eleven am in the russian capital i'm at trezeguet good to have you with us here on r t our top story greek lawmakers are expected to approve an unpopular property taxes they battled to show that they're serious about tackling the country's debt crisis as part of the austerity measures put together to convince the e.u. and i.m.f. to hand over an eight billion euro bailout loan r t sarah for of has more from athens. we're going to see a test for those are sturdy measures today as the greek m.p.'s are planning to vote on the property tax is proof 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 no it's 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 course

a public anger 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 also need is it going to be handing over that ten point eight billion dollar cash injection is going to be needed to keep the country afloat publicly the line still very much in the leaders that they're not planning. the u.s. and in fact that's very far from them eyes are going to be keeping within the eurozone and that even the details maybe not the way forward but privately what people are saying is that actually the default is very much looking likely and indeed possibly even an exit from the usa altogether no speaking yesterday to professor the constitutional law here in green he was sort of taking 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 that we can organize and protect our interests or we're

going to have a kind of controlled bankruptcy you know they were. going to do you try to avoid the domino effect practically the. mate that was the figures you know maybe were going to be. confined in order to show. measure some. if you don't move forward by the victim then the disaster is the only possible where you have now that's the key thing that what he was saying about the domino effect is the usa does a very very concerned that if greece was to exit the euro. exit the euro then really anyone could leave and the spectators. pinpointing greece would then tend the sights of countries such as its lead and spain and they need that really have a very serious problem indeed that could be the end to the money it's looking like that controlled the full is on the cards at some point that's looking for very much

like the euro is they need is plan b. remembering of course that their fish will i mean this is again with that that will sleep 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 both 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. at the 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 call arming an ally or setting off a time bomb explosive revelations that the u.s. has sold heavy duty weapons to israel that could be used to start a new war in the middle east. but first the u.n. security council has decided to postpone further discussions around the palestinian bid for full membership to wednesday there says washington refuses to back down on

a promise to block the move in support of its ally israel but artie's marina porton i reports that palestinians could still get an elevated status out the world body. what the palestinians would need would be nine out of fifteen of the security council members to support this application no vetoes but the 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 to 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 a tremendous pressure. so that the number of countries and members of the security council but we trust that we have many friends in the council and the relationship

between us and the old friends is a solid the relationship and. the close of. 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 the 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 as a part of the quartet russia the u.s. u.n. and e.u. russia as one of the many countries of the year 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 by israel washington is now coming under fire for a new revelations of its dealings with the country its claim the white house supplied 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 bonds during the bush administration in two thousand and five pounder and over concerns israel could pass the technology on to china but claims are now emerged that the weapons were secretly released shortly after obama took office in two thousand and nine observers fear the move could lead to a new war. it seems that there is very few limits that the united states is willing to cross in order to support israel at any cost you have to almost wonder how it is

that the tail wags the dog in this respect israel is a training nation the size of new jersey and it has no oil wealth it has barely a strategic position and yet it's telling the soul the world's sole remaining superpower what to do and it just goes on and on the bunker busters a five thousand pound bomb that is only used in order to penetrate deep deep fortified positions iran does keep its is is said to keep its nuclear research facilities deep underground and the only way to really access them would be using exactly this sort of weapon so. it's not speculation to ask whether iran would be interested in that it would be would care about this transaction this is very much an escalation of the conflict between israel and iran. the syrian foreign minister has accused foreign governments of fueling the un arrest in the country this comes

as the international pressure on syria is growing with us urging more u.n. sanctions russia's approach rivals the u.s. backdraft urging the warring sides toward dialogue you what now says more than twenty seven hundred people have been killed by security forces in the government crackdown this year dr ybor keep aloof from jordan university thinks the conflict is being fueled from abroad with foreign countries financing the opposition. but i think the moscow's has already proven that that is very serious about instigating reform it has initiated a series of good lessons that are guarding 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 aeration council or all of the nato all of the turkey especially and

other groups working on their ground so i don't know what to define as men at the 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. a little more than an hour former nato chief george robertson tells r t that foreign military intervention in syria should only be considered if all else fails here's a preview. because you can't intervene and where it doesn't mean that you should intervene where you can you know the war is and not a weak resolution there was a u.n. security council resolution either of these things apply at the moment to what's happening in syria but once the region at the end of the stay just as it is and it won't let me take some time to walk over i'm not going to leave. economic political diplomatic let's create for the next uprising all of the records of the

weapon of last resort is the military pay for the economic diplomatic use political influence church cheve of trying to put take people. miyuki has been trying hard to reduce its debt but the spending cuts are forcing growing numbers of people out of work now it's emerged that what few job vacancies there are are going almost exclusively to immigrants who are taking nine out of ten new positions are for better or ports jaymes amongst the growing ranks of unemployed he's been trying to find a job in social housing since may the competition's fee is that for the six i just he's now working for each job so you just find that you know it looks like is about you they will get short listed of it as look at salaries slightly less you know maybe going to go to college and maybe do some parts on the unemployment's now it's

eight percent the highest for fifteen years but no matter how hard jamie tries the old system it's 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. nine times out of ten reversing that trend was a key election pledge of the new government promising to slash immigration but a year on its only increased migration was nearly a quarter of a million last year up to 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 are coming from within the e.u. where restrictions apply entry numbers for eastern europeans by eight times in the last year alone as they continue to cash in on the open borders it's unlikely that a top of the measures are better now that target market close. likely to meet its for 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 their families think about except except sure you know when you days gone past we used to 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 lot of hit haiti 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 trans so many people and finally insure would pace but once the long term unemployed can be forced to look for jobs his new guarantee they'll get them coming back to the immigration problem is the government simply can't keep on given its. london. stay with us here on r t still to come a walk in the wilderness for the people it's bergen tell it when the arctic find out why polar bears have become a much beloved symbol an invaluable source of income but also a purse. first though russia is now looking for a new finance minister after the surprise dismissal of alexei kudrin on monday it's

become the first fallout of the plan to reshuffle at the top of the country's politics lot of fear putin has it out as he's running for president in two thousand and twelve and hopes current president dmitry medvedev will become prime minister reacted to the news by saying he was not serve in a new government if it's headed by my vet it inventive said anyone who questions as policies should resign find out more about possible successors to kluge in our business bulletin coming up in less than ten minutes. former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko will return to court tuesday after a two week break in hearings she's accused of abuse of power during gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine claims she denies was on trial since june and arrested in august on charges of contempt of court her arrest sparked massive protests in kiev police clashed with timoshenko supporters who set up camp outside the court where the hearings were going on. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe libya's new

leaders have approved plans to reform the laws which were used by the khadafi regime to jail dissidents this comes as forces continue the siege of colonel gadhafi his home town sirte it's been under sustained attack with hundreds of civilians forced to flee the civil war has claimed the lives of an estimated thirty thousand people in libya. yemeni anti-government activists have vowed to revolt until the end following president ali abdullah saleh speech in which he failed to promise to step down more than one hundred forty people were killed across the country in the last week in violence that's escalated since the president returned to yemen following medical treatment abroad more than fifteen hundred people are believed to have died since clashes between anti-government activists and security forces started. three men opened fire on an egyptian pipeline to israel and jordan causing a large explosion that cut off the gas supply is the sixth the sixth such attack on

the pipeline since february when hosni mubarak was ousted as the as egypt's leader a security operation was launched in august to eliminate hundreds of suspected militants believed to be behind the pipeline it's hog's. powerful typhoon assad has slammed into the philippines bringing with it monsoon rains and strong winds that have toppled trees and flooded parts of the capital at least seven people have died including a baby fell into a swollen river government offices and schools were closed while dozens of domestic flights cancelled severe weather is expected to continue for several more days. brutal but beautiful for residents of the icy arctic archipelago spitzbergen the polar bears are a common sight despite the obvious dangers there are huge draw for crowds but artie's acts on a boyko reports on those who get closer to the wilderness and the region's most famous and happen. 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 a big rusher is the pull of various cult of personality is still huge here it makes some dictators down south look like timid hares 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. holders it has become a symbol for the struggle but people here always bear in mind the dangers one european has a higher percentage of gun ownership than any other municipality in 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 rest from yesterday 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 tried to be more careful but all encounters have a happy ending a seventeen year old british poor was killed and for a few 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 the danger for people traveling and then i tried to obey is that they could be seen as prey it's very rare i mean i have been in trouble which which has you know population a big part of operation. you know if you cry protection tonight seventy two police

report is yet to be released but local experts believe mull functioning rifles may have been to blame with twenty five hundred people and three thousand polar bears living on this because bergen archipelago security is all basically and they should 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 deaths of the british teenager shocked locals suffield killing the bear responsible was unnecessary. the notion that human life is sacred just because it's human life is medieval only dull books fascination with polar bears break here from sweden a wilderness guide he trains hard to never miss here he says anyone living here realizes that aiming a rifle at a polar bear is like shooting yourself in the food i think it's it's a lot of choice and also because of. 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 barrett we know the perfect recipe for peaceful coexistence but so far the majority of spitzbergen is locals on two legs and four side by side and both communities are growing. artsy longer piano spitzbergen archipelago. remember all our news and much more is a click away at r.t. dot com here's what's online for you right now. why the u.s. has given away an estimated two hundred fifty million dollars worth of military equipment in iraq. an internet sensation dancing comes to the russian capital to unite hundreds of people performing his famous routine all this and many more videos.

with a recap of the hour's headlines in a few minutes stay with us business news is up next. how long welcome to our business of say the south thanks for watching us russian markets continue to climb in tuesday's morning session that's despite the shock departure of finance minister on monday let's get the latest from our peter all over the r.t.s. stock exchange this hour hello again peter so how are the markets doing now. well both the r.t.s. on the my six have been making gains on tuesday this has been driven by activity in the asian markets where energy commodities have been trading well russia of course the majority of their blue chip stocks all in all yelling gas so they've been being

snapped open others also rumblings that a potential debt deal could be done in europe this is driving people to go towards those energy stocks as well and of course we're seeing not reflected all the russian markets with all of these outside factors impacting all new r.t.s. on the my six it's it's difficult to say right now how much of an impact the departure on monday. could do and as finance minister is having all both of those indices. ok peter thanks very much for that and now let's take a closer look at the figures that we have here both the r.t.s. and i'm isaacs are adding over two and a half percent this hour and let's have some close look at the index movers on lies x. the energy stocks on the rise and stronger crude frost snapped and local are gaining around two percent this hour and financials are no exception when the country's biggest land is back almost three percent and the black. markets in europe open

higher as well with ensures leading the rebound shares in the french and the b.n.p. parabolic jumped eight point eight percent in paris and world bank of scotland group gains five and a half percent in london markets in asia. from a sixteen month low following two days of gains in the u.s. markets are also supported by creased efforts of the e.u. governments to continue the region's debt crisis financial stocks among the gain is a tokyo commodity sector problems also advancing strongly along with gains for oil and copper futures other menial corp china was a part of the science and all john over six percent in the black. and oil prices are heading up amid speculation that the european central bank may alleviate the region's sovereign debt crisis boosting growth and in and fuel demand light sweet is currently trading at eighty one point eight dollars per barrel while brand is that one hundred ten five dollars a barrel. but is all major also have to is in talks with italy's any over the joint

development of a project in the black sea that's according to the business state e-commerce side that's quoting sources close to the deal the newspaper says 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 cross now wants to win a role in any project in libya earlier the russian company discussed the possibility of working in the black sea with american chevron and exxon mobil. russia needs a new finance minister following the shock departure of alexei kudrin on monday his position became untenable after the after he publicly stated he would not work on the meditative in the next administration jacob now from morgan stanley russia says there are a few candidates to succeed couldn't but all will find it hard to match the confidence he inspired. i think there's quite a number of people in more sco who have the qualifications on paper and perhaps personality to be the minister of finance visit last year for the central bank

governor who worked in the ministry of finance business you came in there was a deputy minister of finance deputy central bank governor there's talk of rich the president's economic adviser those deputy ministers in the ministry of finance such a store track you have the capacity to to to fulfill the role want to trim a higher stock track record he has credibility and you don't build that up overnight so i'm russia needs a steady hand on the fiscal tiller today. and that's all the business news for now but don't forget to check our website r.t. dot com slash business for more business stories.

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eleven thirty am in moscow these here are t. headline the greek government set to approve more unpopular taxes as a tries to convince european lenders to hand over another slice of the bailout to avert a looming default meanwhile the greek prime minister will hold talks with the german chancellor and for lent as the debt crisis threatens to spiral out of control. the u.n. security council prepares to submit the palestinian statehood bid for recognition and despite fierce objections from israel and the u.s. which is about to veto the move but palestinians could still get partial recognition from the general assembly but they already have all majority of support . nine out of ten new jobs in the u.k. being taken by immigrants this comes as the country struggles to create a new work amid a stark rise in on a.