the new low in relations following a nato air strike which killed more than twenty of its soldiers have bloodied pakistan and says it will now play no part in a key international meeting on building a secure ghana steal. the u.k. orders evacuation of a damacy iran and warns of serious consequences after angry protesters stormed the facility following a decision to pose more sanctions. doubts were cast over egypt's parliamentary elections as protesters continue their demand for the military rulers to step down as a record number of hopefuls turn up to vote for change and the country. also serves persist with putting up roadblocks along the disputed border despite nato forces

clamping down with tear gas and rubber bullets in the days of confrontation. and uncertainty dominates global markets russia is no exception in the audience m i six in the season opener wednesdays trade flats and pointing in opposite directions more of this in twenty to. eleven am the russian capital you're watching r t with marina joshua welcome to the program well if you were as pakistan is making its anger abundantly clear over the recent nato air strike which killed twenty four of its soldiers it's now pulled completely out of a key security conference on afghanistan future next week and also promised to permanently closely aligned as key military supply route through its territory reports. relationships are never easy but when it comes to the partnership between america and pakistan the sugardaddy of this geo political alliance has turned out

to be islamic most dangerous friend in a post nine eleven world pakistan joined forces with the u.s. in the war on terror receiving roughly eighteen billion dollars in return over the past ten years yet hundreds of pakistani civilians have been killed in u.s. drone strikes targeting terrorists most recently nato had to admit it killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. this said protestors onto the streets of islam abad torching an effigy of president barack obama burning american flags and demanding an immediate divorce from its american partner this is hardly the first time the pakistani sovereignty has been infringed by the united states is not the first time that pakistani citizens have been killed by the united states and its allies it seems to be the case now that you know its

case regards pakistan as a kind of free fire zone in which it's a liberty to abuse the country's sovereignty with no need for apology or redress nato has called the incident tragic and an intended promising to investigate the killings the pakistani government has demanded the u.s. vacate an air base used for drone attacks it's also closed a vital u.s. military supply route to afghanistan a third to a half of all supplies that go to the nato forces go through pakistan so this is going to have a major impact there's no question about it the biggest rift between the two countries came six months ago when the u.s. violated pakistani sovereignty to assassinate osama bin laden with lost respect because people now fear. the united states because we're like a drunken person will go to war anywhere if you threaten us now stands prime

minister has come out and said there would be no more business as usual with washington there are clear choices today of what america is totally speaking either to expand the war and i'm going to park bomb or point of the front is not going to be it can trigger the third world war and i want you and wanting everyone pakistan has been america's main ally in the region for decades but constant abuse of the partnership by the us has driven a wedge between the two many believe that pakistan's case highlights that a u.s. bearing gifts while later stop at nothing to get what it wants marina for nile r.t. new york. so that on the program this hour millions turn out to cast their votes in edge of. the parliamentary election will set the country on the road to democracy why shortly. and britain is withdrawing its diplomatic staff from iran and

has warrant iraq of serious consequences after the storming of the u.k. embassy compound militant students clashed with police and threw stones and petrol bombs at windows of the complex protesters also brought down the british flag burn it and raise the iranian one demonstrations follow a vote in iran's parliament to reduce diplomatic ties with london in retaliation for imposing further sanctions over its nuclear program iran's foreign ministry has expressed regret for the incident political analyst chris bambery believes the new greater sanctions provoked iran which is something the west has been wanting to take. as the. sanctions against iran and there is talk of some strike against iran over this you could program we should remember that nationalism runs very deep in people one memories of when for instance britain and america in one thousand nine hundred eighty three to overthrow a democratically elected government which had nationalized british american oil

interests and installed the shah of iran and that nationalism is runs very deep and . enthusiasm present. many of the mood around against any notion of sanctions against iran or a british american strike against iran also the hypocrisy of america and britain between them have enough weapons to destroy the world many times over and wake tshering iran about nuclear weapons it does not have. the americans and the bruce do have plans for eventually for a military strike is whether or not the kind of and i think those people who are committed to peace and don't want to see you know war should be concerned about this and should be pressure in washington london paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran. syed mohammad marandi a professor at tehran university says it's iran's civilian population who will suffer the most from the u.k.'s new sanctions but the iranians are very angry that

. england has continued to take a hostile stance towards the country and the real problem in the eyes of iranians is that what the british government is trying to do is that is trying to make ordinary iranians suffer or the sanctions that have been imposed upon the iranians through the government this government the british government are directed at ordinary iranians the banking system and therefore imports and exports so it is basically very much directed at ordinary people. well we're always curious as to what you think and today we're asking our website what the consequences of the attack on the u.k. embassy will be so can log on to our website or to dot com to participate. while this hour forty three percent of the viewers think it will eventually lead to a western invasion of iran the opinion that the attack was political theater but

will have a few serious consequences come second eighteen percent of you predict more sanctions against iran is further isolation while the minority believes the u.k. and other western countries will cut diplomatic ties with iran so go on line to have your say. the u.k. has a lot to deal with bag on its soil as well and up to two million people are said to carry out a walkout across britain and what promises to be the largest strike of public sector workers in a generation labor unions object to the government's strategy to make their members work longer and pay more in order to earn their pensions more than a thousand demonstrations are scheduled to take place across the country during the twenty four hour strike the move comes three weeks after thousands of british students to to the streets against it tripling a very tuition fees. the credit ratings of dozens of u.s. financial firms have been downgraded standard and poor's lowered the rankings of

a string of u.s. was after setting new criteria for banks the pro says the term and each bank's risks as well as the your likelihood of meeting government or group support in the future those affected include of wall street big wigs such as morgan stanley and goldman sachs. for ivory coast president has arrived at the hague after being issued with an arrest warrant the international criminal court will investigate allegations of war crimes committed by the former leader after last year's election he also faces charges of looting armed robbery and embezzlement babo has been under house arrest since he was ousted by internationally backed forces seven months ago. u.s. vice president joe biden has arrived in iraq to discuss the departure of u.s. troops at the end of the year this comes months after washington failed to reach an agreement with baghdad to keep a small foreign military presence there as a troops departure moves closer attention is being drawn to the hundreds of

billions of missing dollars have disappeared since the start of the war in two thousand and three this leaves mannie wondering who was responsible and why they are being held accountable. they were talking about hundreds of billions of dollars that were spent by the us government and hundreds of billions of dollars that were spent by the iraqi government and they all come to today has no electricity has no water. so you can't see the see where the money has been spent in the country the us occupation of iraq created a new culture a culture of corruption and no accountability and that is from the us and from that office i. could know this is one of the most corrupt countries in the world you know transactions with small organisations with small companies with the government everything described there is no accountability and unfortunately the us presidents

did not make any but it actually made it. as basking in post-election laurie after holding its first parliamentary vote since the fall of president mubarak preliminary results are due to be announced later on wednesday but with the army general showing little intention to let go of the reins many say nothing will change correspond of these now i met one protester who is boycott of the ballot to emphasize the old tactics there are still rampant in the country. signs of a real democracy mile long lines at polls vote stained fingers and palpable joy of participating in egypt's future but do the signs stop it that. election excitement and dreams of democracy could be overshadowing a harsh reality there is little doubt egyptian enthusiasm for this whole is genuine they're excited to be voting in a real election for real candidates but for a heart of a man that will have no power and does that make as part of

a real transition than from the old regime the problem is you know what are that she going to produce a parliament to appoint ministers that kind of appoint a government. whose constitution whatever it turns out to be is going to be guarded by the army someone who understands this boycott at the polls like some your brother have a protester that knows all too well old tactics are still rampant or virginity task was performed on her and other women that protested don't talk we're long after mubarak fell out of it only many the woman told me to lie down for the man's examine me and then came in and and then to examine the i was naked it was like a shoe with people watching over those open sores and soldiers. she was too upset to tell me details of her ordeal but did say this about the vote but the main reason for holding the elections is for the military to hide their corruption and

crimes instead of voting a group of protesters marched to call for justice and show solidarity for jinnah detests victims there were few cameras and no gyptian press it remains the fact that both before during and after this election the ruler of egypt is an unelected man called field marshal mohamed tonto and as long as he's on the elected this is not a democracy but the west was quick to praise the election as a great step. towards change although the americans are beginning to say well no the army must go back to barracks deep down they'll be perfectly happy to keep the army where it is in egypt and if you give one point three billion dollars to the egyptian army which the americans do you assume you're expected to do what it wants which leaves little room for the people to get what they want and egypt might be waking up for more of a nightmare than the sweet dream of democracy once election a ration settles and he said no way r t cairo. and coming your way in the program

tackling the problem some believe the quickest way to bring down nationalism and extremism is to put the battling sides face to face and see where the dialogue gets them. in syria damascus is called the arab league sanctions a declaration of economic war the secretary-general of the league has said the measure send a very serious political message to the country but russia which wants to see dialogue between the government and the opposition has said it's time to stop dealing and ultimatums and get back to the negotiating table earlier the un released a report stating that government forces have committed crimes against humanity and their brutal treatment anti-government demonstrators according to estimates almost four thousand people have been killed since the beginning of the uprising in march and the east expert says it's ordinary citizens that bear the brunt of sanctions and not. some of the neighbors.

syria are saying that they are going to maintain. relations with. the. economies would be affected lebanon for example. did not agree to the sanctions iraq said that that's not going to implement the sanctions are some questions. about jordan what jordan's role did agree to the sanctions number of jordan extensively also on syria water food group projects etc so that is something that the. what we know so far is that sanctions is a blunt instrument which ultimately affects the population more done that effect. and what we have seen so far is that increasingly the country may be some.

kind of civil war because the protests apparently the peaceful protests have not had the kind of impact. organizers had hoped for. well syria's opposition is receiving reinforcement from other countries experienced in the matter of ousting political leaders so we can read article one online the new libyan government reportedly sounds hundreds of its troops to syria to join local militants and show them just how you bring down a regime. and escaping a jail term for a medical condition of a norwegian mass murderer anders breivik has been ruled manfully ill and therefore not accountable for killing seventy seven people back in july.

the man wanted as a prime suspect in the u.k. for the murder of former russian agent alexander litvinenko is now being seen by russia as a victim in the case the new twist comes as russia continues with its own investigation into the infamous nuclear murder prosecutors say there was an attempt on andriy will devote his life time but have given few other details the death of live and put a strain on relations between one of the mosque when he died and izing death in london in the bamber two thousand and six after being poisoned with polonium to tan britain has repeatedly requested the extradition of a little boy former f.s.b. officer turned politician moscow has always refused. serves in northern cost of our building more roads along the border despite the efforts of nato peacekeepers to take them down this comes after days of confrontation with troops who've been firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse serbian protesters leaving dozens injured for months local serbs have been using soil rock and

concrete to put up roadblocks in response to attempts by the cost want to thaw to control border checkpoints impose a ban on serbian goods nato peacekeepers have moved in to patrol the border you know what's really proclaimed in the hands of an eight and move that's never been recognized by belgrade or possible serbs living in the area our correspondent either abroad and spoke to some locals who say they are fed up with living in the conflict zone. for serbia and kosovo the road to independence starts here since july the western backed albanian majority here have tried to impose their customs controls on the air is inhabited by the serbian minority these men sort of as an underhand step to drive them out and set up roadblocks now to keep watch day and night and more and more are calling for independence from albanian kosovo and from belgrade this checkpoint isn't located in any internationally recognized border and the people behind me aren't professional border guards but the extreme

measures they've had to go to this is their only means of survival. and september milan a pair of each was shot in the leg by nato soldiers who were trying to take down the barricades as he prepares to return there he says that he now realized that the price of the standoff is just too high and says he never wanted independence just the cost of a three a night to serbia but he admits the does is unlikely to happen and that a compromise is necessary. we are isolated now anyways maybe as talking about this will put pressure on belgrade to pay more attention to serve some cause or to help but you will see those that were there for twelve years since the conflict that divided kosovo the politicians in belgrade have repeated that the area is an integral part of serbia but under the presidency of western oriented but it started joining the european union has become a bigger priority to satisfy eed demands that it has recently called for the barricades to be dismantled and branded their defenders extremists to units that

are public it will grow it has abandoned kosovo and the people of kosovo are fighting for themselves the e.u. keeps making new demands first handing over milosevic. then murder which they will never be satisfied meanwhile the situation for serbs in kosovo is getting worse that we have because this is footage of the latest clashes on the barricades which have been happening almost daily recently but despite the toll of simmering violence when we visit the barricades on a quite a night there is of course where serbs remains firm olive oil because this will because this is our homeland we will not leave it and we will defend it regardless of what anyone else tells us to do on the butt of. the european union most of the leaders in belgrade and albanian cos of us of all brushed off the idea of an independent serbian kosovo but until a compromise of some sort of foam from a serb minority living here a destructive standoff will continue indefinitely either

a very ordinary artsy course of a. now wave of nationalism swept russia after the murder a year ago a young football fan in a fight was a group of men from the north caucasus now twelve months on the leaders of opposing youth groups have gathered for talks to see if they could solve the growing problem together which is a real english girl reports. russia's north caucasus a place where there are a beautician for volatility even some russians tend to view these republics as separate entities with religious and ethnic differences at the heart of the problem and leading some to tackle its consequences the ugly side of nationalism separate we gathered people from all walks of life and took them on a trip to the north caucasus in order to dispel existing myths to show those who live in that region that russian nationalists and football fans are not as evil as they're portrayed and also for us to see that north caucasus is populated by people just like us with similar problems and issues as part of

a program called dialogue and those that helm include a member of a nationalist movement a football fan and a youth movement leader their main focus is the younger generation those who grew up after the soviet union was spirit and youth in russia and in the north caucasus have a warped perception of each other that was the starting point for a program a lot of people do not venture outside of their region and base their opinion on the information they find in mass media and on the internet racial tension and football have increasingly gun hand to hand in russia last december football fan give you that was killed in a brawl with a group of men from the north caucasus his death sparked riots of football fans in nationalists in central moscow police clashes emerse arrests those involved in the fatal fighting eventually ending up in prison was he who all right now is a strong part of our society which keeps growing since one nine hundred seventy russian people didn't have a place where national idea to rally about football fans rally around the country

and around the national ideal so far the group's only organized one visit but it's already getting high level and gauge meant created the willingness of the regional government to petition page in the dialogue it's huge progress for the north caucuses because these issues would never acknowledged by them before and that's why we ended up with the problems we have on our hands right now these men know they're deeply entrenched. animosity can't be defeated overnight but they're convinced that they've got two key tools in their arsenal talking and listening. of dialog between the conflicting sides is one of the main problems how can those people know the reason why the conflicting sides are involved in the issue we must sit at a table have a moderator and talk about these issues face to face. football stadiums like this one for example often become battlefields was our top of the sports cup this in turn the defeated ethnic conflict in fact in russia terrible they are and not have

unfortunately become all this anonymous people like sultan believe they can and will change that by proving that sporting patriotism have nothing to do with national stadium even. moscow. are bringing today's headlines after the latest business news with stay with us. and welcome to business r.t. russia may be on the way to investment starvation economic ministry expects the country to see a six percent growth in investment in twenty eleven and a slightly higher increase in the coming years almost half of the cash is still coming from the state economic ministry says that's not enough to finance russia's ambitious plans for modernization with no more opportunities to stimulate economic growth with budget spending. to the markets or oil is still losing ground following three sessions of gains that's after the american petroleum institute reported an

increase in u.s. crude inventories light sweet and brant are declining around fifty cents this hour . asian shares are still drifting lower despite overnight gains on wall street in hong kong as those companies are leading the losses on weekly commodity prices i mean incorporation of china as one of the biggest losers stronger yen is weighing on tech shares. in tokyo in the limbers is losing ground as reports say may miss its deadline for financial results which would force the company to deem this from the joke you stock exchange some blue chips however bucking the trend in japan as a surge in consumer confidence is supporting us to start. this is the picture here here no rush. started off positive then went back to initial closing figures for tuesday and now they're declining the r.t.s. is down point four percent to my six point two percent alexander gloves but would

also believe however that continued uncertainty sticking to the oil and gas stocks is a safe. sure one's said they keep making money in stocks seem not to be scared their way out of them and these least when there is heightened uncertainty in all currency can be considered completely safe it is still wide toilet in my opinion. to be invested in some proven stories in the stock market like oil and gas stocks in particular reach out obviously cheap on multiples and many of them are being have team dividends saudi oil and gas sector stocks so would probably be the ones that will not make you supplant losses stuart again great upside potential. russia's largest lenders burbank is seeking to enter the swiss market as part of its strategy to expand in europe it's in talks to buy a small local bank s.o.b from russia will company look cool commissar newspaper

says burbank is aiming at developing investment and private banking services in the european country the deal could be worth around sixty million dollars and the ses grow banks will be facing tough competition as more three hundred high cost banks are present in switzerland and that includes global financial giants. over one in three organizations in russia claim to have fallen victim to economic crime according to accounting firm pricewaterhouse coopers but the company's head of forensic services says the government is making the right moves to fix the problem of mental things are moving in the right direction. on the corruption side the rich challenges but again it's not just a rush a problem everybody around the world is suffering the challenge of corruption and things are moving i think russia moves to accede to the o.e.c.d. signer to the un to drive recall mention that will have a significant impact on the other side around us it misappropriation the management

need to get more actively involved in their business they need to consistently say timing within the organization and i think there's a distinction between those that are doing it well and those that aren't doing anything at all and those that are doing it well are making a far greater impression in the five years they can or a crumb of those than most of the do nothing at all business is back in around fifty five minutes time with an update i'll see that.

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