pakistan blocks a vital nato supply route to afghanistan in response to a helicopter strike that killed up to twenty eight pakistani soldiers which threatens to further strain relations. chaos in cairo fresh clashes flaring up in tahrir square as protesters give the new prime minister the cold shoulder and work on forming their own government. and how being blinded by love left this one says firing american politician pointless and hopeless on the streets of ukraine.

four pm in moscow i'm at treasure good to have you with us here on r t our top story pakistan has cut off the flow of vital nato supplies to afghanistan after a helicopter attack in the volatile border region killed up to twenty eight pakistani soldiers and injured more than a dozen the incident may deal serious blow to the ties between the alliance and islamic jihad which are already somewhat strained over deadly raids in pakistani territory our correspondent in the region prius has been. according to the pakistani military nato helicopters actually attacked a military checkpoint on the pakistan afghan border that checkpoints called salo law in response to this incident actually ask elated pretty quickly and the pakistani 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 and the pakistani military also called this a 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 now nato helicopters are often in this region performing missions against militants and the taliban in this region pocket son is a very strategic ally for the united states in the quote unquote war on terror 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 ladin 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 pakistan but obviously the purpose of these missions these unmanned drone strikes is to attack militants across the border but many times they've killed several civilians and after that there were several protests across the country in pakistan many pockets dani's want to cut ties with the united states everyone sort of watching what the repercussions of this incident today will be for the region and there's been a powerful reaction from the pakistani people to the latest nato would turn is keeping us up to. twitter stream where she says some pakistanis are calling for avenging retaliate for the deaths she also reports that the people who were killed are considered martyrs by many. pakistan is calling nato's read an attack on its territorial sovereignty saying it will not tolerate such and since political analyst in the country tells r.t.

that the public outrage forced islamabad to react strongly. it's really very ironic just a day earlier the the general the us general who commands the ice forces in afghanistan was in rubble and the and he met people in the army chief and the meetings purposes basically can 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 the is that the united states claims and nato and certainly the cia claimed that they have equipment and the 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 closed and i think it's a deliberate act of punishment pakistani military as you know the cia

infrastructure in pakistan is being rolled back quietly gradually by the pakistani military at this time of course the it's hard to study it would have to do something that would pacify and not just their public opinion but also these soldiers and the officers of the pakistani army the feelings against what the united states doing you know 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. stay with us here on our team will move back to central asia later in the program here is what's our team military contributor getting khrushchev will be taking a look at how the u.s. uses influence in the region plus about to launch its biggest ever approach to mars and we asked the russian scientist who designed a special part of it how very adventurous might help uncover traces of life on the red planet. but first cairo's tahrir square remains

a scene of protesters this weekend tens of thousands of rallied overnight against egypt's military rulers. more than forty people have been killed since clashes started a week ago or his post earlier joins us live from cairo with the way to go paula so what's been going on in cairo so far. well the crowds here are growing there are more than people who have rising over the situation does remain tense now we just had an announcement find some sixteen each political police who say the fate of fairly tough to square what they are calling a civil salvation government they've men's comment i'll borrow day is a presidential candidate who is also a name that was being bandied about earlier in the week as a possible for most of the army might approach to be the prime minister as the head of this new government and there are five profound names that have been named as his to continue a leading position and leading economists from the leading politicians so you not have this the most bizarre situation where you have a government that has been to create fear itself here while there is another

government that has been declared by the army and it is worthwhile noting that the muslim brotherhood does not support hamas all the other day in any way all of this is painting the scenario for growing internal rivalry that can only lead to more and waste the one thing that is happening against the backdrop of this political posturing is that of violence continues to climb just the small incessantly at least one person was killed another school people were injured when protesters tried to stop or come out al gonzales who is the new prime minister that has been named by the army from entering a government building according to eyewitnesses the person who was killed was driven over by an on the local we're also hearing from eyewitnesses that there was a lot of tear gas fired by the security forces and indeed these kind of reports on tear gas a coming to us from alexandria the protests continue outside the security building there it has caused leading civil rights activists to start pointing fingers and point to bring international attention to what they say is largely and illegal

substance that the egyptian. army and police have been using let's take a listen. to me so much there was a different type of gas that was creating what they called a chemical pneumonia that was very very difficult to treat in the back people have died from it and the police are telling the families of very poor families whose kids have been killed you can pick up the bodies but we're not going to give you a certificate of death to try to to hide what really is going on. in egypt in leadership is promising reforms that has so far met any more of the people's demands. well the fundamental demand that protesters have is called the military to step down and the military is trying its best to introduce to some kind of reforms but it's actually not addressing that's most basic and fundamental replaced which is that they are removed from power the military is going ahead with parliamentary elections on monday as that stated its main this new prime minister come i'll go on

this will be it says it will have presidential elections in place time next week you know this is not enough to satisfy the people and certainly what you're seeing with this news prime minister is an attempt to form a government but again come out of this really comes from the mubarak era people here while on the one hand it's likely him or some of the stuff he did when he was prime minister back in the ninety's they they think that he has been tainted with the question mubarak and they are very suspicious of any kind of government he tries to form and any kind of people here points within mechanism and it's not only here in egypt where protesters feel better revolution they started back in january has not achieved the goals they were hoping for indeed we're witnessing this same kind of feeling of this in part and are people feeling that promises were not kept across the region as my colleague investigated. almost a year after mubarak's fall. is again stained with blood this

is about the dignity of the egyptian people we don't want any more. humiliation. here is another revolution seen libya the ousted leader moammar gadhafi was killed last month the people of libya are now left with a country in ruins and the government they didn't truths 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 the new authorities in libya you're likely to go to jail or be executed or disappear in the meantime interim government brought to power by nato is strengthening its grip on the country nato and some arab states now openly call for regime change in syria the louder they call the more violent the opposition becomes. and is up in the states western countries and the capitals of some countries in the region are openly

recommending opposition to not hold talks with the assad regime and looks like political probation on an international scale civil war is brewing in syria the whole region seems to be plunging deeper into a crisis. for people suffered 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 is a role in scenario discontent and chaos in order that long term will be militarized directly by nato and that the oil resources of these oil rich countries by large can be directly put under private hands it looks like the 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 spring around the corner as tensions rise and as certain global powers

are pushing for regime change in more countries of the region the wave of revolution is burning to. a notion of. i'm going to check out reporting from watching our team. armed rebels and syrian government troops are clashing in the east of the country with casualties being reported on both sides as follows the arab league's ultimatum demanding damascus let in foreign observers or face sanctions that expired without result friday the league will now look at new measures including suspending flights to syria and crippling restrictions on central bank that's on the back and increasingly harsh rhetoric from western countries toward the syrian leadership political analyst patrick headings and says pressure from outside the country is only making matters worse. the arab league called an emergency meeting to discuss syria meanwhile real reformers genuine egypt from systems 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 building because ghazi so if the if if the western powers think that they're going to get away with a 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 or arms 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. now for something completely different r.t. online reports on how a fast food chains t.v. ad sees the fate of dictators in the middle east and africa check this out. oh i love it check out who well zimbabwe's long time ruler robert mugabe is remembering wistfully that is now the dinner it's all online that are t.v. dot com. and american scientists mission to ukraine turned into a quest for

a very different kind of chemistry tempted by the promise of love he was quickly left homeless hungry and with no means of getting home or he's alexei or shows he has a story of a man for whom love really does hurt. social services in western ukraine were very surprised at encountering this homeless man with little to be said he looked exactly like a typical local bum and i asked him what he was doing and he replied in english but no regular down and now it was he a 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 the lego got in touch with the ukrainian woman yulia we invited him over to china after you you'll use their she is definitely working looking for

a marriage partner produced through the rest was like a bad dream it was and sure enough see that the lego learnt 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 and he's not in a while but that's a fantastic trait was a very serious case of money. the u.s. 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 kenya alone as yulia has snubbed him and she arrived you come see you are you did she actually we met she called me once i missed the call she called me. and said just received all of the

e-mail. she said she's going to come by the next day i want to know if you never showed up and i miss you know that you know well how was it for you psychologically your former candidate a side of the candidate and now you find yourself in the middle. of nowhere being basically a holborn the train station what i say to them is you will be through with a curial candidate i was look what's happened to the commission the next prime minister would speak with her since she left office you know what i say to that is these kind of things happen to people even that one room this is no one's there we're going to mean something you know it's quite a genuine tom sawyer style adventure in ukraine delayed as he has fallen in love with the country and will definitely return next spring whether that's because it would be purely scientific or mixed with the personal his still has not yet made up his mind the next year a chef ski reports from ukraine well it seems that love really is all around and that's on our website to love struggles from around the world lining up to bid as

collin firth puts himself under the hammer to help the poor find out what's in store for the lucky winner at r.t. dot com. and i king's ransom for a place in the history of park in central moscow has seen no less than nine illegal statues of local businessmen turfed out how much they had to fork out direct monuments out our website. a season in the u.s. kicked off with a traditional black friday shopping stampede but it's not the time of year when the divide between rich and poor is also at its widest artie's laurie harford has asked people the streets of new york how much their spending habits have been hit by the

global financial rollercoaster. tis the season and once again will this lousy economy affect your holidays this week let's talk about that in a moment it's ok. to. spend a lot of money for other european countries yes so both in effect i personally don't feel. you can enjoy your holidays and shop in portugal is a lot of trouble there with the money so you think people will have less shopping and different holidays not at all to me i mean all of those i'm from brazil so economies are helping me there and how that helping it to travel you know 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 there hasn't been a huge problem is it just that the world is bad at budget if. i believe the world or america is very bad at budgeting you're not personally affected. africa. clothes. you can buy anything parchment or something but i think some people are not affected but i'm sure certain people are affected and so the countries like we're from singapore a i've got friends it's hard to find jobs and stuff like that for us we live overseas so you know as affected as the ones that. are you scared that it's going to start affecting thing in poor more. detail than your shop and. 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 yeah i think that in

america we're taught to buy whether we have the money or not whether or not your how it will be affected by the economy this year the bottom line is the how it isn't supposed to be about money. so maybe cutting back this year will be a good thing. occupy wall street protesters use black friday to spread their message about corporate greed lines of police and riot you're faced of with dozens of demonstrators in san francisco who are trying to dissuade shoppers from buying in the big bucks sales at macy's and other stores in the next hour max kaiser and stacy herbert have some good news for the so-called ninety nine percent who are demanding justice. wall street is winning hundreds of thousands of bankers and brokers are being laid off that's right there for the banks turns that's what we're aiming for here's a rate donald application go get a job president of the article starts off introducing john brady the co-head of

m.f. global incorporated chicago office he's looking to join a firm now as he's lost his job that believes integrity and honesty are the single most important ingredients to success if you get a job as a florist or a dog walker or something like that his ability to cause trouble is minimized. so i'm back to our top story pakistan cutting off the flow of nato supplies to afghanistan after a helicopter attack that killed up to twenty eight pakistani soldiers in the border area artie's military contributor says the u.s. will react quickly because afghanistan is so crucial to its influence in the region . giving his address towards your guy in kabul i mean karzai the president of afghanistan our client three conditions for the united states to

a teen this network of basis for yet another ten years cars i demand of the united states stop night raids house searches and detentions washington we'll do their best to avoid direct and straightforward answer to all demands describe the highfalutin raftery i meet kind of perfectly well aware that there is nothing he can do to slow down american military infrastructure buildup in afghanistan banned for that matter in central asia any attempt to interfere or to stall america long term planning to build up a. military mega base in afghanistan and turn the country into the springboard for the creeping invasion from afghanistan interest sam troll

asia will be immediately intercepted. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe skirmishes are broken out between german police it is how you clear activists as officers try to disperse their rally with water cannons and demonstrators hopes to stop a train carrying nuclear waste from france it's the first such shipment to pass through germany since the country decided to abandon its nuclear energy in the wake of japan's fukushima disaster. and take a look at these amazing pictures from switzerland where jet and you've rossi gave the incredible flying display using a tailor made jet path aviation enthusiasts left from a helicopter and performed a series of aerial acrobatics high above the alps and then joined to jet planes in a synchronized right rossi's previous aerial antics include flying the english channel and a loop the loop around a hot air balloon. i'd

be cheering to after a flight like that while eyes are also on a different kind of frightening notch further all the way to the red planet nasa is only hours away from launching its biggest and most expensive robotic rover mission that if successful might finally answer whether there's ever been life on mars as artie's daria pushkov explains it's a russian kit that will be sniffing out for vital signs. that's source of wild flights of imagination and of scientific speculation for centuries there were planet getting there has never been easy many missions have failed but hopes are high for this new rover it's called curiosity and it's due on mass next year the science lab or tree on board should answer many questions first and foremost if there's ever been a life on the red planet or got. one of the greatest mysteries of mars that its surface is streaked with what looks like former rivers and streams with almost

everyone agrees the early march was similar with rivers lakes and rains there was a theory that border evaporated together with the martian atmosphere we seem to have discovered it may have sunk inside the planet in the form of permafrost or. for this mission the russian scientists have created a unique device it will point the rover to places where water might have accumulated whether it's in ice or in cased in underground minerals as imagined and the blockbuster site phyto to recall. and here it is the ordinary case conceals the dynamic all be that of neutrons or simply band to friends. it weighs no more than two packs of sugar and may not be much to look at but in fact it's an impressive piece of high tech hardware but the heart of thinking magic is that this has been downscaled crumpets

based on bore hole equipment used for finding oil no one needs a long neutral generator has been turned into a small light and compact one. this is the heart of the device and its tiny chip produces neutrons capable of penetrating up to one metre below the surface. or not that was a bit the challenge was to accommodate a device on board a spacecraft that were not only limited in weight it also had to endure all the hardships of interplanetary fly again. and now need them second half the hydrogen detector which will act as the probes out whenever gator throws in europe. the rover is like a small car devices great sort of like headlights some of the boss and from generator shoots newton's go underground groove you have your underwear of liquid frozen water is now and then we measure with our detector and the rope becomes fully loaded seventeen high definition cameras aluminum wheels that can be stated

independently amount laser to the prize rock and a robotic arm to drill and scoop up samples among other instruments under the hood then you can hear powered engine to give it a top crawling speed of five centimeters per second with this arsenal once the damn device shows the right spot the love will start its meticulous work and mankind will hold its breath for one of the most elusive on says in space exploration gary r.t. moscow. and still to come russia and the w t o a match made in heaven more of that in a couple of minutes when our team is on the money comes your way after a recap of the headlines stay with us.

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