just. russia's foreign minister. says to create humanitarian catastrophe in the country. supporters storm the court building. power of being appealed. to the war in iraq people to say that. all the u.s. troops political destroyed infrastructure for security.

live from moscow city center this is with me will receive welcome to the program russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind. groups in syria. the situation there and create further calls for foreign intervention so his repeated his plea that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and wants both sides to hold dialogue to broker peace. the foreign ministers of russia and algeria which is one of the key members of the arab league have called on soon afterwards to allow monitors from the organizations into the country and actually sergey lavrov also said that if their mass course wanted then representatives and observers from the bric countries meaning brazil russia india and china could also

join them and the two foreign ministers of called on soon authorities to cooperate and negotiate peacefully with the opposition in the country but at the same time russia's foreign minister has criticized what he says is a one sided approach by some western states to the situation there since according to him some groups within the soul hold opposition are using very hostile unpeaceful aggressive tactics which is only rocking the boat and worsening the crisis even further. but it's not a court order to preserve our partners who are calling on us to be decisive don't want to condemn violence committed so i own the extremist groups which have become increasingly active in syria in the city of homes several blocks have been occupied by militants they regularly attack army posts as well as administrative buildings hospitals schools police patrols and public transport i think there's no doubt that

their goal is to provoke a humanitarian crisis to have an excuse to call for outside intervention. russia's chief diplomat also stressed once again that the a libyan scenario cannot be repeated in syria and reminded that russia and china are putting forward a fair draft resolution on syria to the un security council which condemns the violence going on there but does not give weight room for any foreign military intervention in this and you are full of said if that if some western states think of the entire opposition in syria including these armed militants as of fighters for democracy that approach reporting. it is inadequate and he also accusing russia of hampering the work of the security council on this matter is immoral. not easy going to sort of reporting right there where the violence in syria that's plagued the country for nine months has recently intensified the death toll now exceeding

five thousand people that's according to the latest u.n. estimates but syria's ambassador to the organization has dismissed the allegations as quote incredible with some experts also questioning the source of the figures. there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights observatory particularly when it comes to the number of victims that they allege shyer victims after the government atrocities you can watch our full interview with a specialist on the region that have a daughter rania mastery on our website dot com it's where there's also plenty of other experts in you know syria is on going on the latest news from there. watching and see occupy protesters in the united states of clashed with police as they stage some of their biggest demos so far storming ports up and down the west coast thousands of activists took their frustration to major shipping hubs from california all the way to alaska hoping to disrupt trade and corporate profits he's

got a teacher can has more on the campaign. seattle police used flash bang grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to an order of the adult facility police said multiple people have been arrested they did not specify how many of those those protests were part of a national effort to block west's west calls for trying to make thousands to go on boards to disrupt what they describe as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations the 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. now a bit about why courts the protesters say they want to cut into the profits of goldman sachs goldman sachs owns half of one of the world's largest transportation and shipping out for the occupiers it's a way to make

a point to get back at this huge bank wage has very much contributed to the financial crisis in new york occupiers says 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 so far as already said being quite successful in cracking down on those peaceful protesters across the united states this man doing their cams and making demonstrators more than five thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested in the last three months and those are as the only me who can be her live anymore that's what it seems like it seems to to become to have become business as usual as occupiers are being forced out of their occupy the locations in parks and plazas all across america and members of the movement want to make sure that their message doesn't manage together with their host hands there. he's

gone into account reporting these latest protests come as a surprise to many who predicted that the movement would simply fall away with the demise of the occupy tented cities but felipe massa seen a journalist who's been covering the group believes the police crackdown has been a trial by fire and the protesters have passed it with flying colors after an incubation period with the occupy movement really messaging and getting the message out across the country the finding the media blackout and then they began ridiculing it then they cannot be ignored the police cracking down on the board meeting for across the country and now for what's been happening in october for example and the other across the country is that people are taking action of their own hands and really sending a message through the system through the power brokers in the country to business as usual the market today will be another mass showing of power and forward there

are movement toward the. old across the west coast. and so good to have you with us today still to come this hour on our see who's to blame for the great rift within the e.u. as accusations fly in all directions we ask whether it really was in britain's best interests to veto the proposed new european treaty. nine year war and occupation has been an absolute disaster and we bring you expert opinion on the outcome of the u.s. led invasion of iraq as the american troop withdrawal draws near. the billionaire strikes back russia's third richest man announces he will stand for the country's top job in the march election it's his second attempt to make it in the world of big politics he was ousted from a leading the right wing right course party before the recent parliamentary polls he's sort of has the story. well 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 leave the right cause party was a new political movement a businessman and intellectuals now 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 being the middle class is 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 demands a rerun of the parliamentary elections are you surf earth right that i mean time martin mccauley an expert on russia from the university of london says that although proud of strong ties are on so it will certainly make the presidential race more interesting. he's a very good mathematician he's a finance here he's a businessman he's a sports personality he actually owns a basketball team in america he's internationalist so therefore he's a name that people will recognize and he would bring some. youthful vigor if you like to the proceedings we 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 urban class of the young professionals the under thirty five's and so on they want a voice and. made fact off of that but of course being an extremely rich man he's

not going to attract the poorest population so i would say it was really going for the new middle class young professionals of the people who would like to be like. because i right now turning eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow you can always i log on to a website dot com for more stories and. some of the items are waiting for that right now for example as much of western media hype over this. film during russia's weekend election protests claiming the strange. was used for aerial photography. or a government surveillance. plus bridge dramatic pictures here of fire raging on this vital piece of infrastructure in russia's far east hundreds brought in to help fight the flames.

hundreds of protesters have been storming ukraine's court of appeal and that's where the country's former prime minister's conviction for abuse of power is being challenged. trying to avoid spending seven years behind bars. he is outside the school building joining us now live alexia we know that the crowd faced police resistant to what's been going on there as of now. well hundreds. storming the court building the appeal court building in kiev and now they're being held by the police the situation is still simmering. a little bit as we speak right now the. prime minister still remains in the shadows because we understand according to the lawyers that according to the law the appeal decision

the decision on her appeal cannot be taken with. presence in the court room inside the courtroom and she is not here as far as we understand according to her. health condition. and there's also a great deal of controversy on that story as well so some sources say that she has a very serious blood disease other sources say that she has a ruptured spine and she cannot walk by herself that's why she was not delivered to the court building as of today on the other hand the medical crew inside the detention center report that her condition is not as severe as it's been told and that in fact she can and she's able to attend this court session so it is a mystery why she was not delivered to the court building as of today now. being convicted to seven years in prison for abusing her power during when she signed gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine but even if the appeal court brings a positive decision on her appeal she would not be set free immediately because as far as we understand there's almost a dozen other charges against her including the tax evasion including the unlawful

use of just state money and the alleged criminal activities of her company almost fifteen years ago so this is only the first day of the appeal hearing and definitely this is not the last protest we'll be seeing over the next few weeks or even possibly months some experts predict a correspondent i'd like to ask about life in kenya thank you. a lot of us are here on our business desk takes a look at the energy deals now in force between russia and ukraine. well it looks like the ongoing gas dispute between russia and ukraine may soon be resolved the sides have come to draft agreements are forming new joint ventures and this would mean that russia gets access to ukraine's gas transport network in return for gas price cuts more in a business bottom. quarter past the hour here in moscow where the blame game continues in europe over who is responsible for the high level split over a new e.u. fiscal agreement the british prime minister who just you know on the deal said it

lacked sufficient financial safeguards for the u.k. and european commission president jose manuel barroso says britain itself made compromise impossible by making the threat in the highest single market historian. thinks that there was no agreement possible that would have pleased the british that. there is no such thing as britain and a single national interest britain is a divided class society what benefits the rich in what benefits the bankers and the profiteers in the city is very very different from what benefits ordinary working people and the poor who are being hit really hard by the cond coalitions austerity program what's in our interest is to. end the domination of our economy by the city and by finance capital but also to reject the kind of. horse shit which is now being threatened in europe i would say a plague on both their

houses and we've now entered what is in effect the second great depression and just as happened in the one nine hundred thirty s. europe's leaders are repeating the mistakes that deepened the depression in the thirty's which is to deflate in a crisis in a crisis you have to do the opposite if you eat if you impose austerity if you reduce demand you will drive the european economy deeper into deeper into mass unemployment deeper into mass impoverishment and that's the road down which they're now moving. well there are many searching for a safe haven in the global financial rollercoaster ride of course max keiser and stakes are among them are the cause report coming up in full later today for now though a quick preview. mark 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 yes it's going to fall apart he believes that then the presenter asked him do you own dollars then instead of euro and look at his response.

i have a very special stock keep for you. the same belief g. d you know what i prefer to hold where i'm glad you finally jumped on my bandwagon you know since two thousand and three i've been ninety percent gold and silver that's what we've been telling people to do it's worked out this past decade it will work the same the next decade. because reporters later in the day here on out say u.s. troops are finally to withdraw from iraq by december thirty first at a mark the end of nearly nine years of war u.s. president barack obama reiterated that point at a joint news conference with iraq's prime minister is on an official visit to washington obama says the troops are leaving a sovereign and self-reliant iraq behind shaun thomas discovered many iraqis still

wonder what america really accomplished there. as two thousand and eleven draws to an end and historical chapter for iraq and the us is finishing as well the occupation is over. i'm glad that the americans are leaving who are still concerned because after the troops leave we 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. it's done on. the old system is that. they have hope and. think that this thing which is more done from said downstairs and 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 u.s. forces but i know. for sure that the from the corruption that picked. up now the problem. by determines that voted to cut. 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 that the political infighting and corruption is blocking any real progress the military is something very big footing and i think that that in the same time we're not seeing yet out of projects going people here. good to see the see the security just. like that but this is what i think 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 hear people who are working and

need to see a world where you keep. everything. so we need to. go to the fire. leaving iraqis in a position of continued reliance on american resources in baghdad sean thomas party . meantime the founder of the future of freedom foundation jacob hornbacher he told us that he believes the u.s. mission in iraq resembled that of a dictatorship in this nine year war an occupation has been an absolute disaster you killed countless number of people with this invasion occupation you've got us regime that is dictatorial in every sense of the word they're incarcerating people without trial hold in their men 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 arm is just another recipe for a giant mess. we hear from the former indian ambassador to iraq and the author of the book the ultimate prize the things that america doesn't plan a complete pullout from the middle east country that interview coming up in about ten minutes time for a preview. i don't consider this an american withdrawal i think it's just a reshuffling of the pack if you would grow from iraq completely you leave this. in the hands of a shiite led government. to come to this that the americans have now called for withdrawing the troops but at the same time strengthening the position in iraq now the u.s. embassy in iraq is going to be. twenty thousand strong it's going to have. this

is like training training of troops etc will be. basically americans who would be military men but working for the u.s. embassy by agreeing to withdraw troops as per the agreement they are coming back civilian clothes and in fact i don't see any lessening of american influence as far as iraq is concerned. before we do the business with kareena now is the update here on r.t. some other headlines from around the world this hour. a new president. has been sworn in and now leads a transitional becoming the country's first leader after the popular uprising almost a year ago longtime ruler president. ben ali was ousted after weeks of public protests the election of the interim leader follows approval over the weekend of temporary

bylaws to guide the nation until a new constitution can be adopted. protesters have taken to the streets in south korea labeling chinese fishermen as pirates the demonstrations came a day after a south korean. that was allegedly killed by a chinese captain suspected of fishing illegally in the country during a protest outside the chinese embassy in seoul one demonstrator ramp car into a police bus carrying officers who were guarding the building south korea's president has about tighter security following the incident. canada has pulled out of the nine hundred ninety seven global warming kyoto protocol becoming the first nation to reject the accord formally along with japan and russia the country said last year it would not accept new kyoto commitments because the treaty won't help to solve the world's climate crisis the departure comes a day after further climate talks in south africa lead to

a new agreement which is set to replace the kyoto protocol by two thousand and fifteen. and more news coming your way in just about ten or twelve minutes time for an author of the business and career. hello and welcome to our business update this hour with a colleague and i like and good to have you with me the gas dispute between russia and ukraine looks set to be resolved just as when two arrived there were porson can't say the sides have come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would effectively gallantly that russia access to gas transport network in return for cut price gas supplies let's get some analysts analysis from my dental bushell at the business desk hi danielle so what does what's the likely structure of this deal we're talking about well on the face of it this is a success for all sides so supply transit to ukraine and european gas customers

most importantly finally gets a say in the point line but politics are always just below the surface of any russia ukraine gas agreement current ukraine lead the code which is pushing a hold to get as cheap russian gas was possible for ukraine but this may be a case of you know because on thursday hosts a summit with russia and this deal allows moscow to present a solution to the gas tensions that we see every christmas and winter two thousand and nine and two thousand and six ukraine even cut off russian gas to european families european consumers were affected and that the trouble for russia continues clients of russian gas to europe are also affected is that ukraine remains highly politically unstable ukraine's last prime minister yulia timoshenko is in court today fighting her conviction for being too generous with russia on a previous gas deal with many ukrainians still opposing closer ties with mosco this deal could easily be affected if an anti russian bloc returns to prominence in kiev

. that was all business. very much about. let's take a look at the markets this high have to stop losses in the previous session and drop to the lowest level in around two weeks old concerns about the eurozone prospects lenders trading at one hundred eight dollars per barrel. is that over ninety eight dollars a barrel stocks in europe. trading with games for a handful of mining stocks that puts his data over seven percent while the dax is three quarters of a percent assault. after starting today's trading session in the red following on from overseas losses both b.l.t.'s and. over one percent let's have a look at some individual standing by six oil majors along the main game as it's. gaining nearly two and a half percent precious metals minor importance gold is bouncing back from the new losses it lost three percent on monday after its main shareholder russian

billionaire who broke growth announced he was wrong the president has to make a seven star is also gaining up to news of a possible merger with why it will never. be to be capital says investors staying away from risks ahead of the christmas. the market rules remain range we're nearing christmas holidays in this rule to move forward as you were before right after christmas holidays we are entering year end obviously there are no reasons for year and really that's about certain and at the same time there's a lot of uncertainty mainly stemming out of europe and so i think the range on work is what we'll see throughout this week in the next probably toward servian of years well given the level of concern seeded does look like a challenging year again it will press we remain elevated that's the russian budget this poised for for the oil and gas sector there will be providing have to have cash flows in the coming years ok that's at this hour be back with more about forty five minutes.

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