the machines would be so much brighter if you had some from friends to parachute it's. nice for stocks on t.v. dot com. resume creative pledges the opposition will have a better say in the new parliament and reiterates that all claims of electoral violations will be investigated. the deadly attack in belgium is a man for his hand grenades and opens for in crowds in the city appears killing at least three and injuring dozens more. sanctions on syria one sided pressure don't work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups who he says aims to create a humanitarian. in the country. and a russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for kosovo serbs is stuck at the port to be blocked by police from moving further into the north of the reporter is that the

city. international news and comment live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is good to have you with us this present dmitri medvedev has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with leaders of the parties elected to the state duma the lower house of parliament. has more now from central moscow. we had made of the pools addressing the concerns of the election violations he once again reiterated the old these claims are going to be fully investigated though we also heard him talking about the part of the opposition to going to have to play in the need to miss saying that they should have the best say in the team a committee of course we had all the elections united russia lost the parliamentary

majority that t. says majority so you know it's russia do it even talking about it in milledge in the they will have to work much closer with the opposition in the feature to boss important decisions that compromises will need to be made of course all of this coming on the back of tens of thousands of people taking to the streets over the weekend to have their political voices heard amongst other things demanded a rerun of all the material actions now so it's already turning some oats to the presidential election so it will be happening in motion we've seen russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov throwing his hat into the ring he announced his decision to run somewhat surprising he's been known in the past months more his other pussy which of course being russia's third richest man that is money and metals and. also the idea of an american boss people to name for his exploits as

rush's most eligible bachelor but is the political fail that he's been looking to play at the moment he was leading white cause in the some of the he quit that quite visibly in september we're seeing him now planning to return to the political spin now he's also had his spokesman of his company announce that he has plans to buy media a major media holding here in russia. again a very interesting week times decision because thomas sand has seen a lot of controversy surrounding it today also its decision to fire its. i wanted the chief editor of the magazine now they were fired the publishing a pitch that depicted in the language that was related to the parliamentary elections firing is causing huge amounts of anger and commentary amongst journalists inside and outside of russia but none of that apologize for being

published but that ongoing at the moment that's been. raising some eyebrows certainly. keeping lively in this post-election political debate. where we've now receive reports of the spokesperson for the owner of newspapers denied there are plans to sell the publishing house we'll wait and see how replies to that in chief of course. at least three people have been killed and up to seventy five injured in a hand grenade and gun assault on a crowd in the belgian city of police say the attack was carried out by a belgian citizen who died in the incident. has more details. as police continue to investigate the matter details are becoming clearer so what it what happened is at around twelve thirty afternoon here in. about eighty kilometers from brussels in a crowded city center a gun man had thrown about three grenades into a crowd and also opened fire at those people. it's it was reported that he also had

more grenades on him now the prosecutor has confirmed that this man has a serve time in jail for crimes related to guns drugs and sexual abuse and he was on his way for police questioning when he launched the attack and among the dead include the gunmen a fifteen year old boy a seventeen year old girl and an elderly woman and of course there were dozens injured the those numbers continue to change in a short. goes on now what this terrorism has been ruled out of this incident but of course any such attack of this nature in the city center in an urban area is thinkable unimaginable for people and it does draw memories of that recent attack in norway where a bomb explosions went off in the capital and also then a gunmen had gone on a shooting spree on the island of utah where there were students gathering for a political meeting there were several dozens killed in this incident so of course such an attack of this kind of this scale has rocked the country and of course has

taken the people off guard. to city reporting there was still to come this hour here in r.t. crowds of the former ukrainian prime minister supporters of storm the court building where you did to shrink a seven year jail term for power abuses being a preview. of the right above the hills the coming into the war in iraq people there say that after nine years of occupation all the u.s. troops will leave behind his political infighting destroyed infrastructure and port security. russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to opposition groups in syria which aim to destabilize the situation and create further cool's for foreign intervention so it could evolve his repeated his belief that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and wants both sides to hold on to broker peace peace can offer as more. foreign minister lavrov slams the west for what it says is

a one sided approach by some western states to the situation in syria he says that instead of looking for ways to bring peace to the country more pressure is being applied on the syrian authorities while the atrocities committed by some of the problem western groups within the syrian opposition are being ignored and these groups use hostile and aggressive tactics which only rock the boat and worsen the crisis even further. our partners who are calling on us to be decisive don't want to condemn violence committed stream is 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 coup for outside intervention so you have an offer added to that presenting these hostilities as the syrian opposition's

efforts to gain democracy by some western states is an inadequate approach at the moment he stressed that the libyan scenario cannot be repeated in syria and reminded that russia and china are putting forward their draft resolution on syria to the un security council which condemns the violence but does not give way for any foreign military intervention in the country and said that accusing russia of hampering the work of the un security council in these conditions is immoral well both foreign ministers including of course the i was serious with algeria being one of the keep whereas in the arab league have also called for syrian afterwards to monitors from the organizations to enter the country see what's going on there on the spot and actually said you are also said that if the moscow's wanted then monitors from the bric countries could also join them meaning brazil russia india

and china of course. the violence in syria that's plagued the country for nine months has recently intensified the death toll now exceeding five thousand important to the u.n. latest estimates but syria's ambassador to the organization has dismissed the allegations as quote incredible some experts also question the source of the figures. and there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights and serve atari particularly when it comes to the number of victims. victims after the government atrocities. and you can watch interview with a specialist on the region dr runyan mustering website r.t. dot com where there's also plenty of other expert opinion on syria's ongoing on rest and all the latest news from the. russian trucks with humanitarian aid bound for serbs in kosovo have been blocked on the checkpoint by forces. has the details on the phone now from.

humanitarian convoy has become a little bit of a political hot potato and the crisis is only seems to be growing it sets off for a week ago doesn't carry anything controversial just basic necessity to which i needed full. credit and part of course there are struggling through the policy month with blockades and everything else i don't. seem to reach the border this morning at which point apparently some of the trucks in the corner let through but then the whole commerce stopped and then we received information that apparently you like rich in your mission and profit which is man mainly by things which represent their interests mainly wanted to call this convoy into the pot of coffee and that's what something which is unacceptable to the i think. from the point of there was an attempt once again to try and you can get official back up the

professionals that police have been territory and the latest information through t.v. from the russian side now there will be no compromise what color it will be it's simply the structure will be turned back and we'll have to get all that i'd like to refer. to when you can on one website party don't come for more stories comment and analysis and here is what is that right now you should. much western media like this amateur footage filmed during russia's we can't election protests things of strange aircraft. with the. government surveillance drone. cost bridge ablaze dramatic pictures of fire raging on this vital piece of infrastructure in russia's far east hundreds brought in to help fight the plague.

hundreds of protesters have been storming ukraine's court of appeal that's where the country's former prime minister's conviction for abuse of power is being challenge you to machine code is trying to avoid spending seven years in jail but couldn't be present in court due to poor health meaning the hearings were postponed until wednesday and reports. the fate of ukraine's former prime minister still remains in the shadows because we understand according to her lawyers that according to the iranian law the appeal decision the decision on her appeal cannot be taken without units of shankar self presence in the court room and she is not here 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 to 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. he's been 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 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 as some experts predict. well later this hour all business test takes a look at the energy deals between russia and ukraine. well it looks like the ongoing gas dispute between russia and ukraine may soon be resolved to the sides of come to draft agreements on the new joint ventures and this would mean that process

gets access to planes gas transport that work in return for gas price cuts more in a business forcing. u.s. troops to finally due to withdrawal from iraq by december thirty first 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 who's on an official visit to washington and bomb a says the troops are leaving a sober and self-reliant iraq but it's. thomas discovered many iraqis still wonder what america really accomplished. 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 the next week 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.

the old system that. they were hoping to think that this thing which is more than. set down since that's for generations in 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 problem with u.s. forces but i know. for sure that the from the pick. up now the problem with my departure is 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 the political infighting and corruption is blocking any real progress the military is getting ready made for it and i thought

that in the same time we will not see get out of politics going people you know. the city 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. people. we decided to keep. everything so we need to be. on. guard. leaving iraqis in a position of continued reliance on american resources in baghdad sean thomas party . the us troops may be withdrawing from iraq but one of its military contractors is planning to return to the country the company formerly known as blackwater it's been involved in several scandals including the killings of iraqi civilians now and for the second time the company has changed its name joseph from the security and

intelligence studies told me earlier that he thinks the company's future when he tells us more about the company's future and its checkered past cademy represents a long term trend a very visible trend in american security and military areas in which we see the privatization of all of these organizations or agencies and what we're seeing now basically is a corporatization a privatization of american military and security services and that's exactly what it represents it's got in trouble several times seen iraq the incident square massacre that killed seventeen iraqi civilians and of course constant. constant cases of smuggling of weapons being caught several times by the state department for instance. and later we hear from a former indian ambassador to iraq and other and author i should say of the book

the ultimate prize he thinks that america doesn't plan a complete pullout from the middle east country in that interview for you in full in the next hour but here's a quick preview of what's to come for a little later. i don't consider this an american withdrawal i think it's just a reshuffling of the pack if you withdraw from iraq completely you leave this why us. in the hands of a shiite led government which very close links with iran to counter this the americans have now thought of withdrawing their troops but at the same time strengthening their position in iraq now the u.s. embassy in iraq is going to be about almost twenty thousand strong it's going to have numerous. offices like training training of troops except for who 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 in no way coming

back varying civilian claude's and in fact i don't see any lessening of american influence as far as iraq is concerned. and that interview coming your way a little later here on r.t. canada has pulled out of the one nine hundred ninety seven anti global warming kyoto protocol saying the treaty is not working the departure comes a day after further climate talks in south africa lead to a new agreement which is set to replace kyoto by twenty fifteen was try and make some sense of this with peter lilley he's a british conservative m.p. and former cabinet minister joining me live now in london well france says canada's decision to leave is bad news for the fight against climate change but kind of the claims of protocol is not the way forward would you agree with kind of the stance i would. typical of members of parliament of my country as yet the mood is changing

over here to there is. a feeling in canada which. the. commitments are not really achieving very much as far as the future climate is concerned but are beginning to cost a lot and hurt a lot. canada may be forward indicator of what other countries will think and feel in future why aren't those measures working surely is there not enough evidence to suggest that if we do reduce carbon emissions and of course reduce deforestation and other exploitation of the planet that it would have a beneficial effect. so there's no doubt in my mind that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere does have a modest effect warming effect the direct effect we know from physics would be to double if you've doubled the amount of c o t in the atmosphere it would increase

the temperature by about one degree centigrade which isn't very much there may be some feedback effect which would amplify that a bit but the alarmists assume that there are massive feedbacks which are not. indicated by the past performance. and therefore i think we should wait and see how things turn out before we make hugely expensive commitments which are paid by this generation in the hope of achieving things which will benefit not the next generation or the generation after that but by people in the year two thousand two hundred and beyond but the intentions of the kyoto protocol a good. well there are well meaning but actually when you boil it down even if all the obligations of kyoto be met and every country in the world the world and signed up it would simply have delayed the point to which we reached a given level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by

a year or two so it was not going to have very much effect but now of course you mentioned cost and we know that one of the reasons behind canada pulling out was because of the very expensive and costly way of having to fulfill its obligations saying it simply couldn't afford it but what about other members of the euro zone countries for example greece are in italy are they ready to continue paying billions of pounds and dollars and euros despite their huge debts which i assume those costs will go onto the people of those countries. well i share your doubts as to whether the countries which are in the greatest problems within the eurozone and having to pursue the most or steer programs are really going to want to add to them by climate policies and whether they will actually fulfill the obligations which europe result has signed up to i rather doubt but in the north of europe where people are more prosperous there's still a sort of masochistic feeding within the policy elites that we ought to

flagellate ourselves in the hope that it will make the world better in a century or two is time i think it's arrogant for us to assume that we really know what's going to happen in a century or two's time i spoke a little earlier to the weather expert piers corbyn london he's hoping that the whole kyoto protocol will collapse into share those sentiments. well i wouldn't be surprised if it does it's presented as a success actually the outcome is very similar to the outcome in i think it was bali in two thousand and nine so the world hasn't really done any more than mark time and reach very expensive agreements you know fourteen thousand activists and negotiators. spew out c o two into the atmosphere to go to some nice location and then agree to more or less the same thing their grade three years before and they'll meet again in a year's time great cost and expense to taxpayers spitting out more c o two and making past statements about how wrong it is for people to spew out c o two so i

don't think we should take them too seriously or be too worried if the thing does collapse peter leave thank you so much for joining us sharing your thoughts on this conservative m.p. live there in london thank you for joining us thank you. this is r.t. live here in moscow coming up shortly a fresh expressive perspective on the state of the world's economy in the kaiser report that's after a quick business update with kareena. hello and welcome to business update this hour there's been progress in their gas dispute between russia and ukraine but gas paul says a deal will not be done by the end of this year media reports in kiev say the sides have come to a draft agreement on forming new joint ventures this would affect to guarantee russian access to ukrainian gas transport networks in return for price cuts for gas supplies daniel bushell has more on this. on the face of it this is

a success for all soil 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 rush ukraine agreement current ukraine lead to the cove which is pushing a hold to get as cheap russian gas as possible for ukraine but this may be a case of the will you know because on thursday. russia and this deal allows mosco to present a solution to the gas tensions that we see every christmas in two thousand and nine and two thousand and six ukraine even cut off russian gas to european families european consumers were affected. the trouble for russia continues. 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 this deal

could easily be affected if the russian bloc returns to prominence in key of. let's have a look at the markets now oil prices are surging outpacing a broad rally in stocks and strong retail sales but a rosy glow on the u.s. economy when land is currently trading at one hundred nine dollars a barrel. over one hundred dollars a barrel stuffed in the u.s. trim rise after a federal lease rates alone and rest i reassured by strong dispassion from buyers at a bond sale back in europe. spain was able to sell short term bonds at a much lower interest rates compared with a month ago most european stock markets closed lower on tuesday that german chancellor angela merkel rejected to raise the lending limit for europe's haven't paid up front and that also cause the dollar to go up against the euro and here and russia markets close in the black sea our tests ended. seven percent higher than

six over two percent. among the main game is let's take a look at some. otherwise x. and over three percent in the black. gold was also both from. three percent on monday after its main shareholder russian billionaire announced he would run for president and make a separate again after news of a possible merger and. well that's it for me and the business team here in our team but don't forget you can always find most stories.

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