power of persuasion a russian woman convinces a tribunal in london she wasn't spying while having an affair with with a british m.p. . the cool rejects m i five claims cathy is absolutely yes it was used as a honeytrap with the lawyers adding the case against it was based entirely on speculation prejudice and conjecture join me on the bennett for more in just a moment. egypt's first parliamentary poll in decades attracts a record number of voters despite days of violent protests against the army regime . thousands so up to have their say in the future of the country but many boycott the vote to manning the military rulers step down immediately i mean he's

now in cairo with more details. and the new russian radar guard on its western most border with strikeforce is in the cards if nato doesn't guarantee its european missile shield isn't aimed against russia. it's four pm in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story a russian woman accused of being a spy has won her legal battle against deportation from britain catarina as it's only about her was accused of trying to siphon information while having an affair with a british m.p. she worked for archy's ivor bet it has been following the case of love and he joins us live with more ivor was it difficult for her to leave better to secure her stay . well yes certainly and you could see the relief and joy on her face was when it

was announced that she could indeed stay and that the court ruled that she was on balance of probabilities that she that she was not indeed a russian spy and is is not and so therefore can stay in britain now in terms of how difficult it has been to persuade that panel of three judges including a former head of britain's security services well she's. been facing what can be said has been an uphill battle because she was arrested last december twelve months ago on suspicion of being a spy and. hand and seeing top secret evidence and handing that over to the russian embassy here and following that arrest actually the home secretary said that she should be deported men she was granted this special immigration appeals commission a chance for her to actually put forward her case but. in that time though she's been living under very strict bail conditions and and lifestyle that her lawyers actually after the here after announcing here said was

a calf to rescue nightmare because she's actually had to reveal some very intimate parts of her personal life and her relationship with the british m.p. that she was having an affair with to try and prove her innocence and of course all the time she's trying to prove this negative negative negative in proceedings that she couldn't actually see the evidence against her in because it was the m i five that was bringing the evidence they were saying it was too secret for the court and her and her lawyers to even to even hear and so she was all the time battling what could be sixteen is a is an uphill struggle but she has won and that prompted her solicitors to say after the trial that largely this has been a waste of time to bring security services one they've been pursuing very manly over the last year but one that the court has found has lacked any real evidence. that case was built entirely on speculation thank you dan and good. it was

poorly researched we hype that the government will look like barry cassidy on today's judgement which must raise serious can sound as to the standards of professionalism i'm competent to say within the security staff it. what was the prosecution's case for her deportation. well the case that we did hear again so that the bits that were in open court were that she was being she was accused of being used as a honeytrap by the russian intelligence services to seduce a british member of parliament he was mike kang because he was on both parliamentary select committees for the defense and also russian so had access to some top secret documents and he said he was targeted specifically by her in the russian intelligence services we know they had an affair during the time that she was employed by him as his researcher and and they were accusing her of using this to try and gain access to those top secret documents now in terms of actual evidence against her though that was about all we all we heard because the crucial

parts where they actually were revealed the evidence that they claim they have had were behind closed doors saying used to secrets and and too sensitive for her lawyers and the press and the public to hear but the panel of three judges did indeed hear the evidence and they they actually ruled in the end that we have seen nothing which satisfies us that she was recruited as an agent or was task acted as one adding that we have not reached this conclusion by a narrow margin we are satisfied that it is significantly more likely than not she was and is not in russian agent now. for her part though she had to try and prove that she wasn't a russian agent by by trying to say that her relationship with mike can quote a member of parliament she worked for was indeed genuine and how unusual that may be that she was in fact in love with him even though he was three times her age and and that too the court did take into account and said that her relationship with

him was in fact enduring and genuine on both sides so as a result of that she has now been allowed to stay in the u.k. and on balance it's been decided that she was not in fact a russian spy already as i ever been reporting for us from london thanks for that update. long lines and a strong turnout are very much evidence on day two of e.g. egypt's a landmark elections but thousands of protesters in tahrir square are boycotting the polls they fear military rulers who replaced president mubarak in february will stay in power or he's an isa now is watching the ballot and kyra. it really seems like a gyptian star 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 protests are spent on talk we're square trying to bring change to egypt so really a split of opinion like i said and really some some long lines of people very excited about coming out to be able to vote 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 counted it's coming up to actual polling stations and campaigning up into the end on twitter you could read about some people actually trying to go into the booths would people be 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 of 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 but really in light of the violence that we've saw some very minor violations still it's relatively calm here of course no security situations but people are very aware that anything could happen at any moment and you really can sense that in the year along with that excitement about this first vote how can we tell if this vote is fair well first of all it's only the first round of this parliamentary election in fact the parliament will go into said. until sometime in march also not even the whole country is voting in this first round is 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 no one knows what will happen between these rounds of elections just before these elections whether this is clamp down admin on top three or there were actually that many testers when they came in actually decided to

disperse protesters but that action brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the street when we saw ten days of violence you really never know what will happen this is the first round it is being praised as being so far pretty successful but anything can change here at any moment and egyptians are very aware of that russia's assessment of the unrest in syria is that it's mainly being provoked by an armed opposition foreign minister sergei lavrov also says it's time to stop dealing in ultimatums and get back to peace talks a u.n. investigation earlier found that syrian forces committed crimes against humanity brutally dealing with anti-government demonstrators almost four thousand people have been killed after months of on arrest the e.u. is tightening the economic screws on the syrian regime and mulling an arms embargo something moscow strongly opposes let's get a perspective from neighboring lebanon dr jamal wakim a political analyst and professor at lebanese international university joining us now do you think further sanctions could have any impact on ending this violence. i

don't think so this violence is instigated by foreign bowed. of course that is a complaint. by local forces however the people who voted in. that action against the regime financed. but mainly the us and by its allies that are using food they want to topple that is human no dude. line city to the american come to italy and the big good amount. strategy to contain the rising russian and chinese spy would they don't want for russia china to get access to the military and in order to get access to the indian ocean that's why. they were involved in change throughout the arab islamic world in order to hand over power to the muslim brothers and city and became the only exception

that's right properly the baath regime in syria a secular regime ruined a neighbor the united states to install the muslim brothers and followed in syria so that we would have. a middle east ruled by the muslim brothers on one hand and directed against the. russian. to be the russian superpower and the chinese superpower he was also seems to be we can understand things you seem to be dismissing out right to the reports that have been confirmed by the un of the crackdowns the brutal crackdowns on protesters against the assad regime. often we've been hearing words every week every day about tens of killed dozens of been killed i mean you're saying it's not out of. no no i'm not saying this is not happening i'm saying that the regime that out of. seven dimensions for this crisis one of them is the corruption of the regime the

authoritarian character of this regime but the main opposition the armed opposition to that is jean. we have to differentiate between the armed opposition and the peaceful opposition we have a peaceful opposition to the regime that is calling for reforms and we have an armed insurrection supper have to by neighboring turkey supported by some other countries like qatar like saudi arabia and they want a gene change in order for us to make it possible for the muslim brothers to take over power so that we will have a whole region stretching from the shores of the persian gulf the shores of the atlantic ocean all ruled by a narrow autumn and gotten caught muslim brotherhood or a turkey will be playing a leading role in this sense and this role is directed to block russian access to the mediterranean and this is how we can. i'm sorry to hype it you sorry to jump in

here by would need to keep this moving on russia's foreign minister is drawing parallels with the situation in libya where the west arm the rebels against the u.n. arms embargo do you think that the same patterns emerging here in syria. definitely there are at times to create. let's say a protected area for the odd opposition to direct its campaign against the regime they want to recreate the libyan scenario but this time i think that both russia and china where i where of this fact that's why they are posed such an action and that's why the russians were so for on opposing any foreign intervention in syrian affairs and this is the reason why the arab league's solution to abstract and the. participation of the syrian delegation ed and the arab league's conferences and so want. were meant to be

a first attempt to words internationalizing the crisis how did not being blocked by china and by russia all right we have to leave it there dr jamal wakim political analyst a professor at lebanese international university in beirut thanks for your time. well stay with us here on r t lots more coming your way including why time may be running out for europe to save its single currency. and while brussels hustles for a solution we report from the euro zone's third largest economy whose dire straits are being increasingly brigitta by beijing. but first russia can now keep a closer eye on europe in the north atlantic area with its new radar system and its western most region the baltic territory of kaliningrad between lithuania and poland flicking the switch president medvedev said it can be more than. pardon me more than just a response to nato as missile shield in europe let's get the details now from our correspondent and tell you know if we cover joining us live now to tell you so

president medvedev promised a quick response to the missile shield in europe what is what signal is this sending to washington. well this is it clear pretty clear message to washington from russian president's meeting even if that's russia is fed up with reassurance and promises that it's any time the self-defense would be aimed against iranian nuclear program and north korean nuclear programs rather than posing a threat to russian security president wants to see. taking some actions to actually present proofs that this is indeed the case as nato is anti-missile defense shield would be covering a large part of russian territory as this peaceful radio location system already is covering a large part of europe. but it will salute you. spoken issuances or not you know if when we hear that you are putin missile defense is not against you i want to see friends that do great are those came online today is also not

against you but it is for you to tackle the issues we're facing today but if your signal is not heard we will deploy other defense systems including tough countermeasures deploying strike systems. well indeed president medvedev did not exclude the possibility of taking these defensive steps third or as installing missiles here in the region that is the most western points over russia in case nature does not present decent proof rather than simple promises that it's a.m.d. system in europe not games aimed against russia is this expected to affect the reset of ties between moscow and washington. will definitely not present a good if wants to see this a problem to be sold through negotiations he doesn't want to cancel the reset of relations between russia and the u.s.

of course and this particular particular system that was opened here today is not a combat system it cannot do anything but detect missiles and calculate their path it's going to destroy them so it is a peaceful step but a defensive step at the same time as i said. we'll be covering a large part of russia so what russia is doing right now is simply trying to defend itself from. the shield said not to be aimed against that but no decent group have have been proved to have been presented just yet and the present bit of that excluded possibility of further this defensive measures to be taken including russia pulling out from the strategic arms reduction treaty that was signed between russia and the u.s. some two years ago agreeing to significantly reduce the number of nuclear warheads in both countries all right he's going to tell you no to cover

a lot for us in kaliningrad thanks for that update. the next stage in saving the euro from collapse is underway with finance ministers in brussels trying to bolster the bailout system in case the bigger players go under italy's seeking to balance its books its borrowing costs have soared to more than seven point eight nine percent well over the figure that forced greece and ireland and portugal to ask for help but authorities are fourth reports it's eastern influence that's going some way toward filling the void. and the fashion capital of the world where you can be sure to sponsor an emerging trend but right now it's the economy this being guessing i'm a cave with the west seeking east an inspiration son say this is going someone says so but forget the italian business model with its. fine and expensive production business here is saying this competition from its tiny counterparts but their

emphasis on see. some of the high streets here in the chinese influence isn't hard to spot with you it's economy struggling the countries like china think bet it's time to snuff out the bug and such is the acquisition this year of the well known italian fashion brands three c. by a chinese luxury clothing retailer for the interest of the chinese. very store so. i suppose that the. opportunity. to catch the west struggles it's been the emerging crepes the brics that is brazil russia india china and south africa that if you 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 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 that was chinese businesses approving strong competition china is being cautious when it comes to buying up your debts the last month should be told to more to the valuable. help me industries you start arriving all blonde 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 to me to do. the job. but that we call it.

could be very very. you know due 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 surf city. and you can always find more stories and in-depth analysis on our web site r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. in our year after the former head of the international monetary fund dominic strauss kahn was hit by the sexual assault allegations one journalist claims the entire case was part of a shocking conspiracy was strauss kahn set up find out at r.t. dot com. and the russian woman who supersized her lips all in a bid to make her look like her father to an idol jessica rabbit discover the next stage of the extreme make over at r t v dot com. fresh

clashes have erupted between nato forces and locals along the serbian border with northern kosovo several peacekeepers and ethnic serbs were injured tensions have been running high since nato forces fired tear gas at protesters and an attempt to dismantle road barricades put up by serbs in the area they've been blocking the route since july when kosovo officials tried to take border control of the checkpoints to impose a trade ban on serbian goods though unilaterally proclaimed independence in two thousand and eight a move that's never been recognized by belgrade. turning now to some other world news stories norwegian anders breivik who killed seventy seven people in a massacre in july could a prison sentence this after a psychiatric report claimed the mass murderer was mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions if the court accepts the assessment bridgette could be detained in psychiatric care however in the region has admitted to the attacks in oslo on the low end on the island of but has pleaded not guilty to charges of

terrorism. pakistan will boycott next week's talks with the u.s. on afghanistan's future and cut key nato supply lines through its territory this after an alliance airstrike on saturday near the afghan border that killed twenty four pakistani soldiers is a lot of odd says the incident violated its sovereignty and the mandate of international forces in afghanistan. israel has responded with artillery shells after the north of the country was struck by rockets fired from southern lebanon it was the first cross border strike in almost two years no one organisation claimed responsibility but there are fears the incident could renew conflict in the region two thousand and six a lebanon war between israel and hezbollah left more than one thousand people dead . and around seven thousand pro khadafi prisoners are being held behind bars by former libyan rebels this according to un report that says detainees do not have access to a legal process as local police stations and courts remain closed findings show

prisoners are accused of working for khadafy is regime but that some of them may have been suggested subjected to torture and maltreatment. we get insight on the arab world's future from the middle east expert in a few minutes but first kareena joins us with the business news. it's twenty four minutes past four pm here in moscow welcome to our business update a double dip recession in the eurozone now seems all but inevitable during the first wave of the crisis in two thousand and eight suffered a rapid economic contraction of the world beyond its borders slowed however this time it's in a better position and even if you have does collapse russia is predicted to stay healthy as nick parsons from national australia bank explains. russia for example or 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 two percent in twenty twelve but again the focus for thirteen is well above knowing 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 their likes their liberation into two thousand and thirteen. and let's have a look at the markets now commodities first oil prices are higher this hour after seeing some gains on monday nights where it is currently trading a close to over ninety eight dollars a barrel while brant is over one hundred and ten dollars per barrel european stock markets are higher with investors building on the prior day's gains and pending some hopes on a meeting of eurozone finance ministers later banks and energy stocks are leading shares of b.m.d.

rose over one percent and societe generale is up over two percent here in russia markets kicked off tuesday's trade with the moderates upswing but are now correcting after a very strong session and they gained four percent let's take a look now at some individual channels on the rise six and as you majors a mixed this hour after seeing sharp gains in previous session has bounced back from early losses and is just a notch up comic after vos is down its launch launching mass production of its newest model lada granta and pipe maker tame k b p is on the rise the company's nine month net profit almost tripled to two hundred seventy nine million dollars. retail group x five has posted a two point one million dollars net loss in the third quarter of the year beating expectations analysts predict that the russian operator will. suffer a loss of around eighteen million dollars taped to the integration of recently acquired chain cup a cut and currency fluctuations x.

five says that the result was supported by strong sales and improved capital management. well that's all we have time for this hour but i'll be back with more in about fifteen minutes help in trying. to. manage an asset that the phone watches show every single day.

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