sign of discord in the country's interim leadership comes amid a rising tide of discontent among libyans riots swept through benghazi at the weekend as thousands took to the streets of a city where the antique death the uprising began enraged protesters accuse the m.t.c. of corruption being slow i want to bring in reform and favoring former government loyalists but also criticism from analysts of the council is failing to unite the country. the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace among all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area i mean they turn libya into a war and of the hunting of black skins they have they're selling off their oil and natural resources and sovereignty to nato and now the thieves that is the rebels they're all falling out with each other so really this is a freedom and democracy by nato it's all become very clear people of syria and the people of lebanon and the people of the global south have to see about what's happening in libya is coming to them if they're not able to defend themselves and

stop this ruling western aggression against other countries in the global south. this is r.t. one solution to joblessness in the united states is a scheme where giant corporations create workplaces for local communities there are even handed a government money to that end but somehow jobs still get outsourced to cheaper foreign workforces and as it has more important i reports this allows big businesses to prosper while small town sufferer. in one of america's most economically depressed cities resides the world's largest producer of home appliances roku corporation 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 them and they're very poor and they're very disheartened i

mean there's been very little effort on the part of the 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 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. more open to just close the factory and that hurt my business my little bit. in this 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 banking myth 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 the whole 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 on us in that just doesn't sit we'll with my soul a soul living in one of america's poorest cities in poverty and accessorize in corporate success arena porton party. or as i promised a time out for the business news kareena joins us next. thank you rory hello and welcome to our business here in r.t. thanks for joining us this hour the european union has reportedly agreed to the details of a possible embargo on oil deliveries from iran sanctions are part of the plan to stop iran developing its alleged nuclear weapons program iran meanwhile has counterattacked threatening to block

a major shipping corridor for oil the horrible strait now for more on this let's talk to gals lewis davis energy strategist at. hello gary thank you for joining the program so as i understand iranian oil embargo still needs to be formally approved by the e.u. foreign ministers do you think this is a way to. kind of a way to persuade iran to take part in the talks. yes it's definitely part of the process it's not just the e.u. sanctions which we think will be announced today but also the u.s. sanctions that will be perhaps it. will be affected in the market from july on words it's all part of a process of trying to get around to discuss the situation with the international authorities and where do you see the all price is going to be sanctions be implemented. with the e.u. sanctions on that on their own i don't think that's significant around exports

right about two point two million barrels a day of oil. all of that goes to europe only represents run about one quarter of most goes to to asia so we expect that the impact of the e.u. sanctions were quite limited but the u.s. sanctions that might take effect towards the end of this year. removing all sports two point two million barrels a day and of that i think will have greater or price impacts and they're also trying to persuade not to import. this oil to asia as well and. a tickets to the effect. yes the e.u. sanctions are you restricted but certainly what we're seeing at the same time is u.s. authorities. telling other governments. that if they were to buy oil the grain authorities this would pollute the relationships of these companies in their dealings with american organizations and as a consequence perhaps the u.s.

sanctions which take effect we have greater impact as asian buyers of oil seek to look for alternative supplies over the next six months or so well you just said europe doesn't export much from iran but still europe is europe's economy is a very it's a very in a very fragile situation so if prices go up could this affect europe more. certainly the u.s. is a large importer of oil as well as europe so they're both will be affected by higher prices in the case of the european sanctions i think the european refineries can easily replace the iranian barrels by taking barrels from countries such as saudi arabia and that would displace oil to asia but if all of the regular exports are affected it would require countries like saudi arabia to replace all of. that would lead to reduction in spare productive capacity around the world and that would lead to higher prices and. net importer of oil will be affected including

europe and the united states as what effect could all this have on russia and its all exports. right now russia is a net exporter of oil and the oil. is similar in some respects to the rain or that is being embargoed and as such for fineries that are constructed to run on that type of medium heavy density oil will look for alternative supplies and i've said they would look in the first instance saudi sources of oil but russian urals also full will fulfill the same role and they may see their volumes increasing as a consequence so this situation could play in the hands of russia you think if the ban is opposed to some extent yes to some extent but i think most of the control is how saudi arabia is able to adjust its production when iranian barrels come off the market i think saudi arabia is the key element in meeting the any shortfall that

takes place ok thank you very much gary davis energy strategy said thanks very much for for your view on the on the problem thank you. now anticipating that while ban on iranian oil crude prices are slowly heading higher light sweet a struggling for direction while brand blend is adding. point three percent actually nearly half a percent this hour shares in europe on makes to investors are waiting for the e.u. finance ministers decision on the greek terms of a greek debt restructuring deal they're ready to accept that puts that in a quarter of a percent while germany's dax is losing over half a percent and here is russia other markets are lower in afternoon trading after a positive star the us is losing point two percent while the shedding over half a percent as well here are the top movers on the my successor russia's largest oil company rosneft has slipped into red despite strong oil prices spare bank is losing

almost half a percent almost one and a half percent actually the lender has completed acquisition of torque a dollar a good investment bag and mobile operator m.t.s. is losing point three percent also in the red. well that's it for now of you back with more updates and more look the at how the markets are doing around the world in just under fifty minutes time.

well. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. if you're just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow time for your headlines now the e.u. come to an agreement on a total embargo of iranian oil it's a move the could ultimately backfire on the blocs own fragile economy. damascus rejects the arab league's transition plan which includes a demand for president assad's departure calling it a fragrant interference in its internal affairs the e.u. is reportedly also stepping up its pressure on the regime by imposing

a new set of sanctions. croatia joined the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes polarized opinion and a disappointing turnout. the u.s. often calls for democratic change in the middle east but remains reluctant to admit the rights of palestinians for self-determination to get the latest on the palestine's bid for statehood first hand from the president of the palestinian national authority of course that of mahmoud abbas the exclusive interview is now. visit is the final stop on your european tour. still waiting for a resolution to the statehood 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 action list we want to listen to the opinions of the countries i mentioned earlier and russia in particular. by the mr president. some time ago you said the board was leaning towards israel and the talks was sixteen months. old exploratory with israel in a manner that revealed many contradictions several areas of the peace process that apparently. was. 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 which 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 that'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 would mean 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 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 are testing the ground for future talks to comply with the cortex demands. of the negotiations are just a way to gain time they say the talking games will not bring about solutions or agreement which will make. that. stand 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 if 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 they'll leave 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 and that 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. 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 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 a colonial policy and colonialist a lodging 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 lines 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 solve two issues borders. why would we want to add 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 document that simply enumerates some issues such as borders curacy the jewish state etc with no clear indication of what is actually expected of the other party. that you think

current events in the arab world could strengthen your position in the peace talks and how 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 our position will need time to get back on their feet and build their states under the new conditions however the general 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 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 you have to mount unprecedented diplomatic pressure on israel to make it completely isolated rather like south africa when the international community. 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 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 hundred sixty countries so it's 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 pile up all of our plans on the need to be a certain order in. the torture. and what the hey there is the president of your address to the u.n. general assembly with a very emotional truly be golden historic event but as it turned out a deal wasn't enough to convince nine members of the u.n. security council the sight of iran the palestinian authority the status of full u.n. membership would it be 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

everyone is pressured to vote against our membership today we refuse the idea of being a nonmember observer state 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 approved that they would. in a number of arab countries people are now. just with the idea of overthrowing existing regimes while palestine has embarked 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 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 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 one. that i 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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the headlines on r.t. the e.u. used to come to an agreement on a total embargo of iranian oil it's a move that could ultimately backfire on the block's own fragile economy. damascus rejects the arab league's transition plan which includes a demand for president assad's departure of calling it meantime a flagrant interference in its internal affairs the e.u. is reportedly also stepping up its pressure on the regime by imposing get a new set of sanctions. croatia aabs to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes polarized opinion and

a disappointing turnout. i do stay with us if you can hear an r.t. roman joins us now with the latest action from the world of sport. hello welcome to sport an artsy come and see a live from the russian capital with me a room on call for of now let's take a quick look at the headlines. the last two standing the new york giants and the new england patriots win their respective conference titles to set up a super bowl showdown next month. the giant killer rushes yet i tell you that knocked out of my adversary the williams server lists of big name victims at this year's australian open. gunning for the playoffs the most prolific lap band in the n.h.l. history sundays also then she speaks to artsy about dino morea his prospects of

this year. 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 late end of c. mashed the giants down the san francisco forty nine er's by a single field goal lawrence science is the man who booted the new yorkers to their second super bowl appearance in five seasons and over time the giants will now face the new england patriots at the super bowl in indianapolis next month just as they did when they won it in two thousand and eight and by the way four years ago it was this same man lawrence tynes to kick the game winning field goal in overtime in the n.f.c. title game that put the giants in the super bowl. meanwhile in the a.f.c. that you england patriots were the first to book their place after beating this down baltimore ravens twenty three twenty some brady scored the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter with this one here.