the general conference has voted to add up the draft resolution and decided to add me palestine as member of the. historic day for palestine which has achieved its first full membership to a un agency. for unesco faces the loss of nearly a quarter of its funding of the us belt occulted if the palestinians were booted join us for more in a moment. firing 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 roman abramovich. take their billion dollars discrete to

a modern court and spend no money on the lawsuit. and with seven billion people now according to home scientists right the planet can't cope because there are new worlds where humans could set top stories this hour. international news in come on live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day the cultural of the united nations is accepted palestine as a fully fledged member it's the first time palestinians have achieved full status at the un body but you know scope could pay for the decision with a loss of nearly a quarter of its funding which comes from the us artie's daniel bushell explains. washington says the vote goes against its laws that go against u.s. jurisdiction to paul's any organization and fund any organization that recognizes

palestine as an independent state of. israel those opposed. to israel doesn't have much financial leverage. actions like this one now the united states and israel consider. fools its decision on. the european union states several e.u. states also voted against the palestinian bid for membership is the clearest sign so fall that palestine will fall into position from the un security council if it goes to the the full full membership meeting that kills the next month 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 full full palestinian membership of the un israel and the us in fact say that there 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'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 passed there has been no resuming of tools the main story point is that doesn't want to negotiate with israel as long as it continues building settlements. on the west bank which is palestinian territory even by international law israel has continuing at the moment to build new settlements televisa is the core of the conflict is the palestinians just won't recognize israel in the backdrop violence has flared up again we can do that with israel and at least eleven people were killed. daniel bushell there and we're always interested in your opinions so we're asking what those palestine's acceptance to

unesco mean when you can head to r.t. dot com to take part in our latest poll and the vast majority believe it changes little for palestinians on the ground the second most popular is the view it paves the way for statehood and there's a tie between those who think that now you know sco will have trouble paying its bills and those who say it's weak but the future rejection by the u.n. to cast your vote it probably. syria's president has told russian television the forces fighting his regime are armed and dangerous and putting civilians at risk by charlotte saddles also said he's ready to work with the opposition parties that have emerged during the months of uprising against his government syria reports. strong words coming from syrian president bashar al assad the way 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 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 we can bring peaceful demonstrations. you know. dealing with people. syria israel. but there is a. number of the information of. terrorist. from neighboring states. since the uprising started in march of this year the government has tried to put forth some reforms that 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 those are those reforms of the government was a push forward 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 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 a part of 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. we said that there are opposition voices such as the national coordinator council was shot tries to bring together the different voices 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 forcing 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 a speak with syrian officials that would force of trying 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 any good 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 we know had vetoed that u.n. resolution calling for sanctions on syria all of them are calling for a dialogue for a real results to see that for the violence really stop and that's really the main focus right now of the pressure coming from the outside they just want of violence to stop. wall street movement shows no signs of slowing in the u.s. and its seventh week schools and activists have been arrested across america for

refusing to pack up their accounts russia has voiced concerns over the crackdown in the treatment of protesters by the u.s. authorities. that'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 i wish them partners who have the right to ask questions refused to discuss their problems which there are plenty of them which keeps growing. the statement comes in response to growing criticism from some western countries as russia moved towards its presidential election the model forces in the us of trying 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 states of texas oregon california police in denver used pepper spray to disperse the crowd buttons and tear gas were also used to chase away protests who say they are ready to withstand the pressure.

so busy we can be in knighted states with multiple arrests and clashes between police and activists forced out of their camps what is loosely couple of has been at the heart of the protests since they began bringing you the latest developments we can see here that she's tweeting and she tweets the police arrived at the camp occupy wall street protesters in richmond virginia and started to detain people so far around ten arrests have been made and you can read more about that paula her twitter page for all the latest information online all the time. two of the world's richest men are locked in a multibillion pound lawsuit of a london court but he's on the planet has been listening to their expensive arguments and joins us live. so i have a lot of money but i'm over it she's the man hoping to keep hold of his money he was the one in the dock today what did he have to say. well this is actually the

first time that mr i've actually given evidence and spoken in this hearing despite it already going on for four weeks that's just to give you an idea of how long winded this whole process is and today was no different however it was fascinating . to hear him speak and to see this going on because he's a man who's one of the richest in the world with an estimated fortune personal fortune of over ten billion pounds and he very rarely speak to the media if at all and yet today all of that intrigue and mystery suddenly evaporated as he was put on the spot and reduced to being just an ordinary member of the public basically he was visibly nervous he was shy shaking a little bit small in his words and there's a lot at stake here he's being sued by mr berezovsky for three point five billion pounds third of his personal wealth mr berezovsky and him used with the co-founders of your company's c.e.o. there now mr berezovsky alleges that he was blackmailed into selling his shares in that company for a fraction of their true value now in this cross-examination today that's just

started what the lawyers were focusing on really were details to really discredit mr abbott think we've heard allegations that he was involved in the arms business after the details emerged of meetings with brazilians about tanks and things like that and also allegations that he lied about his education so it was these details might not be key to the actual case it's an attempt by his lawyers to discredit mr however to some extent this was lost in translation because mr abbott no it was actually giving evidence in russian and several times he had to ask the question to be repeated and that's partly why this process is so long winded and it will carry on to. the two minutes of this case and normally hidden behind walls of secrecy you've already mentioned a couple of interesting revelations already in this court case and anything new revealed that is of significance. well as as the. james to the case not not entirely just that these details really to discredit mr adam omits

from what this really was today was the first chink in his very thick armor and out of mr berezovsky as well and both of them concealed behind this curtain of money in and mystery and this hearing has really been a peek behind that both men turn to caught in very shiny cars mr berezovsky or mr b. is the bodyguards call him turning up in a my bar mr a mr have him over it in a mess say these are all both claimed by bodyguards translators and laws that he's got a team of about fifteen now has the. claim was central to his claim it's based on their close relationship form a close relationship they don't really speak on the speaking terms now really see each other apart from in court he says they were very close friends he was his mentor and they were they were business partners yet today is the arrows released a statement denying that he said they weren't close friends and he says quote they

have no obligation to indulge his fantastic demands that part of the problem with actually establishing what exactly the deals were between these men is that because none of it was actually written down and this is a fact that doesn't seem to surprise or shock these men they take it as fact obviously and they say well that's just the way it was because this was after all ninety's russia ivan thanks very much indeed intriguing case there taking place in london either bennett thanks very much indeed for that update. well still ahead this hour an arty looking for a spacious new home scientists way up collins options for exploring other planets uncovering a new life away from the seven billion people on earth. still to come for you but 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 and a correspondent by the started churkin 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 piece 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 four troops and were suspected to hear the verdict in the hours to come and this is something that could potentially make or break richard gooch 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 viktor goot 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 tie 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. that's a start you're checking the reporting there in new york while the hearing is well underway as we just heard there in new york with the jury expected to return to consider its verdict in the next few hours where for more on this let's cross to investigate journalist you've been following the case very closely george matt george i understand there's a break in the trial a moment you're going to join us from the courtroom there in a in the in a cafe there in new york on your web can get to see their doubt you've attended every hearing i believe it to preach trial what is your view of the result of what you're seeing so far. because juries these. instances of imaginary crimes manufactured jurisdiction manufactured evidence. recently are not deviate. from thailand kidnappings united states he was rejected in shower in america in the i'm trying thailand and also

well sort of being on a six hundred which number past question from thailand's united states because the twentieth he would have been free rather than the evidence is now being stacked against him. and i just looked a bit are going to go into bringing her in an old friend of the armies and it's a turning our diana he had planned this weekend comedy is facing around smiling it's the da's in the. playground that's one of the services require some solace from your visit isn't comes easy playground the our ambassador in usenet ever so it's it's looking a bit for him and i think it's amusing i've been stacked up against each other a little guilty and you're always seemingly assuming that's going to happen judging by what you just said that they're clearly trying to make an example of in will they not what sort of sentence can one expect on this. happy to just back up

quickly. result in a caption ideally. liberia seems really good was snatched from thailand soldiers. unusual presence and been sent by people to be involved taken from countries that don't live in think it's amazing and i thought this was not unusual. extradition attorney with me now to tell you what we do and there's actually a sanctimony two supreme court ruling. in my state's forces power is the worst now resnick chan and when it basically my supreme court ruled that they can and ask him out for some money from a foreign country randomize these agreements are just another amount by the countries north of the kidnap of let me quickly ask you if it is fairly noisy where you are there george but i think i caught the fact that you said that victor but you haven't said much or he certainly hasn't been giving his say but surely during this trial we have heard from him how has he been defending himself against what

you describe as against all the odds. well unfortunately for whatever reason on a child i was because this is your sequential decision because you never took the stand many people are going to follow mckinney's from bangkok and afghanistan and then to meet your. friends get there at her absence talk about that he. has not take the stand in court i want to go to david hare ok george and we're trying to get a better line because as we say the verdict is imminent we're expecting that verdict to be made a little later today and hopefully we can get a slightly better connection with you and find out more about that thanks very much indeed george back in the meantime talking to us live in new york. tonight to check out some other international news in brief this hour 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 a blast and ensuing gunfight between insurgents in the afghan security forces the taliban's claimed responsibility. they say such

a wrap up its mission over libya by midnight on monday marking the official end to its military intervention respond. ability for national security will be handed to the country's interim government now faces the difficult task of collecting countless weapons and korans from civilians weapons use became widespread during the eight months of civil war that ended with the volunteer for libya's former leader moammar gadhafi. huge loss of iraq's an air base outside the capital sanaa prompting authorities to shut the city's international airport officials say the explosive devices were planted inside twelve fighter jets it's not clear how insurgents managed to get access to the heavily guarded area in its capital or seen months of anti-government rallies and protests demanding an end to decades of presidents of israel. and the final day of october it's been revealed the world's population is seven billion raising concerns over the potential overcrowding of our planet and experts warn in a few decades the problem could become manageable with dark environmental

consequences but the news is inspiring some to seek a new home somewhere far far away what is peter all of it has more. so when next mercury 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 blue one. in these times of tightening purse strings the cost of going to mars could be a problem in the not so the one moment 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 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 very close here and we haven't been somewhere else or with people since the lunar landings which ended back in one thousand nine hundred 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 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 see 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. whatever kills it off could be dangerous to us why should we even think about finding a new home if. that'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 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 i 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. but there is one obvious reason why the experiment has been so popular the world is still at least reamers dream of exciting projects that unite people or

international projects. is not as it so we might have to learn to deal with the soaring global population. keep on training hard and the hope that he can do it with a dream as usual of a party. when a few minutes from now don't miss our special report in this time we travel to the shelter islands just off russia's far east coast thanks though a recap of our main stories of the business with kareena stay with us for that live here and ask. them to our business of in the south thanks for joining us and government has put in some numbers to help it why offer the eurozone presidential aide arkady dvorkovich says this could mean up to ten years for that filed this could be done through the i.m.f. that's all agreements with individual countries but across canada has none. russian

help you do your resume makes both political and financial sense europe is russia's largest trading partner so ensuring its recovery could 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 also as a 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 u.s. treasuries on the downside money that does go through 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 amount for maybe specific kountry and i mean the european union zone but for russia to take into account the central bank reserves say about five hundred billion dollars we are really talking ball rolled

lamar in a 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. take a look at the markets now or prices are heading lower on monday europe's move last week to resolve greece's debt crisis sparked a rally on the global trading floor but now traders are turning their attention to we could span shows off the cover of cause some market watchers expect a jump in cool prices to push gasoline prices higher than undermine the amount of stocks in the u.s. so shop in lord wall street relinquishing some of its recent rise banking 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 ratings agencies among other lenders bank of america j.p.

morgan stanley draft. more than four percent following declines in europe now let's look at europe where stocks were lower in the evening playing with banking stocks some of the biggest decline as well bank of scotland and lloyds banking group were both out of the six percent mining stocks were also weighing on the footsie as well as well the depths of resource and i struck a losing over seven percent. and stocks in russia close in the red for the first time in four days of monday crude oil and metals fell hurting the outlook for companies in the world's biggest energy exporter. for our capital says investors are now in a profit taking. following a roll of the recent through four weeks when major markets one point by point to just sort of burst sound oh no final choice and some correction so we think it is not true for continuation of health and market rules for us not to grow by four percent or something. we have seen some positive don imus only selected stock

seeing me in the russian market market is a record rhinoceros sir portion of profit taking partially people just don't want to buy at such high levels so for now stories on our website actually. watch.

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