betting on both the neutral force and race wall street picks up the bill as obama and romney burned through hundreds of millions of dollars hoping to buy our friend and the future of. the never ending violence in syria says more challenges for special envoy lakhdar brahimi he's in moscow for talks and after the holiday truce the proposed immediate. plans for a may come on in london sees even some muslims in opposition they fear the real goal of the group behind the project is to sign radical ideas in your community.

it's nine am here in moscow this is r t coming to you live i'm used to now with our top story as hurricane sandy bears down on america the presidential race has been put on hold with candidates hunkering down to wait out the storm but in the meantime we're continuing our special coverage on the most expensive election in u.s. history though as our teams were in a fortnight and discovered it didn't take all that much to find out where the catch is pouring in from. as our tees up close us alexion coverage continues this week we turn our attention to domestic issues concerning voters u.s. presidents have historically referred to america as an exceptional nation a land of opportunity where one kid worked hard and over time climb the proverbial economic ladder but one year ago that myth was boston when occupy wall street activists camped out here in zuccotti park igniting i nationwide grassroots

movement protesting corporate greed wealth inequality and in a routine middle class today the fact is the us gap between rich and poor has never been wider and unprecedented amount of americans are sliding down the proverbial ladder while the top one percent earn an average annual income of twenty four million dollars not to bet on both horses running in the nation's biggest political race. it's the most expensive political playoff in u.s. history a competition for the country's most powerful position one of the things i suspect governor romney and i probably agree on is let's come back to something the president i agree on no matter who wins the two thousand and twelve election. oh. oh america's ninety nine percent movement will be left with a one percent president regardless of who we vote for wall street wins i mean

that's really one of the main messages is that when we're casting about we see that we have these corporations giving so much money to candidates and they can't be objective when it comes to the interests of the vast majority of the bonus loving industry that ignited america's economic crisis real estate collapse job hemorrhage and foreclosure epidemic. is also on track to break campaign donation records for the two thousand and twelve presidential election each election cycle each four years because. he more they did four years ago so running for president united states is now half a billion dollar undertaking you need a half a billion dollars to credibly run for the president of united states and you're going to raise that from large corporations and wealthy individuals in the case of mitt romney wealth attracts wealth the republican candidate has a reported net worth of two hundred million dollars and according to the center for responsive politics the top eight financial contributors to romney's campaign are wall street banks with employees from goldman sachs bank of america and morgan

stanley rounding out the top three. this is the by the moment change has come to america by in two thousand and eight barack obama became the largest beneficiary of wall street backing in u.s. election history. receiving more than forty two million dollars from the finance insurance and real estate sectors it's hard to believe that smart rational guys and big companies with huge research departments and a real understanding of the society are going to give that much money and expect nothing in return so their donation is probably not a charity since becoming president obama's justice department hasn't prosecuted one person in connection to the two thousand and eight financial collapse on the other hand top executives from j.p. morgan chase citigroup and general electric were recruited to work in the white house what we have cemented into place is a system of legalized bribery public elected officials are in essence corporate

employees you know the flagrant sort of corruption the ability of this small patience class of corporate oligarchy to write the laws write the legislation create a two tiered system this ultimately is going to implode according to a two thousand and twelve harris poll the majority of americans see wall street executives as dishonest and overpaid with an overwhelming amount of citizens in support of tougher regulation. and overhaul the occupy wall street movement began championing last year as millions of americans flooded the streets every day thousands facing brutal arrests. to protest wall street greed economic inequality and corporate influence over u.s. politics. as election day draws near occupy activists say both candidates have pander to their financial donors and successfully ignored the biggest american

grassroots movement to be seen in decades we see little difference between the two parties they're both basically imperialist parties and i think that one thing that i do i can really do is expose how the democratic system as we have it right now is basically a sham the political system is so broken in so many ways that the reason that we continue to come out in the streets and raise you know ring the alarm bells around economic injustice and economic situation in our country is because you know people aren't doing their job millions of americans will soon be heading to the polls or lacking support for either major candidate but voting against the one they liked least however with wall street successfully cementing strong ties to both presidential runners some may wonder if the winner of this election has already been declared hurry up or najar to be on. now our coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on there and online exploring some of the most

overlooked and outright ignored aspects of the race all the way up to election will be exploring america's domestic policies and challenges in depth for you stay with our team ahead of the vote. what lies ahead for you will lose much mobilize calls for a new american who stands for the going to nine percent u.s. election a close go. to twenty ninth on r.t.e. . well four days ceasefire in the bloody syrian standoff officially runs out on monday this while state media points the finger at rebel friendly terrorist groups accusing them of undermining the latest peace effort now the truce was proposed by u.n. and arab league envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi who's currently in moscow for talks let's now cross live to your corpus going off was follow me visit for an i get your hello to you so he was trip to moscow comes after of course his first dip in the

diplomatic failure in syria how significant is this. well the main purpose of this visit is to hunt for some fresh ideas because as the special envoy mr brahimi has been trying to help resolve the crisis in syria for two months now but to be a little broader as has been made if any at all the so-called cease fire which was reached for the course of the sacrifice holidays and ends today didn't work since all these three blasts happened in different parts of syria including the wall just one in damascus right in the first the story killed by the opposition claims it's much more russia brought this issue up with the u.n. security council but it failed to agree even on a condemning issue condemning statements rather meanwhile the rebels keep on pointing the finger at the government saying it's broke the cease fire wall the mosque the still claims that it's battling what we're going to is terrorists going to hold from outside the country clearly we're still a long way from any agreement at the united nations so this is definitely

a good time for some new ideas from mr brahimi he said to meet with the russian foreign minister later or monday and of course i'll bring you all the details of this meeting as it happens right we will keep in touch with you throughout the day you got this going all following the u.n. and arab league's envoys visit to moscow on the story like thanks for that. well u.s. based political analyst dr randy short says that elements inside syria are not the only ones responsible for the failure of the cease fire. well it shows said the backers of these extremist groups have no control over them and since they're being supported by these out of control gulf states the united states and its nato allies they want the assad regime destroyed at any cost so and the rebels know it so why should they on anything and if you just look at the debate between obama and this monstrosity romney where you have these two people thought of dying for heads of

state trying to do anything they can to destroy the government in syria so the moral support to peace is not there not on their site. for more on the nightmare the libyan people are going through is coming up for you later this hour here in the home and frightened residents of bani walid find themselves wandering the desert cut off from supplies and fearing persecution if they return to their devastated towns. but ukraine's political landscape faces unpredictable changes or a vast selection system puts the fate of the country's new parliament in the hands of independent candidates and a former champ champion boxer. in london and the slum a group has intensified its plans to build europe's largest mosque in the eastern side of the city next to the olympic site. is also described as a separatist sect and two of the seventh of july bombers are believed to have prayed in their places of worship arches probably boyko find out around out if

there's grounds for concern. four times bigger than some paul's cathedral a mega mosque that will fit ten thousand people and it could be coming to london's east end if it gets the go ahead is built the river in center will be the same size as london's looming back to sea power station it would also be the biggest place of worship in the u.k. of any religion but critics have slammed the proposal saying that it would create a muslim dress code in the course of scrappers still working to bring the largest mosque the u.k. has ever seen into reality revered architects planning consultants and glitzy p.r. teams all paid for by the organization behind the idea to. a group that's causing significant concern they teach that if you want a good muslim you must separate off from one mission it's. started over to

beat him out of all the islamic groups has created ghettos over in toronto you know kind of you go across the philippines. down the philippine you're right there around the world is a huge group and wherever they go they create barriers they create hostility they create division they create separatism with its unassuming name the riverine centers website claims there's a demand for a new muslim place of worship in culturally diverse east london not that they're happy to talk about it it's representatives refused to speak to us when we approach the proposed site home to their current mosque it does not want to integrate that is counter to david cameron's policy of multiculturalism the grounds on which search trying to set up here in britain in a big way are anti british they are anti western but actually they're also anti worldly they're other worldly but this is not just going to be

a mosque this is going to be a center of training in which to reach out to islam is muslims to harden up and mediæval eyes. of ordinary muslims in this country and i mean so many muslims don't want that british muslim campaigners told us the proposal should be blocked before it's too late the british government is walking a tightrope and the reason is this a lot of people oppose mosques. and due to some a phobia and the british government doesn't want to be seen to be pandering to them rightly so however the problem here is that muslims and cells are opposing this mosque more on the grounds that they don't want to worship god but on the grounds that women aren't allowed the local population of muslim population has no on the side in how the mosque itself is governed for some it's a misguided but widely held fear of offense which could see the center eventually

get off the ground people are burying their heads in the sand and they're not they're not prepared to sift out. good for you and for a thing by which it is i think that it will go through unless more people are prepared to look at it for what it actually is this is not anti muslim it is not anti marxist. it is anti this. develop. all the local authority would say to us as you can confer you have received a planning application as this is currently being it would be inappropriate you can hear at this stage in many ways if this went ahead if you like a tipping point. there be no stopping fundamentalist islam if this one goes up happens we all need to be of the country for the last one out please turn the lights off while the council ponders campaign as head of the religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the

british capital. r t east london. here of sounds on islamic fundamentalism and tolerance have been a subject of heated debate for quite some time now and are cross talk it's no exception you can want to fall so at seven thirty g.m.t. but here's some of what peter the bells panel of gas had to say. if you pin union takes more power away from citizens you know the same time using a committee of the regions and the a huge structural forms to balkanize countries and to undermine the solvency of the nation state and have them broken up into their constituent constituents trying to go down a stream that's going to strike unleash ethnic tensions and we're going to strasburg sorry that is the biggest cry by a story you talk about one percent of the use per cent i'm very sorry.

no escape routes have been left for the people of libya's bani walid they fled. assault on their hometown only to find themselves stranded in the desert the former bastion of the toppled regime has seen civilian deaths and devastation of weeks as pro-government militia vowed to clear the area of gadhafi loyalists the reports also suggest that attackers are backed by mercenaries from turkey and qatar are caught up with libya's red cross representative who says people there are afraid of further persecution of many displaced people who have been trying to get something in what he's either using the new routes but many others have been using sound truth and have been stuck there as well because the. roads so they are stuck because either they have no fuel anymore or for other reasons they are stranded in the desert me worried. about their

houses but i do know trying to be quite some of them are trying to say go to the city to go back a quick yes but they want to go back to secure possible they are of course talking about iran. and they are worried about future of their cities. well remember you can always go to our team dot com to find more stories pictures analysis and much more as well as catch up on anything you've missed here on the air here's a look at what's lined up for you today. french researchers turned to the ancient art of alchemy as gold prices soar saying they can turn water into precious metal. and stay wide identity theft a foreign hacker steals three point six million social security numbers in the u.s. state of south carolina affecting three out of four presidents.

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here with r t live from moscow to vote counting is underway after ukraine's parliamentary election exit polls so far show the ruling party is in the lead but opposition parties have more votes in total now the current president's fate will ultimately depend on which alliances are formed in the new parliament like syria says reports of the ruling party may have won this election in terms of the number of votes they've gained they won in the first place according to most of the exit polls but the combined of votes combined seats of the opposition parties may eventually bring them the majority in the new ukrainian parliament and this could in fact spell big trouble for president bush because the opposition has been saying all along that one of its first decisions should have gained a majority in the new parliament would be to impeach the president now the biggest

intrigue which remains still is whether the party of the former heavyweight champion boxing champion of the world. will be willing to join the opposition in the new coalition within the parliament because so far this court has been saying that he will not form the coalition with the ruling party but still he hasn't officially been son that he will be willing to make a new alliance of parties within the parliament. with the opposition politics the exit poll results are based only on the proportional seats on the parties which were voted for in during this election but things may change when they count the votes for independent candidates which were also running and they will make up in fact for the parliament clearly the main talk will take place after the official results of the central action commission come out and we are expecting it to happen somewhere in the next two or three days this will not happen on monday because there are about twenty million of votes to be counted so we are certainly waiting for all the figures and numbers to be updated from the central issue commission and we will bring all the latest details and all the latest results as we get them.

does not take a look at what's happening around the world at least ten people become victims of a suicide attack at a catholic church in northern nigeria the blast also wounded more than one hundred when an explosives laden car rammed the building during sunday mass this sparked fears of the cries of the taxes the town has witnessed clashes between christians and muslims in the past no one claimed responsibility for the bombing though islamist sect boko haram was rumored to have had plans to attack. the us is bracing itself or was predicted to be one of the most fearsome storms the country has ever seen hurricane sandy is stalking the eastern coast threatening to menace the most populated corridor in the country mass evacuations have been ordered in new jersey the flights have been grounded well in new york authorities have shut down the subway all that amid fears that sandy could merge with winter weather front and evolved into

a so-called franken storm. plans to expand one of china's largest petrochemical plants have been frozen for a week of protests in the city of new. clashes broke out between protesters and police with locals accusing officers of using tear gas on the crowds it's the latest in a series of rallies against industrial polluters as people across the country become or. environmentally aware. time now for business let's cross over to kate she would have sold world and i understand the german government are on the hunt for gold what's that about indeed they are and only so it's because in these times of economic uncertainty gold is considered to be the ultimate safe haven so they're out where store some of their foreign reserves which are believed to be in the likes of the u.s. and the rest of europe as well so maria for national explains for us. what you can see behind me is the headquarters of the windows bank germany's central bank in

frankfurt the other may look ordinary and quaint but don't do is taken this is where exactly behind these walls of the country's gold is stored and watched carefully twenty four seven though not all of it is here it's not of an else or in germany ironically the majority of the nation's strategic resources is held outside the country in france great britain and more than sixty percent in new york germany owns the world's second biggest gold reserves with a total of thirty four hundred tons worth billions of euros after the second world war the country's infrastructure wasn't up to him and was such a valuable hole of gold bars and then at the time of the cold war the fear was that it would be too risky to keep it right next to the hammer of the r. and curtain but today both arguments are equally outdated second world war is a distant memory while more than twenty years have already passed since the fall of the berlin wall and germany's gold is still where it's been all alone its exact

whereabouts are a hot topic here can truly be considered a national reserve not even in town and perhaps even more importantly can the country be sure and it still exists in recent tweezed germany's own federal all jews admit is the gold never been physically checked by the bank the banks he'd bank saying they can be no doubt in the security of foreign deposits sites but some experts here in germany see the country's become a victim of its good relations with the us deary not to rock the boat and ask questions in case it shows a lack of trust and take some of the golden shine off their friendship so no one here in germany can really be sure that the country responsible for bailing out its neighbors can bail out itself refreshing our t.v. from frankfurt in germany. time check out the global markets then we get stuck in with asia. continues to be choppy no retail sales to japan increase less than

forecasts so we can see we're going to decline on the nikkei just there and also from hong kong we can see the hang seng is down and that's because of a decision to impose the first property tax targeting overseas a buyers that's really taking its toll on the developers those stocks in particular now u.s. stocks will be able to see how they closed up and it wasn't that great until really we're looking at three basis points and six basis points for the now is that despite g.d.p. increasing in the third quarter when i mention the fact that today the new york stock exchange will not be trading and that's because you've mentioned the hurricane sandy is barreling towards the city as we speak to is just say to poor exchange rates and the euro is not having much movement really this hour that's all to the european central bank president mario did all day has endorsed a proposal by the german finance minister to have a commissioner who has power over the budgets of the nations in the whole of the

year right. as for the russian ruble of that tight close of the session again for the markets that this was how it looks on friday evening the markets will be opening up in less than an hour's time now so that is how the markets lurk here analyses stay you get a special report the devil operation. wealthy british style sun. sometimes the title. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars

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