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seven o'clock on saturday night here you're watching with me. a twenty five thousand strong opposition rally in moscow is breaking up following a peaceful protest in the heart of the russian capital. was issued after sunday's parliamentary election that the opposition claimed was rigged. has details. just some several hundred people laughed at moscow's biggest protest in some twenty years of cars gone on throughout the day without any kind of incident it has been very peaceful protesters were calling for that and in fact organizers have praised police restraint certainly there's been lots of security here in central moscow but like i said so far everything has gone pretty smoothly i just want to step out of the shot and give you a better idea of what's happening you can see people trickle out no more flags people just walking through the park slowly making their way home no more music

music was playing throughout the day lots of flag waving and so on really just thousands tens of thousands of people coming out in moscow today to call for free and fair elections ah basically protests started earlier this week on monday and tuesday and then we saw a bit of a wall as people prepared for this big protest they didn't get the kind of outcome that they were expecting although it has to be said some of the opposition speakers today claiming there was a hundred or a hundred and fifty thousand people here clearly that's not the case the ministry of internal affairs confirming that some twenty five thousand people came out to call for free and fair elections both president it's major event prime minister vladimir putin have encouraged that saying that people should come out and voice their opinions voice their demands for the central election committee has confirmed that the that the results are fair there were minor violations and they will be investigated this was a sanctioned protest there was another gathering at revolution square which is not

very far away there wasn't a permit for that most of the protesters who went there are slowly and peacefully made their way to this sanctioned protest but some of the harsher comments we've heard from the government in particular blasi mir putin to worry about actually outside comments about the russian elections and russia in general specifically coming from secretary of state hillary clinton which stated that the russian elections were neither free or fair of lazy or putin and many russian officials see the. it is stepping over a line of life news which is the russian publication on their website you can very clearly see e-mails which are written between goalless 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 doctors they were there 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 solace didn't deny the claims they did say that they would launch a legal action against the life news because the e-mails were obtained illegally but they did not deny that these emails were in fact it was to be observers and the u.s. department of state we saw pictures on fox news clearly they were athens you saw greek writing in the background palm trees even maybe a bit more entertaining and a little more chaotic but it certainly wasn't moscow where you had c.n.n. showing pictures of a rally that took place last december a nationalist ethnic rally which was violent just outside the kremlin they did file a correction but certainly if you watched any of the major western networks this week you didn't exactly get a clear picture of what was happening on the streets of moscow certainly there were tens of thousands on the street all week but it wasn't chaotic this is the first day we really saw this many people come out to voice their demands and we saw

rallies across the country of course russia the biggest country in the world they began in bloody of all stock out west out east i should say and then across the country and in central russia also in st petersburg thousands came out there we know that there were minor scuffles with police and some ten were arrested not the case like i said here in moscow where things have gone very smoothly and they have been and this has been a peaceful rally but the opposition really does have many faces it would be hard to go through all of them we saw a lot of different parties here from the communists to yabloko. the national bolsheviks the two that i think we can focus on because they are the most well known are them so actually has connections to the west he was a former deputy prime minister i know he's been in russian politics for years very well known in russia and abroad as well often makes trips to washington and he's openly supported by the national endowment for democracy he was here today garry kasparov the world's chess champion a very well known in the west did not come in from new york from the protest we

actually heard some complaints from the opposition about that and then there's probably i think it's fair to say the rising star of the opposition not affiliated with the party alexei not valid and he is a blogger very well known he writes a lot about his movement for anti-corruption here in russia where you don't hear a lot about him is his nationalist line he often speaks about russia is for russian if you listen to some of the speeches that he made at a protest on monday where he was arrested and he's being detained for fifteen days so he wasn't here today a lot of his supporters out but what you don't know if you do look closer at some of his speeches they do tend to be out excuse me they do tend to be on the line they hate speech is one of his quotes was i will cut their throats but the lot of people here are just coming out to demand free and fair elections not associating themselves with any specific target. and he's in our reporting right there from central moscow well you know we heard from i guess hard a. professor of political science at innsbruck university he says the protests are

a good sign for russia's political life while u.s. criticism of the country's election smacks of double standards. it is indeed encouraging that the bench of order to allow the demonstrators gathered there is to demonstrate against polish or to. deal actions anything which actually sleep or. encourage change and i think it's a positive for russia to marshal some media particularly let's. treat the russian leases. differently if i want to say please the united states what is going on in the. human rights and freedom of assembly is a question for all this is are we going to release the question why did the us. why did the not not come to us so strongly against election results and that's a quite a challenge for him. is in because the u.s. has strong economic and choose to teach interests in this region so you see on the

one hand it's to great questions and ask the manipulations of. u.s. government. if your. it's fair to ask are there any additional updates. now you can i log on to our dot com for all the developments on the story or check out our you tube channel for the best pictures of the rally.

the official. video. of you. all right. the dream of a united europe has been given a bloody nose by the u.k. this after prime minister david cameron snubbed the other twenty six members london opted out at one of the most important political gatherings in the region's recent history saving the single currency blocked new deal saying he was protecting his country's financial interests and. so instead of an old europe pact the treaty to impose sanctions on the harmonized budget rules will have to be agreed upon between

individual governments also originally said no to a new treaty or since changed its mind it is not consulting its parliament two other states are also doing the same the new plan is due to be agreed upon by next march but economics professor says it doesn't address the immediate needs of hard hit countries like greece and ireland. is short of it does look disaster. she just needs the euro is splitting europe in a new part that's really the message i'm getting from this. new start that the reason this looks as though certain is not going a lot for which in a way i think is a sensible position to take. because i don't see the solution just to get out there. and get some it's. going to help europe agree you're going to meditate or it's three countries to meet. at the

predawn now i'm sure it will mean just that all these countries that make markets for just let's. switch to policy change do to me we still need to deal with the problems of greece spain portugal ireland and also it's really that has not been addressed. with r.t. a lot from moscow arkadelphia company today and they're still to come in the program all for one demonstrators around the world called for the release of one of america's most well known prisoners arguing his murder conviction was politically motivated. and a victory for everyone a conflict over alexion result in the caucasus which threaten the town bloody now coming to a peaceful resolution. al-qaeda colombia's farka guerrillas 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 established terrorist

networks and although the author has later admitted the comparison was over the top left activists questioning why peaceful protest is being viewed as a crime i thought is 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 are totally peaceful protest it's 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 notably 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 i want to come and lend solidarity 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 fair point 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 process does have occupied can belong c.b.s.

it was empty before it was taken over as the swiss banks a conviction order for this building beefing up security at its main offices just across the street as they fear the protesters could spread to both u.b.s. and the financial services authority refused to comment but they clearly heeding police advice securities tighten 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 because in police attention. it's going to label of such as people will get a few bad on it's own you hear it in any organisation and they've said well that they're all like you then on main it's just not true the original occupy camp hopes to keep its protest peaceful

a victim 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's london. well at least the camp in the u.k. capital is still standing unlike that of fellow occupiers in the u.s. city of boston who saw their tent city dismantled i just this morning police moved into the square at about five am local time taking down the tents and making dozens of arrests some protesters removed their belongings fearing the police action would be heavy handed the city had set a deadline for midnight on those day for the protesters to leave but police took no action until today of austin is the latest in a recent string of evictions throughout the u.s. demonstrators are told they must leave their camps now or face prosecution three month long nationwide movement against corporate excess has already seen thousands of arrests. 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 prison a movie abu jamal was incarcerated thirty years ago for killing a white police officer it's a crime to this day that he still denies earlier 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 mike. deserves a fair trial she 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 this case it's really only one step and i hope it doesn't mean that 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 philadelphia police for. involved the suborning 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 justice must be done. you've got to start with a fair trial. to bear in mind more news available on line of thought such as a friend in need of the latest russian aid convoy leaves of course of us to help the serbian minority there who say they're being discriminated against by the local albanian population. and japan plans to use wild monkeys to measure radiation levels near the fukushima nuclear power plant but they claim the helicopters they've been using can't provide accurate take to get the full story.

israeli bombs continue to pound palestinian land with four people killed over the last few days the latest on rest saw an exchange of rockets early saturday morning though no injuries have been reported tensions across the israeli gaza border on thursday and dozens including children have been who are getting garcelle since the recent wave of strikes began it's one of the major reasons alongside a massive unemployment right the people of fleeing palestine in search of work and a new life and as artie's explains even a country still reeling from a bloody civil war is seen as a better option. here is where god is 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 in us that's why people want to run away from here. the

queues here are long and full of hope on the side i'm happy to do any type of work that 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 join 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 with this to the economy and 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 areas the largest border crossing

between israel and gaza but as you can see now only a handful of people trickle through it today mail out 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 the control the control this is the control of the people in. order to read the freely with. israel is the main goal was the result for the siege in gaza and this israeli

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 policia r.t. on the israel gaza border. and an hour twenty one minutes past the hour here in the russian capital still ahead for you in the program here in the world to overcome the consumerist obsession. trading. is the way to make a living you had there you feel good and then and then you are looking for something else the president asks people in new york whether it's time to say no buying things you just don't need. now let's get to some other world news headlines for you from for this hour and at least three people are dead following a violent clashes in the democratic republic of congo after the results of presidential elections were disputed in the capital kinshasa protesters blocked roads and threw stones at police who disperse them with tear gas tensions that

culminated when opposition leader etienne tshisekedi rejected the results and declared himself president right police are being employed throughout inches so to bring the situation under control. alive their plane has crashed into a school near the philippine capital shortly after takeoff killing at least thirteen including two children there were no classes being held at the time of the incident fire fighters have identified two pilots among. them two officials the pilot declared an emergency after taking off from manila and failed to return to the airport before rush. and stargazers across the world are banking on clear skies as they try to catch a glimpse of a spectacular lunar eclipse phenomenons peak the moon takes on a dramatic red hue the celestial phenomenon will be most clearly visible in east asia and australasia a lunar eclipse is only happened when the sun and moon are perfectly aligned with

the earth in between the next eclipse is predicted for two thousand and fourteen. well with just two weeks until the christmas holidays tills the world over a ringing to the sound of sales but is consumerism running out of control lory half an hour on 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 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 and 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 if this isn't important anymore so you have it 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 mean yeah this is happened way before you were born that's how it is yeah times with additional money was made it was made to train the volume was traced without the man who 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 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 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 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 are very careful with their money my family in law 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 at times here 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. with r.t. now a post-election standoff or threaten to explode into

a revolution in the republic of south of here seems to have been resolved peacefully the outgoing president stepped down a short while ago paving the way for a new poll in march that is now joins us live from the capital second vow. maria so president has described these recent events as a victory but he has still resigned can you explain his choice of words perhaps. well indeed you're right and what of course who's been governing the caucus republic of south center for ten years has an announced his resignation on saturday emphasizing he has made this decision this isn't a step down to avoid violence and to and the political standoff here in the region indeed following the presidential election here in south such a held earlier in the very with the situation here has been very tense and very dangerous and how it's been a great venture only resolved actually peaceful it is indeed a victory that's why president could call it a former president could call it is talking about victory but how it's been

resolved the sort of political standoff see as a big victory of democracy by the opposition also has this big victory and of course that comes as a big relief for ordinary citizens of south as it is so what actually happened here following the presidential vote when the opposition candidate our joy of his victory in the presidential runoff here held here earlier in november. her rival and the tolly big believer who actually was expected to win they spoke out and who was seen by many as a favorite in this vote reported to the supreme court a saucer to vote violations committed allegedly by his team and almost immediately after that the court ruled two and no. the outcome of these the vote and also to ban alagiri of

a herself from participating in the next poll should do it for march that was something i'll enjoy for the sixty two year old woman former education minister sol said to never accept it he she declared herself president elect and submitted to row complaint to the supreme court trying to overturn eight strolled in his net she's never been alone actually hundreds of her supporters have taken to the streets of i kept ten volt expressing their solidarity with all the joy and showing they are supposed to respect to turn protesting against the course decision. that's why the situation has been very difficult and complicated and fears have been crawling that this political standoff may turn fall into because they have concerns pakistan the president of south side him a use force against peaceful protest as you know all the two sides been involved in this conflict have started negotiations russia has played

a role of mediating these negotiations it's been very tough and difficult but eventually as we can see it's been resolved peacefully people have spent days on this main square instead of bollywood i hope you can see behind me are still here but they've been protesting in the last few days now they are some of the great team fair victory back to you right off his marina right there thank you very much for you without a lot from moscow but i would with more news headlines for you.