a good girl would international flood to achieve every green lure her till into the . protesters in egypt told their positions on cairo's a revolutionary tahrir square which now catches his breath after another night of heavy clashes meanwhile arab foreign ministers are meeting in cairo egypt and not on the agenda more in just a few moments. serbs in a breakaway kosovo face clouds of tear gas as they refused to months by nato soldiers to dismantle barricades on the region's northern borders. and moscow stresses it's not about to stop the reset of ties with the u.s. but will hold nuclear disarmament and deploy rockets to its borders if washington

establishes its missile defense shield in europe. and in business this hour russia suffers a setback to supply more gas to china china has signed a deal with took minister to buy more of its natural gas to remain twenty minutes for more on that in our business. just now i just after five pm on thursday here in moscow this is r.t. with me roll recent shy welcome to the program egypt's military has apologized for the deaths of nearly forty protestors over several days of violent clashes with police risk where it was quiet this morning for the first time since the fresh surge of on rest began on saturday it's after both sides declared for a break in fighting meanwhile the arab league meets in cairo but the delegates focus is on syria and the imposition of new sanctions. is standing by for us in the

egyptian capital. at this stage we have no indication that discussing what is happening in egypt is on the agenda for the arab league the foreign ministers are currently holding discussions over whether or not to impose sanctions on damascus we understand also that the french will be giving a presentation they'll be appealing to the foreign ministers to accept what their point and humanitarian corridor france is openly calling for international intervention now this has provoked a lot of anger not only some people here in egypt in the region but also from many of the international community many saying that it is highly ironic that the meeting is being held in egypt the situation of what is happening here is not on the agenda at the same time the arab league is being accused of double standards and off he talk risky so much is making of the situation in syria while the death toll here in europe in egypt stands at some forty people who have been killed and

more than two thousand injured and yet no mention is made of this by the need the situation is relatively calm despite the fact that there are thousands of people here into this rare for the sirens of ambulances to suggest that there are clashes ongoing there people are being injured but we know that the security personnel have erected a barrier of wire around the interior ministry building and this was the focal point of so much of the violence over the past straight six days and this is an attempt to keep protesters back now the supreme council of the armed forces has issued an apology over lives lost and youngsters killed in the past week it says it deeply regrets this and it has offered condolences at the same time it says that come saturday it will release all of it if it detainees it has taken in the last week but most importantly the army says it is ready and insisting that these elections that are being planned for monday will go ahead now these parliamentary elections have caused

a lot of concern by people here many saying that they should go ahead many saying that they shouldn't and talking to protesters here in turkey square. the city is a mixed reaction some support the elections on monday some don't but it certainly has not taken away the discontent with the anger that people here have towards the military they still insisting that the military step down and step down immediately regardless of whether or not these elections are held and the goddess whether or not they are free and fair you need to remember that while they want tens of thousands of people here in town here there are tens of millions in the race to egypt and they are long by the fact that the country is suffering economically there alarmed by the fact that they are feeling this runs over the past eight nine months and they're also long by the fact that the international community is watching very carefully how egypt manages itself during this very difficult time so they want to see some kind of movement towards democracy whether or not this if you keep the elections on monday remains to be seen. but his policy right there and she

is following events in a covered for us the twenty four seven on twitter out of your screen right here some of the latest posts from her page the iraqi foreign minister says that syria has agreed to foreign observers coming to damascus so tweet so that the egyptian military says every person who does not vote next week will be fined it five hundred big gyptian pounds you can follow all the twitter for live updates as i said twenty four hours a day. five minutes past the hour here in the russian capital of violence i can float up in northern cause of nato soldiers used tear gas against local serbs trying to stop the barricades from being dismantled troops in riot gear attempted to remove a concrete barrier and bob why this happened just late on wednesday night how are you saying european correspondent alex yourself scheme now has. the case for troops trying to dismantle one of the barricades near the uranium block post near the rainy border post the serbs resisted and then the native contingent had to use gas

grenades and possibly even rather bullets as some sources say there have been no reports so far of any victims or injured but clearly this is another incident which is heating up this region well this has been going on since july this year when the course of albany and decide to impose a trade embargo on the serbs living in northern cross when they set up security checkpoints at the border crossings the serbs reacted with indignation they blocked these border crossings putting their own main made barricades made of sand the best those and of course themselves protecting this part not letting anybody to come inside the normal possible including the nato contingent have been several cases of clashes already several times people were injured and brought into hospitals the tension is clearly very high in this region while i've been there recently and i've talked to the serbs there have been telling me that they will not step down they

will continue holding their barricades no matter what they are not expecting any help from belgrade who is now trying to negotiate the accession to the e.u. at the same time when to stand out on diplomatic level belgrade has suspended all negotiations with pristina following this conflict in northern kosovo and the situation is rather unexpected. shots here fourteen right there what i mean time a political analyst. says that maintaining the region's volatile situation in is actually in the interests of the western allies. it seems like someone is actually planted the seed of a future of instability and disorder in this part of the world in two thousand and eight priests not unilaterally declared independence and the nato countries recognize their independence so the roots of the problem is that we have western powers who are recognizing illegally declared state and they're trying to make the

serbs down there may make can live inside this legally declared state local service have made clear that they're absolutely not going to allow the nato to help the albanians establish their own state under the current theory 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 good to trying to do nato has the force the serbs said no they're not current so nato has the initiative they have the power and obviously they're willing to use it against unarmed civilians watching r t it's good to have you with us today and coming up a little bit later in the program i want for all or all for one question of collective borrowing for the eurozone continues to divide the region's leaders portugal finally succumb to the crisis its debt now classified as junk by one of the world's top ratings agencies. from out of this world we report on how it feels

to have your feet firmly on the ground after a lengthy stay way up above the clouds. moscow says it's not planning to hold the reset of ties with washington but is ready to pull out of the nuclear arms reduction treaty if the u.s. goes ahead with its defense shield plans in europe washington says it will not review its program despite russia warning that it could move its own offensive missile systems to its borders in response he said he said our explains. 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 medvedev where he 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 you

pointed out that this needs to happen folks 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 from 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 peach 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 us missile systems in europe the system of deployment of us going to missile systems in the coming light region will be one such step if the situation develops in an unfavorable way russia will reserve the right to she's further steps to meet him in additional amount and arms control. an extra couple link between strategic offensive and defensive weapons yet reasons could emerge from russia's strategic arms reduction treaty because this is

a vision within the content of the treaty 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 but promises are just not going to be enough russia needs a legally binding agreements from nato and the us that these systems are not meant as a deterrent against that from the was a lot of the same rhetoric that russia has been listening to for years again that this system is meant aimed against so-called rogue states like iran and north korea that it's not anyway meant again. russia that they do believe that russia and the west should have separate systems from the representatives from the national security council be 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 but 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 statement on tile log 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 on russia as well as the 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 so basically russia is being surrounded and it's pretty easy to understand why this is such a major concern for their national security team is now reporting right there outside the kremlin the head of russia's state and foreign affairs committee a constantine cause such off's moscow's concerns over u.s. missile defense plans in its own backyard not baseless. it is not russia who goes ahead because the united states of america global in nature goes ahead and the

russian reaction is just a reaction it is not about an action this is about a counter action we have to take certain measures in order to balance the eventual damage to the nuclear armaments balance and stability which has existed until now measures to each are announced by mr president are to be taken within the russian national borders we do not act beyond the national borders and this is the huge difference between these and we americans have to be on their national borders in order to protect their national security and the way we are being refused to receive commitments confirms their our concerns are really serious and that the actions of the united states in terms of developing the global anti missile defense system are aimed not just against iran or north korea but finally gave.

countries like russia in case they will receive these even nori russian concerns unfortunately we will freeze their armory arms threes to reach russia definitely wants to work and time for you to involve us here and i'll see right now we want to know how you think that russia's warnings over america's missile shield plans will play out i get over to our web site. right now let's see how your votes are stuck and out right here the numbers most of you believe it could trigger a new arms race the second most popular answer is that it will see the pentagon only speeding up the climate almost a quarter believe of russia's objections will lead to europe saying no to the u.s. and the rest think that washington will compromise and agree to moscow to controvert at r.t. to. any quarter past the hour here in moscow. collective boring for the eurozone continues to drive a wedge between the region's main players the issue is under scrutiny once again

this time in strasbourg so the leaders of germany and france and meeting the newly appointed italian premier the idea of euro bonds is championed by the e.u. technocrats and paris but strongly opposed by the region's cash cow out of it would help to raise much needed capital for the debt ridden nations but largely at germany's expense lowering costs would rise but it's created even in poland is no longer immune to the crisis having suffered its worst bond auction on wednesday investment advisor patrick young says the eurozone needs someone to make executive decisions. the problem is first of all to go back to what we always keep hammering on the body we really need leadership mr gore rose who is trying to push forward this idea of euro bonds amongst others alternately also germany either has to decide that it wants to basically take away the ball and through a lot of other members out of the euro zone club because they view them as not being worthy of being membership or they're going to have to essentially bite their

tongue and they're going to have to come forward and do something with the marketplace and in some way find a solution the problem we have is you know euro goans we were talking about those a year ago fifteen months ago but the difficulty has been all along the lack of political leadership and right now if there is definitely a poll people smell of fear in brussels over what's going on when you're in the euro parliament in the coffee shops the huddled corners are discussions about whether the you're always going to survive in any shape or form and hopefully that's going to be a catalyst to see and i critique of leadership and i critique of government and we will find a solution whether it's a collective euro bond or some other form of transfer that at least gets the market working again on the laws countries to borrow this crisis is like a pandemic of financial panic nobody really think you see if in the euro zone and that's why germany must come i can lead a euro bond is basically a case of putting lipstick on the pigs quite literally in every possible sense and

of course the other countries who are currently shut out of the borrowing market or have to borrow at very expensive rates want to be part of a club where hopefully they will be able to borrow money and bill be able to borrow it much much more cheaply than they can get it in their own right. i know one of those are crisis hit pigs countries a lot of portugal has just received a vote of no confidence from ratings giant fitch lisbon's credit score was proclaimed as junk fitch cited high debt levels and low growth despite a seventy eight billion euro bailout earlier this year and this comes as workers angered by deep cuts walked out in a twenty four hour strike and that is a rino political reports more and more desperate portuguese and are seeking a better life. now expects readers ready to go leave your home which has probably never been easier to take over for my stay in portugal when we know that architects with five years' experience are paid just eight hundred euro's a month is

a question a lot of young specialists have been asking themselves lately and surprising answer may be to leave portugal's former colonies like brazil to the present through and has been rather stable they had their national proof and then the mass of their record stretching process again so they're all for a civil construction companies especially and a lot of what she's still a construction company is there and they're currently very very active and going to maybe know something but many portuguese are starting to do it at least in the present day. an african country rich in diamonds an oil resources presents an appetizer an opportunity for a lot of people who have lost hope of finding a decent job at home for members of the over who ever i tell i'm moving abroad invariably says brilliant can you get my job two friends even asked me to take their c.v. . according to some reports around ninety thousand portuguese are currently living poor compared with just ten thousand in two thousand to some golden key for better

income but most are simply looking for something something better than the eversley situation at home and 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 prizes the mass exodus of portugal's young smart educated may portend the end of an era for the country a lot of specialized people where the higher the creation scientists brain drain as if you will call it that the goal when we've been brought in study abroad and that's to stay there and of course we'll most likely never recover those human assets like rita they hardly think twice before moving abroad the desire to work for a decent salary far outweigh any possible fear of flying even ghostwrite she has been . and if you had over to r.t.

dot com for more on the debt crisis just marching through the eurozone across the atlantic the u.s. has apparently found an unconventional way to save lives so that's what some say the threats of a strike against iran's nuclear sites could be leading to more of that story online also there a dot com. we explore some of the possible reasons behind the failure of a russia's interplanetary probe run under suggestions is one of america's a research stations in alaska. all right twenty minutes past the hour now let's check out some other international headlines here on our teatime of the world update bloodshed continues in yemen a day after president saleh announced his resignation five people are reported killed after crowds demanding soulé to be put on trial were fired upon by supporters of the regime so they agreed to transfer power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution months of protests and

a brutal crackdown by government forces in yemen have left almost nine hundred people dead. germans are out in force to protest against their wife of a train packed with nuclear waste to be reprocessed country by the shipment originated in france where police clashed with hundreds of anti nuclear protesters as the train began its journey security forces used to rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds at least five arrests were made by japan's fukushima disaster germany decided earlier this year to phase out using nuclear power. and in south korea water cannons have been used on protesters demonstrating against the free trade agreement with the united states scuffles broke out as thousands gathered for a third day of rallies in seoul protesters insist that president lee myung bak should resign they claim the deal favors the u.s. over south korean workers a new treaty has caused quite a stir during ratification proceedings you can see right here one opposition member

threw tear gas power at the deputy speaker in the parliament change. or in just a few moments it's kareena with the business news but for now recovering from a long stint of weightlessness proved to be a tricky business and certainly being back here on the ground that's what a three intrepid travel is a dealing with right now after they return from the international space station just a couple of days ago that r.t. control of or went to be one of them. looking noticeably thinner than when he left for space six months ago mission commander. was speaking about his time on board the international space station now they had a less than standard time on board the i.s.a.'s this was due in a large margin to the the loss of the progress module the progress resupply module that crashed after launch at the end of august now that module was intended to bring them vital supplies of food and other equipment they were essential for the

mission they had to make do without these they did have emergency rations on pause well the crush of that progress module resulted in a to lay in getting the next team to the international space station they had to test the saw use rockets to make sure that it was safe that it wasn't a problem with that rocket now what that meant for volkov and the rest of his crew was that they were left doing the work of six men with just three of them. says thirty atmosphere that created was one of great teamwork this international crew of a japanese astronauts american and a russian all coming together apparently spending their sunday afternoons watching the lord of the rings movies as a team bonding exercise as star is the recovery process of coming back down to earth and we're being told by the talk is that if you want to reacclimate ties back to life on earth it takes as long as you spent in space called earth to make sure

that your adjusted right to life back in gravity and just to emphasize how much of a difference that makes just after he landed in the soyuz module he was given an apple that he said he couldn't eat or the honest to god apple was heavy you know but it was put on my stomach i felt miserable quite. uncomfortable with the first thing i really wanted was to have a cup of strong black tea with sugar and lemon and through a normal cup as well when it's just. pretty talked about just how heavy something as small as an apple felt after spending not amount of time in all that peter oliver r.t. star city moscow all right and still coming your way this hour here on r.t. it's our interview show spotlight this time focusing on the upcoming parliamentary elections are just around the corner here in russia first though as i promised kareena i'm a business. thank

you rory hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me russia has suffered a setback in the race to supply more gas to china asia's biggest country has signed a deal with took me to stand by significantly more of its natural gas volumes will rise by almost two thirds to sixty five million cubic meters a year that's an equivalent of ten months of china's gas imports as part of the deal china has agreed to give to grandstand loans to buy oil and gas equipment russia has also been negotiating a deal to supply gas to china but the two sides have been unable to agree on pricing russia is reluctant to sell gas for less than it gets from europe while china refuses to offer more going to pay for central asian supplies. so look at the markets all is going higher the company is just under ninety seven dollars a barrel of oil brant is that it's over just under one hundred eight started about this reflects a renewed fears of supply shortages from iran given the current political tensions with the west and all the equities european stocks are higher for the first time in

six days markets are helped by an unexpected rise in the measure of german business confidence investors are taking in stride news but which ratings cut portugal's debt rating to junk status puts is over half a percent the dax is over one and a half percent this holiday here in moscow the indices are lower and even trading we are transitioning over half a percent from isaac stays over a quarter of a percent in the red. now on to the main movers in the eyes x. energy holdings of m.r.i. scan in northern caucasus leading to gains of five percent the company will war than double its charted comparable to two billion dollars energy majors of the raised earlier games most of them are lagging stocks have also lost their momentum russia's second largest bank is over. now looking ahead to the rest of the week's trades it's no surprise that all eyes are on europe's debt problems especially since the united states is preparing for

a long thanksgiving weekend. that were also gives. pierce is closed for thanksgiving holiday so the market in a should be quite quiet in the u.s. you know again people will be a focused on europe and what for example of germany's position is on a common euro area bond is you know merkel has been resisting the idea lately and people should continue to be watching the french and spanish bond yields to see if there are in a continued you know attacks against these other countries. so i like that a geisha. thing its share of russia smartphone market. prices and so to american g.p.s. platform the world's biggest mobile manufacturers are being obliged to use class in their phones sold in russia as government plans to impose import duties for products with up just. north of the new users z t e q way h t c

we keep it up to thirty percent of russia's smartphone market based on our technology and we're working hard to initiate big projects this year we expect our revenues to jump hundred fold compared to two thousand and nine and then our goal to rates will be more conservative. that's all the business i have for you for now but stay with us for headline news coming up.

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