if you're competitive and when i think that we can pass a great calculator carried in congress happiest. in just a few moments. at it oh helicopter strike kills up to twenty five pakistani soldiers an army checkpoint with his lawn about it shutting off the allied supply route to afghanistan in response. to sides of a crisis as americans lined up for you and you will black friday bargain hunt queues are also at record levels at homeless shelters include stations. and a tale of riches to rags how one american who once ran for governor in his state

went looking for love in the ukraine and ended up homeless. two pm in moscow i mattress i did have you with us here on r t our top story at least one person reportedly killed four injured near cairo's tahrir square as clashes between stone hurling demonstrators and security forces continue into their second week it's the latest outbreak of violence in egypt in capital since a truce was declared two days ago okies paullus leader is in cairo and she joins us live now with more so paula what further details can you tell us on what's going on . well clashes broke out between protesters the army and the police that happened to wait come out all guns all we know is the media like the prime minister mighty inside the parliament building with this with this that it's not my knee according

to medical sources i think people were badly injured when the police. and one person with killed i would. the ceviche person died when an army vehicle drove over him now there is a car the protesters that have gathered in front of the mall they are waiting for the lawyers we also hear in the thick cash in alexandria there yesterday some ten thousand people protested in front of the main security building and again the security personnel used tear gas to disperse and as you can see behind me the situation here in southeast square is relatively calm at the moment but this certainly is that and the current violence there is there's fear that it any moment they could be already clashes in fact we've been hearing and even says once again every so often screeching past the big question on everyone's mind and certainly became more and more from human rights activists is what i guess the security have been using is a lot of criticism leveled at the army and the police for being heavy handedness in

which they have dealt with these demonstrations that people now think that the cat and eagle substance that has been banned by other countries let's take a listen. there was so much chaos and there was the different type of gas that was creating what they call a chemical in the monia that was very very difficult to treat and the bread people have died from of them the police are telling the families of very poor families since kids have been killed you can pick up the bodies but we're not going to give you a certificate of just to try to to hide what really is going on for the egyptian leadership is promising to stabilize the situation but has it apparently met any of the people's demands. you know the people's minds are certainly not being made by any of the changes proposed by staff the supreme council of the armed forces they are proposing that they will go ahead with parliamentary elections on monday because they're saying that they are not going to come out and vote how can a vote in a climate like this and what kind of the getting the feet will these elections have

the military is also promising that by next june it will hold presidential elections people to get things this is simply too late. and of course one of the biggest announcement by the military of the past few days was the appointment of come i'll go on story as the new prime minister but he has been rejected by the majority of people here in texas where they say he's an elderly man he's eighty he served as prime minister when will probably it was president back in the late ninety's people here say that he is tainted with the brush of forcing the pilot and his regime at the same time we know that come i'll guns are used doing his best to try and form a new cabinet he says that he would not have taken this position if he had not been promised that he would have complete freedom with which to appoint people and activate the kind of changes he believes that should happen but really this is too little too late e.-commerce the sound hollow to the people here in cairo as indeed the promises have become the country found many of the people across the aisle a few weeks only of recent arab revolutions most of those locations seems to be

very little to nothing let's take a look at what a colleague of mine has to say. almost a year after mubarak's fall sport is again stained with blood this month it's about the dignity of egyptian people we don't want any more humiliation. here is another revolution seen libya the ousted leader former could off he was killed last month the people of libya are now left with the country and rulings and the government they did not true i think there is a reign of terror going on against those who disagree with the libyan government it's not presented that way in the western media but it is a reign of terror if you speak up right now against the new authorities in libya you're likely to go to jail or be executed for disappear in the meantime league is in trained government brought to power by nato is strengthening its greek on the

country nato and some arab states now openly calls a regime change in syria filled. how dare they call the more violent the opposition becomes oh. western countries in the capitals of some countries in the region are openly recommending opposition to not hold talks with the assad regime it looks like political provocation on an international scale civil war is brewing in syria the whole region seems to be plunging deeper into crisis. while people suffer in the continuing wave of violence in the middle east and north africa some analysts say certain powers might be interested in keeping the trouble boiling there are certain powerful interests outside of the middle east who wants to bring chaos as a rule in scenario discontent and chaos in order that it long term will be militarized directly by nato and that the oil resources of these oil rich countries by and large can be directly put under private hands it looks like this so-called

transition to democracy in the wake of the arab spring is not going to well more blood is being shed we're looking at an arab winter and maybe a new where it's going around the corner as tensions wise and as certain global powers are pushing for we've seen changing more countries of the region the wave of revolutions turning to a notion of chaos i'm going to check our reporting from washington our key. he arab league ultimatum to syria to let in foreign observers or face sanctions has come and gone with armed rebels and government troops continuing to fight nationwide league will now discuss new measures including the suspension of flights to syria as well as crippling restrictions on the country's central bank the intention is to force rebel leaders and president assad's government to the negotiating table but neither side is showing any willingness to make concessions with what started as a series of peaceful protests now becoming our bloody insurgency as the syrian

inferno rages some say pressure from the outside is only making the situation worse . the arab league. called an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss syria meanwhile real reformers genuine egypt and citizens are getting their heads cracked open by the military police in egypt which is u.s. backed so the arab spring is a joke for the people of egypt and if you want any indication as to what syria might look like after the west is done with their proxy wars using their proxy rebels and maybe a bombing campaign look at libya they're flying the al qaeda flag over the government buildings in benghazi so if the if is the western powers think that they're going to get away with the no fly zone in syria this is a very different prospect than libya the strategy now is to weaken syria internally by using mercenary forces al qaeda forces which were used in libya and also in afghanistan to bring them into base in turkey come over the border for incursions

these humanitarian zones that the french are talking about are not humanitarian corridors these are paramilitary corduroys they will be used to move on much like the egyptian military government facilitated the movement of arms over the egyptian border into libya which was a direct contravention of the u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred seventy three so the u.n. is losing all credibility here as well stay with us here on r t still to come in the program. i think that in america which i mean we have the money and with millions of people in the u.s. and worldwide feeling the pinch of the global financial downturn some are still fighting it hard to adjust to a life without easy credit. first a nato airstrike on an army checkpoint in northwest pakistan has killed up to twenty five soldiers according to the country's military officials and responses a lot of bad has now locked the alliance is a vital supply lines into afghanistan for more on this we go to our south asia

correspondent preassure standing by with more in new delhi so korea how many details remain unclear at this moment can you tell us more about what appears to have happen here. that's right so according to the pockets the many military nato helicopters actually attacked a military checkpoint on the pockets on afghan border about checkpoints called salado according to the military twenty five still jurors were killed and at least fourteen were injured now in response to this incident actually ask elated frequently and the papas that the military actually shut down that checkpoint which is the shortest checkpoint between pakistan and afghanistan so now all the supplies that were meant for nato forces in afghanistan are not able to get over the border in the pockets of the military also called this tap quote unquote unprovoked and indiscriminate nato has acknowledged that there was an incident today but they aren't saying any more than that they're investigating it and the potus not

ambassador to the united states has obviously spoken out against this attack and said that there are too many attacks that are happening by the united states on pockets that any territory now nato helicopters are often in this region performing missions against militants and the taliban in this region pockets not as a very strategic ally to the united states in the quote unquote war on terror oftentimes the country in the tribal regions of the taliban will take refuge in that area and will train in that area so washington has for years relied on islam to really crack down on that area the progress on actually also shares intelligence with the united states the united states has funneled billions of dollars in military aid to this nuclear country and tensions between the two countries have always existed they came to an all time high back in may when the united states

performed a unilateral attack that actually alternately killed osama bin laden and after that there were several protests across the country in pakistan men. dani's want to cut ties with the united states the united states hinted that it would perhaps stop funding or sending aid to pakistan and obviously things cooled down after that but if there is a further investigation into this incident and everything proves to be accurate with nato killing twenty five pakistani soldiers it could have huge huge implications for relations between the united states and pakistan and further ripple effects for politics in this region. there unfortunately this isn't the first time pakistani troops have died nato cross border strike can you give us more of the back row. that's right actually not just last year of united states accidentally killed two pakistani soldiers on the border and in that

incident as well the pakistan afghanistan border was also shut down there have also been a lot of talk about these unmanned drone strikes that have been going on across the border by the united states in pockets of the obviously the purpose of these missions these unmanned drone strikes is to attack the militants across the border but many times they've killed several civilians so the pakistani army chief just last month said that the united states should really focus on stable out stabilizing afghanistan and worry less about pakistan trying to attack these militants on the border they think that the united states time would be better spent focusing on stabilized it stabilizing afghanistan but everyone sort of watching what the repercussions of this incident today will be for the region all right artie's proofread a lot of with an update from new delhi thanks very much for that report. courage

from the lobbying group nationals form tells already that public outrage will force pakistan's government to react strongly. it's really very ironic just earlier the the general the u.s. general who commands the ice forces in afghanistan was in indy and he met the fact that i mean army chief and the meetings purpose was basically to improve coordination and communication on the border so it's really very ironic that in less than twenty four hours we have this kind of an attack at the pakistani military and the government are in a very difficult position another irony here is is that the united states claims and nato and certainly the cia claimed that they have equipment and they ensure that whatever targets. they choose in our tribal belt are very specific and very accurate but it's really very surprising that we have these repeated incidents occurring against our check post and i think it's a deliberate act of punishment talks on the military as you know the cia

infrastructure in pakistan has been rolled back quietly and gradually by the iraq study military at this time of course the park is tony's would have to do something that would pacify him not just their public opinion but also these soldiers and the officers of the pakistani army the feelings against the united states doing enough to understand the way the pakistani interests are being ignored there's a whole long list of grievances and this is just the latest one of them well he once ran for high office in a race to be state governor in the u.s. but an american man who went to ukraine looking for a lot of doubt only destitution ending up homeless with no money or means of contacting family back home or he's like sarah cesky takes up a story of a foreign adventure gone badly badly or. social services in western ukraine were very surprised at encountering this homeless man with

a guilty plea he looked exactly like a typical local bum i asked him what he was doing and he replied in english but no regular down and now it was he the homeless man turned out to be us citizen kerry go lego scientist and politician last year he even ran for the governor supposed in arizona but failed he came to ukraine on a scientific exchange mission which quickly merged into a white front leggo got in touch with a ukrainian woman yulia invited him over to a chair enough so you you'll use that she is definitely working looking for marriage partners are parties true the rest was like a bad dream it was and sure enough to see that the lego learned that all his credit cards were blocked after his cell phone and laptop chargers were stolen no money no connection with the outside world and most importantly no you we're a long way from home and love the american slept rough at the train station until

he was found by local social services very seriously ill. he's now doing well but that's a fantastic trick was a very serious case of an iranian. the us embassy in kiev came to the lego's rescue and bought train and plane tickets to get him home after more than a week in western ukraine the troubled american arrived in kiev alone as yulia has snubbed him that she arrived as you can see you are who you did she actually we met she called me once i missed the call she called me and is just received. is that she's going to come by the next generation that we showed up and. how was it for you psychologically your former candidate a senator candidate and now you find yourself in the middle. nowhere being basically a whole board the train station for example that is the. candidate i was what's

happened in michigan the next prime minister look what's before her since she left office you know what i see that is these kind of things happen to people even though run for office and you know it's there when i mean to you know just quite a genuine tom sawyer style adventure in ukraine delayed as he has fallen in love with the country and will definitely reach our next spring where there that's visit would be purely scientific or mixed with the personal his still has not yet made up his mind let's hear a chef ski odyssey reporting from ukraine. an extraordinary story from ukraine and there's more from that country on our web site r t v dot com along with this find out why the nuclear waste land ad for a noble that's been attracting tourists from around the world is now officially closed to visitors and find out why some are far from happy about it plus. the country faces a legal challenge as a terror suspect who's never been charged files

a lawsuit saying he was tortured in a secret cia prison there all that and more at r.t. dot com. well it's the holiday season in the u.s. with millions they're looking to lose themselves in the pleasures of a shopping spree but for many it's a chance to hold on to a lifestyle that's quickly becoming a rarity because of the ongoing financial crisis that's tearing through the world's biggest economies but for others lining up has become a matter of survival as our teams are among the lindo reports from los angeles. i lost my house my business and now i'm just kind of surviving it's difficult for lisa jones to plan b. on tomorrow she struggles to make it through the day the mother of three worries about her oldest son but in the war in afghanistan and she's among the millions of

americans who go hungry every day you see families you see the elderly you see pregnant women you see people with polio you see people with bad beauties you people have dying well eager shoppers camped out in front of retail stores on black friday joan sleeps on the cold pavement waiting in a different line for a free turkey i used to be a dog groomer and i used to have my own shopping now i do not i'm in desperate straits so this is a godsend this is my purse here here just in bartholomew joined the army after. in his job in the financial industry he can see that even members of the armed services are fighting i think konami battle at home. for the soldiers that. keep. remember. amid all of. the princes. this year even the organizers of the give away needed

a helping hand probably never had to go on t.v. for any donation of a bank like there were to some found god mr due to protest by sunrise the line grew as far as the eye could see this a microcosm of a hungry nation divided by the haves and have nots we haven't spent enough time on job creation all of this wrestling about whether or not the bridge you got to pay their fair share is ridiculous the rich should pay their fair share government figures show that los angeles is still the worst place in america when it comes to food insecurity and these long lines for a free trip to give away may be an indicator of that but throughout the nation it remains a large problem with forty nine million americans struggling to feed themselves on a daily basis sixteen million of those are children it's amazing actually to so many people in the same fifteen hours later in freezing temperatures in

a roller coaster of emotions jones can smile again knowing shell feed her family this holiday season it just brings up the rest of the the rest of the month and all the way to christmas his this is a godsend in los angeles. our t.v. . so the global financial roller coaster has made millions of people around the world tightening their belts. people on the streets of new york just how much of a hit their habits are to. tis the season once again well this lousy economy affect your holidays this week let's talk about that in a moment it's ok not so much effected but it's a spend a lot of money for other european countries yes so that's an effect i personally don't feel personally you can enjoy your holidays and shop in portugal is

a lot of trouble there with the money do you think people will have less shopping and different holidays not at all to me i mean holidays i'm from brazil so economies are helping me. how is it helping you to travel i'm from brazil is a developing country. personally i don't it hasn't affected me too much i'm a real budget or so has my income went down i just changed my budget so for me it hasn't been a huge problem is it just that the world is bad at budgeting i believe the world or america is very bad at budgeting you're not personally in fact that go. with that comfortable. clothes and. you can buy anything apartment or something but. some people are not affected i'm sure people are affected and so the countries

like we're from singapore i've got friends it's hard to find jobs and stuff like that but for us really you know asked affected is the ones that. are you scared that it's going to start affecting thing up or more. but until then you're shopping it's. keep their you know to finances under control this year i know why you go do you feel like that's a good or bad thing. sometimes it could be excess which has been in the past i think it may be it may work for the best people you could give a little less and still have the same meaning to christmas i think it's a great thing it's almost like that's what got the economy into a bad place people spending money they didn't have right yet think that in america it's not to buy whether we have the money or not whether or not your holidays will be affected by the economy this year the bottom line of the holiday isn't supposed

to be about money so maybe cutting back this year will be a good thing. or not of some other stories making headlines across the globe german police have used water cannons to disperse anti-nuclear activists trying to stop the arrival of a train bringing reprocess nuclear waste from france well he's also removed campaigners staging a sit down protest on the tracks as the train crossed the german border friday evening it's the first nuclear shipment to pass through germany since it decided to shut down all of its nuclear facilities. and looking at some amazing pictures from switzerland where jet man you've rossi gave this incredible flying display using a tailor made jet path. left from a helicopter and performed a series of aerial acrobatics high above the alps he then joined two jet planes in a synchronized flight rossi's previous aerial feats include flying over the english

channel and a loop de loop around a hot air balloon. well that looks like fun well coming up in a few minutes our technology update looks at how cutting edge science as a science is trying to tackle the threat of global food shortage is coming your way after the headlines stay with us here on r.t. .

will be the first mover in more mouths to feed but where will the food come from can science provide the answers to the future of food under the microscope. we've got the future covered. please please please. to lose the least

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the orders for them to kill. we never explains them why and so. most people at the point of looking down and time to pull the trigger became conscientious objectors. i don't remember squeezing the trigger i don't remember seeing him go down all i remember is that we shot at him the so and so this is the other side are soldiers two and soldiers do it solo and they're trying to kill us we're trying to kill them and that's just the ugly face a war. if you knew. nothing on. the war zone and i started seeing how.