a. clear red line in calling for. reporters in syria as russia. and georgia. the border with russia.

calls it a staged. this is. iran says that it will not stand any military confrontation but is strong enough to repel an attack and would hit back with deadly force the statement comes in response to the israeli prime minister's speech at the u.n. or a call for tougher international action to strangle iranian nuclear development reporting from new york now. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu took to the podium to address the international body and presented somewhat of a show when his diplomatic approach this year in his speech was to hold up somewhat of a cartoonish figure of

a bomb to indicate what he believes is iran's nuclear program he was holding up this drawing literally drew a red line in it he indicated israelis believe that iran has enriched seventy percent enough. to make a bomb and at the ninety percent line these are really prime minister drew a red line with a marker to indicate that the international community he says should draw that line and if you run for us is that why it would lead to military intervention benjamin netanyahu says that sanctions over the past seven years that have been placed ron has not deterred them from continuing their nuclear program and so he was trying to rally the world body to take a more forceful actions against iran but clearly this was

a different tactic most representatives take what addressing the international community usually they give somewhat of a speech there is some tension rising between the u.s. and israel over iran because the u.s. has not been as forceful with this red line rhetoric as israel has been in israel is hoping that the u.s. will be more aggressive in setting in which there could be side kind of consequences put upon iran if iran continues its nuclear program so clearly a lot of issues being discussed at the u.n. as all these world leaders are meeting in new york for the week. of the conflict in syria also for debate at the u.n. . general assembly and it's reportedly been an explosion in the meantime with the chief of staff building in central damascus and this all comes as the two month long battle for the second city of aleppo is said to be entering its decisive face with the latest clashes described as unprecedented and with the escalating violence

the u.n. human rights council has extended its mandate to investigate war crimes in the country the forty seven member body also passed a resolution that condemns what it called widespread violations by syrian government forces but the text made no mention of alleged rebel atrocities forcing russia and china among others to vote against what they consider balanced emotion moscow's trying to mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict but the russian foreign minister says there is outside interest in ongoing bloodshed is just a part of sort of the level of the interview with the u.s. talk show host charlie rose. when we tell our opposition. syrian opposition representatives that we believe that you should forget you know about you know who is. more important in the position movement you should the forget the boat you have. why don't you think about your people why

don't you stop fighting and they have been telling us in response you know but. for you mr followers they give us a different voice they tell us keep fighting until the end. raise your voice saying that russia must topple and you will you will prevail. she watching r.t. still to come for you just a bit later in the program that of forgotten promises. governments have been cutting and cutting and cutting the state's expenses to balance budgets but in fact the more they cut the slower the economic growth and consequently more cuts this will be a catastrophic budget often in the press present. as the country's toughest budget in decades we've convinced the measures will only make things worse. this is our team now almost immediately after georgia began boasting and wiped out a dozen suspected militants who were allegedly crossed to russia's border last

month was being cast on the operation. georgian backed chechen militant is claiming the whole operation was a hoax to discredit russia. going off investigate. the outcome of a recent alleged police operation georgia's border with russia's republic of kyrgyzstan eleven suspected terrorist dead the b.b.c. says that the armed men were chechens who crossed into georgian territory and kidnapped around ten locals before being caught by police the news spreads quickly but not everyone is buying it. this was all organized by georgian security services the lack of transparency and details about the incident has led many to believe the full so-called terror operation was a complete hoax georgian authorities have been very successful in creating an image of a modern western civil rights state a beacon of freedom george w.

bush once called it but in this case the opposition accusations are fighting supporters on the other side of the caucasus meet his duty on them he spent two decades fighting on the side of chechen militants against moscow and officially representing them in georgia he also has downs about what really happened at this latest border operation. first of all their weapons were american made second none of them fired off a single. shot that's not so the uniforms of the so-called fighters were brand new that was saakashvili plan he sent his guys across the border into russia and then had them shot by the georgian police this was a setup just to frame russia no one will ever be able to prove anything of course. he said he cleans the beaches for division with terrorists began in the ninety's when he personally helped chechen separatists by delivering weapons and aid from georgian. surely the pankisi gorge in georgia is really close to chechnya it takes

just ten minutes to fly across the border by helicopter so we helped our warriors from georgian territory from the gorge we delivered weapons money to the injured and then send them all around the world for treatment and with the help of georgian security services and sent us gladly we got the weapons from the depository of a georgian anti terror center our guys came there with cash able to choose whichever weapons they wanted and bought the. album of says he's interested in just didn't diminish even after president saakashvili came to power a man often bridge street as an envoy of democracy. everything is still controlled by the anti terror center or the mujahideen and the gym marks are in its hands they are their people any chechen who lives in georgia and wants to study in an islamic country has to go through the antiterrorist center they tell you to tbilisi you go

to this center meet with some official and they won't let you go until you say yes to us free to work for them although of claims that his knowledge almost cost him his life following an assassination attempt he was allowed to return to church now with a green light from russian authorities after he asked for forgiveness now he plans to reveal everything he knows you want to spin off r.t. rosalee the chechen republic all right into the ottawa debate now. i will start with iraq where a person break in the town to crete has claimed the lives of at least twelve people clashes began late on thursday night after a suicide bomb attack at the prison gate the military has reportedly regained control of the facility although some ninety inmates did manage to escape the attack comes after al qaeda in iraq and oust plans to regain territory and free its members who had been jailed. thousands of workers of march through central rome as part of a nationwide one day strike against austerity which will lead to

a downsizing of the public sector and the government passed the latest spending cuts in august in a bid to avoid disaster meanwhile the country continues to slide deeper into recession with unemployment at its highest level since two thousand and four. well now the french cabinet has approved the country's toughest budget in decades included a promises to tax the rich and cut public spending but people are growing alarmed by increasing unemployment and a lack of growth both of which president francois hollande promised to address correspondent maria from the story. they force. officers who may. yearn destroys year a short about on the bottom up as you go there i believe the time of crisis is over it's now time for france's president francois hollande to perform a miracle this is how some are labeling the task facing all along in his first

annual budget and the country's image in the faltering euro zone is also at stake the government needs to save thirty billion euros in twelve months to reduce the deficit from this year's four and a half percent to three percent the e.u. ceiling for member countries higher taxes for business and wealthy individuals are expected to bring twenty billion and all and has outlined a plan to save the other ten billion by cutting public spending. has worked in a handful of french ministries over the last twenty years he says france is currently there may fall into the same trap many of his predecessors did. who hoop the past decades of governments have been cutting and cutting and cutting my state's expenses to balance budgets but in fact the more they cut the slower the economic growth and consequently more cuts this will be a catastrophic budget i think taxing the rich and unprecedented seventy five percent for those that earn however a million euros

a year was one of our lands crucial election promises allowed a publisher editor and a french millionaire says the move is nothing but a political game. he did this to make his electorate come down to make an impression he's doing something but this is all bluff it can't help it's simply not enough there's not that many rich people and friends while we sit in a man's house in belgium where the businessman moves to avoid high taxes at home he tells me many of france's rich and their money will follow suit these three years a lot worse than just the people who are now happy that the rich are being punished . understand huge the government will start with the rich when they feel can succeed and i'm one hundred percent certain films will descend on the totem pole in tax the poor of it's a circle some experts warn that not only french money but foreign capital will also flee with such a gloomy outlook projected for the future the current situation is not too bright

either last week the country's unemployed supposed three million for the first time in years french president francois hollande campaign slogan was change is now today four months on the right indeed signs of many changes here in the country but while france is economically struggling with an enormous dat huge budget deficit and an employment level the highest it's been in more than a decade the question is whether the change that people here voted for has been for the better. or if not. paris france. and of course he is coming to you live from the capital of russia we are deep inside moscow here and we're coming back to you in just a few seconds here just a story though is still to come this hour the issue being out of the question. of brittania. written by i mean it's it's the iconic association with the british empire system and. we report on how the latest additions to the u.k.

citizenship test proved to be tricky not only for those seeking a new passport but a story in full details in just a couple of minutes. looking at some talks you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the u.s. they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from a straight analysis chance come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail i am maisie but even

more amazing is the story of how racing first started here at school it wasn't the top. gracing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for those who brought their idea to life. five years ago mother put us care of a bill to dog kennel in the village kids from the local all when it came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but smother her scare also encourages her kids to become dab hands on the computer and internet the boys who regularly update their website and they're in touch with that busy ma the twenty four seven on the phone itself. but children are the most important thing my only interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether parsky has hoskins

window race or not she hopes the competition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the winning but truly just the taking part that counts. watching our. show thanks for joining us now the vice president of the european parliament has reportedly called on the spanish prime minister. to consider sending in troops to prevent a referendum in catalonia that's after the regional parliament voted to stage

a vote on self-determination over a million people marched for independence in catalonia earlier this month claiming they would be better off if spain's most prosperous region but are suffering due to the fact that it pays more tax than any other parts of the country and we can delve deeper into this now and speak with a professor of international finance at the european university. well. thanks so much for coming on the program hello to you good to see you are you are in a barcelona right now can you tell us what is the average view of the cattle. in general as you mentioned we had the most recent years ago now were a national day the eleventh of september and there was their own two million people out of seven million and how that's alone here it means a lot of people is asking for the right nation in a democratic and we certainly you bring up the mention of two million people we've been reporting one million whatever the case that is

a very large discrepancy in the size of people calling for independence there one thing i have to address with you is a regarding the comments made by the vice president of the european parliament possibly suggesting to send in the military to send in troops to stop such a referendum taking place is that is that is that realistic do you think. no i think. if we believe. democratic europe if we believe. mr wilders vice president one of the vice president of the of you i mean to go home and leave his position i mean you look at this time with. people like these holding important positions and representing you right now whether it's one million or two million people who came out on the streets of barcelona to say we catalonia his own independence still a huge amount of people do you really think though that catalonia can be better off

by its own by itself. just talking about the population. that the state that we were between one point five and two million in any case as you mentioned a lot of people we think honestly professor at the university on on international relations and international economy it would be better off we have rain. alone you know eleven percent. it's unique in the walled region that the rich are in the world at least more and receive less by their own estate and that's one not one of the reasons not the only one but one of the reasons people in cars alone at least in or creating a new estate in you. go are violent anti austerity protests were rocking madrid earlier this week dozens of activists arrested is it possible we could see an escalation of violence in the future. well it's clear that the situation in the spain economic situation is not good. in fact south europe is going to

war so we have to take me if you see any eenie meenie i think a more growth in the economy not just austerity misuse i mean more growth in the economy and that's what we have to deforest over the economy on the continent and to create more jobs is the main objective i think in the coming weeks you. know not fall into my last question here i do have to apologize running rather low on time here and spain is being hit by its second recession in three years can you can you explain to us what is it exactly that the government is doing wrong. though this one is going to mean as you mentioned i'm from barcelona in catalonia we complain about this funny government and we think. more scenes. programs all. over the country on the. way we are complaining about. we as then just go on warrick and you have actions and take measures all right our

market professor of international finance of the european university live from barcelona thank you for coming on our team today thank you very much. well on our website right now at r.t. dot com a costly blackout drunk and broke says he can't remember why he boards seven hundred million barrels of crude pushing the oil market to an eight month high overnight. stealing the spotlight russia's astronomers discover a comet bright enough to shine the moon in two thousand and thirteen. now appearing on american t.v. proved to be rather an awkward experience for the british prime minister david cameron he failed to answer some key questions in a mock u.k. citizenship test set by the host david letterman but isn't his party boy found out the prime minister is not alone when it comes to gaps in historical knowledge. to life in the u.k. citizenship test a must for anyone wanting to qualify for a british possible according to the government studying for it is meant to help all

those hoping to make the u.k. their home integrate better into british society just last year prime minister david cameron in paris changes to the format of the exam saying that instead of honoring questions on european institutions british culture and history needed to take priority and during his current visit to the us mr cameron made an appearance at the david letterman show where he was faced with a u.k. citizenship test of his own. a lorry brittania. written by home i mean it's it's the iconic association with the british empire for your testament that. i'll go i'll go for the magna carta literally means great for the great charter and as we pointed out the seeds of democracy really brittania which is a beautiful refrain. based on appalled by james thompson a family with james thompson well i'm not. the british media had

a field day over the oxford an eton educated elite as epic fail over the questions about the magna carta and the rule britannia one of the real questions on the u.k. citizenship test all six how many parliamentary constituencies there are in the united kingdom the correct answer six hundred and fifty now we've come to the u.k.'s national library to find out if the london is ten can answer that question correctly thirty constituencies out there in the u.k. three hundred sixty five hundred three hundred somewhere around that six tom cruise . fifty something in that region. would you be able to tell me how many constituencies there are in the united kingdom constituencies i have no clue about fifteen. fifteen is a lot. so it looks like david cameron is not the only one to struggle with the yarn says every year over one hundred thousand people take the test with as many as one

in three failing fortunately for them unlike the british prime minister that his career had ended during the show they can enjoy as many retakes as they like. the more you see it is also used to feeling good to see you again you've got your fingers on the pulse was the business looking like they're going to check out the wall street game with worry because they are declining business activity unexpectedly contracts and in september as well as best as are awaiting the results of a stress test. european stocks as well they too are heading south of. let's check out what the close look like here in moscow because the most to mark is did indeed finish out the week on high as you can say we will. continue to head north from the us markets now i'll be back in fifteen minutes with more. was a pleasure kitty thank you. for just a moment here in oz here after a brief break we're coming back with our peter libelling discussed discussing the

possibility of a strike on iran as israel's prime minister at the u.n. general assembly calls for support. gracefully. it is a way of life traditionally the people are. herders. they are also highly skilled and organized. response is depending. on the day we found this particularly camp they were settled near the coast of the. here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job for the people. and way of life. but they can use

almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. a deer is a means of transportation. with. the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the. boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected environment the school was founded. a scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education many say they don't want to trade the modern life.

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british. find out what's really happening to the global economy. headline to. the friendship asian of russia has started again after two hundred years up at the . jet the emperor napoleon has arrived from overseas to lead the army i have to really take my time to prepare myself to get it right i know. the bloody battle near moscow is going to start over

. james brown will reveal the victor the soldiers are back to do it all again. but you know version twenty twelve on r.t. . and. hello and welcome to cross talk about targeting iran and the fog of impending war while the us and israel publicly disagree on how to define red lines when it comes to iran's nuclear program what is the possibility of an october surprise will israel attack iran before the american election and thus force washington's intervention as well. if you. start. to cross out.