iran's long range missiles are standing by put drills and tear on threatens to close off by key oil barrier to the west continues to tighten its sanctions. from flare up in syria with opposition activists reporting dozens of dad dead because of police that arab league observers continue to accept that state of late come on. little. by little. the year of the protest as twenty eleven draws to a close look back at how the revolutions and rallies made us what it was.

international news line from moscow this is all she with me thanks for joining us fast iran is to file a long range missiles as part of its ten day naval drills in the persian gulf the maneuvers come amid saber rattling with washington to ron's promise to block the vital oil supply route through the strait of hormuz if the west imposes sanctions over iran's alleged nuclear program or she's going a trick on reports. day after day we see the degree of tension rising iranian and american warships kind of brushed shoulders earlier as u.s. ships past the area where terror ron is holding a ten day military exercise the u.s. fifth fleet said they crossed the strait of hormuz unhindered and that he was a routine passage iran's right in to cut off the strait of hormuz which is the

major goal of oil artery forty percent of the world's tanker shipped oil passes through that strait the u.s. said they would not tolerate any disruption of supplies which suggests that if you ran goes through with their threats we might see a full scale military showdown there and for now based on the statements that we hear washington seems to think that iran is bluffing but right now you won't find itself in a situation where its main source of livelihood namely oil export is in danger because of the looming sanctions and the threats that are coming from iran indicate that it's ready to take action to protect its interests if attacked it's almost sure to retaliate right now were iran is flexing its muscle showing off its capabilities doing their naval military exercises and as part of the exercise on saturday they'll fire long range missiles capable of reaching israel by the way the touching upon some of the latest decisions the u.s. congress passed a bill that would dramatically complicate transactions through iran's central bank

european and asian nations for iranian oil and use its central bank for their transactions president obama has yet to sign the bill and that's going to be a severe blow to the uranium economy around eighty percent of its revenues depend on crude sales e.u. ministers say. a decision on whether or not to boycott iranian oil will be made in coming weeks the west says all the rand has to do to avoid sanctions is to give up their nuclear program iran says they are not doing anything wrong by pursuing a peaceful nuclear program for civilian purposes some experts believe cornering iran like that by sanctions creates a powder keg which could blow up at a slightest spark and the potential confrontation over the strait of hormuz can be that spark. as to the consortium rules will be paris says while not a valid nor the united states one divides however into the bronx at work a state run could still be on the cost for washington. i don't think any side here

wants that to happen the iranians don't really want to see that kind of disruption to the oil industry that is their principal source of foreign capital the united states doesn't want to see that happen either because it would impact negatively on both the u.s. and european economies however sometimes when rhetoric reaches a certain level and tensions reach a certain level and people taken positions things can cascade out of control and that's the risk here we could see a war we could see some some kind of conflict. there's been a propaganda campaign in the united states very similar to what we saw before the invasion of iraq not a major news organizations have been hyping up threats about iran. we've seen questionable allegations be given a great deal of weight here in the united states people have a tremendous animosity toward. the leader of iran so i think you have the kind of

climate here that can then lead to something else and of course you have israel which has been which has been making a point that it considers. the iranian nuclear program an existential threat so you add those combustible elements together and one false move by any party a mistake or intention or provocation could lead to catastrophe. violence has yet again erupted on the streets of syria as tens of thousands have rallied against the regime security forces have reportedly opened fine just on the protesters activists also claim dozens were killed and with clashes in flashpoint city all which have been visited by arab league observers the u.n. says more than five thousand people have died in the ten month long unrest with damascus blaming armed gangs for the violence journalist that runs a bridge he used to work in the region said the conflict is being managed from the outside this is a real worry we do not know what the americans are cooking right now obviously they are they are thinking of

a much greater political context than syria they are thinking iran they are thinking the stability of iraq in the american withdrawal and they are also and most importantly they are thinking how will the political vacuum if such a vacuum is created in damascus affect israel israel's security and the northern border particularly the golan heights front israel cannot afford another security nightmare from their point of view of course to be added to that of south lebanon and gaza and this is really mostly with the americans are very worried about they are worried about. israel's security. it's a concern about democracy or human rights in syria or anywhere else in the middle east i think the americans are yet to find a formula that would assure them that in the absence of assad there will be a political rejean that they can trust and i think this is what the americans are

trying to ensure right now. still ahead for you with just hours to the new year what would you want to see in twenty twelve well space people. who know politics and twenty two out made them do things that are good for the world to not just get to get reelected i would probably be that asshole or gambling you the world be a better place without those things yeah i think you would probably be lots of benefits . plus a look back at the turbulent twelve months of twenty eleven from the arab spring to worldwide are the key brands that marks the year our correspondents were in the thick of the advance so it was their first hand experience on our web site r.t. dot com. this is. two history making. testability. ten stories that shapes two thousand and

eleven on our team. and some more headlines from around the world for you this hour move on and this has erupted in nigeria following be charged bombings on christmas day that cold more than forty people on their shoulders say two civilians died in a shootout at a market in the north eastern c.t.o. my degree will witnesses report a blast hating the local mosque the recent wave of attacks in the country has been blamed on the extremist islamists. tens of thousands of people have fled their homes across the country appearing time x. . does traitors have clashed with police across turkey in the second day of civil unrest following the botched government as trying that killed thirty five kurds on wednesday in the city of shia back here thousands of rallied after the funerals of the kurdish civilians killed in that time police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse them turkish lines groups of appeals to the u.n. to launch an investigation into the times that the government has referred to as an operational mistake. kim young the son of the late northern north. leader kim

jong il has been formally made supreme commander of the country's military forces seeing a government officials declared can your head of the communist party on thursday following his father's memorial move is seen as the twenty seven year old consolidating his authority over the nation. tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in gehman demanding president saleh to be put on trial for the deaths of hundreds of an unarmed activists the protests flared up after find a power transfer agreement last month granting him immunity from prosecution in the wake of violent protests he also announced he would leave again for the us demonstrations have rocked the country for the past year calling for an end to thirty three year. the u.s. says egypt has agreed to hold raids on pro-democracy rights groups that its soldiers and police stormed officers of nongovernmental organizations including some of those funded by washington the groups accuse the ruling military of using

the same tactics of repression as the previous mubarak regime documents and computers have been seized as part of investigations into foreign funding of the united nations the military took power in the country after an uprising in february which toppled president mubarak and middle east professor lawrence davidson says islamist groups which are expected to win parliamentary elections are turning a blind eye to the military's continuing hold on power. the liberal element is the most adamant element when it comes to the egyptian army turning over power to a civilian government at least so far they're the most adamant and the egyptian army. does not want to do that it has a great prestige stake in this it has a great economic stake in this the officer corps and i don't see them turning over complete control to a civilian government and my guess is that the islamicists groups have

somehow made an accommodation with that reality that present reality and foreign policy i live doctor says he believes the military government is making sure it stays in power but the people are determined for democratic change this is part of the minute the supreme council on forces way of making sure all of the the and who you should and basically is molded to that to the type of government they want because that's those are the same generals by the way who work for mubarak. but really the military has to step aside they will not give up the body that easily but i think the egyptian people and and the arabs in general have lost that fear from corrupt government and they have restored of their dignity and they are not tolerate another military dictatorship in the country i think all the

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be official. called talk. radio. now in the palm of your. on the dot com. with less than a day left until the new year and with celebrations gearing up in corners of the world we remember what may twentieth mother it was a year of rallies and uprisings as people around the globe went out on to the streets to demand justice freedom and economic equality she's an isa now it looks

back at the protests that shaped the past twelve months. two thousand and eleven could easily go down as the most eventful year in years the killing of bin laden after a decade long manhunt libya's gadhafi after months of nato bombing and the death of north korea's kim jong il don't even begin to illustrate twenty eleven. times chose the protester as person of the year and although there were different slogan signs and demands of solutions twenty eleven will ultimately be remembered as the year people came out onto the streets the arab spring bloomed into a european summer which harvested an american order from cairo to california moscow to madrid to her ear to occupy global rallies shared common themes but one thing stood out in the middle east and north africa alone it was protests that lead down

one road regime change. tunisia and egypt got rid of their dictators without war but. nato and allies began a humanitarian mission with a fierce bombing campaign the critics called it a mislabeled invasion to take down gadhafi for benefits the only reason urges to with libya is about the oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast or the sudan gadhafi was brutally killed in october as the world watched the graphic. go viral thousands of civilians were killed over months of bombing and as twenty twelve neared syria found itself in a similar set up for intervention russia and china fearing a repeat of the situation in libya as civil war intensifies this is

a direct. act that direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russian shined on the war in on the other side much more david was in libya protests continue in egypt libya syria and many more arab countries as the year ends. the battle to save the drowning single currency left to board rooms and banks in twenty eleven and flooded the streets of europe most commonly and violently in athens greek debt became the centerpiece of the euro crisis protests raged against desperate austerity cuts to qualify for i.m.f. bailout germany and france fined for influence in the debt ridden zone i think we will see an exit of greece given the situation in which the greek economy find itself has become really unavoidable draining the economy of big brother germany can't go on forever greece and italy are now led by on a lark to brussels back technocrat leaders who are trying to curb the crisis coming

into new year critics say twenty eleven bell outs or bust was the beginning of the end for the single european currency there's every chance the euro is going to crash. london burned for days in the summer of twenty eleven what began as a peaceful protests demanding justice over the death of a twenty nine year old man who was shot by police turned into days of riots and left authorities helpless talks of possibly bringing out the military boss to shop swer looted car set on fire and windows smashed across the u.k. the police the job center all the banks everything that's happening in the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that social experts also through a felt multicultural programme and racism into the mix.

so the. institutional. racist as well the riots faded but the problems are still passing some say only a spark is needed to set the public off again. occupy wall street became a household name in the u.s. and around the world when the protests began in september if you were talking about it the mainstream media stayed silent until seven hundred people were arrested on the brooklyn bridge and that was truly based in the end of his roots of american politics but. they are disorganized they look but there's one of the protesting nobody seems to know but negative coverage didn't stop us from spreading from small towns to huge ports occupied was not going anywhere raids on camps heavy handed police and burning pepper spray only helped occupy grow and read their message of

the need for economic equality and an end to corporate greed their slogan became we are the ninety nine percent and they are the rich the one percent from oakland to boston the more people occupy the. more brutality became more evident. if you're. right our police forces have been militarized they are working more in cooperation with the pentagon they're buying and being given military surplus quitman that has been kind of designed for use in war and this is something that. needs to treating the public as you would treat an enemy a public that has promised to come out in full force in twenty twelve.

parliamentary elections were the push behind tens of thousands of people coming out onto the streets of moscow after allegations the december duma vote was raked. the protest at least fifty thousand strong the largest in recent history call for free and fair elections and remained peaceful ruling party united russia lost popularity in the vote with official results putting their numbers at almost fifty percent but experts say a sixteen percent drop from two thousand and seven should be taken as a warning i think a lot of people wanted to punish. united russia for having power for so long and maybe not doing everything they could protest organized by vast groups of opposition members are set to continue in twenty twelve next year russia along with the u.s. and france holds presidential elections which makes it a safe bet people will be out on the streets in twenty twelve in europe america and

around the world and he's now a party moscow. or china special coverage place on saturday is also his correspondence but we're bringing you more now how they say in twenty.

the obama administration is hoping to restore momentum this spring for peace talks with the tongue about and military contributors says washington needs to work hard not to completely news all possibility of trust in afghanistan as a date in pakistan. political will the u.s. military preponderance in afghanistan hasn't achieved any decisive victory nor it has managed to reverse the momentum to retake the initiative from taliban have been at work and their associates neither you know afghanistan nor across the border in pakistan their western alliance attempt to attain a breakthrough and to reconcile with the irreconcilables in afghanistan and pakistan hasn't achieved any tangible or long term results and just as was predicted the american replica of your i.q. surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed the military opposition to their ever going

to government neither in pakistan nor you know afghanistan in the minus another year and one hundred plus billion dollars the united states hasn't won afghanistan but it definitely has lost pakistani cooperation. they need is always a strong incentive but people to start found they need a good bye to their old one today oh she's very new york resident can only hope and it's people in the big apple what they'll be happy to see the back out come the stroke of midnight. two thousand and twelve is now arriving what would you rid the world of in the new year this week let's talk about that big wall street protest because it doesn't really help anything at all if you ask me i'm a business student it's my fifth year in college and i just i don't know what the

point is i understand what they're fighting for and i agree for but for me unlike you just taking up space i would probably even after gambling the world be a better place without those things yeah i think they would probably be lots of benefits yeah i agree i think a lot of people would protest about oh i have no doubt a lot of people would protest differently including the government because they are exception money out of it would be occupy the liquor store time yes or no will borders no more borders let's just all be one country. because it's so difficult to travel or. people turn a school put seem politics. you'd make clean up politics in twenty two out made them to things that are good for the world to not just get to get reelected oh poverty for sure. so how do you think the world leader should go about starting that. well distribute the wealth intolerance you'd

make everyone tolerate all different cultures. that's a tall order i know well you asked if i could religion probably ban religion all of a spiritual but religion as a religion we think the difference that. own. control no matter what you'd like to abolish internationally let's just hope two thousand and twelve brings us a little closer to a better world. and . the most exciting entertainment events over the past twelve months and the russian countess. as the main cultural symbol of russia twenty eleven saw the bolshoi theatre finally returned to its former glory. next up on one of our favorite moscow out shows of the year was filmed the star city the cosmonaut training facility originally asked secret ad for space we

ventured off to russia's only school for cosmonauts and then i was put through a whole range of training procedures under water weightlessness zero gravity and being spun around inside a centrifuge. to celebrities in twenty eleven hour many a list this time around the world have made their way to the russian capital film premieres concerts and private parties moscow sees many of the world's top actors singers and fashion models come here every week. rushing crowds love them and they enter and seem to be impressed with the city. was. joined the moscow team in just a few moments here on our she was there are back with the headlines.

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