why don't what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on a. new low in relations following a nato air strike which killed more than twenty of its soldiers bloodied pakistan says it will now play no part in a key international meeting on building a secure afghanistan. the u.k. order or steve back away from its embassy in iran and warns of serious consequences after angry protesters stormed the facility following a decision to impose more sanctions. doubts were cast over egyptian 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 a change in the country. because of the serbs persist with putting up roadblocks along the disputed border despite nato forces clamping down with tear gas and

rubber boards days of confrontations. is russia a safe haven while global markets are there climbing and while is also down russian markets are adding one percent find out why in the latest business news went through. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow one pm in the russian capital on marina josh welcome to the program if you are 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 close the lines as key military supply route through its territory very important i 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 you have hundreds of pakistani civilians have been killed in view us drone strikes targeting terrorist most recently nato had to admit it killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. this said protestors onto the streets of his lawn 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 far zone in which it's liberty to abuse the country's self injury 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 to talk

a stance prime minister has come out and said there would be no more business as usual with washington. clear choices. either to experiment and. is not going to be. good with war and i was mean 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. britain is was drawing its diplomatic staff from iran has warned iran of serious consequences after the storming of the u.k. embassy compound militant students clashed with police and threw stones and petrol

bombs that windows of the complex protesters also brought down the british flag burning and raised the iranian one the demonstrations followed 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 british sanctions provoked iran which is something the west has been wanting to achieve. as the western run of such 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 wants to in one thousand nine hundred eighty three to overthrow a democratically elected government which had nationalized american oil interests and installed the shah of iran and that nationalism is runs very deep and maybe no enthusiasm present. many of them would rally against any notion of sanctions

against iran or a british or american nato straight against the right also or the hypocrisy of america and britain who between them have enough weapons to destroy the world many times over wake tshering iran their own nuclear weapons it does not have. around the americans and the british 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 another war should be concerned about this and should pressure in washington london and paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran. side mohammad marandi a professor at tehran university says it's iran civilian population who will suffer the most new sanctions. the iranians are very angry that. england. continue 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 government the british government are directed at ordinary iranians that banking system and therefore imports and exports so it is basically very much directed at ordinary people. well was curious what you think and today we're asking why the consequences of the attack on the u.k. embassy will be so log on to our website r.t. dot com to participate this hour forty four percent of you think it will eventually lead to a western invasion of iran the opinion that the attack was political theater of bothwell have few serious consequences come second and fifteen percent of the respondents 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 online and let

us know what you think of this issue r.t. dot com. the u.k. has a lot to deal with back on its own soil as well 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 and ration labor unions subject to the government's strategy to make their members work longer and pay more in order to earn their pensions more than a thousand demonstrators are scheduled to take place across the country during the twenty four hour strike the move comes three weeks after thousands of british students took to the streets against a tripling of the earth tuition fees. and other world news today 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. institutions after setting new criteria for banks the process determines each bank's risks as well as the likelihood of needing government or group support in the future those affected include wall street big wigs such as morgan stanley and

goldman sachs. former iraqi coast president laurent gbagbo has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity and he's been taken into custody by the international criminal court over allegations of murder rape persecution and human acts crimes occurred after last year's elections one babo refused to accept defeat and almost lead his country into civil war he is the first former head of state charged by a court since it was established in two thousand and two. it is basking and post-election glory 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 our correspondents now we met one protester who is boycott of the balloting emphasizes the old tactics that 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 with 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 hard limit that will have no power does that make this part a real transition than from the old regime the problem is you know what or that she's 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 some wonder stamp this boycott at the polls like some your brother now a protester that knows all too well old tactics are still rampant of virginity

tasks performed on her and other women the protests don't talk here long after mubarak fell out of it only let me the woman told me to lie down for the men to 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 over a soldier. she was too upset to tell me details of her ordeal but did say this about the vote because i think the main reason for holding that actions 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 jena 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 an 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 us you are 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 of nation settles and he said no way r t carro. 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 science face to face and see where the dialogue gets the. turkey is freezing the assets of the syrian regime and also severing links was the country's central bank this comes after damascus branded similar sanctions by the arab league as a declaration of economic war meanwhile russia which wants to see don between the

government and the opposition the saddest time to stop dealing in ultimatums and get back to the negotiating table earlier the un release or imports stating that government forces have committed crimes against humanity and their brutal treatment of anti-government demonstrators according to aston it's almost four thousand people have been killed since the uprising in march middle east experts. toward you know we citizens that bear the brunt of sanctions and not the only time such. as what. 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. but 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

on syria water food products etc so that is something that. what we know so far is that sanctions is a blunt instrument which ultimately back to the population more than that effect. and what we have seen so far is. increasingly the country. proud sort of a 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 a reinforcement from other countries experienced in the matter of ousting political leaders can read artie's report online and you leave your government purportedly sans hundreds of its troops to syria to join a local militants and show them just how to bring down their regime. and escaping

and jail term for a medical condition to norwegian mass murderer and has been ruled mentally ill and therefore not accountable for killing seventy seven people back in july. the man wanted as the 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 this comes as russia continues with its own investigation into the infamous murder for more on this let's now cross live to our correspondent peter oliver. here this looks like any chapter in the nuclear murder isn't it. well russia's investigation into the murder of alexander litvinenko has put forward the

fact that they say the. voice and the meat to the court will also targets for a sustentation the same time know. is a former f.s.b. officer a businessman he was implicated in the in the case up to having a meeting with alex on the. and it remains the main suspect wanted for questioning by u.k. police over the murder which took place in london he denies all of the allegations that have been made against him by the british police and the britain had asked for him to be extradited to the united kingdom to face questioning this is out of the question actually against the. russia's constitution juta the fact that has since entered politics and is currently a steep state duma deputy meaning the extradition cannot take place and he will not under any circumstances be going to london to face questioning. here of course this

radioactive trail has long cast a dark shadow over relations between moscow and london so how badly has it affected the ties between the two countries in the five years since litvinenko his death we've seen really frosty diplomatic relations between britain and russia mostly due to the britain wanting to see lugovoy extradited and of course they say that is against russia's constitution something that isn't going to happen now russia has questioned the thoroughness of the british investigation. and is said that if they could provide it the british side could provide russia with information suggesting that lugovoy was guilty they would look into prosecuting him themselves here in russia now. the the essay five years since the death of alexander litvinenko he was poisoned with the radioactive isotope polonium two ten in london and this is a case that has drawn international headlines as people wanting to find out who was

behind the actual murder under this current russian investigation and suggesting that it was not the people who the british police have labeled as the main suspect . and to me to be called being listed now as potential targets for assassination jury in the murder of alexander litvinenko but in london right now an inquest into lithonia and his death is currently ongoing. ok peter thanks very much indeed for the subway peril reporting there from moscow. on the stories now serves in northern cost of our building more road blocks along the border despite the efforts of nato peacekeepers to take them down this comes after days of confrontation with troops who have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse serbian protestors 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 one authorities take control of border checkpoints to impose a ban on serbian goods nato peacekeepers have moved in to patrol the border so

intellectually proclaimed in a panic in two thousand and eight a move that's never been recognized by belgrade or cost of serbs living in the area or spine of the garage have spoke to some locals living in the conflict zone. for serbian cross 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 within the 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. in september milan a pair of h. 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 to casa or to reunite with serbia but he had missed the does is unlikely to happen and that a compromise is necessary process. 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 it 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 in belgrade has abandoned kosovo and the people of kosovo are fighting for themselves the e.u.

keeps making new demands first handing over milosevic then could outage then mullard it but 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 over 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 fear of being union most of the leaders in belgrade and albanian cost of us of all brushed off the idea of an independent serbian kosovo but until a compromise of some sort of fun for the serb minority living here a destructive standoff will continue indefinitely either a very ordinary. course of a. russia's north caucasus is a melting pot of cultures but unfortunately that means the temperature sometimes

boils over continued volatility in the region has now led some to put their heads together in the hope of finally bringing peace. russia's north caucasus a place where there are pretty sure 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 created and youth in russia and in the north caucuses

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 and nationalists in central moscow police clashes emerse arrests those involved in the fatal fighting eventually ending up in prison it was he who all right knows a strong part of our society which keeps growing since one nine hundred seventy russian people didn't have a pave or 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 the willingness of the regional government to participate in the dialogue it's huge progress for the north caucuses

because these issues were never acknowledged by them before and that's why we ended up with the problems we have on our hands right now football stadiums like this one for. example often become battlefields what's our top of the sports car business in turns into a heated ethnic conflict in fact in russia terms football fair and nationalist have unfortunately become almost synonymous people like soul tongue believe they can and will change that by proving that sporting peach which isn't have nothing to do with nationalist ideals even. moscow. and in just a few minutes will take a trip to the far northwest of russia but first let's get the latest business news from dmitri. thanks marina russia may be on the way to investment starvation an 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 the cash is still coming

from the states the economic ministry says that's not enough to finance russia's ambitious plans for modernization with no more opportunities to stimulate economic growth with budgets and. could look at the markets now while is losing ground following three sessions of gains that's after the american petroleum institute reported an increase in u.s. crude imagery to light sweets is still above ninety nine dollars per barrel brant is that one hundred ten. european markets are trading lower that's the standard and poor's cut credit ratings on twenty lenders ranging from bank of america to goldman sachs news monetary affairs chief says the block is entering critical ten days saving the euro but in russia everything is looking much brighter relatively high oil prices despite a small correction they're supporting the market as all speculation is on further potential measures from the e.u.

to resolve the debt crisis so a lot of what's moving the. most of blue chips in the gas sector up. point four percent financials however are bucking the trends burbank is losing more than a percent that's after posting a two fold increase in net profit for the first nine months this year and also service dollars finally correcting two point six percent starts after a rocket jumping ten percent since november twenty fourth report suggests it may hold a spin off towards gold production assets here's an example of the from world's it . has. sure once said they keep making money in stocks not to be scared their way out of them and these days to when there is heightened uncertainty in all currency it can be considered completely safe it is still wired to. be invested in some stories in the stock market like oil and gas stocks in particular

we shout obviously cheap on multiples and many of them are plain hefty dividend saudi oil and gas sector stocks so would probably be the ones that will not make you supplant losses but still would be great upside potential russia's largest lenders berber is seeking to enter the swiss market as part of its strategy to expand the year and some talks to small local bank s.l.b. from russian oil company lukoil com a sun newspaper says it is aiming to develop investment and private banking services in switzerland a deal could be worth around sixty million dollars. cash is the largest car maker after us will look overseas competition in domestic market is expected to surge when the country joins the w t o x session to the trade body will ensure a gradual decline in import duties to fifteen percent from the current twenty five

percent head of after the us explains how the company will handle this we are going to support competitiveness and with the increasing efficiency. reducing cost. big. there is a competitive advantage in russia. and the next target is because i stand and foremost and next step we are going to have to develop markets. but that would be the next step we will discuss in couple of years. coming up next on the headlines with marina do stay with us if you get.

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