it. is a shame that this is just the. french occupy protests player up right across the u.s. as this grand old activist target boards and trade hubs and defiance of a relentless police crackdown. taking the plunge again russia's third richest man announces his second attempt to and your politics by running for president. has brought obama celebrates the end of the iraq occupation iraq is pointed to the devastated infrastructure and unstable government american troops are leaving behind.

is one pm of the russian capital you're watching r t with me and josh welcome to the program now some of the largest yet i'll keep protests have erupted across america paralyzing its west coast from the blog poor of oakland's to the shipping hub of seattle thousands upon thousands of disenchanted occupy movement activists have taken to the streets in defiance of a police crackdown our correspondent dan it should count as more from washington d.c. . seattle police used flash bang grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to a port of seattle facility police said multiple people have been arrested they did not specify how many of them those protests were part of a national effort to block west west calls for traffic thousands took to to go

on boards from california to alaska to disrupt what they described as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations and that's pretty much that's been the occupiers message from the very beginning they marched on boards in san diego los angeles oakland portland seattle tacoma and courage in alaska of protesters cared for in need managed to disrupt the work of those major ports on the west coast in oakland before there was almost entirely shutdown same in portland in l.a. the effectively blocked trucks from approaching the board by doing that the occupiers hope to keep the message of the movement alive and they say they say they're targeting corporate greed and government complicity now a bit about why court the protesters say they want to cling to the profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns half of one of the world's largest transportation

and shipping outfits for the occupiers it's a way to make a point to get back at those few bank which has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupier so marched in solidarity with their fellow protesters on the west coast they took their message to goldman sachs directly marching around the banks a little lower manhattan headquarters almost two dozen people got arrested during you know what looked like a peaceful demonstration there in houston seeing solidarity demonstrations twenty people arrested so far it's already said being quite successful. in cracking down on those peaceful protesters across the united states this man doing their camps a big thing demonstrators are out by now more than by now he protesters have been arrested in the last three months those rights though don't even make you can be home like that or that's what it seems like it seems to be good to have become

business as usual dozens of demonstrators get arrested every week over the weekend you know seventy people were arrested in san francisco now as occupiers are being forced out of there are five locations in parks and plazas all across america members of the movement want to make sure that their message doesn't vanish together with those cameras there. and follow the latest updates on what's happening across the west coast right now responding to this you can find it is on twitter and she's tweeting constantly about what she's seeing well the latest protests have come as a surprise to many who predicted that was the demise of occupy tan's towns the movement what's far away but philippe messina a journalist who's been covering the group believes the police crackdown has been a trial by fire and protesters past it was flying colors after an incubation period with the occupy movement really messaging and getting the message our across the country defying the media blackout and then they began ridiculing it then they

cannot be ignored the police cracking down in order to differ across the country. from what's been happening in october for example and the other across the country is the people who are taking action for their own hands and they're really sending a message to the system through the power brokers in the country that business as usual the market today will be another mass showing of power and solidarity by the occupy movement or shut down they unfold across the west coast. and coming up later in the program here on our team europe's financial crisis drags on the british prime minister explains his treaty veto to parliament as greece goes kaput hands to stare at the inspectors once more. also hope springs eternal ukraine's former prime minister challenges her seven year sentence for abuse of power and the country's highest appeal court reports she's in very bad health.

and the race for the presidency in russia has taken a new twist the country's third richest man says he's running for the country's top job in march businessman we held ousted from the leadership of the right wing right cause party have the recent parliamentary poll is optimistic about he's second to tamp in big politics. has more. the mikhail prokhorov cooled his decision to join the race for the presidency perhaps the most important of his life now it was an unexpected move from the russian billionaire he made his money in finance and metals it's estimated that he's the third richest man in russia and in the past he's perhaps been better known for buying an american basketball team for his exploits as russia's most eligible bachelor but in recent times we've seen him playing the political field in the summer he agreed to lead the right course party

as a new political movement a businessman and intellectuals though he quit that in september and he said that he's been preparing for his presidential bid in the months since that business split he also said he'd be a big at the middle class as his cool electorates now he'll be running as an independent candidate in the presidential elections will be happening in march of course his announcement coming against the backdrop of tens of thousands of people taking to the streets on the weekends to demand a rerun of the parliamentary elections now days happened last week when we saw a full party's win seats in the dream of united russia the communist party affair russia and the liberal democratic party now president medvedev is going to be meeting the leaders from these parties later on today in a post-election meeting and of course we'll be keeping the state and all the latest information from that as it when it happens. chances of victory are uncertain but

some analysts say at the very least they'll bring some fresh blood into the presidential race it makes the board interesting because he's a very good finance he's a businessman he's a sports personality he's internationalist so therefore he's a name that people will recognize and he would bring some. useful vigor if you like to the proceedings one would expect him to articulate some views from a purely economic point of view you haven't much experience of politics but you could argue about finance you can argue about the way ahead for russia he may in fact attract the new class of the young professionals the under thirty five's and so on they want a voice. made cycle for that but of course being the commune rich man is not going to the poorest population so i was really going for the new middle class young professionals of the people who would like to be. i don't hesitate to log on to our

website r t dot com if you missed something we're covering it it's the best place to get all the updates on it's an analysis here's a quick look at what can be found there at the moment to find out how a post office chief in moscow risked her life to make sure local bands get their winter payments despite being shot by raiders. also secret no more iran says it will design a new spy craft based on a brand new american stealth drone that shot down over the country earlier this month. the war in iraq is coming to an end says barack obama whether withdrawal of u.s. troops set to conclude within weeks he was speaking at a joint news conference with iraq's prime minister who's on an official visit to washington obama says the troops are leaving a sovereign and self-reliant a rob but iraqis say after almost a decade of occupation their country is simply cast adrift as artie's sean thomas now reports. as two thousand and eleven draws to an end and historical chapter for

iraq and the u.s. is finishing as well the occupation is over the feet heat i'm glad that the americans are leaving who are still concerned because after the troops leave who do not know what will happen next meanwhile despite all the efforts by the us there is doubt that anything significant has been accomplished in implementing a new form of democratic government but i think that's why they're not. destroy said on. the old system is that. they have hope then they will think the new system which is more done from said down syndrome that's for generations iraq has been plagued by sectarian violence now moving forward there is concern whether different parties can agree to work together for the benefit of the country and the public know that with the u.s. forces but i know. for sure that the from the top to pick.

up now the problem. might determine that voted. for this in their view and this is what we ourselves are one of the problems here in iraq is that the infrastructure it was already crumbling but as the conflict progressed it was all but destroyed now the people living here say there's a lot of rhetoric about rebuilding but the political infighting and corruption is blocking any real progress on the military is getting very big footing and i thought that in the same time we will not see yet another new projects going people you know i'm getting to see the same of the sikh community just little is that that about this is that i think over and beyond the political challenges there has been an exodus of critical thinkers and educated talent in the country a much needed resource for any developing nation we need people working and made this. it works better if you keep. everything so we need you still believe i'm

ready to go on fire because this story because i think you're. door to door to door what what the book the way ok sure ok we will leave but you will come to me and i don't leaving iraqis in a position of continued reliance on american resources in baghdad sean thomas or to . the founder of the future of freedom foundation take a poor murderer told r.t. that iraq is will never put up with a regime brought into power by invaders and this nine year war and occupation has been an absolute disaster you killed a countless number of people with this invasion occupation you've got us regime that is dictatorial in every sense of the word there incarcerating people without trial holding that man definitely i mean it's part of a dictatorship that just happens to be democratically elected and there's people

there that are never going to accept a regime that came into existence compliments of a foreign empire that went in there invaded it without any cause and then what happens with it if iraq decides to go totally independent and oppose the u.s. government up then what happens with all those arms is just another recipe for a giant mess. well r.t. has spoken to a former ambassador to iraq his thinks the u.s. withdrawing troops from the country does not mean a dance to washington's presence the full interview is coming up for you next hour but here's a preview. i don't see this but. actually i think it's just full of the cards so as to speak because the american not going very far they're just going to mexico and you can always come back because the bases will be kept intact and as i mentioned with a twenty thousand strong u.s. embassy most of the stuff except for the old will be there and secondly there. is

no law the air force so they don't control the. very thing. that you can be in force whenever you want oh you. well it's a crucial day for the former ukrainian premier yuli tamir shall go on tuesday it's her last chance to escape seventy years of prison as the country's highest appeal court is set to hear her town to overturn a conviction for abuse of power are just like years ask explains why they are lady avi crazy in politics is hoping for. experts are speculating how long it may take for the ukraine appeal court to deliver its decision on the appeal against the verdict of yulia tymoshenko ukraine's former prime minister experts are also speculating what their verdict what the decision by the appeal court would be and most likely they say the court will deny the appeal against the verdict on october

eleventh the country's former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing her power during signing gas deals with russia back in two thousand and nine the move which infuriated both the european union and russia which said that all those laws were all those agreements were signed in full accordance with the countries with the two countries legislation and the european union said that unless you are freed there will be no agreement on the association between the european union and ukraine signed any time soon now experts are also speculating whether they could be other reasons for you to be freed from the detention center where she has been for the last four and a half months for poor health may be one of the reasons for the authorities to make such a decision it is understood it is believed that has a very serious diseases. spinal hemorrhage and also possibly some experts some

sources report of blood disease. and that's why she's feeling bad she can't even walk as some sources say she has to be carried by armed guards when other she's been taken out of her cell in the detention center now the sentence for abuse of power which she has already received is not the only accusation towards the country's former prime minister we also know of other deals of other cases against her including the tax evasion case including the unlawful use of money received by ukraine from the signing of the kyoto protocol and also several cases. have been launched against in connection with her business of fifteen years ago when she ran the united energy systems of ukraine company. well later this hour of business as takes a look at the current energy deals between russia and ukraine. the gas dispute between

russia and ukraine looks set to be resolved just in time for winter the happy ripple thinking that both sides have come to some sort of agreement that would guarantee russia's access ukrainian gas network and exchange for lower prices for gas supplies well the thousand the business but it's in in ten minutes time. and british prime minister david cameron has taken a stand in parliament to the fan is firm no new european union treaty he sad the changes were not of the country's interest and lacked sufficient financial save guards and southern you are dead red and green a round of meetings with international staring inspectors seeking an new tranche of a dead bailout dr gerard lines chief economist at standard chartered bank said was the latest rescue attempts the euro zone is just heading further into crisis the euro can't survive its current form it's what we saw last week apart from the u.k. so was once again a cop out from the european leaders they haven't come up with a comprehensive solution. of through i don't think it's going to collapse but

difficulties will remain to survive in its current form to the euro area needs to become a political union the germans have a clear mandate but what we saw last week we didn't see enough comprehensive to remove all the worries overhanging the european economy or the euro currency so. and more economic forecasts coming up on the kaiser report just after eleven thirty am g.m.t. is a time for banking big shots to take cover and here's a quick taster. mark fall for dr doom he was on bloomberg this week and he was asked about this whole euro zone crisis and what he's doing and basically it's going to fall apart he believes that then the presenter asked him do you own dollars then instead of euros and look at his response. i have a very special dog keep for you. the same bullies all. right

you know what i prefer to hold with bloody finally jumped on my bandwagon you know since two thousand and three i've been ninety percent gold of silver that's what we've been telling people to do it's worked out with this past decade it'll work the same with the next decade. google is at the center of a spy scandal the internet giant is accused of compromising u.s. national security and that's because one of its maps applications shows a classified airbase used for testing top secret military drones investigative journalist ross baker sayings this case exposes washington's hypocrisy. what the news organizations that that spotted this saw and have published is a photo that very clearly shows what seems to be a drone the super secret drone on

a secret air base near yucca lake in nevada and of course this is the type of technology that the united states government is desperately trying to keep away from prying eyes we know with this recent development with iran having commandeered and then taken down a drone and now they're reverse engineering it and learning about all the parts that then governments are under pressure like never before how are they going to keep their secrets governments themselves are extremely hypocritical they want to know everything about us and of course those drones are doing the exact same thing that the google satellites are doing they're zooming all the way in and they can actually see people's be equals and who's doing what you're taking pictures of everything so they want to be able to essentially prying into everyone's lives and have no one brought into what they are doing now secure look at some of the stories from around the world in canada has become the first country to pull out of the

landmark nine hundred ninety seven kyoto climate change agreement the accord committed industrial nations to curb greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the rate of global warming canada's government justified that was drawled by saying the deal here and there is its ability to grow. the kyoto agreement will be substituted with another global treaty which the you were dropped on sunday. united nations has around five thousand people have now died as a result of syria's crackdown on protests un human rights chief now people i once syrian leaders to face trial of the international criminal courts damascus hold the allegations by saying there is based only on the testimonies of rebels masri a professor at the university of lebanon says the credibility of the numbers given by the u.n. should be checked. are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights of serve a tory particularly when it comes to the number of victims that they are victims of

the government atrocities many a time anyone who dies in syria they claim that these are victims of the syrian government atrocities you could say we have an several different function factions here working you have the united states and france and turkey and certain members of the league of arab states that of course are working very strongly to push for an allied government in syria a government that would do its wishing as a government that may be more akin to the jordanian government more it came to what the house knew mubarak was in egypt prior to his downfall. and in our special report we continue to explore former soviet republics more than two decades after the collapse of the soviet union and that's coming up after they have lines but before that it will take a look at what's happening in the world of business with katie. to the business. the russian government has made high tech development of one of its key modernization plans but leading antivirus company. is still the

only russian company in the software top one hundred list the company's founder however believes it's only a matter of time before russian i see companies make the same breakthrough. i believe that i should have a lot of what he termed the engineers and there are a lot of what you need just to be one of the most visible counters in there i see it the global ideal inskeep still there are not so many companies of fortune paid because of several reasons and that when there is and i think it's still that their money is also the companies they own they were born in the soviet union and still they have the i don't cotton minds. they don't speak english or are they afraid of making big news business outside of russia or outside the far former soviet union countries. but they believe that in the future there will be more and more new york managers then you'll start ups and i really hope and i'm sure that in the future we'll see more russian companies known outside of russia. you can catch the felon

sphere. on all teaser called forward slash business there's a look at the mall kids all is high up after a sharp losses in the previous session it dropped to love us level around two weeks on concerns about the eurozone prospects friends planned is trading at over one hundred and seven dollars per barrel while the w c i is story about ninety eight dollars european stock markets are open flat suppose it is one cheese day with gains for houseful of mining stocks but banks declining is gaining a quarter of the said while the dax is off a percent this hour asian markets tumbled on tuesday after ratings agencies fit weighed in on the latest plans to stem europe's debt crisis japanese exports is more among the minds of klein as the sony shares dropping over three percent and also can make a honda was also down to one home the sense after starting tuesday is trading session in the red following on from overseas both yalta yes on the morning states

are now off by around thirty percent and about to buy. let's have a look at some individual families in my say those blue chips are gaining the russian all major ross nurses up point seven percent while the country's biggest and big bang is around one percent in the black on previous metals mine up probably was gold is bouncing back from. a loss to refill cent on monday off as main shareholder russian. crocker also announced he was going to bid for president say oh leg off from capitals as investors are staying away from risk ahead of the christmas holiday. the market rules remain ranger were nearing christmas. in this. year before christmas holidays were entering. obviously there are no reasons for year and. at the same time there's a lot of uncertainty mainly stemming out of europe so i think more of what we'll

see. throughout this week and the next and probably toward servian of years well given the level of uncertain seed it does look like a challenge and here again i will press remain elevated that's part of the russian budget that's positive for for the oil and gas sector there will be providing have to have cash flows in the coming years. russian standard is mixing a wine involved to business cocktail commerce the newspaper says the owner of the well known vodka brand is buying its honey and alcohol make again see out the deal is worth at least one hundred fifty million dollars see is main assets all the sparkling wine browns it works in sixty eight countries including portugal japan finland russia astounded has a long struggle to overseas us to his alcohol business and earlier tried to acquire vodka produced in america for three hundred million dollars however the deal fell due to shareholder conflict in ukraine in company. that's it for me now i'll be back in about fifty five minutes for your next business but a tim. twenty

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