tens of thousands are expected at a rally in central moscow to protest the results of sunday's parliamentary poll. today's right to vote people from political positions and may prove the strongest demonstration. very late in just a few moments. you are of split britain becomes the odd one out rejecting the e.u. treaty changes and forcing all the other twenty six members to come up with a separate death crisis pact. and a last resort israeli airstrikes on gaza an ever increasing tensions in the region drive palestinians to seek opportunities in

a war torn levy. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me rena joshie welcome to the program now up to thirty thousand people are expected in central moscow later in protest of sunday's parliamentary vote other russian cities throughout the week have seen mass gatherings to the opposition demonstrations have claimed the results of the election were fraudulent artist jacob greaves has more. fishery sanctioned for thirty thousand people may see more in attendance based also in the interest of see online on social networks at the moment now in terms of its makeup was going to be quite clear security involving a lot of people from the political spectrum left of our right and they say

opposition like to be in ten minutes to really this is about the general public having their voice and voicing discontent this is a protest demonstration is going to be replicated around other cities in russia and the how the demonstrations taking place earlier this week as well for what causes days protests well there was dispute about where this will take place a regime scheduled for our very loosely revolution square just next to the kremlin then changed to a lot nicer square this is going to a much greater capacity really the police is stressed but those people can walk in between these two areas they can't demonstrate a whole route and they say that would be breaking the law if they do so probably some enemy of said that these people are more the world could to express their opinions and discontent they must do so in accordance with the law is also hoped there will be no foreign intervention when it comes to these domestic political matters how we're all going to see quite

a heavy police presence and monitoring the situation of course this protest scheduled to take place between two and six pm today president has earlier in the week try to alleviate some of the concerns of these protesters who are alleging on the fair elections and bias in those elections by saying that any electoral fraud will be investigated thoroughly just last night we had the official results announced this shows united russia getting two hundred thirty eight seats it's a majority but it's not the constitution we're shortly they sought before this election the gains made by the opposition to the congress party getting nominees to cease fire russia they've increased their stranglehold vastly there beforehand they're seen as an outsider party now the third largest faction in the duma so if they can act together they have the power to block constitutional reform. take a race reporting there in a russia's far east has already seen people out in the streets demonstrating and

we're going to show you now of the latest pictures from the stark words demonstrators have held rallies hundreds of people turned out to voice their opinions about the parliamentary home results they were also demands for all those detained during the protest early release to be released. or keeping a close eye on developments in the russian capital on our web site so go online for the latest updates and video feeds on the post-election protests. also at r.t. dot com you'll find it and else as of the latest news and scandals have followed the election and for all the videos of the demonstrations log on to our war and you tube channel. four news today. again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing

from the streets of canada as. joint operations room today. now the way peaceful squatters targeted by police. is that there's nearly a million buildings empty out there in the u.k. and people freeze to death every winter i would counter that with. we talked to some anti-corporate for thousands in london about why the law has granted them terrorists. and demonstrating for a cause why rallies are being held worldwide for the release of a man sentenced to life supporters say he is nothing but a political prisoner of the us. the final score in brussels was twenty six to one and one of europe's most important political matches for decades britain was the odd one out as all the other e.u. states agreed and new path designed to stabilize the euro and attempt to solve the

debt crisis british prime minister vetoed attempts to change over fears his country's national sovereignty and financial sector would be harmed but the rest of the e.u. states will now work towards a pact to enforce rigid fiscal and budgetary controls and punishment for a big spenders the new deal to should be ready by march but british and i believe the hall not holding things in the e.u. should set struggling states free trying to time them to more austerity. i think what will happen is you will end up with a tall euro i think you'll end up with france germany and by the looks of countries maybe some of scandinavia but beyond that i think the euro will actually collapse 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 code and seize second presence of xchange rate to get their exports moving because that's the only way these countries can prosper the prison of the euro merkel is now talking about the treaty being. but let's be clear if you're going to sign

a treaty you need the twenty seven member states to sign up to it no britain has said that it won't that is a legal problem which we've got to have those if it isn't a treaty that means that the countries who are involved in this deal will not have access to the institutions namely the parliaments and the commission we've got a problem we've got a legal wrangle ahead of us it is undoubtedly a. they and a corporate argue by a movement that flared up in the u.s. three months ago has spread across the globe in the british capital protesters are growing in numbers while claiming commitment to nonviolence but the authorities may not make the same commitment as i'm about now reports tense dreadlocks even didgeridoos but all the occupy london protesters really terrorists the city's police force seems to think so it sent a letter to banks and businesses in the financial district warning of the terror threat posed by occupy activists it puts them in the same bracket as al qaeda well

i'd say to anybody who believes it to come come here and have a look for themselves and see that we are totally peaceful protest it's preposterous to say that the backlash of criticisms forced the police to admit its wording was too strong but it stands by its warning to big businesses to remain vigilant issuing this statement we've seen crime linked to protests in recent weeks to be around groups entering office buildings and with that in mind we continue to brief key trusted partners on activity linked to protest this is the building in question occupies so-called bank of ideas activists moved in here nearly three weeks ago it had been empty for months the apparent terrorists now use it for meetings and lectures on how to solve the current crisis they can even count celebrity backers and politicians and once they get guests i think it's a huge number of people want to see a different kind of economic system that's what people here stand for and i want to

come and lend solidarity to that the u.k. is complicated laws on squatting mean the owners still haven't been able to have a big venue uninvited tenants since the building wasn't in use the activists don't see why they should leave is it fair to occupy private property. is it fair that there's nearly a million buildings empty out there in the u.k. and people freeze to death every winter i would counter that with so far this is the only building processed is have occupied it belong c.b.s. it was empty before it was taken over as the swiss banks the conviction would have for this building beefing up security at its main offices just across the street as they fear the protestors could spread to both u.b.s. and the financial services authority refused to comment but they clearly heeding police advice security is tight in the money district. small group of people recently stormed the offices of a mining company during a national strike they claim to be part of the occupy movement those here though

deny any links but that hasn't stopped police tarring them with the same brush it's just unfortunate that some people are actually done that and it's causing police attention. it's going to label us as people will be able to get a few. in any organization and they said well look there will like it i don't mean it's just not true the original occupy camp hopes to keep its protest peaceful a big thing anyone using its name as an excuse for violence they might not be al-qaeda but any minority prepared to step the wrong side of the law could play straight into police hands are the bennetts london. demonstrations have been held in cities worldwide calling for the release of wide of america's most famous prisoners momi average amal was incarcerated thirty years ago for killing a white police officer a crime he still denies the convict wasn't death row until this week when a court commuter the sentenced to life in prison his supporters claim

a former black panther movement member is an innocent political prisoner activists my far all says average amal deserves a fair trial which he apparently never got. it is like many other cases in the united states a case where. race entered into the prosecution where there are serious questions about the not only the efficacy but the effectiveness and fairness of the trial the elimination of the death penalty in this case it's really only one step and i hope it doesn't mean that now he's going to be consigned to a life without parole and everybody's going to walk away and say ok we won because in fact justice has not been served in this case it's on the record now that the judge was biased racially biased it's on the record that the. police corruption in the in the philadelphia police force involved the suborning of perjury and the actual extortion to get witnesses to perjure themselves this trial was corrupt from

the beginning and that's why amnesty and human rights watch and so many other organizations say justice must be done to say that you've got to start with a fair trial. israeli airstrikes in gaza are continuing ratcheting up tensions in the region even further and killing four people since thursday the most recent was early saturday morning when the israeli air force struck targets in gaza it's unknown whether there have been any casualties dozens including several children at one end. of this wave of strikes began it's one of the major reasons alongside a massive unemployment rate that palestinians are fleeing else work to find work and new life and artie's policy are now explains even a country fresh from a bloody civil war is seen as a land of opportunity. here is where god has dispersed and unemployed gather thousands who are hoping that the war in libya can offer them over spice from the hardships of war on the doorstep we do love when the shit we don't have any source

of income the prisoners are in better conditions in us that's why people want to run away from here. the queues here are long and full of hope in the last week more than five thousand people signed up for work in libya well all of the sudden i'm happy to do any type of work that it is a make a difference just to get some income so my children can survive. the united nations puts on employment in gaza at forty five percent to win three gazans live in poverty and every year the ministry of labor says another thirty thousand people join the ranks of jobless ever since israel imposed a siege on gaza nearly five years ago the point at sic to has all but grinded to a halt to the ministry of the economy in gaza is dependent on israel it's the way israel set it up all the materials we need for industry and construction have to come from israel through the israeli ports and airports we have no direct

relationship with the outside world before the palestinian uprising in two thousand tens of thousands of gazans worked in israel they pass through here it was the largest border crossing between israel and gaza but as you can see now only a handful of. people trickle through each day now yell out to shall we was a painter and would earn about thirty american dollars a day enough for his family to survive on but in the last seven years he can't cross the border and with no work this side his children often go to bed hungry he was one of the first to sign up when a call went out for people interested in going to libya to register i don't care if it's libya or not i'm ready to go to mars for the sake of getting food for my children i can't give them more than twenty cents a day to survive on can you imagine that i must say this is well promised to lift the blockade on gaza as part of the recent prisoner exchange that freed the captured israeli soldier but israel says it made no such promise this is to control the control of the control of the people in gaza. to

trade freely with. israel is the main goal was to be a reason for the siege in gaza and this israeli government to deny israel says the siege is for security reasons and is afraid materials like cement and steel could be used to build weapons and military fortifications police here r.t. on the israel gaza border. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a fresh wave of clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters has left twenty four people dead in syria fighting erupted in several major cities as thousands to part in demonstrations calling for the and the president assad's regime activists claimed children were among those killed the violence broke out a day after a major oil pipeline serving the home's region was blown up it is still unclear who was behind the attack and estimated four thousand people died in nine months uprising. in hospital where

a fire killed at least eighty nine people has denied violating safety procedures it's now had its medical license taken away and six officials were arrested staff members were accused of abandoning patients and when the blaze broke out each family that lost loved ones in the fire will receive around four thousand dollars. at least three people are dad following violent clashes in the democratic republic of congo after the results of presidential elections were disputed violence in the past few months intensified friday when challenger to security rejected the official results and declared the winner of security operation has put opposition strongholds in kinshasa under lockdown witnesses report gunshots in the capital and burning tires setting pillars of black smoke into the air. and to the caucuses region now worthy outgoing president of south the city of work has agreed to step

down early working now get the latest from our correspondent who is in egypt. so maria tell us more why cody is giving up his post and when is it expected to happen . well we're in the into the dark according to the president of south the searcher who's been ruling the republic for a decade already for two five year terms. that he would announce his resignation later today i have to say that this decision did and political deadlock here in south asserted the situation here in the region in the last few days has been very complicated and very tense and how it's. revenge chile resolved as seen by the opposition as a big victory and of course by ordinary people as a great relief so what was this standoff all about follow when the opposition

candidate our door was victory in the presidential run of held here in the republic or early november and now the candidate and the told to be who was expected to win this though and who was considered by many as the key favorite of this race of the presidential race complain to the supreme court of south ossetia. about violations allegedly committed by other jurors team and following that complaint the supreme court of south fetter ruled two and now the outcome of this vote and moreover to bar knowledge of herself from dissipating in the next poll should we call march two thousand and twelve that was something this sixty two year old woman former education minister of south asia alagiri would never complied with she declared herself president elect and submitted her wrong complaint to the supreme court in a bid to overturn its ruling following that decision following that move of hundreds of her supporters have taken to the streets of st paul the capital. men

women and even children have spent days on main square or to be involved i hope you can see behind me expressing their solidarity with their candidate and protesting against the court's decision and calling for peace a row. to be overturned visitation has been very tense is very sad and fears were growing in the region that this political stunt of could and could lead to violations meanwhile the two sides been involved in this conflict have started negotiations and russia has played a very poor control of mediating these negotiations and that's been anything but not easy but eventually as you've said indeed. has agreed to step down and currently the republic is waiting for him to officially pass the presidential power powers to prime minister and people on the main square here in skin violence saying they will not go home until that happens back to you

by mary thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update and from monitoring the situation for us and south syria. and international conference on afghanistan this week pledged material support for the troubled country until twenty twenty four but issues like the booming afghan drug trade were a sideline at the meeting are just military contributor thinks it's all because the top man in kabul is the wrong man for the job. nobody expected anything much from the bonn conference but it was still a very big surprise in a way that without pakistan presence it turned out to be yet another exercise in wishful thinking and feels good attitude shared by all participants but did leave this issue that really deserved a closer attention to all participants and especially from the hamid karzai was the

issue of drug production and trafficking in his country but the need kind of person elected by the western community at the same conference ten years ago and really the same western eighty two towards ghana stand completely unchanged the future for afghanistan remains very bleak until afghan society will put forward the real leader not just a western puppet but a real fighter who has something to offer to die for afghanistan. and there's lots more for you on our website r.t. dot com dive into history on this day thirty six years ago a mentor of the hydrogen bomb and a courageous fighter for human rights in the soviet union and resigned her won the nobel peace prize. also online a glance of the red moon stargazers across the world gear up for the last total

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watching r.t. live from moscow black friday the biggest day of discount shopping in the u.s. may be over but sales are continuing in the run up to the christmas holidays so our own resident the big apple or harshness when to ask people in new york why we're obsessed with buying so much stuff. there's no doubt we live in a consumerist world are you sick of it this week let's talk about that it's christmas time so i think it's normal. to to buy something you know why is it

normal to buy so much more stuff just because it's jesus's birthday. good question there's no thanksgiving it's black friday so i think that's sort of a real cultural shift here what does it say about us as a culture that when we're so obsessed with buying stuff. that we need to get a life i think it's because the human nature has a longing for something and they've decided to fill it with things instead of a spiritual focus to those things get in the way of our spiritual quest i absolutely believe so because i think distraction is one of the keys to getting humanity our focus if this isn't important anymore so you have it you feel good and then and there you are looking for something else yes and then you feel bad because you bought something but you didn't mean yeah this is happened way before you were born that's how it is yeah times with additional money was made was to train the

volume was traced with the thought that onerous. buying trading making selling is the way to make a living so we're prehistoric caves covered in neon lights with logos plastered all around us they are right now around us but the technology was available you thought sure would be i believe in recycling i believe in you know not consumerism but go to your local salvation army exchange what does it say about our culture that we are so just spose of all. that we are exactly that we're looking at life in a really shallow way how do you think history is going to remember this to how i am and age as consumers i'm going to be a part of that yes no look it's very wasteful because i'm i live in france and my family is very careful with their money my family and. they think twice about buying stuff so i listen to them it does make me more careful but i'm afraid i'm consumed with. god when the time that i've been it's. whether or not your sick of

the pressure of our consumerist culture the bottom line is when it comes to buying stuff you don't need maybe it's best to just say no. and it's saturday here and there are some capital so this is our team i'll be back with our top stories in just a moment. as

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