conference as does both the to adopt the draft resolution and the society so at this time as a member of. historic palestine which is achieved its first full membership to a u.n. agency. but on the un agency the vote comes at a price washington says they'll stop funding the organization i'm going to check out i'll be back with more from washington in just a few moments. firing back syria's president claims the campaign against his regime is being funded from abroad and warns the west not to mess with his country. plus

should the russian tycoons to the world's wealthiest men roman abramovich. take their billion dollar dispute to a london court and spend no money but not all six. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the cultural of the united nations has accepted palestine is a fully fledged member it's the first time palestinians have achieved full status as a u.n. body but you know it's go will not pay for the decision with the loss of nearly a quarter of its funding it's not cross to auntie's going to countries in washington she has more details for us now over two thirds of unesco members voted in favor of admitting palestine but the u.s. has now stopped funding the agency altogether so what is the logic behind this. well bill as you're absolutely right we mentioned it was a jubilant moment it was

a jubilant scene that we've seen in paris cheers wind up in the assembly hall when the final tally with announced but the vote comes at a price welcoming palestine to the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization means saying goodbye to as much as twenty two percent of the organization's vij it washington has been the agency's biggest contributor so far and the state department has confirmed that they will stop sponsoring the organization on what grounds a us law passed the nine hundred ninety of the largest washington to cut off funding to unesco if it admits palance palestine but nonetheless this u.n. body facing huge crowds in its budget one hundred seventy four and fourteen nations against the admission of palestine a very sensitive and jubilant moment for the palestinians and the sour point for the israelis and for the united states it seems their they've been doing everything they could to do rail the vote but to no avail later the palestinians have already

elevated status of observance to the un general assembly how does today's admission to unesco affects palestine's bid for full u.n. membership now. well bell although the un body in question deals with science education and culture the vote has been seen as very much political as a first step but as a reminder of the popularity of the palestinian bid for membership in the un itself that application is now pending before the u.n. security council where the united states is threatening to veto to use its veto power and also the international community is for palestine becoming a full member of the you and the u.s. position on this is considered is very much considered to be biased and anti palestinian although washington says they've wanted two state solution but they are blocking all attempts of the international community to help the two sides come to

such a solution washington says it's release and palestinians should be able to deal with it on their own but that proved impossible because one side is too strong and the other side is too weak they can't even start bilateral talks these days peace talks were supposed to resume but after a neutral strike in the last couple of days and people killed on both sides the talks again stalled. live from the u.s. capitol thanks very much indeed for that well let's discuss this with our many learned he's from the independent institute think tank he joins us now in washington d.c. and that is not even the very use i've been good to see you there in washington a huge victory for the palestinians but how will this affect their state. well i think that you know that gradually the palestinians are pushing to get in more international organizations particularly in the u.n.

i think the difference between this vote in the one. statehood bid is that of course the u.s. can go in the security council that the latter one where is the vote there's no veto and it was voted overwhelmingly the people went against what the u.s. and israel wanted and voted in palestine as a member clearly this was i think that you are such as you who because the two are separate simply because of the way the votes are taken and whether the united states can block it or not. this really was a political move to get that unesco membership but nevertheless what would have been the practical advantages or what all of the practical advantages of being a member of unesco for the palestinian people well i think you know at the most basic level you know asco. provide it's

mostly well known for preserving cultural sites historical sites and i think the palestinians in that area of the west bank and gaza feel that the israelis are trying to you know get it the. race that culture also you know they have programs for women science that's where the thing and i think the palestinians will benefit from those as well and so there's lots of lots of programs i mean not only to promote promote promote further international recognition and understanding as well. yes and i think a you mentioned the symbolic thing i think that's actually the main thing here because certainly the programs are important but this saval like idea that the all these nations wanted to let palestine in over the objections of the u.s.

and israel is very significant i think and it. tells the indians have been stymied in their efforts to have a state and of course they're trying a new route they're trying. he's for protests and they're trying this method of trying to get into more and more international organizations to build their legitimacy and i think that's a better way to go than violence myself what about the u.s. reaction. to the violence hasn't helped anybody i mean just quickly the u.s. reaction to this could it go back far i mean they've already announced that it's going to withdraw funding twenty two percent of indeed the funding that they provide to the u.s. go budget but here they are punishing people and their cultural and social projects around the world in effect making these people sacrifice for the palestinian cause i certainly did in economically tough time as well i mean what sort of image does that give the u.s. . well i think obama administration actually likes you know asco unlike the

republicans who don't really care about you know asco and i think the u.s. ambassador. said that they'll try to find other ways to support the organization so i don't think the obama administration is happy to be having been put in the situation but you're exactly right that's what it does it holds a lot of people who are not involved in this around the world hostage to this particular dustup over the palestinian membership and you know sco and i think you know it does it this law is very rigid and it's kind of left over from from other places so. another year or so anyway. it's very. it doesn't look good for the u.s. because the they're in a rigid straitjacket they can't do much about the law they may try to help the organization in other in other ways ok we'll leave it there thanks very much indeed ivan eland of the independent institute think tank joining us live there in

washington sorry about the delay occasionally when i was talking to you thanks very much they. syria's president has told russian television the forces fighting is regime dangerous and putting civilians at risk but shot assad also said he is ready to work with the opposition parties that have emerged during the months of uprising against his government tessa cilia 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 form any attempt to destabilize the country will result in what he called i'm nervous quake 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 at his government think is a real cause of the conflict in his country. today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces. during peaceful demonstrations because some slogans

being chanted you know. dealing with people we don't know. syria israel. possesses such weapons but there is evidence. in place is packed with. casualties in a number of cases the information of time. to syria from neighboring states. the government has tried to put forth some reforms and the president has said that they're planning problem entry elections in february there are opposition voices such as the national corn nation council was shot tries to bring together the different posing forces in syria they're saying that while they are very critical of the ever foresee 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 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 go shushan table and that's not to say that i mean there 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 we know had vetoed that u.n. resolution calling for sanctions or 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. and will course want to scott taylor told me earlier that any attempt to intervene in syria using force could have a devastating effect on the entire region it would have potential to reverberate throughout the entire region which is very unstable right now iraq is not stable

americans are due to pull out within two months they're looking at relocating forces into kuwait so they can still maintain some sort of. clout in the area. has launched incursions into northern iraq they've got the kurdish factions there's a kurdish minority inside syria as well i mean israel is on the border if you've got all kinds of things there now which would be very difficult to go in there and . that is a less than volatile situation in other words no one's got any second thoughts about whether nato can force their way in but if you do fight your way in there in a fine are going to be fighting an insurgency for some time to come. you'll keep my wall street movement shows no signs of slowing in the u.s. as enters its seventh week scores of activists have been arrested across america for refusing to pack up their camps and russia has boys concerns over the crackdown on the treatment of protesters by u.s. authorities. it's the way the occupy wall street protesters are 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 a plenty said one which keeps growing. the frost statement comes in response to growing criticism from some western countries as russia moves towards its presidential election meanwhile authorities in the us are trying to enforce various curfews over the weekend to prevent demonstrations from escalating further more than seventy protesters calling for political and economic changes have been arrested in the states of texas oregon and california police and denver used pepper spray to disperse the crowds of protesters saying they are ready to withstand the pressure well for more on this let's now talk to christina token she's founder of the free and equal elections foundation joining me live there in chicago now the protests have been going on for seven weeks christina with people not backing down despite the police crackdown and just in talking about rest and of course bad weather setting in they determined but the messages are somewhat makes

a little confused in some ways so what exactly do they really want to achieve these protesters. there are a lot of grassroots protesters that are just looking for something to latch on to and also with protesters on the tea party side i think the common denominator between a laugh and the right the grassroots are looking for something to unite on is a lacto all reform we can ask under terms of the fact that we have the wrong people in our business both democrats republicans getting money from unions and corporations and what we need to do is we need to break these relationships up and we the people need to run for office is bad and so although they are different messages coming from the tea party and the occupied movement they are essentially perhaps working together for the same results they need to work together i do or see a true grassroots movement the free meek will actions will be very involved with that

uniting the left and the right and hamann denominator and that is that corporate money and union money needs to butt out of the electoral process and this is something we can all agree on there is a common denominator between the left and right and this is electoral reform but the occupy movement doesn't show any signs of that sort of political organization that the tea party does it's more chaotic and less organized. well i mean some would say that you know the tea parties and the media you can't really trust everything you hear in the united you hear here in the united states i like to look the part of the vast going to tea party movement an occupy wall street movement i see true grass root individuals there that just one of the better america and again the way to achieve that we all need to learn more about electron reform and the key is winning these congressional races in two thousand trial in two thousand and fourteen which ultimately have an impact on the senate races and therefore should

u.s. politicians be be listening very carefully to both of their messages because of the moment it seems that the government isn't listening at all and the big business doesn't seem to be caring either. i agree with you know and there will be a movement for electoral reform for groups like the green equal actions foundation that will shed light on the use of wrong candidates have been a lack of it's candidates taking money from again whether it's corporations or unions they are bad. they happened those entities and not a taxpayer so yes i do perceive that we taxpayers will run this for the congressional races and showed pretty doesn't fall two thousand and fourteen and take back america take back the potential rise of a fresh new scene of politicians a new look into army in america maybe well i do see that happening and that's the key and the president you know he's not going to a stranglehold the congress is they're not doing anything we need rational people for the congressional races i do see the movement of barbing directly into that

direction i was talking to somebody little earlier promoting the american dream and the preserving the american dream and of course these are corporate protests carrying on at the moment throughout the states and indeed throughout the rest of the world but what the protesters are actually calling for are undermining the very idea in which of course the u.s. was built and that is capitalism. well those anti-union protesters there's anti-corporate just protests and what we really need to have is anti politicians protests here in the united states again whether it's a large street in the you know union corporate the real problem is these people in our best once we address that issue and we kick them all out of our and then we will the people will see you know more of the origins of the constitution which i feel as taxpayers left and right across the political spectrum really why of course politicians will always be looking over their back and sure if they want to get votes and get into power listen to what the people really want but of course

a lot of this is all about but the corporate world the finances. obviously tied in with politicians but do they really care in what way could this protest have any impact whatsoever on the corporate world continues there in the states and throughout the world why i think is pro chasms the beginning of a bigger i don't know the occupy wall street being that bigger some argue that it's temporarily a distraction but then others argue that it's the party was the g.o.p. group when in fact really just a lot of grassroots people and it was taken over by other entities could be sort of the same for our occupy wall street but i do see that some of positive people that want to truly make a difference latching on to something pure and that is something again an movement for lack toral reform here in the united states and an absolutely cross the world has to know it's very interesting to talk to you thanks so much your time in front of the free and equal elections foundation talk to us live from chicago thank you i

think you know. the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club out of it has been before a london court it's in connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by russian business but as our city itself excelled. he claims his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back. policies of opponent reports one of the most expensive disputes in history taking place in the. it was actually the first time that mr i don't know it was 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 is one of the richest in the world with estimated fourteen 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 saw in his words and there's a lot at stake here he's being sued by mr berezovsky for three point five billion pounds and a third of his personal wealth mr berezovsky and he were the co-founders of the all companies see 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 because lawyers were focusing on details to really discredit him stabber move which think we've heard allegations that he was involved in the arms business also allegations that he lied about his education to ask these details might not be key to the actual case it's an attempt by verizon's his lawyers to discredit mr abramovich both of them concealed behind this curtain of money and and mystery and this hearing is really been the peek behind that both men turn out to call to very shiny cars mr berezovsky or mr b.

is the bodyguard's call and turning up in my bar mr a mr i've been over it in the sadie's they're all both client by bodyguards translators lawyers these sort of team about the net is that these claim was central to his claim it's based on their close relationship form a close relationship on speaking terms now he says they were very close friends he was his mentor and they were they were business partners yet today i misdoubted rose released a statement denying that. part of the problem with actually establishing what exactly the deals were between these men is because none of it was actually written down now this is a pact with doesn't seem to rise or shock these men they take it as fact i was three and they say well that's just the way it was because this was after all the ninety's russia. time now to check out some other international news in brief in our world at this hour suicide bombing in the southern afghan city of kandahar it's claimed at least four lives a truck laden with explosives was detonated near a u.n.

aid agency checkpoint several people in the past and ensuring gunfight between insurgents and the afghan security forces the taliban's claimed responsibility. nato is set to wrap up its mission over libya with an hour marking the official end to its military intervention the responsibility for national security will be handed to the country's interim government now faces the difficult task of collecting countless weapons and firearms from civilians weapons use became widespread during the eight months of civil war that ended with the violent death of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi. the new york trial of viktor boots the russian businessman accused of international arms trafficking and supplying weapons to terrorists is close to a conclusion we're now hearing 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 our correspondent and started checking it 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 cease 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 groups lawyer was perfectly aware that he was not exactly dealing with members of the far proof and we're expected 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 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 to 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 remains 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 is most likely already lost this case. and start a chicken or is all of the love in moscow come up to twenty five minutes past the

hour chris next with the latest from the world of finance. hello and welcome to our business update the south the russian government is putting some numbers to help that night out for the euro zone presidential aide ok the college says this could mean up to ten billion dollars for the debt fund and this could be down through the i.m.f. and by bilateral agreements with individual countries like africa has more. russia helping the eurozone mixed with political and financial sense europe is russia's largest trading partner so ensuring its recovery would only be positive for this country's well being will be no winners should the e.u. be good to the wolves 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 u.s.

treasuries on the downside money that does go for the aid is not available to the spirits of home although economists suggest it is not enough to make a real dent in russia's plans i also say you know we're talking about ten billion dollars which can be important for maybe specific kountry and i mean the european union's own but for russia to take into account the central bank reserves say about five hundred billion dollars. 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. that's a look at the markets now all declines pairing the biggest monthly gain are in more than two years futures slid as much as one point two percent after japan we can begin against the dollar making commodities priced in u.s.

dollars less attractive to investors some market watchers expect a jump in crude price to push gasoline prices higher and undermine demand stocks in the u.s. are lower with wall street relinquishing some of its recent rise the dow jones lost one a half percent with all but two of its thirty components falling thing in maker alcoa that saw five point seven percent bank of america and j.p. morgan stanley also dropped more than four percent falling to clients in europe stocks in europe. those in the red with a foot in the dax and things over control of one and a half for one one hundred percent for putting two point three percent for the backs of banks and miners among the biggest decline as commodity prices fell shares of hedge fund manager man group trucks four point nine percent the world bank of scotland and lloyds banking group both lost over six percent and here in russia stocks closed in the red for the first time in four days on monday crude oil and metal spells hurting the outlook for companies in the world's biggest energy

exporter and guinea coach martha from alpha capital says investors are now in a profit taking mood. 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 source and some correction so we think it is not true for continuation of our market growth for us not to grow by four percent for sam. we have seen some positive gun amazonian selected stocks in the russian market but although market is a record run are suits the portion of profit taking people just don't want to buy such high levels. that's all the business we have for you but don't forget you can always log onto our web site i.p.o. cast rashness for more.

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