twenty five thousand people take to moscow streets protesting the results of last sunday's parliamentary vote that gave the ruling united russia party the majority of seats. the biggest protests in moscow for nearly two decades ramp up without incident with protesters praising police for restraint joins me and you now in central moscow from or to tell. dreams of a unified europe in doubt is the u.k. rejects a new e.u. deal to save the euro leaving the other twenty six member states to suddenly plan among themselves. seeking a solution gazans paly war torn palestine seeking better opportunities in libya

despite the country's still facing a turbulent future. three am in moscow i met treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the russian capital protesting the results of sunday's parliamentary election opposition groups and those angered by the outcome of the vote gathered for an authorized demonstration in the russian capital similar rallies held across the country the biggest protest seen in russia since the turbulent ninety's artes and he said now why has the latest from central moscow. moscow's biggest protest in some two decades took place without incident very peaceful and in fact protesters are praising police restraint of course there was a lot of security the ministry of interior has put the number at some twenty five

thousand people at its highest point throughout the day some of the opposition speakers today claiming there was one hundred hundred or one hundred fifty thousand people here clearly that's not the case earlier in the day some protesters did meet at revolution square which was what organizers wanted the original location to be there was no permit for that but a lot of those thousands did peacefully make their way to below to my square which is where the protest took place and moscow wasn't the only city which saw a protest they began out east in vladivostok took place across central russia and in st petersburg as well there came out we do know that there were minor scuffles with police and that there were ten arrests but here in moscow that was certainly not the case very peaceful and it seems a lot of the organizers are very happy with that in terms of these protests they of course began and they're calling for a free and fair elections on monday when it was clear what the results were that happened on tuesday as well there were several arrests this of course has been the biggest and from the government what we heard was from the president from the prime

minister that people of course have the right to come out and voice their opinions and make demands if it stays out within the law what we heard in terms of what we heard was a little harder criticism from prime minister of a dinner putin about outside comments about russia's election specifically speaking about secretary of state hillary clinton and her comments that elections in russia were neither free or fair and some interesting developments have come out which really do back up the prime minister's statements goalless which is an organization that monitored some of this election. e-mails came out from life news and it you can go on to their web site and actually see some of these communications that happens in. i mean the u.s. state department and goal is to observe this election and there you have some of the observers asking how much they would be paid for each violation that they found with that said the central election committee did say that there were minor violations they did up hold the outcome of the vote but did say that they would

launch some kind of investigation but you clearly have back and forth between the west and russia about these elections prime minister vladimir putin has made it very clear that he believes that certainly the secretary of state has stepped over a line and you also have the media covering it in very different ways we saw fox news showing videos of athens greece which of course has had protests all year long maybe more entertaining certainly painting a better picture of chaos but most certainly not moscow as you can see clearly the greek alphabet and palm trees in those shots you had c.n.n. showing pictures of a nationalist rally which took place a year ago they to be fair did later file a correction on that but a very different picture painted by western media as to what was happening in moscow this week it certainly wasn't chaotic and this was the first day that we saw tens of thousands of people come out onto the streets in terms of the opposition and there was leaders who was organizing these protests well there are a lot of different faces some of them not even connected to political parties but

those that are most well known are probably bodies themselves who has been in russian politics for years who is a former deputy prime minister and he openly is known to be supported by washington's national in downman for democracy and he was that these protests today he was detained actually earlier this week and another i think it's fair to say up and coming star is alexei love on a he is a blogger very well known here in russia not so much in the west he was detained and will say detained for fifteen days so he didn't come to this rally a lot of his supporters were here what you don't hear a lot about him is about his nationalist line you know a lot about his anti-corruption work you don't hear about his speeches about russia is for russia and so on but if you look at. closer you can see in some of his speeches that he made earlier this week at protests there were some statements that could easily be clear be classified as hate speech one of his quotes was i will cut their throats so really some of the people that came out today don't necessarily

associate themselves with a political party they came out for free and fair elections but a lot of different parties here today and a lot of different faces of opposition reporting from moscow and he's now a. russia's election results have been criticized by washington with prime minister putin asking western powers not to interfere in the country's internal affairs meanwhile the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee konstantin coach coast achad says slamming russia's in america's political interests. i was very much surprised to see the recent comments by hillary clinton and these comments. very much out of the framework which was drafted in the preliminary conclusion by parliamentary assembly of all we see in the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe which was issued the next day after the elections the conclusions are not fair and they believe that these conclusions by hillary clinton are not

free from the political interests of the united states of america because the united states of america are in their competition with russia on very many important decisions and this is great that even when you can create additional problems for your interlocutor for your partner at the negotiation table then it may be easier for you to reach your own goals so for me the statement by hillary clinton some other statements by by the european union by nato by other representatives in the west is just a part of the game this is not about democracy in russia this is not about elections in russia this is about jupitus and this is about making russia a little bit weaker and more in order to make yourself a little bit stronger and this is absolutely unacceptable. but on to r.t. dot com for more analysis on this story also a click away right now on cosmic discovery nasa finds

a planet that could sustain life six hundred light years from earth plus. and out of this world repair bill eight for our use a lamborghini two mercedes all collide in what's being called the world's most expensive car crash damage estimated around four million dollars check it out at parties dot com. the idea of a united europe has taken a hit from the u.k. britain's decided against and joining a new e.u. pact aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis leaving the other twenty six member states to fend for themselves prime minister david cameron block the deal saying he was protecting his country's financial interests and sovereignty now instead of a pan-european pact sanctions and budget rules will have to be agreed between individual governments hungary also originally said no to a new treaty but has since changed its mind to other states planning to hold consultations with their national parliaments on the matter the new plan could take months to finalize and

a referendum may be required in countries such as ireland german chancellor angela merkel called the treaty a breakthrough but some remain skeptical that it's a solution to the crisis economics professor are you know climbers says the deal doesn't address the immediate needs of hard hit countries like greece. is short of it does a disaster. suggest a need that the euro is spitting in a union part that's really the message i'm getting from this is of the year to stop the. fixes that certain is not going along for which in a way i think is a sensible position to take. because i don't see the the solution is. to get out there. and get some it's. going to help europe a great deal this meditator only three countries to meet each move if you don't know i'm sure it will mean just that all these countries that make marks should

just let their fiscal policy change due to me. still i have nothing to do with the problems or at least the spain portugal ireland and also it's really that has not been addressed. al-qaeda colombia's far guerillas any occupy london movement activists in london angry at a police document listing them among established terror networks although the authorities later admitted the comparison was over the top it left the occupiers questioning why their peaceful protest is being branded as a crime artie's ivor bennett hasn't. 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 once they get 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 the

new uninvited tenants since the building wasn't in use the activists don't see why they should leave is it fair though 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 process does have occupied can 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 protesters could spread to both u.b.s. and the financial services authority griffy used 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 are actually done that and it's because in police attention. it's going to label us as people will be able to get a few. in the organisation and they said well look there will likely not 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 after bennett's london while the ikea by camp in the u.k. capital remains standing activists in the u.s. city of boston have seen their tents dismantled police swept through the square where occupiers were camping taking down tents and arresting dozens the city had set a deadline for the protesters to leave by midnight thursday but police didn't take any action till today boston has been the latest encampment to be cleared as demonstrators are told they must leave their camps in our face prosecution

a three month long occupy movement against corporate greed inequality has already seen thousands of arrests more details of the story a click away at our. well stay with us still to come all for one demonstrator of around the world call for the release of one of america's most well known prisoners arguing his murder conviction was racially motivated. and a cause for optimism a conflict over election results in the caucuses that threaten to turn bloody seems to have come to a peaceful resolution will have been. turning first though to the middle east three palestinians were killed including two suspected militants after a series of israeli missile attacks on gaza city at least fifteen other civilians were wounded in the attack the jewish state targeted a militant training camp located in a densely populated area israel has apologized for civilian deaths saying that palestinian rockets stored near the camp triggered a larger explosion hamas responded by firing

a barrage of rockets into southern israel no casualties reported there are meanwhile thousands of palestinians continuing to flee the conflict in their homeland seeking opportunities in other countries sarkies policy or explains some even think post more libya is a safer haven. here is way gaza's dispersed and unemployed gather thousands who hoping that the war in libya can offer them a spine's from the hardships of war on the doorstep. we don't have any source of income prisoners are in better conditions in the us that's what people want to run away from here. the queues here are long and full of hope a lot on the side of i'm happy to do any type of work that it is making a difference just to get some income so my children can survive. the united nations puts on employment in gaza at forty five thousand two hundred 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 and eighty five years ago the private sector has all but ground to a halt on the ground there has to be 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 each day now you 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 says israel 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 sea control the people in gaza. today and the freely with. israel is the main goal was to be in the zone 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 police here r.t. on the israel gaza border. demonstrations have been held in cities worldwide calling for the release of a man who till a few days ago was america's most high profile death row prisoner movie abu jamal was incarcerated thirty years ago for killing

a white police officer in philadelphia a crime he still denies earlier this week a court reduce the sentence to life in prison without parole but his supporters claim the former black panther militant is an innocent political prisoner david lindorff an investigative report reporter thinks the american justice system is unfair to the poor. first of all he clearly had a trial that was a sham there were in this document it clear evidence that a lot of the prosecution witnesses were perjuring themselves and the other thing is that he has almost no way to get out of jail now short of a new witness coming forward because of the way our system blocks appeals by by people who are in these situations well it really highlights the fact that you know first of all most of the people on death row in the united states are black and all of them are poor or you know find rich people on death row the united states of the

of the three thousand six hundred or so people who are on death row i think you'd be hard pressed to find one rich person though it highlights how it merican justice is really used to the poor and punish minorities and execute them in the cases of. capital punishment cases. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead can the world overcome the consumerist obsession. buying trading making selling is the way to make a living to have anything you feel good and then and then you are looking for something else the president asked people in new york whether it's time to say no to buying things you don't need. but first a post-election standoff threatening to explode into violent unrest in the republic of south us eighty eight seems to have been resolved peacefully the outgoing president stepped down paving the way for a new poll in march artie's more if a notion that has more. they thought of course who's been governing the caucus

republic of south such a full ten years has announced his resignation on saturday emphasizing he has made this decision this isn't a step down to avoid violence and to end the political standoff in the region indeed fold in the presidential election here in the firm but the situation here has been very tense and very dangerous following the opposition candidate victory in the presidential runoff 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 complains to the supreme court of south thirty about violations allegedly committed by all the joy of his team and a later the courts ruled two and not the outcome of the vote and moreover to bar the host so from participating in the next poll should yield for march that was something alan joyce the former education minister said to never accept it she declared herself president elect and submitted to the wrong complaint to the supreme court hundreds of her supporters have taken to the streets of the capital

to involve two sides been involved in this conflict have started negotiations where russia has played a role over mediator eventually as we can see that the court has agreed to step down to officially pass the presidential powers to prime minister it's been very tough and difficult but eventually as we can see it's been resolved peacefully. turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe at least three people are dead following violent clashes democratic republic of congo 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 culminated when opposition leader at here in just a katy rejected the results of the vote and declared himself president riot police were deployed throughout the capital to bring the situation under control. a light aircraft has crashed into a school near the philippine capital shortly after takeoff. killing at least thirteen people including two children there were no classes held in the school at

the time of the incident firefighters have identified two pilots among the dead according to officials the crew declared an emergency after takeoff from manila but failed to return to the airport before crashing. the two thousand and eleven nobel peace prize has been presented to three women in the norwegian capital for their nonviolent struggle for women's rights the prize was awarded jointly to the president of liberia ellen johnson sirleaf activist leymah bowie and pro-democracy campaigner talent hall carmen the winners were presented with a medal and diploma the prize money of one of the half million dollars will be divided between the three. and stargazers have witnessed a spectacular lunar eclipse the celestial display was most clearly visible across parts of asia saturday night the phenomenon's peek at the phenomenon speak the moon took on a dramatic read to you literate clips as happened when the sun and moon are perfectly aligned with the earth between them next time it's due two thousand and fourteen.

and with just two weeks of shopping days left till christmas holidays cash registers around the world are ringing to the sound of sales but should shopping be the true spirit of the season already hard finished our resident in new york asks if we're buying what we really need. there's no doubt we live in a consumerist world are you sick of it this week let's talk about 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 jeez this is 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 it is it's an important anymore so you have it you feel good and then and then you are looking for something else yes 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 to train the volume was true but the fact the man 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 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 and. they think twice about buying stuff so i listen to them it does make you more careful but i'm afraid i'm consumed with. your job in 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. you back with a recap of the headlines in a few moments stay with us. on the. wealthy

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