really you believe this in some instances. from. the future. the main stories of the week here on. the top job intrigue it comes to an end president medvedev and prime minister putin could swap a joint staff at the two thousand and twelve presidential election pledging that will continue to work for russia. emotions are running high palestinians bid for statehood at the u.n. with standing ovations in new york but clashes of the border in the west bank. a finish a priest to speak out against the chechen terrorists and website finds himself defrocked and it's great this plight being ignored by the mainstream media. and a greek default is inevitable and the e.u. top officials know all about it leaked reports reveal the recession could go far

deeper than just feel. this is the weekend here on our seats where we highlight the stories that made headlines this week rory some shock on saturday the biggest secret in russian politics was exposed it's now their prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in two thousand and twelve speaking at a ruling united russia party convention our current president dmitri medvedev made the announcement while agreeing to head the party and parliamentary elections he also said he's ready to lead the government if they win and he said no no witness the historic speech is first. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for the convention to support the candidacy of life in your platoon and the presidential election i.

know that. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty putin is. issuing yes because i'm going to say something else because there's been a split within our towns and i can see that this is a well thought through decision. who is running for president with. the pleasure i'd like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor but the only cheese. if you're going to get 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 dmitri medvedev.

and i believe you do you. like it but maybe 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 with 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. as you say they send a political message to the russians as well to the best of the world that it. is not outdated it is not absolute this is a right. construction which. can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement evenly delegates though were really taken aback

with you know public concern because everybody expected it but it must count as one of 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 emotions are you proud to say he's of course the resource for political stagnation and ask all these country members very well the euro 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 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 the healthiest year 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 of us 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 or oil and control these populations. 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 imagery if you want to take it to the next step with the research offer when united russia already underway new faces transparency less corruption 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 and so the west russia has a right to its own style of democracy and he's now i r t moscow. well russia still

has many problems the future president will have to tackle adrian pabst a professor of politics at the university of kent in england says the crucial investment from abroad is at stake. i think for the best it 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. her presence he needs to strengthen those institutions and he needs a government that can implement with presidents perhaps becoming prime minister that might be possible but it's not just changing us 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 st petersburg i would sit outside the case for the region you really need much greater determination and implementation it's up to the ruling

town and to make that happen. we are inviting you to get involved on our web site right now at r.t. dot com grass king what you think will happen if president prime minister putin do switch jobs looking at the hard drive now is so far precisely half of you believe the reshuffle time there will be a success because it will give people what they want almost a third think the swap would voters and actually strengthen the opposition party twenty three percent feel little attract foreign investment to russia but not much else for change but make sure you log on to our website r.t. dot com if you tell us what you think. history was made this week at the united nations as president mahmoud abbas delivered the palestinian bid for statehood and received a standing ovation as he addressed the general assembly cheering crowds gathered in ramallah to give him a hero's welcome as he did arrive back from new york addressing the rally he declared the beginning of the palestinian spring when he spoke at the u.n.

assembly on friday jubilant scenes played out across the palestinian territories but words quickly turned to violence on the west bank border culminating in clashes between police and. allister's his fall asleep takes up the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands celebrate across palestine after president mahmoud abbas it's a request to the united nations to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't orci is alongside the celebrations violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow of a third intifada when you're here in ramallah where there's a scandal between the israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road there are tires burning everywhere the army is also using a new round of fights known as the screamer which in mecca and bearable sound now the choice in here is very very tense right across the west bank one kind of thing and has been killed now what we understand happened is that country one hundred

israelis they cleared started burning the trees belonging to palestinians in a village the army was called in and the result what one palestinian shot and killed in the nick. months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians were retail 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 there to deal with people who have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of the fence mini countries have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are trying to work mines. maybe it's not going for for this very. program at the heart of the clashes are

israeli citizen and palestinians both lane claim to the same piece of land jacob taylor has been farming deep in the hebron hills for more than twenty years. says this land is his and he has the papers to prove it and we are the only people in the world there to have court approval document a document that the. internet you know it. go go go but but but not so was a mix the same claim he insists the land has been in his family for some eight hundred years but now this is the closest you 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 even if we don't resist with force it's enough the percent of. the army will come immediately and restless this pains 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. meantime palestinian officials have accused us of putting pressure on members of the un security council to keep them from voting in favor of a free palestine so that washington has king interview spare the embarrassment of having to veto it which could have disastrous effects for the credibility of america as a peace maker is more important i know reports from new york. it was a weeklong gathering of the world's most politically powerful people but not part of the united nations. the pursuit of peace in the imperfect world america's nobel prize winning president set 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 than its own with the arab peoples of term their quest for democracy in the arab spring the time is now for the palestinian spring the time for independence supported by the majority of u.n. member states president mahmoud abbas submitted an application for statehood historical bit the us a staunch ally of israel vowed to block with a security council veto these will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations if it were that easy it would have been accomplished but up 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 on the home of some european countries to use the whole accost after sixty cade's as the excuse to pay foreigner and some to the zionists should it not be an obligation upon the slave masters or

colonial powers to pay reparations to the affected me sions 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 freitag russia the us and european union and the un presented both sides with a twelve month timetable to solve his sixty plus years within three months of the negotiation beginning to resent comprehensive faces on borders and security that is the only way in the end we deal. the difficult issues around the table in a negotiation the u.n. general assembly was this week's biggest political show a spectacular display of pride for the colace than ian's 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 well just a short while ago when i saw you were a political activist nor did he told me that despite the impending veto palestinians regarded it as a major breakthrough. as palestinians we have a very high confronts of national pride at this moment that even though we know the veto is most likely coming i would very next week or the other makes no difference there is a very high sense of national like she 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 and 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 without any terms of reference without israel's leader early committing to international law clearly committing to its obligations according to international law and relevant u.n. resolutions then it's purely point list. i know we have got lots more analysis and news on the situation in the west bank and the palestinian independence a well to be found at all web site r.t. dot com still there plenty head for you on the program here on r.t. as we are doing the weekly here who will be the first to face charges of a crimes against humanity how could it be embattled colonel gadhafi all president sarkozy now faces possible legal action over the military intervention in libya. and a looming a drug industry destroys afghan lives and fuels terrorism but little is done to stop it we have a report coming in from kabul. the finnish priest has been temporarily

defrocked for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorists that of daku maher of past you have denounced the center website which leaves axis of mouth peaceful matter of steadily campaign finish human rights activist johan beckerman says the authorities are sheltering militants by protecting the websites activity. actually you heard maurice only repeating what he 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 in the international media about these terrorist organizations the person who is responsible of the website. he has organized some migration off. from turkey to finland and now he is facing the

charges he's prosecuted in finland over 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 the hotel is very close partner. so the situation is really strange film and ease actually protecting these militants and they are all going i think their activities on the territory of finland. and a lot more not on our website or r.t. dot com including you have a laurie's blog on the controversial website and its activity he claims that the calf care center has already written some two hundred insulting articles about him and more about him to come. up with the top stories of the week this is the weekly here on r.t. libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive one one of could have easily last stronghold part of the town of sirte it after saturday's

attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists meanwhile some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the legality of the military intervention mr bush will examine the reasons behind the claims be warned you may find it son of the upcoming images disturbing. bridge explorer mr roland jamal's this is really significant in in gadhafi. the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to find north first libya's deposed leader is in 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 fridge lawyers to turn against the government because the phrases 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 with the us 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. so they using missiles with depleted uranium which causes cancer in tripoli i saw people crippled by nato attacks office workers who had nothing to do with the fighting that's why we're soon 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. video spiderman toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how is wife and child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in

their home was accused of deliberately campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly need or want and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders a poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as chickadee it will prove once and for all that western justice really used politicians not the rule of law the noble shortie paris . of course all the latest updates on how the situation continues to unfold in and around libya available on line twenty four also at r.t. dot com your phone. many items including this autumn rusher is heading back to mars after a twenty year course of scientific progress blasting off to the red planet find out all the mission details that are to come. and as britney spears kicks off her world

tour in russia we speak exclusively to the american of pop diva herself find out why she sees herself as an underground star we're going to r.t. dot com. talks of a possible greek default grew louder this week leaked reports suggest that some of the eurozone finance ministers already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. is reported to give an e.u. countries six weeks to build up a financial fire war to protect themselves from the shock wave of the expected greek default it comes amid rising fears of a double dip recession after the world's markets or their worst week since two thousand and eight patrick young the executive director of an investment advisory firm says a repeat of the global financial crisis looks inevitable at this stage let's look at it in the united states of america group these peaceably in new mexico in europe a group of these very low or it's killing but rigs and all of them are economies

and also we've got this terrible terrible north sideslip beach issue with the lights and competes and if we look at somewhere like china which has been a huge engine of the global economy well they had some pretty bad manufacturing numbers come alive and that too is leading to a big theory that needy china is finally hitting the ball 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 europe has looked in sort of two thousand and five two thousand and sixteen thousand and seven and i really fear that if we see that happening in china then ultimately all over all the world economy is in for a very very difficult year in two thousand and twelve. the greek crisis however bad it may actually turn out to be is unlikely to affect russia's economy and that's the view of the russian finance minister. you can watch an exclusive interview with him in its entirety next hour here r.t.

but for now here's a preview. of the debt crisis to spread news it does not affect us too much and please to retreat because our banks do not hold any of the data sheet with food with french and german banks on your heart will suffer greatly because they will have on their hands that would not be cleared this will cause problems within these banks problems with these banks credit some overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players. who are watching the weekly here and i see is going to have you with us today another high profile killing shook afghanistan this week the country's former president and advocate of peace talks with the taliban was assassinated on choose day in a suicide attack put on the dinner i was killed by a militant who had hidden explosive device inside his turban all the while claiming to be a taliban envoy. who had left the country in the one nine hundred ninety s. was the key figure in current peace talks with the militants thousands of mourners

gathered in the afghan capital kabul on friday for his funeral the bombing a followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of the current president's half brother in july but the taliban are stepping up its attacks in afghanistan one of their main sources of income is in full bloom the nato isn't doing anything about it so r.t. if you go to which one of. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul is sixty whips on the back of the clique it is a very traditional muslim society is it the road goes on the people if not more for human rights wait there all of this bridge in the center of the sea with all this coming and staring at them. these insane conditions we still rubbish being thrown right here where we're standing right now this is just incredible seacat heroin marijuana it's all cocked and mixed injected or small to write him on these piles

of rubbish and not a one policeman anywhere near. that at all or at all these people don't just come here to do drugs i mean you have them call the score pakistan and you can hear we don't have any god we don't have any editing to do if you can't take part of war for you either to please help us a study commissioned by the us state department shills each family has at least one drug user all kids are now found in breast milk and all kids even knew wards at morphine their blood was not out of the area of contagion song with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started and 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 never get a step into a ball cleans the markets global trade turnover has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected states where around

eighty tons of heroin thought to a newly settle 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 there is no such directive. 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 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 very little by the results while official say that multi-billion dollar afghan drug network has the whole world in its grip you want to scan all of our key kabul afghanistan you're watching at the weekly here on

our t.v. it's going to be a whole lot of top stories of the possible and days i do stay with us a back with a recap of the headlines in just a moment. the . very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created that sentiment all came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or not it is. sixty to

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