uncertain of its citizens but i personally i'm not sure what is more ridiculous about this story the the idea that the the autocratic suggs of the arab league states are going to presume to pronounce on the democratic leaning so that the syrian government to work with the international community is supposed to take what they say with any sort of moral authority but clearly these are not people in a position to be lecturing on this but i think as i say i think the the report has been pretty much preordained and i would be very surprised to see that that it concludes anything other than the fact that the assad government is to blame for what's going on in syria right now. and a former libyan rebels are now chanting for syrians to fall of every revolutionary path hundreds of must in areas some of whom are former terrorists are ready to pick up a second again to help overthrow president assad talks on a boycott now reports from aaa. a butcher or dad made the owner of this kebab shop in tripoli still undecided what's the most fitting term

for syria's bashar al assad. jealous of his economic the biggest game in the world that syria. other syria. you can get a lot of people in syria. out of solidarity with their arab brothers the owners of the shop have even put on display the syrian rebels tricolor but they're very firm on where the revolutionary support should be and we don't want syria and its soldiers we have. and our people such as syria these are just wrong if this soldier we have we have enough but i think yeah we want to leave. in less than three months libyan rebels have gone from being celebrated as liberators to being called occupiers tripoli residents rally almost every week calling on the armed militia to leave and for some of these young man who looked on adrenaline and willing to part with their rifles syria seems like the next logical

destination. we're all ready to join the syrian revolution and with the help of allah we will make sure that what happened in libya will repeat itself in syria of a libyan mother with the portraits of shaky bar i now ubiquitous on the streets of tripoli some rebels even styling themselves to resemble the famous revolutionary. with the help of allah we can all belong to give aren't fighting for peace and freedom around the world. and it seems that che guevara's a dia of exporting revolutions have gotten a second birth in the middle east the arab spring has created a buoyant marketplace for soldiers of fortune they move from one revolution to another motivated by personal gain some by conviction others by the venture if i put out on the vision of freedom and for now at least if the freedom to leave by

the gun. as a romantic and spontaneous as it may appear aiding the syrian uprising with mercenaries may not be such a genuine move video women and children in syria gunned down by snipers are involved on you tube while it's still unclear who is pulling the trigger there are terrorists neighbors who are shooting at civilians men women and children blind terrorism random killing simply for the purpose of destabilizing the country or from libya or from afghanistan or pakistan foreign fighters have been brought in here by the cia and the other western services. one man's terrorist could easily be anonymous freedom fighter but for the united states it's now one of the high combat hige one of the leaders of triple a militia was once on the cia most wanted list to date he's the face of the democratic leader who according to our to sources not

a group of several hundred li been rebels to syria just last month. we can do in who to support the syrian people because we they are facing the same situation as before and do but if she comes to lead the will and the why the syrian people who they need to get their freedom i think we should do it the use of soldiers of fortune is hardly new in this troubled region middle eastern rulers hired them for centuries a save garcia against their own populations and it now looks like the history of mercenaries in the middle east has got to it's new and no less bloody chapter actually we are see tripoli r.t. is coming to you live from moscow now u.s. president barack obama has signed a bill that imposing new sanctions against iran the measures that target the country's central bank and will particularly hit all revenues relations between washington and tehran reached a dangerous point this week the islamic country threatening to block off of vital

oil supply route in the persian gulf for its currently holding navy drills tehran promised not to let one drop of oil go through the strait of hormuz if the west goes on with sanctions the u.s. and the e.u. stepping up pressure over iran's nuclear program iran has since said it's ready for fresh talks in time political analyst chris bambery believes the west is putting world peace at stake with its stubbornness over sanctions. the americans could probably force using the military in the gulf could probably force open the straits of hormuz but that would mean war with iran and that would be a huge huge escalation and would threaten world peace and therefore i think the iranians are really challenging the americans sensing the american weakness we know that both from british sources that there are plans to attack iran and israel is a game or in america to attack iran over the question of its nuclear program but i

think again in a comparison with iraq in two thousand and three iran is in a much stronger position iranian nationalism should not be should not be underestimated here even opponents ammunition about the rallies to support iran's given britain and america's history in iran is a long history of unfortunate british and american intervention in here so i think we are witnessing quite a dangerous escalation and it's the sanctions which the west are talker in points around which is responsible for that situation developing i think we should be clear about that is the west who've racked up the situation every step. still to come for you here in the program on life after death look at the future of north korea for its longtime leader kim jong il was finally laid to rest. and i'm going to say you know i don't know you know. we find out that it's

a not only us presidential candidate struggling with knowledge of the world. the u.s. says egypt has agreed to stop raids on pro-democracy rights groups this week soldiers and police stormed offices of nongovernmental organizations including some of those funded by washington the groups accused of the ruling military of using the same tactics of oppression as the previous mubarak regime documents and computers have been seized as part of an investigation into foreign funding of organizations the military took power in the country after an uprising in february which toppled president barack. i think the military has made a deal with the islamic brotherhood and washington doesn't want stabilization they want it permanent on knees so that they can you know use that as

a lever in the entire region there's anger because there's been a little change but also because. it's quite the case that foreign n.g.o.s financed by the u.s. congress and others the national endowment for democracy various other so-called human rights politicized organizations are fanning the protests claiming pitting the military against against these human rights n.g.o.s so. the idea is to create as much chaos through the region as possible in order to justify i believe a stronger nato role permanently in the region. well in a new year's message north koreans have been urged to make every effort to bring their country to prosperity and to defend its new leader kim jong un quote to the death that's going against hopes in the west that the death of kim jong il would herald a more open country but asia specialist dr tom beale thinks foreign nations have an interest in keeping things as they are. not as we know he was educated

in switzerland not see that's going to happen. but letting go it's grossly overestimate is freedom of action. to the north korean system but also mainly respect to the outside world only new respect to the americans so it is not north korea since don't want to see americans and want to. trade some what's like they want to contain china to do something differently but it's all part of the same the same package so what one can do is in many respects fairly limited. we will again will have sued i don't really depends very much on the americans watching r.t. it's good to have you with us on this first day of two thousand and twelve prospects for the struggling european currency remain low in the new year as the

euro fell sharply at the end of two thousand and eleven debt ridden countries are racing to implement more austerity measures with spain announcing almost nine billion euros in cuts professor of e.u. competition law dr marcus kerber says whether the single currency lives or dies will be determined this year two thousand and twelve is going to be the decisive year for the europe either we have some to boot breaking decisions. which means that we could even take into consideration whether or not to split up the us or the euro will not survive anyway the rescue directors as we have see this form one of the hard hispano will not be able to continue because it is only curing the syndromes treating the symptoms without a trace trying to put an end to the fundamental mismatch within the eurozone that there is a lack of competitiveness having tighter fiscal controls mean that the nation

states give up a fundamental part of democratic policy that is to say fiscal policy taxes that they no longer decide about the major param it is of their national sovereignty i think that would be great for systems apart from that but it will not solve the competitive cost competitive just problem of least. spader perhaps italy the markets are expecting tough decisions for structural reform of the eurozone in order to melt this down to something which is homogeneous of to survive all of those things will not bring as a cure of the problems. well it's been an interesting past twelve to twenty four hours the world welcoming two thousand and twelve with mass celebrations and fireworks all over the globe why has just become the latest to ring in the new year that was about forty minutes ago now in new york thousands packed times square for the ceremony. at midnight sin city two thousand and twelve with

a large scale extravaganza lighting up the las vegas skyline. was among the first countries to open its doors to the new year with a glittering sydney harbor and picked up the baton with spectacular shows held across the region and in dubai hundreds gathered at the world's tallest building to watch an illuminating display of course russia also met two thousand and twelve with a big bang thousands gathering in moscow's red square to toast the new year millions of revenues are also cities all over europe for the count down to. some absolutely massive displays the city that of seven tons of fireworks now with celebrations sweeping the globe we do remember what made two thousand and eleven it was a year of revolt and rallies as millions around the world went out onto the streets

to demand justice freedom and economic equality and he said 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 ladin 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 autumn 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 libya was not so lucky 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 they're interested in with libya is about the oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week that were killed in the ivory coast or who sudan gadhafi was brutally killed in october as the world watched the graphic video go viral thousands of civilians were killed over months of bombing and that's 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 bad wreck it's the fact that i wrecked clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the war and 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 a 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 ranged against desperate austerity cuts to qualify for i.m.f. bailouts germany and france vying 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 a 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 bars to shops were looted car set on fire and windows smashed across the u.k. the police the job center all the banks everything that's happening the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that social experts also through

a felt multicultural program and racism into the mix. stop and. place the institution. properly institutionally 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 but 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 then truly based in the end of his fruits of american politics. they are disorganized they look funny when i protest nobody seems to know but negative coverage didn't stop us from spreading

from small towns to huge ports occupied was not going anywhere rates on campus heavy handed police and burning pepper spray only helped occupy grow and spread 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 the rich the one percent from oakland to boston the more people occupied the more brutality became more evident by. what you're. right there are 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. by 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 i don't most 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 you see now way r.t. moscow. more insight and analysis on the offensive may two thousand and eleven standing by for you on our website it's a calling card you can also watch our special new year coverage from the heart of moscow i reports from various parts of the world expert analysis on some of the most significant events of the past. plus the major stories as seen through the eyes of our correspondent there were in the hot spots of the events of two thousand and eleven that testimony. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shaped two thousand and seven on our t.v.

. let's go to some of the headlines for you are from around the world this hour time for the odds he died and u.s. president barack obama has signed it. different with a price tag of six hundred sixty two billion dollars despite serious reservations by critics over how terror suspects will be handled under its provisions the new law means any person can be detained without charge and opponents also say the legislation gives more thorough he to the military to detain and interrogate people denying them constitutional rights. my fury and president goodluck jonathan has declared a state of emergency in response to the wave of violent attacks by islamist sect boko haram in a state address on saturday he vowed to crush the terrorist group and condemned the christmas and bomb blasts that killed more than forty following the announcement of racial clashes erupted in the east leaving dozens dead tens of thousands of fled their homes across the country in the wake of recent violence. in the south

sudanese state of jungle thousands of fighters from the new tribe have laid siege to a town of one of their rivals and members of the tribe stormed at people torching buildings stealing livestock and forcing scores from the u.n. troops deployed in the town were unable to prevent the attack this latest spate of violence comes as the governor of the state and the vice president attempt to mediate talks between the tribes. a chinese a bus driver has died in the first recorded case of bird flu in the country in over eighteen months the man who was hospitalized with pneumonia but later tested positive for the deadly virus according to health authorities he had had no contact with any poultry a positive test on a dead chicken at a market just outside of hong kong last week prompted an immediate import ban on poultry to prevent an epidemic. in the new year americans will choose who

leads the country for the next four years but are the potential candidates as well versed in global politics as they are and what's going on at home. and. finding out. it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone commerce education and the what's the third one there let's see if he's looking to to actually fire tens of thousands of federal workers and eliminate an entire cabinet level position and he can even remember its name asked me who is the president of you beki beki beki beki stan stan i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know it's not the fact that he doesn't know it's the fact that he doesn't think he should look it up so you agree with president obama. the basic knowledge of those attempting to spearhead a country can leave much to be desired would be this leave americans choosing their

politicians and their country's potential future let's find out. the speck is heard of it. for some reason i don't know anything about libya do you know what is the pakistanis know i do not know what the pakistan is backing for. do you know the us is an airbase there. or do we know about libya. you know dispel libya yes yes do you know the united states was involved in a war with libya. ok. you know why. i know absolutely nothing about. that new mexico is that a state or a country but is that it. hard every time you see because we don't like you know it was my first or now. it's the old me under bush. actually. come on it was not that long ago you know you cheney was the vice

president of the us. you know i have no idea i know. you might find that. cheney. so who is secretary of state police arise now we would be fools and need to ignore their purpose and their plan some countries are at the top of politicians list to attack her belief am literally but how much do people really know about those faraway places. with the president. or the president of iran is no capital capital of iran do you know the capital city of iran. negative do you guys know what iran is oh yeah what's the capital of iraq. was the president.

president he just died what about the capital of the capital yes i do but if you're asking me i can't tell you that either top secret come i don't. know libya or. anything. if the president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name. when it comes to picking a future for the us choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present. party. here in moscow actually russia's ambassador to the u.n. . his views on some of the most pivotal issues here and around the world but i'll be back with a recap of our top stories and just a map. wealthy

british scientists it's time to. market. really happening to the global economy with mike stronger. global financial headlines.

if you're just joining us a very warm. with today's top stories. flare up again in syria with dozens reported killed despite the arab league mission while libya's victorious rebels are taking a very revolution to president assad. president obama. on iran over its atomic ambitions and saying it's ready for a fresh. oil supply route. the world welcomes two thousand and twelve with fireworks celebration and a holiday sweep the globe why has just become the latest to ring in. new york

hundreds of thousands of times square for the symbolic ball dropping out. of two thousand and eleven was packed with news earlier my colleague and spoke to russia's ambassador to the u.n. who shared his thoughts about tackling the world's divisive issues to stay with us for that. the u.n. security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from nato strikes in libya what members avoiding or it is simply a case that ongoing conflicts and i'm more important. well you know first of all it was not rejected the fact of the matter is that a number of security council delegations intruding the russian delegation there is the need to have some clarity about.