a record turnout in egypt's first parliamentary elections in decades boycotted by protesters demanding an end to military comes after days of violence that claimed more than forty lives. thousand have their say in the future of the country but many of the vote demanding the military step down immediately i mean he's now in cairo with more details. a u.n. report accuses the syrian regime of human rights violations as the country also faces more tough economic sanctions from the e.u. and the arab league. east in control of the news financial ministers are set to

meet over the spiralling debt crisis china's influence on europe's economy is growing fast. it's twelve noon here in the russian capital this is r.t. welcome to the program a record number of egyptians have cast their votes in the country's first parliamentary elections since the ousting of president mubarak preliminary results are expected later this week but despite the turnout the voting was boycotted by many who are demanding the military step down immediately comes after ten days of bloody clashes with security forces which claimed more than forty lives and it's in no way reports now from cairo. it really seems like a gypsy is are split into two camps and very simply outlined how they feel about this election and you have the group that is flat out boycotting this vote because

they say the military rulers are still very much in charge it's them who came up with this system of voting they will essentially be the top people monitoring these votes and then you have the camp of people who don't agree of course with the military rulers especially in light of that crackdown that we saw just ahead of this vote but they feel like if they don't come out to have their say that they would be essentially giving up giving up the months that protesters spent on talk we're square trying to bring change to egypt so really a split of opinion a lot of people are voting here for the first time in their lives and it almost seems as if they're not really thinking so much about whether this will be a valid election what the results will be for them what's important is that this vote is taking place there have been some minor violations the most common that we heard were candidates coming up to actual polling stations and campaigning we heard of some minor i don't think you can even call them clashes but fights that happened at polling stations with people understanding that this was wrong that this is this was a flat out violation we also heard of some parties actually setting up booths if you

will with laptops trying to help voters because what we're hearing is that the system that was created is quite complicated in a lot of people came to the polling station and didn't actually understand how it all works it's only the first round of this parliamentary election in fact the parliament won't go into session until sometime in march also not even the whole country is voting in this first round it's selected by districts in cities so a lot more of the country has has their say and with the situation with these military rulers in power and you think in change here at any moment and egyptians are very aware of that. but hosni mubarak made no known to be a part of egypt's politics these regimes to haunt the country during the election the stakes but always says the outcome of the pivotal as the states moves forward. barak is gone but the regime still the. planes way the demonstrations. the satisfaction continue the supreme council of the forces there are very wary of

elections happening now because they see a alliance that was thinking between the muslim brotherhood some of the old regime and the supreme council of the armed forces and they're very worried that the results of the election would be a victory for this coalition and for them that would mean that the revolution would be hijacked. but in fact you can watch the full interview with more insights into the situation in egypt in syria there on twenty minutes time here lotty. a un investigation has concluded that syrian forces committed crimes against humanity too in crackdown on anti-government protesters reporters based on eyewitness accounts taken outside syria as a basic rate as were refused access to the country comes after they were proved wider financial sanctions putting more pressure on damascus parties yes australia

who's just been to syria has more. time of the e.u. was putting more pressure on the financial institutions in the syria more specifically they put a ban a longer 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. sometime in may now e.u. officials would maintain that all of this is to aimed at cutting off 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 it was impossible to actually five

eighty you 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 in 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 betrayal 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 the one side it encourages another side against the end of the day more

financial sanctions while it may cripple the economy it may corner the government and business leaders it will also definitely impact the people. political analyst dr hayes shamgar believes the e.u. is unconcerned about the civilian population in syria but sanctions are designed solely to remove president assad's government these sanctions are meaningless actually i think that meaningless and on every level and on the level on the economic level and on the security level it will not stop the violence western powers particularly the united states want now to use these sanctions and are 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 the killing as they put it but you know what they want is to weaken the syrian regime and to weaken the alliance between syria iran and lebanon i don't think they they care. so

much for syrian blood in libya more than one hundred thousand people were killed by nato bombings and the country was devastated when nobody said anyone so i can't actually believe that they're now so what about three thousand syrians when they are not actually what is about more than one hundred thousand libyans it has nothing to do with stop the violence on the contrary they're feeding the body we can't expect the syrian government and the syrian army to end the violence if the other if the gangs do not stop atrocities against the syrian armed forces. so i had few this are an arty spying secrets and scandal a woman who's accused of working for russian intelligence would take a vacation from politicians we turn to fate in the u.k. court. western economies are struggling it's the east that's been seeing rapid financial growth china's presence in europe

can be felt more than ever as beijing has been making strategic investments although it's still cautious about buying the continent's debt. for three ports on china's growing influence in the. mainland 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 been guessing i'm a cave with the west seeking east an inspiration because it is silly and you're going to want to sell but forget the italian business model with its. fine and expensive production business here is saying this competition from its chinese counterparts but their emphasis on fast see. some of the high streets here in the chinese influence isn't hard to spot with you its economy struggling countries like china need better time to snuff out the bug and such is the acquisition this year at the well known italian fashion brand series c by a chinese luxury clothing retailer. interest over china.

store so. i suppose 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 defining pairing 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 well thessaly stagnating 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 debt the you must be told it more to the valuable. help me industries are you still robbing or 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 europe next year further investment seem extremely likely. that we call it. could be very very. bad. to. financial crises as the crisis continues to readjust the tsunami aid is on the global stage emerging economies such as china looks set to remain firmly in the spotlight surf.

well of our news coverage and much more is a bit of a few online just not on time website at the party dot com. what's waiting for you there right now in fact more than a thousand people were detained by police during massive protests in germany against the storm. nuclear waste on own soil you can read more about it watch the project on t. dot com. also online. the u.s. government reportedly ordered julius sands to destroy all that material wiki leaks holds on them to stop using government insiders to gather question from ation plant . a previously unknown work by a russian painter need soft patch is a record breaking one point seven million dollars at christie's auction.

a spy scandal and a 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 while being remarkably linked to a u.k. member of parliament twenty six year old veteran who's accused of making several attempts to get her lover to divulge information including details of a top secret nato paper i've been it explains. this is where kat is that juliet 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 when 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 of his position on both parliamentary committees for the defense and also for russia 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 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 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. coming your way at this hour choosing a new direction less than a week left until the elections russians are beginning to wonder tandem that's been driving them past years will take them in the future. fresh clashes have erupted between nato forces and locals along the serbian border with northern kosovo two serbs and two nato soldiers were injured in the latest round of violence and this week. well tensions have been running high since nato forces fired tear gas at protesters in attempt to dismantle road barricades put up by serbs living in the area they've been blocking the route since july when cars of as authorities try to take control of border checkpoints to impose a ban on serbian goods. that repayment pendants in two thousand and eight a move that's never been recognized by. for the latest footage you can head to our you tube channel.

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don't remember seeing him go down all i remember is that we shot at him. and saw. it's. on the other side are soldiers too and soldiers do it so me and they're trying to kill us we're trying to kill them and that's just the ugly face a war. crime . and. nothing honorable and. i went to the war zone and i started seeing how i need to change. and on a way to do there the knot of a rival and kill another person that's why i'm applying for concerts and not. oh oh oh oh. oh.

now let's take a look at some other news from around the world this out pakistan has ruled out doing business with washington and threatened to wrap up its cooperation of the united states on afghanistan announcement for the nato attack on saturday near the afghan border killed twenty four pakistani soldiers thousands of people across the country protested on the streets outraged body attack the country's military officials insisted that yes try classes for almost two hours. after pakistani commanders have pleaded with coalition forces to stop. around seven thousand program duffy prisoners are being held behind bars by former libyan rebels that's according to the court which says the detainees do not have access to legal systems as local police and courts are not functioning most of the prisoners are accused of working for gadhafi regime and some may have been tortured this is the first u.n. assessment of libya since the end of its eight months of. mass

protests in kuwait of course the prime minister to resign over his government to step down after opposition party members accused him of grabbing and for their support for the main power until a new cabinet is formed the prime minister has been in office for five years now seven governments during that time. well with less than a week left before russians elect a new parliament many wondering which direction the country should go next as artie's agrees reports many believe the current long running political tandem looks set to stay. wonderful. let us see how this. works yet. i know it's right if so. how do you know. unsteady no more appropriate place right now than the duma wants you made frame you

can go to sleep this is what i actually the family sent happened to the united thrushes the party. was set up ten years back and it made a really impressive start and it kept up with the lights on the wasp but you're wearing off why the mirror put in but what happened after that they relaxed a bit from the off russian position they preferred to criticise they preferred just to be to be a part of the opposition. but at the same time to every responsibility. to see it's. got to be honest a little bit not good for roy i think if you can take the lead an absolutely this is working a bit better i think i like i like about taking a back seat when you look at the opposition they worry you had two leaders of the country feel if it comes to the business community you know i don't think they're

actually capable of leading they don't have that leadership. which take over from like a brush. as a main legacy or united russia will be a political stability and normal rules and a lot of critics have said that actually what you have a president has moved on for stability and it's the danger of turning to stock nation i think that's the case if you know what russia remain is a majority power in the duma i think if you're not rational stayed in power through a stability about north stagnation social justice would be number one priority for new. development and as a result are seeing united russia will have to change itself to speak in ten years since she noted russia and now sits. on the political stage coming to power with a mandate was the biggest see that's a message that seems somewhat outdated now among voters and the general consensus

we've been hearing that more change will be needed in the future regardless of whose leave the country. but that database is updated to be true. and welcome to business a double dip recession in the euro zone now seems all but inevitable during the first wave of the crisis in two thousand russia suffered a rapid economic contraction as the world beyond its borders slowed however this time it's in a better position and even if europe does collapse russia is predicted to stay healthy as nick parsons from national australia bank explains russia for example 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 two thousand and 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. years old may be in danger of falling apart but here russian is customs union partners belarus and kazakstan are trying to establish a new economic bloc they are pressing ahead with the eurasian economic community which is aimed at creating a common market between former soviet states one of the most important initiatives as the anti christ has found 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 macro economic 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 going to the market. prices are still makes this after seeing some gains on monday light sweet as the shedding sixteen cents while brant is continuing to climb up its thirty two cents

on. asian shares extending in advance made the previous session as investors so for a timely resolution to europe's debt problems even positive sentiment was not reversed by the latest decision of fitch to review the outlook on the u.s. credit rating stable to negative signs of strong u.s. retail sales over thanksgiving helps some export focused stocks like nerver group four point eight percent. give you markets have opened on rumors that. could downgrade the book of france's triple a credit rating to negative and be nearest future banking stocks under pressure across the continent as another way to meet you soon as put a review for downgrade the ratings of eighty seven years old but. russia's markets in. surely kicked off with a moderate upswing but are now one third of a percent down after

a very strong session but we see you on monday let's take a look what's moving the my sex and main the energy shares are correcting which showed the most outstanding performance of the previous session rosneft is now losing almost one percent plus hydro is one of the biggest losers the monopoly for i drew electric energy and car maker after also in line with the trend is down one percent after launching mass production of its newest model larger grand overtrick a dialogue believes russian equities could be in for a year end rally as risk appetite has returned my feeling is that still will see in coming eighteen trading dates of december i think will still you can expect some growth in the markets if sentiment change and i think it will be changed because my feeling is that you appear in the situation will be somehow postponed for at least for some short period so i think the sentiment all change and we'll see more

apartheid for risk and in this environment you are emerging markets rushing cluing including russia and oil prices are very supportive for russia story russia is currently experiencing a liquidity crunch the central bank has kept interest rates unchanged citing inflationary risks but merely by the use of capital says there are other tools to resist the big squeeze. three main reasons is there the budget who are. budget expenditures should come into the system and provide some relief but the global. portfolio investment. and. their central banks from hard currency buying more. and more and there. will be more. able to control the domestic money market results he's back in fifty five minutes

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