a very warm welcome to you this is our life from moscow syria could be the next object of a foreign military intervention if some of position groups get their way the calls for outside help are growing louder insisting is the only way to protect civilians from government security forces with a libya style the mom to comes despite the latest decision by the ask us to allow arab league observers to monitor how the regime have. been recent reports suggesting that dozens of army disasters have been killed by syrian troops and as artists are first found out the situation in syria now looks more like a civil war than the fact that. we're here in the embattled city of homs and you can hear heavy gunfire in the background that is really hard to share insurance as a civilian population here live here a week of the week

a month after month they've had to endure this conflict. with the ongoing violence is taking its toll best had they in the room maybe whose they're being suffocated surrounded by armed groups there are many people who've been kidnapped have had enough who did we do to deserve this homs is being described as a city on the brink in civil war where some of the series fiercest fighting has broken out. driving through the streets there are clear signs of conflicts bullet holes in window panes and slogans on the walls there's a heavy military presence we went able to visit some of the areas where concentrated fighting was continuing they were deemed too dangerous to visit. dozen other areas of the city they juggles on. the backdrop of gunfire. you can see the children playing here in the homes that this is being one of the major concerns is as this conflict continues. for the safety of the civilians if they

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 a deep seated sectarian conflicts with their heads. from the very beginning to home . because they're equal large numbers. much more than. the military held yesterday gets under way five soldiers killed by what the government says is an increase in the militant movement and on the same day the pool's from the opposition the harrowing accounts the civilian deaths around the country. make serious decision to allow the arab league to send observers the more important this is naturally want. to. in the same time preserve our sovereignty so really it depends on the intention do they really want

to help syria or of course. 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 pros a call 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 that no more lies. the city of homs. or the first bonuses are due to arrive in syria this week while the rest are expected by the end of december some analysts in the region a calling on them to paint

a real picture of what's going on in the country and help prevent a full scale war prompted by the opposition. they have reached a point after nine months of attempting to destabilize the situation in syria where they really are ready for a. full fledged war and destruction in city and that is why the syrian government is trying as much as possible to act positively and to find the positive measures to be taken in order to calm the situation down when the city and opposition or at least part of the syrian opposition. and so there are positive moves with with the more insistence on foreign intervention in syria in affairs that actually shows once again that the intentions of these are. all part of that position is that is not an intention that is for the well being of the syrian people the observers. and one hopes so that the observers will function according to ethical standards and to

professional standards i mean they have to do a comprehensive overview not just a selective one that would show the casualties on both sides because apparently there is shooting on both sides and there are some serious interventions in syrian affairs. so to come this hour on the program beaten up by the clock events bail out house deadline as the clock struggles to keep its member states to chip in for the common good of the year right also. are going to be the transformative moment for example in economic justice in america. not backing down the occupy movement against the men to market street solid world like you say against global financial. now is the oil rig that capsized in russia's far east on sunday where rescue operations are continuing despite fading hopes of finding any more survivors a total of fourteen have now been safely portrush or one of being treated in the

local hospital greeds met some of them as they arrived in port. dry land and the end of a nightmare for the weary few on board this ship rescued from a horrific ordeal in which friends and colleagues were lost they are among the few to be found alive after an all rig on the toast sank in freezing waters for the seven people about some make port and their families awaiting them the moment will no doubt be one of intense relief but their tale of survival differs greatly to that the majority of those aboard this ill fated oil rig. psychologists and doctors met the survivors upon arrival filled likely be an experience that will haunt them for a lifetime aboard oh my swam away from the rig a bit turned around inside capsized and i started swimming away as fast as possible in fear that i could be drawn into the board tax but those found alive you can see that in comparison they are the fortunate few dozens are still missing in the icy

hoxsey following more than two days of searching planes are flying sorties to try and locate those lost and they're being accompanied by boats in the area the hours spent scouring the horizon so far program fruitless as only the numbers found dead appear to grow and angry relatives for they know just who's to blame and seem to like why did they need so many sixty seven people and then rick why what was the pattern of having six to seven people there. yes you know i'm the wife of captain because look you for the voyage here dressed every official morning down there to talk to him was prohibited in the winter months off because of the heat it may have been one of the largest oil rigs in russia but disappeared beneath the waves in a matter of minutes on the other what will support the investigators are looking into three possible causes of the accident firstly it could have been due to violations of safety regulations during the tugging of the drilling rig one

secondly the condition of the rig itself might be to blame and lastly it is. the rig might have been taken without proper consideration of the weather conditions of the wreck site. but the official findings will take some time but whatever the outcome for the families of those involved the little comfort come to terms with losing their loved ones so the more experience the hope remains alive the possibility discovering further survivors appears slim. and russia's far east. timor continue to follow the rescue operation phrase it updates the follow jacob on twitter will be monitoring developments as they happen and one of his recent tweets he reports on the anger of the victims' relatives who are raising questions over why the rape with terror to insult a severe storm to follow on twitter and all websites dot com.

now the body of north korea's. leader kim jong il who died of a heart attack today has been put on display in pyongyang his son and successor was the first to pay his final respects or video from the country also shows thousands of mourners weeping in the streets the news of kim's death that the north neighbors on high alert fearing instability in the region japan called a special security meeting while south korea is that its military is standing ready but peace on the korean peninsula depends on how much pressure the outside world

puts on the north according to the former head of the u.n. atomic watchdog. i think it is important outside the world. does not make. threats from the outside might make them provocative we know that within artillery range from north korea so even without nuclear weapons this situation would be risky one. and if north korea were provocative. there could be a risk also of encouraging. aggressive forces in japan. and we watch the full interview with hans blix in less than twenty minutes time here on . now public apologies and embarrassing explanation of the fate of one of russia's opposition leaders are recordings of some of his phone conversations surfaced online but is there. a split within the ranks after using insulting words to

describe his allies hamsters and cowardly penguins were among the least offensive. reports. revelations were published in life news dot grew a notoriously tabloid sensationalist website 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 cowardly penguins and internet comes to those protesters turning out on the reports of widespread vote rigging in that december's parliamentary elections boris nemtsov one of the organizers 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 oh no 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 shop to buy themselves words and his use of language about other opposition figures and the possible splits in russia's opposition but that could indicate. well conspiracy in russian political life isn't just a case of internal affairs check out our website r.t. dot com where we look at how washington is valid moscow is playing big politics to nudge the country under the influence of the us. and our protests to follow the search for a well known group of topless activists who went missing after staging a naked demo against the bella russian president takes an unexpected turn.

now antiballistic missile has been test fired in kazakstan as part of the russian military's defense modernization drive this is the first time the russian ministry of defense has released footage of its a.m.d. chats the display of firepower comes amid the long long russian nato standoff over the u.s. backed missile defense system planned for eastern europe and turkey washington says it will not threaten russia's security while becka demands legal guarantees it also suggested the actions of the us could undermine the recent starts nuclear reduction treaty. by the e.u. west a self-imposed monday deadline to come up with two hundred billion euro for its latest block wide bailout scheme the union fell fifty billion short of its target with political bickering paralyzing the projects the cash for with is intended as

a debt if i were to become one of the last lines of economic defense the plan stalled on takeoff with britain among others refusing to pump more cash into the bureau their reasoning is that the euro is a sort out its own problems but as our. reports that may be asking too much from them the states on their last financial legs. on paper these people live in one of the most prosperous economies of the baltic region 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 at the home of a lot 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 here get around two hundred. still only 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 some political advantage in terms of if you want locking in stone you're more firmly into the e.u. 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 you may be politically rather than economically but the year award option 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 and now experts say this membership comes at a price you can not afford to buy the formula for us is very bad because we need to . 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 polls suggest up to sixty percent of historians are against the country's membership of the. the government however doesn't seem to pay attention and refuses to drop out of this relief and meanwhile members of this community say they would rather help greece with potatoes and forry 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 stone. now relations between member states the deteriorating us phone as they're called the most nature but example of the exchanges between france and britain which have been getting progressively more undiplomatic and that's one of the things being discussed in today's kinds report with max and stacey had. better be french the british says french finance minister and really this childlike behavior going on as the last resort when all else fails you throw mud pies that eats out there on the playground right it's a roast beef versus the frogs going on 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 mervyn king 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. police in denver disputes dozens of demonstrators who set fire to their shelters following attempts to evict them it comes after protesters recently mark three months since the start of the movement against corporate greed in the u.s. artie's anaesthetist can reports from where it all began. ah. these are the images of america over the last three months. 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 u.s. the nexus of all of our grievances was the profit motive the fact that. the

corporate sector dominated by the financial sector has our ostensibly democratic politics gridlock and it owns it. occupy wall street has just marked its three month anniversary of what we volunteer on september seventeenth with this momentous moment of restoration in anger with the pakistanis 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 the biggest nationwide movement here what's happening here is it's clear that the protesters are feeling stronger and more united than 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 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 or really would the media ridiculed them as a joke they just don't have a party in their lives and isn't trying to have burning right now. but kidding they were not. many believe the uprising has transformed the face of america that's totally changed the conversation in the united states on saturday the occupiers of new york lax relax. 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 and occupy and i am sure 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 mourning it over everyone the economy is in trouble foreclosures are continuing here all the real reasons the protests 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. justice in america. are to new york. ok because of other international headlines this hour an hour and a minute's silence held across. thousands remember the victims of last week's shootout in the city of liege the incidents are a man go on a rampage shooting and lobbing grenades at a crowd there christmas market five people were killed and over one hundred twenty injured in the incident the attacker shot himself before the police arrived with an ex convict who served a sentence for firearms and drug related crimes. troops and riot

police work through cairo's tahrir square before dawn on tuesday in another attempt to evict protesters be shimon and using live ammunition in the process fourteen people have lost their lives in five consecutive days of clashes in the capital the demonstrations a calling for an immediate end to the rule of the armed forces the military took power after the former egyptian leader hosni mubarak was ousted. iraq's sunni vice president tadic hour has shown me has lashed out against terrorism charges brought against him by the government he says the allegations have been fabricated amp of claims his innocence iraqi officials issued an arrest warrant for him yesterday and suspicion of running a hit score that killed government think is the episode has increased tensions between sunni and shia groups just days before u.s. bases its forces run little the country our. football clubs across europe settle down for the christmas break transfer rumors come under

the spotlight get the latest in our sports that is in around twenty minutes right now that is going to the latest business. burnell welcome to business r.t. demand for potash fertiliser is coming under pressure from the ongoing financial turmoil in europe but as largest part of producer says it's most likely to cut production at the beginning of next year to maintain prices. there is a general mystic sentiment in the market people are cautious everybody is afraid that there will be a factor from financial markets move and that only cultural business which is not the factor for the time being this way and we think that most probably in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve we will have to do so based on the it's a reduced demand on the market we can expect. somebody of ten fifteen percent can be expected and

a wall in use of this window in order to. implement the same maintenance and the function. of the market so we start with oil futures are heading higher stronger they're up almost three and a half dollars on tuesday that's on forecast us stockpiles decline and adding pressure speculation that further sanctions may be imposed against iran second largest producer u.s. stock markets are up on a positive housing report caterpillar is talking up on the dow which is above twelve thousand points finally caterpillar is up more three percent. european stock markets also catching this optimism coming from the united states helped by banks the dax is up after a survey of german business sentiment exceeded expectations for these up point nine percent is still way down somewhat by the drug sector shares of astra zeneca are down as it's abandoning and to various cancer drugs. and this is

a cause and picture in a rush our stock markets there also had a positive session with the obvious my stocks are two percent main drivers of the growth energy shares gazprom adding almost four percent there at the close and carry out a lot weaker than the market up half of the said sap profit rose by more than a during the first nine months of the year reaching three hundred eighty two million dollars preferred shares of the national oil pipeline operator transnet also strong its nine month net profit rose eighty percent to reach almost five billion dollars. chairman and it's only two bites has put a figure on the gains he expects from the membership of the world trade organization at a ceremony accepting russia's a member of the trade body to beis revealed rosenau ad also received around five billion euro and stayed ahead of. additional seven point five percent of g.d.p. growth so one point five percent from the way to a quantum of growth in north korea you never foresaw joining the military there so

kind of the mix of the take on that affects them through the approach of the enclosure for the protection of the not expect an additional step from the government because you're on the head of a geisha eight hundred thirty billion robot and the brigade will be fulfilled by the end before the end of the next year but actually they were put here if you want to go to december this year the government has all the money the top official has vowed to defend russia against a flood of cheap foreign imports because of joining the world trade organization that economy minister and they snipped off admitted competition will be rising now but he told r.t. he'll battle one just moves by other members. but we can defend the market for more important unfair competition we've use existing w two rules to follow this so we're not creating any risk through companies through joining neverless competition overall who grow and that's no bird flu we do need more competition bitsa quality

products and cheaper prices. that's all from me for now alice is next with that. from. the.

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has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. this is our senior serious decision to visit the events of the country state's own position some welcome the move while others intensified. to and months of on the arrests. despite fading hope of finding more survivors from a cup size boil reagan launched this far east the such go zone seven people who were pulled alive from the prison horses are being treated in hospital. positions.