markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to gaza reports. mounting pressure the u.n. warns that syria is now in a state of civil war putting the death toll of over four thousand and says the country must be held accountable for crimes against humanity. germany and france are urging europe to come together in a school union to ensure control and discipline as member states continue to fight the economic storm battering the eurozone. all eyes are on egypt as the country awaits to see how the people vote in parliamentary elections despite the fact many doubt it will bring about any real change. i reckon i'm going to both.

down and make way for civilian government more from cairo in just a few moments. just now just after three pm on friday here in moscow this is alex here with me. syria is in a state of civil war that's the warning from the u.n. which makes the death toll in the nine month uprising now tops more than four thousand people in an emergency un meeting on syria the organization called for international accountability for the country over its crimes against humanity this comes after the e.u. slaps fresh sanctions on assad's regime targeting energy and finance sectors has already dubbed the move as economic warfare foreign affairs analyst richard j. says that the west may be aiding the opposition in syria in order to weaken. we

know that this state of relationship between us and the west is not really good after all aside it's one of the most important islamic republic of iran and we know tensions because not everybody here and in the west is a very high and of course what the international you want to do is take away syria from the boxes you do not care for me or you have an interest yourself weakening syria or maybe weakness in some sort of regime change in syria so for more focus going to come i think pressures and sanctions rather than kind of any kind of military intervention but i wouldn't be surprised if there are reports very viable reports that western countries are even turkey are helping military elements. from security forces such as the free syrian army getting some sort of military help from western forces or need to conscious of just turkey in terms of there are . two to strike security forces so if the regime. increasing sanctions against syria are drawing ever more parallels with the war in libya and fears it might be

next in the firing line for western military intervention and its authors test are cilia reports of the evidence behind the libyan campaign still to this day remains controversial but there's no evidence to justify the humanitarian war in libya that's the conclusion of filmmaker and independent journalists in. the beginning of the story we got some really good sharon which is being. creative and said to the united nations human rights council and those allegations of never been verified or check and z. so being used also as a matter your thoughts and your i.c.c. case against libya. on march seventeenth a u.n. security council resolution one thousand seventy three was passed imposing a no fly zone over libya. accusations where the gadhafi bombed his own people from air and land use foreign mercenaries ordered the use of rape as

a weapon and killed by the thousands. can prove that there was no warming you know is that there is no evidence of warming and so i am told he was a man went to the united nations human rights council. sleeman which gear was a former secretary general of the libyan league for human rights now the libyan ambassador to burn in switzerland on february twenty five he went to the un human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against gadhafi government in that session a decision was taken to freeze libya's membership in the council he underlined the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand and tripoli alone when julia asked which she gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government as his source here where i got that information from the libyan prime minister mr mahmood of the worthwhile a tribe was on the other side of the national transitional council was the one who

gave me these numbers. yet there are still those who defend the libyan intervention like this former french intelligence officer it is very likely that some crimes attributed to their feet in this conflict were farce etc that's what we all do because of credit for forty years in the kind of he was a terrorist criminal. twenty seven international criminal court prosecutor luis a compliment and his request for arrest warrants were more market off the saif al islam and that office intelligence chief was granted i went through the pages of the arrest warrant application most of which were redacted but a lot of pages so consider probably for use of articles to support the case one of which was which against every twenty fifty one basin information bush your self said he got the empty seat but those who raised questions risked being accused of taking the side of a man seen as a brutal dictator already labeled by some world powers as the bad guy international

law even cheerleaders of the intervention admit tends to be sacrificed. the us. to do something which is not politically correct i don't believe so much international law is just a tool used. for political purposes regardless julia's point is simply this with such legal systems in place any claims first and foremost should be farly investigated the point he hopes will be heard before the next humanitarian war is waged thus are still your r t brussels our six minutes past the hour here and what's coming shortly on the program for you reaching a boiling point. for the people in this country as you can see it's a very recently. maybe this is a. little we have thousands of labor union members take to the streets of new york

that are not going to. ongoing economic inequality. with r.t. german chancellor angela merkel says the eurozone needs a new fiscal union with stronger controls and debt regulations in a keynote speech addressing the parliament merkel said there will be no quick fix to the eurozone step crisis and this comes after french president nicolas sarkozy says that france and germany must join their efforts to guarantee europe's future he said they would seek a new e.u. treaty to impose greater financial discipline as clearly this week the e.u. monetary affairs chief warned that the eurozone has just ten days to stabilize the single currency and stem the crisis but head of economics at erasmus university in rotterdam what are your clamor things there simply is not enough time in the eurozone should always just cut its losses secrets to realise these kind of treaty adjustments rule three. years because all parliaments have to prove. it so

those who are now sort of be on time to address this crisis it's. taking its losses and trying to sort of reconfigure the trying for the first. sort of recover from this i think disastrous experiments not i think the real promise is with your view leadership in the night each starting with an experiment many economists thought a good time there was one uncalled for were very risky and they were taking the risk of starting a monetary union reserve a strong glue you need not only try to restore the mystique. and you can strengthen the political you need me not work then you can say to greece good was not worth speaking and it's costing us all a lot not just the euro because the people throughout the world will suffer from

this and we have a much more on the euro crisis on our website. well including how it's really is dealing with it's true trillion euros you can log on to find out why taxpayers there are hitting the streets to fight against military spending because the impoverished country of billions also. big brother explodes reveals data on a new global surveillance and interception industries spanning twenty five countries are the reports online on how you are being spied. and join r.t. or europe's largest ice skating ring which happened to work now just opened here in the center of the russian.

now at ten minutes past the hour here in moscow in new york around twenty thousand people have been there staging a march demanding jobs and economic fairness to hold off the occupy movement protests it was organized by labor unions who have been demanding change. was there for. this event has been organized by the new york city leiber council that is an umbrella for more than three hundred unions and the reason these people say they're out on the street is that they are frustrated and fed up with the ice and ominous arity between the rich and poor they see with more than fourteen million americans unemployed at the moment the one percent the richest one percent america has tripled its wealth in the past thirty years and what this shows is that the eyes sentiments that have by the occupy wall street movement for over the past two months are now being forced by the unions at a larger scale did see a lever union suing occupy wall street

a month or so ago but that turnout was not as large as this one the people to give honest beds are walking around with signs and think we are the ninety nine percent we are the bad guy in the working class of the united states that is being ignored . in this country and as you can see it's a nationally. the people are making. decisions now with little we have. people come out. and make sure that we're so heard. that we're caught every day. that we don't even have to make deals to rub together. looks like you're not the only one that there's thousands of people walking the streets and i tell you work hard every day get up four thirty every morning. you can try to send my kids to school. that jewish people finally.

the irony here is that modern way instead of us president crapo bomber was in new york city for three primaries or so for his reelection campaign one of those fundraisers cost more than thirty five thousand dollars per ticket to a time was so many here say that. shows. that it's mean the elected officials in the united states and what is being wasted by the odd the constituents and they say they didn't things are not cheats the crowd that you see out here no multiply by an enormous amount in the coming months. we're not party well it's not just americans themselves who have a grudge to bear against the u.s. government but on the other side of the world is growing just pleasure as we report later this hour here on out some people who want the closure of a key american military base but they say has often been bad news for the local community. in about thirteen minutes time is the business for now in egypt

results of the first stage of parliamentary elections are due to be announced on friday but the ballot has been boycotted by many protesters who are still demanding an end to the ongoing military rule now while a number of record number of people turned out for the country's first free elections since the ousting of president mubarak many doubt it will bring any change whatsoever our correspondent reports from cairo. this was the first of three rounds of voting for the lower house of parliament nine out of twenty one provinces have voted including cairo and alexandria the remaining provinces will vote the rest of this month and january this entire election process will not be over before march now the muslim brotherhood is showing the largest support base at the stage and this is not in an expected it is the largest the oldest and the most well organized political group in here in egypt despite the fact that it was once there and now there has been some concern that the muslim brotherhood my form an alliance

with the sophos armor and the brotherhood has good neither has the slightest on where it is a much more conservative party it has a much stricter interpretation of islam and you know this is the first election that is being hold since the former egyptian president hosni mubarak was forced to step down and back in favor he read and the election was odds were initially planned for wednesday at that stage there were delayed the announcement was given that it was because of ballots by egyptians living aboard have not here been telling you the results of an expected here today for is day they were again today at that time the reason given was because so many people had simply turned out there was a massive demonstration that it's been planned for today friday in tahrir square it has been a tribute to the heroes of mohamed roughen that's mean this is the street for three three o'clock we were killed and more of an f. hours and people were injured in recent clashes between the army the police and protesters now there are twenty three political groupings who are behind today's

demonstration and talking to protesters who will be up there in tahrir square they say that a large turnout at the polls is simply an illusion people have that the situation will improve there for as long as the military remains and hala nothing in egypt will change and so the rallying point among the demonstrators is tell here has not changed and that is that the military would step down immediately. right now quarter past the hour here and last word. last near the entrance to a nato military base in afghanistan has reportedly injured more than seventy people mainly civilians the attack occurred just south of the capital kabul a suicide bomber is said to have used a truck packed with explosives but taliban has already claimed responsibility for the bombing now it comes at a time of growing concern over stability in the country with corn and combat troops are due to leave by the end of two thousand and fourteen however a substantial presence is expected to remain to train the local security forces.

the u.s. senate has unanimously approved sanctions on iran's central bank despite warnings that move could destruct markets all across the world the measure still needs the approval of the house of representatives and president barack obama in order to come into effect as follows hot on the heels of the e.u. which extended its sanctions increasing pressure on the country it accuses of pursuing nuclear weapons but as the united states said it is committed to taking steps to freeze iranian central bank assets delivering a hard blow to the country's economy the announcement comes days after an attack on the british embassy in tehran which prompted the u.k. to withdraw its diplomats and closer iran's mission in london. from the italian research organization the sippy foundation thinks the new sanctions are the west's a way to redraw the entire middle east. even time the situation is very very strange i mean we are in the presence of activities on the iranian soil

which look like the beginning of a. war relationship and it's not really sure they want to redeem change in iran it is a chess game iran is a key player for the reshaping of the entire middle east and the united states know very well that without iran they will not be the middle east middle east that in the new concept the geopolitical conception is much bigger than the original one that we knew from the nineteenth century. description so it is an area that goes from afghanistan down to even morocco so all this area has to be reshaped i do not think there is an interest from the major was the income through which is the united states to engage in any warfare with iran that the stage and in the interest of a number of european countries to go any farther. so are you with r t let's get some other world news for you in brief for this friday first our attention to be yemen

where heavy shelling between the army and tribesmen in the country's second largest city of tire that's thirteen dead including civilians at this point we reported dozens more have been injured it happened when troops loyal to president ali abdullah saleh tried to storm the town center a hotbed of the anti-government protests that have been raging since january all roads leading into tires were blocked by the fierce fighting that has left outlying districts isolated the yemeni government accuses the main opposition party of being behind the unrest now the spike in violence comes in the wake of a power transfer deal to an interim government that will be ahead of an early election next year. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said there will be no immediate end to american sanctions on me and in a meeting with the country's president clinton urged the nation to continue making reforms in order to have the restrictions lifted included in the list of requests was the release of political prisoners and the promotion of internal peace clinton

said to me and must prove reforms will last report any action is taken. the trial of former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is due to reopen on friday in milan seventy five year old is accused of paying an underage prostitute for sex in two thousand and ten he's also charged with the abuse of power for getting the moroccan born girl released from custody after she was arrested for theft but both deny the accusations after george clooney and cristiano ronaldo are among witnesses expected to give testimony during the trial. a fresh wave of concerns being raised over a controversial key u.s. military base in kurdistan after the country underwent its first peaceful transfer of power in the republic's history the new president expressed his desire to see its closure fearing the facility makes the country a target. of reports. they call it operation enduring misery

several times a day use military planes takeoff from an airport near the cagas capital bishkek there angela's generating a lot of anger and on the locals this it's so noisy here i can barely sleep that in soviet times the village of there was famous across kyrgyzstan for years gigantic whatever melons but ever since the americans landed here ten years ago locals say the quality of their crops has been steadily declining like most of his neighbors thirty collaborative is convinced americans are dumping fuel on the fields surrounding the base beaches commanders deny. i watch the u.s. planes come and go several times a day i know there should be the noise is disturbing but i sort of got used to what's really bad is that they're killing nature the fields and the crops and people's health is getting worse to the air base represents the shortest and the

most efficient route to deliver you supplies and servicemen into afghanistan nicknamed the gateway to how it's the last safe start on the way to combat but for the residents here getting rid of the base is a battle in its own right there's a new concept here is we are going to america's main your enemies fighting wars in afghanistan iraq libya whatever tournaments want to attract us. one for market distrust than sunday americans and the victualled notice only to negotiate its people police increase a few months later the following year of course monday by keith was ousted from office on. allegations of corruption related to payments from the us base mistrust and even still attributes in the local said u.s. troops abroad are hardly anything new many countries are hosting american bases despite sometimes very strong objections of the indigenous population but here in kyrgyzstan the issue so politically charged with

a past already shown the power of making or breaking once presidency yet america's presence in the region has its legal benefits to military gear in accessories have long found their way to biscuits bazaars thanks to shady network of buyers and sellers secondhand u.s. military uniform is held in very high regard here the owner of this business doesn't want us to show his face as he usually gets it from american troops on the ground for a couple hundred bucks he sells it to a wide range of clients many of whom come from all over the former soviet union according to the bases commanders the americans do try to be nice in addition to sixty million dollars a year for goolies use personnel in kyrgyzstan have done volunteer work and raised money to renovate a local school and locals are appreciative they say they have nothing against the americans per se except that they have long outstayed their welcome as one of the

art see because they. are in about ten minutes ago we talked a cross talk of where we will go the answers on how the u.s. government can salvage relations with pakistan after numerous misguided drone strikes continue to kill civilians there but first i want to shift gears and head over to the business press with korea. hello and welcome to our business update is south for joining me russia goes to the polls on sunday to choose who sits and parliament election season will then be concluded with a presidential vote in early march the weeks the week state of the global economy is having a weak effect on the on the campaign itself analysts say unlike previous years the government has not ramped up public spending ahead of proposed. i think it reflects that the economy's growing quite strongly on its own it reflects concern about the global environment and desire for more prudent policy but i think it also means.

starting out in a slightly stronger position. you know the war is so complete say is that we are going to see some increases in spending and cut sometimes at the beginning of next year we're going to see a big increase in police pay a big increase in military pay and big cuts in social contribution tax so there is already. increase in spending programs into the budget twenty twelve regardless of the results reaction. looking at the markets now oil is heading for its first weekly gain in three clashes between iran and the west that sparked speculation that supply from the islamic republic may be a risk averse and or production slip point one percent in november from october sailing to climb for the first time in five months markets in europe are higher this hour investors are more optimistic after german chancellor angela merkel stressed that the missiles are ready to tackle the eurozone debt crisis banks and

resources stocks are on the rise would be and he probably about as we call all rising both rising between four point two or three point three percent. here in russia stocks as well heading for their first weekly advance five that's the price of oil otherwise markets are often like europe steps and the debt crisis let's have a look at some individual shareholders on the bisect this hour most of the blue chips are recovering from early losses with russia's biggest lenders their bank up over three and a half the size carmaker after the us is lower go up reporting sales growth of thirteen percent for the perth eleven months of the year and retailer marking it is also down the company has started secondary public offering at a price lower that the market. siemens will launch a new gas turbine manufacturing plant together with its russian partner paul machines the german industrial giant will hold two thirds of the puncher with a total investment of around two hundred seventy five million euros the new venture

will be mostly targeting the c.i.s. markets the plant will be located in st petersburg it will have on site research and development facilities head of siemens energy unit explains what the companies are teaming up for if you take the deficiency level the average of just just far lance here in russia if you would exchange them for state of the art technology you can save the amounts of gas you are exporting every year which is a third of the whole production and this is the goal which is driving us in the right that that's the way we see the markets and i care ross has posted revenue growth of fourteen percent in two thousand and eleven the company's new general director in the country attributes the success to his ideology of a friend affordable goods he says the company will have no problem maintaining a double digit growth in the future. still even though we're knows a lot of a lot of discussion you know russia the better off the christmas things will drop

you have the election security but i think coming back to the to the strength of the concept i think the key concept suits very well the marketing of the majority of people when things are slowing down when the when people have a lot of money in the purse and they say ok let's go to the key and buy in some small things and have some affordable food i think we have a concept that suits to many people and especially when you have that when you have a slowdown in the economy. and that's it from me for this hour dmitry medvedev will be with you for the rest of the day with more financial news here on our. the beauty of. the.

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