tonight no thank you britain wishes the euro all the very best and walks out on the deal aimed at saving the common currency making the dream of a united europe look more of an illusion. german chancellor angela merkel things parts of the deal have been a breakthrough while if you can a sharper also says it's unfortunate that not everyone backs it will have more from brussels that's. also israeli missiles rained down on garza targeting militants but hitting civilians in the most dramatic escalation of violence in weeks. and both valid russia central election commission confirms the ruling united

russia party win the sunday's parliamentary poll but admits minor irregularities did take place. hello you're watching r t from moscow it's ten pm here now my name's kevin zero in on our top story for you e.u. leaders have pushed through new budget rules to save the single currency but the franco german dream of a unified europe is being dealt a severe blow by london marathon overnight talks or the u.k. oct out of a new e.u. treaty which will now have to be agreed between individual nations. in brussels for us. with the decisions that came out what we're going to see is a two speed europe essentially those who are on board the german push for more fiscal integration stricter rules and harsher punishments more supervision and

those who aren't now as it stands there are twenty three yeses maybe including sweden hungary and the czech republic you have to check with a problem and get back with an answer and know coming from the u.k. you know that no it's not very surprising because david cameron before getting into the summit had already said that if he doesn't get the guarantees that he needs to protect british interests the sticking point being the financial transactions tax and labor laws then he's going to use his veto to avoid that sweeping e.u. treaty that's exactly what happens in the u.k. is going it alone now from german chancellor angela merkel's point of view it is a breakthrough a success looking at what germany had wanted to achieve going into the summit and what they're getting out of it yes it would be fair to say that it is a success from their point of view now merkel also said that far as the u.k. is concerned she didn't think david cameron was ever at the table with them to begin with anyway the next step is how are they going to go about doing all of this this new agreement among the twenty six e.u.

commissioner also had said it would have been less of a headache if all twenty seven were on board from a legal institutional point of view but he also thinks it's a possibility that there could be an intergovernmental agreement among the twenty six provided that the three may be yes but it will be interesting to see how these leaders will have to go we'll go home and present the plan to their citizens and explain to their people exactly how these plans will affect the ordinary guy on the street bureaucrats here would be would be considering this success they're saying that they're actually very glad at the speed with which this agreement had been reach or this plan had been reached considering that the lisbon treaty took eight years to negotiate so they're thinking saying that the credibility of the euro has been regained because of this plan on the other hand euro skeptics are still voicing out their concerns saying this. this need for speed mean a sacrifice in democratic processes and what will it mean for countries like italy and greece who have already suffered cuts because of plans imposed by the e.u. so question is still there and the big question that journalists have been asking

readers here is does it mean that the euro is saved now and the most conclusive answer we can get at this point is we hope so. talk talk and more talk with the politicians know it. alone and not believed anymore because too often we did not live up to a word. 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. 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 of represents the three big grand idea of a single currency what some would call the united states of europe but now with the

problems of become 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 saving some say yes the alternative existence has a possibility that we're to break down but i think a lot of for most policymakers most citizens at large rapidly see that the break down will be more expensive than men to know 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 fairly and clearly with the european political establishment who's 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 the

answer that i'd be a wise man tester so you r.t. brussels for nothing loser u.k. and told me that britain's decision asserted isolated a little be punished because of it. i don't think david cameron had any choice to do what he did because firstly his own backbenchers would not allow him to sign the deal and secondly the british people wouldn't have allowed him to say that he'll because if he did it with then put out a referendum david cameron look at the answer he didn't want which would be that britain would leave the european union are britain isolated now well of course they're isolated because what will happen is that we will be in a minority of one it will be twenty six countries as ourselves alfonso's all of that and i'm sure that merkel and sarkozy who punishes for this and it will be the city along with the faces the burden because what will happen no if you will see directive after directive

a directive which will be designed to have the city along the river quite frankly would be better off house it's not a forge but the euro let's be frank could never live succeeded in any way if we were all good europeans what was allowed to happen is for greece and portugal and spain and italy and maybe ireland to fall out all together devalue their own currencies second passes of x. change rates get their exports moving because that's the only way these countries can prosper outside the prison of the. next tonight there's been a sharp escalation of violence in the middle east with israeli bombs raining down on gaza at least one palestinian civilian was killed and twenty five wounded most of them women and children tel aviv is stepping up its assault on hamas militants but as artie's paula reports the campaign is 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 and grad missiles fired on 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 so 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 and now the israelis for various sides have also by targeting these two high ranking palestinian officials and this is a strike those days resumed what seems to be a policy of targeted killings because certainly they 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 pilots. 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. two from moscow still ahead for the western media is slow on the uptake lightning moscow's political rallies to the arab spring nato pays no heed to much from security so there's some concerns over the alliance's proposed missile shield either r.t. gets the latest from political analysis. at the scene about the situation. wealthy british style sun it's time to. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. line. would be soon which brightened if you knew all about some from feinstein's pressure its. stance on t.v. dot com. russia's central election commission's abounds the final official results of sunday's vote the same evening the election determines the makeup of the country's parliament for the next five years now sort of planes. well the central election commission has released a final results and this is what they need to is going to look like united russia will hold two hundred thirty eight seats the communist party ninety two seats

hairbrush sixty fools the and the liberal democratic party fifty six seats now the commission oh also said that the mind of violations during the election process president medvedev had already said that all the claims of violations are going to be fully investigated now of course those claims of fraud and vote rigging during the election process is books this international debate we've seen a number of international voices indeed wading into that all given prime minister putin has slammed the u.s. to interfering in russia's internal affairs he will say course aside hillary clinton and the keys to encouraging the opposition for claiming that the votes were rigged before she had any of the official information regarding the election process now those who say vincent controversy surrounding the supposedly independent russian watchdog goal of confidential e-mails that were published by

life nice appeared to shave it a washington view sending pavements the information that would discredit the polls one of the miles from the u.s. state department praised the association's work and also promised but the support of that organization now the chief executive told us has said that the emails were obtained illegally and they want to take that to court but didn't deny the content of these e-mails especially it seems that this very heated post-election debate is going to go on for some time yet in the country. so first reporting for us was we just heard washington was quick to call the russian elections unfair and undemocratic which was immediately picked up by the western media some news outlets have been dubbed the protests have been taking place as russia's arab spring president is this now reports next the comparison is twenty years too late. daugherty 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 actually saw. these and they will. get. most of the few thousand out on the streets of moscow after these elections look young enough 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 wolf 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 hooter's 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 no mustn't 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 aren't willing to go back and start over and he said now r.t. moscow. when you get in-depth analysis no opinion on russia's post-election future on our web site out come find out if the harsh statements on the u.s. secretary of state risk poisoning the reset relations with russia also see how one american news channel a big one for trade antigovernment protests in moscow by showing pictures from a completely different country for us to take a look for yourself also a new f.b.i. definition of race could make the people who punch you down at airports guilty of the crime all that a much more. out of course. to what are you. the

official. from the. video. and. the palm of your. refusing to address russia's security concerns about the thorny issue of european missile defense bows moscow's conclusion after talks with the alliance in brussels foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.s. led block isn't ready to cooperate on the shield nato is deploying antiballistic system near the borders with russia which moscow sees as

a threat to its national security the alliances rebuffed kremlin requests to guarantee it poses no danger washington claims the shield is aimed at iran and north korea but r.t. has been hearing from analysts 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 also you were 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 annihilate 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 that so i think the idea is that political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that way this administration will use as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak right now for us to teach it

perspective going into a national election. small world views a brief you indian police arrested six hospital officials on charges of culpable homicide for deadly fire killed eighty nine 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 a basement where fungal materials were being stored. roadside bombs wounded at least five u.n. peacekeepers in southern lebanon the blast happened in the city of tire with local media claiming a french u.n. patrol was the target the been several attacks on peacekeepers in lebanon since the summer including last month's bomb explosion at a hotel used by u.n. staff. hundreds of activists in pakistan have staged an antenatal rally condemning the u.s. for a recent airstrike that left twenty four people dead and protesters also chanted

slogans in support of the government's decision to close its afghan border crossing tomato supplies pakistan also recalled some troops coordinating activity with international forces on the frontier with neighboring afghanistan the u.s. strikes about a crisis seen already sourly. between washington and islamabad a. place of revealed a gunman who killed a police officer in a us university car park on thursday acted alone the man whose identities not been released ran from the scene before turning the governor himself police say they still have no motive in the cop killing the attack is the site of one of america's worst ever deadly rampage is back in two thousand and seven a student massacred thirty two people before killing himself. and the corporate occupy protesters in boston have been given their marching orders of the police have yet to respond protesters erupted in celebration at midnight after police said they wouldn't immediately remove them from their encampment offices gave no indication of when the eviction would take place elsewhere police interrupted

a mass demonstration in washington d.c. you're arresting seventy the campus of part of a three month long fight against corporate excess which is already some thousands of arrests but many are still the target to stick it out harder get. the occupy movement are facing not only pepper spray but things like the l. rad 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 stop it 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 our local police that views common civilians protesters as common criminals. first of period rapidly approaching. completely different for you know the moscow pretty slick in

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 that's a real magical atmosphere in moscow over the new year period and we're better to start off than go ice skating here on red square. here martin in festive mood a little bit later on then back to now friday night small very soon as well with damon but across the business on the back of all that news from the e.u. today in the latest shenanigans going on the russian markets plunged the latest.

don't welcome to business see there was an east west divide on the markets on friday in europe and the u.s. equities were up and that's after the e.u. summit which saw a majority of the bloc commit themselves to types of fiscal rules to save the euro but here in russia the markets nosedive that also seems to be for political reasons we'll look at them in just a second first let's look at the numbers europe is up twenty three members of the e.u. agreed to form a new fiscal compact to rein in the deficit and there's also been the offer of more support from most indebted nations would seize up twenty percent of the clothes. and there was a sell off on the at the my sex that more than two percent at the close if we look at the main movers on the my six you'll see that oil majors were down amid cheaper crude folks. who are losing four and

a half percent the most liquid stock this burbank was also down two percent its net profit almost doubled during the first eleven months of the year reaching nine and a half billion dollars to russian accounting standards here's michael stein from a bank. the week was characterized by heavy volatility which culminated in the market selling off sharply today despite the market uptick in european asset prices investors in russia however are quite concerned about the ticking up of uncertainty in particular uncertainty tied to the outcome tomorrow's protests in moscow in addition there are some investors which are concerned about the reaction that. western critics may have to the publicized the official election result so there's clearly a lot of uncertainty out there and that's being a discounted in asset prices right now. two thousand levon hasn't been the best year in terms of mergers and acquisitions in russia with the values of fall 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 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 consolidate in order to have both the required capital given some larger regulatory trends such as movement 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. now ukraine says it's making the russian ruble the reserve

currency as of next year the country's national banks announcement cements growing ties with moscow on tuesday ukraine signed a deal to pay in rubles for russian gas. to russia may no longer be able to buy duty free alcohol at the border shops are not able to meet new rules on keeping it in warehouses due to tight control of the ports this could be a big hit for duty free stores as revenues from drinks make up to forty percent of their sales. and a joint venture between china's thunder sky and russia's nano technology corp has launched the world's biggest lithium battery plant in siberia the four hundred million dollar project will provide power units for electric cars buses and on the green technologies expected to take up to a fifteen percent share of the world's battery market by twenty fifty that's all from the business team for now coming up next on our see the headlights.

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u.s.s.r. for good 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 but we would not 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 by june for numerous shows for me to liberal and in the sam boris yeltsin before i should have that was my mistake. this is the decisive in strict boris yeltsin that sets in the kremlin and set of good shelf above time. then i don't think we have left elevator forest soaries a. few decades have passed but the discussion still rages was this applause

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