free. and free vote video for your media project c.e.o. garth tito. the guessing game is over president a bit of a prime minister putin could swap jobs after the two thousand and twelve presidential election pledging to continue the path of modernization and economic stability if they win. palestine's us state had been good for you generations of clashes a sprout in the west bank find selves battling heavily armed israeli riot squads. and europe's top financial figure risk plans for an inevitable greek default that's according to reports the false light in markets and spreading fear is a double dip recession.

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching our team and we're bringing a review of the past seven days and a look at today's top stories well began with saturday's big announcement that prime minister vladimir putin will run for presidency in two thousand and twelve and he just came out a ruling here not a russia party convention current president dmitry me to get it will have a party of parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win and he's now we heard the historic speeches first hand. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for congress to support the kind of the see. in the presidential election. that this is don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty.

thank you sure yes i'm going to see something else because there's been a split within our tongues and i can see this is a well thought through decision. putin is running for president with. i like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor to meet you. thank you but i could forget about it and with the parliamentary elections coming in i'd like to ask all russian citizens to support the united russia party with dmitri. you. know you may be just what i'm convinced to become prime minister and we continue to throw really modernize our society. the tandem now running on a platform of taking russia through the next decade promising more growth and stability with their party united russia in december parliamentary elections and

next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out united russia party larrivee has been following in recent years by making such a move. as you say they sent a political message to the russians as a result of the best of the world that if we do it is not our beat it is not absolute this is a reliable construction which can work for years you see it is pretty effective and so was the announcement and even the delegates there were really taken aback when you know and of course everybody expected it but it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the last has already started emphasizing how much the move lacks surprise i'm sure that some of the opposition political commentators have mentioned so you. rhodes is

a he's of course the risk of political stagnation and also all these kinds remembers very well the era of the seventy's in the eighty's especially one the communist party leadership didn't see the change there and they all stayed there until the age of five years old now i would rather disagree with those who predict stagnation in russian politics for one simple fact. and this is a healthy seers meaning a so-called western style democracy might not be the way for russia something we are seeing the us dispassionately push for across one of the world's most unstable regions i think it's really disgusting us is used 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 the oil and 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 alone russia not only the capitals has improved but putin and medvedev want to take it to the next step but the reshuffle in united russia over ready underway new faces transparency less corruption and more growth are all part of a plot for the intrigue 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 and so that was thrust has a right to its own style democracy and he's now i r t moscow journalist greg we are of the christian science monitor says that for the international community the prospect of writing reporting becoming president is a sign of stability. people will become more certain that there is war. type of system of power in russia and it's here to stay i think that's what this the message of the world is but it's not

a bad message like oh please. just wait some of the troubles of the continue you know between the west and east. putin was seen as tennis all through liable predictable. partner. advanced russian interests very assertively against girls that may not see what they'd like to see in the united states but when it works for their beliefs they know him he's a known quantity and he is predictable he's gotten a for a precious or very excessive in any way so i think the people will decide all down to the idea that we could put in for at least six more years if not twelve. and build relations with russia on the basis of. what an advantage have been working side by side for more than a decade and saturday's announcement has shown their partnership is likely to continue our is getting bigger china looks at the background of the tandon at the top of russian politics who've hail from south it is burke gold had the political hound for ten years now i too have proved that

a double headed eagle on the russian flag is not only a number in the two thousand presidential vote after brazil some left office and putin was named his successor it was an interim the body of who managed his compatriot but the world would first hear about the dirty five years later when he became first deputy prime minister the seamier an influential business magazine in russia would name him the man of the year overseeing national priority projects that they've painted his for years to come move away from a resource economy modernize the country get rid of corruption eighty's would later be put together in his manifesto though russia in december two thousand and seven jury in a similar united russia convert. we did it was in normally indorsed as a candidate for the country's top job and these time it was delivered his successor it employs excessive compay and he's. got its popularity over seventy percent of

the book and in march two thousand and eight and it was elected president one he 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 by extending the presidential term so if my dinner put in makes it to the kremlin in march twenty twelve will serve six not four years with no signature goal russia transformed into. both what goes brought the house down it wasn't simply a president passing the bus and train you count it instead the two most powerful man in russia simply swapped seats thus proving don't worry about us competing in the upcoming vote as we will reach an agreement between us long before that it's in

approach of our party. what a global economy struggling to recover ahead of russia's beattie bank says news afoot and taking part in the two thousand and twelve elections will encourage foreign investment. the things we do for international press and community particular know and the very right to say. what he wants and investors now can see these the blue suit with political force has to be defined the way force. would seem to be on the line the need for speed economic growth to mention the rate of growth of the both six seven percent of g.d.p. as one of the me talking for. the growth in the form of the next two years is also some way the numbers you work in that we can use to like more than the z. film like improving the infrastructure many already put them to use we sure you put forward to the program of course you. do because these you will be coming forth

when we still use it it will be for i mean this is the same thing for the exciting this season so these numbers. and we've got more reaction on the twenty twelve presidential election and the push to get of tandem on our web site r t dot com but there's plenty still ahead on the program including who will be the first to face charges over humanity crimes in battle colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy who is now suffered lawsuits 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 spared embarrassment of having to veto it with a bit which will be disastrous for its credibility as

a peace maker argues 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 the heart of the united nations. the pursuit of peace in the imperfect world america's nobel prize winning president said in an ideal tone as the sixty sixth session of the un general assembly hope it yet at the heart of almost all diplomatic dialogue . demonstrations and media attention was the palestinian pursuit of official u.n. membership than at a time when the arab peoples affirm the quest for democracy in the arab spring the time is now for the great time for independence. supported by the majority of u.n. member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood i historical bid the us a staunch ally of israel how to block with

a security council veto these will not come through statements of resolutions at the united nations if it were that easy it would have been accomplished by now yet 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 started ignoring the restore connection to our internet almost as diplomats work 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 whole accost after sixty kids 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 of 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 present 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 divisions over how to achieve it remain

firmly in place. r.t. new york and as a fallout from the palestinian bid spread across the middle east israel's and purity from international law may be coming to manage that's according to. an advisor to the palestinian autonomy. it's true and i was very confortable with the thought of all over the speech of president bush what our birth israel has enjoyed a culture of impunity a splitting of our bussard yesterday israel has been a state of all of the law and that something that should not be the national community should not feel very proud of we are talking about forty four resolutions you want to solutions violate about us for all this time what is israel going to do and they've been threatening him through the media that they are going to take some action against the palestinians what else can they do it's like if israel stalled my up my up all of the west bank and gaza and then they told me they want to enable

people you over this up away at the same time they are eating my own up all but the most important here again let's not misunderstand the concepts we don't have to show our credentials but we are good enough to be free if we have shown very little credentials the most important is. overdue right of the palestinian people to serve with every nation we've been waiting for sixty four years that we have the largest refugee group in the world we have all this military occupation water history that's something that has to stop. from a standing ovation at the u.n. cheer for you on the streets of the west bank and there was a real sense of joy among so many of the statehood bid but on the border with israel that joy quickly turned to violence culminating in clashes between police and palestinians artie's palace leader takes up the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands of weight across palestine after president mahmoud abbas so what's a request to the united nations to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all cheers and on silas integrations

violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as he has grow of a third intifada we are here in ramallah where there is a standoff between the israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road they are tires burning everywhere the army is also using a new round of i can own at the screen which in and variable sound now the question here is very very tense be clashes have spread across the west bank one kind of thing and has been killed now what we understand happened is that country one hundred israeli started burning the trees belonging to palestinians in the village the army was called in and the result was one palestinian shot and killed in the nick. months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians worried to levy 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 pointing land mines on israel's northern borders to prevent the columbia checkpoint scenes from unfolding here the mines are not necessarily there to deal with people who have peaceful intentions of mines or a legitimate form of the saints many countries have mines on their borders for that reason but the locals are outraged now that out of going to work mines if there can be work maybe it's more can for. at the heart of the clashes i was really sick and palestinians both claim claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming deep in the hebron hills for more than twenty years he says this land is his and he has the papers to prove it and we are the only people in the low there have got a group of document a document that these. international know it. go quote the bible but not the washer 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 is a very hard feeling but what can i do nothing or even if a dog resistance forces in africa surpluses was sent something the army will come immediately and arrest us this fence cuts through your corpse farm meaning that right now i am standing inside palestine and as i walk through here. and now in israel it's one thing to declare a state and another to determine where its borders will be policy r.-t. ramallah. and as we continue our coverage of the events unfolding around the palestinian bid you can catch up on anything you might have missed on our website but there is also plenty more available at your con here's what else you'll find there right now alarming statistics show one in five british youngsters leave school with basically oversee and are struggling to find jobs as

a result. and snooze on the move a russian firm unveils a dream design called the sleeve box of peaceful shelter from the airport hustle and bustle. leaked reports suggest some of the euro zone's finance ministers already regard the greek of anime as a lost cause they say the country is doomed to default on its debt of around three hundred fifty billion euro 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 due in a tobar is now just seen as a means to buy a euro zone some time to prepare comes after the markets in europe and the us saw their worse training weeks since two thousand and eight prompting light years of a double dip recession james made way senior economist of the new konami's foundation think dan believes we are seeing the beginning of the euro's pain.

because deserves the bargain to be quite honest that the statement is quite close to simple statements of the first greece cannot supposedly repay its debt under under current circumstances the growth isn't there the debt is far too big and it's simply no worse the way it's going to be repaying the stay on any pause will timescale certainly not more twenty twelve which was the original part of the european nations the divisions that are in place right the way across europe now with countries completely unable really to agree on any kind of way forward out of this mess other than the essentially troy and ted stevens troy and failed methods they've rescued which essentially is giving bits of the rights to certain countries . oppose austerity measures we certainly are think of the early stages of disintegration the euro the deep rooted structural problems inside the euro system the imbalances that built up for the last ten years so i'd be surprised to see the euro continuing in its present form given the situation we're in at the moment and

in ten minutes you can watch an exclusive interview with russia's finance minister alex he could ring for his opinion on how the current crisis will pan out. libya's transitional government forces have renewed fighting with loyalists of the ousted leader colonel gadhafi in one of his last strongholds the town of syria meanwhile some western leaders are facing charges at home over the legacy of their military intervention are his daniel bushell examine the reasons for claims and you may find some of the images in his report the starving. friendship's foreign minister roland jumar says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to find the colonel first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like a martyr some states are now claiming the right to kill they going against all international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against big

government because sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presence 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're 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 seeing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity. first the noid bombing this residence where thirteen civilians including four children died then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos by the bad guys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing

military in another attack is wife and child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately wage a campaign of terror on their warnings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly need of ones and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. we're still leaves a poised for the first big legal challenge of livio if they stop the cases coming to halt all together as tickled me it will prove once and for the justice really used politicians the rule of law the new bush or see paris. thousands of mourners gathered in amman capital kabul in fighting for the future of the country's former president. he was assassinated on tuesday by a suicide bomber who had hidden the device in these turban and claimed to be

taliban and boy for by who had led the country in the nine hundred ninety s. was a 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 half brother in july daoud sultanzoy political analyst and former afghan peace as providing was trying to maintain stability and believes he's lost me that being a line in the forces in the country. he was a very moderating figure he was. very important influence in bringing moderation and. stability and the politics of the country and mr karzai and others will miss that with the problems that we are facing are monumental problems so three years is not very much time for the problems that are get us was 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. he was the last challenge interview reviving before his death and he said nato's occupation let's have ghana stance dependence on foreign troops and blame the lines for the ongoing civil war. no. 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 the continuing on 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 leave the same trace without such in-fighting. but the taliban stepping up attacks across afghanistan while their main source of income is in full bloom the country's infamous drug trade kills tens of thousands of users worldwide each year it's prodded where new criticism on the glide i turn by nato to the galley problem

despite its stand your long presence in a country r.t. or biscuit are reports from kabul. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul is 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 city with the water coming and staring at them. in the same conditions we rubbish being thrown away here where we're standing right now this is just incredible secret. heroin. it's all cooked mixed injected or small to write more on these piles of rubbish or rotten meat and an indescribable room and not one policeman anywhere near but that's not all we were told these people don't just come here to do drugs i mean you have them call this call pakistan and iran you can hear we don't have any job

we don't have any editing to do if you can pay for the war for that either to help us a study commissioned by the us state department shows. each family has at least one drug user all are found in breast milk and all kids even new wards that morphine blood there's not a period can taste and some with a narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started afghanistan i believe that the war was the root cause that forced afghan people to turn to poppy growing around ninety percent of all the opiates in the world are produced you know get a stack into cleans the markets global treaty has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected state with around eighty tons of heroin a new resettle in the country. so 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 there was no such directive. many experts find this a bit strange given the fact that a large part of revenues from drug money is used to sponsor the taliban needles key enemy in the region meanwhile the international community annually spends billions of dollars to fight afghanistan'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 afghan drug network that the whole world and as a group you got to scan all forty kabul afghanistan i enter yanna sports just ahead but before that i'll be back with our date on the headlines.

thank. you lou.