guessing game is over president medvedev and prime minister putin could swap jobs after the twenty twelve presidential election pledging to continue the path of modernization and economic stability if they win. palestine's un statehood bid euphoria generates into clashes as crowds in the west bank find themselves battling heavily armed israeli riot squads. and europe's top financial figures plan for an inevitable greek default that's according to a leaked report that sliding markets and spreading fears of a double dip recession. watching

our teams review of the past seven days and a look at today's top stories and we begin with saturday's big announcement that prime minister vladimir putin will run for presidency in two thousand and twelve the news came at a ruling you know i russia party convention current president dmitry medvedev will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to leave the government if they win or he is a nice now i heard a historic speech as first hand. the wait is over but i believe a kid who'd be right for congress to support the county to the city of la i think we're in a presidential election i. know that. this employs means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty putin has. the issue here is because i'm going to say

something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our tandem i can see that this is a well thought through decision. putin is running for president. i'd like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor a boon a cheese. if you're going to get the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party with the. model here. and i believe you. like it but i just i'm convinced who become prime minister who continue to thoroughly modernize our society. the tandem now running on a platform of taking russia through the next decade promising more growth and stability but their party united russia in december parliamentary elections and

next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out and united russia's popularity has been falling in recent years by making such a move they do or tender as you say they send a political message to the russians as well to the best of their wealth that if the . is not outdated it is not absolute this is a lie. construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates were. taken aback when the. terms of course everybody expected it and it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the west has already started emphasizing how much the move lacks surprise i'm sure that some of the opposition political commentators have mentioned so you say he's of course the risk of political stagnation and after all these clowns remember very well the era of the

seventy's in the eighty's especially one the communist party leadership didn't really change there and they all stayed there until the weight of five years old but now i would rather be secreted with those who predict stagnation even in russian politics for one simple fact. and this is healthy so yes we need a so-called western style democracy might not be the way for russia something we are seeing the u.s. especially push for across one of the world's most unstable regions i think if it's really discussed think of us as use the arab spring to try to use it to put in their new dictators their new friends and their fictitious democracies to be able to control all control these populations. countries like russia just want stability and stability is something russia knows this dynamic duo can deliver at least so far russian g.d.p. has almost doubled the level of life in russia lower russia not only the capitals

has improved but putin and medvedev want to take you to the next step with the reshuffle in united russia already under way new faces transparency let's screw option and more growth are all part of the platform the entry is dead and now the real work begins united russia has to convince the country they are the party. to move past stability towards further development until the last russia has a right to its own style democracy and he's now artsy moscow. attracting money from abroad is crucial for developing russia's economy everyone pops to professor of politics of the university of kansas believes of putting becomes president he should make this a priority. i think for the best we will only be forthcoming in much greater scope when corruption and the rule of law you know are changed it is too much rampant corruption and too little rule of law. i think grown preacher has the authority to

do something about that and i think after. your presence he needs to strengthen those institutions right he needs a government i can implement with president putin perhaps becoming prime minister that might be possible but it's not just changing personnel you need to also change policy and you need to implement across the country we could minister capacities around russia. fortunately still a reality in moscow and st petersburg a vibrant city has put out such a case for the region really we need much greater determination and implementation that it's up to the ruling town and to make them. put in am i better have been working side by side for more than a decade and saturday's announcement has shown their partnership is likely to continue are his academy which are looks at the background of the tail at the top of russian politics move hill from samplers burke will have the political hound for ten years now the two have proved that

a double had it eagle on the russian flag is not only a number in the two thousand presidential vote at the group sales and locked office and putin was named his successor it was determined that it will manage his complain but the world will first hear about it years later when he became deputy prime minister the same year and in financial business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing national priority projects to get it painted his vision for years to come and move away from a resource economy modernize the country get rid of. all these would later be put together in his manifesto the russian in december two thousand and seven during a similar united russia convention ready one. informally indorsed as a candidate for the country's top job and this time it was cheney who delivered his successor a successful campaign he supported that its popularity tolbert seventy percent of

the vote and in march two thousand and eight bill bennett was elected president why do you regarded as more liberal than his predecessor his term would be remembered for reforms in the judicial system and law enforcement investment in new technology and strengthening civil society he also approved major changes to the constitution makes standing the presidential term so if not him or putin makes it to the crown in march twenty twelfth he will serve six not four years with good signature goal russia transformed into. both laurels brought the house down and it was simply a president pos in the buff center a new candidate instead of the two mascot paul mullen russia simply swapped seats thus proving don't worry about us competing in the upcoming vote as we've said will reach an agreement between us long before that it's in other children r t.

and recorded off by the president of the eurasia foundation angio hopes their president to be out of all continue to pursue and implement his initiatives if he becomes prime minister. i would say that it's not just his ideas it's evident that russia needs innovation or actually zero modernization we need to quickly and the g economy to knowledge based economy we need to pay much more attention to small business we need to reform and to hold more than eyes our financial system so there always are you know we we can't protect ourselves against the downturns of global markets and we've got more reaction on the twenty twelve presidential election and the put in advance of tandon on our website but there's plenty still ahead in the program including who will be the first to face charges over humanity crimes in battle colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy was now suffering losses over

the military intervention in media. yet another high profile taliban assassination underlines the ongoing instability in afghanistan as a country appears to be losing its battle with militants and failing to cut off your main source of income. palestinian officials have accused the u.s. of putting pressure on members of the un security council to keep them from voting in favor of a free palestine analysts say that washington is keen to be split speyer the embarrassment of having to veto the bid which would be disastrous for its credibility as a peacemaker are he is more important as more on the political complexities of the case. it was a week long gathering of the world's most politically powerful people but a part of the united nations. the pursuit of peace in an imperfect world america's nobel prize winning president said in an ideal tone as the sixty sixth session of the un general assembly opened yet at the heart of almost all diplomatic

dialogue. demonstrations and media attention was the palestinian pursuit of official u.n. membership. to join with the arab peoples or for democracy in the arab spring is now over the palestinian spring time for independence supported by the majority of u.n. member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood historical bid the us a staunch ally of israel to block with a security council veto these will not come through statements and resolutions of the united nations if it were that easy it would have been accomplished by the year following eighteen years of failed negotiations on borders and security both parties see the path to peace in the middle east quite differently and we will know that they're ready for compromise and peace. when they start taking israel's security requirements seriously and when they stop ignoring connection to our

internet almost as diplomats worked around the clock to bring israel and the palestinians back together at the negotiating table. delegations for thirty countries abandon the iranian president during his speech to the general assembly. if some european countries still use the holy caustic after sixty occasions as the excuse to pay for a ransom to the zionists should it not be an obligation upon the slave masters or colonial powers to pay reparations to be affected nations mahmoud ahmadinejad's annual attack against the west and israel was a reminder that peace is hard but we know that it is possible a possibility for the palestinians and israelis to resume negotiations was put forth by the middle east quartet friday russia the us the european union and the un presented both sides with a twelve month timetable to solve this sixty plus year dispute within three months

of the negotiation beginning to resent comprehensive proposals on borders and security that is the only way in the end we deal with the difficult issues around the table in a negotiation at the un general assembly was this week's biggest political show a spectacular display of pride for the palestinians a quote theater of the absurd for the israeli prime minister the security council needs monday to discuss the palestinian bid for u.n. membership as the quest for peace goes on to visions over how to achieve it remain firmly in place for enough for nigh on r.t. new york as a fallout from the palestinian bid spreads across the middle east israel's impunity from international law may be coming to an end that's according to an advisor to the palestinian autonomy. instore allows very confortable with all over the speech of what our birth israel has enjoyed

a culture of impunity of. israel has been as they have over the law and that's something that the international community should look feel very proud of we are talking about forty four resources who want to solutions why are they the great use for it all this time what is israel going to do they've been through to you through the media are going to take some action against the palestinians what else can they do it's like if. the west bank in gaza and they told me i want to negotiate through you over this up well of the same time eating my own up all but the most important thing here again let's not misunderstand the concepts we don't have to show our commercial but we are to be free we have shown very little credentials the most important is about overdue right of the palestinian people to sort of the nation we've been waiting for sixty four years that we have the largest refugee group in the world we have all this new very occupation more than history something. from

a standing ovation at the un to euphoria on the streets of the west bank there was a real sense of joy among so many of the state of big but on the border with israel their joy quickly turned to violence commentating in clashes between police and palestinians are just policy or takes up the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands of free to host palestine after president mahmoud abbas that's a request to the united nations to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all cheers and on size the celebrations . clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow up but. we're here in ramallah where there's a standoff between these radio army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road there are tires burning everywhere the army is one of the using a new found device known at the sky. we know which and variable found now be true ation here is very very tame right across the west bank one kind of thing and has

been killed now that we understand happened thank you hundred israeli settlers started burning the trees belonging to palestinians in the village the army was courted and the result was one palestinian shot and killed in the mix. for months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians what we tell of it will now use these clashes as an excuse to beef up its army presence in the west bank and possibly even punish palestinians by withholding tax money it collects on their behalf for weeks the army has been planting land mines on israel's northern borders to prevent the kalandia checkpoint scenes from unfolding here the mines are not necessarily very to do with people who have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of the since many countries have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are going to work mines. maybe it's more consorts. graham at the heart of the clashes are his

release it as and palestinians both main claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming deep in the hip on heels for more than twenty years he says this land is his and he has the papers to prove it we are the only people in the world that have got approved a document a document that these in. the measure know. everything. but not so large and makes the same claim he insists the land has been in his family for some eight hundred years but now this is the closest he can get to it and it's eating him up watching jacob farm it it's a very hard feeling but what can i do nothing in the resistance forces and after the service as was said some of the army will come immediately and arrest us this fence cuts through your calls farm meaning that right now i am standing inside

palestine. and as i walk through here. i'm now in israel it's one thing to declare a state and another is to determine when its borders will be policy r t. as we continue our coverage of events unfolding around the palestinian bid you can catch up on anything you might have missed on our website but there's also plenty more available at r.t. dot com here's what else we find their alarming statistics show one in five british youngsters leave school without basic literacy and are struggling to find jobs as a result. and snooze on the move a russian firm and feels it's dream design called the sleeve box peaceful shelter for airport hustle bustle. leaked reports suggest some of the eurozone finance ministers already regard the greek economy as a lost cause they say the country's doomed to default on its debt of around three hundred fifty billion euros the i.m.f. has reportedly given e.u. countries six weeks to build up

a financial firewall to protect themselves from the shock wave of the greek default the new one hundred fifty billion euro bailout package deal were told were is now seen as a means to buy a euro zone some time to prepare this comes after the markets in europe and the us saw the worst trading week since two thousand and eight branding widespread fears of a looming double dip recession the root of the euro's problem is the fact that the single currency has been a political project from the very start that's the view of british and if you got from blue. what is the most frightening thing the most terrifying thing is almost nobody here really understands with sort of the global economy is no it it's extremely frightening we heard of a bankrupt come true we have a european central bank which is underwriting junk. with taxpayers' money and this is exactly the sort of problems we had in two thousand and eight with lehman brothers portables broke greece's broke all those pro. spain's broke. the french

are talking a good story but if you look at the numbers the french are in no better position it's a frail currency project fear currency is appalling across the world i love it a bit surprised it's taken so long. for italy balls to be downgraded and i tell you something else if i may this is been a political project from the beginning and i would have the people responsible incarcerated in jail at this very moment the euro has been about politics since the very beginning the e.c.b. it's a virtual bag with no lender of last resort except the taxpayer and the truck spare is already rebelling this simply can't go on this project has no political democratic mandate it is doomed to end in tears it's just a question of exactly when before christmas or after christmas the greek debt crisis however bad it may turn out is unlikely to affect russia's economy that's the fear of russian finance minister could really make you watch an exclusive interview with him next hour but here's

a pretty. european powers have enough resources to save greece so we are hoping they will show the will to do that and by not stop the spread of this contagion nonetheless these risks remain at the same time if the debt crisis do spread it does not affect us too much at least directly because our banks do not hold any of the greek debt french and german banks on the other hand will suffer greatly because they will have bombs on their homes that would not be cleared this will cause problems within these banks problems with these points credits and overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players and this in turn means growth and this could have circumstantial facts and. i would like to stress that we will respond just like during the latest questions at this time the crisis will have a much smaller effect. libya's transitional government forces have renewed fighting with loyalists of the ousted leader colonel gadhafi you know one of his where

strongholds seared meanwhile some western leaders are facing charges or hold over the legacy of their military intervention right is there your bottle examined the reasons for planes find some of the images in his report disturbing. projects foreign minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend. in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to thaw in the comal first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if you find him they'll kill him like a mugging some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving frige lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the prisons of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam with the u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of toxins on crops in the sixty's and seventy's

causing brain disorders miscarriages and birth defects to this day. they using missiles with depleted uranium which causes cancer in tripoli i saw people crippled by nato attacks office workers who have nothing to do with the fighting that's why we're soon president sarkozy for crimes against humanity nato first denied bombing this residence with thirteen civilians including four children guide it then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos by the bad guys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack a weed is wife a child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home later was accused of deliberately with campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity

water and food supply after five months of the wilds and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders are poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as a chicle the it will prove once and for all that western justice really use run by politicians not the rule of law shorty paris. thousands of mourners gathered in the afghan capital kabul on friday for the funeral of the country's former president's. body was assassinated on tuesday by a suicide bomber who had hidden the device in his turban and claims to be a taliban envoy rebuying who had led the country in the nine hundred ninety s. was the key figure in current peace talks with the militants this attack followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of the current president's have brother dr dallas sort of story political analyst and former afghan m.p.

says the provider who is trying to maintain stability i believe has lost me affecting you in wyman's of forces in the country. he was a very moderate figure and he was. very important influence in bringing moderation and. stability and the politics of the country and mr karzai and others will miss that but there are problems that we are facing are monumental problems so three years is not very much time for the problems that are 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 the south where the taliban stepping up its attacks across afghanistan where their main sources of income is in full bloom the country's in from the drug trade kills tens of thousands of users worldwide each year it's proper a new criticism of the blind eye turned by nato to the deadly problem despite its ten year long presence in

a country that is it work is going up reports from couple. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul a sixty whips on the back publicly it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for doing what's right there under this bridge in the center of the sea with the screaming and staring up at these insane conditions we rubbish being through here we're steaming right now this is just incredible seek and heroin. it's all mixed injected or small to write a more on these piles of rubbish or rotten meat and an indescribable. one policeman anywhere near but that's not all we were told these people don't just come here to do drugs i mean of them called pakistan and india and we don't have any jobs we don't have any kind of thing to do if you can see for the war for you i don't think

bunch of these was a study commissioned by the us steve you. make sure that each family has at least one drug user all periods are now found in breast milk and all kids even knew was that morphine their word there's no dope a period of plantation song with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started an afghanistan i believe that the war was the root cause that forced afghan people to turn to poppy growing their own ninety percent of all the opiates in the world are produced in afghanistan interval queens the markets global trade has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected state with around eighty tons of heroin thought to a new resettle in the country like those it's tragic that despite the enormous resources nato has put into afghanistan including military force drug production is just phenomenal moreover the head of nato military committee personally told me

fighting drug production is not their goal it was no such directive that. many experts find this a bit strange given the fact that a large part of the revenues from drug money is used to sponsor the taliban needles he enemy in the region meanwhile the international community and spends billions of dollars to fight of the alistair's drug traffic but since nato has no legal way to coordinate the funds are spent with very little positive results while officials say the multi-billion dollar ad going drug network has the whole world and its grip you've got this kind of forty kabul afghanistan and coming up our spotlight shell looks at what point his decision to stand in next year's presidential elections will mean for russia and all that after cabinet up stories.

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