former government loyalists there is also criticism from alice that the council's main goal is to secure western oil interests rather than to establish democracy. mission in libya for example is not to improve life in the in the country libya already had the highest standard of living in all of north africa where libya does have it the ninth largest global oil reserve and the top oil reserve in africa and that is what the national transitional council are being supported for in order that they should promote western oil companies western financial interests in libya and the people will just have to be around the people have already been bombed killed a little veritable genocide it's taken place as we've seen in iraq so in a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again where there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing is promoting the financials and geopolitical interests of the global power elite and bedded inside the united states britain the european union and israel. and coming up in just under fifteen minutes time marty's exclusive

interview with mahmoud abbas the president of the palestinian national authority he believes that the arab world stands remains firmly in favor of palestinian statehood here's a preview. of the revolutionary changes taking place but it will take time to figure out what results they were brought about the people who lead these revolutions are the same people who supported the palestinians in their pursuit of independence and these people have not changed what has changed is that attitude towards their leaders and their governments but that is their internal matter and we don't get involved the arab stance on the palestinian issue has remained the same. one solution to joblessness in the u.s. is a scheme where a giant corporations create workplaces for local communities and they are even had a government money to that end but somehow jobs still get outsourced to cheaper foreign workforce as marina partner reports this allows big businesses to prosper

while small towns suffer. in one of america's most economically depressed cities resides the world's largest producer of home appliances whirlpool corp is headquartered in benton harbor michigan where sixty percent are unemployed ninety percent live in poverty and per capita income is roughly ten thousand dollars the citizens of benton harbor are living from one day to the night they're very poor and they're very disheartened i mean there's been very little effort on the part of whirlpool that runs everything to try to. involve the community in two thousand and nine whirlpool received a nineteen point three million dollars grant from the federal government in part to create jobs and i think our u.s. workforce certainly. factory workforce if you will is that is the best among the

world so we're very confident in the future of u.s. manufacturing for our kind of products one year later the corporation received nearly twenty million dollars from the state of michigan to expand its facility which now serves as a gateway into benton harbor it's good for the community good for the state and good for your business as well there's a real art to that but as the u.s. based corporation has grown globally you know your last three more jobs have been outsourced to countries demanding less wages today the former blue collar community of benton harbor remains a victim of america's deindustrialization and growing poor population pool has seventy one thousand employees around the globe but no longer manufactures home products in its hometown it still remains a recipient of u.s. state and federal stimulus funding. whirlpool just closed the

factory and that hurt my business my little. business i lost a lot of clients this is their home base and it always has been and in the beginning of the large development they promised us that they would always be due to the recession the corporate behemoths of home appliances hasn't paid us income tax since two thousand and eight by two thousand and ten nearly ninety nine percent of benton harbor residents were receiving food stamps while. approximately eighteen billion dollars in annual sales. that think of purchased my last whirlpool appliance i don't even think i'll call for we care because too often in for too long those that have gotten rich has forgotten who's helped them to get there and they're willing to step. in that just doesn't sit we'll with my soul a soul living in one of america's poorest cities clothed in poverty and

accessorized in corporate success arena porton. new york now take a look at some other stories from around the world there's llamas party which won the most seats in the education parliament the muslim brotherhood has promised it will work with all political parties and also add it is going to cooperate with the country's ruling military council despite repeated calls from activists that power should be handed over to the civilian government as long as parties have captured and were well in majority in the first post mubarak parliamentary elections. yemen's president ali abdullah saleh has left the country after giving a farewell speech where he apologized for mistakes during his thirty three year long rule has gone to neighboring iran with plans to have medical treatment in the u.s. this comes a day after the parliament approved immunity from prosecution for selling part of the deal under which he would relinquish power. but you're in president goodluck jonathan has been visited the site of a series of recent suicide bombings in the north of the country the death toll from

friday's bloodshed and now stands at over one hundred seventy radical islam a setback of iran claimed responsibility for the attacks which were aimed at brean group members held by the authorities violence has played in northern nigeria since december. brings up to date here on our t.v. and business is next with karina. hello and welcome to business day here in r.t. thanks for joining me this hour last week friends in spain had successfully sailed through their first debt option since standard and poor's downgraded their ratings these are widely seen as confidence test which indicate that the e.u. authorities have stemmed the economic crisis at least temporarily they have the central bank of poland explains why the downgrades did not spark a freefall in the markets. on the one hand when you look at.

objectively the numbers. situation of european countries then those downgrades so quite justified as a matter of fact this has been basically expected by the month on the other hand. i mean negative mood about rating agencies german they have committed their own mistakes in the past and whatever they do. sometimes as an apparent to redemption to improve their own image rather than. to help the economy and the public policymakers to to mend the fences. take a look at the markets now all is dropping for a fourth day new york investors speculate that the sanctions against the rain or may take effect only in six months nevertheless the brennan blend is managing to stay afloat and it's gaining almost a quarter of a dollar about us here now into equities asian stocks are seeing a seesawing between gains and losses on the one hand it's increasing home sales in

the u.s. are improving the sentiment on the other it's continuing debt talks and greece so far as we see the rails hong kong is closed for a public holiday today here in moscow traders will roll up their sleeves in about two hours time last week russian equity enjoyed a robot growth. its gains on friday at the end of the last trading session the r.t.s. shed a half a percent. almost twice as much. gold is trading at one thousand six hundred sixty nine dollars per ounce up point fourteen percent on monday will had already gained more than six percent since the beginning of the year and. the prospects for the precious metal. is gold on track to become the investment choice of the year now with sovereign debt problems still looming in europe it could be just the right thing the precious

metal as seen their remarkable performance over the past decades take a look at the graphic since two thousand and one the trend has been perfectly positive the peak price was reached last year when gold hits nineteen hundred and twenty dollars an ounce but then we saw a nosedive of twenty percent in just a few sessions as the u.s. credit rating was downgraded a lack of liquidity deflated the bullion bubble somewhat since banks desperately required cash they sold whatever they could and it's at that point that the tables turned for the metal and from a safe haven asset gold shifted into risk appetite choices going in correlation not with t. bills but shares nevertheless gold still gained eleven percent last year take a look at that nosedive that we saw in september last year here it is but the trend is changing we are seeing gold already gaining more than six percent since the beginning of the year it's outstripping most assets and we did see a slight drop during the previous week when jobless claims in the us came in with

a decline now why are we seeing gold on the up over here is it going to continue glomming there's a number of factors to bear in mind which makes it quite likely we've got the debt crisis in the e.u. we've got instability in currencies we've got rising demand from china and the upcoming wedding season in india when families offer gold as a traditional gift to the newlyweds if there's no quick resolution to the euro problems and it doesn't seem like there's one on the horizon yet we may just see new highs with a precious metal even maybe close to two thousand dollars an ounce some day well that's all for now we're back with more in less than y. our self which and then.

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presidential run of why in your book you present another set of plans as part of these election programs. the u.s. often calls for democratic change in the middle east but remains reluctant to admit the rights of palestinians for self-determination and get the latest on palestine's bid for statehood first hand from the president of the palestinian national authority mahmoud abbas our exclusive interview coming right up. visit is the final stop on your european tour. still waiting for a resolution to issue what do you expect from russia's leadership at this stage when the issue of palestinians legal rights is being decided according to international law. the russian federation as well as the soviet union before it has been regarded as one of the key and principal hopes for the palestinian people since the one nine hundred seventy s.

when the late palestinian president yasser arafat visited moscow our nations have enjoyed good relations it's not only the result of the role that russia plays in the region but also due to the fact that russia was a great power a member of the united nations security council and a member of the quartet of middle east mediators this is why we focused so much on strengthening our relations and why we expect russia to play a positive role recently the quartet took a number of steps calling for negotiations without doubt we coordinate our position with russia and several other countries to get an understanding of where palestine stands what it should do and what it shouldn't but this is why we visited the u.k. germany and have now come to russia we hope that the talks with israel currently underway in jordan will result in a positive outcome but if they fail we would need to have a list of further steps to be taken and in putting together the actual list we want to listen to the opinions of the countries i mentioned earlier and russia in particular. by the mr president talking of

negotiations some time ago you said the board was leaning towards israel and the talks was sixteen months. old exploratory talks with israel in amman talks that revealed many contradictions several areas of the peace process talks that apparently failed to yield any balls. results. yes that's true these meetings revealed a lot of contradictions in our positions those were talks just for the sake of talking unfortunately but we don't want to miss a single opportunity we've never stopped negotiating with israel even with george mitchell as the u.s. envoy we continued an exchange of opinions at the meetings held within exploratory or indirect talks we have never shown and mutual contacts to be honest we've never broken off negotiations with israel. well i think.

there were no grounds for negotiations because of israel the basis for negotiations is the acceptance of the nine hundred sixty seven borders or any other positions agreed by both parties so it's not a unilateral stance it's the position of the international community of course it's closely linked with the issue of security which is a huge problem for us and we don't accept the israeli concept of security it will be another forty years of occupation of our legitimate territory on this concepts name is further occupation. criticised for saying there's no point in continuing the twenty year long negotiations that has you under pressure from the u.s. and israel however you have repeatedly accusations saying that there is no alternative to peace talks. confident that. there is no alternative to peace talks at the moment we are assessing and testing

the ground for future talks to comply with the quartet's demands. the negotiations are just a way to gain time they say the talking games will not bring about solutions or agreement which will make time for those who know how to use that. stands behind that statement. means they want to preserve the status quo something we completely reject all illegal settlements all illegal buildings must be torn down and removed from palestinian territories perhaps the israelis have a different vision although in the past they have left their illegal settlements on the sinai peninsula and sharm el sheikh and returned back to their borders we have the same situation in lebanon and i believe some of the settlements there even with that they want to preserve the existing situation of the palestinian territories and seek to convince the international community to accept that they want to make us accept this vision we will never accept it.

netanyahu said that he gave you a twenty one point detailing the israeli position what i doing so he refused to meet in ramallah despite. what is the document all about. i met him three times in september two thousand and ten the first time in washington on an invitation from president obama and the second time in sharm el sheikh out of the third time we met was on the twenty fifth of september at his house in jerusalem where we talked for four hours and discussed all the issues at the talks ended with no positive results no discontinuation little development of the occupied territories no changes to security policies the israeli way they intend to occupy the west bank and the rights for another forty years. this is colonial policy and colonialist a lodging at this is not the logic of a person interested in constructive talks and peaceful coexistence with his

neighbors i don't refuse to make but i need to have a good reason now i guess twenty one point proposal and what are these twenty what . are they just some headlines or indeed a list of twenty one issues that need to be addressed by our people and as of today we only need to discuss and so off the two issues borders. why would we want more issues to the agent did he think it was some sort of a secret but it's no news and it's not of any practical use either it is not appropriate for a prime minister to submit this way the document that simply enumerates some issues such as borders to receive the jewish state etc with no clear indication of what is actually expected of the other party. that you think the current events in the arab world could strengthen your position in the peace talks and help the palestinian issue internationally. there's

still no clear position common to all arab countries yes there are revolutionary changes taking place but it will take time to figure out what results they brought about the countries we want to work with in order to strengthen opposition with time to get back on their feet and build their states under the new conditions however the general an arab stance on the palestinian issue has not changed and that the people who lead these revolutions are the same people who supported the palestinians in their pursuit of in the end and these people have i'm not changed what has changed is that attitude towards their leaders and their governments but that is their internal matter and we don't get involved the arab stance on the palestinian issue has remained the same. mr president. that you wouldn't take any action at international level until january the twenty sixth if the talks according to an ideal charlie you have to

mount president a diplomatic pressure on israel to make it completely isolated rather like south africa when the international community condemned it. we want to live together to co-exist with israel but at the same time we want to stop its illegal settlements on the land that does. and belong to it we want to tell the world that israel's policy is unlawful or their occupation of our land is illegal yes but we're not saying that israel as a state doesn't have a legal right to exist so the diplomatic campaign that's underway is illegal and that we have already been recognized by one hundred thirty states and i'm sure that in the near future the list will grow to include one hundred fifty eight hundred sixty countries it's an allergy to continue this work what is going to happen after generally the twenty sixth at the beginning of february the arab peace initiative follow up committee will hold a meeting where we'll present

a full report on what has been done and what still needs to be done now as well as our vision of the future of the peace process will work out of the final positions based on the committee's decision but we don't want to tie up all of our planet there needs to be a certain order in. torture. and what the hey there is the president that if your address to the u.n. general assembly was very emotional. and historic event as it turned out of a deal wasn't enough to convince nine members of the u.n. security council the side of iran the palestinian authority this status of fully when membership has been possible to continue with the talk if you agreed to the status i would nonmember observer state. in the united nations security council we received eight votes that we need nine still may not upset every one is pressured to vote against our membership today we refuse the idea of being a nonmember observer state though everything is possible i'm not saying that it

can't be everything is possible if you ask me about the official position of the palestinian state on this issue i'll give you the answer we seek full membership or we will apply for a second or third time etc until we get our bid approval that there would. in a number of arab countries people are now at this. with the idea of overthrowing existing regimes while. on the reconciliation mr president why did they attempt to create a national unity government and in failure. what has been achieved in terms of social and political reforms. but first of all our attempts didn't and we don't wish to create a national unity government but my personal suggestion was to create a neutral transitional technocratic government a non aligned government or comprised of experts that would work until the election that's not a national unity government and its creation is already underway we have achieved

agreement on many issues and i sensed some significant political improvement during the talks in cairo when hamas delivered an agreement there was an abyss between us earlier but now they've agreed to switch to a nonviolent standoff with no more bloodshed they agreed with the requirement of a stablish in the nine hundred sixty seven border line to run in the election in may this year and that means we can talk about progress here our committees are working hard to implement these plans as soon as possible and reforms are underway and the government will be a transitional. every thank you very much for being with us to the every possible success in the implementation of political reward and creation of a palestinian state.

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and you to do list for the syrian leadership the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up calls for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. for a shops to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes poller eyes opinion and a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of vehement presidential run a lot of your protests he presents another a set of plans as part of his election programme. just the headlines here in our t.v. let's take a look what's happening in sports with. hello

and welcome to sport an artsy commons you live from moscow with me ramon cost of let's take a quick look at the headlines. the last two standing new york giants and new england patriots win their respective conference titles to set up a super bowl showdown next month. easy does it rafael nadal and roger federer coast into the quarterfinals of the australian open. and show time east west once again in the annual cage shell all-star extravaganza in front of a sellout arena in the last in capital of riga. the new england patriots and the new york giants will compete for this year's super bowl in indianapolis after winning their respective conference titles in the lights and it seem match the giants down

to the san francisco forty nine er's in overtime by a single field goal while in the n.f.c. the new england patriots were the first to book their place after beating the stunned ravens twenty three twenty some brady scored the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter with this one yard drive bring in the patriots from behind this boys the patriots seven eighth's and championship side of their final match against the giants set for the fifth of february will be a repeat of the super bowl in two thousand and eight where the new yorkers came out on top. and now on to monday's tennis matches at the straight open where fourth seed ends in murray booked a place in the quarterfinals after his opponents. retired in the third set while training six one six one one with less than one hour on the court. in the previous round in a five set thriller took the decision not to continue succeed the goal.