record turnout in egypt's first parliamentary election since the fall of president mubarak but it comes after days of tension and violence that claimed more than forty dives. the un report accuses the syrian regime of human rights violations as the country also faces more tough economic sanctions from the e.u. and arab league. eastern control of the east financial ministers are set to meet of the spiraling debt crisis china's influence. is growing fast. it's troubled time for europe experts tell business r.t. russia is much better equipped to withstand

a turbulent than three years ago find out why and twenty. for you watching r.t. world news and much more welcome to the program a record number of egyptians have cast their votes in the country's first parliamentary election since the ousting of president mubarak preliminary results are expected later this week but despite the turned out the voting was still boycotted by many who are demanding the military rule step down immediately comes after ten days of bloody clashes with security forces which claimed more than forty lives a correspondent and he sonali reports now from cairo. people go to the polls since the first time since the fall of hosni mubarak some of them voting for the first time in their lives with that said there are serious concerns over the legitimacy of this vote firstly of course because of the security situation in light of that

violence the clampdown in clashes that we saw just ahead of this vote and also because an announcement from the military had that the actual parliament will have limited powers and they won't actually be able to just solve any kind of cabinet but that said the muslim brotherhood is expected to make major gains in this part of the mentoring vote on tuesday voting will continue so far it looks like turnout has been very successful a lot of people the excited but still doubting like i said the legitimacy of the vote i spoke to the only female presidential candidate who told me that she believes that this vote will in fact be void and some people that we spoke to are going as far as to boycott the vote. some adoptions are bracing for the worst medics are lined up and security is tight for egypt's first parliamentary election since the revolution the country's only female candidate for the presidency expects the vote to be void due to from want but sent this message to

the supreme council of the armed forces or scaffold who took over after mubarak we are as. movement. we are rooting you. money during the election just to connect the mistakes and the crowd we had and no no no waiting for democracy others are planning to boycott the ballot minya a protester at occupy cabinet says they are encouraging people not to vote trying to do with trying to pull the people to come zone here so we would be a lot of people and nobody would vote and then they would know that these votes and this elections is not correct it's wrong how could you ask us to vote. for a parliament which which you are building under you were. the scout for. the violent crackdown that swept over egypt just before elections seems to be pulling focus from the long awaited dream of democracy minya says if the vote goes through

the military will succeed in covering up the blood spilled. like take them to courts or something like for the people the kills i got shot of my i like here but of course it's not that big of deal like other people go now they're blind and a lot of them are did because of what happened was going to say when you were wrong the party likely to win a staunch number of seats is the muslim brotherhood considered a terrorist affiliated organization in some countries appears very popular here in egypt known for tight organization and a hard islamist line also accused by some of wheeling and dealing with the military supreme council and they are politicians and damian lewis from there they won in that it would use indians and this not for that he would use some of this all

the power power that the people on to our career have been fighting for on the streets to where you square people would love to have a strong presentation in the parliament. so i urge everybody who was always going to miss the election please don't do that. but what egypt wants and what egypt gets so far proven to be two very different results many egyptians feel the political party is on the ballot don't resent the people and even more so with their revolution one of the most common things you hear on top three year is that the people running the country are no different from mubarak and they're thought to be very much running this vote reporting from cairo and he said now a party. hosni mubarak may no longer be a part of egypt's politics but his regime still in the country it's going through its time to the actions direct from the transformer center for conflict analysis but. says that the outcome will be pivotal as

a country moves forward. mubarak is gone but the regime is still the explains why the demonstrations. this satisfaction continue the supreme council of the forces really wary of elections happening now because the. alliance that is taking shape between the muslim brotherhood some remnants of the old regime and the supreme council of the armed forces and they are very worried that the results of the election would be a victory for this coalition and that would mean that the revolution would be hijacked. as the result of egyptian elections will have to be reflected on the rest of the middle east you can watch the full interview with more of his insights into the situation in egypt and in syria next hour here now to. the u.n.

investigation has concluded that syrian forces committed crimes against humanity during crackdown on anti-government protesters there ports is based on eyewitness accounts taken outside syria as investigators were refused access to the country comes after the new approved why the financial sanctions putting more pressure on the mask parties saucily who's just been to syria has more. but this time of the e.u. was putting more pressure on the financial institutions in the syria more specifically they put a ban a long term financial support on trade with the exception of perhaps a few industries such as food and medicine e.u. companies are now prohibited from doing business especially with syrian state banks as well as investing in sectors such as energy and oil there's already an oil embargo on syria that has been imposed by the e.u. some time in may now e.u. officials would maintain that all of this is to aimed at cutting off the financial support to the syrian government but the people themselves so the syrians

a state t.v. in syria have been showing them going out into the streets by the thousands granted these are state backed protests but they are frustrated with the growing growing number of sanctions on the country because they are the ones who are feeling the pinch just an example i was there with the r.t. crew about a month ago and it was almost impossible to find a role it was impossible to actually five eighty have to get some money and everything was done in cash and when you ask the locals why is the case they said we say because there are sanctions on our companies the e.u. sanctions are in addition to the arab league sanctions which is the toughest sanctions by the arab league to work towards an arab country and they think that this is a because they feel that an economic war has been waged on the country and that they maintain that by doing so it's simply exacerbated the situation is just encouraging those who are involved in what the government sees the terror as terrorists and those who are part of an opposition that is growing increasingly militarized the government thinks that all these sanctions would just encourage them and those who are opposed to

a putting sanctions on the assad government and one of the arguments put forth this if this is really intended to come up with a solution to the crisis why is it only focus on one side when both sides first of all are both increasingly armed both capable of violence and so by putting pressure on one side it encourages another side. unless talk to him believes the e.u. is unconcerned about the civilian population in syria sanctions are designed solely to remove president assad's government these sanctions are meaningless actually i think they are meaningless and on every level on the level on the economic level and on the security level it will not stop the violence western powers particularly the united states now to use these sanctions and want to use the decisions of the arab league for their own purposes to put pressure on syria to put pressure not for the syrian regime to stop the killing as they put it no they what they want is to

weaken the syrian regime and to weaken the alliance between syria iran and lebanon i don't think that they they. so much for for syrian blood in libya more than one hundred thousand people were killed by nato bombings and the country was devastated that nobody said anyone so i can't actually believe that they're now search so what it about three thousand syrians when they are not actually what it about more than one hundred thousand libyans it has nothing to do with stopping the violence on the contrary they're feeding the violence. also ahead for you this hour r.t. spying secrets and scandal. verdict away. actually worked for russian intelligence want to paint a nation. while western economies are struggling it's the east that's been seeing rapid financial growth china's presence

in europe can now be felt more than ever as beijing has been making strategic investments and still cautious about buying the continent's debt welty sara first reports on china's growing influence in e. the fashion capital of the world where you can be sure to sponsor an emerging trend but right now it's the economy here that's being guessing i'm a cave with the west seeking east an inspiration concept is silly and you're going to want to see the forget the italian business model with its focus on slow fine and expensive production business here is saying this competition from its chinese counterparts with their emphasis on fast cheap goods. some of the high streets here in the chinese influence isn't hard to spot with you are struggling countries like china and a better time to snap up a bug and such is the acquisition this year of the well known italian fashion brands to resee by a chinese luxury closing retailer for. china. i

suppose with the. opportunity. to catch the west struggles it's been the emerging crepes the brics that is brazil russia india china and south africa the defeat of paring ahead this is really kind of a moment where you might look back and say this is a chance where emerging markets finally got their opportunity to become much bigger players and much bigger powers around the world take a look at the g.d.p. growth to china and italy this least that meeting economy has resulted in a great slump china in comparison has been full steam ahead emerging as a major manufacturing base but was chinese business is a preview of strong competition china is being cautious when it comes to buying up

your debts the you must be told that more to the valuable. help me industries you start arriving all bland is chinese investments in western companies and infrastructure grows so you to just china's control and influence across the entire european economy with the chinese trade and investment delegation g. to visit year next year further investment seem extremely likely so we need to do. the job. that we call it. could be very very. bad in order to. financial crises as the crisis continues to readjust the economic leaders on the global stage emerging economies such as china looks set to remain firmly in the spotlight surface r.t.

milan. italian columnist francisco city says china is greatly interested in europe's economic recovery as its one of the largest trading partners. this iteration in europe and with the euro is uncertain and. one doesn't know if and when this situation in europe will be settled and will be allies the now because the chinese for instance don't want to invest. in europe with the euro and to see their assets. or even economies crash because of the ongoing crisis in a way the situation in europe is beyond their means and they can do very little to actually help the situation but. some kind of political support because actually

the crux of the crisis is not really financial but it's the political will to find a unity within the euro zone so they want to see. first i think. on values coverage and much more spendable people online just log on our website. here's what's waiting for you right now today. thousand people were detained by police during massive anti nuclear tests germany wants the storage of waste. but it. also online. the u.s. government reportedly wanted to learn a song this joy material wiki leaks holds on them to stop using government scientists together fresh information and. previously unknown work by russian. record breaking one point seven million dollars at a christie's auction. a

spy scandal and the love affair a london court is due to decide the fate of a russian woman facing deportation over claims she was working for russian intelligence being romantically linked to a u.k. member of parliament. as it was better and he's accused of making several attempts to get her lover to divulge information including details of a top secret nato paper i have been it explains. this is where kat is that as fate will be decided by the special immigration appeals commission it will rule whether or not she's to be deported from britain averred it's been a long time coming in what's been a headline grabbing case it's got all the ingredients to a james bond spy thriller even being called the spy who loved him because it went

something like this she was arrested in december last year she's accused of being used as a honeytrap by the russian intelligence services to ensnare my cancun member of parliament and to gain access to top secret documents now why him why my can call for m i five says that he was picked because he was because of his position on both parliamentary committees for the defense and also for russia and also targeted because of his reputation for infidelity now this is something denied by. the two yet a and details did emerge in what was a very colorful hearing of an affair that the two conducted during the time she was employed by him as his researcher and she through the whole time of the hearing her defense was that their relationship was nothing but genuine and even said as strange it may be for a for a woman in her early twenty's to be in love with a man three times her age that was in fact the case it was true love and even read out excerpts of her diary. to attest to that and why it's so even read that she was

beside herself with worry during one of his trips to iraq now she also denies ever being contacted by the russian intelligence services but it's up to a panel of three judges one of which is the former chief of britain's security services the m i five it's up to them to decide whether or not she was indeed in love with my can call whether or not she was in fact a spy whether or not she was to be deported. but coming your way this hour a creative approach to politics video games artistic gangs of glamorous women russia's president and prime minister have some very unusual photos. fresh clashes have erupted between nato forces and locals along the serbian border with northern cost of up to serbs into nato soldiers were injured in the latest round of violence earlier this week but tensions have been running high since nato forces fired tear gas at protesters in the attempt to dismantle road barricades put up by living in the area they've been blocking the route since july when cars as

authorities try to take control of border checkpoints to impose a ban on serbian goods cost plain and that she proclaimed independence in two thousand and eight a move that's never been recognized by the great internet is footage and on you tube channel. four news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all day. now i let's take a look at some other news from around the world but the stone has ruled out doing business with washington and threaten to wrap up its cooperation with the united states on afghanistan announcement follows

a nato attack on saturday near the afghan border killed twenty four pakistani soldiers classes of people across the country protested on the streets outraged by the attack the country's military officials insisted that the air strike lasted almost two hours and continued even after pakistani commanders pleaded with coalition forces to stop. mass protests. cintra way to force the prime minister to resign lawmakers doesn't step down after opposition party has accused him of bribing m.p.'s for their support many palatal cabinet to support and the prime minister has been in office for five years and seven governments during that time. the top colombian drug trafficker has been captured in venezuela maximiliano on what i've got going on than anyone. was on the most wanted list for allegedly smuggling tons of cocaine from colombia to the u.s. he's also accused of being gang which control drug routes between the two countries

the u.s. has offered a five million dollars reward for information it leading to his arrest. with so many modern distractions getting youngsters interested in politics is never the easiest of tasks what if those distractions were given a political twist put a lot of experts. russia's two main political figures have been set against an entirely different backdrop from the battlefield top level politics young cartoonist surrogate yannick sees them battling it out in the fictional real world of warcraft. i've got a record i can't manage it it isn't all putin plays the troll the personalities of the two leaders excellently match their war craft characters is tough and aggressive but very of karma quiet and clever he's brutal although he looks very much like an intellectual but the online fantasy role playing game is hugely

popular in russia players here making up the lion's share of the ten million subscribers worldwide plenty of potential funds for the comic book adventures of the president and the pm there's not too many people that would think being depicted as one of these guys was a compliment but the man at the top that seems happy with his persona. the mother was still present when bad laughed sincerely when he saw my comic biggest i think he's going to read it to the end oh he's going to give it to his son who also plays warcraft but i think he would be happy to learn that a comic starring his father has been made in move craft. from the gruesome to the glamorous both made given people have drawn and mutual fund groups in the past mediated girls only those electives with young attractive women have made headlines around the world one rally this summer literally stopping traffic in the russian capital. of the world but the roaming goal is to support materials initiatives and

to inform the general public especially young people about their recently where turned it in meeting with mitigated in our girl's dream came true we got to keep so president these groups have come under attack from some political experts who say a lack of policy is being hidden behind pretty faces these girls are one way of entertaining people obviously they don't. they don't raise serious political issues and they don't appeal to the intellect of the voters but they keep them entertained and in response the girls say they are sincere in their admiration for russia's political big guns unfortunately people don't seem to believe that anyone could do something like that from their heart we're working on breaking the stereotype and hopefully we'll succeed in this work peter all of our politics. today's a spotlight is just ahead for you but first images here the latest business news.

banks carry a double dip recession in the eurozone now seems all but inevitable during the first wave of the crisis in two thousand and eight russia suffered a rapid economic contraction as the world beyond its borders slowed however this time it's in a better position even if europe does collapse russia is predicted to stay healthy as nick parsons from national australia bank explains russia for example at no period in the next three years has a growth rate according to the o.e.c.d. of less than four percent so i think that is very substantially encouraging if you look at china yes there's a modest slowdown to eight and a half percent in twenty twelve but again that the focus for thirteen is well above nine so for the emerging market economies for asia for russia for latin america i think we've got a slowdown from some of the rates of growth in prospect for the next twelve months

but the o.e.c.d. themselves are seeing some insulation from the pain and they're seeing continued outperformance and alex aeration into two thousand and thirteen. the eurozone may be in danger of falling apart here russia has customs union partners bellerose and . trying to establish a new economic bloc they are pressing ahead with the eurasian economic community aimed at creating a common market between former soviet states one of the most important initiatives is the crisis fund its managing director explains it would prevent european style crises. there has been an agreement to coordinate macroeconomic fiscal and monetary policy why it's very obvious from the experience of european debt crisis currently when countries that belong to the same economic club had significantly divergent macroeconomic and monetary policy this of course means that one country

which allows much higher inflation essentially. benefits from its lis disciplined less rigorous policy and this of course hurts the economic prospects of its neighbors of its members of the same club so this agreement to coordinate the policy affects the level of budget deficit the level of inflation if it several other parameters and this is what all three countries of the customs unions will adhere to. so you the market prices are mixed up to see gains on monday like sweets is correcting fifty two cents this brant has recovered it's back in positive territory of three sets but there. asian shares are standing in advance made in the previous session as investors so for a timely resolution to europe's problems the positive sentiment was not reversed by

the latest decision of fitch to review the outlook on the u.s. credit rating from stable to negative signs of strong u.s. retail sales of thanksgiving holidays help some the export focused stocks with listed lenovo group three in. less than an hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian markets posted sharp gains on monday four point four percent to my six almost four percent. russian markets have got off to a flying start to the weak. dollar believes this could be a turning point for the bear market in russia but only if europe spoke to get their act together. this week we see absolutely same situation it was last week but last week and so after yesterday's sharp move in the markets i think we'll see some consolidation to d. and i think the markets will develop further growth to more as for longer term i think we quite quite interesting situation sentiment drew in markets everyone

expect some decision or kind of practical measures on you are pinned to a crisis we see the confirmation of positive gradual but positive change in the u.s. and this station in the middle east in syria in egypt is while supporting oil prices so all these things i think positive for us and sentiment as a but again everything depends on the you were born development of european cities for. coming up next i'll see the headlines with kerry.