please. a new low in relation 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. orders the evacuation of its embassy in iraq and warns of serious consequences soft angry protesters stormed the facility following a decision to impose more sanctions. cost over egypt parliamentary election as protesters continue their demand for the military rulers to step down as a record number of hopefuls turn out to vote for a change in the country. to persist with putting up roadblocks along

a disputed border but despite nato forces clamping down with tear gas and rubber bullets in days of confrontation. worldwide news twenty four seven this is our see live from moscow with me roll received a welcome to the program a furious pakistan is making its abundantly clear this over the recent nato air strike which killed twenty four of its soldiers it's not pulled completely out of a key security conference on afghanistan's future next week it also promised to permanently close the alliance is a 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 or so. having roughly eighteen billion dollars in return over the past ten years we 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 islamabad 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 it's

regards pakistan as a kind of free far zone in which. 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 problematic historically speaking either to expand and common to bog. point of approach is not going to be a jewel it can pretty good with water and i was mean you know what i mean everyone pakistan has been america's main ally in the region for decades but constant abuse of the partnership by the u.s. 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 naya r.t. new york. r.t. is coming to life from moscow now britain is withdrawing its diplomatic staff from iran and is one terror on a serious consequences are all of this coming after the storming of the u.k. embassy compound militant students clashed with police and threw stones and petrol

bombs at windows on the complex protesters also brought down the british flag burned it and then raised the iranian one demonstrations follett 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 meantime has expressed regret for the incidents political analyst chris bambery believes the new british sanctions provoke tehran which is something the west has been wanting to achieve. as the sanctions against iran and there is talk of some restraint against iran over this you could program we should remember that really in nationalism runs very deep in people memories of when for instance britain and america 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 in.

enthusiasm present. many of the mood around against any notion of sanctions against iran or indeed a british american need to straight against iran also the hypocrisy of america and britain between them have enough weapons to destroy the world many times over. iran or both nuclear weapons it does not have. iran the americans and the british do have plans for eventual 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 pressure in washington london paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran. meantime mohammad marandi a professor at tehran university says it's civilian population who will suffer the most from the u.k.'s newest sanctions. 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 the ordinary iranians the banking system and therefore imports and exports so it is basically very much directed at ordinary people who are at a time if you get involved with us here at r.t. we are always curious what you think today we are asking what the consequences of the attack on the u.k. embassy will be along to our website r.t. dot com to put to participate right now here's the numbers this hour forty three percent of you think it will eventually lead to a western invasion of iran the opinion that the attack was political theater but will have few serious consequences comes in second thirteen percent of you predict

more sanctions against iran and this further isolation of the minority believes the u.k. and other western countries will cut diplomatic ties with iran do go online right now to r.t. dot com have your say. and the u.k. has plenty of unrest to deal with back at home as well around two million people are expected to stage the biggest public sector walkout in a generation in the u.k. schools hospitals and transport services will be disrupted with over a thousand protests planned all across the country the demonstrations are organized by unions demanding better pension conditions for their members the move comes three weeks after thousands of british students took to the streets against a tripling of that you wish things. and in some other world news for you today police in riot gear have begun. forcing occupy los angeles protesters from their side comes two days after they ignored in

a victory notice from the city's mayor at least three people have been arrested so far as officers began tearing down the thames and many demonstrators are wearing gas masks in preparation for pepper spray and tear gas the los angeles movement is one of the largest on the west coast and aligned with the larger worldwide protest against corporate greed. former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity he's been taken into custody by the international criminal court over allegations of murder rape persecution and inhuman acts other crimes occurred after last year's elections when backbone refused to accept defeat and almost like his country into civil war here's the first former head of state charged by the court since it was established in two thousand and two. u.s. vice president joe biden has arrived in iraq to discuss the departure of u.s. troops at the end of the year but this comes months after washington failed to

reach an agreement with baghdad to keep a small foreign military contingent there as the troops departure moves closer attention is being drawn to the hundreds of billions of missing dollars that have disappeared since the start of the war in two thousand and three it leaves many wondering who is responsible and why they're not being held to account. we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars that were spent by the u.s. government and hundreds of billions of dollars that were spent by the iraqi government and the ark until today has no electricity has no water. so you can't see the sea were the money has been spent in the country the u.s. occupation of iraq. new culture a culture of corruption and no accountability and that is from the u.s. . could know this is. one of the most corrupt countries in the world during the day you know transactions with small organizations who is small companies with the

government itself everything is corrupt there is no accountability and unfortunately the us presence did not make that any better it actually made it worse. now ten minutes past the hour here in moscow egypt is basking in 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 many still fear that regardless of the result generals will be reluctant to hand over power. way met one protester who boycotted the ballot to emphasize that the old topics that are still rampant in the country. signs of a real democracy mile long lines at the polls vote stained fingers and palpable joy of participating in egypt's future but do the signs stop at 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 action for real candidates but for heart of the man that will have no power and does that make this part a real transition than from the old regime the problem is you know what or that she going to produce in 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 virginity task is performed on her and other women have protested on top three year long after mubarak fell out of it only the woman told me to lie down for the man 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 the series and soldiers. 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 down actions is for the military to hide their career. and then 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. 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 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 carro. we are coming to life in the heart of moscow still to come your way in the program here on r.t. that of tackling the problem some believe the quickest way to bring down nationalism and extremism is to put the battling sides face to face see whether dialogue gets them. here turkey is freezing the assets of the syrian regime and severing links with the country's central bank this comes after damascus branded similar sanctions by the arab league as quote a declaration of economic war meanwhile russia which wants to see dialogue between the government and the opposition has said it's time to stop dealing in ultimatums and get back to the negotiation table. released a report stating that government forces had committed crimes against humanity in

their brutal treatment of anti-government demonstrators according to estimates almost four thousand people have been killed since the beginning of the uprising in march middle east expert edmund ghareeb says it's ordinary citizens that bear the brunt of sanctions not the elite. some of the neighbors. syria are saying that they are going to maintain. relations with. syria are the. economies would be affected lebanon for example. did not agree to the sanctions said it's not going to implement those sanctions are some questions. about jordan what jordan's role although did agree to the sanctions number of jordan extensively also on syria water food group products etc so that is something that. what we know so

far is that sanctions is a blunt instrument which ultimately of the population more than that are facts. what we have seen so far is that increasingly the country may be sliding crowds the kind of civil war protests apparently the peaceful protests have not had the kind of impact the. organizers had hoped for now as syria's opposition is receiving reinforcements from other countries experienced in the matter of ousting political leaders you can read a report online also the new libyan government reportedly sends 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 the norwegian a mass murderer breivik has been ruled mentally ill and therefore not accountable

for killing seventy seven people back in july. in about eight minutes time is the business here in artsy but for now 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 nuclear are crossed one and peter oliver has details. russia's investigation into the murder of alexander live in yankee said the two people who guarded as suspects in the murder by british investigators were actually targets of an assassination themselves at the same time these are dimitri coughed on

a businessman and former f.s.b. agent he was implicated in the in the case after having a meeting with alexander alexander litvinenko and under. who still remains the main suspect wanted for questioning by british 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. but that britain had asked for him to be extradited to the united kingdom to face questioning this is out of the question actually against russia's constitution juta the fact that his sins entered politics and is currently a steep state duma deputy meaning this test extradition cannot take place in the car will not under any circumstances be going to london to face questioning 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 now russia has questioned the thoroughness of the british investigation . and said that if they could provide it the british side could provide russia with information suggesting that look of boy was guilty they would look into prosecuting him themselves here in russia but in london right now an inquest into his death is currently ongoing. reporting right there in our serbs in northern cause if i were building more rope locks along the border despite the efforts of nato peacekeepers to tear them down this comes after days of confrontation with troops who have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters leaving dozens injured for months now a local serbs have been using soil and rock and concrete to put up roadblocks in response to attempts by the cause of on authorities to take control of border checkpoints to impose a ban on serbian goods nato peacekeepers had moved in to patrol the border kosovo

unilaterally proclaimed independence in two thousand and eight a move that's never been recognized by belgrade or cause of living in the area correspondent. spoke to some locals 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 saw this as an underhand step to drive them out and set up roadblocks now to keep watch your 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 if 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 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 process. we are isolated now anyways maybe as talking about this will put pressure on belgrade only 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 and build great has abandoned kosovo and the people of kosovo are fighting for themselves the e.u. keeps making new demands first handing over milosevic. 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 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 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 care a destructive standoff will continue indefinitely either a very ordinary party can survive. and in just a moment as to meter with the business but for now russia's north caucasus is a melting pot of cultures but unfortunately that means the temperature sometimes

boils over the continued volatility in the region has now led some to put their heads together in the hope of finally bringing peace to really good points. russia's north caucasus a place where there are a petition 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 but it's part of a program called dialogue and those at 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 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 handed 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 seventeen 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 petition page in the dialogue is 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 what will say i was like this one for exam. often become battlefields top of the sports come to this in turns into a heated ethnic conflict in fact in russia terms football fan and nationalist have unfortunately become almost synonymous people like sol tung believe they can and will change that by proving that sporting peach which isn't have nothing to do with national. even though moscow. all right in just a few minutes here and he will talk to the president of the international olympic committee to discuss in our exclusive interview all about the preparations for saatchi two thousand and fourteen for that like i promised the business with dmitri . thanks rory rush or maybe you're on the way to investment starvation an economic ministry expects the country to see

a six percent growth in investment twenty eleven and a slightly higher increase in the coming years almost half the cash is still coming from the state 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 budget spending. twelve out of the markets where oil is losing ground following three sessions of gains that's after the american petroleum institute reported an increase in u.s. crude imagery is light sweet is now up to almost ninety nine dollars per barrel it's a bit above that brant is down one dollar one so european markets are lower after start enforce cuts of credit ratings on twenty lenders from bank of america to goldman sachs montreal faires chief says the block is now entering a critical ten days for say the euro and russia everything is looking much brighter brothers of the high oil prices despite the small correction a we just see are supporting the market as are speculations on further potential measures for you to resolve the debt crisis my six is up almost one percent and

what's moving at our energy shares like lukoil point seven percent financials are not that goods burbank is down by just a notch after posting a two fold increase in net profit for the first nine months of this year and service dollars correcting six point four percent so after a rocky jumping ten percent since november twenty fourth reports say it may hold a spin off for its third gold production assets that's now listen to other somebody who loved the gloves off from. these least when there is heightened uncertainty nor currency can be considered completely safe it is still wired to or. be invested in some proven stories in. talk market like oil and gas stocks in particular reach out obviously cheap on multiples and many of them are being have dividends saudi oil and gas sector stocks would probably be the ones that will not

make you supplant losses but still retain 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.l.b. from the russian oil company luc or become a sun newspaper says burbank is aiming to develop investment and private banking services in switzerland a deal could be worth around sixty maybe and. right rory's next with headlines to stay with us.

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