good to have you with us here on r t our top story global media has been responding to news out of a lot of near putin will campaign to return to his old job as president next year he's been backed by russia's current president dmitri medvedev who's now aiming to replace putin as prime minister parties and he said now as more. the announcement itself not a very big surprise but how and when it happened some analysts are saying it was the best kept little secret in modern history of course social networks went crazy with reaction if we take a look at some of the tweets that came immediately stateside from senator john mccain not a big surprise coming from him he of course a former presidential candidate in the u.s. in two thousand and eight says surprise surprise shocking news putin is running for president and then here in russia from a presidential aide arkady dvorkovich we have nothing to be cheerful about it's better to be playing ice hockey at luzhniki that of course is the stadium where the united russia convention took place and the announcement was made he goes on to say

it's time to switch to a sports channel ah another another tweet from katrina vanden fugal who's the editor of the nation says they did it to replace region of democracy russian style not so they were going to hear from a lot of analysts whether or not this is the path to russia creating its own for tomorrow the c.e.o. so to say not necessarily. taking the western model that we see in the united states and in western europe is a very different reaction on the social networks and this really is just the beginning i think it's fair to say this announcement happens on the weekend to drop this monday we're going to be hearing a lot of different analysis about what this means you're going to running against a president in twenty years i am pushing doesn't joy a slightly higher approval rating then president medvedev it's about three percent and really he is known for bringing stability to russia after the turbulent ninety's russian citizens of course very much appreciate that ricardo the from

voice of russia radio had this to say he's got to start creating jobs just like other presidents other prime ministers have to do across the globe east got to start the russian economic engine. going again restarting the economy there i don't think he needs to change 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. he's 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. certainly have their work cut out for them what they need to do now is convince the russian people that it's their tandem that will take through the next decade. stability to further development will stay with us here on our

team plenty more to come including peace by washington stands accused of bullying u.n. member states to delay palestinian statehood bid as the security council gathers to discuss the issue plus. the area could fuse who knows about shutting down in flames social network sites. good to. see who mentions historic changes in the u.k. is the home office and police imposing a ban on barging. first euro zone leaders are preparing a rescue plan to prevent the escalation of the financial turmoil that threatens to send the global economy back into recession this as the i.m.f. or as it may not be able to help out bigger european economies that are struggle to struggling to tackle their debt with a greek default now widely considered only a matter of time the priority is to prevent bigger states like italy and spain from being dragged down greece has been struck by another wave of protests against

government austerity measures but as artie's guide a chicky on reports the i.m.f. is being accused of being too tough on some countries while being soft on others including the us where the two thousand and eight thrice a start. the leadership has changed. the methods have not for a desperate economy the i.m.f. still offers the same bitter medicine of draconian budget belt tightening reeses push to redouble its austerity efforts at a time of deep economic recession and to sell a vast chunk of public assets at fire sale prices some have no choice but to cut dificid know the i.m.f. form a hand domenic stress con said that forcing greece to pay back its debts would on acceptably impoverished the country and that everyone must be willing to accept losses on greek debt but philanthropy has never been the i.m.f. strongpoint it's an institution where my main shareholder is the united states of

america well any dollar any euro that is invested in the fund goes buck. to the member principle and interest we're not in the business helps us of subsidies we're not in the business of giving grants the u.s. and europe are holding the most votes in the organization and veto power despite the fact that emerging economies have been the engine of global growth in recent years the organization's policymaking is been under fire for being biased in favor of its top shareholders one of the functions of the i.m.f. is crisis warning and prevention but when three years ago the financial crisis in the us was sending devastating shock waves throughout the world the organization proved completely redundant in the case of the united states and that should have taken a much stronger position warning about the build up financial expert. that right up to the housing bubble completely dropped the ball and it must be able to

monitor the rich and. united states as well as it will only business credibility some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern all of the big decisions at the i.m.f. are made by the us treasury department well even the head of the world bank has accused the top advanced economies a few congress in their policies when countries with large fiscal deficits preach fiscal discipline to poor countries what are they really saying do what i say not what i do when countries pay homage to free trade but hold back developing countries with barriers what do they really say do what i say not what i do a do what i say not what i do world will fracture to the detriment of all. the old ways can in must change with the i.m.f. said wealthiest members themselves facing their own problems many doubt whether the organization will be able to take adequate measures to work off possibly another

global crisis as well lending money to the world's weaker connelly's the i.m.f. is still facing the challenge of offering viable solutions that cannot come with crippling measures but one thing is clear the world demands an i.m.f. that does not work solely for the benefit of the few i'm going to check out with forty four last r.t. . and r.t. spoke with russia's finance minister alexei kudrin who says in order to tackle the economic crisis countries in the west have to deal with what provoked it in the first place consumerism more on these thoughts at our interview coming up in about an hour. the way western countries are vital has become somewhat outdated as huge consumption and little investments and savings have provoked this crisis at this point most western countries are not ready to reduce their consumption and preserve the pre-crisis development. this does not left america from crisis underconsumption is not substantiated with really konami results because

consumption is pulling them into debt so western countries have this issue and they're trying to resolve it by printing money which only delays the solution. we can't yet predict from the economic point of view if this printing of money and supporting of artificial demand will help kick start the engine of the western economy so far this is not yet happened after all what the federal reserve system is don't know we can see the situation is becoming worse because those measures have not been enough and one can expect the printing of money will resume. but all the latest coverage on the turbulent financial situation around the globe on our web site r t dot com here's what's also a click away for you right now watch the protests that are being dubbed the occupy wall street that have been a sea of lower manhattan a movement that has some calling them the u.s. equivalent of the arab spring box.

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where did it take the. wealthy british style. market. opening to the global economy. or a no holds barred the global financial headlines. thanks for staying with us here on r t palestinian euphoria following their statehood bid at the un is beginning to damp as the security council prepares to discuss the case later today the palestinian authority has given the un two weeks to decide the issue after accusations that the u.s. was intimidating member states the. bureaucracy the shadow of a promised us

a veto also hangs over the proceedings obama's vowed to prevent the recognition of a free palestinian state without israel's approval. or oday questions why israel would want peace with a state it's comfortably occupied for a very long. do you want to negotiate with the ladies but we have now the experience of the last nineteen twenty years that there is there a these are not serious in the go shooting with the president because they want to talk and build settlements states should live side by side along each other in peace and harmony if that is they just continue with the. policies with the aggressive policies with the nation on the palestinians there will be no peace peace can only come through you to an understanding between both sides between the israelis and between the palestinians but also the international community the

united states is also an important element because the tel aviv washington axis is blocking the peace process in the region and this should be taken into consideration and i think our show has a big role to play the chinese and other. members of the security council should they in major role in bringing peace to that washington should stop its double standard policy hope that night and states would be a fair but not a part of a fair play of between conflicting parties but not supporting one side against the other the events at the u.n. have seen criticism leveled at the u.s. with many accusing washington of pandering to israeli interests there says a new report has emerged claiming president obama approve the transfer of fifty five high tech bunker buster bombs to israel only months into his term in office

something even the bush administration had refused to do but according to author and historian william bluhm it's all about campaign funding. well the u.s. has been giving is the amount of her decades and decades this is nothing new it's not based on logic i mean if you asked a rational explanation that is not what he is pro israel because of money he gets in the u.s. so his election campaign gets a function to jewish lobbies and jewish individuals that's what motivates him and that's the only rationale he has and have to be logical. inconsistency. the u.k. government has granted police the right to prevent far right groups from marching through five london boroughs for thirty dates scotland yard says it's applied for the bad over fears of violence and disorder planned by the english defense league earlier this month as are healer emmet reports it's prompted concerns that a dangerous precedent may have been set in terms of police power and freedom of

expression. the view of workers activists on the home office ban on marching is clear. in this country through september in six areas of london anyone marching like these people did last winter is liable to be arrested and fined or even imprisoned. the ban was prompted by plans by the anti muslim english defense league seen here in luton in february to march through tower hamlets the area with the highest concentration of muslims in the country but instead of banning one march one day the home office banned all marches in six baros for an entire month activist richard seymour sees a wider motive. doesn't necessarily mean to say that march isn't going to happen it just means that. more powers and that's part of the wider problem but if you're

restricted to a static demonstration the police have a right to. arrest very. small princes or non-offensive these people behind me are amongst the lucky few they still can march just by pure accident of geography where hit in lumberton which is not one of the six bars affected by the ban but if as many fear the government extend and widen the ban to take in more parts of london the scenes that you see behind me both small and large marches through london and many other cities across the country could be a thing of the past the band comes hot on the heels of widespread rioting in many english cities in august it also coincides with the introduction of government austerity measures which some say amounts to the dismantling of the entire welfare state many say public fear of civil unrest is being manipulated to prevent unions from turning out to protest fierce cuts and pat. reagan from the workers

revolutionary party says it's just the tip of the iceberg to the talking about area curfews that talk not about shutting down facebook social network sites they're talking about dictatorial civil war measures because what they're doing in britain is creating a historic change inevitably. the majority of the population will oppose them the home office can only stop marching it's powerless to prevent people from gathering but because organizations argue it's no good just standing that you've got to be able to march to make a statement as the union did in march when more than a quarter of a million people turned out to protest the cuts activists say that's exactly what the government's trying to stop just in terms of where we are at the moment in this country with the process of the stereotyping pushed through by the government trade unions are one of the major books opposed to that no public order legislation does

tend to be used against striking workers i mean that's been very clear i mean there's just there's been some recent examples of people being pulled off the picket lines and not to obviously we can see any resistance to the cuts freedom of expression and dissociation are enshrined in u.k. and european law with the u.k. renowned for its powerful union organizations but the ban gives police the ultimate power to step in and arrest demonstrates it merely for exercising their right to speak out against the government and that's a dangerous precedent to set your enemies london. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe libya's ruling national transitional council is reportedly struggling to form a new government as fighting continues near the city of sirte still loyal to foreign leader moammar gadhafi young going civil war has claimed the lives of an estimated thirty thousand people so far meanwhile the capital tripoli

a mass grave was discovered. bigger to contain almost thirteen hundred bodies believed to be the remains of those inmates and gadhafi top security prison abu salim which was the site of a massacre in one thousand nine hundred six. to find a yemeni leader out. for early presidential and parliamentary elections the moves are unlikely to satisfy protesters who've been calling for the end of sally's regimes and february more than one hundred forty people were killed in yemen in past in the past week in violence that escalated since the president returned to the country after undergoing medical treatment abroad more than fifteen hundred people are believed to have died since clashes between anti-government activists and security forces started up. to spain where the last scheduled bull fight in catalonia ended in clashes between fans and anti bullfight campaigners scuffles broke out near an arena in barcelona after the end of a show there a band on bullfighting brought in by catalonia as parliament comes into effect in

january after pressure from animal rights activists but many see bullfighting as part of their heritage and say they want the tradition preserved. saudi arabia has granted women the right to vote and stand in nationwide elections in the future for the first time in the country's modern history king abdullah also ruled that women can be appointed to the currently all male consultative consultation of shura council it's a major change for the conservative muslim kingdom that in force is a strict version of islamic law and has banned women from taking part in polls or politics before saudi arabia holds its second ever local elections thursday but women will only be allowed to vote in the next ones that are scheduled for twenty fifteen. at least one person reported killed several wounded in a militant strike on the u.s. embassy complex in the afghan capital the attack targeted the building that's used by the cia which has yet to comment nato officers said

a single isolated. incident happened but the situation is under control it's the latest in a string of attacks in kabul taliban insurgents stage an assault on the u.s. embassy two weeks ago leaving dozens dead and wounded just a few days ago a former afghan president and keep peace negotiator was assassinated at his home u.s. officials blame pakistan for the surgeon military attack but artie's military contributor things washington doesn't want to admit that it may be losing the fight. during the latest u.s. senate armed services committee testimony admiral mullen and the new u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta jointly accused of the pakistani military and specifically the pakistani intelligence i saw i in a connivance and complicity in orchestrating the hakani network attack against the united states embassy in afghanistan there was nothing new in these accusations and

allegations except that we have been hearing them for almost ten years on that other side of the american told brass accusations against pakistani military and intelligence community has once again demonstrated to what extent the american intelligence leadership that has moved from langley to the pentagon has completely lost the dynamics and the overall picture of a clear and present danger to the interests of the united states in the region specifically in afghanistan and pakistan in the last decade the us foreign policy in pakistan has suffered a total and complete moral back its mixture of threats and complaints

and military and financial incentives turned out to be totally counterproductive and personally it has made the highly respected flag officer admiral michael mullen and his new boss lay on. one of the most popular laughing stocks and scapegoats of the u.s. failure in afghanistan. just ahead as our special report on post soviet a stone year but business news next with korean americans stay with us. our welcome to our business outside the south thanks for joining me ukraine says it has achieved significant progress on natural gas talks with russia president viktor yanukovych met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of gas transit and supplies the parties agreed to hold an interim government meeting in ukraine in october crane claims it was paying too much under the current gas supply deal wants

to change the terms russia says it's prepared to provide a discount but in return wants a stake in ukraine's pipeline network. from the national energy security fund believes it's the simplest solution for kenya. most of the problem of. who will be the purpose of the program will be the proper it will this biplane in my opinion is the most realistic way to give russia at least fifty percent in this pipeline system and russia will give serious discount because its position to the emerging of this from the gas the price in ukraine will be the same as in russia now the price and rational use every price is approximately one hundred twenty dollars so three times cheaper than ukraine so very simple solution but if you crean. will be disagree with this proposal if you will still insist on discount without solving the problem of pipeline system so my idea is very simple if ukraine doesn't want to do you do on

a system soon ukraine will feel no other choice but to give property when all you call them your country so the choice is very simple. last week was the worst for russia's markets this year and the r.t.s. fell sixteen percent while them isaacs was down twelve local traders suggest equities will continue to be highly volatile here with risk on the downside and even so i like a from b. to b. capital says that russia stocks are fundamentally cheap and thus attractive this week will largely depend. on the outlook for the g twenty meeting of the world bank and i mean after meeting and whether redemptions do actually materialize the levels now look increasingly attractive the market is cheap even on the basis of seventy five dollars grants to remind you still above one hundred dollars per barrel so the market has already priced in a pretty negative scenario it's hard to mention fundamentally that the market could could diplo or as two thousand and eight is still not not in place there's

a number of factors the difference however of the mood is quite gloom although fears of a double dip recession are rising tell monday from our street you believe that the markets are still some way from panic mode. the speed of the solar officer very similar to two thousand and eight the. the overall level of the fool from our peak in april that's not without historical precedent so at the moment i think we're way off from calling this a two thousand and eight crisis the market is generally you know it's pricing research through the us already it's base case assumption is for slow very slow in the us the problem the markets having is the consideration of the that is the big unknown and that's much more difficult to price not what's getting the market very very worried and. at the markets now oil is trading at the lowest in more than six weeks investors are speculating that in europe someone dead prices will cut fuel

demand and that all supplies brant glenda's trading at one hundred three dollars per barrel while losing seventy seven cents and it's trading at seventy nine dollars a barrel now is asia where stocks are trading lower with tokyo stocks taking a large three day weekend. one point eight percent catching up with heavy losses in asia on friday among the top losers me to be she is shedding eight percent and sewing it for now hong kong shares are also losing ground with hank sank one point eight percent. one hours ahead of the opening bell in moscow the russian markets ended last week deep in the red friday the r.t.s. closed over five percent down while the last almost four and a half percent. of the worst for headline news.

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nine thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines crumlin comeback the world reacts to news a lot of your putin is running for the russian presidency again next year with dmitri medvedev now planning to replace him as head of government while some are skeptical about the move the tandem continues to enjoy strong approval ratings among the russian people. european leaders preparing a rescue plan as they battle to stave off a double dip recession and the prospect of a greek default while the i.m.f. warns it may not be able to help out bigger economy but the fund is being accused of being too tough on some countries ball taking a soft dance on others including the u.s. where the crisis began in two thousand and eight. a clampdown on freedom of expression in the u.k. as a historic precedent is set over a ban on marching in parts of london police say it was required to prevent violence .