on the radio to leave the. church in new delhi who to. babyhood to carry election ramona close of the maidens hotel believe that most of the medicine it was promised to take for. protesters in egypt hold their positions on cairo's a revolutionary square which stretches its breath after another night of heavy clashes. meanwhile arab problem ministers cairo egypt and not on the agenda more in just a few moments. breakaway kosovo face clouds of tear gas as they refuse demands by nato soldiers to dismantle barricades on the region's northern borders. i must go stresses it's not about to stop a reset of ties with the us but will hold nuclear disarmament and deploy rockets to

its borders if washington establishes its missile defense shield in europe. and in business western markets which treat for the first day thursday with the indices closing in the red book at the figures more closely. because now at seven pm on a thursday here in moscow this is our life with me rory some shy egypt's military has apologized for the deaths of nearly forty protestors over several days of clashes with police that's a risk i was quiet this morning for the first time since the fresh surge of the rest began on saturday after both sides declared a break in fighting meanwhile the arab league meets in cairo but the delegates focus is on syria and the imposition of new sanctions. reports from 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 they're calling a humanitarian corridor france is openly calling for international intervention now this has provoked a lot of anger not only from people here in egypt in the region but also from many in 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 the park risky so much is making of the situation in syria while the diff told here in europe and in egypt stands of some forty people who have been killed and more than two thousand injured and yet no mention is made of those by the leave the situation is relatively calm despite the fact that there are thousands of

people here in town this rare believe sirens of ambulances to suggest that there are clashes ongoing that people are being injured but we know that these 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's deeply regrets this and it has offered condolences at the same time it says that come saturday it will release all the detect detainees it has taken in the last week but most importantly the army says it is released and insisting that these elections 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 just content of 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 in the goddess and 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 in laundry by the fact that the country is suffering economically they're around the fact that they are feeling this month over the past eight or nine months and they're also alarmed 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 but whether or not this is the achieve the elections on monday remains to be seen. and all of these are paula is following the events for us in cairo keeping us updated

via twitter feed as you can see here are some of the latest posts from her page such as egyptian military are the egyptian military is accused me so is every person who does not vote next week will be fined five hundred egyptian pounds that's about eighty three u.s. dollars i do follow paula's tweets for live updates twenty four seventh's. i know while the arab league is discussing sanctions against syria france has become the first western country to suggest an intervention on a humanitarian basis john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says the move echoes the build up to foreign involvement in libya. the french proposal has been to create a humanitarian corridor and this is where the similarity with libya lies i'm sure your viewers remember the libyan campaign was started off in the name of huge humanitarian operation to protect civilians now the french the british and american still to get the united nations resolution on this but they are trying effectively the same thing again they're trying to get humanitarian aid or they say they're

trying to get humanitarian aid in there but i think that russia and the world in general should regard this initiative with the greatest possible skepticism we know from libya that the claims made about massacres of civilians were untrue we know that they were exaggerated and they were manipulated for the purpose of overthrowing gadhafi in my view the same motives are at force here if a humanitarian corridor is opened it will allow among other things secret service agents to penetrate into syria and there they will presumably be there with the goal of overthrowing the regime so i think is an extremely dangerous a number of them development. it watching our team now violence has flared up in northern kosovo with nato soldiers using tear gas against locals trying to stop their barricades from being dismantled troops in riot gear attempted to remove a concrete barrier put up a barbed wire fence to try and restore control of the area this happening wednesday

gunshots were reportedly heard when hundreds of ethnic serbs poured onto the streets to withdraw the tensions have been on the rise of the disputed border crossing since july when cause of our authorities try to take control of checkpoints term pose a trade ban on goods political analyst alexander says that maintaining the region's volatile situation is in the interests of all the western allies. it seems someone is actually planted the seed of a future with instability and disorder in this part of the world in two thousand and eight are breached not unilaterally declared independence. and the nato countries recognize their independence and some of the roots 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 make make them look insane this is the legally declared state local service have made clear that they are absolutely not going to allow a nato to help the again use establish their own state and the terms of use 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 still trying to do nato has the force the serbs have no they don't they're not armed so nato has the initiative they have the power and obviously they're willing to use it against unarmed civilians and with our team now are coming up a little bit later in the program here a one for all all for one easily this pledge closer ties but collective barring remains a divisive issue portugal hits a new low that is classified as junk by one of the world's leading ratings agencies . and a no choice for justice we report on why colonel gadhafi son saif al islam hasn't been extradited to the war crimes court amid fears of a death penalty waiting for him at. 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. it 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 and response teams and he said now reports. 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 pastern enclave the country's nuclear strategic forces will be strengthened significantly he pointed out that this needs to happen quote 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 to deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west and south in order to prevent further damage from the u.s. missile systems collide in europe the system of the deployment of us going to missile system in accounting that meeting will be one such step if the situation develops in an unfavorable way russia will reserve the right to seize further steps in and going to disarmament and arms control. to give me an extra couple linkage between strategic offensive and offensive weapons reasons could emerge from russia's strategic arms reduction treaty 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 legally binding agreements from nato and the us that these systems are not meant as a deterrent against from the past a lot of the same bread a record 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 have separate systems from the representatives from the national security council be heard that cooperation again they praise 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 you heard again praise for the statement on tile and cooperation but he say he's disappointed by president bush made a statement that it's not in the spirit of russia nato operation but again if you

look at a map you will see very clearly that nato is rapidly expanding eastwards on russia's west 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 talks and it's in our reporting right there just outside the kremlin i mean time the head of russia's state duma foreign affairs committee constantine cause such off says that moscow is concerns of a u.s. missile defense plans in its own backyard not baseless. it is not russia who goes ahead it is the united states of america probably nato goes ahead and the russian reaction is just a reaction it is not about an action this is about counter action we have to take certain measures in order to balance the eventual damage to the nuclear

armaments belen sense that we can reach has existed until now or measures to each are announced by mr president or to be taken within the russian national borders we do not have to be on 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 concerns are really serious and that the actions of the united states in terms of developing the global aren't in a self defense system or aimed not just against iran or north korea but finally gains countries like russia in case they will perceive that you can norinco russian concerns unfortunately we will face another armory arms race to reach russia definitely wants to work. and time now for you to make your vote count here on r.t.

we want to know how you think rushers warnings over america's missile shield plans will play out if you head over to our web site r.t. dot com you can cast your vote right now or bring up the numbers here of not a dot com most of you believe it could trigger a new arms race but a second most popular answer is that it will see the pentagon only speeding up deployment almost a quarter believe russia's objections will lead to europe saying no to the u.s. and the rest thing washington will compromise and agree to moscow's divines do you have your say at r.t. dot com. a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital as the euro zone's debt levels continue to hold high france and germany say they will propose changing e.u. treaties to improve financial governance in the region president sarkozy and chancellor merkel have been talking in strasbourg where they're meeting the newly appointed tally and premier the leaders have also reaffirmed their commitment to the single currency but the idea of a collective

a eurozone barring those still if i say if it's you championed by e.u. technocrats and paris but strongly opposed by the region's cash cow that have lent it would help raise much needed capital for the debt ridden nations but largely germany's expense as its whoring costs would rise investment advisor patrick young says the eurozone needs to need someone rather able to make executive decisions. the problem is first of all to go back to what we always keep hammering on we really need leadership mr barroso is trying to push forward this idea of euro bonds amongst others ultimately also germany either has to decide that it wants to be sickly the way the ball and threw a lot of other members out of the euro zone plug 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 you are the ones we were talking about those

a year ago. months ago but the difficulty has been all along the lack of political leadership and the right noises there is definitely our palpable smell of fear in brussels over what's going on when you're in the euro parliament in the coffee shops the huddled corners or discussions of whether the euro was going to survive in any ship or form and hopefully that's going to be a catalyst to see and critique of leadership and i predict 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 and 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 out and 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 writs want to be part of a club where hopefully they will be able to borrow money and they'll be able to

borrow it much much more cheaply than they can get it in their own right and they want to cross the pigs countries and out of portugal has just received a vote of no confidence from ratings giant which lisbon's credit score was proclaimed junk cited high debt levels and low growth despite a seventy eight billion euro bailout earlier this year but this comes as a workers angered by deep cuts walked out in a twenty four hour strike because of his arena culture reports more and more desperate portuguese and are seeking a better life abroad. now expansive readers ready to go leaving her home and has probably never been easier to get my stay in portugal when we know that architects with five years' experience are paid just eight hundred euros a month it's a question a lot of young specialists have been asking themselves lately and surprising answer may be to leave for portugal's former colonies like brazil since two thousand

through has been rather stable they had their national proof and then a massive reconstruction process began so there are a lot of opportunities for civil construction companies especially and a lot of what he's sort of construction companies winter and they're currently they're very active and go maybe know something about any portuguese are starting to view it at least to the present day. an african country rich in diamonds and oil resources presents an appetizer an opportunity for a lot of people who have lost hope of finding a decent job at home for a member of 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 in goa 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 ever worsening situation called recently i think salaries unfortunately are knox

the main reason and the main reason is the lack of opportunities in the portuguese markets due to the well to the crisis the mass exodus of portugal's young smart educated labor tens the end of an era for the country a lot of specialized people where higher education scientists brain drain as if you would call it that the go in or leave abroad and study abroad and just to stay there and of course will most likely never recovered all's human assets like rita they hardly think twice before moving abroad the desire to work for a decent salary far outweighing any possible fear of flying. has been. and you can always head over to r.t. dot com for more on the debt crisis still marching through the eurozone meantime across the atlantic the u.s. has apparently found an unconventional way to save its currency that's what some

say the threats of a strike against iran's nuclear sites could be leading to war that story online also at r.t. dot com. we explore some of the possible reasons behind the failure of russia's interplanetary probe the phobos ground among the suggestions is one of america's research stations the harbor in alaska. just a few minutes now until the business news but for the meantime after colonel gadhafi is killing last month there had been hopes that is captured son saif al islam would receive a fair trial there are growing fears that won't happen with a case handled by libya's new rulers and as it is i have been a reports there are powerful figures outside the country who may have an interest in keeping the young death is story under wraps. it's a fairly islam gadhafi is a man with a lot to say he's the last chance the world has to know how the good that the regime turned from public enemy number one to 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 with libyan officials already calling for the death penalty many fear it's a tactic to keep those dirty secrets hidden forever that's a controlled forum where the the western interests look at look at what happened with the trial of little bitch you can be sure that the information that could offer the family knows about the relationships between good afternoon the cia or decades will not come out good after he was his father's right hand man the crucial mediating go between the west he enjoyed a playboy lifestyle in london counting tony blair peter mandelson. and prince andrew amongst his pals here even reports he was entertained at buckingham palace this is where safety dappy was given a place to study i want to london's top universities because even invited back me

to give a speech as recent as last year is introduced by his old professor as someone who looks to democracy civil society and think liberal values for the core of his inspiration a far cry from the good that his previous role as international pariah is libya's oil wealth meant it had a lot to give some details of what britain won in return have already emerged safely daffy's album art it 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 party to the presidency but they get their fees 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 to get to this the we think it court what does it mean. it means

is at its core is controlled by those countries. which attack us with and i don't think it's going to be in anyone's interest for this to promote a new government in libya one blood that's my reading of it europe wants silence and wants to do is move one attractive because of course the hypocrisy in the double dealing of europe with the one hand condemning human rights abuses rather limited kind of wide the same time deporting jaffe's enemies back to libya who were tortured almost at the very point when tony blair was making a graphic in the tent so i think there's an awful lot of truth that ought to come out and i really doubt it will. search was. libby 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 safeguard that he will be trying to rival ruling factions are fighting over who gets to exact revenge with the death penalty likely it seems safe gadhafi and his secrets will be silenced on a bennett artsy london. all right before we get to business with kareena time now for the world update here on out to you some other international news for you this hour bloodshed continues in yemen just a day after the country's president announced his resignation at least five people were reportedly killed off the crowds demanding. be put on trial i were fired upon by supporters of the regime the former leader agreed to transfer power to his deputy in exchange for immunity from prosecution months of protests and a brutal crackdown by government forces and almost nine hundred people. germans are out in force to protest against the arrival of a train packed with nuclear waste to be reprocessed in their country shipment originated in france where police clashed with hundreds of nuclear protesters as

the train began its journey security forces used rubber bullets tear gas to disperse the crowds and at least five people were arrested spooked by japan's fukushima disaster germany decided earlier this year to phase out using nuclear power. in south korea water cannons have been used on protesters demonstrating against a free trade agreement with the united states broke out the spouses gathered for a good day of rallies in seoul protesters insist the president lee myung bak should resign and claim the deal favors the u.s. over south korean workers the new treaty is cost quite a stir. as you can see here one opposition member threw tear gas power the deputy speaker of the parliament chamber. right time now for the business news corrina is next.

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 biggest country has signed a deal with many stern to buy significantly more of its natural gas volumes will rise by almost two thirds to sixty five billion cubic metres a year that's an equivalent of ten months of china's gas imports as part of the deal china has agreed to give too many 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. for less than it gets from europe china refuses to offer more than it pays for central asian suppliers that's a look at the markets now commodities burst or rises from the lowest price in two weeks after a surprise drop and you are stockpiles the deputy w t i is a just under ninety seven dollars barrel well granted selling at under one hundred and eight dollars a barrel. now into equities european markets turn lower in the afternoon trading

that's after comments from euro zone officials took the shine off earlier games investors are taking used up which credit rating agency cut portugal step rating to truck stats also u.s. markets are closed for thanksgiving day so that's placing even more of an emphasis on news out of europe. and here in russia markets retreat for the present day and three on thursday with both the indices closing in the red on to the main movers on the rise it's now energy majors it raised earlier gains look or lost almost six percent was down more than three and a half sand bagging stocks also lost a man from russia second largest bank be handed down almost two percent. foreign companies will be able to list in russia from next year the country's financial regulators introducing a special reasoning for overseas firms to place shares on the market access is currently limited as the russian legislation doesn't comply with international

corporate rules analysts say the market is initially most likely to attract firms from central asia. well a satellite navigation system gone us is boosting its share of russia's snark phone market. is russia's answer to america's g.p.s. platform the world's biggest know about manufacturers are being obliged to use parnassus in their phones sold with russia as the government plans to impose important cuties products with the highest. lower the boom on new users z t e q when he reached the scene we keep it up to thirty percent of russia's smartphone market based on our own us technology we're working hard to initiate big projects this year we expect our revenues to jump hundred fold compared to two thousand and nine but then our growth rates will be more conservative. well that's all for now thanks for watching join me in fifteen minutes for the.

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