hello and welcome to our weekly review and we start with the biggest news in russia's political spectrum president medvedev has revealed he won't seek reelection twenty twelve and prime minister putin will step into the race instead his decision while speaking of the ruling united russia party convention on saturday mr bush on his part or suggested has suggests that the president leads his party in parliamentary elections and heads the government as prime minister should win all season he says now it was at the event likely to have forces shape of russia's politics for years to come. the wait is over but i believe it would be right for the convention to support the candidacy of lighting mayor putin and the presidential election i. know. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under

thirty putin has. he sure has got off 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. putin is running for president was going to. i like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor and good will make sure. that you are but i think that 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. no doubt. that the issue here you. know you but i was just what 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's parliamentary elections and next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out united russia's popularity has been falling in recent years by making such a move. you say they sent a political message to the russians as a result of the rest of the world that it. is not outdated it is not absolute this is our. construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates there were certainly taken aback with you know. of course everybody expected it but it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the west has already started emphasizing how much the moon lacks surprise i'm sure that some of the opposition

political commentators have mentions are you proud to say is of course the risk of political stagnation and after 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 that and they all stayed there until the way to 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 it's really disgusting how the u.s. is 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 and control these populations you know 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 it to the next step with the reshuffling 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 are the party. to move past stability towards further development and so the west has a right to its own style democracy and he's now artsy moscow. and recount a young political analysts said the voice of russia radio station in washington says person is that figure that russia needs to beat it through they cannot make uncertainty now gripping the world lattimer putin will have his hands full once again soon as the office of the presidency simply because he's got to start

creating jobs just like other presidents other prime ministers have to do across the globe at least got a start the russian economic engine. going again restarting the economy there i don't think he needs a change of style at this point she has been very consistent as showing himself as a very strong decisive leader and he certainly has done the same with his protege obviously president and this is the kind of political intelligence this is the kind of smarts that i think people respect whether they're in russia or the u.s. be shown to be very decisive very strong and has a vision for russia and i think that whether it's the u.s. or russia or any other country when you have a leader who has a vision and the strength of the people can see that's the that's the individual they want in office. think will happen if president medvedev and prime minister putin do so each jobs so fall mr harper that you believe the are shuffled tandem will be a success because it enjoys a wide popular support you say twenty eight percent thing the swamp would anger

voters and strengthen the opposition and the remaining quarter feel the change will have little or no effect at all so won't our website r.t. the home for telus for choosing. a moment in history this week at the united nations as president mahmoud abbas delivered the palestinian bid for statehood receiving a standing ovation addressing the general assembly thousands of cheering people gathered in ramallah to give him a hero's welcome home returned from new york addressing the rally he compared his campaign to the arab spring saying that an independent palestinian state is inevitable his speech to the u.n. general assembly on friday was greeted with jubilance it seems across the palestinian territories but on the border with israel instead of joy there was violence as he has the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands celebrated his palestine after president mahmoud abbas submitted the case to the united nations to recognize

a palestinian state but as food it wasn't or choose alongside the celebrations violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears 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 there are tires burning everywhere the army is going to using a new found device known as the screamer which i'm bearable found now be situation here is very very painful be cash out of freight across the west bank one kind of thing and has been killed now what we understand happened is that country nine hundred israelis started burning the trees belonging to palestinians in the village the army was called in and the result was one palestinian show. and killed in the mix. for months the israeli army has been preparing for these exact scenes and palestinians what we tell everyone 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 but mines are a legitimate form of defense. trees have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are trying to work mines that the can be able maybe it's more comfort for. ripping them at the heart of the clashes are israeli settlers and palestinians both main 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 we are the only people in the world that have got approved a document a document that these in the national and international. advertised they call

it the bible but not so what 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 or even if we don't resist with force it's enough that the settler says we said stop the army will come immediately and arrest us this fence cuts through farm meaning that white 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. political activists new order told r.t. that despite the likelihood the u.s. will veto that statehood bid at the security council palestinians still regard pursuing it at the u.n. as a major breakthrough. as palestinians we have a very heightened sense of national pride at this moment then even though we know

the veto is most likely coming very next week or the other really makes no difference but there is a very high sense of national achievement at this point because for one of those very disappointing years of the so-called peace process the political leadership and the popular popular public opinion are in line and they're 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 without any terms of reference without israel clearly committing to international law clearly committing to its obligations according to international law and relevant u.n. resolutions then it's purely point. this is coming out who will be the first to face charges of crimes against humanity in battles colonel gadhafi or president

sarkozy faces possible legal action i would in military intervention in libya. and a booming drug industry destroys our good lives and fuels terrorism but little is done to stop it we're all from kabul. finished with one poster has been suspended by his church for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorists of the church and is being sought for a series of deadly terrorist attacks on russian soil over the last decade. mona reid announced the center website which he believes acts as a mouthpiece for as a mouthpiece for. finnish human rights activist johan bachmann says the authorities are sheltering militants by protecting their websites activity. actually your home or 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 in the international media about these terrorist organizations the person who is responsible of the website it is me he has organized the mass migration off militants from turkey to finland and now he is facing charges he's cross a q that in finland over the same time he has a very strong support on the highest level of the finnish or fishel dorman also in the finnish government for example the minister of development of finland had hoped always a very close partner to make i was told so the situation is really strange finland ease actually protecting these militants and they are all going to i think their activities on the territory of finland. and you can find a lot more on this story on our website dot com they read your monterey's blog on

the controversial website and it's itty and he claims that the center has already written some two hundred defamatory and insulting articles about him find out more at. least in the program a barking way of fighting pollution from car fumes. here is really bergen. our way. it's not only more environmentally friendly but also play for you can always rely on we called the grill with a cold wild dog will never live through our. speculation of greece is on the way to inevitable default gathered pace this week it follows reports suggesting some of the eurozone finance ministers have already given up on the possibility the country's economy can recover the earth is preparing to face the worst and reportedly urged the e.u. countries to build up a financial firewall within six weeks to be able to withstand the shock wave of

agree default this week also turned out as the words to the world's markets since two thousand and eight further adding to fears and dreams mean to a new konami foundation a think tank in london says the process of the euro disintegrating is already underway. the cat is out of the bag and to be quite honest the statement is quite close to simple statements of the facts greece cannot supply as a bully repay its debt under under current circumstances the growth isn't there the debt is far too big and the simply no earthly way is going to be able to repay this debt on any plausible time scale certainly not by twenty twelve which was the original kind of hope of the other european nations the divisions 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 tried and tested and tried and failed methods they've heard last year which essentially is give a bit of a bailout to certain countries then impose austerity measures we are certainly i think in the early stages of disintegration europe the deep rooted structural

problems inside the euro system the imbalances they've 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 you can read more on the ongoing international financial woes at all two don't call me including. some believe that wall street could become this scene for what they're calling them american version of the arab spring. but also this also russia is heading back to was after a twenty year pause with a scientific probe blasting up to the red planet and hoping to bring back something rather special find out more about their mazing mission on how to. leave this transitional government forces have reportedly under the colonel gadhafi is home town of sirte supported by nato bombardment they have also intensified their sold on the city of bani walid and while human rights activists who questions the legality of western intervention in the country are taking legal action as all she

has done all bush explains in the report with some images you may find disturbing. for objects foreign minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to form because first libya's deposed leader is it hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like the model some states are now claiming the right to kill but against all international law. images like these are moving french lawyers to turn against the government because sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the president 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'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 nato first denied 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 books videos spiderman toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack is why for a child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly nato bombs 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 brought by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. powers. another high profile afghanistan this week the country's ex-president hannity and rub any was assassinated less than a gale at a meeting piece to. where the taliban robin he was killed at his home in kabul with a side bomb a gaining entry by claiming to be a taliban and boy his funeral ceremony took place at the presidential palace friday with thousands of mourners gathering in they are going to capitol to pay respects the bombing followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of current president karzai as have brother in july as the taliban continues its attacks in afghanistan one of the main sources of income is in full bloom and there's

a cheesy gorgeous chernoff reports from the country the trials trade is still rampant despite billions of dollars spent every year to combat. 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 drugs right there under this bridge in the center of the city with the locals just coming here and staring at them at all these insane conditions we used to rubbish bin frame rate here where we're standing right now this is just incredible to see. heroin opium it's all cooked mixed injected or smoked to write a mole on these piles of rubbish and not one policeman anywhere near. but that's not all we were told these people don't just come here to do drugs and many of them called us home pakistan and india and we don't have any job we don't have any

editing to do if you can't pay for the war on the other. hand a study commissioned by the us state department shows each family has at least one drug user or found in breast milk and all kids even newborns have morphine in their blood there's no doubt that the area of plantation song with narcotic crops has increased since military hostilities started in 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 in afghanistan interval cleans the markets global trade turnover has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected street with around eighty tons of heroin thought to any we settle in the country. 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 revenues from drug money is used to sponsor the taliban nato is key enemy in the region meanwhile the international community and spends billions of dollars to fight again it stands drug traffic but since nato has no legal right to coordinate the funds are spent with very little positive results while officials say that multi-billion dollar afghan drug network has the whole world in its grip you've got this going off party kabul afghanistan. and right now a brief look at some other news from around the world the french left has won enough seats to gain the control of the senate that's according to early results from sunday's elections gains mean that these socialists along with their green and communist allies will now have a majority in the upper house it's

a blow for french president nicolas sarkozy and his conservative government losing control just seven months before a presidential election where he hopes for a second term it's the first time in more than fifty years that the right in france has lost power to the left in the senate. women in saudi arabia to be granted the right to vote and run in musical elections in the future a ruling king abdullah announced on sunday it's a major change for the conservative muslim kingdom that's in force is a strict version of islamist law and has banned women from taking part in polls or political politics before the king also ruled that women can be appointed to the currently all male consultative shura council for the first time saudi arabia holds only its second ever national white local elections on thursday but women will only be allowed to vote in the next ones are twenty fifty. police in colombia have seized a submarine capable of carrying ten tons of cocaine off the pacific coast near the city of good i'm going to read authorities say the crown belonged to the fog

guerrilla group and believed it was about to be used for the first time to deliver drugs the vessel which cost around two million dollars to travel for almost one thousand kilometers without refueling submarines are used by drugs gals in colombia the center of the world's cocaine trade and over seventy submarines have been seized by police in the past twenty. for hostages in one remote town they work doesn't stop once the snow has melted in a bit to reduce the number of cars on the road and the pollution they cause they on and spits back and has introduced an original concept. traveled north to find out. that's what it really means to put the shoulder into their will contrary to popular opinion huskies don't go on vacation once the snow melts the dogs are pulling over to one of the cars to talk to me are the people who are. in fact in the world snow the most city being docked time is

a year round phenomenon. where the only means of transportation around the archipelago until the mid one nine hundred sixty s. and while by now cars and snowmobiles have replaced them in many parts of the north here in prison bergen is a still pulling the way locals say it's not only more environmentally friendly but also safer you can always rely on the way to deal with the cold wild dogs will never let you down. like most of the residents of no race longer beyond robert wasn't born here. and he moved in his mid twenties fleeing big city congestion in hopes of reconnecting with nature he says his jeep behind his barking see maybe tomorrow is the major change in his life plus it gives the dogs fit the story beats they know they need the exercise every day so.

yeah when it improves with the tourist then i'm going out training in my car some two thousand residents along here beyond is little more than a white place in the road they may not be any traffic police but the rules of the road and no less treat the local authorities have already closed some of the archipelagos routes to motorised traffic that's more restrictions to come. the lobbying force behind a partial car ban is very thoughtful make also an avid dog lover she like it is driving to smoking invasive and damaging to the environment if there are known smoking areas why shouldn't there be normal driving areas here small boat docks our culture in norway many other places also here in the north. and i think today we are living in big tones we need the silent truth where we can leave all of what's around us in our normal days we need to rest our brain as the acappella good

tries to attract more tourists some suggest that the her restrictions may have a commercial appeal with people around you won't reporting increasing traffic critique many may be in need of a car free refuge like this russian traveler couldn't call itself and muscovite who endures hours long commutes to work sans the absence of honking horns to meet him instantly fell in love with the place the most amazing moment i experienced is of course the traffic the lack of traffic even early on january first in moscow you cannot find that if you cross like you see here to ban cars in the favor of dogs it's an absolutely great great idea and this would probably attract more and more tourists down here going to dogs is obviously not an option for every city but here have definitely don't feel like a real kind of we got our sea along bergen archipelago. and that's how the

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and again this is on c.n.n. these are the week's top stories president into that offends day speculation about russia stop drop by proposing prime minister vladimir putin to run for office in a time to twelve elections that have been ten promises to. continued his modernization an agenda as prime minister he successfully leaves the united russia party to victory in parliamentary elections in december. a palestinian bid for statehood is launched with the united nations welcomed with standing ovations of the general assembly in new york but violent clashes with israeli forces at the border in the west bank. and finish priest is speaking out against a trenchant terrorist website finds himself to fault and disgraced with his blind ignored by the mainstream media. and agreed.