you with us here on r t our top story greek lawmakers are expected to approve an unpopular property taxes they battle to show that they're serious about tackling the country's debt crisis it's part of the austerity plan put together to convince the e.u. and i.m.f. to hand over an eight billion euro bailout loan our correspondent sara firth has the latest from athens. we're going to see a test for those are sturdy measures today as the greek m.p.'s planning to vote on the property tax is proved extremely unpopular here in the country among the public coming of course on top of severe austerity measures that have been going on for a long long time now is the one on top of the other for the people here they've had cause to government spending they've had cuts to their pensions people have lost their jobs unemployment is extremely high here and now this property tax on top of that really coming at a time of great public can go that the prime minister george patton jay will be traveling to balance night holding talks to discuss the crisis it's not known

whether you're its own leaders are going to be handing over that ten point eight billion dollars cash injection is going to be needed to keep the country afloat we've seen a lot of strike of action happening here recently later on today it's thought that protesters are again going to gather outside the parliament building but as we said the protests that are so common amongst this rapidly increasing day crisis and we've been here before it really is a bit of a vicious circle they create these measures we get right up to the point where they need the cash injection which really has been a country that's been taking to the brink publicly the line still very much in the e.u. leaders that they're not planning for greece to exit the euro zone a fact that's very far from their minds are going to be keeping within the usa and that even at the falls maybe not the way forward but privately what people are saying is that actually the default is very much knowledge unlikely and indeed possibly even an exit from the usa all together now speaking yesterday to

a professor the constitutional law here in green he was to take me through the financial jargon of this idea of the controls to fold have a listen to what he said either we're going to have a default by default prove that we can organize and that's where we're going to have. bankruptcy you know they were. going to do use trying to avoid domino effect practically the. mate of yours you know maybe you are going to be. confined in order to show. that he's going to be measured. by the then exhaust that was the only possible way you have now that's the key thing that what he was saying about the domino effect is that you're saying it is a very very concerned that if greece was to exit the euro. exit the year i don't

really anyone could leave in the spectators. pinpointing greece i would then tend the sights of countries such as italy and spain and they need very very have a very serious problem indeed that could be the end of the money so it's looking like that control the flow is on the cards at some point that's looking for very much like the euro zone leaders plan b. remembering of course that their official line when this is began was that there was no plan b. so it now seems that they are having to look at alternatives obviously very concerned as we said in the people have very concerned that it's done in a way this is beneficial to greece there's been a lot of criticism of the way the greeks and kind of the situation but the people here struggling in the midst of this crisis this thing it's not entirely that a lot of this comes down to very bad policy decision making at the very top there's a lot of anger directed at the choice of the i.m.f. and the leaders as well really a lot of questions whether they're going to be able to guide the years saying

through this crisis and whether greece is going to be able to survive. stay with us here on r.t. still to come arming an ally or setting off a time bomb explosive revelations the u.s. may have sold weapons to israel that could be used to start a war in the middle east. but first the u.n. security council is. decided to postpone further discussions around the palestinian bid for a full membership to wednesday this is washington refuses to back down on a promise to block the move in support of its ally israel but as artie's marine important i reports palestinians could still gain an elevated status at the u.n. . what the palestinians would need would be nine out of fifteen of the security council members to support this application no vetoes but us president barack obama did state last week when he was addressing the general assembly that the only way there could be an independent palestinian state is through direct negotiations and

and peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians washington said it would cast a veto if it had to but let's remember that u.s. credibility and influence in the middle east is at stake here u.s. president barack obama has been seen supporting the so-called arab spring that to metion the libyans the egyptians and so for the u.s. to cast a veto now against the aspirations of the palestinians would be as some critics have said hypocritical the palestinians do have another option and that would be to take the vote before the general assembly where they do have the majority of support that would only raise palestine's status at the u.n. to observer state a nonmember observer state but they would be able to file lawsuits at the international criminal court and participate in many forums but at this point it is stuck within the security council with washington pressing very hard for the

palestinians to back down and not put them in a position to cast a veto palestinian envoy riad monsoor addressed the media following day one of security council consultations here's a bit of what he had to say we all know in the security council this is this is an exercise in which there will be put on this pressure. so if the number of countries and members of the security council but we trust that we have money friends in the council and the relationship between us and the old friends is assaulted the relationship and. the goals of the. and they are supportive of justice for the palestinian people and palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he would return to negotiations only only if israel halts its settlement construction and since that has not happened and since this statement made by the quartet did not include that then the president of palestine said that

there's no point in talking this can't be business as usual russia is a part of the quartet russia the u.s. u.n. and e.u. now russia is one of the many countries that he when that said they would support the palestinian bid for u.n. membership and stay put at statehood but at this point. president abbas is saying that there is no point of returning to negotiations that have continued on for nearly two decades have not resulted in anything no peace plan nothing and just resort back to the way everything has been proceeding so while the international community is trying to come together right now to get both sides back to the negotiation table it seems that the palestinians are really driven and determined as the u.s. continues to stand with israel washington's now coming under fire for new revelations of its dealings with the country it's claimed the white house may have sold dozens of bunker buster bombs to tel aviv weapons that could be used for destroying underground nuclear facilities in iran

a deal to buy the bombs during the bush administration in two thousand and five found over concerns that israel could pass the technology to china claims of now emerged that the weapons may have been secretly released shortly after obama took office in two thousand and nine observers fear the move could lead to a new war. obama is putting himself in the position of whether he wants it or not he very well may face a flight of the israeli f. sixteen over raqi air space and a phone call from benjamin netanyahu saying it's on what are you going to do he's not going to do anything about it or obama has given them everything they need to get us into a war with iran a war that would be a disaster for american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan and bahrain for example for a navy in the persian gulf and for the entire global economy and who knows what kind of repercussions certainly israel will have a whole new fight on their hands with hamas and hezbollah and their borders etc you know if israel was run by secret agent traitors that had taken over the country

they couldn't do worse than they are doing with benjamin netanyahu in power over there and the same thing for netanyahu here in the united states of america they are hell bent on isolating both of us from everyone else in the world on this issue and everything else and if it comes to a war with iran which are very well could with benjamin netanyahu and the prime minister chair over there it would be an absolute disaster but everyone else seems to know that this is a really bad idea as specially when there's nothing to fight about when there just is not a nuclear weapons program no one just zero seven the national intelligence estimate of two thousand and eleven came to the very same conclusion again that they're just not making nukes all the hype you hear to the contrary notwithstanding. syria's foreign minister has accused foreign government and the governments of fueling the unrest in the country this comes as international pressure on syria is growing with the u.s. urgency or u.n. sanctions russia's approach rivals the u.s. backdraft urging war in sides toward dialogue the u.n.

now says that more than twenty seven hundred people have been killed by security forces in the government crackdown this year dr ybor came out lose from jordan university says the conflict is being fueled from abroad with foreign countries financing the opposition. but i think the mosque has already proven that that is very serious about instigating reform has initiated a series of good lessons regarding the media a multi-party system but the opposition unfortunately has been refusing to sit down and dialogue with the regime so the problem here is not the syrian leadership but the opposition which is being encouraged by interference from abroad whether by the gulf call for a certain council which all of the nato is really a turkey especially and other groups working on the ground so i don't know what you define as military intervention but if you have an armed mutiny that is being

financed down supported from abroad i don't think you can call that a peaceful uprising. stay with us here on our team later this hour former nato chief george robertson tells r.t. that foreign military intervention in syria should only be considered if all else fails. because you can't intervene and when it doesn't mean that you should intervene with you can you know the boys are not a resolution that was a un security council resolution i did these things apply the woman to what's happening in syria but. at the end it will stay just as it is and it won't give me some time to what i do. i don't mean by. economic political diplomatic but it's clear that the next prize in all of the records of the weapon of last resort is the military pay for the economic diplomatic

use political influence church. of trying to protect. the u.k. has been trying hard to reduce its debt but the spending cuts are forcing growing numbers of people out of work now it's come out that what few job vacancies are there are or are going almost exclusively to immigrants who are taking nine out of ten of all new positions are better ports. jaymes amongst the growing ranks of unemployed he's been trying to find a job in social housing since many competitions fear is that for the six i just he's now working for each job so you just find that you know looks like is about for you they will get short listed of it as look at salaries slightly less you know maybe going to go back to college and maybe do some parts on unemployment is now it eight percent the highest for fifteen years but no matter how hard jamie tries the old system worked against him job centers like this one helped fill one hundred

eighty thousand new vacancies in the last twelve months but only eight percent of those went to british workers with foreign nationals more successful in the job market nine times out of ten reversing that trend was a key election pledge of a new government promising to slash immigration but a year on it's only increased migration was nearly a quarter of a million last year up twenty percent on two thousand and nine and britain second biggest annual total ever way off the government's five figure target i think we're probably over promising given the restrictions that they face it didn't make sense to promise to bring the number down to an arbitrary level we initially been having a more. honest debate with the public about the limits on what they could do the government claims its target can be met by capping nor e.u. immigration but that ignores how most the coming from within the e.u. were restrictions don't apply entry numbers for eastern europeans by eight times in

the last year alone as they continue to cash in on the open borders. of a measure announced that target market close. unlikely to me to refer to measures are necessary for others the problem lies at home pretty patel's an m.p. and from an immigrant family herself she knows what it takes to succeed here but says most don't i go back to thirty forty years ago and you've seen immigrants come to this country what they wanted to is they want to work hard and get on in life they really do that all families think about except she said sure you don't you days gone past three years have a tremendous british work ethic in this country we really did i think we've effectively lost some of that was it was easy to see that at the job center where most i'm it will migrant workers the problem is that a little bit hasty but i got used to not doing the minimum wage jobs and low paid

work so they need to be forced into taking these jobs the government claims it's now doing just that it says we are reforming the welfare system to ensure that we end the benefit dependency which is trap so many people and finally ensure work pays but once the long term unemployed can be forced to look for jobs there's no guarantee they'll get them coming back to their immigration promises the government simply can't keep either bennett. london. they were. a walk in the wilderness or the people are. becoming a much. but also what hurts. rush is now looking for a new finance minister after the surprise dismissal of alexey kruger and on monday it's become the first fallout of the plan to reshuffle at the top of the country's politics vladimir putin has announced he's running for president in two thousand

and twelve and hopes current president dmitri medvedev will become prime minister kruger in reacted to the news by saying he would not serve in the new government if it's headed by my bed it medvedev said anyone who questions his policies should resign i doubt more about the possible successors to drink in our business bulletin coming your way in a few minutes. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko will return to court tuesday after a two week break in the hearings she's accused of abuse of power during gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine claims she denies to machine goes been on trial since june and was arrested in august on charges of contempt of court her arrest sparked massive protests in kiev police clashed with to the shakos supporters who set up camp outside the court where the hearings are taking place. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe libya's new leaders measures to abolish the country's state security courts which sentence opponents of the old regime to prison in hopes of getting rid of the remit remnants of could off these rules this comes as forces have breached colonel gadhafi his hometown sirte

cities been under assault for the past several days with hundreds of civilians fleeing the violence in the area the ongoing civil war has so far claimed an estimated thirty thousand lives. yemeni anti-government activists have bags world bolt until the following president dalia do a solid speech in which he failed to promise to step down more than one hundred forty people have been killed across the country in the past week in violence that's escalated since the president returned to yemen after medical treatment abroad more than fifteen hundred people are believed to have died since clashes between anti-government activists and security forces again. remain open. higher on an egyptian pipeline to israel and jordan causing a large explosion that cut off the gas supply it's the sixth such attack on the pipeline since february when former egyptian president hosni mubarak was ousted the extent of the damage caused by the blast is not yet clear

a security operation was launched in august to eliminate hundreds of suspected militants believed to be behind the attacks on the pipeline. former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn says a civil case against him over an alleged sexual assault should be dropped due to his diplomatic immunity his lawyers are arguing that he kept his right to immunity as an international official between his resignation in may and his return to france in september a criminal case against him were dropped by new york prosecutors after a lack of evidence. typhoon nesat has slammed into the philippines bringing with it heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred seventy kilometers an hour several fishermen were reported missing was also cause the death of a baby who drowned government offices and schools were closed while dozens of domestic flights were canceled and highland ferries grounded more than one hundred thousand people had to be evacuated from plug prone areas. brutal but

beautiful for the residents of the icy arctic archipelago spitzbergen the polar bears are a common sight but despite the obvious danger there are also a huge draw for visitors artie's oksana boyko reports on those who get closer to the wilderness and the region's most famous inhabit. bear watching and bearing being watched from the moment you arrive any longer be an airport the king of the arctic never lets you out of his sight he watches you collecting your backs from the belt and browsing in the souvenir shop enjoying spitzbergen spectacular scenery or simply doing the groceries the pull of various cult of personality is still huge here it makes some dictators down south look like timid hairs even the archipelago officials bow to him polar bears is a good picture of. promoting. its surroundings since it's also restricted us to you cannot. it has become

a symbol for this one. but people here always bear in mind the dangers one european has a higher percentage of gun ownership than any other municipality norway the country may be debating tighter gun controls following july spears camp massacre but here are the rules for renting firearms have been eased. but deem a local taxi driver says he often leaves his cellphone at home but never his reference yet it was because. once my friend and i were driving our snowmobiles in the countryside when we saw a polar bear we got pretty close to him he even started walking toward us when i realized that i left my signal going to home it was a close call now i try to be more careful but all encounters have a happy ending a seventeen year old british poor was killed and four of his companions injury when a hungry polar bear rampage through their camp in early august. just days before they had left an ecstatic post on a blog about having seen the bear from

a distance for people traveling in the natural after the bears is that they could be seen as prey it's very rare i mean have been and traveled which which has you know population a big. market crime protections are not in seventy's police report is yet to be released but local experts believe functioning rifles may have been to blame with twenty five hundred people and three thousand polar bears living on the spitzbergen archipelago security is obviously an issue to keep in mind and while locals and tourists are strongly advised to carry firearms at all times being loaded for bear is definitely not the way to go here well the death of the british teenager shocked locals some feel killing the bear responsible was unnecessary. the notion that human life is sacred just because it's human life is medieval only express a nation of polar bears brought him here from sweden or wilderness guide he trains

her to never miss it he says anyone living here realizes that aiming a rifle into polar bear is like shooting yourself in the food i think it's a lot of choice and also because i'm. the guy it's always has to carry the rifle and things like that so absolutely it's the attraction but that attraction base. at least based on the danger of green and the buried pig we know the perfect recipe for peaceful coexistence but so far the majority of spitzbergen is locals on two legs and four b. side by side and both communities are growing some of artsy longer piano spitzbergen archipelago. green is up next with latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . carol welcome to our business update south anx for joining me russian markets continue to

climb in today's morning sessions that despite the shocked approach of finance minister i couldn't on monday last week the r.t.s. fell sixteen percent water my six lost twelve percent all that and fresh concerns over the global economic outlook and europe's debt crisis now let's get the latest from artie's peter over at the r.t.s. stock exchange. good morning peter so so how it is a little right now. well both the r.t.s. on the my six are trading up at the moment and this is being driven by well some early trading in asia this is a lot of people being looking to you to snap up stocks in commodities in energy russia of course has the majority of it blue chip stocks in the oil and gas industry that's why they've seen this boost. both the indices both the r.t.s. on the my six dollars also rumors going around among traders. that there could be

a possible solution on the table to europe's debt crisis this is again driven a grab for oil and gas seeing russia take more rises there so all of these outside fact this coming in leaving the markets incredibly volatile the moment it's difficult to say how much of an impact yesterday's departure of alexey could do and we finance minister he stepped down it's difficult to say how much of an impact that will have on the russian markets out the moment but yes we're both the eyes r.t.s. on the my six looking good at the minute ok peter thanks very much we'll be following the market's performance throughout the day thanks for that. there will has extended its losses to a two year minimum against the greenback it lost more than a percent on monday with one dollar at more than thirty two ruble so far and now in order to support the russian currency the central bank has sold five billion dollars into trading sessions here is largely symbolic from deutsche bank explains what the russian currency needs to rebound. what you need i think fundamentally is

for the european community to come up with a coordinated approach to the current crisis and such a package that is credible for the markets would serve to stabilize the dynamics the dollar versus the euro accordingly the dynamics of commodity prices and hands through this transmission mechanism as well. and now let's look at the markets let's look at the figures here in russia. adding three percent energy stocks are supporting the this is on high oil prices and. over three percent banks are also gaining would spare a bank for the second. asian stocks rebound from a sixteen month low following two days of gains in the us markets are also supported by efforts of the e.u. governors to continue to contain the region's debt crisis financial stocks among the gain as in tokyo commodities sector firms also advancing strongly along with

gains for oil and copper futures living in corp of china five percent for a time over six percent in the black. and all prices are heading off amid speculation that the european central bank may alleviate the region's sovereign debt crisis boosting growth and fuel demand light sweet is currently trading at eighty one dollars a barrel while grant is it one hundred five dollars per barrel which is all major role snapped is in talks with italy's any over joint development of a project in the black sea that's according to the business daily caller quoting sources close to the deal these paper says that the european company would get a third of the joint venture which is expected to be sealed by the end of the year in response while staff wants to win a role in a project in libya earlier the russian company discussed the possibility of a joint work in the black sea with america chevron eczema. that's all for now but you can always find most always just log onto our website i do not call slash posts

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ten thirty am in moscow these here are to headline the greek government is said to a group of more unpopular taxes and tries to convince european lenders to hand over another slice of the bailout to avert a looming default meanwhile the greek prime minister is heading to berlin to hold talks with european leaders as the country's debt crisis threatens to spiral out of control. the u.n. security council prepares to submit the palestinian statehood bid for recognition despite fierce objections from israel and the u.s. which is about to veto the move but palestinians could still gain partial recognition from the general assembly where they already have a majority of support. night out of ten new jobs in the u.k. are being taken by immigrants this comes as the country struggles to create new work amid a start rising unemployment.