breaking news on r t nato troops use tear gas to disperse crowds of serbs refusing to dismantle barricades along possibles northern border as ethnic tensions flare up again. and moscow warns it could deploy missile silos on the e.u. border and pull out of a major nuclear plant still with the u.s. if washington continues to pursue its plans for a missile defense shield in eastern europe use now at the kremlin with more details in just a moment. plus thousands of the fine egyptians step out of the er demands for an end to the country's military rule. protesters continue occupying toughness where

despite security forces firing live rounds at problems of people move from cairo in just a few moments to. breaking news on our t.v. they are troops have fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of ethnic serbs defaming their barricades along the cost of serbia border troops reportedly used special equipment to remove concrete barriers late on wednesday and put up a barbed wire fans to try and restore control of the area gunshots were reportedly heard when hundreds of ethnic serbs poured into the streets to remove the wire around twenty roadblocks were mounted to stop local authorities in northern caso from controlling the serb dominated area tensions have been on the rise over disputed border crossings since the summer and clashes escalated one costumer authorities. moved to chapter points while imposing

a trade value on serving goods when you serve the living area we jack casillas two thousand and eight in the panels from from them and from from serbia and for more on this let's now talk to political analyst alexander palm beach who is in belgrade for us that's about it thanks very much for being here with us in the program well mayor troops have been deployed to the area since stanchions escalated back in july so what does their presence mean for their region and how it affects it. well actually their presence is the stabilizing the region because they're actually there to they should be able to keep the peace what they're doing is they're taking the side of the albeit in controlled government and pushed enough. to help them impose control over the entire. autonomous province of course in the world and this is the main this is the root of the present violence i just want to say that the place in class that happened last night actually just

a few days ago the serbs the local serbs leds and nato convoys through with no problem whatsoever the problem is that they too want to use force to remove these very caves and they freeze people live inside a state in side which they don't want to live so that's the main problem. well what is the legal basis for k. force presence there. the legal basis is u.n. security council resolution twelve forty four k. four is there actually nato to keep some peace and to actually has risen lucian says to help find a permanent solution as an autonomy within serbia however in two thousand and eight . a unilaterally declared independence and the nato countries recognize their independence so the root of the problem is that we have western powers who are recognizing an illegally declared state and they're trying to make the serbs down

there and they make them live inside this illegally declared state and that's why practically every day now especially past three or four months they've been overstepping the un mandate the local firms obviously did not trust nato peacekeepers there and in your opinion what is likely to happen next how will the situation unfold. unfortunately i don't see it. unfolding in any just good way because nato is refusing to take the peaceful way out do you keep trying to use force to remove these barricades and the local serbs have made clear that they're absolutely not going to allow nato to help the albanians establish their own state on the territory of serbia and this is this is a classical stalemate nato is going to keep doing what they're trying to do and the serbs are going to be doing with their trying to do nato has the force the serbs

have no there they're not armed so nato has the initiative they have the power and obviously they're willing to use it against unarmed civilians. well i mean clearly that the issue at the heart of the trouble is the fact that serbia refuses to recognize cause of his declaration of independence in two thousand and eight and it seems like a deadlock situation there but is there a way out of it i mean personally what do you think is the solution if there is one of course. well it's hard to find a solution now the solution was to negotiate within the bounds of resolution fall forty four. and saying is once the united states. france and the leading western countries recognized the illegally declared independence of kosovo in two thousand and eight it's become very hard to to find a solution because you're actually unilaterally trying to impose something on a sovereign country which is serbia serbia has said that it cannot recognize

independence the united states is recognizing independence we don't see any any room for much maneuver there especially because western powers are saying that they're not going to withdraw their recognition of kosovo independence so it seems like if someone is actually planted the seed of the future of instability and disorder in this part of the world and it's the western nato powers unfortunately. but finally a master part of therapy is begging for a year number shap now how could the situation of the cosmos there be a border effect a bit. though this is one of the secrets to why nato is using aggressive action right now by the deadline for serbia as an assembler knife that that's the day when the european commission the european union supposed to make a decision on granting serbia candidate status in the meantime they know that the

government of belgrade will do give just about any concessions to get candid status as a result they're trying to change nato is trying to change the situation on the ground knowing that the hands of the present government approach e.u. government in belgrade are kind and there are good actually taking advantage of the situation. i think they'll probably get a grant candidacy to belgrade but probably not begin. which is that she would go. so we had at least two more weeks until december ninth when we made more things like we've seen less. right always empires things were much indeed for sharing your views with us here there was a political analyst he's out of polish talking to us from belgrade and find more on the unstable situation and costs posted on our website r.t. dot com so go online to get the latest updates as well as the background to the

serbian cosmic conflict you can also find a number of stories by our correspondents with porting from to see all that r.t. dot com. russia is ready to pull out of the start nuclear arms reduction treaty if the u.s. continues with its plans to deploy a missile defense shield in europe present return to the end of war and up a move its own offensive missile systems to its borders and response is that he's now has more. press's reaction to the active development of plans for this missile defense shield in eastern europe came in the form of an announcement from president needs major worry highlighted five steps that the russian federation would take if the u.s. and nato don't reconsider their plans first of all activated immediately will be early radar warning stations in kaliningrad which is russia's most western enclave the country's nuclear strategic forces will be strengthened significantly he pointed out that this needs to happen urgently are the countries strategic missiles

will be fitted with advanced penetration systems and latest generation warheads and he's also notified the armed forces that a system needs to be developed that could destroy data exchange in the control systems of this planned missile defense shield if these steps are not enough the president pointed out that this would be russia's last resort. just a beach if other measures are insufficient russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west and south east in order to prevent further damage from the u.s. missile systems employed in europe the system of the deployment of the is going to missile system an accounting of the region will be one such step if the situation develops in an unfavorable way russia will reserve the rush to cease further steps in the area additional measures and arms control. giving me an external link between strategic offensive and defensive weapons yes reasons could emerge from russia's strategic arms reduction treaty this is a vision within the content of the treaty again the deployment of those tricky dick

missiles in kaliningrad would be a last resort the president pointed out once again emphasizing that he believes dialogue is the way to go and that cooperation is still possible it's not too late the promises are just not going to be enough russia needs legally binding agreements from nato and the us that these systems are not meant as a deterrent against that from the was to watch the same rhetoric that russia has been listening to for years again that this system is meant aimed to get. so-called rogue states like iran and north korea that it's not in any way meant against russia that they do believe that russia and the west have separate systems from the representatives from the national security council you heard that cooperation again they praised president has made a statement about further cooperation but also pointed out this is very important that they will continue to cooperate with that pursuit of cooperation will in no way be limited or changed or changed the plans for missile defense shield and then

from secretary general rasmussen of nato we heard again praise for the top for the statement on dialogue and cooperation but he say he's disappointed by president medvedev statement that it's not in the spirit of russia nato cooperation but again if you look at a map you will see very clearly that nato is rapidly expanding eastwards are on russia's what's eastwards on russia's western border you have the united states and their bases all throughout the middle east and then up russia's eastern seaboard you have bases in japan and south korea to basically russia is being surrounded and it's pretty easy to understand why this is such a major concern for their national security and he's now reporting there also had to sour justice in the dock while the fate of market on these captured son remains unclear we're reporting why saif al islam isn't being extradited to the hague and the fear is he may never receive a fair trial and. thousands of egyptians are continuing to occupy tottering or

square after days of unrest and manning the country's military rulers resign immediately protesters have been battling with security forces in along a sound break of violence since february as uprising our correspondent policy reports from cairo. the rounds it certainly seems as if people have chosen to remain here overnight ended in the previous night certainly more people here on the streets than they were at this time yesterday last night saw some of the fiercest street battles so soft with police firing tear gas rubber bullets and even reports of live ammunition the number of did is now being put at nearly fourteen with the egyptian health ministry saying that some three thousand two hundred and fifty people have been injured now the human rights watch has said that there has with out any kind of of contrary evidence being and live ammunition they say that there had been at least twenty two people who have been killed because of gunshot wounds to the head now later today here in cairo the arab league will be meeting to

discuss syria the league has said that it is really too posed sanctions on damascus and here critics slop the international community and the region are pointing at double standards on behalf of the arab league they said that the league is quick to respond to what is happening in damascus but here where egypt's gooden's the arab league has been extremely in clock extremely quiet and sad to say very little the same time we're hearing from the presidential hopeful mohamed el baradei he is still mulling over whether or not to form a new government he has been tossed with the option of doing this on the topic of tear gas which is a good in question here in turkey this way a birdie says that he has some kind of proof that a nerve agent has been used we are also hearing reports that security forces are using a tear gas that is banned in international circles but we have no independent confirmation of that could certainly the role of the tear gas will be something that will be debated in days if not weeks to come because even now as i speak to you there is the heavy off the smell of to gas and last night he saw people coughing we saw

people throwing up blood and we're not in the course of at least one doctor in this killed one of the largest to gas was fired at an h. clinic which was teaching patients to interface where. we are reporting there from egypt political analyst and journalist dr amar the shabby says that reason rallies and interest may lead to other revolts elsewhere in the arab world. egypt is at the heart of the arab world this is the most populated at a country that has a strategic positioning on a geographical level and when come for geopolitics this is it for really all other cultures and i think this will push other peoples all around the other world actually move. the betting against these standards of living that does not come to them in the minimum level in four to protect from the beginning of the arabs and i think the people on the streets feel humiliated by their governments and they are

reacting now but the however i want to differentiate between two different the different elements there is what the people want and the movements of the people and there are all of the western interests and they are the interests of the great powers they will these two these two elements mournful disney and in fact it's the west and i think it's the american specific think the arab and military council the government the egypt if you maintain the american policy and protect american interests especially when it comes to israel and it doesn't actually suit the western interests when there is a democratic government in egypt where the egyptians have their say. so look on this hour here in r.t. from a stare at each to go on while many of portugal smartest and sharpest are taking off to find jobs and some unexpected places in africa and south america. after colonel gadhafi is a battlefield execution last month there have been hopes he has captured son saif

al islam would receive a fair trial but they are growing theorist out won't be the case in the hands of libya's new rulers and as our panel reports there are some powerful figures outside the country who could influence the course of justice. say feliz longet daffy is a man with a lot to say he's the last chance the world has to know how to get that the regime turned from public. enemy number one the prison buddies with britain and the other western powers but the international criminal court in the hague says it's not going to extradite him allowing libya to try him instead libyan officials already calling for the death penalty many fear it's a tactic to keep those dirty secrets hidden forever it's a controlled forum where the western interests look at look at what happened with the trial of which you can be sure that the information that they could offer a family has about the relationship between could after you and the c.e.o.

. come out get that he was his father's right hand man the crucial mediating go between with the west enjoyed a playboy lifestyle in london counting tony blair peter mandelson and prince andrew amongst his pals there are even reports he was entertained at buckingham palace this is where safety that he was given a place to study i want to london's top universities you even invited back you to give a speech as recent as last year is introduced by his old professor as someone who looks to democracy civil society and liberal values for the core of his inspiration a far cry from the good at his previous role as international pariahs libya's oil wealth manager had a lot to give some details of what britain won in return have already emerged safe get their fees our martyr was given one and a half million pounds by his charitable foundation as part of a deal to educate hundreds of libya's future civil servants and it wasn't just

britain according to get daffy libya funded nicolas sarkozy's path to the presidency but they did after his fall from favor was sudden and spectacular according to save their former friends have been trying to cover up any links since turning against them desperate to stave off a trial at the international criminal court. and that they were trying to negotiate with us a deal if you're out of this deal we think at the care of the court what does. is is all is controlled by those countries which i think yes but then i don't think it's going to be in anyone's interest for this to come out of the new government in libya one blood that's my reading of it europe wants silence and wants to do is move on attractive because of course the hypocrisy in the double dealing with europe at the one hand condemning human rights abuses rather limited kind of way

the same time deporting gadhafi as enemies back to libya who were tortured almost at the very point when tony blair was making the daffy in the tent so i think there's an awful lot of truths that ought to come out and i really doubt it will. search i see libya insists it's capable of giving a fair trial despite its judicial system not being independent for over forty years it's still unclear where safety that he will be trying to rival the ruling factions of fighting over who gets to exact revenge for the death penalty likely the same safe gadaffi and his secrets will be silenced under bennet's artsy london. the revolution is supposed to be over by it seems peace has not yet returned to lead the clashes between loyalists of slain leader moammar gadhafi and government troops erupted in the city of bani walid leaving seven people dead just days after a new government was formed several clans have come forward to say they won't

recognize it this comes as the latest u.n. report has revealed that about seven thousand people are still being held in libyan detention centers controlled by revolutionary forces. france has called for a secured zone to protect civilians in syria and it's the first time a major western power has suggested international intervention in the country french foreign minister proposed the creation of the safe area could allow the syrian people to be protected as well as ease the delivery of humanitarian aid uprising against the rule of president bashar asad started eight months ago and has left an estimated thirty five hundred people dead. the u.s. is urging bahrain to address it would be a sions of abuse outlined in a report on wednesday the findings say five people were tortured to death by security authorities after they used excessive force to crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations more than forty others died and then rest which began in february the u.s. has been criticized in the past for not speaking out against its cough ally joining

the protests. twenty four hour strike is underway in portugal as workers protest and stared a budget designed to help the country cut its debt lisbon's international airport has canceled all services with air traffic controllers walking away from their posts it comes as poor prospects and fragile finances are driving more young people abroad. reports. now expects readers ready to go leave your home which has probably never been easier critical forgot my scene courtship when we know that architects with five years experience are paid just eight hundred euros a month is a question a lot of young specialists have been asking themselves legally and surprisingly answer may be to leave for portugal's former colonies like brazil since it wasn't true and has been rather stable they had their national proof and then a massive reconstruction process began so there were a lot of opportunities for civil construction companies especially and

a lot of what he still construction companies went there and they're currently very very happy and go maybe know something many portuguese are starting to do it at least in the present day. an african country rich some diamonds and oil resources presents an appetizer an opportunity for a lot of people who lost hope of finding a decent job at home from embroider or who ever i tell him moving abroad invariably says brew and then you get me a job two friends even asked me to take their c.v. . according to some reports around ninety thousand portuguese are currently living in cooler compared with just ten thousand in two thousand to some go looking for better income but most are simply looking for something something better than the ever worsening situation called we simply i think salaries unfortunately are not the main reason and the main reason is the lack of opportunities in the portuguese markets due to the well to the rises the mass exodus of portugal's young smart

educated may portend the end of an era for the country a lot of specialize people where higher education scientists brain drain as you call it that go in or leave abroad and study abroad and there's just stay there and bunch of course will most likely never recover those human assets like rita they hardly think twice before moving abroad it is aging work for a decent salary far outweigh any possible fear of flying if you go story t. was. back to our breaking news story nato troops have fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of ethnic serbs defending their barricades along the coastal serbia border troops reportedly used special equipment to remove concrete barriers laid on wednesday and put up a barbed wire fence to try and restore control of the area gunshots were reportedly heard when hundreds of ethnic serbs poured into the streets to remove the wire

around twenty rogue woks were mounted to stop local authorities in northern cars from controlling the serb dominated area tensions have been on the rise over disputed border crossings since the summer clashes as calais to one qassam are authorities move to checkpoints while imposing a trade ban on serbian goods or any serbs living in the area reject us as two thousand and eight independence from serbia. while our special interview at the sports are just moments away before that it will take a look at what's happening in the world of business with natasha. it's twenty four past noon here in law school welcome to the business update our top story china has sealed a deal to significantly boost natural gas supplies from two minutes on they'll increase by almost two thirds to sixty five billion cubic metres a year the volume would be equivalent to ten months of china's gas imports china

has also agreed to give loans to buy oil and gas equipment russia has negotiated a deal to supply gas to china but the two sides have been unable to agree on pricing russia is reluctant to sell natural gas for less than it gets from europe while china doesn't offer more than what it pays for subtle asian supplies. one of the world's leading rina engineering companies finland's wart so i will hold modernize russia's outdated commercial fleet it aside to deal with russian shipbuilding corporation which plans to build eight hundred new vessels over the next decade the company is building shipyards and russia's far east with partners from korea and singapore both focus on icebreakers oil and gas tankers and seed platforms eventually as also green plants to look for energy resources in the arctic. with the premise that. it will be an important corporation with

a company possessing state of your street knology the joint venture would be located in russia's need and shipyards and their national investments will reach twenty million euros we will be assembling very complicated moving equipment russia has to learn how to make it otherwise all of our plans for exploration will remain on paper. and it's time now to look at the markets commodities first oil is going higher the w tries at almost ninety seven dollars a barrel of all branches a one hundred seven and three quarters this reflects the renewed fears of supply shortages from iran given the current political tensions with the west. now onto the equities your bill or hits are starting the day's session on a positive note the footsie is adding around point two percent while the dax is over one percent number one. asian shares are mixed tokyo has finished thursday's trade in a deep selloff it was the first session after

a one day holiday so the all the launch of bad news now mostly from europe and the united states weighed on the nikkei the hong kong hong kong's hang say is a positive territory. here last fall the indices are mixed the r.t.s. is up a tenth of a percent and why sex is too negative this hour. and now on to the main movers on my sex energy holding in our state and northern caucuses is leading the games the company will more than double its try to count at all to two billion dollars energy majors also and the walk on stronger crude gazprom is adding almost half a percent banking stocks also higher russia's second largest bank me t.v. is up by thirty percent so. looking ahead to the rest of the tree of the week straight it's no surprise that all eyes are on europe's debt problems especially since the u.s. is preparing for a long thanksgiving weekend now let's roll that also gives his you. u.s.

is closed for thanksgiving holiday so market it should be quite quiet in the u.s. you know again people will be a focused on europe and worked on for example or germany's a position is on a common no your bond is you know merkel has been resisting the ideal italy and all the people simply continue to be watching the french and spanish bond yields to see if there are some in a continued you know attacks against you know these other countries. and that's all the latest from the business team for now but you can always find a lot more stories there online at archie dot com slash business. in the with.

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