it's just after eleven pm here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. nato troops in northern kossovo have bulldozed a barricade that was set up by serbs near the border area and that's after all journalists were forced away barbed wire brought in along with a promise to shoot to kill anyone trying to cross it artie's alexei at a shot this report. the latest developments in the ongoing dispute at a border crossing between kosovo and is that the case for troops have brought in bulldozers and demolished the serbian very kids this was the closest barricade to the border post between kosovo and serbia the case for border pushed men from the manmade barricade which was down close to the border crossing the k four troops

have set up a perimeter and they say that should anyone try to break it should try to penetrate into the zone into the border crossing they will shoot to kill some of them are even pointing their weapons towards journalists towards the serbs who are stationed here this particular checkpoint was in the spotlight of the major violence on tuesday with more than eleven men injured in those clashes has now been removed or under control of the k. four forces. now eleven months still remain in hospitals with different wounds despite that the k. four forces and nato claimed that they used only rubber bullets and tear gas grenades to pacify the crowd most of the people injured have gunshot wounds we managed to speak to the doctors in the hospitals they confirmed this information to us that surgeries were performed on these men to remove bullets from their bodies some say this may ask you late into a serious violence in particular the russian foreign ministry has already expressed

deep concerns over the situation saying that it could destabilize the things in the already stressed region the melting pot which is in the balkans and indeed everyone is watching how the. political analysts alexandre pato told us that nato peacekeepers are more likely to revive the war then to bring peace. they've totally and openly stepped out of the un mandate and they're really really now just like during one nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when there were the air force for the albanian separatists are now that acting as their infantry so this is what we have this is a clear breach of the u.n. charter and of the resolution twelve forty four all they're doing right now is that they are actually. destabilizing the situation there are actually bringing conflict . everything was reasonably peaceful until they gave the green light for

albanian special police forces to forcibly take the administrative border back in july and ever since then they've been giving them full support so they're encouraging actually the government to preach to. headed by ha shem prachi wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and they're encouraging him to more violence so they're not a peace factor at all they're told drew of war and destabilization. he is continuing to monitor the situation in the region and of course you can read his latest updates from our twitter stream and in one of his latest posts he says the serbs he spoke to are determined to stay to the bitter end. underscore. of course we'll be following this story as it develops and bring you all the latest updates as we get them from the. the russia's president has been explaining why

he's not seeking a second term the major visit of stress that he and the team reported have common goals of the put downs huge popularity among russians will help achieve them should he return to the presidency next year and yet have been outlining his reasons in an extensive russian media interview. in moscow has been a pouring over the last. meeting with a different explained that this is a decision was made basing on two major aspects the first one is that him and prime minister vladimir putin share their views on most social economic and political policies and the second aspect of courting to the president is based simply on launching even needed says that various polls show that he himself enjoys a positive approval rating among the voters but it's prime minister vladimir putin who is truly the most popular political figure in the country and that's why it's

so vital in order for the current policies to go on for durable to become the next president but you can move ahead of stressing that this was simply a recommendation and it's still going to be up to the people did you decide to become so russia's next leader whilst there will be other politicians from other parties will force also to pour in this election next march especially the choices made by the people and these are not me who would be true any politician and any political force may lose an election what do you mean everything has been determined by the people decide who they should vote for whose popularity is greater this is what democracy is about the president also talked about another major recent political event which is the sacking of finance minister alex excluding the president now saying that this was a matter of political discipline and also perhaps that he wouldn't just got. in this position with me that we didn't do to be extremely high level and.

seek to do as an economist does a professional who will have no problem finding another job in order to serve his country in the future. political analysts for the ria news agency here in moscow says that this interview once again proves that the talk about any rift in the tandem was wrong from the start believe his room most were mostly wishful thinking and all the bull announce. of united russia russia and outside russia these people probably remember the times of the whole gorbachev when there was a rift inside the board bureau which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. which in and madrid of seoul how it happened in the late eighty's and i remember before coming to power i mean we did gave an interview where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside the leads so from the very

beginning i didn't believe that there was a serious rift or you can watch the highlights of president medvedev interview in about an hour and of course you can see the full conversation on our website any time at r.t. dot com. now thousands of civilians are trying to flee the city of sirte in libya where fierce fighting between pro and anti gadhafi forces continues on friday former rebels launched a barrage of rockets at the colonel's home city at us so at me sooty from the red cross example he told r.t. the fighting and the dark shortage of essential zur forcing people to leave. by the situation in search we have heard accounts of i.d.p.'s about. water and electricity being cut of and a lot of difficulties with the with the water supplies with with the access to food and access to medical supplies and medical health services we have

not been able to have the guarantees from all the sides all the parties to the conflict so we have no idea of what's going on right now in the city of sirte unfortunately what we do know is that there are a lot of i.d.p.'s coming out people are fleeing from the city of sirte passing through that a bridge and many of these id pieces have choosing to remain around as closely as possible to their home town they are living in difficult conditions there are a lot of children and women also pregnant women who have difficult access to medical care so the situation is dire we are very concerned especially about their health situation right now. and rob lyons from the online political magazine spike said asserts humanitarian crisis is a tragic but inevitable outcome of the foreign intervention in libya. this is the

inevitable consequence of the think things that i got rolling back in february that kind of half hearted intervention was always going to end up with a kind of last stand by gadhafi forces in fact is this is the kind of last stand by gadhafi forces in fact is this is the kind of lost that we expected in tripoli a few weeks ago that never happened and clearly there's a lost and that and the thing about the interview the role of the international community now could be making things worse not simply by bombarding the city but by actually having made such a fuss about civilians being injured or. likely to have a problem is that if you're going to have a military intervention in some way you can you can't just and you can't declare that you're going to protect civilians in that way but the best thing that nato could have done in the why was just not getting involved which would really be my preference after all should like to be decisive about that involvement but what

they did was it was quite clear that having been through the process with iraq and afghanistan they were very unwilling to get involved in any kind of serious way to put boots on the ground and that kind of thing and so we had a long drawn out conflict. which didn't need to be done. by always emphasizing that this is a humanitarian intervention that civilians were going to get hurt actually in the long run probably more civilians got as a result of. meanwhile thousands of egyptians have gathered in cairo's main square to take part in a mass protest name to reclaim the revolution while they feel left down by the transitional military council and want the current emergency rule to be lifted activists are also pressuring for more open election laws something echoed by political parties are threatening to boycott of avarice parliamentary election parties it is an hourly reports of the unhappiness that's driving people back onto streets. we knew that change had come to egypt

a new chapter of freedom and democracy don't judge a book by its cover when reading post mubarak egypt it's between the lines where you'll find the new chapter hasn't been published and it did or slightly revised we still have the supreme council of the on poor says those. who have been. in any sense gearing this country towards democracy barak may be gone but his policies are not that hosni mubarak's case is ongoing at this tribe you know new figures from human rights watch claims more civilians have been forced to face military trials six months some twelve thousand during the entire thirty year rule of mubarak average civilians are giving five to you know seven years in prison a lot of torture has occurred since skaf has come into power.

actor doesn't clown around when it comes to the supreme council or skaf he has taken part in protests since day one and still has scars from being detained because the marks were much worse he said very long they told people they had to stick it humbly for that after that i was shocked for the study and peace with the bass on the head least only because i'm well known. now most of us leave the country for thirty years according to law if i have to seek asylum but all stay and fight for freedom like mubarak skaf gets the support it needs to rule egypt from abroad and the aid that we get from the us that one point five billion a year the easier proceeds from from the usa and most of it entirely goes to the supreme court to the to the army you know the staff and while the west coast history books will change for the better the arab spring is

a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy egypt sions are left reading the writing on the wall in many areas it's the same as before don't want to run some areas it's getting more worse and he's now a r t cairo. well do give us your opinion on this story on our website we're asking what you think about post revolution egypt and libya and here's what you were saying right now looking out the chart the majority believe it's other countries which have benefited from the uprisings most almost a fifth of you think it's too early to draw any conclusions the remainder are split between either being happy with the new democratic look of the countries or feeling that none of the revolutions are brought positive results just visit our team dot com and tell us what you think. the international debt inspectors are having trouble visiting key ministries in greece because angry workers are

occupying them in their latest ante a sturdy protest the delegation are in athens to decide whether greece is fit enough for another portion of the bailout the government's last survey to collapse later this month the decision was suspended earlier over doubts that the country is doing enough to reduce its enormous debts leaders have pushed through pension cuts set extra taxes to try and please their creditors but the public remains convinced that the relentless a steady policy is only making things worse for with reports now from athens. greece has been the poster child of the year i think that crisis with germany inviting to expand the belo the country look sets to get that much needed cash injection to help come with some conditions here in greece the people say the price they're being made to pay is simply too high burning that there is deadline day for the first to be hit with the greek government's new special tax it's one of the

measures they put in place to try to secure the next tranche of money the country needs to avoid bankruptcy the extra tax which is about another three percent from people's annual income supposed to help plug some of the massive deficit in the budget but after more than a year's salary cuts rises in living costs the people here already at breaking point the last two years almost inevitable because at least thirty percent of his salary of. punctual air a cost analysis from the opposition movement entitled we won't pay he tells me how the needs meant expanded rapidly in recent months as more and more people hit the financial wall before. most of the people were offering because they wanted to protest against the unjust situation no. forums and dozens of.

people's desperation has become increasingly evident on the streets of greece the violence is repeatedly breaking out between riot place protesters. even more clashes as parliament again feted in yet another austerity measure in the fall of any property tax. or organize in order. to put on the area murphy jersey for. british do not need. many people in greece now question just who it is the thing control unfortunately very very early in your resume are the bankers. there. is mr. bunker. shareholders being. called again and again and again all of the. taxpayers in the eurozone despite germany having dated

positively to expand the size and power of the year pin band out to fund already critics are questioning whether that will be enough insights now turn to the many challenges the usa still faces the problem will move from greece and will start talking to other european countries and then the german banks to the end. even germany of. the european union. will be affected you will find a solution not just for greece but for all the european union countries with pos measures failing to have the facts in its political leaders continue to struggle to convince the public the future of the euro is a still hangs in the balance but these protests. continue many people hate it greece is a country now at risk of having not only a financial but it democratic deficit as well sir. outside the parliament building

in athens well as euro lawmakers commitment to the currency project has brought pain not only to the struggling members but to those who bail them out that's the view of william darknesses a european parliament member for the u.k. independence party. as far as the greek people are concerned adherents to the single currency means higher taxes low gov expenditure and cuts in their standard of living and also for and also even even for a country like germany in fact specifically a country like germany at here's to the single currency means massive transfer payments paid to countries in southern europe and what's happening is that the germans are no longer putting up with it we shouldn't be where we are now and it is because of the fanaticism of this european elite and we should look very carefully at what they have to say in the future these are guilty men and they are discredited men what is very worrying is that as my as my father used to say to me when i was a young man he said if you make

a financial guarantee the nature of five financial guarantees is that they get caught and there is a limit to how much even a country like germany can produce because a country like france is actually much much less and there will be a long term question marks over the credit credit worthiness of france and germany if the multiple trillions of euro's which are required are actually paid up and called on. you're washing our tea and twenty four hours a day seven days a week our websites there for you with updates on all our latest stories and much more including along with out of here russian rockets soars into the skies from the baikonur cosmodrome carrying a major telecommunications satellite plus. a police officer has been attacked by a muslim in brussels after he demanded that the wife swap the man's wife remove her veil the full coverage of this story is available at r.t. dot com.

a special admissions committee of the un security council has held its first meeting over the palestinian push for statehood well their review will continue next week when the actual full will take place and that's after nine members of the council promised to back the bit and at this stage analysts believe america will try to stall the process to avoid the towing the resolution among the international bodies and or sing the bid is the european parliament which called the palestinian quest for statehood a legitimate target meanwhile israel has yet again come under fire from much of the world community after approving more settlements on occupied palestinian territory as seen here for top official told r.t. that unconditional us support and aid will remain a danger factor behind israel's behavior. the americans have.

stopped. the direct talks which we did those three lives have decided to end the freeze over several months and what they're called the moratorium on this issue has bush the whole books and. even the companies that has. jewish settlements in the but as you know noticed the. they are not legitimate and so on we asked them today the european union the united states israel is announcing the seven months what are you going to do about it so i think this is the question for the end to the muslim community there israel is a breeze every day value laid beside three months by evaluating international legitimacy by all resolutions related to united nations the question is what is it that their international community is doing about it we hope that the international community does not go into new to deal with this board could be a wash. some european capitals a lot less have

a quick look at some of the world headlines this hour a car bomb has blown up at a funeral in the central iraqi city of hillah at least seventeen people were killed in the blast with dozens of others injured it's the second a such attack in the city in a fortnight previously a car bomb exploded near a restaurant used by security forces leaving fifteen people dead violence in the country has declined since its peak five years ago but attacks continue. there as ministry of defense says it has killed at the u.s. born terrorist mastermind and lucky he was allegedly involved in a number of attacks on america including the failed christmas day bombing in new york in two thousand and nine i will lock e was said to be on the cia's priority target list and his death follows a number of failed assassination attempts by the u.s. army. filipino maid has won a landmark case in hong kong allowing her to

a wife for permanent residency and it puts in question hong kong's immigration policy which excludes foreign means from applying for residency even though other foreigners can do so after seven years it was accused of being discriminatory but politicians argue it will put a strain on housing and social services the government said it would appeal the ruling. for now let's check on the latest business with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update growing fears of the global recession are making investors pull their cash out of risk emerging markets russia is no exception with economists saying sixty billion dollars could flee the country this year this is also adding pressure on the ruble it's lost twelve percent against the u.s. dollar since the beginning of september how with the chris with the from troika dollar believes the rebels recover is not far away. my sense is we're serious seeing from

europe now is more of an effort at least to fix the problem for now the us fed has already said it will do what's necessary to try and sustain growth in u.s. economy so i think we're pretty much at the bottom of the weakness in the ruble right you know i would believe and i would expect to see the ruble recover some of its losses over the next couple of months and i would expect. today but that's absolutely predicated no greek default and u.s. fed taking action to try and stimulate the economy when the ideal currency if you like for russia is probably around twenty eight or so against the dollar debts you know that's a good position for the rouble to be as it were in order to attract those long term capital without attracting too much spare could of capital. and it's time to take a look at the markets the european stocks. trading session in the red following the week start and fears of

a global slowdown hurting sentiment concerns over chinese growth is the reason for the drop in luxury goods group prices focus chadors was also suffering silver mine a first was the top. and here in russia both horses were also in the red at the close for the r.t.s. it was the biggest quarterly drop in almost three years it lost more than thirty percent. sixteen percent sure in the same period let's take a look at some of the individual share moves in the my six energy stocks along with more than three percent financial spall so under pressure with dropping almost six percent on monday for much prettier reps up today straight for us. well we're finishing the under such amber and it's been one of the worst. months actually the worst quarter since two thousand and eight for the russian market it's been a really really bad week and the problem for russia has been that despite what's

been a relatively. the decent domestic case domestic story for russia it's getting hit by uncertainty over what's going to happen in europe is greece going to default and also what's happening in the u.s. what's the u.s. growth profile so russia's called an early tough place right now and the market selling off very very aggressively and one of the big issues has been for russia that it had a very strong rally in the first quarter of its year a lot of liquidity came into the russian market because the oil prices are rising and those a lot of liquidity generated by q.e. two that trade is completely reversed right now we've seen extremely aggressive our flows from russia since may and it's continued aggressively through september. that's all the business news from all small stores check all websites archie dot com slash business.

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welcome back you're watching r.t. and here is a look at the main stories we're covering for you today nato reportedly bulldozes the serbian blocked out the border with northern kossovo it follows news that a shoot to kill policy was in force near the disputed checkpoint there reached new heights. greeks are bracing themselves for yet more cuts and higher taxes and the latest round of the sturdy measures pushed through by the government it's part of a bid to prove the nation is fit for another slice of the bailout take the decision was suspended earlier over doubts of the country is doing enough to reduce its enormous debt. i mean she has said both he and the dealer putin would have stood for this.