it's a good goal. every green till. the week's top stories. comes to an end president. could walk after the two thousand and twelve presidential election both. continue to work. emotions are running high. but at the border in the west bank. a finnish speaking out against the church a terrorist website finds himself defrocked graced with his plight being ignored by the mainstream media. is inevitable official.

reports reveal the recession could go even deeper than first. highlighting the top stories of this is a weekly with me. but on saturday the biggest secret in russian politics was exposed it's now certain that. it will run for the presidency for two thousand and twelve speaking at united russia party convention that was just about twenty four hours ago the current president made the announcement. parliamentary elections he also said he is ready to lead the government. witness the historic speeches first. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for the convention to support a candidate see live in a putin

a new presidential election i. know. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty and as. you show us got off i'm going to say something else as there's been a split within our tandem i can see this is a well thought through decision tree putin is running for president was. i like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor to meet you. if you're going to have seen the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask all russian citizens to support the united russia party with the need to know

better now that the year. you. may be just i'm convinced to become prime minister 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 of parliamentary elections and next year's presidential run both putin and meds where do you have their work cut out united russia party verity has been following in recent years by making such a move their. candidates you say they sent a political message to the russians as a result of the best of the world that. is not outdated it is not absolute this is why. construction which in turn worked for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement and even the delegates though were really

taken aback when you know. 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 mentions are you proud to say he's of course the risk of political stagnation and after all these country members very well the era of the seventy's in the eighty's especially when the communist party leadership didn't really 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 meaning 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 it's

really disgusting how the u.s. is using 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 we control the 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 put in imagery do you want to take it to the next step with a reshuffle in united russia already under way new faces transparency less corruption and more growth are all part of a platform from the intrigue is dead and now the real work begins united russia has to convince the country they were pardoned. moved past stability towards further development and so has a right to its own style democracy and he's now artsy moscow. or russia still

has many problems the future president will need to tackle. the professor of politics at the university of kent in england so it's a crucial investment from a broader sense. i think for the best will only be forthcoming in much greater scope when corruption and the rule of law you know are changed there's too much rampant corruption and too little rule of law. i think it has the authority to do something about that and i think after. presence he needs to strengthen those institutions he needs a government i can implement with presidents perhaps becoming prime minister that might be possible but it's not just changing now you need to also change policy and you need to implement across the country we can minister capacities around russia. fortunately still a reality in moscow and some people go by when since he was put out some of the case for the regions really need much greater determination and implementation it's

up to the ruling town and to make that happen and i know you're trying to get involved in regard to r.t. dot com our web site of course we're asking you what you think will happen if president medvedev and prime minister putin do switch jobs checking out the numbers here so far but nearly half of you believe. there will be a success because it will give people what they want twenty nine percent think they would anger voters and strengthen the opposition about twenty three percent of feel little attract foreign investment to russia but not much else will change or log onto our web site r.t. dot com do tell us what you think. history was made this week at the united nations as president mahmoud abbas to live with the palestinian bid for statehood receiving a standing ovation as he addressed the general assembly by cheering crowds gathered in ramallah to give him a hero's welcome as he did arrive back from new york dressing the rally he declared

the beginning of the palestinian spring when he spoke to u.n. assembly on friday dribbling scenes played out across the palestinian territories but words quickly turned to violence on the west bank border culminating in clashes between police and palestinians of his policy has the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands celebrated his palestine after president mahmoud abbas said lots of requests to the united nations to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all cheers alongside the celebrations violence caches have erupted across the west bank as fears grow of a third intifada we're here in ramallah where there's a standoff between the israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road there are tires burning everywhere the army is going to using a new round of rights known as the scream at which to make an bearable sound now the choice in here is very very tense beat catch a break across the west bank one kind of thing and has been killed now what we

understand happened is that thank you hundred israeli settlers started then eating 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. four months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians what we tell of we will now use these clashes as an excuse to beef up its only 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 haunting the land mines on israel's northern borders to prevent the columbia checkpoint scenes from unfolding here the mines are not necessarily very good. people have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of defense. have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are throwing mines. maybe it's more than four thought. at the heart of the clashes are israeli

settlers and palestinians both lame 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 they have got approval document a document that is in there. in the measure no it nice every. they call it the bible but not so why should i make the same claim he insists the land has been in his family for some eight hundred years 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 soon after persepolis or as was said something beyond will come immediately and arrest us this feigns 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 to determine where its borders will be policy r.t. ramallah. palestinian officials have accused the us meantime of putting pressure on members of the un security council to keep them from voting in favor of a free palestine but analysts say that washington is keen to be spared the embarrassment of having to veto the period which could be disastrous for us credibility as a peacemaker. as this war you know it was a week long gathering of the world's most politically powerful people but part of the united nations. 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 open yet at the heart of almost all diplomatic dialogue. demonstrations and media attention was the palestinian pursuit of official u.n.

membership. i just don't want the arab peoples affirm their quest for democracy in the arab spring the term is now for the police. and for independence. supported by the majority of u.n. member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood a historical bid the us a staunch ally of israel now to block with a security council veto these will not come through statements and resolutions of the united nations if there were that easy it would have been accomplished but 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 whole accost after sixty caves as the excuse to pay finery and some 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 the possibility for the palestinians and israelis to resume negotiations was put forth by the middle east quartet friday russia the u.s. 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 u.n. 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

meets monday to discuss the palestinian bid for you when membership as the quest for peace goes on divisions over how to achieve it remain firmly in place. r.t. new york i know just a little bit earlier and i was here i spoke to a political activist a noro day who were told me that despite the impending veto the palestinians are regarded a bit as a major breakthrough or. as palestinians we have a very heightened sense of national pride at this moment and even though we know that the two is most likely coming out very next week or the other really makes no difference but there is a very high sense of national actually meant at this point because one factor of those very disappointing years of the so-called peace process the political leadership and the popular popular public opinion are in line there in an on one side of the political debate if you will going back to negotiations is not

something palestinians are posed on principle but if we go back to negotiations with our occupiers and that's what israel is we've got any terms of reference without israel clearly committing to international law clearly committing to its obligations according to international law and relevant to any resolutions then it's purely pointless. we've got a more news and analysis on the situation in the west bank and of course the palestinian independence to be found on our website off your call but still there are plenty more ahead for you in the program here in our studio we are doing the weekly here who will be the first to face charges of a crimes against humanity battle colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy you know faces possible legal action over the military intervention in libya. giving a drug industry destroys lives and fuels terrorists but little is done to stop it we report from kabul. a finnish priest has been

temporarily defrocked for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorists. past malarial denounced the center website which he believes acts as a mouthpiece for studly campaign finished she would rights activist back when told me earlier that the authorities sheltering militants by protecting their websites are definitely. actually you are more is only repeating what is said about the activities of all of this terrorist organization by united nations by the usa by russia by the international media so actually you are morally cannot repeat the same information in finland which is said even international media about these terrorist organizations the person who is responsible of the website. he has organized the migration off the militants from turkey to finland and now he's

facing charges he's prosecuted in finland for the same time he has a very strong support on the highest level of the finnish. and also the finnish government for example the minister of development of finland head hoped always very close partner to make i was told so the situation is really strange film of these actually protecting these militants and they are all going i think their activities on the territory of finland and there is a lot more of a story on our website at r.t. dot com including that you have mollari is a blog on a controversial website and its activity you claim that the calcutta center has already written some two hundred insulting articles about him and get more details on that r.t. dot com. now aren't you watching the weekly here on r t the week's top stories here libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive on one of the

last strongholds a town of sirte ice after saturday's attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists meanwhile some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the legality of their military intervention. bush will examine the reasons behind this you may find some of these images forthcoming disturbing. french explorer minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend good they're free in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to. first libya's deposed leaders it hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin ladin 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 sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presidents of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer

calls the libyan war renew vietnam where the u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of talk seems old crops in the sixty's and seventy's causing brain disorders miscarriages and birth defects to this day. so 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 seeing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity. first did noid bombing this residence with thirteen civilians including four children died it then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos spider bath toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack. wife and child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their

home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly need it was and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. leaders of poised for the big legal challenge of libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together. it will prove once and for all the justice really used politicians not the rule of law the new bill shortie paris. ok i'm now twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you are with r.t. for the latest updates on how the situation is unfolding in and around libya available online twenty four or so i. found some other things to this autumn russia is heading back to mars that's after a twenty year pause that our scientific progress blasting off for the rest i find out the mission details that are dark. and as britney spears kicks off her world

tour here in russia we speak exclusively to the american pop diva herself to find out why she sees herself as an underground that star we're going to r.t. dot com for that. talks of a possible greek default agreed louder this week leaked reports suggest some of the euro zone's finance leaders already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. has reportedly given e.u. countries six weeks to build out a financial fire wall to protect themselves from the shock wave of the greek default it comes amid rising fears of a double dip recession of the world's markets saw their worst week since two thousand and eight young the executive director or whatever estimate advisory says the repeat of the global financial crisis looks evident at this stage. let's look at it in the united states of america growth these basically any match in

europe group is very low or it's going backwards in all of them if you're economies and also we've got this terrible terrible north sideslip beach issue with the lights increase and if we look at somewhere like china which is the next few gentle of the global economy well they had some pretty bad manufacturing numbers coming and that too is leading to a big fear is that maybe china is finally hitting the bosphorus at least for the time being it's had a huge credit expansion in the last two years that looks really rather like europe and us looks in sort of two thousand and five two thousand and six two thousand and seven and i really fear that i mean if we see that happening in china then ultimately all the role that the world economy is in for a very very difficult year in two thousand and twelve. or the greek debt crisis however bad it may turn out to be is unlikely to affect the russian economy that's the view of the russian finance minister alexei kudrin you can watch an exclusive interview with him in several minutes but for now

a preview of the debt crisis still spread it does not affect us too much these to recreate because our banks do not hold any of that with french and german banks and your heart will suffer greatly because they were on their hands that would not be cleared this would cause problems. if you lose banks problems with these banks credit some overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players. now the only thing that's going on just a few minutes here are say now or another hope high profile killing shook afghanistan this week the country's former president and advocate of peace talks with the taliban was assassinated on choose to a suicide attack about a hundred in rabbani was killed by a militant who had hidden the explosive device in his turban all the while claiming to be a taliban envoy rabbani who had led the country in the one nine hundred ninety six was the key figure in current peace talks with gazans thousands of mourners

gathered in the afghan capital kabul on friday for his funeral the bombing of follows a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of the current president's half brother in july with the taliban stepping up its attacks in afghanistan one of the main sources of income is in full bloom but nato isn't doing anything about it as r.t. as you go to discover for ports. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul a sixty whips on the back part of the clique it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there are dozens of people if not more for doing drugs right there all of this bridge in the center of the seat with all this coming and staring at them all these insane conditions we still rubbish being through here where we're standing right now this is just incredible see. carol when. it's all cooked mixed injected or small to the right i'm on these piles of

rubbish and no one policeman anywhere near. but that not all over it all these people don't just come here to do drugs i mean your them call the score pakistan and you can hear we don't have any job we don't have any editing to do if you can't take part it was going to have a bunch of the hell of a study commissioned by the us state department chills each family had at least one drug user albeit sorry are found in breast milk and all kids even newborns have morphine in their blood there's not open area of plantation some with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started. 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 interpol cleans the markets global trade has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark

russia is one of the worst affected states who are around eighty tons of heroin thought to a new resettle and look and feel like you know 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 them. 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 by the results well officials say the multi-billion dollar afghan drug network has the whole world and its grip people to spin off kabul afghanistan. back with the headlines of the week in just

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