freeboard video for your media project free media r t v dot com. korea. last launches a long range rocket in defiance of international warnings so raising fears across the korean peninsula and. western powers demands their support for syria's main rebel alliance as a friends of syria conference of plans in. place as opposition fighters and islamic extremists advance so suffered since across the country. and the president's position is to use a painted prospects for the future of russia and his stance tannoy to trust a new make it says returning to the but.

this is coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program rules korea says it has successfully placed a weather satellite into orbit the moon early and wednesday was the second by the reclusive state this year. in april failed shortly after liftoff the move by appealing young immediately sent shock waves around the globe raising criticism from its neighbors south korea and japan reacted to the north of tokyo saying it will not tolerate the action washington called it provoke a civil and vowed to counter any possible threats so north korea is currently under un sanctions on the buy in from conducting missile and other nuclear related tests of all container assume says peace negotiations are the only solution. these are causing us to have. less shorts and the north koreans have been willing to turn on all their nations have certainly russia not relations. i've been involved in the

six party talks japan south korea the united states are less willing to engage in talks when these things happen but what the un said was not only don't use ballistic missile technology it said we must have a commitment to a peaceful diplomatic and political solution to the situation there i am afraid that the united states is going to step back talk less isolate more the military base that the united states can bring merrily south korea's building on jesuit island in an effort to create a ring around china perhaps so to deal with north korea are all setbacks to peace what's necessary i think at this point in time is what is to step back from the process and the outside countries the other countries around the world must say wait a minute a peaceful china south korea north korea japan has a region will have a huge impact on world east and i think that it's really incumbent that we put

pressures towards peace and not toward amping up the conflict any war. that talk western backed conference in syria need some thursday to boost support for the country's new opposition lines the national coalition it comes after washington formally recognized them as the new testament representative of the syrian people but as i say is gonna check out reports now of the world needs to keep its size open to who's actually if i say on the ground. they call themselves martyrs god and all those you see around you of the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country but syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us sot. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an assault supporter atrocities are committed on all

fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground it's islamist groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr tatar we come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken ization twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam that you have this have no problem to behead people alive you deal with people like bin ladin and that all because of al qaida who have no he tahsin to use any form of whip around to to to really. control any place. religious believes an ideology representatives of opposition fighters came together in turkey last friday to form a unified command with the support of the so-called friends of syria including the gulf states the u.s. the u.k. and friends one of the delegates at the meeting says two thirds of the islamist dominated anti assad groups have ties to the muslim brotherhood and salafist people here in washington don't seem to understand that if you don't like the government

in karo or if you do like the government in cairo i guess i should say then you will love the government the comes to power in damascus because you will see a sunni muslim islamised government a muslim brotherhood style government that is absolutely intolerant fundamentally hostile to the west washington has failed to officially denounce the many suicide bombings perpetrated by the rebels in syria preferring to. focus on the wrongs committed by the assad regime alone the u.s. is also ramping up the rhetoric about the possibility of the assad government using chemical weapons against civilians something that damascus says would be suicidal on the other hand many rebels are not averse to the idea of suicide in the name of what they call holy war militants have recently taken control of a toxic chemical plant in the country's second city of aleppo a video was uploaded to youtube showing them testing chemical weapons on rabbits we could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage. you will die like

these two rabbits despite supporting the anti assad forces the obama administration also recognizes that there are radical groups among the opposition in an attempt to distance themselves from extremists washington has designated one almost a terrorist organization it is thought to be one of the most aggressive and ruthless groups currently involved in the conflict it's seen as more of a symbolic move on washington's part as many other rebel fighters in syria welcomed the efforts of those designated terrorists. this is a demonstration of support for in syria with people heard chanting we are students of osama. in its own words the assad government is fighting terrorists that battle has claimed thousands of innocent lives the measures the syrian government resorted to have been widely criticized but there is that crisis mean the wall should keep their eyes shocked at who's actually fighting for power

in syria now in washington i'm going to check out. dr khan han and contributing editor of foreign policy in focus believes u.s. recognition of the rebel coalition will only push the red deeper into crisis. what it does is it opens the door now for much more direct intervention in the civil war it will mean heavy weapons will come in intentionally but i think you could end up with a no fly zone it's really pretty much an open declaration of war against the outside regime one of the things that i think is difficult is trying to get really accurate reporting it seems as if the arsenal of regime is sort of its back against the wall and yet at the same time it doesn't seem as if the opposition could really hold on to territory i mean this could be a long running seeing this could go on for a couple of months i think the u.s. recognition here will accelerate the pressure on the

awesome regime this is just a terrible mess at this point and i think if it ends without a political resolution which is that's the direction intending it's heading into a military solution to what i think the ripples from this year are going to go all the middle east and they're going to be there for quite some time. late in the day today vladimir putin is expected to lay out his turn to change it's all modernizing russia talking corruption and boosting the country's international influence the president told today that his address to lawmakers in moscow for the first time since returning to the kremlin for an unprecedented success at them and for all the details that cross life. hello again you are so great down the main points that are expected in this address later today. this is going to be why do you know which is first address to the general assembly since returning to office and the federal assembly consists pretty much of russia's political elite so we're me here some big

announcements for instance last time president beat the media during his address to the federal assembly proposed to increase the presidential term for. four to six years and actually the time you were fourteen is expected to talk about how he's planning to use these six years in office and of course talk about both domestic and international issues. so when will start the biggest challenges ahead for plates and then draw sure that. well this has been quite an eventful year both domestically and internationally and among the biggest challenges for the president right now is to satisfy the need of the russian population for change because we've seen the biggest increase of protests throughout this year pretty much since the early ninety's several new laws have

been passed which are criticized by some and supported by others also there are issues like. demographic problems and the dependency of russia's economy on natural resources so there are definitely things for the president to talk about international issues what's happening in the arab world in syria definitely among the most heavy processes which is happening and has been happening throughout this year but i do want to is known to be a critic of many of these things he is expected to talk about that as well and also the relationship between russia and the united states which hasn't exactly been going through the easiest times lately of course i mean the act which has been passed recently by. lawmakers and which basically gives way for sanctions against russian officials for suspected of being connected to violations of human rights in

russia i mean he has a visual studio in moscow the sack to see as the russian and russian lawmakers are working on a proportional reply also sanctioning american officials this is not playing a positive role in. the development of the relations between moscow and washington neither washington is one for the eighty missile defense system in europe which are still considered by moscow as a potential threat to russia's national security so these are the basic points and issues which are which the brotherhood expected to talk about but of course find out more one of the address happens that's going to be around moscow time with the . g m g. listening to this stage of the nation address together with the boer and about this time thank you very much. but it's still isn't it some advantage says russia you asked for trained due to

political infighting in washington. i believe that it will be very difficult to come back to their recess out because as inherited from himself from his previous time in. a divided congress it still has a lot of so-called hawks. will be quite aggressive and will be quite up in the opposition towards russia in its initiatives and we have seen that recently witness said during the so-called magnitsky act it was passed by the congress and the president will have no other option as to sign it into action. so with this new move and the russia promise to retaliate adequately i don't think that we can go to business as usual and we will see that the next four years of obama store will be filled with tensions between russia and the united states.

just ahead for you on aussie somebody masses as britain continues a series to drive its mother's pensions and. that's have taken the brunt of the cuts coming out. and having got a slap in the face from georgia's who turned stepping stone age it's new constitution the government is looking for ways to secure all the referendum and made public outcry.

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this is all see live from moscow it's good to have you with us egypt's new president by its constitution isn't just as he also the majority of the country's georgists refused to oversee the poll the decision to shine some today's referendum costs huge doubts on its legitimacy so it comes amid a pro and anti-government demonstrations on the streets of the compas hold opponents over islam is president morsi have flooded the area outside his palace under a bridge security barricades and these agave himself extensive new powers last month but had to backtrack in the face of rising public anger however morsi has continued to push through the proposed constitution which some critics say a civil liberties and turn egypt into an islamic dictatorship is calling. the general assembly of the judges club announcing that they would be boycotting the referendum the problem is now he will actually man the polling stations this is

met with scenes here in front the presidential palace protesters said the referendum simply can't go ahead if a judge is going to be manning the polling stations has been control for the last few weeks about no progress is stepping in to help in addition to being some individual judges who said that they will sit here at the protest they are absolutely convinced that the referendum will be a no simply because there has been such a large expression of dissent here on the streets. with protests happening almost every single day in addition to the high stakes society for example and the journalists striking at of course the judges cover their eyes just a few kilometers away here from the presidential palace a significant ronnie's in support of the president's base tens of thousands of people by god it's saying that so the constitution is the only way stability in this country saying yes to legitimacy and that really egypt must vote yes in this referendum to ensure successful transition to democracy when the news broke of president mohamed morsi if you do use this new york granting us soldiers the right

to arrest protesters condemned this is basically egypt experiencing martial law the fear here on the streets of cairo is that if unrest continues and there is significant violence the minute you will step in the news quite heavy handed tactics against the protesters we will see quite a lot of violence from human rights groups there amnesty international here and human rights watch said it was a worrying sign giving their view the truck history of the military the military of course were in power after president mohammed president mubarak stepped down and during that year and a half a transition we witnessed a lot of human rights violations by the army including the internationally condemned practice of civilians being tried to put in military courts so we just have to see really what happens on something day in the upcoming weeks. granting the egyptian military more powers could lead to severe consequences says columnist and author eric margolis. i think it was a major mistake. above president morsi to do this. into the hands of the army just with egypt as most egyptians don't want more

military rule and it's dangerous soldiers him to come civil problems because once they get to use the power they often don't want to leave the younger journal the generals without the experience of disillusionment. to get over that sound good model of the nasuwt came to power and the rules for many years and by the. way remains still remains the most popular political figure in egypt and splayed of wool with disasters that have to mount his watch so there are young all of the serious colonels and generals who. meet him i might be another nasser. so has called for expert analysis and footage of the unrest surrounding the crisis to grip egypt since last year's revenue. and also online figure to replenish its depleted stockpile after the thomson gaza with an arms deal with

washington learn about the details of the contract. with the person making a shaky recovery from a double dip recession the government's promising steady economy economic growth for next year but critics say it's the less fortunate that are paying for the upside by having their benefits raided by a prime minister who is no friend of the family. reports. the brits have got it coming a raft of nixon talks to tax some welfare that's going to see those with the least squeeze the most so while the treasury chief admits millionaires are about to get an average tax cut of their vote one hundred thousand pounds a year for next april it's the less fortunate who bear the brunt of dealing with the u.k.'s ten billion pound welfare bill but the cuts will come in disguise take for example the new bedroom tax tenants in council housing will get less than

benefits if their state funded accommodation is deemed too big for some local authorities already say that could push up to four thousand people into homelessness especially as they're already being squeezed with an increased cost of living that's making christmas tough in many households the government insists it needs to fix public finances and that means cuts among various with too little to spare the chancellor has really made the main target of his austerity the poorest family he's cutting the support received both for the working poor three tax credits and so on and also for the for those on able to work it's. just bedrooms being taxed but motherhood as well last week the chancellor announced that maternity pay would be capped meaning that pregnant women will be almost two hundred pounds worse off starting next year opposition labor m.p.'s have labelled

it the mummy tax and an unprecedented raid on families not soft to those at the other end of the age scale when left reeling this year from the granny tax leaving pension as the three hundred pounds out of pocket and a winter of worry ahead david cameron might have promised to be the best family friendly government ever but with friends like that who needs enemies. and some other world news this hour for you but as well and present charges her successfully undergone an operation to remove a counselor's tumor in her van or the me to remain empty before further treatment she had been in remission but tests showed a recurrent or a recurrence such as i have the disease has recently won reelection and has vowed to return to work quickly however he urged his supporters to buy his vice president nicolas maduro should his illness force him from what effects. and

a gunman opened fire at a shopping center near the u.s. city of portland killing two people and wounding a third before killing himself the suspect ran through the mall with an assault rifle reportedly wearing a color flash suit and hockey mask a police investigation is underway. after next learn this stuff brings us her insight on the global financial headlines converso account is coming your way out of the shot. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors to his dad sure invented by the fame still bit

off that beauty is good we will result in the nineteen fifties these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them up for their four stimulating tissue regeneration. was able to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life be sent to the other patients shadow golems and in many cases their shattered lives. when professing it was are designed his first brain using by. sickle parts sixty years later his invention is increasingly being used to help people what eager to fracture their legs to become a few centimeters taller than the ultimate goal is still the same fixing somebodies lives both literally and figuratively about a third of patients. are now days seeking surgery. most of them are men and most are not what you would call vertically challenged professor novikov who operated on many of them says it usually comes down to

a man's pride. the first patient to turn to us with a leg length quest to meet his fifteen centimeters to still want to surgery because panos tool than him we like to say that we need to break their legs in order to fix this it may be nothing wrong with them from the p.d. point of view but there is something psychological that prevents them from living their laws fully being happy and we fix it like lengthening surgeries are banned in many countries and even the out there pretty expensive in russia the entire course costs eleven thousand dollars about one tenth of the similar package in the united states financial considerations were one of the reasons that brought this washington state native to western siberia main motive for the surgery had to do with how he fared in the others. average is one seventy five i was one sixty seven or one sixty. eight centimeters would have brought me right to average

users wanted to be average for women height portent you know girl can be short and it's not a big deal. expect to be taller just before the operation most this matter a russian girl who found he's a regional hide quite in dealing yet he still went ahead with the surgery adding seven more centimeters to the self-confidence she told me. you're normal you're perfect. so there are so there call your suit all what a compliment for somebody who's used to fall in short of his own expectations. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren mr here in washington d.c. these are headlines for tuesday december eleventh two thousand and twelve when

talking about fiscal cliff solutions anti-tax advocate grover norquist we all know him he says nothing's changed from two years ago when president obama agreed to extend bush tax cuts for all. because it was not strong there show the argument to raise taxes now it is not only better than it was two years ago. but does the government need to tax and borrow in order to spend or is the government actually less constrained in its spending than believed and do budget deficits matter much less right now than we may think well stephanie helton chair of the economics department at university of missouri kansas city and a subscriber of modern monetary theory is here to talk about just that plus the senate is reportedly looking at extending a two thousand and eight at the i.c.c. financial crisis measure that guarantees one hundred percent of all checking account bank deposits now the c b o estimates the f.d.a. does not collect enough fees to offset the risk exists as another subsidy for too

big to fail banks we have a reality check plus a talian technocrat leader mario monti versus bunga bunga three time former prime minister silvio berlusconi their latest debate centers around a different approach to bond yields will cover the spread in loose change let's get to today's capital account. government budget deficits do they matter of course but looking at the fiscal cliff debate it actually seems most seem to agree with that statement i just made though folks may disagree on the best way or time to address them here's the but is this framework misguided while guess according to support.