the greek in noosa titans of fear is ponds clashed with police over a new house levy to pay towards the debt of the president warns the blog faces it begins challenger. when hale's inside the square which last night was the scene of clashes between riot police and the protest is as good people united in their opposition as the government's new austerity measures. may say brings in more troops to reinforce the contested mood of the city in serbia and great great kosovo author fresh violence details talks between the teams something this. wave of global disapproval is israel which has premier more step loans in jerusalem

just as the un's most powerful party prepared to consider a palestinian state it's. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow press greeks will get a nasty surprise in their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property taxes being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debts leaders are scrambling to reassure lenders that greece insolvency they can get more bailout cash so is in athens for aussie. we've had the head of the ping commission. and this is not a sprint is a marathon but the great people here have said that being stopped in their tracks by the surveil stairs the measures that we're saying being passed by the government

now the trade code it team is coming back to greece they're going to be assessing the situation here head of the decision has to be made aware of the year when it is going to release that next tranche of money that eighty billion year is safe and there's a lot of skepticism really about this most of rhetoric that we've heard coming from the european leaders to the government passing yesterday as you said that extremely unpopular prototype that was seen as a ping the way to the choice code it seemed to return at that realistically there are many questions being asked as to how effective that will actually be and is going to add around ten thousand here is yet people's household bills and the electricity company the electricity went to some cells has said that they're planning to put a call that say the i did this is a is a place to plug achieved really in europe deficit in the budget the i did it the

money will actually be able to be raised about the size they can see as saying is that they are realistically has again the friend gray said he was talking about you know the challenges. he now faces that the european union faces and greece is absolutely going to be staying within the year a kid on the ground every day situations the people having to do is extremely high unemployment and they really tell you key to trust now because we see these measures because we see them fail and again i have to highlight the fact that the tricorder team have come again on the back of the government passing this property tax cuts a place to be seen as a positive but the people here is that they're simply not going to pay it this week at the end of this week one of the previous type. this is a place to be collective for the people here that's the deadline for that is going to be reset people is that they're going to be outside the building so the task like this they're ripping up the bills that they perceive the same the simply not

going to pay it so these matches that's simply not going to have that impact say for the leaders to wonder how it is that he's betting they only have to put the people here were saying last night we saw the outbreak again. the clashes between the right least the protesters yet these people are extremely angry about how this is affecting their lives to come back to. and knowledgeably you know these people are asking for a chance to get themselves out of this and they simply don't feel that they get. the commission president is calling for close economic integration as a way to escape the crisis the british your m.p. told union to cool the troubles in the first place. you can all tax your way to recession or depression it simply isn't possible in the great winston churchill's quotes on this trying to touch your way out of a recession is like trying to lift yourself up in a bucket by the handle they simply can't work for the cern as the politicians the

bureaucrats never really else face the truth of this crisis the sooner we can start to get out of it the greek people are beginning to understand that they will be better off by defaulting what we need to do the rest of the european union the eurozone and indeed the i.m.f. is to help live in a stable controls defaults low what we need to do is to get national governments democratically elected back to running their own economy is the european union isn't part of the solution here you european union is part of the problem it's the european union of the eurozone which has created this terrible cataclysmic problem so new is not part of the solution mr briggs so least of all. the way gathering expert opinion on what's needed in order to sort out the struggling year is zona see if you had something caught my among the analysis blog belgium's for the part of speak a little bit of

a new thing it leads to the troubles are a decade old but no one paid attention while there was still time to stop it he sounds just as in many other games that are. now nato peacekeepers in concert they brought in more troops to the disputed border crossing in the ethnic north delta several people were hurt in clashes both sides played each other to start in the violence in which rubber bullets and tear gas we used by our lines under race in late july when catherine all thought he's tried to see the front is to enforce a trade embargo less the sconces more which are lucky and the institute for democracy and cooperation a very interesting time it's not americans are being with us here. ard r.t. now additional nato has been drafted in to try and keep carm in the region as i was saying that their existing presence seems to have led to just more armed conflict in the region what effect do you think they get more troops will have on the very

fragile situation there. well as very good question you know it's difficult to predict isn't it the future outcome of events i mean i have to say it was a historical perspective one can't help but call that. border posts sort of of top. when slovenia tried to set up its own border posts with austria and when the yugoslav authorities as they then were intervened to prevent that but at the beginning of the process of the destruction of yugoslavia started so this post very ill but i was interested by the report you just heard from god critter godfrey bloom the interview. where the british army. just just recently said the european union is the problem not the solution that applies in this situation as well it's the european union and nato so-called peacekeepers or other in force those who have caused this problem because of zero issue the situation in the north of kosovo is what we call

a frozen conflict in other words it's an unresolved anomalous situation that has been relatively peaceful now for more than ten years and it seems that the european union is determined to make it not peaceful anymore you're in love with a lot and are you there suggesting that if the nato and the european police forces k. for new next there to remove their presence from those dollars are border we didn't on the serbian cost seven borders would see peace remain in those areas or are is their presence still required think. if they took away their. newly sent forces from the borders between northern kosovo and the rest of serbia then yes i do think the region would go back to being peaceful i repeat it's a frozen conflict nor the cost of zero has never been under control of christian it's never been under the control of the albanian government in russia and it's almost not been under the control of you looks ok for either but it has and

therefore it is if you like illegally or novelists but it has been peaceful it's the recent sending of k. for troops to police the border between northern khosla and the rest of serbia that has caused the problem but how far did nato has powers absolutely stretch in the region how far can they. that is a very. difficult question to answer in my view the powers of you next which is the european union body that sent the troops there to enforce the new customs regime. i believe that your next itself is illegal i take the view that it's the united nations which should be governing kosovo according to resolution two hundred forty four and not you lex. and indeed i think one can make a case for saying that there are parallel structures now in kosovo the european union on one hand and the united nations on the other but legally speaking it should be the united nations as to how far they can go they can go it's true i'm

afraid of any political question they can go as far as they want to until they are stopped by a greater force and i'm afraid it's the situation. countries themselves may gaze ations between said ben carter have been delayed until there are new conflicts on the disputed border crossing downs he thinks to take a step. well the serbian government should abandon in my view its strategic goal of joining the european union you just carried a report from greece which shows that the european monetary union is a state of collapse people are in uproar in this in the city of in mistreats of athens athens is a greece is a member state of the european union we can see the european union itself in a state of collapse while there is serbia trying to join it and why is serbia determined to sacrifice part of her own territory a very strict part of our territory to that goal that's the reality and i'm afraid

the situation won't improve until belgrade at this in my view suicidal goal of joining the e.u. . after in fairness to democracy in cooperation in paris thanking phase. on the way in just a few minutes here on our side of back tracking insourcing out of syria europe drops its demands for the u.n. sanctions against the country down to russia and china refused their support. and we live in the cost of free speech even much loved american celebrities like bennett find they're not so new when speaking their mind in the u.s. . the international community rips into israel for its decision to build eleven hundred homes in this east jerusalem russia says it's deeply concerned with the plan and hates it will be reversed and the u.s. also joined the chorus of disapproval prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended israel's right to build with people in the country referring to it as

a gift for the jewish new year celebrations this weekend when all c.c.t. occupied west bank under strict curfew except for emergency crews palestinian authorities claim israel is not serious about bringing peace to help from the israeli community gets house demolitions explain to us why he thinks israelis don't appear to be in a hurry to get the negotiating table underway. basically. ensure his created facts on the ground over the last forty four years then it really made made its occupation irreversible i mean you've got half a million israelis more than half a million living in the occupied territories so that it's i can't possibly see how we go she are going to end israel's occupation i don't see any pressures to give a half a million people out and i think that's what abbas is saying go shushan is our useless either you get out of our territory period or there or there's no point in

going on with the process i don't think israel has anything to worry about from its point of view there are three countries that matter the other hundred ninety are irrelevant the three countries are the united states. in germany as long as they're one hundred israel's policies or at least even if they criticize as long as they prevent saying sions and provide this umbrella for israel israel has something to worry about who's going to saying it was going to force it to get out who's going to put pressures on israel. when israel's decision to dramatically increase the size of jewish settlements in the west bank on the heels of the palestinian statehood at the u.n. is the curator council has now referred the request to its mission committee which will consider its own friday you know if the state says it will viz a the decision of the gets more than the nine out of fifteen in the past bob even if washington that much leverage that if the palestinians could still get an elevated legal status in the un general assembly where they happen.

european countries have drop their call for immediate sanctions against syria the u.n. draft resolution has been softened and now threatened sanctions only government doesn't stop its finest against protested but that crackdown continues the syrian army supported by tanks helicopters and storm vicki rebels the other. russia wants both sides to end it all looks and oppose the function's finding them as being an unreliable strategy your own bag of future freedom foundation says the real goal of any western intervention is the man in power not to help seven minutes oh sanctions have never succeeded in achieving change which is what the u.s. goal is and then let's keep in mind that this was a dictatorship that the us government used one time to torture a canadian citizen may make our air are they supported they support the

dictatorships in saudi arabia jordan but what they're trying to achieve is to put their man in power that's the whole quest of u.s. foreign policy so there's a lot of hypocrisy here too as well this is something that the syrian. people should decide not the u.s. government it's none of the us government's business this revolution is an hour of regimes should be up to the people of their country because as we all know the price can sometimes be very high in revolutions and that's why it's up to the people of that country to make that decision now on r.t. today we're getting the thoughts of a leading british commentator on why companies in the west feel the need to get involved in some countries some of what. has been telling us. i believe the states have legal rights at all in the british and refusing to interfere in other soren states has written to me you know to nations charter this is not a country to threaten britain for its neighbors from the great of the labor. is and

it's got a revolution it was a dirty business if we're going to go in wherever there's a possible loss of human life we're going to go invading countries all over the world all the time and i'm assuming more. motives and always interventions we tend to intervene in countries where we think we might win you know more latitude to really begin to be in countries where we have some interest in the street or we tend to intervene where we think and i think there's almost quit glory to be how it was the case sort of get around from what was the case here there are always mixed motives but it we always need to examine almost it was sort of the simple question are we going to do good rather than. leading guardian columnist in about fifteen minutes time. ukrainian prosecutors well the former prime minister yulia timoshenko put away for seven years for what they see as unlawful gas deals with russia could also be fined

around one hundred ninety million dollars almost as much in the money ukraine says it lost due to contracts she signed with russia's energy giant gazprom in two thousand and nine the former pm has been on trial in care for abusing her power and corruption since june and a verdict could be reached by the end of the week she was a good a nice all the charges and claims the trial is a political show if found guilty it will rule her out of the presidential race twenty thing because a spark wide protests with thousands of her supporters rallying and camping outside . and i want to marry her everyone has the right to speak their mind but that can carry a high price at least that's the experience of some high profile figures who've lost their jobs or reputations after voicing their views especially when it comes to sensitive subjects it's going to do you can reports from washington. an american icon legendary singer world war two veteran and pacifist tony bennett has come

under fire for speaking his mind on a radio talk show he said america's actions of brought it provokes terror with the terrorists or with terrorism related terrorists well two wrongs don't make a right they are the ones who started our plane flying into the world trade center what do you think i don't know about tony bennett was attacked afterwards with stinging criticism from some quarters then he went to great lengths to apologize to those his remarks may have a pained i'd like to say that i am sorry my state certain has suggested anything other than an expression of my love for my country america calls itself the land of the free but some are asking why it a living legend like tony bennett has to apologize for his thoughts there's no tolerance really for any deviation from the official line even though here in america we're very proud of our freedom of speech and the right to speak his skin siddur holy except if you say the wrong things and you can get in trouble artists

musicians and now tony bennett to speak question freedom of speech proved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of public figures in america sacked after comments that appeared to challenge conventional us establishment views journalist helen thomas when a white house reporter for over half a century was forced to resign after she said he's really should leave land they taken from palestinians everybody's been fired for what they say they would. not if you say anything about the president of the united states call him anything in the book but you can't say anything about israel. automatically makes you and he said medic see it is former senior editor of middle east affairs be enough sir was sacked a year ago because of a tweet she wrote about her respect for a lebanese cleric who one time had been seen as the spiritual leader of the hezbollah but had later broken ties with them after all sorts all of that was

promptly pushed out of the us mainstream media it's all about consequences social and economic just pressure rather than real censorship politicians expressing ideas against the establishment if you come under fire true like congressman ron paul who is running for president and some of bin ladin and i don't hide and i have been a christian. they have been explicit and they wrote. that we can act we attack america because you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia you know i give palestinians are fair treatment and you have been bombing. i didn't say that i'm trying to get you to understand what the motive was behind the bombing at the same time we have been bombing and killing hundreds of thousands of iraqis here near where you would be annoyed if you're not an ally who got in there some problem who did and labeled unpatriotic by some just like tony bennett was when he spoke

his mind it's not so much about what people said that led to them being booed or even being fired from their jobs but rather about the fact that in a country that prides itself on freedom of speech that freedom often comes at a hefty price and then it's like our reporting from washington our team. because if your tongues and sing to you least you sometimes end up in your words as president obama found out recently. the what is the difference between john and a jew the president found a distinction difficult task you commit to in his speech every weekend we've got the tiles that are also online. hopes for greener pastures russian agricultural bosses that you need to set out widespread cannabis plantations perhaps not for the reasons you'd expect and strange but true and we've got the full story on our website it's. a look now at some other major world news

this hour cleanup operations are underway throughout the philippines in the wake of the devastating typhoon nesa the storm battered the capital manila with torrential rains causing widespread flooding which left twenty one dead and thirty missing residents also bracing themselves for another tropical storm that's heading their way. the u.s. has struck a three billion dollars deal to sell eighteen f. sixteen fighter jets to rat military commanders say baghdad needs the finds to maintain their sovereignty l.t. u.s. paul says leads the country this agreement comes just as iraqi officials consider extending the december thirty first deadline the withdrawal of u.s. troops in iraq. gelman have a chance at least in afghanistan's helmand province killing eight officers and wounding three others investigators are looking into the disappearance of another officer for me considering the attack came from within the second violent outbreak

in the region in twenty four hours. california jurors are to relieve reliving rather the last days of pop superstar michael jackson's life as the prosecution presented their case against his personal physician dr conrad murray the doctor is accused of involuntary manslaughter the prosecution's insisting his gross negligence led to the pave the singer's drug overdose and use death in two thousand and nine denies the charges despite evidence and continued giving the pop star powerful drugs even after the signs of his deteriorating health. that's the way the new thing. is that they value their. time to delve into the world of business trust authorities have raided european offices of gas from over possible breaches of competition rules to companies

partners r.w. on and. also subjects in the investigation artie's dental bushell if you're watching from brussels. there was a coordinated raid across the offices not just of gazprom all its suppliers and their intermediaries companies like german energy major or w. them supplied he to military city on to consumers like homes and offices there is a positions of prize fixing the relationship between supplier and intermediary are too cozy and there's not enough competition on the gas markets in europe the european commission has issued a statement saying it suspects exclusionary behavior such as petitioning obstacle to network access barriers to supply diversification as well as possible exploitative behavior such as excessive prices is being seen here in brussels as a final big check up before the european union opens up its national gas markets to

international competition against from says its ordinary practice an official in its export arm i did such inspections a standard within the framework of e.u. competition rules and have been applied regularly to all of the leading european energy companies there was a similar investigation in two thousand and five which found that goes from didn't breach any antitrust regulation. but the russian costly for north cattle believes that no chance the radon gas from could develop interest for long periods between russia and the e.u. . this is a win win their relationship i mean the european union unfortunately came north. with gazprom right now there is little alternative but i don't think this conflict has eighteen year perspective to develop into a full fledged contradiction into a full fledged conflict i think somehow. this will be a result of one way or another in bridges soon because it's classic example of their dependence. the russian markets are struggling to retain the games dangerous

out the start of the week they managed to avoid fallout from the resignation of finance minister alexei kudrin watch steps of course is weighing on the markets all the russian indices a message each of the poles to cherish reply from renesas as of managers explains what is driving the roller coaster ride the reason the knowledge of the russian leaders the above is the russians because before markets in the world people from well you markets of it's always been quite cheap and you know when the global market through thermal russia first in the form of the other reason but you can look for that can start to the russian markets through growth can really quickly come back for the world works and when people really money then suffer disproportionately so there is a flip cycle of when things go up to the russians to a point everything else in the world the last decade most of the bear market trough and. not until recently russia was looking north from the world view through those

goals of more than anything you know the more you need to be. but subtle look at those figures the russian markets are down the sala has a look at what's happening on the night six here are some of the individual share moves most energy majors are in the right with gas from losing one percent as you can see right now precious metal monoplane metal is also down investors on profit taking not sure an earlier rally on our beat for us top results the company is net profits rose seventy seven percent and one hundred fifty one million dollars i'm known as chemical is the main gain of the solids frazzles soaring age percent the company's jumped after it started accepting bits for its food but it all of buyback program that's because fries and three weeks. conjure up stocks a losing ground up for a strong start and added trade the dow is down two point two percent and is losing point one percent. and european stocks several trees are from away

games germany's dax losing a third of the sun long distance it is lower a day after posting its because one day percentage gain in sixteen months as investors reconsidered xmas day shows that euro zone also makers were acting aggressively to resort to teche crisis shares in medicare and have plunged nineteen percent of the world's biggest listed hedge fund manager for a large outflows. and was heading for the biggest courses required since two thousand and eight pounds on speculation that fuel demand will drop as the for us economy slows and europe's debt crisis that's just consumer sentiment brand just reading it over one hundred six dollars a barrel while the w. today is that eighty three dollars a barrel. i saw business news this hour join the last and want to strive for another business update here on r.g.p. so do stay with us rather.

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