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 achieved full status to a un body but you know sco could pay for its decision with a major cut in funding artie's daniel bushell explains. the vote goes against the laws that against u.s. jurisdiction any organization and fund any organization that recognizes palestine as an independent state israel's forum is the they also oppose palestine vote but it doesn't have much fun and political leverage on the world stage in practice america tends to the us tends to give israel support what it needs it on the world stage. the european union states several e.u. states also voted against the palestinian bid for membership is the clearest sign so far that palestine will find opposition from the un security council if it goes

to the body for 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 towards that it seems that will be the final stumbling block for full palestinian membership of the un israel and the us in fact say that this should be any bilateral deal for israel and palestine must come to the negotiating table and find a conclusion between themselves but palestine says that israel is refusing to negotiate despite efforts from the middle east quartet now of the palestine applied for the un membership last month the quartet said israel and palestine should resume talks within a month now the month has now passed 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 the moment to build new settlements televisa is the core of the conflict is that palestinians just one recognize israel on the violence has flared up again at the weekend in goals 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 that the battle of history has been asked of now and the battle of geography goes on and the battle of geography will have to be called relating with that or could notion of a full rights of the palestinians so of determination and independence of the state of palestine and indorsed by the security council of the so this is a big moral boost for the palestinians at large and this is putting an end to

basically two palestinian to the arab israeli conflict being a palestinian affair this is now becoming more of an international affair and this is a celebration for our friends who have supported us such as russia and other countries that have endorsed over a pick a should 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 operation sustainable and is the problem vision of the agony over the palestinian sustainable endeavor i think not and i think it is fine but the yuan calls upon the united states of america and the countries that are voted in our favor to reconsider their position let me just ask you so that already there were political motives behind the membership of unesco rather than cultural ones do you really mean and believe that this success with that voting does indeed strengthen the bid for palestine's statehood. india

has been. exercised but it has been a scenario that's been long considered all the way through as a proper three measure for a bigger battle to come and that battle is going to take place and take place of the security council indeed this is a rehearsal and you could monitor there with action and look to really what needs to be done now is not the way to further the diplomatic quarter but rather to convince those who have opposed the palestinian motion of the security council to reconsider and to look for the future of the stability of the reason will have to be based on the on justice being served to the palestinians and on the end of occupation without that sustainability of the sort of the status quo is beyond comprehension issue of occupation sitting on the chest so for simians and over and above the international law is totally unacceptable this will actually may have 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 of those settlements so are we going to get those direct talks. no not at all you won't get the direct talks unless israel comes out in the open and says it is stopping saddam and activities it's sort of nice in the nineteen sixty seven borders and my political party for the head there the next that a line demanding the release of prisoners without such preconditions being met it's impossible to see any talks you talk about support from friends clearly this palestinian membership of unesco to come at a cost of what nearly a quarter if us guys 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 ways that they're making is really justified. well i think some of the issues to look at here you kind of get the united states of america celebrating the arab spring going into the square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators so you can democracy while banning palestinians from having that on democracy on their own independence that's. totally unacceptable what's also to this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past threatened the palestinian authority that it would cut aid now we hear the foreign secretary secretary clinton is calling upon congress to reconsider this position i certainly hope that the american administration would reconsider this issue or for financial sort of it will not be off and the palestinian and the international intention to consolidate palestinian

independence will not be subject to an order. to hold by such threats if anything it has to be total indorsement now lose an 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 a good my thing and will continue to be ignited so it will be igniting the hearts were ignited in terms of sustainability or full cooperation on hatred towards this occupation life from the west bank to sublease advisor to president mahmoud abbas we appreciate your time thank you very much for being with us live on r.t. q. . well we're always interested in your opinion so we're asking what does palestine's acceptance to unesco mean when 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 is the view it paves the way for statehood but some say unesco will have trouble paying its bills if you

think it sweetens the pill the future rejection by the way to go online to cast your vote. to syria now and the president has told russian television that the forces fighting his regime are dangerous and putting civilians at risk by shall assad 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 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 ok because 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 in you know the state that possesses such weapons but there is evidence of millions and grenades that were put in place is packed with civilians this led to casualties in a number of cases the information obtained. 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 uprising started in march of this year the government has tried to put forth some reforms and the president had 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 those 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 three 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 that the protesters say in fact they have by and large have 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. to be said that there are opposition voices such as the national chord nation 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 we 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 the violence really stop and that's really been the main focus right now of the pressure coming from the outside they just want the violence to stop to sustain the reporting that the occupy wall street movement shows no signs of slowing in the u.s. and does 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. it's the way the occupy wall street protest is handled is an 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 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 protest is calling for political and economic changes have been arrested in the state of texas oregon and california police in denver used pepper spray to disperse the crowds back and tear gas were also used to chase away protests as you say they are ready to withstand the pressure. so a busy week in the united states with multiple arrests and clashes between police and activists forced out of their homes and auntie's has been at the heart of these protests since they began bringing you the latest developments we can see hot on the screen now with tweets yes she says that the police arrived at the camp of

occupy wall street protesters in richmond virginia and started to detain people there so far around ten arrests to be made and you can follow her twitter page for all the latest information. the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club amount of appearing before a london court it's in connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by russian businessman but he's better off ski the self. claims that his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back these are the bennett reports of 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 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 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 blackmailed 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 adam overage 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 berezovsky always a rise in a black my back blacked out windows which parks his car is still the same 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 all 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 will the legal fees for mr average agreement to be bitter. for eight million pounds and so it's going to make a really fascinating viewing in the next few weeks out of bennett there in london more still ahead this hour for an r.t. 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. still to come

first the new york trial of victor boot the russian business and 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 stars of chicken 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 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 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 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 rescue your 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 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 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 is 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 of kandahar is claimed 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 ensuring 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 end to 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. in yemen huge massive rocked an airbase outside the capital sanaa prompting 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 rallies with the testers demanding an end to decades of president sunday's rule. the final day of october it's been revealed the world's population is reached seven billion raising concerns over the potential over crowding of our planet experts warn in a few decades the problem could become manageable with environmental consequences but the news is inspiring some to seek a new home somewhere fall far away are these people of 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 one however in these times of tightening purse strings the cost of going to mars could be a problem in the months 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 thirty 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 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 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 to humanity millions of kilometers away not martha 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 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 if. earth's resources are finite therefore we will eventually have to

either restrain population and production growth risking losing both or we find a 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 it took to weigh 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 you know 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 but young surrogate will keep on training hard in the hope that he can do it for the dreamers piece all of the party.

or coming up here on r.t. very shortly for you will be talk to a man who says america's wasting its cash building falls democracy in iraq before that we have the latest in the world of business with korea stay with us from. there and welcome to our business. for joining me they russian government has put in some numbers to help offer to the euro zone presidential coverage says this could mean up to ten billion dollars of debt fund this could be done through the i.m.f. by a bilateral agreements where individual countries like russia has one. 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 old truism russia will 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 u.s. treasuries on the downside money that does go for the aid is not available to be spent at home although economists suggest it is not enough to make a real dent in russia's plans i would still say you know we're talking about ten billion dollars so which can be important in mond for maybe specific kountry in the european union and so on but for russia to take into account the central bank reserves say about five hundred billion dollars where really talking about you know lamar in the financial decisions politically there's also miles 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. let's have a 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 to the weak expansion of the global economy some market watchers expect the jump in crude prices to push gasoline prices higher and undermine demand and stocks in the u.s. are sharply lower with wall street were languishing some of its recent rise bank stocks are falling broadly after the securities firm m.f. global filed for bankruptcy protection last week the company's debt was downgraded to junk status by readings agencies among other lenders the bank of america and j.p. morgan stanley dropped. and four percent following declines in europe. now stocks in europe lower in even trading with back stocks 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 resources in an extra losing over seven and a half percent here in russia stocks close in the red for the first day in four on

monday crude oil and metals fall hurting the outlook for companies have world's biggest energy exporter. following the role of the recent through four weeks when major markets won by twenty to thirty. we know find ourselves in some correction so we think it is not true for continuation of a healthy market growth for us not to grow by four percent for sound but we have seen some positive done in selected stocks in the russian market but although market is correct to run all sorts of profit taking partially people just don't want to buy at such high levels that's a business of at this hour join me in less than one out with more here on.

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