hello welcome to our weekly review and we start off with the biggest news on russia's political spectrum president or that it has revealed he won't seek reelection in twenty twelve and prime minister putin will step into the race instead he announced his decision while speaking at the ruling united russia party conventional saturday mr putin on his part has suggested the president believes his party poetry elections and has the government as prime minister showed it when autism was a big event likely to have forged the shape of russia's politics for years to come . the wait is over. i believe it would be right for the convention to support the candidacy of live near putin and the presidential election i. think . this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience

under thirty putin has the right issue in your scofflaw i'm going to say something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our tandem i can see that this is a well thought through decision. putin is running for president. i 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 it's a good number 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. know it but i would just i'm convinced to become prime minister continue to thoroughly modernize our society i think the tandem now running up.

form 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. or tandem as you say they send a political message to the russians as a role to the best of the world that. is not outdated it is not absolute this is a liable construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates there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 move lacks surprise i'm sure that some of the opposition political

commentators who mentions are you proud to say is of course the risk of political stagnation and also all these country members very well the era 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 weight 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 spirit 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 or 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 loss and russia lower russia not only the capitals has improved but putin and medvedev want to take it to the next step with a reshuffling united russia already under way new faces transparency less corruption and more growth are all part of the platform 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 still the west russia has a right to its own style democracy and he's now artsy moscow. ricardo young said the voice of russia radio station in washington says patient is a figure that russia needs to lead it through the economic uncertainty now group a . lot more 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 east got a start the russian economic engine. going again reset the economy there i don't think he needs to change at this point he 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 but 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 a strength that the people can see that's that that's the individual they want in office. and that's where asking what she is saying will happen as president medvedev and prime minister putin do so if jobs so solve this probably believe the reshuffle is turned their success because it is a draw is what popular support he's twenty nine percent saying they support and of

voters and strengthen the opposition and remaining course if they were the triangle will have little or no effect of schools or local to website tell us what is. a moment in history this week at the united nations us 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 for a tantrum new york addressing the rally compared his campaign to the arab spring saying that independent palestinian state is inevitable his speech to the u.n. general assembly friday was greeted with jubilant scenes across the palestinian territories but on the border with israel instead of joy there was violence policia . and historic moment after decades of struggle tens of thousands celebrate across palestine after president mahmoud abbas said let's a request to the united nations to recognize

a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all cheers alongside the celebrations violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow of a third intifada we're 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 also using a new found device known as the scream of which unbearable sound now be situation here is very very tense be clashes have spread across the west bank one palestinian has been killed now what we understand happened is that country one hundred israeli settlers 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 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 planting land mines on israel's northern borders to prevent the kalandia checkpoint scenes from unfolding here the mines are not necessarily very to deal with people who have peaceful intentions but mines are a legitimate form of defense many countries have mines on their borders for that reason but locals are outraged now they are trying to work mines. maybe it's more comfort for. them 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 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 know it these 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 surplus as we said stop the army will come immediately and arrest us this fence cuts through your course 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. i'm pro policy and actually it's no told us here that despite the likelihood the u.s. will veto the statehood bid at the security council but a senior 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 done 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 so after 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 oppose 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. lifting and officials have accused the u.s. of putting pressure on members of the u.n. security council to prevent them from voting for an independent state for palestine

that washington is came to be is part of the environment of having to veto the bit which should be disastrous for its credibility as a middle east peace maker or his marina partner has more from. it was a weeklong gathering of the world's most politically powerful people 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 six 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 while the work than at a time when the arab peoples are through 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

a historical bid 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 by 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 cade's as the excuse to pay a fine or ransom to the zionists should it not be an obligation upon the slave masters or colonial powers to pay reparations to the affected nations mahmoud ahmadinejad's annual attack against the west and israel was a reminder that peace is hard but we know that it is possible a possibility for the palestinians and israelis to resume negotiations was put

forth by the middle east quartet friday russia the us the european union and the un presented both sides with a twelve month timetable to solve this sixty plus year dispute within three months of the negotiation beginning to present comprehensive proposals on borders and security that is the only way in the end we deal. the difficult issues around the table in the negotiation at the u.n. general assembly was this week's biggest political show a spectacular display of pride for the palestinians 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 this is coming up next who will be the charges of times against humanity

and battles colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy faces a possible legal action over the military intervention in libya. and a booming drug industry destroying their lives and fuels terrorism but little was done to stop it we report from kabul. a finnish lutheran pastor has been suspended by his church for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorists doc maher of the church and is being sought for a series of deadly terrorist attacks on russian soil over the last decade past. the center website which he believes acts as a mouthpiece for you maro finish human rights activist 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 this. he has organized some migration off militants from turkey to finland and now he is facing charges he's prosecuted in finland over the same time he has a very strong support on the highest level of the finnish or fishel dome and also in the finnish government for example the minister of development of finland had hoped always 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 artie dot com and there you can read it. log on the controversial website and effectivity it claims that they have santa has

a ready to drink the family tree and the resulting articles about find out more at all. speculation that 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 i.m.f. is preparing to raise the. e.u. countries to build up a financial firewall within six weeks to be able to withstand the shock wave of the greek default also turned out as the worst for the world's markets this to found a date to adding to the is james midway the economic foundation think tank and mountains the process of the disintegration is going to be the way. the cat is out of the bargain to be quite honest the statement is quite close to simple statements of the facts greece cannot possibly repay its debt under under current circumstances the growth isn't there the debt is far too big not 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 that 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 troi been tested and tried and failed methods they've heard last year which essentially is give a bit of a bailout to certain countries impose austerity measures we are certainly i think in the early stages of disintegration of 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. the greek debt crisis however bad it may turn out isn't likely to affect russia's economy that's the view of russian finance minister alexei kudrin and you can watch an exclusive interview in several minutes but here's a quick preview. if the debt crisis does spread it does not affect us too much at

least directly because our banks do not hold any of the greek. french and german banks on the other hand will suffer greatly because they will not bombs on their homes that would not be cleared this will cause problems when these banks problems with these banks credit some overall problems on these markets because banks are after all the leading players. libya's transitional government forces have reported that ended colonel gadhafi is hometown of sirte supported by nato bombardment they've also tells a father sold on the city of bani walid meanwhile human rights activists questions the legality of western intervention in the country are taking legal action as it is done or push for explains in a report with some images you might find disturbing. projects 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 nato will have to follow in the colonel's first libya's deposed leader is it hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin laden or some states are now claiming the right to kill the against all international law. images like these are moving french lawyers to turn against the government because he 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 where 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. so we're going to go there 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 had toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack. wife or 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 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 a chickadee it will prove once and for all that western justice really use run by

politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris. another high profile gonna stand this week the country's ex-president the head of dana reeve any was assassinated less than a year after leading peace talks with a tire ban robin he was killed at his home in kabul what it says side bomber gaining entry by claiming to that taliban envoy has failed 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 is how brother in july and as the taliban continues its attack in afghanistan one of the main sources of income is unfolding as on his ego to spin off the course for the country the drugs trade is still rampant despite billions of dollars spent every here 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 what's right there under this bridge in the center of the seat with all the screaming and staring at them and all the insane conditions we used in the rubbish bin frame rate here where we're standing right now this is just incredible secretly heroin all. its old cooked mixed injected or smoked to write 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 call this home pakistan and you can hear we don't have any job we don't have any editing to do if you can it's a part of your body that had the. help of a study commissioned by the u.s. state department shows each family has at least one drug user or are 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 and afghanistan i believe that the war was the root cause that forced afghan people to turn to poppy growing their own ninety percent of all the opiates in the world are produced in afghanistan interval cleans the markets global trade turnover has long surpassed the five hundred billion dollar mark or russia is one of the worst affected state with around eighty tons of heroin thought to 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 the revenues from drug money is used to sponsor the taliban and 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 drug network has the whole world in its grip you've got this kind of party kabul afghanistan. and right now brief look at some other news from around the world a plane carrying told to you mount everest has crashed killing nineteen people on board one person who survived later died in hospital the catastrophe occurred at the heart of failed to land at coventry airport in dense fog eye witnesses claim their aircraft clipped a house in a nearby village before crashing but no casualties were reported on the ground. we're going in saudi arabia are to be granted the right to vote and run in municipal elections in the future relinking a dollar announced on sunday it's

a major change with a conservative muslim kingdom that in force is a strict diversion of islamic law and has banned women from taking part in halls of politics before the king also rules that women can be appointed to the currently all male consultative shura council for the first time saudi arabia holds only its second avenue nationwide local elections on thursday but women will only be allowed to vote in the next ones she had told for twenty fifty. five. the last bull fight in spain northeastern region of qatar no one here has ended in clashes between fires and people fight campaign is scuffles broke out in the renamed barcelona after a matador's drove the killing sword into balls marking the end of the career to show that a no news parliament bullfighting in july twentieth time following a petition campaign by animal rights activists but many cattle lands will see still see bullfighting as part of their heritage and don't want it to become

a relic of the state. and that's all for now but i'll be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to

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this is all she and these are the week's top stories president instead of friends there's speculation about russia's top job but proposing prime minister vladimir putin to run for office in the twenty twelve elections is better than ten promises to continue. as prime minister and his successor leave the united nations on to victory in parliament transaction isn't just. the finest in a beautiful state it is north toward the united nations and welcome to it standing ovation of that region you want somebody to your advantage in clashes with israeli forces at the border they might. also priest as speaking out against the chechen terrorists website finds himself defrocked and disgraced his plight ignored by the mainstream media. greek default is inevitable and the official is now eight weeks report.