welcome back you're watching our team here is a reminder of the top stories new arrest and of actions as u.s. police turn to tougher tactics against the movement putting on the cover cops at the heart of the protests. all pro president medvedev orders an investigation into the alleged parliamentary election rigging which sparked mass rallies across russia . and flogging a dead economy e.u. lenders and warm back to the reasons for more bailout instructions as europe's failure to form a con of virtual fiscal union pushes athens further towards

a default. feeding controversy ukraine aling bank based across the atlantic allure is in customers with credit card theme the route of famine that killed millions of. israeli airstrikes on gaza palestinian bid for statehood and an arab spring in the background the middle east peace process is facing more challenges than ever so already spoke to influential palestinian politicians. about what happens next. with me i have dr mustafa barghouti the president of the palestinian national initiative and a member of the palestinian parliament dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. will palestinians still push ahead in the statehood bid despite the fact that it seems a two thirds majority in support of it is highly unlikely there can be no vote in the security council now because the united states already obstructed that by.

denying of a committee that are it to ask for what has american pressure paid off as more from one side i mean many companies are doing what the united states and israel want. but at the same time i think many of them feel shameful about it we've seen an example of that of the french what the new miscall of france is that will opportune in the security council voted for us and. many countries like spain and france. and belgium and others have the people on our side their governments cannot go against the will of their own people but if the people are with the palestinians why then is it so difficult to get a two thirds majority in the security council because the united states still has the power of pressuring many countries because the israeli lobby is playing its cards pressuring many many world leaders because of the hypocrisy of western

politics you know this speak about freedom of the syrian people respect of human rights in libya but they feel total knows that this is also needed for palestine once you have membership in the general assembly you'll have access to the international criminal court how do you plan to use this and do you think the israelis are concerned by yes they are totally concerned about this this is maybe one of them and reasons why they are trying to obstruct our membership in the united nations. why because they know they have committed war crimes why because they know that many of their leaders and officers. generals have committed crimes against humanity and i think we will do everything we can to give these guys one due to the court to the international court of justice when president obama came to power they were high hopes that the united states would play a positive role in the israeli palestinian conflict do you see his opposition to

the statehood bid as a stab in the back totally we see it as a stubborn about but also we see it as a great failure big failure of an american president who failed to respect his own words he himself promised that palestine should become a member of the u. and by november two thousand and eleven and how now he's leading not only not voting for us but he's leading a war against our membership what the american administration is doing and what the american congress is doing is in total contradiction with everything this bit about in terms of the principles of respecting human rights and of determination and the principles of freedom you see the palestinian issue has become in a way. some kind of and raiment or some kind of a method to explore the very oppositions of each comes to the cost of what mr obama did and that his administration has done has been that the united states has lost

its position as a mediator in the middle east process and just how difficult is it to go back to negotiations against the backdrop of the u.n. statehood bid it's not difficult to go to negotiations it's impossible. as long as allowed to continue to build settlements as long as government is the government we have there would be no negotiations and that's why i feel sorry for the waste of money. spending so much taxpayers' money on travelling and moving and coming and going without a new visa as long as the people in the court the government and the court that as long as they don't decide to pressure is a serious stop. we will see more progress just how much of a mandate does the palestinians. have to negotiate on behalf of the palestinian people or has his position in the statehood bid been weakened his speech in the

united nations give him a lot of support but did not give similar support to his political movement people gave him support because this thought he had a present of palestinian dignity and palestinian resilience and he can continue to do that if he immediately moves in the direction of motion of a conciliation and national unity is how most ready for national unity yes i think most of the people in hamas and fatah has already what they need to see is a courage of their leaders what they need to see is dating taken by their leaders where they would put. what they can put the palestinian national interests above their own factional. and parties and interests in a conversation with obama the french president nicolas sarkozy caught the israeli premier netanyahu elia do you think that there is disappointment with israel among its allies and what options does this leave israel with. moving going to very wrong

about the problem in israel is that. it's not just an opinion it's the shift to the right among the israeli public because you have an explanation that up to now the israeli public opinion till now the israeli public benefit in from occupation is benefiting from the apartheid system is benefiting from confiscating our world water ninety percent of our water it is called for is created by them with the passage of. the creation of every new settlement block israel is killing the very last opportunity of two state solution which means they will have to deal with one final left solution and that is one state solution which means they can never dream of something called the jewish state which means they have to respect a situation where there might not be even a majority and one democratic state that is the price that israel is paying if they

continue this path will israel suffer if economic problems continue to mount in the united states i believe or i believe so because united states is becoming weaker with the passage of. unfortunately it makes some forces of the united states like new york cons more aggressive. unfortunately this economy we can this is dragging out the driving some people in the united states towards very dangerous military adventures like attacking iran for instance because they think of the control of oil completely they would control energy and this with they can control the economy of russia and china many other countries in this world with israel's isolation growing are you concerned that it could take an even more aggressive stance against the palestinians i think they are already aggressive enough. and there are acts of war crimes that took place in gaza beyond this group from their policy in the

occupied territories of sort of a system of apartheid that is much worse than the apartheid system that prevailed in south africa at one point of time is shameful. if i was an israeli i would feel very shameful what about internal problems that the israeli government is facing particularly visa vi the social protests is the search for an external enemy whether it be palestine a way to divert attention away from the problems the government faces at home this is one possibility and i think that any on but are trying to divert attention from the internal social problems from their internal divisions by creating a war or maybe with or by mobilizing the united states to conduct a war on iran that's their game and each time we speak to them about the palestinian issue of the stop speaking about iran do you think israel would attack iran i think they are looking for an opportunity to do that and probably the first

scenario is that the united states attacks iran first and then to contribute or to the attack iran first and then that are going ited states into a war with iran and what israel is doing today is a continuation of the policy that was declared back in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the dual containment of iraq and iran they finished with that arc now they want to continue and i think they are going to proceed with that because they want to have the possibility of becoming. regional power. i don't think we would succeed do you think there's a chance that turkey might one day replace israel as the u.s. says main ally in this region if you look for example at it hosting the nato made all at it's turning its back on iran and syria as if turkey is wanting to. well in the region pedicure was was an american ally it's not new it was always a member of nato but i think i see the changes in turkey in

a more positive way i think turkey you see in the seventy's israel had two big allies in the region turkey and iran and then then there neutralized egypt to come david accords so they were in heaven then the last year and now they've lost and egypt i see all these things as positive changes i don't see the role as a negative one i think. change it and egypt can practically change the whole region of the situation but there is one obstacle which prevents this vision the main obstacle that is the palestinians and i am sure that the vast majority of turkish people would by this time as much as the vast majority of egyptians and model comes and tunisia what happened today one was very important it short and that you feel that the arab spring and that usually it's. not me the palestinians

who are marginalized on the continent it is in the center for the future of the stability of this region of peace in this region of economy development and cooperation region is the deleted directly to solving the palestinian national and i would palestinians to be free from occupation and having the right for freedom as well dr mustafa barghouti thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you. twenty years ago the largest country in the. us or to places of. what had been a commitment to each began

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update with anger. hello there thanks for joining me again and these are the headlines we were robes boss harry redknapp blames the referee following his side's loss to stoke while martin o'neill gets a winning start with sunderland. plus outland hand to scar their fifth defeat in a row we've action from the k.h. l. . and t. values their heroes again for denver as they beat chicago in overtime in the n.f.l. . let's start there with the english premier league where martin o'neill has made a winning start to sunderland manager after his side came from behind to be fellow strugglers blackburn rovers had gone ahead at the stadium of light yesterday with a first half strike from simon books of which but four minutes from time david

boren fired home an equaliser and then in stoppage time sebastian larsson killed in this you heard free kick to lift sunderland out of the bottom three elsewhere tottenham manager harry redknapp blames the referee for his side's two one defeat to stoke supporters material up at half time thanks to two goals from matthew adding ten spurs got one back from the spot and by all that redknapp feels they should have had seeing more penalties and had a goal unfairly disallowed off so i. know why we are free. to play ball down the line. boils to your zone so i win you know when the balls play to him. so we can why we're nothing in the end we were poor first growth and all my and up we didn't play well which idea of two and second of back to them another false one. decisions have been completely and utterly wrong with you as you watch t.v. and you'll see. more tonight chelsea take on leaders manchester city a stamford bridge and what do you say without striking nicolas anelka who's agreed

to join chinese simple league club shanghai show why are we in this city this evening would put them five points clear of manchester united at the top of the table city meanwhile say they want to sell exile striker carstairs in january and have turned down a bit by ac milan to take him on loan with a view to signing him permanently in the summer for twenty million euros. the market tare side saddle take on european champions barcelona in the semi finals of the club world cup that after a two one win over tunisia inside s. but ants the african champion started well yesterday because he did a breakaway go ten minutes before half time. scoring for our sat here. and after the break they doubled their advantage thanks to pour defending from the chinese year. of the second. test but answer pushed hard to get one back and they did so eventually through their argue with thirty minutes to go back to

one is how it ended our sad will play on thursday. and the other semifinal we see japanese cyclists he were a sell take on copper leave it to doris when is santos who got a bite of the last four along with baster if she were to get past mexican outfit montell day that game went to penalties after so many good strike here if you pan side with cancer that by this effort from this was a i then during the shootout keeper hannan henri to gain no became a hero a vital save to say that route. now i saw the russian side locomotive p.r.'s level will play their first competitive game today just three months after a plane crash white dad their entire squad since the tragedy other teams in the league of their native players and they will take to the ice to see evening at home against if tonic in front of a sellout crowd in the v h l that is a division below the top to carry although the club intend to re enter the top

flight next season. well in the land in the two game losing streak last night the shootout win over to scar but they found themselves ahead. after fourteen minutes apart or exactly sin then doubled their lead but the game was far from over at this point because the iscar got one back part with the strike and then the army men threw caution to the wind by taking off the keeper for an extra tackle in the gamble paid off a shooter called getting an equaliser two minutes left to send it to overtime no goals during that extra period so it went to penalties that. the only man on target when peaking at four in the western conference well to skills losing streak is stretched by get aids. now there was some success for russia at the second stage of the biathlon world cup in austria the men's and women's relay teams grabbing silver and bronze respectively with the norwegians claiming gold in both offense while

alexander zuckoff still leads the overall standings for russia in the form. of and his team won the opening world cup stage in austria last week after the first round in france at the weekend but a total time of just over one minute and fifty seven seconds soared and finished fifth the germans there by manuel mcarthur claiming the win sees them move up to second in the overall standings cutting the russians lead to just eight points. in american football quarterback tim tebow has led the denver broncos to another comeback victory this time they beat chicago bears thirteen ten overtime their seventh win and i game since giving tivo a starting place in the team were t.v. i was promoted over back in october and since then aside have not looked back although the chicago bears started the bright of the two teams in colorado. giving them a lead with a nine yard touchdown. but the broncos raised the deficit in the final two minutes

of regulation tivo falling to thomas here in the corner to make it ten seven. and then the quarterback helped drive the bears down to their forty one yard line with fifty three seconds left. to pull over for a field goal to send the game into overtime and the deciding moment in that sort. off the ball. and ultimately that mistake gave crater the chance to come on again to kick the winning field goal thirteen ten to the broncos broncos who lead the american football conference where. now i go for the donald says it feels amazing to be the first man to top the p.g.a. and european to money list the englishman finished third the season ending dubai world championship which was won by our very quick off square aussie ended with

a long legal pot at the last hole finishing are nineteen and their overall two shots clear of paul larry came in second really mcelroy he was the only person who could finish ahead of donald on the european money list but he finished down in nine twelve donald here carded a second successive sixty six to claim third place and his place in history. it feels amazing you know it's something i've thought about quite a lot i don't think it's quite sunk in yet but. yeah i look back at this years it's been my greatest year for sure hopefully i can continue to improve i feel like i have a lot to achieve in this game but this is something i'll never forget. and lastly next summer russia will host its first ever stage of the world simply by championships but the track just that side mosque a nearing completion its design one hopes it will be

a challenging addition to the motor sport calendar as constantine but top off reports. after winning the right to host a stage of the formula one calendar in the black sea resort of sochi twenty four team russia has gained the chance to see one of the most fascinating racing events in the world of motor sports as a stage of the superbike world championship will come to moscow next august marking the first time ever a world scale motor sports can petition will take place in russia the construction of the moscow raceway circuit is entering the home stretch and should be finished by july the track was designed by the famous german architect adam until kit who has produced numerous formula one circuits oh we have a lot of ideas in this industry hurricane and so if you have the start and finish line and then going downhill this part is a downhill car as a very fast car not liking in the car to have to make this slower going uphill and this makes it very interesting because we go more than one time we go up and down

ups and downs and that makes it so that dimension that is very. very good next year the superbike world championship will celebrate its twenty fifth season the serious has a great history and a determination to expand due to economic crises in europe and it seems like the sports top stars are excited to discover a new venue in a new country while champion catalyst checa arrived in the capital hoping his bike will soon be running on a russian track while thousands of fans are expected to flock to the outskirts of moscow for one of the most exciting events in the racing world arrive in moscow. this condition very very special no remembers me some fail some day read the story. plays where for me is a great way to be here of course is in my mind places to visit i didn't expect.

to visit and to be here for the race there's a lot a lot to that. just everything yeah everything is very very different so. very very excited when we were in that in august next year alexander is a russian interpreter from the financial sector and. a sports team who moved into the sport following the interest of his wife mandy and enthusiastic more bike racer the ten year deal to organize and host the russian superbike stage however it's going to be a challenge not only for the organizers with the track still under construction but also for newly signed a sport team right now i do not know one of the last mission but eilis i've already seen the track and a looks very challenging and interesting for the riders as well as for the spectators who will be able to witness even more because of the different levels as for me i'm really looking forward to racing at the circuit next summer despite the pressure finally along with formula one world class motorsport

championships are coming to russia with fans hoping the superbike stage one be a one off due to they can on the crisis but that russia will become a regular stop on the maps of the biggest more a sporting events in the future. or. not is all a sport for the moment in a couple of ass time stay with a side the weather is next.

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