the. that dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in syria's hama province with the government the opposition blaming each other the russian foreign minister exclusively tells us. in the complex. of the headlines from us the british missing for months explicitly turns up a u.s. court on terror charges is reappearances ignited suspicion he's a victim of washington's the rendition program we examine that. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military maggot deals with two of the world's fastest growing countries boost their global clout influence this

making some in the west nervous. some celebrate this struggle we report of a spiraling costs of christmas leaving british pension is in a far from festive spirit. there in a very good evening for me kevin and if you just joined us it's now just after eleven pm here at the new center our top story syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in the central province state run media is broadcast a denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities they say just as the international peace envoy visited damascus province is witnessed intense fighting the past few days russia's foreign ministers

rebuffed speculation that moscow's looking to give asylum to president assad and the russian shielding his government so he spoke exclusively to us more on that correspondent in corpus going off russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict adding that. moscow is not taking sides and has condemned the syrian authorities for using disproportionate force the security forces clearly were and are prepared to face the public. protests and protests in this teaches and in the villages they have been trained to you know to counter foreign aggression not to keep law and order a civilized manner however the minister also said that this doesn't rule out the fact that the rebels continue provoking syrian afterwards and he criticized the west for failing to condemn the actions of some groups within the syrian opposition

who sometimes go to the most extreme measures like taking hostages or even terrorism it's absolutely unacceptable if partners in the west would start would begin to. qualify terrorist as. bad terrorist and acceptable terrorists will also ask the minister why he thinks the nato was so eager to deploy the six batteries of the interceptor missiles on turkey's border with syria and whether iran could be the actual target here is what he said that's what some people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media. really looks like it could be used against their own other vital issue concerning syria isn't stockpile of chemical weapons going to russia is cheap diplomats or outside players seem to acknowledge that it's the responsibility of syrian authorities to keep it safe and that it would be unacceptable if the rebels got their hands on it but then it makes very little sense of why some states in the

west continue persuading the rebels to continue fighting by giving the moral political and financial support. a corresponding you can off they will bring you more highlights from secular us exclusive interview later this hour it's also available of course if you want to catch it online from us. streaming at r.t. dot com. they may remember a story out he brought you earlier this year of a man who had his british citizenship revoked and who had disappeared in africa well it seems he's reappeared now in new york or charged with terrorism offenses will explain the mergence of muddy hashi in the u.s. adds weight to fears that he may have been a victim of america's notorious rendition program and he's going to teach you can as more of a case. the twenty year old men mock the house she stands accused of providing material support to somali militant group al-shabaab she was stripped of his british citizenship earlier this summer over accusations of his involvement with islamist extremists at the time he and his family tried to contest that decision

they claim that m i five. to label him an islamic extremist if he refused to become an informant for british intelligence and spy on the muslim community shortly after his citizenship was revoked he went missing on the outskirts of mogadishu somalia and one of our reporters broke with his parents several months ago when they had no idea where their son was and they were very worried about him apparently all this time he'd been in u.s. custody also on trial along with the ha she faces similar charges or two of the men swedish national and so all of these men are not u.s. citizens and yet they ended up here this is not the only case in new u.s. courts against alleged terrorists for acts committed overseas one of the things that many find alarming is how the u.s. finds smuggling foreign nationals in complete secrecy perfectly a lawful often keeping the families of those captured in in the dark for months as

far as treating foreign nationals suspected of terrorism the u.s. has a set track record hundreds of people have been through the u.s. prison in guantanamo many of them were subject to torture the chief prosecutor at guantanamo and a george w. bush told me most of them were not terrorists and due to the extraordinary rendition program all kinds of people would end up there from different countries for different reasons stripped of their rights many human rights organizations have been vocal about a lawful practices that guantanamo and yet it's still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison. you can look at the published military presence in the gulf on the way you see we've expert opinion of what might be behind this plan to strengthen its defense ties with the region's roils. billion dollars of defense megadeals have been signed between russia did the president putin's on a visit to new delhi cementing ties with fast growing economies as they continue to try and boost the global influence of his many reports on how their improved the

world standing is worrying so with the west russia and india have signed around three billion dollar worth of military contracts today and many experts have already said that that is very important and that is very symbolic why this thing is that today india is number one what twenty importer in the world and russia made equipment accounts for more than seventy percent of the indian military supplies but recently india has signed many contracts with you guys and israel and some have started saying that russia is losing its role its position in this particular region region and especially on the indian military market with all these contracts signed today we can say that's not the case and cooperation is still very high in russia and india remain very close allies this group reeks of five growing states is bakin countries like america quite nervous because they have their own interests in this particular region especially defense interests both in their military

presence in the backyard of china and by this visit by this gathering today here in india the role the increasing role in importance of basic group of brits that experts say actually is able to counterbalance their western dominance in the world has been stressed and outlined again and again. the u.s. open trying to boost its ties with india in recent years in its effort to battle china's increasing power in the asia pacific the story deepak chopra he spoke to me told me it's not in india's plan to irritate beijing. india is careful not to play that game because china being the bigger power in in. east asia it is not a good idea of for india to provoke china the americans would like to boost india against china but there is. quite a lot of awareness in delhi that's not the way the indians should go

on strategic matters military hardware sectors that means to be in. the public sector steel mills the chemicals. other things nuclear plants that's where the relationship between india and russia is going to continue and it provides a very useful counter for india against the west and we've got more analysis of what russia is selling it to india these days through the defense deals in our business bulletin on again next hour more news then after the break. what do you see when you look at the scroll perhaps you wonder what bright future

she'll have or maybe feel sympathy for her because you see she's in a wheelchair but if you're t.s.a. agent then you see hard core terrorist skull finding a small amount of residue from explosives on the girl's hands she was detained for almost an hour and her tears for mercy did not move the inspectors to allow her mother to be with her as they took her away for further inspection sadly the t.s.a. agents couldn't put two and two together and realize that people in wheelchairs get all sorts of random stuff on their hands because the wheels they push roll along the ground when will these endless tales of bizarre instance of the t.s.a. stop when will they stop worrying about girls in wheelchairs when will they stop searching under a terminally ill woman's bandages and when will they actually catch a terrorist when you can security feels a lot more like ridiculous tyranny to me but that's just my opinion.

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live from moscow this is r.t. . britain this christmas there's a bleak choice for many elderly people skyrocketing household bills and curbed pensions mean some to choose between eating and heating and that his police found. you better watch your better not santa claus is coming to town and the shops are ready for that annual customer onslaught eighty two year old lady isn't in the festive spirit she's worried that she can't afford to be anything other than a scrooge this christmas that. we could. you know with all the bales and. there is electric there's

a there's a water i think. that or does things up come out the attention person here inside of that then and off the most energy from site prices is the winter months set in livy and people like her face a cold or dark a festive season are calling us out to buy a new boiler plate on in the bedroom is still in the a view into well no bedroom yet so now they don't know if there's a big bill now that sounds like a rose or something and i thought that but nothing on a cabinet. that is a while right yeah yeah more and more britons are turning off their heating in the run up to a whole week christmas and they're using these hot water bottles instead but according to hospital the money saving trend comes on the high price of its own

with soaring numbers of buttons and injuries it isn't just the cost of fuel christmas essential will soon be worth their weight in gold the average price of turkey has risen seven percent since last year a family bird setting you back a whopping fifty five pounds on your christmas cards an average pack of twelve costs ten percent more this holiday and with printer ink now pricier than champagne you can forget about making your own to save money besides postage doesn't come cheap now at thirty percent more this christmas first class post in every sense of the term there's not a shop in the land that would risk missing out on a christmas promotion right now it's not sure why get hard up to the festivities getting more and more commercial stary secret right to hear what can actually afford to take god we've talked to many families about christmas time and it's

something that they really struggle with a time when all the families are celebrating we've got rises in fuel prices we've got rises in food prices in the benefits and the support mechanisms that people have got. that they've got is all being cut back it's going to be really really tough for people this christmas pension the lady isn't just worried about the plight of the elderly she knows she's far from alone in counting down to a down costs december twenty fifth you know where they've been going out but their way is up and going out and people without. a lot of people. benefit. now and with the bank of england's less than glad tidings of a triple dip recession on the cards struggling britons will be wishing for nothing short of a christmas miracle. r t london. spending

christmas in hospital got some worrying facts second term with two it seems online reporting on the revelations of years of neglect and mistreatment of u.k. patients somebody starving to death. talking to about why tourists will be able to pay a personal tribute to this year or for quite some time to come out about that if you're interested. britain's government is under fire from human rights groups for planning to sell dozens of combat jets to the united arab emirates as well as some other gulf states the prospective deal is seen as a sign of support for a regime which the e.u. earliest slammed for human rights abuses until chip in addition to the jets from minister david cameron said britain might station its troops in the u.a.e. after pulling out from afghanistan the u.k.

is also trying to prolong its military presence in existing bases in bahrain and qatar to geo political analyst patrick henningsen told me it's not hard to see britain's ulterior motives. the justification for this massive build up in the middle east especially in the gulf states. in the west particularly blaming iran thing that because iran's pursuing nuclear ambitions or there's no proof of any to the weapons programs as such they're blaming iran for possible nuclear arms race in the region that's a quote from david cameron only days ago so you can circumvent overread it's certainly geo political skill number one priority and i think that they've achieved that you know militarily but you know the question is. is this going to be a real military standoff are we looking at a cold war situation were we just posturing militarily geopolitically looking for some bigger conflict down the road perhaps in a few years well the prospect of military confrontation with iran doesn't seem to

be fading anytime soon want to terms closest allies is now threatening the join the fray calf and went to lebanon to discover what the militant group hezbollah as a bit sleeve a red line should be drawn right here the line beyond which lies war with iran netanyahu would like to be able to communicate to the world that. the israelis are ready which he has to attack and that it will be done with the full support of the united states threat or bluff whatever the case and the tap it all but guarantee our rapid response from another nemesis of the jewish state has moema . the lebanese shia paramilitary group has evolved from a ragtag militia to a military and political heavyweight it's part of the so-called axis of resistance against israel referring to the lions between hezbollah hamas syria and iran and

according to hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah both israel and the united states would suffer a retaliation to any strike against tehran but. the response would not be limited to the israeli entity u.s. military bases in the entire region will serve as targets. so if israel targets iran even by itself that if. america will be held accountable for this death. israel's november battle with gaza was seen as a test for a possible confrontation with iran israeli airstrikes rained on gaza in exchange came a barrage of long range mortars and rockets most were held by israel's anti-missile shield the funder for a rocket threat from gaza the war may have showcased newly acquired weapons by palestinian militant factions but hezbollah's arsenal is thought to be of higher quality and quantity and experts say that it could launch four times as many

markets per day as hamas the details of has stockpile are secret but the group's willingness to use it is not. israel was shaken by a few fragile five missiles which could be counted on the fingers of one timed how will it be able to withstand the thousands of missiles that will land on television and else way if it attacks the flow. was israel and hezbollah came face to face was in two thousand and six since then. hizbullah has now it collated around forty five thousand missiles off various ranges. it's run of all part of the range goes beyond three hundred and what's three hundred fifty kilometers which according to them at least they can reach the whole of. the south of the country this museum in the south of lebanon is designed to display has been proclaimed military prowess captured israeli tanks and

weapons are meant to be a reminder of the danger has a lot can pose. this is the only hezbollah tunnel now open to visitors but a network of secret passageways just like this one stretches across lebanon they're used to move fighters and weapons across the country and showing that hezbollah stands ready to strike at a moment's notice lucy caffein of r t southern lebanon. world news in brief an afghan police woman shot dead a us security advisor at the police headquarters in kabul the female officer walked up to the victim as he left the shop in the heavily guarded compound firing at him once with a pistol issues now in custody is thought to be the first time ruben's carried out what are called green on blue insider attacks hours earlier a policeman shot five of his colleagues in northern afghanistan such killings have left more than sixty people dead this year alone. two volunteer firefighters have been shot dead two others wounded while attending a house blaze in upstate new york investigators believe it was

a trap the gunman who was later found dead brandished an assault rifle before shooting at the fire crew it's the latest deadly shooting in america since the connecticut school massacre which killed twenty seven people ten days ago. a major bank would draw in madrid hear these fine and stuff of walked out against staff cutbacks and their salaries being slashed by up to forty percent national bank here is laying off around five thousand workers that had to be bailed out by the state earlier this year spanish lawmakers last week tried another patch to try to fix the country's dire a colony by passing forty billion euros worth of cuts. the final result in egypt's divisive constitution referendum is expected on choose day but the country's opposition says it will keep fighting against the islamist draft document opponents of the muslim brotherhood accuse the ruling group and president morsi of massive vote rigging after early results showed the yes vote securing over sixty percent from the elders to a party told me of some of the many alleged irregularities this constitution and.

disgrace to a nation that farts hard for its freedom and for its right it's a document that rips out all the for all the rights that we've earned and tried to constitute a dictatorship and it has been taught by a referendum that was a massive massive rigging for the ballot boxes massive rigging for the voice of the people basically seen tens and hundreds of schools tens and hundreds of schools where the ballot boxes and the referendum process was taking place at a convenient time when when the voices were very when all the polls saw that the people were voting no the power was cut off the muslim brotherhood the. judges and employees in that school shut down the school over. in the front of the voters and the state with the ballot boxes not overseen for hours and hours we do not recognize any any results unless we see a proper investigation and

a proper digging through this evidence that we've put and we received a proper answer from from the high committee of elections well we're closely following developments in egypt updating you on twitter underscore com there you can also read the latest post from cairo based reporter bel trues covering the political crisis in egypt for us this is r.t. . it's perched atop a giant rock and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city to siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the ball's cremains

a spiritual center. was to eat. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers of them selves and blessid water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. i. was there when you pull up on board the matter or it doesn't matter if it's minus thirty it's a siberian tradition i do it myself every year for everyone to overcome their worst fears it is desirable to take a plunge. but that's a picture postcard church is the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political exiles and crafty fur traders in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies to ball supposed to be their stronghold

constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the balls location had of the uses for the russians are there. to moscow as one of the most popular places to send political dissent is not any people were exiled that once a giant power that was used to incite riots was supposed to set a three hundred ten. the russian heiress across who led a revolt against the eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists worse than . they. adopting the fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also serves up some bit of irony for the russian royal family after the bolshevik revolution this is the office where nicholas the second spend most of the last year of his

life his whole family had been exiled here and they were fairly comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or go outside themselves was leading this ordinary normal countryside lifestyle they even had thought of escape but within the year bizarre and his family would be dead. never again its political significance but the streets will always go with a glorious past that will likely provide them a livelihood first inhabitants in the future.

role for russia's foreign minister thank you very much for being with r.t. today my pleasure now your and your ear with a visit to india russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent member of un security council how do you think the much criticized security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would say that the criticism is not always warrant that the latest wave of criticism was related to the fact that the security council allegedly cannot act on syria. by these by the desire to see some action on the part of the security council. critics wanted to pass a resolution under chapter seven which provides for the use of sanctions and the use of force eventually and russia and china are convinced hundred percent that this would be a disaster and that these.