he's the world's biggest energy exporter and we'll bring you the closing figures in twenty minutes time. this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory sushi welcome to the program the cultural arm of the united nations has accepted palestine as a fully fledged member it's the first time palestinians have achieved full status to any un body but yes go pay for it decision with a major cut in funding that's what you've done your bushel you can explain more in depth here daniel good to see you so over two thirds of unesco members who were present there voted in favor of admitting palestine but now the u.s. is vowing to cut over twenty percent of the agency's budget why is that while washington says the vote goes against its laws that against u.s.

jurisdiction to pass any organization and funding the organization that recognizes palestine as an independent state israel's foreign minister said that they also oppose palestine vote but it doesn't have much financial political leverage on the world stage in practice america tends to the u.s. tends to give. support when it needs it on the world stage. the european union states several e.u. states also voted against the palestinian bid for you know membership. the palestinians had already gained elevated status of observer entity at the un general assembly do you think today's admission to unesco could actually have any bearing on palestine's bid for full u.n. membership. well it's the clearest sign so fall that palestine will find opposition from the un security council if it goes to the body full full membership there is a meeting of the council next month and the us has signaled that it will oppose that and it will use its veto so if palestine does move toward that it seems that

will be the final stumbling block for full palestinian membership of the un israel and the u.s. in fact say that they should be any bilateral deal first so israel and palestine must come to the negotiating table and find a conclusion between themselves but palestine says that israel's refusing to negotiate despite efforts from the middle east quartet it's now off to palestine applied for the u.n. membership last month the quartet said israel and palestine should resume talks within a month now the month has now paused there has been no resuming of talks the main story in point is the palestine doesn't want to negotiate with israel as long as it continues building settlements on its land on the west bank which is palestinian territory even by international law now and israel has deemed deadness continuing at the moment to build new settlements televisa says the core of the conflict is that palestinians just won't recognize israel on the back drop violence has flared

up again we can do that with israel and at least eleven people were killed right r.t. said daniel a bushel there live in brussels thank you. well we are always interested in your opinion so we're now asking what does palestine acceptance to unesco mean if you know to r.t. dot com you can take part in our latest web poll and let's see how they vote the stacking up here the vast majority believe it changes little but palestinians on the ground a second most popular view paves the way for statehood some say you know go will have trouble paying its bills now and few think it sweetens the pill the future rejection by the un do you take the time to go online to cost your vote at r t talk . syria's president has told russian television that the forces fighting his regime are armed and dangerous and putting civilians at risk but assad also said he's ready to work with the opposition parties that have emerged during

the months of uprising against his government. reports. strong words coming from syrian president bashar al assad to where the conflict this country's been going on for almost eight months now in that interview to the russian channel he did say that any attempt to destabilize the country will result in what he called an earthquake that will reverberate not just in the region but will have a global implications he also stressed that syria is most definitely not libya it's a different situation altogether and he did voice out what he and his government think is a real cause of the conflict in his country. today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces among the dead how were they killed during peaceful demonstrations some slogans being chanted no they were shot and this means we're dealing with people we don't know whether the weapons reach syria from israel or any other state that possesses such weapons but there is evidence of mines and grenades that were put in place is packed with civilians this led to casualties in

a number of cases the information obtained during the interrogation of terrorists. into syria from neighboring states become pain was funded from abroad and we have a list of those who are responsible for this since the the uprising started in march of this year the government has tried to put forth some reforms and the president has said that they're planning parliamentary elections in february of next year and also they put forth this so-called multi-party law which allows other political parties outside of the ruling baath party to participate in parallel to that though those reforms that the government wants to put forward their protests of course continue according to the u.n. about three thousand or more than two thousand people have already been killed since march and i we were i was in syria just about two weeks ago talking to those protesters who are continuing to go out into the streets the government again maintaining that these are the armed forces inflicting the violence for the protesters saying in fact they have by and large been peaceful and that it is the security forces firing upon them and it is true that some of them are calling for

this no fly zone to to end the violence that they see however it. be said that there are opposition voices such as the national coordinator council which shot tries to bring together the different voices in syria they're saying that while they're very critical of the reforms they've put forth by the government saying it's not enough they're also wary of calling or door saying a so-called no fly zone because they do see this could just result in more bloodshed they don't want to see that in their country now the arab league of course has had been actively trying to find a solution as well trying to us speak with syrian officials they put forth a plan to president assad he said that he will be a willing to talk to all of the opposition voices including those formed during the conflict however these are words for now they want to see actual negotiation table and that's not to say that i mean there the external pressure is increasing the even if there's a lot of hesitation to any form of foreign intervention our words coming from the western leaders as well as china and russia who as you know had vetoed that u.n.

resolution calling for sanctions on syria all of them are calling for a dialogue for real results to see that the violence really stop and that's really the main focus right now of the pressure coming from the outside they just want the violence to stop. reporting right there well let's discuss the syrian crisis with political analyst was me live for us in beirut thank you for coming on the program today so the arab league's waiting for a response from president assad on an offer to end the conflict in syria but damascus has said it will hold its own problems so why one of the neighbors still getting involved do you think. i think it's a conspiracy by regional power they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they want a different regime different government was different had and that's why there you can see that regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation taking place inside syria actually some of these country has been funneling weapons and money.

to topple the regime of president assad so i think assad has taken a very strong position in the past support in the resistance part of the regional alliance. against israel in that region and has a very good relationship with resistant whether it's been on or iraq or i think some power specially. arabia qatar backing with the backing of the west do not like that connection and it's. interesting what you say because a lot of people have given the west a lot of flak when it comes to the intervention in libya but you're saying that you believe in a conspiracy theory that regional powers around syria have political motivations to

depose the assad regime but if i may just for a moment the head of nato has ruled out imposing a no fly zone over syria which is according to our tests our serious recent report which is what some protesters have been calling for but do you think is it possible could the u.s. act unilaterally seeing how its voice the strongest opposition to president assad's regime. i think by the united states or the western powers it's backfired because the situation in syria is much different than the duration and libya we have to remember that qaddafi had a peace deal with the american he gave everything he has to the west and to the united states and he has his corporation with american intelligence and he put his money and all his resources with the united states and they turned against him the syrian is different situation actually the syrian army are more capable more determined and more unified and they have the capability and the moon and they have

the dignity and the self determination to defend their country and i think the west knows very well that syria is not alone and would not be signal will not be left alone in any confrontation with with with the west it's on the border with israel obviously. there is a regional international power still believe in syria and still believe. that it's been called by the president of syria there is no reason for all of that rhetoric. if i may call if i may destroy interest from and i do apologize for interrupting but i just wanted to clarify are you saying that the opposition movement to assad is big and credible and that's the main source of the tension in syria or you know you saying it's the support behind the government the major. no i think the

president has the largest support there in the country we've seen millions there are now been supporting the regime of bashar assad but the president of syria acknowledged there was opposition in the country and he extended his hand too but it comes alleviation within within the his country for those people who are asking for change and that's why today they have a constitutional reform and the leave for or trying to reform the constitution but there is an external power or what they same position an exile those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf countries they have devious intention and i think the president of the syrian people as we have witnessed and seen drove a million support in the president and that's why the president of syria is very strong because he's. going to buy his detail on interrupting you can we are running

very very long time i do apologize here as you were saying according to you the majority of the movement in syria is actually pro assad but if i may russian lawmakers went on a fact finding mission to syria recently concluding that damascus is indeed carrying out the democratic reforms it promised do you think a solution to the conflict is simply a matter of time or is it going to wind up with external regional influence. i think the president will try his best to reconcile the. country around him but i think that was thrown power they have done that out with the president of syria and this is what we say this is that we have to see wait and see but there is the terminations on the president and the people of syria to find closure but the conspiracy i ask them it will continue on from the west and some of the persian gulf this is like. personally. the president of syria live from

beirut their political analyst kummel was and you many many thanks indeed. you with r.t. now the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club but imo if it is appearing before a london court it's in connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by a russian businessman boris berezovsky the self exile tycoon but as he claims that his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back bennett reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. well this is the first time around which has actually given evidence in this trial it's already been going on for four weeks for the first time he's actually opened his mouth in the trial fascinating to actually because this is the one of the world's richest men with an estimated fortune of over ten billion pounds and until now he's rarely speak publicly i've never heard him speak and to see him actually in the dog

and for all the press it was fascinating because as i say no one's really heard him speak before and seem reduced to being just another member of the public really put in the dog put on the spot and being grilled was absolutely fascinating now none of the details of the actual case have been discussed just yet because he's only been given evidence for a small fraction of the session so far in the cases of course mr berezovsky is suing mr abramovich alleging that he was for he was blackmailed to sell his shares in sydney or co-founded oil company for a fraction of their true value so none of that was actually discussed because this is the cross-examination clearly designed to actually unsettle mr abbott move which and to discredit him really all this is the first chink in what's a very thick layer of armor really these men arrived in court in huge entourage mr barrett was always arise in a black my back blacked out windows which parks his car is still nice a reason black range rover around the corner he always arrives with a huge entourage of lawyers translators legal aid bodyguards the courtroom itself

is packed it's just a dispute between two people but it's packed with three layers each behind a man of fifteen or more legal aid translators lawyers and such outside the courtroom bodyguards around on the corners of all all the buildings with blacked out glances pieces it's fascinating to watch because these are two of the richest men in the world really although the rumor is that boris berezovsky pot is dwindling to a mere five hundred million pounds and and to give you an idea of just how much money is being pumped into this case the legal fees mr adelman which are rumored to be between four and eight million pounds and so it's going to make a really fascinating viewing over the next few weeks. it is i've been reporting right while you were with our team now and are still ahead for you this hour looking for a spacious new home started to weigh up mankind's options for exploring other planets and cultivating

a new life away from the seven billion people who now call there. were about a five minutes away from business here in our two for now though the new york trial of victor boot the russian businessman accused of international arms trafficking and supplying weapons to terrorists is close to a conclusion he was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after a sting operation by the u.s. and then flown to new york to face trial our correspondent. is following developments in new york. he was arrested in a sting operation conducted by the united states drug enforcement agency where special agents were posing as members of this group and trying to lure him into a business deal with them so that they could promptly arrest him now the prosecution says that should face from twenty five years to a life sentence behind bars whereas his lawyers say that the only thing i was doing was trying to sell two old cargo planes to these people and according to groups

lawyer was perfectly aware that he was not exactly dealing with members of the group and were expected to hear the verdict in the hours to come and this is something that could potentially make a great picture booch we have to remember that earlier in september in a similar case or another russian businessman was sentenced to twenty years behind bars basically the hunt for victor boot has been going on for roughly a decade before his arrest in thailand in two thousand and eight we know that u.s. agents have spent tens of millions of dollars in attempts to build this operation to arrest victor boot while he was peacefully living in moscow actually and then catching him in thailand and bringing him over to the united states and what really seemed like a hollywood movie they snatched him away in the middle of the night from thailand where technically his legal documents still remain we have to remember that type courts found not guilty twice but still he was taken to the united states where he

has been facing a trial for the last three weeks and the controversy started really a long time ago because this man was dubbed the merchant of death in the united states way before he was even taken here with even a hollywood film made about this man and the judge was even forced to make the jury sign a pledge that they would not look this man up on the internet because unfortunately for boot in the court of public opinion in the united states he's most likely already lost this case. reporting right there ok time for the world update here on r.t. some other international news for you in brief a suicide bombing in the southern afghan city of kandahar has claimed at least four lives a truck laden with explosives was detonated near a u.n. aid agency checkpoint several people were wounded in the blast and in the ensuing gunfight between insurgents and afghan security forces or the taliban has claimed responsibility. nato is set to wrap up its mission over libya by midnight

on monday it's marking the official end to its military intervention the responsibility for national security will be handed over to the country's interim government now faces the difficult task of collecting countless weapons and firearms from civilians weapons that use became widespread during the eight months of civil war that ended with a violent death of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi. in yemen huge huge blast rocked an airbase just outside the capital sanaa prompting north or at least to shut down the city's international airport officials say that explosive devices were planted inside twelve fighter jets is not yet clear how insurgents managed to get access to be heavily guarded area yemen's capital has seen months of anti-government rallies with protesters demanding an end to decades of president saleh. well on the final day of october it's been revealed that the world's population has reached

a whopping seven billion it's raising concerns over the potential overcrowding of our planet experts warn in a few decades the problem could become unmanageable with dire environmental consequences but the news is inspiring some to seek a new home somewhere far far away as peter oliver has more. so when next mercury too hot. too cold mars that's will do nicely as the population of earth passes the seven billion mark some of suggested the red planet as a replacement for our current blue warm however in these times of tightening purse strings the cost of going to mars could be a problem in the marks of a one man expedition to mars and back would cost it is safe to say over three billion dollars preparing for these flights would cost about forty or fifty times more than a two way ticket in other words we're talking about colossal expenses regardless of

the price those who have been into space say the time is right for mankind to yet again both lee go where no one has gone before everybody realizes that it's time to reach out and explore the universe beyond low earth orbit we have for many years just. for ten years at least we have been on the international space station in lower earth orbit very close and we haven't been somewhere else or with people since the lunar landings which ended back in one nine hundred seventy two there's no shortage of take years to be the first to set foot on mars and potential red planet trailblazers have started their training young surrogate is still just a teenager but he's putting in the hard yards in the hope that he can help create a potential new home for humanity millions of kilometers away not modest i want to be the first to travel to mars and to other planets as well to the moons of jupiter saturn they say you can leave there in future we're still

a long way from science fiction becoming science fact with human setting up home on the surface of mars even if we put the huge cost of a martian settlement to one side there are some serious hurdles to be overcome not least we have no idea if life existed there previously and if it is. whether whatever killed it off could be dangerous to us why should we even think about finding a new home. earth's resources are finite therefore we will eventually have to either restrain population and production growth risking losing both or we find foothold on other planets no matter how much it cost us with the retirement of nasa space shuttle the only way for people to get into space at the minute is the russian soyuz rocket currently with the science available our chances of a global relocation anytime soon a pretty much zero however took the way in central moscow the mars five hundred

project is simulating the effects a mission to mars would have on a crew in search of a new home sure but it. there is one obvious reason why the experiment has been so popular the world is still a place for dreamers who dream of exciting projects that unite people international projects. is not old enough as it stands we might have to learn to deal with the soaring global population but young surrogate will keep on training hard in the hope that he can do it for the dreamers. r.t. . for the business with korea. they're welcome to have the russian government is putting some numbers to the help it might offer to your president. says this could mean up to ten billion dollars for the debt fund this could be done through the i.m.f. lateral agreements with individual countries. as mine. russia helping the eurozone

makes both political and financial sense europe is russia's largest trading partner so ensuring its recovery can only be positive for this country's wellbeing will be no winners should the e.u. be fed to the wolves but it's not all financial altruism russia would be seeking some sort of reassurances as to the structural reforms in europe's most indebted nations also buying european bonds also as russia the prospect of diversifying its reserve holdings which are now dominated by u.s. treasuries on the downside money that does go for the aid is not available to be spent at home although economist suggest it is not enough to make a real dent in russia's plans i would still say you know what talking about ten billion dollars which can be important in mond for maybe specific kountry in the european union zone but for russia to take into account the central bank reserves say about five hundred billion dollars where really talking you know i'm on a financial decisions politically there's also majlis to be meet russia wants

closer relations with western europe so coming to its rescue in its hour of need can only be to its credit something which may come in handy when discussions focus on matters closer to russia's heart such as energy relations. and russia seems to be all set to join the world trade organization that's agreed to file reports on its succession russia's chief negotiator said there are still a number of technical issues to resolve but those will be completed in a week or she also has to finalize agreements with georgia which until last week is the only country to continue to oppose russia's succession however it now looks like both sides will agree to a proposal mediated by the swiss clearing the way for russia to potentially joined by to send a fifteen. let's have a look at some of the markets now oil prices are heading lower on monday europe's move last week to resolve greece's debt crisis sparked a rally on global trading floors but now traders are turning. their attention to and we could spawn showing off the global economy some market watchers expect the

slump in crude process to push gasoline prices higher and underlying demand. and u.s. stocks open shall be lower with wall street relinquishing some of its recent rise banking stocks are among the losers bank of america j.p. morgan stanley dropped more than four percent following declines of european levels and stocks in europe are lower in evening trading banks are among the biggest decliners as well shares of barclays fell point nine percent in london after the bank said its third quarter profit increased by five percent beating estimates mining stocks are weighing on the put saying would been down to resources and xstrata losing over seven hundred percent. and here in russia stocks close in the red for the first day in four on monday as crude oil and metals fall hurting the outlook for companies in the world's biggest energy exporter now let's have a look at some individual share moves on the. banking stocks among the main we traders were country's biggest lenders bank losing three and

a half percent fertiliser raised earlier gains as well it's considering a premium listing on the london stock exchange bucking the trend is a russian british one of entertain k b p the company has acquired a forty five percent stake in brazilian oil project for one billion dollars. that's the latest i have for you but i'll be back and listen want to know what the.

culture is that so much you're going to make a lot of people if your reasoning ability is the world populated as the world reaches still another population benchmark the debate continues as to whether the planning. from plans to. start on t.v. don't come. back

to with r.t. live from moscow a quick recap of your headlines now and historic day palestine has achieved its first full membership to a u.n. agency but yes go now faces the loss of nearly a quarter of its funding after the u.s. about to cut off if the palestinians were admitted. firing back syria's president claims the protests campaign against his regime is being funded from abroad and warns the west and not to get involved and the head of nato has ruled out imposing a no fly zone over syria which some demonstrators in the country have been calling . a clash of the russian tycoons two of the world's wealthiest men but none of them over. take their dispute to a london court and spare no money on the fight. over. five and a half billion dollars he wants it back. with seven billion people now calling their home so.