can start to solve a crucial talks on afghanistan's future next week as nato is research deadly air strike deals uploaded to strain islamabad washington times. the live pictures for you right here written by. public sector workers begin walking out of tensions in the country be the biggest strike for a generation again live pictures here from one. school the school. into. the iranian embassy in london is set to close. out the violent protesters stormed the british compound in tehran.

a record number of egyptians turned up to cast their vote in parliamentary elections but severe square demonstrators say the poll is meaningless if a powerless parliament is ruled by the military. live from the heart of moscow this is artsy with me rule reception pakistan has dealt a fresh blow to the u.s. by deciding to boycott a key security conference on afghanistan next week. tense relations between the two hit a new low after a recent nato airstrike killed twenty four pakistani soldiers at the decision to snap the conference is the latest step by islamabad to cut back on its cooperation with washington. 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 islamabad torching and 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 the pakistani citizens. united states and its allies it seems to be the case now united states regards pakistan as a kind of free fire zone in which. to abuse the country's southern free with no need for poetry or redress nido has called the incident tragic and an intended promising to investigate the killings the pakistani government has demanded a u.s.b. key an airbase 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 pakistan's prime minister has come out and said there would be no more business as usual with washington there are clear choices produce for america historically speaking i dared to expand the war and i'm going to parkland all part of the front is not going to be a door it can be pretty good with world war and i want to go 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. too many believe that pakistan's case highlights that a u.s. bearing gifts were later stop at nothing to get what it wants or enough for nial artsy new york. i don't let's discuss some of the implications of these developments with the president of the pac nationalist forum mr crowley thank you

for coming on the program today the pakistani government said in a statement that it was committed to supporting stability and peace in afghanistan but at the same time it decides to have boy caught the conference or some might read that as a bit of a contradiction not at all it's just a statement an instant message that barks and has a role and barks then we'll have to pakistani interests will have to be respected if clarkson is to break is that he didn't take part in any inference destabilize of limestone and let me just remind you crocs that has played a major role as you know in the beginning of the war we're talking ten years ago. in our first peace efforts that led to the formation of a government that is headed no president coming to pakistan get clear rule and it played that role sincerely and that role led to a partial a stabilization of the situation in car and it led to the establishment of a government so i'm sorry if i may just interrupt you just for a moment i apologize for interrupting but you say that pakistan has ultimately

fulfilled a role in maintaining peace and stability and a partnership with the west here but the latest reports i see is that pakistan is now threatening to cut off a vital western supply route in the region would you consider that to be part of a continued partnership. there is no way that you can have the full cooperation of a country if you will not take that country's interests along unfortunately the international coalition led by the united states and understand it's failed to do that box and has been used as a punching bag pipes and has been blamed for the failures of the international coalition in afghanistan which are glaring major failures there that cannot continue and i think pakistanis have been reviewing this for a long time but still maintain their cooperation with the united states but no more and i think the time has come for me not certainly over the past two years we've seen a reports where errant drone strikes have taken all civilians even so far as to accidentally as they say taking out wedding parties but can i ask you this how far can pakistan

realistically take this he gets billions in cash and military aid from the u.s. which it heavily relies upon. you know the question of aid is really overrated and exaggerated there is no aid coming to pakistan for the past one year certainly the military aid has completely stopped there is some civilian aid trickling very miniscule small projects and so forth but nothing that would impact the pakistani balance of payments certainly buxom is reliant on aid from international. financial institutions and we need that and there is a precarious economic situation in pakistan but mainly that is one of the major reasons for that is our sincere cooperation with the international coalition led by the united states in afghanistan i mean parks and has suffered losses in excess of fifty billion dollars over ten years lost opportunities investments that they ran away ski went somewhere else and so forth and of course not to mention the huge

psychological damage of course that the iraq study people are suffering from as a result of our role in america's war in afghanistan i mean i think i do suggest here that pakistan has received the short end of the stick when it comes to this ongoing partnership with america here but you know the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said that islam about and washington must not continue working together do you think washington is afraid of losing pakistan as a partner in the region and if so what other options do you think washington has. washington has options to use other it has our options as far as its supply line is concerned they can use other routes into a bernstein but what they cannot replace is pakistani cooperation in stabilizing the funds. and there are many reasons for that of course. is. a need for hope understandably have. many players on the of my political scene and it would be and of course we are host of the largest number of other grants of refugees i would say to understand and to stabilise of understand their elite box

and support and they understand and they know this and i think that some of the heavy handed tactics that we're seeing in the americans using. pakistan have something to do with force in pakistan to get in line with the american agenda and of course a correction from the aipac nationalists for many things. working arts here in our public sector workers all over britain are taking part in a strike over pensions union say it's likely to be the biggest walkout in decades balance of schools and offices are closed while hospitals are badly affected and being forced now are the only perform emergency care after is laura smith now reports from london. she million public sector workers are estimated to have walked out today they include teaches so a lot of schools are closed doctors and nurses need to test and radiographer has gone on strike the first time ever rubbish collection to keep workers like that all

stay at victimizing even civil servants so there's some trouble at the border today passport control offices even walked out so there is talk of training up members of the army chief fill those positions while these workers are on strike right now as far as why they're striking i think the best person stories my guess based out here is alex kenny from the national union of teachers. strike so concerned with cantons alex heney what's wrong with the pension plan the government's proposed that the government is proposing to make people pay fifty percent more towards their pension work longer as long as sixty or you know a lot of cases a smaller pension when they do retire having. a look only would have to have that moment when they brought forward no evidence they can't justify by looking at our pension schemes i mean these changes are necessary because our pension schemes are affordable and sustainable and what about the the availability of money i mean we

see the government constantly saying it just isn't any money yet and yes they are. bailing out you raised a net in which we have essentially no interest is that even embassy will certainly people are saying we didn't pay for the crisis we didn't pay for the banking crisis the banks are now working people are being made to pay for and they won't accept it and of course people have said to me in the lead up to this strike that if the government doesn't react to this there will be more strikes who are coming more industrial action corporate on will prolonged periods of time we'll be here all day you can follow us on twitter as well as our two months and here it will be bringing you all the latest. the reporting from central london it's also worth noting we understand that many of our r.t. viewers are travelers and in the wake of what is happening with these are strikes in london london's heathrow airport could be poised to have major setbacks major delays major cancellations some warnings that people could be standing in the

immigration lines up to twelve hours as a result of staff shortages more details on that on our website artsy dot com well i still have for you this hour here on our growing pressure here is economic sanctions against its former allies syria including all the weapons deliveries. that our government has reached the end of the road. and among the mind all victim russian investigators say britain's prime suspect in the two thousand and six radioactive poisoning of x. k.g.b. agent alexander litvinenko in london was himself a poison of bipolar. britain has ordered the closure of the iranian embassy in london and the expulsion of its stuff after the u.k. evacuated its own diplomats from the islamic states capital the announcement comes after militant students stormed the u.k. compound in tyrone but hundreds of hardline protesters massed outside the building before pelting the gates and windows with petrol bombs burning british flags and an

embassy vehicle the attack came after iran resolved to reduce the diplomatic relations with the u.k. following its decision to impose further sanctions on several political analyst chris bambery believe the provoking the islamic state has always been britain's girl. as the. sanctions against iran and there is talk of some restraint against iran over this you could program we should remember there really a nationalism runs very deep in people one memories of when for instance britain and america wants to clue 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 for a really confusing as the present religion and many of the mood around against any notion of sanctions against iran or indeed a british american need some straight against the right to see of america and

britain who have enough weapons to destroy the world many times over in nature in iran are both nuclear weapons it does not have rank in iran and the americans and the bruce do have plans for eventually for a military strike is whether or not the kind of their own i think those people who are committed to peace and don't want to see another war should be concerned about this actually pressure in washington london and paris to stop any talk of for the sanctions or any talk of a military strike against iran. we are curious about what you think about the consequences of the u.k. embassy siege in tehran you can actually cast your vote at the latest poll that our dot com bring up the numbers right here for you this. the majority of you think it will eventually end up with western intervention on iranian soil the opinion that the attack was just political theater and will have a few serious consequences comes in second almost a quarter of you predict the u.k. and other western countries will cut diplomatic ties with the islamic state while

the rest predict more sanctions against iran and further isolation to have your say at r.t. . the two men found guilty of bombing the subway in the belorussian capital minsk has been sentenced to death explosion in april killed fifteen people dmitri cannot was found guilty of committing a terrorist act as he carried out the bombing he built the explosive device himself detonating it during rush hour he acted with an accomplice of let us love core value of a judge ruled that both pose an extreme danger to society and so deserve execution by shooting people sentenced by a bed of roses highest court which means they cannot appeal the sentence can only be reversed if president pardons them better groups of the only country in europe their practices capital punishment. egypt witnessed on president have seen as millions turned out to vote for their future but square protesters who boycott of the polls remain skeptical but with doubts already over the influence

a new parliament will have they're sure the autocratic hand of the military will continue to rule the country and he's in our reports. signs of a real democracy miles long lines at the polls vote stained fingers and helpful 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's little doubt egyptian enthusiasm for this whole is genuine they're excited to be voting in a real action for real candidates but for of harlem it 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 or that she's going to produce a parliament that cannot appoint ministers that cannot appoint a government. whose constitution whatever it turns out to be is going to be guarded by the army some who understand this boycott at the polls like some you are abraham

a protester that knows all too well old tactics are still rampant a virgin of the task was performed on her and other women the protests don't talk we're long after mubarak fell on the naming the women told him to lie down for so to examine me and the man came in and a man examined me and i was naked it was like a show with people watching all of those officers and soldiers she was too upset to tell me details of her ordeal but did say this about the boat i guess about the truck mosconi 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 genetics has victims. there were few cameras and no objection press it remains the fact that both before during and after the selection of the ruler of egypt is an

unelected man called field marshal muhammad ali and as long as he's on the elected this is not a democracy but the west was quick to praise the election as are great. step towards change all of the americans are going to say well no the army must go back to barracks deep down will be perfectly ok to keep the army where it is to be shipped if you give one point three billion dollars a year to the egyptian army which the americans to us you expect them to do what it was which leaves little room for the people to get what they want and egypt's might be waking up for more of a nightmare than the sweet dream of democracy once election settles and you see now a r t cairo. and it's running our attention now to that of syria where turkey is freezing the assets of the syrian regime and suspending financial dealings with their former ally anker also announced it would stop the delivery of weapons to damascus other turkish measures come in the wake of arab league sanctions

a move that syria had dubbed quote economic warfare earlier today when it released a report stating that government forces had committed crimes against humanity in their brutal crackdown on protesters russia believes the rest was triggered by syrian opposition and has called on both sides to begin dialogue middle east expert edmund ghareeb says it's ordinary citizens who will ultimately bear the brunt of the economic pressure. sanctions is a blunt instrument which ultimately affects the population more than the perfect ruling elites increasingly the country may be sliding crowds kind of civil war because the protests apparently the peaceful protests have not had the kind of impact. the organizers had hoped for and in fact they may be moving more and more towards some kind of armed confrontation nevertheless these. victories are also could be

a double edged sword for i think all those who have the best interests of syria and its people should make at least. more efforts to try to get something of dialogue going between the regime and opposition the internal as well as the external opposition because unless we see that i think that situation is going to be dangerous for everybody and wild both within syria and i'm very sure it's explosive situation. now at twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow more stories and eye catching videos are always waiting for you would call a taste of what's online at the moment american. dropping bombs across afghanistan and pakistan are set to get closer to home as a new piece of legislation could see the robot planes circling over american soil. have a virus that could decimate the world scientists in the netherlands creates

a deadly strain of bird flu sparking around all over the formula's future more than everything else to our three drug cartel. a new twist in a long running spy saga the russian businessman who's the u.k.'s prime suspect in the murder of a security officer alexander litvinenko is now seen by moscow as a victim in the case russian investigators say an attempt on his life was also made when litvinenko was killed in two thousand and six another key witness that occurred to me coughed and was also a target he's pretty all over explains. russia's investigation into the murder of alexander litvinenko said the two people who guarded as suspects in the murder by british investigators were actually targets of assassination themselves out the same time the meter because a businessman and former f.s.b. agent he was implicated in the case after having

a meeting with alexander litvinenko and the little boy 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. that in 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 entered politics and is currently a state duma deputy meaning the extradition cannot take place and he will not under any circumstances be going to london to face questioning in the five years since that been yank his death we've seen really frosty diplomatic relations between britain and russia mostly due to the britain wanting to see lugovoy extradited the russians questioned the thoroughness of the british investigation and said that 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 the litvinenko his death is currently ongoing. so he's better all of reporting right than i before we do the business of kareena let's do the world update here and i'll tell you some of the headlines this hour how the eurozone has ten days to stabilize the single currency and the crisis of the e.u. monetary affairs chief also says the region needs tighter economic governance and more protection against markets arguments meanwhile the central banks around the world are promising coordinated action so that the global financial system bre think it's a step to try and come around for a fresh solution to the continent's debt crisis next week. in los angeles police say they've arrested at least two hundred occupy protesters as they try to force something back over a thousand officers in riot gear raided the camp today after demonstrators ignored been a victim notice from the city's mayor some protesters threw sticks and water bottles of police but although the majority remained peaceful. the former ivory coast

president laurent gbagbo has been charged with crimes against humanity by the international criminal court he was taken into custody at the hague where he's accused of murder rape and persecution charges date back to the aftermath of last year's election when by both refused to accept defeat and almost lead is country into civil war and its fight to stay in power he will be the first former head of state to be tried in the court since it was set up in two thousand and two. but i don't know just a few minutes here and we talked to the president of the international olympic committee about the preparations for two thousand and fourteen before that as i promised the business. thanks for joining me action by the world's major central bank has given a powerful lift to equity markets around the world six central banks including the

u.s. federal reserve and the european central bank agreed to lower the cost of dollar swaps as means to boost the quiddity and avoid a credit crunch meanwhile the chinese central bank took a look at a unilateral measures to goose liquidity and its economy alexandra kirk you've come from for a dialogue explains what's been going on. police or the bank which. are . changing their reserve requirements to approve the bill in sight for the chinese banks just to ease the situation with liquidity in the chinese markets bought off towards the major news came to seventeen with zero zero small school time where all the major little circle banks in the world to the east are against war for a reason so the for the us dollars actually it's not the very important but it's important that at least consumer goods for all the central banks you still forceable in the current environment. now let's have

a look at the numbers now the coordinated action by central banks has given a lift to nearly all the asset classes including oil likely it is trading over one hundred and one dollars per barrel and grant that over one hundred and eleven and a half dollars because of how european equity markets are making a strong recovery after a week start to the day the foot see the guys are gaining re a percent and four and a half percent respectively in the high oil prices giving support to the market as well so i was speculation about new measures from the e.u. to resolve that crisis most of the good chips are trading in the black and i'm told no exceptions grab bag is gaining over five percent up very posted a two fold increase in net profit for the first nine months of the year shares of diamond producer our also have been blocked from trading to forty percent growth analysts say the high demand for gas that is seen through its recent listing of them are six and seven as bucking the trend down to five percent after jumping ten

percent since the bumper twenty court reports say it may spin off its called production sites. russia's largest lenders their bank is seeking to enter the swiss markets as part of its strategy to expand in europe its interest to buy a small local bank. well before the russian oil company look or oil congress a newspaper says it's burbank is aiming for gold investment and private banking services in switzerland a deal could be worth around sixteen million bucks. and russia's largest car maker after vos well looks overseas markets to expand competition i don't sergers well the country joins the w t o access into the trade body will ensure a gradual decline in current projections to fifteen percent from the current twenty five percent ahead of after vos explains how the company will have all this we are going to support competitiveness and increasing efficiency. reducing

cost bringing big wardens there is or can be anything from one region for us because first day and the next i get is as i stand and the former c.e.o.'s conference and next step we will move to developing markets. but that would be the next step we will discuss and couple of years. that's it for now but stay with us for headline news with rory coming up right after this. a. bit of a. long .

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