washington sends troops to jordan to protect its border with syria a move seen by many as an escalation of america's involvement in the conflict. a member of punk band pussy riot is freed on probation but an appeal hearing keeps the other two bars over their publicist he started russia's main orthodox cathedral . and ongoing austerity fuels more separatism calls in europe as the referendum on scotland's independence from britain is all but confirmed.

hello this is r t live news from moscow at ten pm now with me kevin our very good to have you with us this hour first to developments in the middle east the u.s. defense secretary has confirmed that washington since sent troops to the jordan syria border in what's seen as america's growing involvement in the conflict today then panetta says the task seems there when hans jordan's capabilities in case of violence spills over from syria is going to chicanos the latest from washington. according to defense secretary leon panetta they sent the troops to jordan syrian border in case violence escalates in syria and spills over the border leon panetta did not go into details as to how many troops and so on but another u.s. defense official speaking on condition of anonymity said the forces are made up of one hundred military personnel and other personnel who stayed on in jordan after attending an annual exercise in may and several dozen more have flown in since

they're operating from the joint u.s. jordanian military center north of that americans have used for years and then use about u.s. military personnel so close to syria that is boots on the ground of course suggest an escalation in the u.s. military involvement in the conflict even as washington pushes back on any suggestion of a direct intervention in syria but jordan is not the only place where the u.s. has military presence if we look at syria and the u.s. military presence in the region we see that syria is pretty much surrounded militarily also tension is growing on the border between syria and turkey after several days of shelling this wednesday turkey's military chief vowed to respond with more force that is a day after nato said it suit ready to defend turkey if this latest development with u.s. troops in jordan comes with the u.s. election presidential election less than a month away at

a time when mitt romney his challenger is criticizing the president for not being aggressive enough for quote unquote sitting on the sidelines for missing the opportunity to topple assad and quote deliver a bad defeat to iran yes he actually said that so it's not clear whether this latest announcement about jordan is the administration's way of showing teeth in these in this election campaign or whether an intervention in syria is really coming soon one of the reasons why the rebels refused to settle for a. negotiated solution through dialogue and the signal that they get that says that support is on the way that there will be an intervention but everybody understands without a negotiating. lifted the bloodshed will continue so the thing all that the rebels are getting including that it was about u.s. troops standing by across the border could be making it that much harder to come to that negotiated solution our correspondent in washington the independent journalist

now both things border protection is just a pretext to press harder for a change of the syrian regime throughout the duration of the conflict in syria we've heard a lot of talk about the creation of humanitarian corridors or buffer zones along the turkish border and now we're hearing reports of the same being established on the jordanian border and simply that it is what the american personnel in jordan are there to do one needs to acknowledge the fact that this is not the policy of the turkish government nor is it the policy of the jordanian government the u.s. think tank the brookings institute in march two thousand and twelve published a report titled assessing regime change options in syria but they specifically cite the creation of a buffer zone or a humanitarian corridor as a means to base certain rebel groups in the region to project force towards the syrian government in an attempt to topple it so that it appears to be what it's

playing out at the moment. not all countries in the middle east are happy about america's plans to weigh in to see really protect the region from the syrian spell over the iraq's prime minister who's currently here in moscow spoken out against a potential nato intervention in syria or using it to try to overthrow president assad of his paper all of his been fully nuri al maliki's talks with the russian president. both president putin and prime minister maliki share very similar dece concerning the ongoing crisis in syria both be mainly opposed to any kind of outside military intervention in the country and both want to see peace talks about through diplomatic means all the delegations been in town for a few days and the purpose of this mission is to strengthen ties between moscow and baghdad one of the ways in which they've done not is the signing of a multi billion dollar defense deal which will see russia for vied arms to a ruck now one of the reasons which iraq is turning towards russia for its defense needs is in the wake of comments from senior u.s.

politician john terry who said that the united states should cease all arms deals with iraq now this comes after a bike died refused to intercept a rainy and cargo plane that was carrying military supplies to syria to aid the syrian army there so it seems that back that turning to moscow in the future for its military it's all its defense needs where the day's big stories now out of moscow appeals court freed one of the jailed members of the notorious pussy riot punk band but upheld the two year sentence for the two the three women were convicted in august of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for performing a song packed with obscenity at rush's main orthodox cathedral. has got the details from outside the court. what are the bands members you could see in the summit say that she walked a free from city court here she was released on probation throughout the trial and throughout the appeal the women have maintained that they didn't mean to offend

anybody and that there was a protest it was a political protest against vladimir putin however during the trial the court found no political motive to the stunt that took place back in february in the christ the savior of the. they said it was in fact. motivated by religious hatred now today speculation has been mounting over a growing rift among the pussy riot clan because we saw this one band members switched defense teams so here's my report on the story. a media frenzy one that breaks out any pussy riot court hearing the same old faces as supporters and critics gathered for the herring after emerging from her successful appeal everyone wanted a piece of the one band member released on probation but you know somewhat save it remain tight lipped even how you lawyers to do the talking. about the storm i'm

happy that i managed to help a person but i just did my job. last week the now freed band member fired her original legal team her new defense change strategy arguing in court that their client didn't take part in the now notorious punk prayer in most cases maine orthodox cathedral she was in fact chewed out by gods before she got the chance to join her band mates and their so-called protest start that argument was accepted by the court some trial observers believe that the strategy of the original post the right defense team wasn't to reduce the women sentences but rather to expose flaws in russia's judicial system for all the world to see by switching to lawyers that focused on her personal case some might say that she walked out of court free today while her fellow band members went back to jail. i think she decided to get some real lawyers the won't be fighting in order to humiliate russia in the face of the

worst but to actually free her one major russian concert organizers says they've been flooded with calls from foreign promoters offering to organize a pussy riot world tour that could earn up to six hundred million euros western and russian celebrities have called for the women's release and international considers them prisoners of conscience free pussy riot t. shirts are all the rage. that's the way you attract attention. stars around the world look at the way but don was dressed look at that they'll look at all the others were we can do as well as that or we could do something different and they hated the idea of going into the cathedral and singing their blasphemous songs because that. would in fact be something of ridges with the media circus in full swing and the concert requests pouring in brand percy riot isn't set

to go away any time soon paulie boyko r t moscow. investigative journalist tony gosling says the resulting popularity and vandalism in the wake of the band's trial raises a big question over who's really benefited from the sentence. let's not forget what else is going on around the world around this case because you have got loads of problems at the in a way you know part of the punishment is to stop these people cashing in on the free publish to the you know this publish the stuff there's been two prizes awarded to these people one from the lennon oh no fun which is a prize for peace which i find incredible since this has been such a divisive case the other is the luthor prize which has been awarded by the city of wittenberg which is where protestantism started and what's happened is the city has awarded the prize for the people of the city and they are protesting against that saying you know we don't actually indoors this sacrilege i think there's something really a bit sad about a band an organization that defines itself by the opposition to the church and it's

quite clear through this court case that's what this is about we've even had the desecration of orthodox crosses across eastern europe in different parts of eastern europe in support of pussy riot so this is actually about i think an attack on the cathedral an attack on the church tony goes like well we're watching the case closely for you all the details lined up doggone coming up later tonight in the program with me kevin i would want belt tightening when they get britain as prime minister david cameron tells his party to keep up the cuts despite public rage across to europe but. russia needs one trillion dollars of investments of the energy sector in less than a decade but how do you reach such an ambitious goal find out more on this and other stories on our so you after a short. day

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and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into the industry now and it's where they fit their could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their hearts they hurt the cattle dogs. with people leaving them coming to the countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of the herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for countries and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of de products to ensure the hoda gets a high at fair price i sympathize with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life they in their publics capital. but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pastoral way of life now looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm but more time on his hands he says matter of fact you can start to look for a new wife. even

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with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report. on r.g.p. . as if british prime minister david cameron didn't have enough to do tackling recession and spending cuts knows him to watch his back to the under mayor boris johnson is capturing the public and his party's mind even overshadowing his beleaguered leader at the conservatives conference site is laura smith reports that from birmingham. he's still got this great blond hair which he referred to that david cameron has made a joke of he said if he was a mop then david cameron was the broom sweeping out the economy and some have said in fact that cameron was very generous to agree to the closing speech of boris's annual conference and of course one of the things that people are looking for now from david cameron is this star quality dave is not and his speech couldn't have

really been in sharp contrast to boris is he still says that cuts are at the heart of his growth policy which is cutting the deficit what a hold working people who travel long distances to get into work pay their taxes meant to think when they see families individual families getting forty fifty sixty thousand pounds of housing benefit to live in homes these hardworking people could never afford them so it is an outrage and we are ending it by capping housing benefit he defended the economic strategy but of course we all know the arguments and what's really lacking is is any really real evidence that is actually working that he didn't say the words will stare a c one and that's something i've seen was hanging around on the fringes of this conference over the last couple of days conservatives don't like the word austerity anymore they use these euphemisms they say tough decisions they say reducing the deficit they say reducing the government share of spending it's not fashionable to

say the word austerity very uncomfortable with it so it's strategy not hugely coherent which is very important if cameron wants to gain this reputation is had in the past for huge compton's something he didn't mention which i have to say i wasn't really expecting was scotland of course we had recently that the stalemate between london and on as a holding a referendum on its participation in the u.k. david cameron will meet with premier alex salmond on monday to hash out the details but what we're hearing is that there will be a referendum held in. two thousand and fourteen i simple yes no question as to whether scotland will remain part of the u.k. and of course the major thing that david cameron does not want is to be the man who is in charge over the break up of the k. . of the let's get more the pros and cons of scott was possible independence and talk to gerry purvis he's leader of devo plus which campaigns for more powers for the scottish parliament thanks for being with us so on r.t.

international now we're currently seeing a crisis of unity obvious by the looks of it in the e.u. with separatism calls in the u.k. also in spain why do you think it's happening now particularly. i think that as your packages and be indicated before there is austerity and i think at times of concern and people do lukas to whether or not their own countries that they live in are getting the best deal scotland is in a slightly different position of course than from catalonia where scotland's economy is i think more like the rest of of the united kingdom and there is a historical difference of course for scotland and its relationship with the union and of course there's another big difference is that your package also said that the u.k. government is agreeing constitutionally binding referendum for scotland but there's a very big difference in that actually opinion polls are suggesting that support for independence for scotland is in the little thirty percent maybe twenty five to

thirty percent so it is different from catalonia but we will have the referendum but i think that the popularity is less here's a good question we're hearing so much about this scotland with the media but who's driving it is it the politicians at edinburgh it isn't the people on the streets is it so much no it's not and the excitement here is the first minister of scotland the leader of the devolved government and scotland. and his party pretty much outpour support for independence and we have a situation where he has a majority government and a proportional parliament so you. as the overall majority has the mandate to have a referendum but the opinion polls are still low one of the reasons why the referendum in scotland is going to be two years away here is strategies to try and build support but on the other side i think from from our perspective in the diva group we're seeking support from the the other parties that don't support independence to have a package of reforms to strengthen the scottish parliament within the united

kingdom so it becomes a clear choice in two years' time a separate state or a scottish parliament with some more financial powers and accountability but still within the united kingdom you can go it alone bring to the party so to speak for scotland no you've just talked about the debt crisis unemployment poverty raging across europe will the you be more efficient if for example scotland also catalonia going to be free to develop on their own will they get back on track faster or not as you see it well i don't think that they would and where stole having the consequences of the banking crisis in the u.k. and the consequences for scotland which actually has two of the banks headquartered at their member r.b.s. and each course they require that a huge bailout to cover for those before the event and going bust and we still have the consequences of that scott and being a very small country i don't think would be able to stand alone as as an entity without the level of support the u.k.

can bring to it but we have had a diva we have had a scottish parliament looking after predominantly scottish affairs since one thousand nine hundred nine and a lot of the debate is not so much with a not scotland as a fully separate state but one of the right levels of powers for scotland within the new career and it will boil down to pretty much the debate in two years' time as to whether or not people don't have any further faith in the u.k. or those like us that believe that scotland is better off in the u.k. but with some extra financial accountability powers in scotland so we can have what is a home rule scott. and deciding many of its own affairs but within the u.k. and that's likely to be the focus of the debate over the coming two years we'll be tracking it closely this send to thank you for your input gerry purvis leader of tivo plus campaigning for more powers for the scottish parliament pretty. well scotland may be mulling over going it alone and but one country struggling to keep it together is greece although the greeks do seem united on one thing and that's

their anger at german chancellor angela merkel who's in no doubt about the feeling she can check out our online gallery from athens i don't see dot com. israel's prime minister's order the parliamentary election to take place early next year eight months ahead of shared jewel was believed to be banking on the swift poll to secure israel action at a majority for his party right now is struggling to get his a sturdy budget passed while ramping up the war talk against iran election success would embolden who has long been threatening an offensive against iran but is thought that striking before the vote could mean electoral defeat america's presidential elections also considered a major factor in the prime minister's decision as israeli hear his story in

a journalist author ron pundak explains. that is taking advantage of situation and the budget is only through the to pass a budget is difficult but you could have done it but this is the best time for his point of view because the coalition today in is where it is in shambles so he catches actually a moment in which from his point of view within three months he will end and he can make a huge victory i think is here another element the element of obama. has actually linked himself almost totally to much involvement in the american elections in favor of me told me he's an old friend of it and how they're holding similar conservative positions and they all in all his relations with obama are very sour i believe that if obama would be elected this will become also an issue in the elections and i will not meet a possibility in wish obama in direct way would also try to influence the election

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hello and welcome to the business update on russia needs one trillion dollars of total investment into the energy sector by the year twenty twenty that's according to the energy minister alexander novak and he told me that tax incentives will be provided for that year with just a minute first of all we've created a set of stimulating measures to boost the development of new oil deposits in siberia secondly for the existence of posits that are unprofitable under the

current tax system with cut the export tax by five percent on top of that we will take steps to stimulate drilling of hard to reach oil reserves on the shelves. now in the markets in the united states and downgrades of demand and earnings from alcoa and chevron are depressing and vestas and that's not even helped by the latest beige book report which showed that had ten out of twelve fed districts showed moderate growth in august and september over in europe we're also seeing a pretty gloomy mood at the close that says uncertainty. the remains of the spade and greece and in the currencies market we're seeing a drop of the dollar against the euro deepening after that beige book reports but that's actually a positive sign and the russian ruble as you can see that was stronger against both currencies the russian market was also down despite high oil prices they would take you know for that pessimism from elsewhere. and i'm afraid that's all we have time

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