real provocation i think that what is provocative is the united states sending its warships thousands of miles away from his homeland into the persian gulf and also waging wars surrounding iran with wars in iraq and afghanistan military bases all around iran that is provocative and iran is trying to defend is national sovereignty and territorial integrity. in syria the violence that began in march has spilled over into the new year our oblique observers on a mission to the country of war damascus against cracking down on protesters at least thirteen reportedly killed in the past day despite efforts to oversee the implementation of a peace plan that advisory group linked to the arab league has now called for observers to pull out claiming the mission is distracting attention from the ongoing cracked devices nonbinding with the observer stude stay in syria for three more weeks to action returns he told us the conflict is a powder keg that could ignite the entire region it's certainly the western media's

viewpoint that we must believe the we must believe opposition groups it seems that any mobile footage is no except as a source what is in no doubt is that thousands of syrian soldiers or dying didn't they haven't died because of peaceful protests but this isn't a libya syria is a linchpin of the middle east and the united states and other countries some of the more intelligent people realize that there will be turmoil right across the middle east if anything happens to destabilize the government from outside forces but certainly syria the syrian government itself has to step up the pace because it's certainly losing the propaganda battle. well the syrian regime claims its fighting an armed insurgency funded from abroad that she had to be independently confirmed but what is fact is that rebel fighters who helped overthrow colonel gadhafi in libya and are we going to take the revolution to president assad's door to hundreds

of libyan most recent reportedly already gunning for regime change in syria of his exam the boy who reported from tripoli in the week. a butcher our dad made the owner of this keep up shop in tripoli still undecided what's the most fitting term for syria's bashar al assad the sadness of his economics the biggest game in the world but the syria. other syria. you can make it a lot of the 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 subject syria it is our job. long if this soldier we have to have it but i think yeah we want we. 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 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 our law we will make sure that what happened in libya will repeat itself in syria. over the portraits of shady bar i now ubiquitous on the streets of tripoli some rebels even styling themselves to resemble the famous revolutionary. with the help of we can all be like to give aren't fighting for peace and freedom around the world. and it seems that che guevara's a deal 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 all others by the venture if i put out on the vision of freedom and for now at least is 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 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 chippewa a militia was once on the cia most wanted list today he's the face of the democratic leader who according to artist or sis not a group of several hundred libyan rebels to syria just last month. we can't do anything to support the syrian people because we know they are facing the same situation as before and the appreciated comes to leave them be with. the syrian people who they need help 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 hard down for centuries a save cars 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 in the wake of artsy tripoli. so i had here this year a brief we take a look back at just

a few with the momentous stories that made the headlines in twenty eleven around the world. but now to egypt the pro-democracy protesters held a candlelight vigil in cairo's tahrir square on new year's eve in memory of those killed during the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak meantime the u.s. says egypt's current rulers have agreed to hold raids on pro-democracy rights groups earlier this week you may recall soldiers and police stormed offices of norm governmental organizations including some funded by washington documents and computers seized as part of investigations into the foreign funding of organizations the groups accuse the ruling military of using the same tactics of repression is the mubarak regime but also believes there is interference coming from washington. i think the military has made a deal with the islamic brotherhood. and washington doesn't want stabilization they want to be a permanent ani's so that they can you know use that as a lever in the entire region there's anger because there's been 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 found. in the protests claiming it in the military against against these human rights and you also. 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 more will do so in brief first and i geria there the country's leaders declared a state of emergency in areas hit by a wave of islamist attacks president goodluck jonathan of shutting borders with neighboring countries after a string of christmas day blasts which killed over forty he's vowed to crush boko haram militants who claimed responsibility has continued since churches throughout the country were first attacked a week ago tens of thousands of no fled their homes fearing for the conflict. south

sudan's government is sending army and police to an area at the center of a violent tribal conflict the town of people or was attacked by thousands of fighters from a rival tribe who tortured buildings stole livestock and then false calls to flee un troops deployed in the region were unable to enforce security in recent months ethnic infighting caused by cattle rustling has left around a thousand people dead. a former member of the japanese coal behind that attack on the tokyo subway in one thousand nine hundred ninety five turned himself into police or just before midnight new year's eve he'd been in hiding for seventeen years since the group released sarin gas on the underground system then killing thirteen or we should start it is a spiritual movement mixing hindu and buddhist beliefs but then it developed into a doomsday cult obsessed with armageddon. u.s. president barack obama has sided with the law which means any person can be

detained now indefinitely without charge a major defense bills aided dealing with terrorist suspects and it comes with a massive six hundred sixty two billion dollars price tag due but critics say the military will now have more authority to interrogate people denying the basic constitutional rights. this is r t still ahead in the program down with knowledge. the capital of iran. the president of iran is now. you know in the name matter general jaffery so we set out for the streets of new york to discover what americans know about their country's policy at home and across the globe. there's not much cheer new year cheer from economists predicting a return to recession in europe for twenty twelve in fact leaders use new year messages to warn of hard times ahead in their countries german chancellor angela merkel said europe was facing its most severe test in decades french president

sarkozy also warned that the debt crisis blanketing the continent was far from over many governments of course been forced to slash their spending to meet debt obligations as economic growth in europe spin a standstill for months we spoke to investment adviser patrick young who says he doubts the single currency has a viable chance of survival as for the next twelve months. unfortunately the prognosis for the new year must be one of a terrible hangover it is absolutely to my mind clear that we are going to have a crushing recession it's a tragedy but the european union has alternately made no effort to resolve its problems we've had one sham after another sham after another sham and they've been spelt summit and unfortunately there's just nothing at this juncture that gives us any reason to be remotely optimistic apart from the fact that we're going into a new calendar year the euro is living on borrowed time it has been on life support for the last six months it could survive on life support for the next twelve months

that is possible but realistically i cannot see how the euro can survive certainly not in its current shape or form i think you will find there will be defaults in other words countries are going to turn round and say you know what we can't afford to pay these debts we're walking away and i. think that will happen it will happen in greece and it may happen in other countries in the euro zone as well one morning we're going to wake up and the euro will have changed shift enormously another day we may wake up and there will be no euro whatsoever right now i thought probability is fifty fifty best that the euro survives the next twelve months. the israeli military is confirmed it carried out an airstrike on guards there on friday one palestinian was killed in the attack which television claims was aimed at preventing militants from firing rockets into israel the country's been stepping up its airstrikes in recent months leaving dozens dead three years after the jewish state briefly invaded gaza fischler say lead may have to start what they're calling now a quote war of necessity attempts at brokering

a peace deal of so far pro fruitless but israeli column is gideon even thinks television is really trying to avoid conflict. three years ago israel had a card larger not only a carte blanche of the west had plowed this. and didn't say a word against the city but this time we are facing a new egypt and gaza ease in the backyard of egypt and i'm not sure that egypt will remain indifferent visa via another thing but having said this i'm not sure that this is enough to prevent an attack because unfortunately israeli politicians in general not always react in the most racial and logical way the current government of israel has no serious intentional about serious dialogue with the palestinians maybe some photo opportunities but nothing more than this and the palestinian

authority has just launched another proposal for israel to get back to the negotiation table they even gave up the precondition of freezing the settlements which is a minimal. condition and they just just symbolic release of one hundred palestinian prisoners to get back to negotiation table it would these were to say no. welcome twenty twelve with a bang big the world's biggest country celebrated new year as you can see on the map because of its time zones all kicked off in the far east starting the festivities and moving over to russia's western most point the baltic city of kaliningrad finishing it off hundreds also gathered traditionally in moscow's red square to toast in the new year we were there to program and the rest the world was treated to mass celebrations as well of fireworks all over the globe the picture of moscow this is the picture of new york. times square for the ceremonial ball

dropping at midnight that's a strange among the first countries to open its doors of course to the new year glittering fireworks as ever since the bridge aged well picked up the baton with spectacular shows across the region this is the scene in dubai hundreds gathered in the world's tallest building to watch an amazing elimination display and billions revelers off for cities across the rest of europe as well this was the really good show as well the london eye pull previously signify words from big ben but sure enough as you're about to see there going off the top a big. celebration sweeping the globe and this is now a look back at what may twenty. 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 demanded 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 if 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 allies began a humanitarian mission with a fierce bombing campaign but 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 here anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week that were killed in the ivory coast or whose 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 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 i read clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china 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. bailouts germany and france vying for influence in the debt ridden so 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 euro 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 programme and racism into the mix. so the police 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 us 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. there are a disorganized a 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 rates on campus heavy handed police and burning pepper spray only helped occupy grow read their message of the need for economic equality and you know 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 mall. our brutality became more evident by.

what you do if you're. right our police forces have been militarized they are working more in cooperation with the pentagon there. and being given military surplus to quit meant 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 wrote was raked by. the protest at least fifty thousand strong the largest in recent history call for free and fair elections and remains 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 and i think a lot of people want to punish. a 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 r.t. moscow. and we have more of the events in shape try the eleven white in here on a web site as well. also there in the world celebrated the arrival of the twelve you'll find some of the. spectacular footage of the new year celebrations around the globe we compile it all together for you in one easy one also the end of the

year so u.s. troops way farewell to iraq i'll see dot com explores the implications and consequences of nine years of conflict have a look at the uprisings the demos the disasters of twenty eleven as seen through the eyes of our correspondents it's a series we brought you last week you didn't catch it's online to get it on t.v. go home. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven. now the men and women hoping to become the next president of the us appear to spend as much time demonstrating their ignorance of the world as they do their political credentials don't believe me we. found that could just be a reflection of society. 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 he's

looking to to actually fire tens of thousands of federal workers and eliminate an entire cabinet level position 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. 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. 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 do you know the united states was involved in a war with libya. ok. you know why. i know absolutely nothing. about new mexico is that a state or a country what is that. card every time you think we don't you know. it's all been under bush. actually. come on it was not that long ago you vote cheney who is the vice president of the us. you know i have no idea i know it's. my time to. cheney so i can tell you kindly serai stella that we would be fools and nice to

ignore their purpose and their plan some countries are at the top of politicians list to attack her believe i am literally but how much do people really know about those faraway places. was the president. 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 yes what's the capital of iraq. was the president. bush president he just died about the capital of the capital yes i do but if you're asking me i can't tell you that either top secret comes out always calling me. snow live here it's. anything. if the

president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or something when it comes to picking a future for the you was choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present it is this it should not be or. maybe they're just having an off day we'll get a sports ahead for moscow bit later this news of why english football team is the city's new year's celebrations are extra special today headlines next though just a couple of minutes with me kevin go and hear what he.

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dot com. live from moscow this is our take these are all top stories president obama signed a bill which imposes new tough sanctions on iran over its disputed nuclear program this is despite threats threats to shut off a key oil supply route to the gulf with tension between the two countries continues to build. the syrian regime to crack down on them. straight his carries on unabated forcing arab league observers to bring the masses to rein in the violence of one of his rover saying the implementation of a peace plan that president assad agreed to. by the world rigs in twenty twelve with a bang with fireworks and celebrations a little cross the globe in moscow hundred gathered on red square red square

pictures to watch a large scale extravaganza to light up the city's skyline. well twenty eleven was packed with world changing events was made just in the week i spoke to russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin who shared his opinion on tackling the issues dividing the globe right now. the u.n. security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from nato strikes in libya one of members avoiding it or just 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 including the russian delegation raise the need to have some clarity about civilian casualties as a result of nato bombings because for months we're heard from made from a told that they are adopting all those measures in the.