the general conference as does. to add up the draft resolution and decided to let me palestine as met a few nice. historic day for palestine which is achieved its first full membership to a u.n. agency but the u.s. appeals to cut nearly a quarter of unesco's funding in response. back syria's president claims the campaign against his regime is being funded from abroad and the west not to mess with his country. clash of the russian tycoons to the world's wealthiest men. take their billion dollars this week to a london court and spend no money on the little seat. i was seven billion people

now calling the home sun just one of the planet can't cope corsa rise to new worlds where humans could settle our top stories this hour on. international news or comment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day the cultural arm of the united nations has accepted palestine as a fully fledged member it's the first time palestinians of chief full status to a un body but you know could pay for its decision with a major cutting funding artie's daniel bushell explains. washington says the vote goes against laws that against u.s. jurisdiction to polls any organization and funded organization recognizes palestine as an independent state israel's form is that they also oppose palestine's the vote

but it doesn't have much financial political leverage on the world stage in practice america tends to the us tends to give israel that support what it needs it on the world stage. the european union states several states also voted against the palestinian bid for membership is the clearest signs of all that palestine will find a position from the u.n. security council if it goes to the full full membership there is a meeting of the council next month and the u.s. has signaled that it will oppose that and it will use its veto if palestine does move towards but 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 for israel and palestine must come to the negotiating table and find a conclusion between themselves but palestine is theirs 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 with a month now the month has now passed there has been no resuming of tulips the main story point is 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 israel has the imbed and is continuing the moment to build new settlements televisa is the core of the conflict is the palestinians just one recognize israel. has flared up again the weekend goes with israel and at least eleven people were killed. daniel bushell reporting there well let's get some reaction now from the palestinian side crossing live to dr subhi side and he's an advisor to president mahmoud abbas thank you very much indeed for being with us so it is indeed an historic day for palestine but what does membership of unesco

really mean for your people. well it means the battle of. and about the no geography goes on and the battle of geography will have to be called monitoring with the recognition of the full rights of the to listen ins so of the terminations and the independence of the state of palestine indorsed by the security council of the so this is a big moral boost for palestinians at large and this is putting an end to basically to palestinian to the arab israeli conflict being a palestinian affair this is now becoming more of an informational affair and this is a celebration for our friends who have supported us such as russia and other countries that have been glossed over appreciation to be and i think it's a call for reconsideration especially for the united states of america and those who voted against the motion to reconsider their position and look to the future and see is this occupation sustainable and is the pronunciation of the agony of the palestinian sustainable in the world i think not and i think it is time but the

u.n. calls upon the united states of america and the countries that are voting in our favor to reconsider their position let me just ask you so that all really there were political motives behind the membership of unesco rather than cultural ones do you really mean and believe that this success with that does indeed strengthen the bid for palestine's statehood. indeed has been more or less for size but it has been a scenario that's been long considered all the way through as a proprietary measure for a bigger about them to come around that battle is going to take place and taking place of the security council so in view this is a rehearsal and that her sort of hybrid mini could with excellent victoriously work needs to be done now is not always refer to the diplomatic corps but rather to convince those who have opposed the palestinian motion of this going to the council to reconsider and to look for the future of the stability of the reason where you

have to be based on the on justice being served to the palestinians and on the end of occupation without the sustainability of the suit or the status quo is beyond comprehension and the issue of the occupation sitting on the chest socialist indians and over and above the international law is totally unacceptable just what you are seeing here it was actually mean that we will now get direct talks between israel and the palestinians obviously the middle east peace corps tech trying to bring those talks together but many are saying this is all to do with direct talks between you two and yet at the moment it seems that's not going to happen with those settlements continuing and of course the palestinians are refusing to talk to the jewish state because all those settlements so all we can to get these direct talks. no not at all you want good bill direct talks and listen comes out in the open and says it is stopping southern minnesota repairs its goodness in one hundred sixty seven borders and no political party for it to have added an extra line

demanding the release of prisoners without such preconditions being met it's impossible to see a little you talked about support from friends earlier clearly this palestinian membership of unesco is a kind of a cost of what nearly a quarter of us goes funding that's if the states carry out their threat to reduce the funding of unesco's budget by something like twenty percent bearing in mind that many of those membership those countries with membership of unesco will indeed suffer from this massive funding loss do you think that that sacrifice in some way that they're making is really justified. well i think there is a subtle issues a look at here you come up here the united states of america are celebrating the arab spring going into the square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators seeking democracy while banning palestinians from having their own democracy in their own independence that's you are less and that's totally unacceptable what's also true this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past month

up in the palestinian authority about it would cut aid and now we hear the foreign secretary secretary clinton is calling up on congress to reconsider this position and i certainly hope that the american administration would reconsider this and that the issue of financial threat will not pay off and the palestinian and the international intention to consolidate palestinian independence will not be subject to an order put through to a hold by such threats if anything it has to be total indorsement in our lives and international voice added to the palestinian voice and i think this voice ought to be addressed and addressed carefully otherwise this this strip of land this piece of land in the middle east will continue to be igniting and will continue to be ignited so it will be igniting the hearts further and ignited in terms of the sustainability of occupation and hatred towards this occupation of the west bank but this nobody is not an adviser to president mahmoud abbas we appreciate your

time thank you very much for being with us live on r.t. q. . well there we're always interested in your opinion so we're asking what does palestine's acceptance to unesco mean where you can head to r.t. dot com to take part in our latest web poll the vast majority believe it changes little for palestinians on the ground second most popular as they view it paid so great for statehood but some say unesco will have trouble paying its bills if you think it sweetens of the future rejection by the un go online to cast your vote. to syria now and the president has told russian television that the forces fighting his regime are armed and dangerous and putting civilians at risk are shiela start also said he's ready to work with the opposition parties that have emerged during the months of uprising against his government syria has this report. strong words coming from syrian president bashar al assad or whether his country's been going off 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 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. how were they killed during peaceful demonstrations because. you know they were short and this means. people. reach syria from israel. but there is evidence. of the information of. terrorists. to syria from neighboring states. since the uprising started in march of this year the government has tried to put forth some

reforms to the president. they're planning. 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 party to participate in parallel to that though those reforms of the government was a push for the protests of course continue according to the u.n. about three thousand or more than three thousand people have already been killed since march and 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 at the sea however it. so we said that there are opposition voices such as the national coronation council was shot tries to bring together the different posing forces in syria they're saying that while they're very critical of the ever foresee put forth by the government saying it's not enough they're also

wary of calling or rather and sourcing 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 you go she should table and that's not to say that i mean the external pressure is increasing that 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 of 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 that the occupy wall street movement shows no signs of

slowing in the u.s. has as its seventh week schools and activists have been arrested across america for refusing to pack up their camps and russia has voiced concerns over the crackdown on the treatment of protesters by the u.s. authorities. good point it's the way the occupy wall street protest is handled is an ample illustration of double standards quite a number of our counterparts from western countries are pursuing we will never put up with a situation when our western partners who have the right to ask us questions refused to discuss their own problems which there are plenty and which keep growing. the broad statement comes in response to building criticism from some western countries as russia moves towards its presidential election authorities in the us have tried to enforce various curfews over the weekend to prevent demonstrations from escalating further more than seventy protests is calling for political and economic changes have been arrested in the state of texas oregon and california police and then to use pepper spray to disperse the crowds buttons and tear gas were also used

to chase away protesters who say they are ready to withstand the pressure. so a busy week united states with multiple arrests and clashes between police and activists forced out of their homes and aunties the secret santa has been at the heart of these protests since they began bringing you the latest developments we can see hope on the screen now with the tweets yes she says that the police arrived at the camp of occupy wall street that this is in richmond virginia and started to detain people there so far around ten arrests have been made and you can follow her twitter page for all the latest information. the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club or a man of the movie appearing before a london court it's in connection with a five hundred billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by russian businessman but he's better off ski and self exile tycoon but his office he claims that his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back all

these other bennett reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. well this is the first time around a row which has actually given evidence in this trial is already going on for four weeks and it's the first time he's actually opened his mouth in the trial and it was fascinating to actually because this is the one of the world's richest men with an estimated fortune of over ten million pounds and until now he's rarely speaks 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 a session so far in the cases of course mr berezovsky is suing mr abramovich alleging that he was blackmailed sell his shares and simply co-founded the 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 no bitch and to discredit him all this is the first chink in what's a very thick layer of armor really these men arrived to court in huge entourage is mr barrett was also he always arise in a black. blacked out windows mr average parked his car is still the same reason black range rover around the corner he always arrives with a huge entourage of lawyers translators and legal aid bodyguards the courtroom itself is packed it's just a dispute between two people but it's packed with three layers. of fifteen or more legal aides translators lawyers and such outside the courtroom or bodyguards around on the corners of all the all the buildings with blacked out dances earpieces it's fascinating to watch because these are two of the richest men in the world really although the rumor is the poorest areas of skis 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 will the legal fees for mr average to remain to be pretty. four and eight million pounds and so it's going to make a really fascinating viewing in the next few weeks other than that there are none the more still ahead the south korean arty looking for a spacious new home it's way out may find options for exploring other planets and cultivating a new life away from the seven billion people on earth. are still to come first 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 flown to new york to face trial a correspondent on the star trek and 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 his group and trying to lure boys in 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 see that the only thing i was doing was trying to sell two old cargo planes to these people and according to routes lawyer was perfectly aware that he was not exactly dealing with members of the fourth 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 for the sick leave the hunt for viktor group 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 rescue tribute 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

seems 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 boots in the court of public opinion in the united states he's most likely already lost this case. time now to check out some other international news in brief this hour a suicide bombing in the southern afghan city kandahar as planned at least four lives a truck laden with explosives was detonated near a u.n. agency checkpoint several people were wounded in the blast and in searing gunfight between insurgents and the afghan security forces the taliban has claimed

responsibility. to libya now nato is set to wrap up its mission over libya by midnight on monday marking the official enter its military intervention responsibility for national security will be handed to the country's interim government faces the difficult task of collecting countless weapons and firearms from civilians weapons used became i should say weapons used became widespread during the eight months of civil war that ended with the death of libya's former leader did. in yemen huge massive rocked an airbase outside the capital sanaa can think authorities to shut the city's international airport officials say that explosive devices were planted inside twelve fighter jets it's not yet clear how insurgents managed to get access to the heavily guarded area humans capital has seen months of anti-government protests and decades of president sunday's result. the final day of october has been revealed the world's population as we start seven billion raising concerns over the potential over crowding iraq planet experts warn

in a few decades the problem could become manageable a dark environmental consequences but the news is inspiring some to seek a new home somewhere far far away are these people of has more. so when next too hot. too cold mars 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. however in these times of tightening purse strings the cost of going to mars could be a problem in the not so the one known expedition to mars and park would cost it is safe to say over three billion dollars preparing for these flights would cost about thirty or fifty times more than a two way ticket in other words we're talking about colossal expenses regardless of price those who have been into space say the time is right for mankind to yet again boldly 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 very close here we have been somewhere else or with people since the lunar landings were changed it 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 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 and millions of kilometers away. i want to be the first to travel to mars and to other planets as well to the moons of jupiter saturn 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 a 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 it's. worth resources are finite therefore we will eventually have to either restrain population and production growth risking losing both or we find a foothold on the planet 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 from mars would have on a crew in search of a new home. but 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 but international project. is not old enough as it stands we might have to learn to deal with the soaring global population and young surrogate key bond training hard and the hope that he can do with little dreamers. r.t. . or coming up here on r.t. very short if we are to you will be talk to a man who says america's wasting its cash building a false democracy in iraq before that we have the latest on the world of business with kareena stay with us from. thanks for joining me they russian government has put in some numbers to help offer to the euro zone presidential. this could mean up to ten billion dollars of debt this could be the i.m.f. bilateral agreements with individual countries. as well. russia's help in the

eurozone makes both political and financial sense europe is russia's largest trading partner so ensuring its recovery would only be positive for this country's wellbeing will be no winners should the e.u. be fit to the world's but it's not all financial all truism russia would be seeking some sort of reassurances as to the structural reforms in europe's most indebted nations also buying european bonds offers russia the prospect of diversifying its reserve holdings which are now dominated by use treasuries on the downside money that does go for the eight 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 can bill and also which can be important in mali for maybe specific country and the european union zone but for russia to take into account the central bank reserves five hundred billion dollars where really talking about you know rolled lamar in the financial

decisions politically there's also mileage to be meet russia wants closer relations with western europe to 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. as i look at the markets now all 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 this week expansion of the global economy some market watchers expect the jump in crude prices to push gasoline prices higher under my command and stocks in the u.s. are sharply lower with wall street where languishing some of its recent rise bank stocks are falling broadly after the securities firm m.f. global filed for bankruptcy protection past week the company's debt was downgraded to junk status by ratings agencies among other lenders the bank of america j.p.

morgan stanley dropped more. and four percent for declines in europe. now stocks in europe are all lower even trading with bank starts among the biggest decline has as well the world bank of scotland lloyds banking group both down over six percent mining stocks also weighing on the footsie with the dancer resources and an extra losing over seven and a half percent here in russia stocks close in the red for the first day for on monday crude oil and metals hurting the outlook for companies in the world's biggest energy exporter. following a roll of the recent crew of four weeks when major markets were higher by twenty to thirty percent we're now find ourselves in some correction so we think it is not true for continuation of a healthy market growth for us now to grow by forty some percent but we have seen some positive dynamics only in selected stocks in in the russian market what market

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