prepare for possible unrest but as our t. finds out the trouble is homegrown some israeli settlers are protesting in the west bank near palestinian homes this as washington repeats its threat to veto any move to recognize palestine. and speaking at the u.n. president obama.