the stupid question is. who's going to start on t.v. don't come. thousands go out onto the streets of central moscow to contest the outcome of sunday's parliamentary election. crowds beginning to think that moscow is the biggest protest in some two decades so far it is remained peaceful joining me and is now i live for more details of. the u.k. . and european deal to save the euro shattering the unity dream and leaving the rest to work out a new budget rules on taxes all amongst themselves. between a rock and a hard place israeli rockets. sions are sending gazans to seek

a better future even in a wall roughish libya. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy with me rule research showing several thousand people have gathered in central moscow in protest of the results of sunday's parliamentary vote the opposition claims that the election was rigged and is demanding a new one he's innocent standing by live right now you are really in the thick of the rally what's happening there now what's the atmosphere like. well as we get closer to the evening it gets colder crowds are beginning to thin out ed what can easily be called moscow's biggest protest in twenty years the ministry of internal affairs estimated its highest numbers today at twenty thousand in the actual square where the permits were given for this to take place and about. five thousand in the

surrounding areas it's fair to say that at this point that is not the case people are slowly making their way on either home or to other parts of the city it's very clear that there's not as many people here now as there were earlier today again like i said a sanctioned protest no incident so far earlier today some opposition members did meet up at a revolution square which was what organizers wanted to be the original place of this rally they didn't get a permit for that there has been scattered crowds throughout the day but again thousands of people from there made their way peace will lead to what is called followed my a square here not far from the kremlin around the corner really on the other side to say of revolution square like i said without incidents of people calling like you said for free and fair elections according to them last sunday's duma parliamentary election was not carried out in that way although we did hear from the central election committee when they released the final results which pretty much went along with the with the preliminary early results which is what these

protests were a reaction to they did confirm that the vote was fair there were minor violations and they will be investigated by nato so you've heard from the demonstrators there but what's actually been the reaction from the russian leadership to all of the. people came out to protest as early as monday on tuesday as well and then there were really preparations for this big rally this saturday president medvedev and of lady mir putin both supporting the idea that every russian has a right to come out and voice their opinions make demands of their government if it's done within the law and it has proven today that so far that has been done but we heard some strong criticism from the government especially from prime minister putin about comments made from outside of russia most particularly comments from secretary of state hillary clinton that the elections in russia were neither free or fair the russian government sees that as step in way over the line of russia's right. it's

a hold its own elections i have it's own democracy and you say you talk about the role of the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton but we have evidence of documents now revealing the expose of washington's hand in trying to discredit the election what more can you tell us about that. it doesn't this evidence really supports prime minister putin's claims life news which is the russian publication on their website you can very clearly see e-mails which were written between gaullist which is an observing commission that did take part in these elections with which found these so-called violations transactions email checks actions between them and the sec and the the department of state of course maybe a coincidence that those comments came from hillary clinton and the connection with the secretary of state they're funded partly by them and there's also evidence of observers actually trying to confirm how much they would make for each and every violation that they find goalless didn't deny the claims they did say that they would launch legal action against life news because the e-mails were obtained

illegally but they did not deny that these e-mails were in fact misread observateur and the u.s. department of state i don't need to other than e-mails are you discussing that we understand you have some murky details about how the western media has been covering those events. but the details of course are available to everyone fox news this week clearly showed pictures of athens greece which has been in protest throughout this year yes perhaps more entertaining much more lively pictures but clearly not moscow although they titled them as moscow you had c.n.n. showing pictures of a rally that took place a year ago a nationalist rally which got violent just outside the kremlin they then files a correction but most certainly if you compare. western news to to what you can actually see here in moscow it's a little bit of an exaggeration as to what's happening today is the first day that we've seen tens of thousands of people out on the street throughout the week it has

been relatively calm here and it's clearly not the impression that the western media has been giving whether or not that's intentional or not the new so you'll there is in central moscow but the rallies haven't been confined solely to the russian capital where else have they been happening. we saw a rally is take place across russia this saturday beginning way out east and vladivostok throughout central russia and also in st petersburg in st petersburg there was reports of minor scuffles with police and we're hearing that are around ten people were arrested not the case here in moscow so far today but really those who are calling for free and fair elections did come out in some numbers across the country obviously here in moscow but the biggest numbers we're seeing out on the street and you say can you tell us a bit more about the opposition here who are the leaders in charge. well first of all there's no real leaders of this particular protest there's different organizations you can see a rainbow flags have been here today and

a lot of people not associated really with any particular party but the two most well known leaders i think it's fair to say are pretty slim so it has been in russian politics for years he was the former deputy prime minister. he was his party was not did not qualify for these duma elections why he was at these protests today you went to the un sanctioned a protest earlier and then made his way here i got a lot of attention from the press people surrounding him and really what he's known for and he himself doesn't deny it is his connections to washington first of all he often makes trips there and meets with congressman second of all he's openly supported by the intel meant for the national endowment for democracy in washington and then there's a i think it's fair to call them our rising opposition star not affiliated with the party and explain the violent he was arrested on monday and is being detained for fifteen days he's known for his anti corruption movement he's a very well known plauger here in russia not so famous in the west what what people

who do report on him tend to not talk about his real. nationalist line he's known for giving speeches about how russia is for russians and if you take a look at some of the footage from monday's protest some of the speeches that he made to look closely some of the things he was saying could clearly be classified as hates. it's one of the things he said which i think you'll clearly be quote is i will go and cut their throats in the end sort of stuff like that so that's something that you don't hear much about looks nobody is becoming more and more popular and i think it's fair to say we'll be hearing more and more about it certainly in the western media but a lot of people here not affiliated with any political party have mike i said numbers are dying down as it gets darker and colder right now if he and i were there live in central moscow thank you. and live updates of the opposition meeting in moscow are available on our web site. you can get a minute by minute updates from our crews in various parts of the city plus if you all the latest video on you tube channel. what other dream

of a united europe has been given a bloody nose by the u.k. after prime minister david cameron snubbed the other twenty six e.u. members london opted out of one of the most important political gatherings in the region's recent history saving the single currency cameron and blocked a new deal saying he was protecting his country's financial interests on sovereignty so instead of an old europe pact the treaty to impose sanctions on harmonized budget rules will now have to be agreed upon between individual governments hungry also originally said no to a new treaty but have since changed his mind and is now consulting its parliament i mean time to other states are also doing the same with a new plan is due to be agreed upon by next month but economics professor. says it doesn't address the immediate needs of hard hit countries like greece and. you short of it don't look disaster. just you need the euro in europe in

part that's really the message i'm getting from. the start that to. look to the truth and not going along which is you know what i don't think it's a sensible position to really. know because i don't see the solution. to get out there. and the summit. i'm going to hold europe a group you take to reach three countries who meet the route of agreed on no i'm sure we can only mean good on each country should make massive it just wants. to meet me still i'm not going to deal with the problems of greece spain portugal ireland and also italy. not being addressed all right you're watching r t live from moscow still to come in the program all for one demonstrators around the world call

for the release of one of america's most well known presidents arguing his murder conviction was politically motivated. and a victory for everyone a conflict of election results in the caucuses which threaten to turn bloody is now coming to a peaceful resolution. now eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow al-qaeda colombia's far governess and the occupy london movement in an attempt to put an end to the months long anti corporate protest london police equated the group to establish terrorist networks and although the authorities later admitted the comparison was over the top left activists questioning why peaceful protest is being viewed as a crime either bennett 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're totally peaceful protest is preposterous to say that the backlash of criticisms force 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 amongst their guests and 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 vic their new uninvited tenants since the building wasn't in use the activists don't see why they should leave is a fairly 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 this so far this is the only building protesters have occupied they belong c.b.s. it was empty before it was taken over as the swiss banks the conviction order for this building beefing up security at its main offices just across the street is they fear the protesters could spread to both u.b.s. and the for. and anshul services or thora he refused to comment but they clearly heeding police advice security is tight in the money district. a 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 actually have done that and it's causing police attention and it's going to label us as people will we will get a few bad and it's going in here and in any organisation and they've said well that they're all like human on main it's just not true the original occupy camp hopes to keep its protest peaceful evicting 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 either bennett r.t. london. now a quarter past the hour here in moscow demonstrations have been held in cities worldwide calling for the release of a man who until a few days ago was america's most high profile death row prisoner. was incarcerated

thirty years ago killing a white police officer and it's a crime to this day that he still denies this week a court reduced the sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole his supporters claim the former black panther movement member is an innocent political prisoner activist of micah fair ellis says that abu jamal deserves a fair trial which he apparently never received. 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. cases 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 is 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 and say that you've got to start with a fair trial. more news available online and. such as a friend in need the latest a russian aid convoy at least for cause over to help the serbian minority who say they're being discriminated against by the local albanian population. and japan that plans to use monkeys to measure radiation levels near the fukushima nuclear power plant claiming helicopters they've been using for the purpose can't provide accurate i've got a story at r.t. dot com be sure you are check out all of our best videos on our.

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continue to pound palestinian land with four people killed over just the last four days the latest on rest so an exchange of rockets early saturday morning though no injuries have been reported tensions across the israeli gaza border flared up on thursday and dozens including children have been wounded in gaza since the recent wave of strikes began it's one of the major reasons alongside a massive unemployment rate the people are fleeing palestine in search of work and a new life and as i explained even a country still reeling from a bloody civil war is seen as a better option. here is where garza's desperate and unemployed gather thousands who are hoping that the war in libya can offer them over spite from the hardships of war on their doorstep. we don't have any source of income prisoners are in better conditions and us that's why people want to run away from here. the queues here are long and full of hope all on the side i'm happy to do any type of work

there it doesn't make a difference just to get some income so my children can survive. the united nations puts unemployment in gaza at forty five percent two in three gazans live in poverty and every year the ministry of labor says another thirty thousand people joined the ranks of jobless ever since israel imposed a siege on gaza nearly five years ago the private sector has all but ground to a halt. to the economy and 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 areas the largest border crossing between israel and gaza but as you can see now only a handful of people trickle through each day now. 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 and 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 says israel promise 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. today the freely with. israel is the me and cause me of the zone for the siege in gaza and this is where the government did not 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 or about. twenty minutes past the hour still ahead of you in the program here in the world overcoming the consumerist obsession. trading making selling is the way to make a living you have that you feel good and then and then you are looking for something else the resident asks people in new york whether it's time to say no to buying things you just don't need. right now let's get to some other news from around the world this hour in the artsy world update for you at least three people are dead following clashes in the democratic republic of congo after the results of presidential elections workers in the capital kinshasa protesters blocked roads and threw stones at police who then dispersed them with tear gas tensions that culminated when opposition leader. rejected the results in himself president right lisa beamer voice throughout the show to bring the situation under control. like

a plane has crashed into a school near the philippine capital shortly after takeoff killing at least thirteen people including two children there were no classes being held at the time of the incident firefighters have identified two pilots among the dead according to officials the pilot declared an emergency after taking off from manila but failed to return to the airport following the crash. russian stargazers are banking on a clear skies as they prepare to catch a glimpse of a spectacular lunar eclipse of the celestial phenomenon will be visible all across the northern hemisphere and the spectacle will reach its peak or within the hour here in moscow when the moon will be glowing red a lunar eclipse is only happen when the sun and moon are perfectly aligned with the earth in between the next lunar eclipse predicted for two thousand and fourteen. well a post-election standoff that threatened to explode into civil war in the republic

of south assert here seems to have been resolved peacefully an agreement was reached during negotiations between the outgoing president opposition candidate and mediator as artie's a riff and explains why the situation here in the region has been very tense and complicated in the last few days and how it's been resolved eventually are seen by the opposition as a big victory and by ordinary people here in the region as a big relieve following the opposition candid ology of his victory in the presidential runoff held here in the region earlier in the vendor another candidate and it'll be really who was expected to win this vote and who was considered as the key favorite of the presidential vote complained to the supreme court of south the city about violations allegedly committed biology of his team and a late term the court ruled two and now the outcome of the vote and moreover to bar or herself from participating in the next poll said build for march hundreds of

posts of putin's have taken to the streets of the capital to involve protesting against this decision and expressing their solidarity with the jury were the two sides been involved in this conflict have started negotiations where russia has played a role of mediator eventually as we can see that as the court has agreed to step down currently the republic is waiting for him to officially pass the presidential powers to prime minister and people on the main square he can volley that you can see behind me they're still here and they're saying they will not go home until that happens that is worry for national reporting right well with just two weeks until the christmas holidays tills the world over are bringing to the sound of sales but is consumerism running out of control her finest hour a resident in new york asks if what we're buying is really what we need. 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 sort of a real cultural shift you know what does it say about us as a culture that more so obsessed with buying stuff. that we need to get a line 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 off focus it is it's an important anymore so you have it and you feel good and and the your are looking for something else yet and then you feel bad because

you bought something that you didn't need 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 true but the fact that the owner was. 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 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 disposable. that we are exactly that we're looking at life in a really shallow way how do you think history is going to remember at this time and age is consumerism going to be a part of that yes no look it's very wasteful because. i'm i live in france and my family are 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 the book i got out in the time that i've been it's not. whether or not your stick up 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. our talkback in just a moment with more of today's headlines. wealthy

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