the government's decision to let observer. others. call for an. oil rig disaster with still missing after the. north koreans are paying their last respects to the. instability.

still. worldwide news live in the center of moscow. with me. groups in syria's opposition say they want an arab military intervention to quote protect civilians from government security forces. protocol allowing observers to monitor a regional peace initiative to end months of bloodshed part of the opposition dismissed the deal as a stalling. on the. the authorities say they are fighting extremist armed groups operating inside

the country. has been through one of the flashpoints in the ongoing unrest. we're here in the embattled city of homs and you can hear heavy gunfire in the background but it's really hard to share insurance as the civilian population here lives here as we called to wait a month after month to ensure this conflicts with the on going file is taking its toll. there are neighborhoods that are being suffocated surrounded by armed groups there many people who have been kidnapped who had enough who did we do to deserve this homes is being described as a city on the brink of civil war where some of the series this is fighting has broken out. driving through the streets there are clear signs of conflict bullet holes in windy pains and. there's a heavy military presence we went able to visit some of the areas where

concentrated fighting is continuing it would be empty dangerous to visit. us in other areas of the fifty day life struggles own movie if indeed the backdrop of gunfire. you can see that shows i'm playing here in the homes that this is the one of the major concerns is this conflict continues for the safety of the civilians if you continue living here and this is the situation in homes right now is far more complex than simply one of the opposition against the regime has a deep seated sectarian conflicts with their heads. from the very beginning home. because they're equal large numbers. much more than. the military funeral held yesterday gets under way for five soldiers killed by what the government says is an increase in the militant movement and on the same day with calls from the opposition. the harrowing account says civilian deaths around

the country. make serious decision to allow the arab league to send observers to the more important this is naturally we want to visit the city. in the same time preserve our sovereignty so really it depends on the intention do they really want to help syria or corner. was the decision by the main opposition outside the country yes and see. the opposition inside the country has welcomed in the north. we hope it's going to be implemented on the ground as it stated in the protocol and we remain completely against international intervention it would lead the country to destruction. with a fractious opposition and rising death toll with facts and information still very hard to verify even on the ground as a rival here in syria will be an important step but it's going to be just one of

many more that we need to call a and seeing to ensure the name or lives of. surf. city of homs. and i mean time beirut based a political analyst to come out believes that the opposition's call for foreign intervention is not about protecting civilians but rather about pursuing its. their dream of a change in their regime and collapsing of the regime not that there are lies and they think after nine months of that international coalition western and some gulf country against syria syria was able to steadfast and prevail over all the obstacles that has been put by these country i think there is a map that has been drawn for the middle east and they wanted some somehow for the regime of assad to topple and i think the way things are going it didn't please.

god and it didn't please what they called the opposition and that's why you see they don't want they want to still continue the process. and causing instability inside syria what you are see live from moscow two days now after an oil rig capsized off russia's far east coast the search for any survivors has become desperate dozens are still missing in the freezing waters while seven of the survivors found have now arrived back on land. them in the port of the coastal region nearest to where the tragedy occurred. on the boat this just stuck behind me a seven out of the total number of survivors i saw fourteen or so far being pulled alive from these icy waters and as they dock would have their wrists first experienced since this ordeal stephy on to dry land no doubt there is a sense of relief in the air for those who have been involved in this from the very starts but attention now really focused on those who still haven't been found

thirty seven still missing and this time lapses time passes for the discharge of finding survivors is dwindling if you expose to extreme elements to face a second night at sea rescue so far found all the lifeboats mean that there are no there's no shelter for any potential survivors to take cover in exposed to extreme elements in temperatures minus ten degrees celsius here colder our set c. now we're looking into reasoning so why so far this actually occurred in the first place the whole rig sank within about just twenty minutes on sunday happen very quickly one of the reasons before for that is that it field of water therefore capsized and sank a full of proper investigation has already started and so have criminal proceedings and they're looking into why exactly this oil rig was being towed in such bad

weather conditions. and more on the maritime tragedy in the russian far east can be found at our website r.t. dot com one of the survivors who was airlifted to a hospital on saturday has told the media the horrifying story of the oil rig sinking and explain why so many people fail to abort the life just log on to our team dot com to find out. north koreans are paying their last respects to their late longstanding leader kim jong il who died of a heart attack at the age of sixty nine on saturday his death was only announced on monday. has since sent shock waves all around the country and the whole region a stream of mourners including his son and successor kim jong un passed by an open coffin it's expected the late leader will be buried in about a week's time images from the world's most reclusive nation also show thousands of people uncontrollably weeping on the streets meanwhile north korea's neighbors are on high alert following the news of the death fearing it will spark instability in

the roots of japan's government has called a special security meeting south korea says its forces are currently combat ready but some experts believe peace on the korean peninsula is determined not by relations between the north and south rather by the standoff between china and america. important thing here to understand is that for example korea being on military alert it's not south korea that is our military it's the united states that is actually using south korea as a beachhead ever since the end of the korean war the other hand we have to understand or should really be asking ourselves will the military the north korean military which are very powerful one million strong army who are building a reserve nuclear arms ballistic missiles will they really be subordinated to the new government or will they have a larger stance of these probably the key question is how will all of this unfold what will china china has

a very special relationship with north korea it's sort of a love hate strict father versus problem. i cannot see how are. these things because north korea will undoubtedly not do that which china does not allow we have to always interpret north korea within the scope of the regional geopolitics of china which is the key power in the region. well the youngest son of the late north korean chief kim jong un has already been named as the great successor and the people have been told to unite behind him but as independent journalist tim short told us with the secrecy surrounding the new leader it's hard to guess what his tenure what actually bring he's only been around for three years in the public light he went to school in switzerland apparently he knows a lot about how the internet works and he knows a lot about social media but beyond that we know very little except he's been

appointed a four star general and it did take kim jong il who just passed quite a few years to actually gain total acceptance with the power structure there with the powers that be there in the in the party in the government to actually you know take firm control so obviously he has no military training very very this year or next to zero military experience but i think what these two leaders this closely held leadership in north korea once is the symbol of their regime and this is a clear you know successor symbol they can they can use to continue their power. now eleven minutes past the hour here in moscow you're watching are still ahead for you in the program immersed in debt look at how a seemingly prosperous economy estonia is struggling on the property line demonstrating the discontent growing within the block. and business looking to analyze what gains and benefits russell will get from becoming a member of the world trade organization join me for that and more in our business

but less than. three months and it seems that no one is backing out the occupy movement in the united states is celebrating yet another anniversary as it continues to defy critics and gain momentum he's an associate is in new york with. these are the images of america over the last three months that cops are must beat themselves in the forehead because they've given such life to this movement not welcome by authorities a movement against wall street wealth inequality and government corruption exploded in new york and spread all across the us this nexus of all of our grievances was the profit motive but the fact that the corporate sector dominated by the financial sector has our ostensibly democratic politics gridlock and.

occupy wall street has just marked its three month anniversary what we fall into on september seventeenth with this momentous moment of restoration in anger with the facts this time now i think that we've kind of injected the idea of economic inequality and see the public discourse how come i walk through. that it would not last long enough to deliver any significant message but three months it was because nationwide movement here was just sitting here it's clear that the protesters are feeling stronger and more united to one critic said the protests would not survive until winter they have we can't fund education we can't fund health care but we could fund the police state and fund these wars until the cows come home at what point is it enough. when does the greed stop opponents said the demonstrations would never track tens of thousands they have i would love to see a peaceful revolution where really what the media ridiculed them as

a joke they did not have a party in their lives and is a trying to have burning right now. but kidding they were not. as many believe the uprising has transformed the face of america it's totally changed the conversation in the united states on saturday the occupiers of new york facts right. campus after being evicted from zuccotti park. attempted to occupy a new public space to use as their base. but confronted by police about fifty were arrested others kicked out were pretty resilient so i think you know in a short amount of time we'll end up you know. surely the. demonstrators plan to keep going until they see a revamp of the financial and political system in the us the financial elite is still lording it over everyone the economy is in trouble foreclosures are

continuing they're all the real reasons for protest and the movement will continue no matter the obstacles the goal of occupy wall street is to make history and we're growing and we're going to be the transformative moment. in america. r.t. new york. now a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital and i do remember there's always plenty more stories on our website a quick look now at what's in store at this moment by an airport. in siberia with one hundred emergency workers sent to deal with the disaster find out what caused the. protest to follow a well known group of activists have been missing for twenty four hours now. one of . the better russian president.

it's good to have you with us today here on. the personal phone conversations of a kenyan. russian opposition leaders have been leaked on the internet it's creating a storm of controversy. is alleged to have called protesters who attended a rally against parliamentary elections hamsters and cowardly penguins let's get some more details on this artist is joining us now live from central moscow a time so this is likely to be a major blow for opposition supporters where of the recording has come from and what else can you tell us is actually on. the revelations were published in life news dot breuer notoriously tabloid and sensationalist web sites in russia and they concern six hours of private phone conversations recorded boris nemtsov an

opposition figure in which he insults fellow opposition leaders using very profane language and calls protesters how would lead penguins and internet comes to those protesters turning out on the reports of widespread vote rigging in december's parliamentary elections boris nemtsov one of the all denies of the protests has hit back saying that this is kremlin phone tapping and that they've been released these phone conversations to try and discredit him and to split the opposition he doesn't ever admit that some of the phone conversations did happen and he's apologized for any insult caused in those but he says that others were falsified life news is only for its part has also added to the controversy by refusing to say where they got the recordings from and all of this is caused a great storm of controversy on the internet with people shocked by words and his use of language about other opposition figures and the possible splits in russia's

opposition that that could indicate. they live in central moscow thank you. the e.u. hasn't managed to raise the full amount of rescue loans needed to help its indebted members the failure to come up with the cash is being seen by many analysts as an indication of wider cracks within the block and it. reports little surprise some nations just cannot afford to pay the membership bill. on paper these people live in one of the most prosperous economies of the baltic region the reality their homeland. is the poorest country and after spending a year being part of the euro zone these people say the positive changes they were promised are nowhere to be seen recently euro commission check their pensions are authorities told they received an average pension of six hundred this is far from reality pensions in greece which fifteen hundred we hear get around two hundred. a

stone he adopted the euro last january but despite a general positive attitude towards the move until now it is mostly big businesses and politicians that are really enjoying the transition there are clearly political advantage in terms of if you want locking in more firmly into the economic advantages as well in terms of investment the support for the euro is holding up very well people seem to be to see the advantages maybe politically rather than economically but the year award auction party soon brought a painful hangover since september story has agreed to take part in the european financial stability facility the body created to combat financial crisis and bailout countries like greece now experts say this membership comes at a price you can not afford to buy. for us very bad because we need to. march. or or. from our g.d.p.

rich countries something more than nine percent from our budget the poorest. country we need to pay off march richer countries the country central bank has even warned of a possible recession recent poll suggest up to sixty percent of the story inspire against the country's membership of the. government however doesn't seem. tension and refuses to drop out of this relief fund meanwhile members of this community say they would rather help greece with potatoes than for it would then see their pension money heading their adopting the euro soon or later was a necessary condition for a stone you to join the european union but being part of the european financial stability facility was not in the agreement and while economists are speculating whether stone you should continue its membership in this organization ordinary people are left to wonder why they have to pay someone else's debts. reporting

from tallinn in a store. and that's the latest the crisis remedy is now under threat with the i.m.f. lacking rescue loans french politicians are conducting a war of words against britain refused to support the plan the anglo-french always talk it in the kaiser report here on our to your thoughts coming your way next. better to be frank the british system finance minister of course any sane person would rather be french and british just look at a recent study that came out about facebook users seventy five percent of british facebook users feature photos of themselves drunk. ok that should tell you something about that country all the policy makers are drunk is mostly in the bag all the people who are trying to do business over there in the city of london are for the most part in the abbreviated.

right before we get a career with the business attire for the world update here on our some of the headlines from around the world this hour hundreds of coffins have been shipped to the southern philippines where massive floods of killed almost a thousand people sailors loaded a ship with wooden coffins to help local authorities handle being creasing them out . efforts continue to help survivors those displaced by the floods but search operations have been hampered by the damage to infrastructure the red cross estimates over eight hundred people are still missing. in clashes between protesters and military troops who have moved into a fifth day in cairo where more than a dozen people looking killed since friday security forces have used tear gas and live rounds as they try to contain it stone throwing demonstrators protesters had been trying to tear down a brick wall the army set up to block access to parliament the deadly confrontation

began when troops cracked down on a sit in to demand egypt's military rule one power to a civilian. iraq's shia led government has issued an arrest warrant for vice president tariq alpha shamy on the recent charges state run television and what it said were confessions by alleged terrorists linked to the vice president for money and they have been paid by sheriff's office to carry out attacks on officials and police officers and the warrant has also led to fears of escalating sectarian tensions all right now let's turn over to kareen as she joins us next with all the business news. thank you rory it's twenty three past two pm here in moscow welcome to our business updates world bank claims that russia will earn big from the world trade organization are being played down by a top official here the global lender says national g.d.p.

mid term will jump more than three percent from entry to the trade party which was accepted by other members on friday but the chief negotiator to the top. says he expects only half that. marks through most of the research is of such gross we're increase those three to four. really prefer to be more persistent. different from most unhappy about the same as the mistakes of a would be emotional or so it's a bold sort of run for profit. and loss. by as has put a figure on the games he expects from membership of the world trade organization at a ceremony accepting russia as a member of the trade body she weiss revealed it was not who had also received around five billion euros in state aid ahead of schedule. this is where the additional so important five percent of the g.d.p. grew so important for so from the way to report the rules you know for your new

poor soul joining the euro that's so kind of the needs to go to the good of the feds some through the road will be willing to push on the little construct an additional steps from the go on before us to go on the british and are going to throw the review in the rulebook and do the big issue for the beautiful view by the end before the end of the next year but actually they were both heels if you will in december this year go in madrid really all the money. let's have a look at the equity markets now cruel futures edged higher and electronic trading on she was day to reaching ninety five dollars per barrel for those up for the second day all four counts that u.s. stockpiles declined adding pressure is speculation that further sanctions may be imposed against iran opec second largest producer. of stocks in europe shake off the valcke of early losses on tuesday helped by banks the footsies trading lower while the dax is gaining over a quarter of a percent of shares of b.m.w. up to now percent and diner adding one point three percent drug sector is weak

shares of astra zeneca down noble three percent. and russian stock markets are trading in the red this hour the r.t.s. is losing two point eight percent to my six is down two point seven percent let's have a look at some individual shambles m i six this hour blue chips are losing ground with the country's biggest lenders barebacked are down over one and a half percent air carrier air flight is gaining its net profit rose by more than a third during the first nine months of the year reaching of three hundred eighty four million dollars and preferred shares of national oil pipeline operator trans nafta are also off the it's nine months have profit growth eighty percent to four point eight billion dollars bucks in shushing call for also capital believes at the moment investors should stick to defensive stocks. overall expect some more get them for you to be weakened. quarter falls and twelve was we driven by increased instability quite

a few school instability in europe where we avoid scorns to stoop to such names has a high dividend yields hopes. and those industries go to selected who are to retails who would stay away from you know high but cyclical names like steels for example we are neutral in banks. but when i think you know if begging situation globally would be on the pressure of billabong come way to be defensively in russian mirman. demand for protests fertiliser is coming under pressure from the ongoing financial turmoil and europe russia's largest potash producer says it's most likely to cut production at the beginning of next year to maintain prices there is so it's a general. sentiment on the markets people are cautious everybody's afraid that there will be a could be just a fact from financial markets move that agricultural business which is not the fact

for the time being that's why we think that most probably in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve we will have to do so all of the waste that's a reduced demand for the markets we can expect. ten fifteen percent can be expected and will use a base window in order to. implement it so it's a maintenance and function well that's it for this hour i'll be back and more about fifteen minutes from now so i mean that i think.

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