within the e.u. is britain do rails hopes for a unified effort to save the calling card see and three other states say they need more time to decide. german chancellor angela merkel claims parts of the deal have been a breakthrough but you commissioner says it's unfortunate that not all member states back yet more of that in a few moments. israeli missiles rained down on gaza targeting militants behaving civilians in the most dramatic escalation of violence in a week. as opposed to action protests in russia made some western hearts give

a beat with russia not rising that sentiment comes two decades today it's. a very warm welcome to you this is our see live from moscow theories futures been dealt a severe blow with eleventh hour talks in brussels as the u.k. refused to sign up to a new e.u. treaties on hungary's now saying it needs more time to decide martha even i've talked to the core euro zone states making further agreements while the european countries can still join in to work out budget rules and changes that's course live . in brussels for us tessa hungary's amended it is just worth now this give it a decisive no so far what does this mean figure. well essentially in view of a unified change treaty change agreement you have two speed europe

what some are calling that a two speed europe basically those who are on board the frankel drum and the plan of treaty change imposing fiscal budgetary discipline and those who are not well basically the final tally right now is that the seventeen eurozone suppliers six other nations have said yes you have three that said maybe you have sweden that the czech republic and now hungary saying they will have to consult their parliament before they come up with a decision resounding no it's coming from the u.k. but this is rather expected because coming into this summit david cameron had already said if he doesn't get the guarantees that he wants to see to protect the interests of britain then he is going to wield his veto power and he did it so basically now the commission as well as the angle of merkel nicolas sarkozy they're wanting to push ahead still with the changes that they want to put through in terms of budgetary fiscal and debt discipline and they say that maybe it's even possible

to have an intergovernmental agreement among the twenty six assuming of course of the three maybe's become a yes eventually so what's the next step they will have to draft that agreement that fiscal compact they want to come up with and then have it approved and the target date they have is march two thousand and twelve. the merkel has called the summit so far a breakthrough but what does that mean for the euro at this point. well it means that they've essentially they try to put forth a direction that what that's what everyone's been looking for where is the euro going to be heading but again when we talk to the euro crowds here they are happy with the results because they say that actually this is the fastest decision that they have ever come up with realizing the need for speed here considering that the original lisbon treaty took eight years to negotiate and this time they managed to do it over a weekend over two days however the euro skeptics are still asking is this really the right solution and why do we still see countries like it leave greece and

portugal there what will it mean for them stricter budgetary rules will it mean just more sturdy cots are they really meant to be in a system which doesn't match their economy so still questions there from the euro skeptics and also will democratic processes be compromised well journalists here have been asking essentially after all this have been said and done is the euro is safe at this moment the most inclusive answer you can get from leaders is i hope so . talk talk and more talk with the politicians know it. and they'll believe that you more because you did not live up to a woman. yet another d.-day for the euro another big question mark over brussels do years and politicians have what it takes to hit the euro crisis nail on the head once and for all the diagnoses is that the euro which should inspire confidence is not inspiring this confidence if there is no deal on friday there will be no second chance you know but even if changes get through would it change anything you will

never solve this problem as long as these currencies. these countries are within a currency that doesn't fit their economy this is what all the fuss is about the euro that's what's backers it represents a three grand idea of a single currency for what some would call the united states of europe but now the problems of becoming simply too big to ignore the question being asked is are they also too big to solve the possibility of a euro collapse is now an actual threat and here's another question is the euro even worth to see that some say yes the alternative exists as a possibility that we're to break down but i think a lot of or most policymakers most citizens at large rapidly see that the breakdown will be more expensive than maintaining what we have today and to make the to undertake the necessary structural changes some say no it was always going to end it was pretty clear there was always going to end in disaster with very very bad

effects even for those countries which are not members of it and the blame for that should be laid firmly and clearly with the european political establishment whose obsessive pursuit of a united states of europe has got us into this mess and if the eurozone does survive what will it look like economically and politically now if i knew also that i'd be a wise man. r.t. brussels. well the summit has been called a do or die moment for the year u.k. . nigel farage says in order to save the single currency in european states will have to sacrifice their sovereignty to brussels. i think of a next twenty four hours the seventeen politicians not peoples will agree that they are going to push on that they are going to give incredible dictatorial powers to i'm elected bureaucrats based in brussels the markets will remain extremely nervous

and remember that even the package they're talking about today will take until march to implement and i think in the meantime the eurozone in particular the mediterranean countries are extremely vulnerable indeed and i do not discount the a breakdown of the markets will overwhelm the whole euro problem and that the euro zone countries and the e.u. institutions will find themselves simply not big enough to cope with believe you me if we were to put this your aid package to the electorates of greece of portugal ireland this really of spain they would all say no because you know the better solution is to have their own currencies back to have a successful competitive devaluation and then only then to put in place the kind of austerity measures that are needed to get their borrowing back under any sort of control and really these countries now find themselves these electorates find themselves trapped inside an economic prison that is called the euro their

democracy has been stripped from them and my fear is that the kind of civil disobedience and civil disorder that you've already seen on the streets of greece will multiply. there's been a sharp escalation in violence in the middle east with israeli bombs raining down on at least one palestinian civilian with killed and twenty five wounded most of them women and children. are hamas militants but this poorest report by campaigns putting more innocent lives in the firing line. early this morning friday at least three israeli airstrikes targeted a hamas training camp in the gaza strip now in some of the shrapnel from one of those bombs that hit nearby homes at least one palestinian civilian was killed this follows an israeli airstrike last night thursday in which two high ranking palestinian militants were killed while traveling in a car in a crowded area in gaza city that was the first israeli strike in a concentrated area since the israeli gaza border back in two thousand and eight

two thousand and nine now the palestinians have responded with a barrage of rockets there were five because some rockets or grad missiles quiet on the southern israel the south of israel is in a state of high and the residents have been ordered to remain near of bomb shelters throughout the course of today and this comes as various faction groups in the gaza strip point for increased revenge attacks against israel we also are hearing from hamas that it's ordered its operatives to keep a low profile sort of the this is the most dramatic escalation of violence that we've seen between israel and gaza in civil weeks now with the israelis accusing the gazans the gazans accusing the israelis and the scene does seem to be suited for a return to violence the israeli palestinian peace talks have yet again stored despite international pressure and largely over the issue of israeli settlement building like we witnessing from tel aviv is an increase in settlement construction so much so that the united states which is israel's closest ally has actually criticized

the israeli government for its moves in this direction now the israelis fully side have also by targeting these two high ranking tightest in officials in this a strike there is day resumed what seems to be a policy of targeted killings because certainly hasn't been any kind of targeted killings since two thousand and ten and this is causing many to say that there's an inconsistency in the israeli policy it was just several weeks ago that israel released more than a thousand pounds. in prison as in a prisoner exchange deal with hamas now we witnessing it once again targeting militants at the same time we're hearing from various human rights groups that they particularly concerned that the israelis are again putting civilians in the firing line the relationship in the region is the coming more fluid all of this does set the scene for a real showdown. on professor hani al buses of the islamic university of dolls or bodies israel simply has no respect for international. has been targeting the gaza

strip many times for the boss many years it's i think it's a continuous policy of those where the army to keep the situation as it is don't kill as much people as they can in the gaza strip. would like to try people the way they like this is not a way to deal with palestinians even if they were responsible for the killing of israelis it's not. to use it at all i think the israeli army has killed thousands of palestinian people and no one has convicted them their israeli side saying now they are trying to accuse somebody to justify their actions it's a justification i have to this morning which people trying to believe that there has been a calm and a truce between palestinian factions and there is really a side what come to really is. there is radio military will

keep its own action against the gaza strip and this would lead to more violence. this hour western media is slowly i'll take. you through the arab spring on a tape a russian security concerns over the allies has proposed missile shield to get the latest from school analysts on the situation. and find out why protesters in boston probable cause for celebration despite the threat of addiction . wealthy british style it's a spot on the tires on. the. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines and two kinds of report. soon which brightened if you knew about someone from funniest impressions some. news for instance on t.v. dot com. parliamentary elections have been topping headlines in the west some day some even protests that have been taking place in russia's spring but now we now reports of a comparison being twentieth today. dockery our dear sky our. u.s. senator john mccain to each dear vlad the arab spring coming to

a neighborhood near you but is it seems russia's so-called slavic spring came and went twenty years ago. mccain and hillary clinton really would like this to happen and you see it in their relations to other countries where these revolutions benefit the u.s. and of course they're pushing for this but don't think it will happen there we're talking here like protests during the collapse of the soviet union hundreds of thousands were out on the streets people who are. always in. these and they will. get. most of the few thousand out on the streets of moscow after these elections move yun off to either not remember or be unable to compare some of this though it is funny how it worked out the middle class that exists today does so because of the politics of this government if they rebuilt the country four years ago there was

a much smaller middle class if any. a middle class egyptians would dream of its revolution praised as democracy by the west saw the military take over. we have only one demand that the military council and the army go back to their barracks and start protecting the country that they've demonstrated they're incapable of leading the country over the last nine months to here certainly proved twitter and facebook are fierce tools when planning protests some thirty thousand have already signed up for a moscow meet on the weekend but russia should have been amassing to egypt and to rebuild from scratch can take decades tens of thousands of young people are preparing to come out onto the streets and voice discontent and that. means millions won't it's a safe bet many of them remember all too well the turbulent ninety's what chaos means for such a large country and dark willing to go back and start over and he's now artsy.

confidential exposed. independent watchdog in order to discredit the polls results by a russian news website. news correspondent describes payment for activists reporting. one of their citizens from the u.s. state department praising the associations work and promising to support crime in washington for trying to protest the elections rigged you also want. the country visible like you do remain on the wall strong feelings on our website dot com. also on our home page you can get in-depth analysis and opinion pieces on russia's post-election and find out if the statements of u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. or through the recession nations russia also see how want americans. to trade out the government protests in the.

us the f.b.i. or if you can stack the crime all about a bunch more. is . the official. jog light on the. video on demand on teens minefield costs. are mission sts now in the palm of your.

question on t.v. dot com. now in a taser refusing to address russia's security concerns and the thorny issue of european missile defense house most case conclusion after talks with the alliance in brussels foreign ministers had to get after all says the u.s. led law he isn't ready to cooperate with a shield nato is deploying an anti ballistic system near the borders with russia which must sees as a threat to its national security the alliances are primary request to guarantee it poses no danger washington claims the shield is aimed at iran and north korea added he's been hearing from alice who strongly doubt that. there is no threat right now neither country has missiles that could carry nuclear weapons and only one of those countries has a nuclear weapon in the first place and and also you what it would be very difficult to imagine a country of that size aiming

a ballistic missile at the united states because it would be like marking the country for annihilation with a big x. is a ballistic missile is ballistic that means you know where it came from we're using a defense that doesn't exist against an aggressor that this point doesn't exist the worst thing to look like is that you're weak on defense so if people say we could build a shield that some people say that why not do it that sort i think the idea is that political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that weight this administration will use it as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak right now from a strategic perspective going into a national election. other world news in brief you this hour indian arrested six hospital officials on charges of cold war homicide after a deadly fire killed eighty eight people hospital staff are accused of abandoning patients and fleeing when a blaze broke out most of the victims are said to have died from smoke inhalation it took firefighters five hours to bring the situation under control the fire

started in the basement where families were tiriel were being stored. a roadside bomb was wounded at least five u.n. peacekeepers in southern lebanon the blast occurred in the city of tire with local media claiming a french your patrol was the target well there have been several attacks on peacekeepers in lebanon since the summer including last month's bomb explosion at a hotel used by u.n. staff. a gunman who killed a police officer in the u.s. and a university car park on thursday has reportedly been found dead police say they still have no motive behind the cop killing which happened during a routine traffic stop when the attacker walked up and killed a policeman before fleeing virginia tech is the site of one of america's worst ever deadly rampage is when in two thousand and seven a student massacred thirty two people before printing himself. three

paramilitary troops have been killed and several injured in a roadside bomb blast in southwestern pakistan officials say the device which contained around five days of exclusive explosives rather was planted close to a nearby military camp no one has yet claimed responsibility for its hand. and to corporate protestors in boston have been given their marching orders they police i get to respond protest erupted into celebration at midnight to police that they wouldn't immediately remove them from the offices gave no indication of when the picture would take place elsewhere police interrupted a mass demonstration in washington d.c. arresting a seventeen that becomes a part of three month long fight against corporate excess was the ready thousands of arrests but many are still the time to get out however hard it gets. the occupy movement are facing not only pepper spray but things like the sound cannon the long range acoustic device which can blast your cranium with one hundred forty decibels

shaking your skull so hard even earplugs won't start that this weapon has been tested on palestinians in the occupied west bank by the israeli army so civilians in the us are now up against basically military style policing what's behind it is a mentality among our police forces a local police that views common civilians protesters as common criminals. now with the festive period rapidly approaching it's time to get your skate song on the teams feeling pretty slick in just a few minutes. hello and welcome on this week's program we'll be taking a look at various activities you can enjoy over the festive period that's right

christmas is just a few weeks away and there's a real magical mystery in moscow over the new year period i would better to start off than go ice skating here. when you join the moscow team in just a few minutes before. thank you very much alice there's an east west divide on the markets today in europe equities are up that's after the e.u. summit we saw a majority of the bloc commit themselves to types of fiscal rules to save the euro here in russia the markets are sharply down that's because of unique factors affecting domestic confidence in particular the prospect of antigovernment demonstrations on saturday which is making investors more risk averse now the sell

off on both the r.t.s. and my six appears to be speeding up even further so by the end of the sessions another twenty minutes to go trading in the r.t.s. is down more than four percent of my sex not far behind particularly the main movers oil majors are among them but not so high oil prices rose knapton blue coral shedding more than four and a half percent financials also on the pressure most liquid stock of the markets burbank is down more than four percent it's now profit almost doubled during the first eleven months of the year reaching nine billion dollars according to russian accounting standards. europe this hour is positive. twenty three members of the e.u. have agreed to form a new fiscal compact to rein in the deficit there's also been the offer of more support for the most indebted nations. oil prices are coming down light sweet is declining sixty five cents brant is losing half a dollar per barrel as the dollar brings back its positions versus the year two

thousand has not been the best in terms of mergers and acquisitions in russia with values far below those seen during the peak in two thousand and seven but global bankers predict that could pick up next year with consolidation at home and the firms looking for bargains abroad. one would be in market consolidation so for example in the banking sector where you have thirteen fourteen hundred banks there is a need to to consolidate in order to have both the required capital given to larger regulatory trends such as moving to basel two and hopefully basel three as well as the need to have sufficient liquidity to grow the balance sheet in market consolidation for some of the old economy sectors will continue second we expect to see outward investment by russian companies and shareholders into europe and the united states taking advantage of the situation in those markets to become more global in nature. numerous now ukraine says it's making the russian ruble

a reserve currency starting next year the national banks announcement cements growing and historic ties with moscow on tuesday ukraine signed a deal to pay in rubles for russian gas. travellers to russia may no longer be able to buy duty free alcohol at the border the shops are not able to meet new rules on keeping their alcohol in warehouses due to tight controls of and seaports this could be a big hit for duty free stores as the revenues from drinks make up to forty percent of their sales. and leo attack a joint venture between china's thunder sky and russian nanotechnology corporation has launched the world's biggest lithium battery plot in siberia the four hundred million dollar project will provide power units for electric cars and buses and other green technology it is expected to take up to a fifteen percent share of the world's battery market by twenty fifty all right

more business news on a website that's forward slash business all of these stories and plenty more you can find just one click away pretty much and i'll be back in around fifty five minutes time with. i completely agents hope for many years the soviet

system has faded away in less than twenty four hours as bell of this kind of push up coupled with below we acted in a true russian style we didn't know exactly what the future would bring that to think about later three leaders come together and sign an agreement dissolving the u.s.s.r. for good or to get rid of the so called big brother that was always controlling them was the dream of many republics work. but in the eyes of the people they put it like this i will liberate you from the kremlin oppression no one wants to take the blame would be good not to be able to persuade gorbachev and besides he's word could not be relied upon. he could tell you anything and do something completely different function for numerous shows for me to liberal and in the sand boris yeltsin before i should have that was my mistake. this is the decisive in strict

boris yeltsin that sucks in the kremlin instead of good shelf above time. again i don't think we have left elevator forest soaries or. two decades have passed but the discussion still rages was this applause for a fait accompli. wealthy british style. is not on the. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report.