right. from the. start on t.v. don't come. the latest news in the week's top stories president medvedev orders an investigation into claims of election violations in 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 of pan-european deal to save the euro in a move that many believe is the u.k.'s first step towards exiting the union. and led me the authorities asked the u.n. to release billions of dollars of frozen assets claiming the war torn country doesn't have enough money to implement necessary reform.

seven am in moscow i met treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's headlines here on r t president dmitry medvedev has promised a thorough investigation into all claims of violations during last sunday's parliamentary elections this after more than sixty cities and across russia held mass rallies with protesters demanding a revote. has more from central moscow. 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 new square but of the moscow city a story just we're not alone people together they're good that's why than they peacefully proceeded to the boldness square where thousands and us all sins of people were gathering around of they were of 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 of what i came here to protect my children and to help my president to make the right choice he cannot be against the country 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 sound are basically people that gathered other the squares of a wanted of the new elections to take up placing russia on meanwhile of the essential action committee sounds it will not recount the votes count those are people who gathered out of the business squares who are gathering up for these are rallies that were saying that if their demands are not some outset within the next two weeks of value they promise that they will gather again under 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 are 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 blog this where they were protesting against immigration but these the rally and dismissing also went quite peacefully in the a center of moscow the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton house not that she believed to the parliamentary

elections that took place on the fourth off a december in a rush up war of the free north for an hour and her comments and her remarks were not so much behind the a buy in ny that russia's foreign ministry nor prime minister like human hooten prime minister like going to accuse the u.s. state department of mt laying into russia's national policy but also one of the russians at a news agency life in use has obtained any change of e-mails between of the russian a non-governmental organisation that was observing the elections and the u.s. state department's these documents represents a different commons over at the top six and especially the financing of the observers of by the us state department brian becker of the anti-war and serco washington thinks u.s. criticism is motivated by those who want to weaken russia not seek democracy in the 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 a scripted and 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 with it in my eyes 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 the 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. election rallies in

russia have gotten enormous attention from the international media u.s. base fox news network contributed to coverage with a report illegibly capturing violent chaos and streets ablaze only problem was the footage wasn't taken from moscow artie's were important explains. 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 real 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 a 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 other city in russia u.s. leaders have leveled harsh criticism against russia in the aftermath of the marla mentary election and critics say it's free press has worked to. reinforce the narrative the media tends to march in lock step 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 to the ara integrate with even many russian viewers who've pointed out the sloppiness of it or 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 purina point nine artsy new york for more on the rallies you can always check out our team dot com there you can find our photo gallery boasting shots of the biggest demonstrations in moscow in twenty years that's a live exclusive section in just a little way. 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 said they'll take the pact to their national parliaments while other member states agreed to allow brussels to oversee their budgets are. the latest. 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 and economic growth prospects are still bleak for several countries and while the euro live to see another day leaders will 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 us back on the growth spec parts 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 a sturdy 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 sovereignty 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 so bushy says the fiscal union will only produce more cracks within the e.u. . it lists particular instance i would tend to favor the british position here

because britain from the very beginning understood and we still have a stand 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 see 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 be able to comply with the deficit required a 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 our stories had made a bit he said anybody who was shorter than it he would stretch them out breaking bones and sues until he would fit and if he were taller than his fed he would chop

our feet and lives to make sure it would fit so in a way i think it's a greek mythology and i think it really says a very case in 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. have all the say the deal agreed in brussels implies stricter rules and sanctions for the e.u. members who break the guidelines but british godfrey bloom says it's those who are pushing for tougher controls that violated the e.u. agreements in the first place. the first people to break the rules i think was in two thousand and three with the french and the germans by breaking the maastricht treaty sixty percent of g.d.p. rule so they've been breaking the rules everybody's be breaking the rules they continue to break the rules so the whole thing is a complete shambles and they're trying to strap sell it's a celebrity but it's not working the thing is we are now what we're seeing the end game. if the euro had been a hole so they would have shot it on the professional economists i've been thirty

five years of professional economists this isn't about politics this is be about economics and i've never known it in the history of the world politics p.t. commo mix doesn't flow well payless long and short of it forget my politics it doesn't really matter the long and short of it is this project is doomed to failure it was always doomed to failure and moreover i would have the people responsible i would have them arraigned i would have a fiscal crimes tribunals i would like to see some of these people sent to prison. stay with us here on r t still ahead this hour the u.k. seems to review an extradition along with the u.s. . we need to make sure that we all be equal and we all be fair to all citizens and that is not the case of the day we look at why m.p.'s are demanding better protection for british citizens plus. find out what came out of any international conference on afghanistan the future and why the player in the region pakistan boycotted the event. but first with libya's civil war

now over its people are calling on the government to implement reforms and raise salaries but authorities say they are struggling for cash and asking the u.n. to release billions of dollars of frozen assets or he sex on a boy who reports 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 deliberately it's very few wanted to break free from the obligations of the old regime on the surface it seems that the normal full life in tripoli has been restored a city where many homes didn't have access to face to face lab in few months ago already has its fountain running but the new leaf it is still facing the danger of

running round the shallow waters of national politics much for its absence remain frozen limiting the government's ability to pay salaries and subsidies 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 goodness. 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 of the gadhafi the new authorities also have to decrease prices on raise salaries 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 anybody's guess the forty two years of get after its rule had told libyans to rely on government for just about everything it's that 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 marty it's all become possible for us now. and in national economies i'm not stopping i think the fact that they were willing to destabilize the regime 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 in the first place they were more interested in forming their their economic ties to do american oil companies yet for the moment the future seems bright not least because it's also very blurred actually go r.t.e. tripoli. and africa you can find plenty more stories comments and analysis on our website i why you can see a painful touchdown for some american football fans more than a dozen oklahoma state supporters were injured when people jump from the status of landed on their fellow fans as they rushed the field plus. desecrated on earth in the u.s. military use of dumping the ashes of cremated soldiers in a suburban landfill site for details on why.

i don't doubt general conference on stability in afghanistan has promised continued support to cowboy after the planned withdrawal of nato troops in twenty fourteen at that meeting in germany world leaders pledged to provide financial aid to the afghan government up to twenty twenty four when it's hoped the country will be. on the queen self-sustaining gathering was boycott of the by pakistan seen by many as a key player in restoring peace to the region there's a lot of i refused to send envoys in protest over a u.s. airstrike two weeks ago killing twenty four pakistani troops it also continues to block nato supplies to afghanistan and the us has been forced to vacate an air base north to launch a drone strikes caught how a columnist with foreign policy in focus magazine is critical of washington's role in the region. 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 the in the south in south asia that essentially is going to cut pakistan out of the formula and i don't think united states cure is 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 their 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 agreed that they would pressure the united states not to leave troops in afghanistan and i find it very difficult to imagine it is fallout in relations between pakistan and the united states is not somehow try to that position i think this i think this chess board is much broader than we then we imagine it to be and that it includes really multiple zones some of them

worldwide. russia could boycotted summit with nato in may if the two sides don't agree on a european missile defense system the statement came after a meeting on thursday failed to resolve the deadlock over the issue washington claims the shield is aimed at iran and north korea american verbal promises failed to ease the kremlin's deep concerns over the potential threat to its nuclear deterrence president medvedev announced a number of military measures aimed at protecting russia's national security warrants krauss from arizona state university says countries shouldn't appear to have weak defense capabilities. there is no threat right now neither country has missiles that could 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 annihilation 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 is mr asian use as weak and it doesn't want to be viewed as weak right now from a strategic perspective going into a national election. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe fresh 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 to rest in the cities of homes and hamas and in the northern provinces are said to be the worst in the nine month long rebellion the u.n. estimate over overall four thousand people have been killed since protests started with at least a thousand losses on the side of the military and six. palestinian protesters clashing with israeli troops as they held a funeral for

a fellow demonstrator the disease a 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 under 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 a foreign land. former dictator manuel noriega has been returned to panama he spent the last 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 thousand nine hundred nine. mazing video here of a petrol tanker exploding near melbourne australia the driver was off loading fuel when the rig became engulfed in flames the blaze said many scrambling for their

lives investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the blast finally in this news block the u.k. parliament set to vote on an extradition treaty between washington and london 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 as are better 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 if so then people say you think uses some of the arden is so over the top they left him one is entering it three and a half years after the arrest. if gotti was the slightest 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 them and the coalition government promised to change this while in opposition now's the chance to deliver on the bennett london. news i'll be back with the headlines in

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