latest news in the week's top stories on our team president medvedev orders that investigation into claims of election violations to last week's parliamentary vote this after tens of thousands take to the streets across russia angry with the outcome of sunday's poll. stepping out britain vetoes a pen european deal to save the euro in a move that many think is the u.k.'s first step towards exiting the union. libyan authorities asked the u.n. to release billions of dollars of frozen assets claiming the war torn country doesn't have enough cash to implement necessary reforms.

six am in moscow i'm at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t president dmitri medvedev has promised a thorough investigation into all claims of violations during last sunday's parliamentary elections this after more than sixty cities across russia held mass rallies with protesters demanding a revote artie's medina coaching of a has the details. this rally took place you know the central school where where over twenty five thousand people came in the first of they came to the revolution in a square but of the moscow city a story just we're not alone people together there that's why than they are peacefully proceeded to the boldness square where thousands and us also as our people were gathering found out they were voicing their demands we know them pretty well off in life but i'm here i'm not

a member of any party but today we've reached the limit i came here to protect my children and to help my president to make the right choice he cannot be against the country but we are in a very difficult situation right now and it has to be changed must be the number one demand was so really the recount all the old sounds are basically people that gathered other this squares of a wanted of the new election so to take up placing russia on meanwhile of the essential action committee says it will not recount the votes count those are people who gathered out of the new squares who are gathering up for these are rallies that were saying that if their demands are not smiled so within the next two weeks ago they promise that they will gather again on the two protons further with the government and police have to learn a lesson from this protest is one thing going to a three thousand people take to the streets and completely another when you have one hundred thousand people your friend may raise their voices they will have to think hard about it stays

a day of truth is an historic moment and everyone understands this i mean while not true the the end of the rallies of president mitterrand if expressed his own view over the meetings and the rallies that took place in russia and the moscow particular region he saw that he's quite satisfied with the way everything want especially how peacefully everything wound but he disagrees with the slogans on the announcements that were made during those rallies and meanwhile he promised that all the claims of the violations that to. plays during the parliamentary elections in russia will be a very carefully investigated meanwhile today on sunday over a two hundred nationalists also gathered at the belongingness where they were protesting against immigration visa rally and dismissing also went quite peacefully in the a center of moscow the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton how sad that she believed to the parliamentary elections that took place on the fourth off a december in

a rush up war neither free nor family and her comments and her remarks were not so much behind the a buy in ny that russia's foreign ministry nor prime minister why do men who to prime minister like going to accuse the u.s. state department of mount laying into russia's national policy but also one of the russians a news agency on life in use has obtained any change of e-mails between of the russian and non-governmental organizations that was observing the elections and the u.s. state department's these documents up presents a different comments over at the top six and especially the financing of the observers a by the u.s. state department brian becker of yeah antiwar answer coalition thinks the u.s. criticism is motivated by those who want to weaken russia did not seek democracy of a country. hillary clinton in the obama administration's real intentions is it really their ability to parse the election results and what actually happened in

the last days in order to make a sound judgment or was this a rush to judgment in fact was it in fact this scripted in choreographed planned response to whatever happened in russia not because of a concern about whether the elections were fair not because there may have been improprieties but because the united states is involved in a multi-pronged effort to weaken russia and to deal idjit mys the russian government so it's the height of hypocrisy for this government the united states government to go and lecture other people about their right to protest five thousand people have been arrested one occupy movement after another has been a victim from their camp clearly they've used all kinds of pretext health and safety with this that or the other thing the point is that government using law enforcement agencies is violating people's basic constitutional rights not just in one city or two cities but in scores of cities simultaneously watching rallies in

russia have got an enormous intention from the global media u.s. base fox news network contributed to the coverage with a report allegedly showing violent chaos and streets on fire the only problem with the footage was it wasn't shot in moscow artie's marina porton has more. america has its fair share of protests and political dissent to be dealing with instead of keeping an eye on the ball the country's mass media machine has turned to protests in russia and dropped the ball on reporting the facts. the protesters have gathered in moscow lashing out against prime minister vladimir putin and his united russia party the only problem is that this video is not from russia fox news channel aired a video of fires and chaos in athens convincing viewers that this mayhem is playing out in moscow the fair and balanced network paid no mind to the greek lettering in the background in case you're wondering it says greek national bank what matters is

that this is what moscow protests have looked like it's not surprising whatsoever that at the moment that there would be any kind of protest no matter how small it be in russia against the russian government that it would be greatly exaggerated in media and used by the u.s. government as well as a way to try to somehow push for a change in russia that would be more favorable to u.s. interests journalist and author eva golinger believes mass media is washington's most valuable weapon in encouraging revolt elsewhere under the mantle of spreading democracy such as the so-called orange revolution in ukraine. or ruse revolution in georgia. perception is created that something is happening in the country that's not right and that the government is somehow responsible and so therefore if that government ends up being removed it somehow is justified that you know the media has played a key role in creating

a justification for regime change similar anti-government demonstrators have been reported and others living in russia u.s. leaders have leveled harsh criticism against russia in the aftermath of the parliamentary election and critics say it's free press has worked to. enforce the narrative the media tends to march in lockstep with the government it tends to take its cues from the government it tends to you know mobilize its resources to showcase what the government says is true even when later it turns out not to be true as was the case in this roominess c.n.n. report well in eastern russia more than three thousand people protested against proposed changes to the country's time zones the video shown by c.n.n. is not of protesters but rather of soccer fans writing in moscow over the killing of a fellow supporter the problem is that we showed the wrong pictures only after the error was repeatedly noticed c.n.n. owned up to its mistake and to apologize for the era of grateful to the many

russian viewers who've pointed out the sloppiness of it or it is reflecting you know the lack of awareness of the journalists themselves many of them are completely uninformed about the world they have opinions that have no factual basis to him but it doesn't stop them because it's what looks good that matters more than what really is true the truth is that america has its own social economic and political challenges to be dealing with and while washington works on getting its own house in order powerful mass media outlets can work on getting their facts straight marina point nine artsy new york for more on the rallies you can always check out our website r t dot com there you can find our picture gallery boasting snapshots of the biggest demonstrations moscow has seen in twenty years it's an online exclusive section just a click away check it out. britain's veto of franco german

plans to impose a pen european fiscal agreement caused a fresh rift within the e.u. this week three countries so they'll take the pact to national parliaments for approval while other member states agreed to allow brussels to oversee their budgets are these tests are so you. reaction has been muted to the e.u. summit deal with observers looking sideways wondering what to really make of it a two speed europe is being formed almost all of the e.u. members have said they will forge ahead with the franco german plan of a new treaty resulting in a fiscal union with a tighter grip on finances there was only one clear no the u.k. decided to go it alone with british prime minister david cameron essentially saying we wish you the best but we're out i think what we saw was the biggest split in the european union in fifteen years whether david cameron knows it or not what he did was the first step towards the exit door a european marriage has soured britain was dubbed isolated but the rest will give

it another go and those at the helm are determined to make the european dream work so e.u. leaders have agreed upon a general plan which as expected was no magic solution markets are still on shaky ground economic growth prospects are still bleak for several countries and while the euro lived to see another day we have to go home and explain to their people why it should and what it would really cost the proper implementation is crucial to get this back on the growth spec. and member states i believe need to do more to fully implement the country specific recommendations so what does that mean for greece for example european leaders have just approved an eight billion euro tranche of aid to prevent the country from going bankrupt in exchange greece promised to cut its deficit to five point four percent of its g.d.p. from a projected nine percent this year translation more tax hikes and spending cuts for greeks still reeling from previous hysteria measures. if we were to put this you're

a package to the electorates of greece of portugal ireland italy spain they would all say no and what of sovereignty the whole concept of national solvent the has become a very gray zone ones we have bond each other together by means of a common currency. the great worry at the moment is that we're being asked to make sacrifices in the context of a plan supposedly for saving the euro keeping greece solvent which is not going to work specifics of this new treaty have yet to be drawn up and approved by march two thousand and twelve it's so much at stake there will no doubt be a lookout for the devil in those details does or celia r.t. brussels international consultant and author adrian she says the fiscal union will only produce more cracks within the e.u. . in this particular instance i would tend to favor the british position here

because britain from the very beginning of them stood and they still understand far better than the european colleagues the importance of national sovereignty and the importance of having a sovereign currency the pound certainly has been issued by the bank of england since sixty ninety four and it definitely would not have been a good idea for britain to cede that sovereignty and what europe is now suffering many of the countries especially the smaller ones is a problem of sovereignty i think that we will probably start seeing the euro very soon because greece were definitely not able to comply with the deficit require of portugal italy spain undoubtedly will also be the same problem definitely i think that people are realizing that the euro is a little bit like a procrustean bed a bed which is one size must fit all in greek mythology pro-car stres had made a bit he said anybody who was shorter than it he would stretch him out breaking bones and soon was until he would fit and if you were taller than his fed he would

chop your feet and lives to make sure it would fit so in a way i think it's a greek mythology and i think it releases a very case of point where they are trying to impose a one size fits all and we have to understand that in the real world one size does not fit all and financial analysts michael morass tells r.t. that all discussions and brussels won't be bringing solutions to the us problems. every week we have a new emergency meeting every week we have new hopes every week we have new disappointments and i cannot hear anything with which which comes close to a solution the only thing that producing day in brussels. was a test to feed the rule have bad consequences in the coming future i think most of the politicians among this ural family don't really know what is on sixty behave like a first class passenger in a titanic that is already sinking and what polluted and say right now ok we have

time nothing everything is all right but this ship is sinking and. to keep it alive will stay with us here on r.t. still to come the u.k. seeks to review an extradition law with the us. we need to make sure that we all be equal and we'll be fair to all citizens and that is the case of the way we look at why m.p.'s are demanding better protection for british citizens plus. find out what came out of the international conference on afghanistan future and why the key player in stabilizing the region i guess can boycott of the event. but first with libya's bloody civil war behind it its people are calling on the government to implement reforms and arrays salaries but authorities say they are struggling for cash and are asking the u.n. to release billions of dollars of frozen assets artie's acts on a boy who has the details from tripoli. after months of waking up to gunfire

residents of tripoli now have to get used to a new alarm until the city of two million people has an extensive rooster population and the birds have all but replaced rifle chatter as the heralds of the new dawn. there was no exchange of gunfire the situation is ok. this may be deliberate complete it's very few wanted to break free from the obligations of the old regime on the surface of things that the normal whole life in tripoli has been restored a city where many homes didn't have access to face to face the last few months ago already has its fountain running but the new leaf it is still facing the danger of running in wrong this shallow waters of national politics much of its absence remain frozen limiting the government's ability to pay salaries and it has already become a major part of the revolutionary spirit we first met muhammad in august on the frontlines of bani walid one of the final strongholds of the gadhafi regime

a former engineering student who joined two of his brothers in what he says was a win or die fight for freedom three months later mohammad is definitely in the driver's seat revels of the country's new heroes popular with women and the public at large if not with a rifle by his side muhammad would be like a twenty seven year old in any other country cruising around on a saturday night is good yes. and it's not like he was under privileged under gadhafi regime his family lives in a three hundred square meter house in the prestigious area of tripoli they say the revolution has brought them along the way to democracy but is yet to translate into concrete benefits we have free education on health care on the gadhafi the new authorities also have to decrease prices and raise salaries so the people can join all the benefits of the revolution. exactly how the new government can afford to do

so in a country a ruling by war and stripped of much of its budgetary income is every bit as good as the forty two years of getting his rule had taught libyans to rely on government for just about everything. i have big plans for my life in a year or so god willing i want to finish my education get a good job and save enough money to mari it's all become possible for us now. and in national economies i'm not stopped being i think the fact that they were willing to destabilize the regime that that had demonstrably one of the highest living standards in north africa goes to show the fact that they were not so interested in what benefited the people as a whole and in the first place they were more interested in forming their there and economic ties to two american oil companies yet for the moment the future seems bride not please because it's also very blared actually got artsy chip kelly. and don't forget you can find plenty more stories comments and analysis

a click away at our tea dot com online right now you can see a painful touchdown for some american football fans of more than a dozen or homeless state support of more injured when people jump down from the stands and landed on their fellow fans as they rushed the field. desecrated on earth the u.s. military was just dumping the ashes of cremated soldiers in a suburban landfill all the details of. an international conference on stability in afghanistan as promised continued support to kabul after the planned withdrawal of nato troops in two thousand and fourteen at the meeting in germany world powers pledged to provide financial aid to the afghan government up until two thousand and twenty four when it's hoped the country will be economically self-sustaining the gathering was boycotted by

pakistan viewed as a key player in restoring peace to the region is a lot about refused to send envoys in protest over a u.s. airstrike two weeks ago killing twenty four pakistani troops but also continues to block nato supplies to afghanistan in the u.s. has been forced to vacate an air base used to launch a drone strikes and a columnist with foreign policy in focus. magazine was critical of washington's role in or in. the attack itself it's hard to see that as an accident because of the way that it took place and then the response of washington afterwards i think what's happened is that the united states has made some decisions about its strategy in the region both in central asia and in the south in south asia that essentially is going to cut pakistan out of the formula and i don't think united states cares very much what's going to happen after withdraws

its troops in two thousand and fourteen and i think they would rather not do with draw other troops which is the nub of the problem because just on november second russia china. iran and pakistan had a meeting in istanbul which they all agree that they would pressure the united states not to leave troops in afghanistan and i find it very difficult to imagine if this fallout in relations between pakistan and the united states is not somehow to try to that position i think this i think this chessboard is much broader than then we then we imagine it to be and that it includes really multiple zones some of them worldwide. russia could boycott its summit with nato in may of both sides don't agree on a european missile defense system the statement came after a meeting thursday failed to resolve the deadlock over the issue washington claims the shield is aimed at iran and north korea u.s. verbal promises failed to ease the kremlin's concerns over its potential threat to

its nuclear deterrent president medvedev announced a number of military measures aimed at protecting russia's national security lawrence krauss from arizona state university says countries shouldn't appear to have weak defensive capabilities. there is no threat right now neither country has missiles that can carry nuclear weapons and only one of those countries has a declare weapon in the first place and also you what it would be very difficult to imagine a country of that size aiming a ballistic missile at the united states because it would be like marking the their country for annihilate with a big x. is a ballistic missile is ballistic that means you know where it came from we're using a defense that doesn't exist against an aggressor that at this point doesn't exist the worst thing to look like is that you're weak on defense so if people say we could build a shield that some people say it that why not do that so i think the idea is that political pressures at home if they don't continue to push that weight this administration will use as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak right now

from a strategic perspective going into a national election turnout of some other stories making headlines across the globe fresh clashes have erupted between government forces and defectors in syria as the latest reports suggest at least eighteen people have been killed across the country unrest in the cities of holmes and hamas and in the northern ad lead province are said to be the worst in the nine month long rebellion so far the u.n. estimates overall four thousand people have been killed since protests started with at least a thousand losses on the side of the military and security forces but palestinian. palestinian protesters clashed with israeli soldiers as they held a funeral for a fellow. demonstrator the deceased victim was killed after he'd been hit in the face by a tear gas canister fired by israeli troops saturday the army's use of gas canisters has come in for a strong criticism recently the west bank has seen frequent demonstrations in rural areas against jewish settlements and the building of israel's separation wall which

has compromised palestinian farmland. former dictator manuel noriega has returned to panama he spent at least two decades in the u.s. and french prisons for drug trafficking and money laundering the seventy seven year old will now serve three twenty year sentences for the murder of political opponents during his rule once a washington ally noriega was toppled by u.s. forces during an invasion in one nine hundred eighty nine. finally dramatic video we have here of a petrol tanker exploding near melbourne australia the driver was offloading fuel when the rig started becoming engulfed in flames the blaze sent people scrambling for safety investigators still trying to determine the cause of the blast in this news block the u.k. parliament set to vote on an extradition treaty between london and washington drawn up in the aftermath of the nine eleven attacks that allows the us to demand the

extradition of any u.k. citizen regardless of evidence but artie's ivor bene reports m.p.'s are certain that better protection is needed for british citizens. all take and no give that's the growing feeling in britain's parliament against america's controversial extradition treaty it was signed in two thousand and three in the post nine eleven panic and makes it far easier for the us to take people from the u.k. than the other way around now forty five m.p.'s from the three main parties have crossed the political divide and joined forces they finally forced a debate and parliamentary vote on what they called an injustice was a mistake in the first place despite history i think it was a mistake it's not a level playing field even with a partner like america we need to make sure that we of being equal and we are being fair to our citizens and that is not the case at the moment britain must present

evidence for any extradition but america doesn't need to a long awaited independent inquiry recently ruled this relationship was balanced but the numbers suggest otherwise one hundred twenty three people have been surrendered to america under the treaty since two thousand and four only fifty four have gone the other way america's ambassador to the u.k. has branded these figures myths and in accuracies where they were figures he's embassy refused to reveal he's even accused m.p.'s of willfully distorting the facts in the run up to this crunch vote in parliament that could shift the balance gary mckinnon a mainstay on america's extradition wish list he was arrested ten years ago after hacking into pentagon files he says he was merely searching for u.f.o.'s gary has asperger's syndrome and according to his mother should be tried in the u.k. on medical grounds but america's not giving up on one of their most wanted is so

then people say you think uses some of the arjun is so over the top they left him one is entering it three and a half years after the rest. if guiding was this latest threat that wouldn't have been done there are nine cases currently fighting extradition to america richard o'dwyer is the latest he's wanted on copyright charges for creating a search engine for pirated content it's not even considered a crime in the u.k. but at the moment that doesn't matter the us can still get their man the coalition government promised to change this while in opposition there was their chance to deliver either bennett r.t. london. back with a recap of the top stories in a few moments stay with us here on our to.

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