it's all the side of venezuela's longtime president is reelected for another six years after smashing his nearest rival in close run polls. the syrian government and rebels both claim success and escalating finally yesterday again answers across the border shelling stoking fears of a nato led intervention. as a us company successfully launches its first cargo craft to the international space station r t looks into what the future holds for private firms conquering the stars .

it is eight am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh would chavez has been reelected as president of venezuela despite predictions of a close finish the socialist leader won over fifty four percent of the vote while his opponent gained around forty five percent a correspondent in caracas losing confidence has all the details the city is going on while this is just moments after the venezuelan electoral council announced that who go childless will indeed remain the president for a third term you'll be leaving the country for another six years we've seen an eruption i don't know if you can actually see behind me but the fireworks have been going off there's been people driving around in the streets people have gathered on the presidential palace to just celebrate this this victory for who go child is what we do have to keep in mind that this was an incredibly closely contended election the president had won by about fifty four percent of the vote with about ninety percent of the districts reporting the results that means about

a million vote difference with his opponent enrique the premiss what's been really . fascinating to watch especially after coming from the west as the amount of excitement and their energy that we've seen on the streets here people have actually taken to the streets at about three am hours before the polls even opened to celebrate to line up while we were covering the actual voting process there were lines going literally around blocks for the for the election voting places people had really trying to get there early to build up the momentum and try to get their candidate pushed forward as early as possible despite that polls have stayed open much later than expected it's been a really really closely contended election and for quite some time it was unclear who would emerge as the winner and we've seen both militias that that support president chavez as well as the official military and national guard patrolling the streets it's been fairly calm right now but again because it's such a closely contested election it's quite possible that we will see tension in the

coming weeks and months we have to keep in mind that the inauguration won't happen till january and that is going to there's a lot of potential for for the supporters who are discontented with with president chavez to take to the streets both candidates when they voted earlier today had promised to stick to the election results to concede if the electoral count council decided the way it did but at the same time that does not mean that they can necessarily control their supporters and with such a highly polarized divided electorate there is some possibility that we will see tensions we certainly see the country calming down any time soon and for a closer look at what president hugo chavez his victory actually means for venezuelans and why there is such a massive popular support for the president with the following report. running water electricity and her real home having spent most of her life in venezuela slums these are luxuries that anna silva could only dream of before. when i got this apartment i just couldn't believe it i thought my eyes were deceiving me i'm

thankful to this government for helping people like me she was able to move her family into this home thanks to a housing program established under president hugo chavez. it's one of the many projects that has earned him tremendous popular support among the poor but alienated him from other voters the latter have turned out in droves to vote for him to come three lists a wealthy businessman and a free market advocate who is pushing for more private enterprise and investment critics fear that he would bring an end to venezuela's experiment with what chavez calls twenty first century socialism here you have a country that is seeing that neo liberal economics is failing the plan. the polarization of wealth which we see not just in one country not just in two countries but globally is completely toxic it must be addressed. but whether chavez has addressed that in the best way remains a question dollars haven't helped bring down the crime rate one of the worst in the world while unemployment and

a stack needing economy has turned many away from el commandante to be corruption deficits we are some of the poorest people we want to chop us has been accused of authoritarianism suppressing the courts and silencing critics in the press it for the long neglected residents of venezuela slums free services may just trump over freedom this is done as well as body a part of the largest slum in all of latin america for decades that thousands of venezuelans who live here had no access to any sort of medical care that earth until i saw the social program to open clinics like this one here as well as get access to doctors checkups and medical services free medicine for free. this batata resident says it's. service that she couldn't live without but when you. hear they helped me along thank god and this community has helped a lot of people and a lot of children here thank you to chavez has done a lot for us those missions are just incredible. these are illegal settlements the

shacks and buildings are poorly built and for decades infrastructure was virtually nonexistent most are sprawled across the steep hills surrounding caracas but the people living up in those longs are barrios there used to be no way to get down to the city to find work or go to school simply walking down those hills you think about an hour and how they used to be no public transportation until president about child has built these cable cars a literal lifeline for venezuela's poor life in the slums may have improved but the country still has a long way to go voters have grown frustrated with declining wages and scarce job prospects and reversing these trends in the next six years won't be easy. venezuela are just correspondent in caracas as you know and she's posting all the latest news and photos for us so we can follow her on twitter for her twitter feed for the latest updates on but as well as presidential elections hotel available there how the u.s.

media coverage of the presidential race and venezuela has been criticized as biased against chavez asia times correspondent deborah escobar says washington would like a willing partner in the caracas not of the tractable leader. and there's the all the election which is show this war against washington which the united states didn't really love to have a saturday or a in state and that's like it was before job is before these twelve years but the trouble is it's amazing because if you follow mainstream media india way it's in the western here and even the most of south america big private groups going through all media sells of america even as well in brazil and argentina for instance show this is the most big one nice head of state in modern times even more than said that was saying. or i'm with you maybe it's amazing.

these private groups most of them they are aligned with washington just like the situation that you see in something as well so all of the job is there is as a communist or even a fascist or even a mix of tools like a communist fascist it's completely absurd but i want to live from moscow still to come this hour a failed state pakistan's military stops a thousand strong and u.s. rally had to the country's most troubled region can't short of its final destination to find out more just a couple things here are. now conflicting reports from the front lines in syria claim both the rebels and the government have may have dances in flashpoint battles across the country more than one hundred people have reportedly been killed in the past twenty four hours this comes as turkey and syria agit are closer to war sanker a return fire after being hit by another shell from across the rebel controlled border artie's polis lior has more. for the fourth straight day turkish artillery

has fired into syria this coming just minutes after a mortar landed in turkish territory fired from syria we understand that at least eight mortars were fired from to a key into syria now according to the mayor of the turkish border town where this shell landed he says that there was very little damage other than damage to a grain depôt but other than that had landed in an empty field and there were no reports of injuries it is the same border village way five members of the same family were killed wednesday that was two women and three children when a mortar fire from syria landed in a residential building at the same time we're hearing continuing words from the turkish prime minister that he will not allow these kind of events to go unprovoked he says that if pushed he will declare war and that has been quite a strong message from him now that it's going to be soon that this instability and on the turkish syrian border war was all to regional instability there's also concern by numerous critics who have put forth the argument that they believe that

the shells that are being fired from the syrian side are being fired liberty in each remember that this border area on the syrian side between syria and turkey is an area that is controlled by the rebels and as such it is possible that they're firing these these rounds deliberately to provoke turkey to go to nato and pool the foreign intervention of course this is something that many people are increasingly concerned about the situation in syria after eighteen months of fighting is showing no lacing up there continues to be almost daily blasts in the capital city of damascus and they're particularly cost suicide bombings has become almost the norm the same situation is happening in the lift to the commercial hub of the country in the north and they we're hearing of continuous heavy fighting and also in recent days in recent weeks we've witnessed a rise in prices start there were also receiving a twitter feed from the chef at nine out of an hour he is. a sunni muslim preacher and the salafist media has become almost

a symbol of the rebels fighting in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are expecting and that the e.u. in nato envoy to syria could be in russia later this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is age and common saying that this kind of this nation intentions along the turkish syrian border is completely unacceptable in any kind of cross border operations are to be found upon. and on our website right now the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold bani walid leaving residents calling for international rescue. plus the legal anniversary to march marking the one year of the worldwide offered by movement and scores of arrests part of the calm has the details. now a california based firm has successfully launched its first supply flights into the

international space station with over four hundred fifty kilos of equipment space x. dragon capsule is the only cargo crab designed to safely return to earth as all other vehicles currently in use burn up during re-entry space x. is also working on changing its vessel into a space ship capable of carrying astronauts with a one point six billion dollars contract now is counting on private companies to restock the ice says brian weeden from secure world foundations as private businesses still need to sleep time to prove they can compete with state run organizations were in certain areas for example or fighting basic transportation to from street station these days commercial private companies can provide its meters and competition but there are other areas you know long term exploration of the moon and mars and beyond where for the time being you're probably just still see a lot of state run. company's space x. still has

a long ways to go before it can prove that it can carry humans safely to and from the our sister station but in the long term you know over the next few years or longer it could prove to be some interesting competition based travel is not a cheap endeavor and as we've seen you know the world's going through some tough economic times i think for the time being you're going to see a renewed effort to try and get more use out of the inner suspicion through the rest of its life time and then i think you're probably going to see some international some cooperate of missions that look at what the next step is for how to get gas that will probably be back to the moon which i came from moscow coming out of the program at arms deal for a volatile region of south korea sealed an agreement with the west that a way a longer range missiles against the north but some experts say the move is really the right that against china.

you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

i. only. welcome back here watching our team now the pakistani military has blocked

a thousand strong and us motor convoy on its way towards a volatile tribal belt the motorcade led by a cricket legend and opposition from men imran khan was headed to south waziristan region most frequently targeted by u.s. drone strikes to stage a mass rally against american missiles the rally was joined by dozens of foreign peace activist and robert naiman an analyst of u.s. foreign policy says washington's current stance borders on the lowest. just about every expert in international law outside the united states will say that he believes that there are at least some aspects of the current policy which are clear violations of international law the bureau of investigative journalism in the u.k. his count is somewhere between four hundred civilian deaths since two thousand and four for the u.s. drone strike that's between fifteen and thirty percent the un special rapporteur tour on extrajudicial executions has said that you know if these reports are true

about what the u.s. is doing they would constitute war crimes the pakistani parliament passed unanimously a resolution demanding that these drone strikes stop and every pakistani official says that pakistan is against us we have nothing to do with this war not supporting this or endorse the u.s. government must be called to account internationally and domestically and explain why they think their policy is legal under international law under u.s. law come clean about the issue of civilian casualties and their own the u.s. is going to come up this unilateral definition for its own purposes of what a civilian is of course there's no there's no permission in international law to do that. across in afghanistan the taliban claims it's winning the fight and says nato is fleeing the country in humiliation and disgrace and this comes as the u.s. led war answers its twelfth year with the alliance gradually drawing down its troop

presence more than three thousand foreign troops most of them americans have been killed since the occupation began in the wake of nine eleven insurgent activity has risen sharply in the past two years with a growing wave of attacks leading to a sharp increase in nato casualties the alliance is due to pull out completely by the end of two thousand and fourteen leaving kabul to fand for itself at a national affairs commentator rick ross of says nato is leaving behind a mess. precious little has been accomplished money because of the sons of course by the the western military intervention an occupation in afghanistan. most or you know arguably the only accomplishment dubious as it is that opium production of skyrocketed under the watch of the u.s. and nato in afghanistan you know evidently the afghan people are not on the foreign boots on the ground and you know particularly after such a long period of time the so-called green on blue attacks are an indication that the rank and file of the afghan population would like to see us in their nato

allies or the us in their nato allies vacated the country as quickly as possible and then none of this. debacle would have occurred in the first place out of north korea or the carter in the reagan administration's fear of the war which you know. may come regional and other times she's inside the country and there's a you know essence to thirty four year war in afghanistan and we have to place the blame where it belongs you know this is the result of u.s. intervention going back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. . now a second look at some other stories from around the world an alleged palestinian militant has been killed by israeli air strike in gaza aircraft targeted two motorcyclists whom israel claims were. word jihad is plotting a terror attack against troops and civilians the alleged militants reportedly infiltrated gaza from egypt volatile sinai region several civilians and three children were also injured in the attack. seen as an for more protests as the

country's labor unions threaten the government with a national strike taffer tens of thousands marched through the spanish capital on sunday once again calling for an answer to binding spending cuts the country is facing again another stare and budget with unemployment at a record high since july. that south korea will now be able to strike any part of its northern neighbor with ballistic missiles and the deal signed with the us will allow sold to extend the range of its weapons by more than a half a previous arms pact with washington barred the south from deploying long range rockets leaving many targets in a communist state out of reach so says the measures aimed at countering a possible threat from north korea also allow south korea to operate drones with limited payloads asia specialist him below but will use there's another reason behind the deal. balance of power in east asia. me in america's favor is

our. north korea is very very weak. and we will. have to see this within the context of american strategy to contain china this is a long discussion between the south korean government americans. these are koreans for a long time and of wanted to extend the range and the style and we must remember this is only this only goes ballistic missiles on christmas are they have a long range christmas. this new range will take them into china. has been the sticking point is americans and now temple and japan against china's are. trying to drive south korea and japan together it will try to alliance against china as well so the americans are very active. but part of a long term strategy to contain china later this hour r.t.

talks to a billionaire turned politician frank stronach gives us his take on how to save these native austria from following in the footsteps of euro zone neighbors here is a quick preview. the country actually scott than the tramp their church in business if there's management if you will loose for a few years and the row the shareholder us well well the smiths the management. in a country. ruled by two bodies for the last fifty years they lose money every year. but they have been in chile is structured by a bird a little democracy by. their reelected area so people really have no choice it's sort of a very it's a democratic structure by the government.

right time now to check out the latest market action was marina cossar a good morning to you there so what's happening it's the morning merino right so we are looking at the asian markets of course and they are the only ones striking right now in fact in japan and holiday so then make a is closed but we got the hang sang right now is dropping over half a percent there and we know that commodity related ones are the ones that are pushing this stocks lower and that's despite the fact that we've got a positive jobs report coming out and out of fact that the markets on friday morning that's now furthest from the u.s. department of labor showed that the unemployment rate in the country fell in september to its lowest rate since january two thousand and nine it went from eight point one percent in august to seven point eight percent the data also show that the u.s. economy added a further one hundred fourteen thousand jobs last month which was above

expectations and barack obama even said that he believes that the nation is moving forward again. and to take a look at the russian markets this is a problem by the session because that will open and about some hours from now and both the r.t.s. and the my sex again over one percent there now if we move on to currencies the ruble and higher against the currency basket on friday when it comes to the euro it is weakening against the u.s. dollar by now prices are dropping for a second day in a row and you can see the light switches. around eighty nine dollars a barrel in the bank about one hundred eleven and we do know that that's before a meeting with the european officials but now i want to discuss the central bank which wants to win followed by two thousand and fifteen in fact analysts about this prospect of us could attract more for investing in the country and that has all the details for us the financial world might be on the brink of war a currency war investors believe the emerging markets currencies may now see sharp

gains as we did so flows into the global economy from the world wide stimulus measures local central banks in their turn are starting to him to be in to stop the car and says oh those trains to infect the best is already selling the brazilian free all the czech rule not found even the japanese young has the government's made it clear they will defend their money from overheating by comparison russia central bank weakening control pledges to move to a free float in the next three years that means the ruble may be one of the few emerging market currencies by taking speculative capital but the central bank will allow the ruble to be. free floating essentially largely free floating and then. should find it's ok to agree in value which we believe is stronger than we're

currently is right now because of the factors associated with high oil prices because of the scale of capital outflows that we've seen previously that we're starting to see decelerate now however the effects of printed money could be lower this time experts argue that central banks in emerging markets face a tough decision over whether to weaken their currencies to help struggling exporters and stimulate growth hotel allow them to strengthen to offset the impact . both rising food prices that's you know pretty cool a business card see both go. all right and that's how business looks to sour up next r.t. talks to billionaire and presidential elections hopeful frank store nack and he tells us what he thinks needs to be done in the his native australia in order to escape its austerity burden and they that's coming up for next.

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i'm joined today by frank strong the billionaire founder of the largest money

fighter in north america he's now ten his hand to politics in his native austria and hopes to stand in the general election in that country next year mr straw thanks very much for talking to me nice to be here now tell us a little bit more about this political party that eva stablished refers to for my friend frank a you're crazy to be i was seven eight years eighty years old but never did less. than a child well that do i don't need anything from anyone i just want to serve i was born in australia so i have roots here i want to surf the austin people to bring a better system to the austin people a bit about a future where you've been described as something of a euro skeptic is not the problem we have in europe now is besides our own no way had let's say and i speak now fausta.