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it's very good to have you with us here today. with your news from around the world . the election that was meant to dig. out of crisis. political deadlock to economic distress. coalition has managed to secure a clear majority in either house of parliament the country now stuck between options on the left or right there's also a major new force emerging for the party led by a comedian winning a quarter of all votes. back with a vengeance just a shift. a man of political experts have a political force just a couple of months ago. actually seems to be holding a really good. seats in the senate but again he is tied with. number one position in the senate now if we look at the lower house however parliament does seem like

the majority. there but you have to understand that this is not because so many people have voted for him it is because of. the party. even by the tiniest margin and that is exactly the situation in this case. as well as in you are all essentially tied in the parliament as well so what we have with this. we have ended up with. some of the newspaper headlines. this morning is that the country is governor. and it does seem like lections are a very very high possibility for it's. the third biggest economy in the eurozone what happens here is vital for the economy. the bankers and politicians over in europe. because. total. total

disparity in the. law it's the one thing that they have they have made clear is that. the technocrats from brussels are. not really to any one single party the jobs. that have been implemented by him and so we are doing everything. not. just willing to do anything even we're. not really politicians basically anybody in this is this is what's happening in italy right now. vote which is also crucial for the eurozone triggered a rollercoaster on the markets as the results were pouring in artist on barton are here to tell us more about this thomas alternately electoral uncertainty is rocking the boat of global markets there are indeed rory i mean it must be said that

yesterday as it seemed that bersani bloc may gain a decent majority the markets were up but then again as berlusconi's bloc drew level again today down the mile they go again so we've got four point seven percent down on italy's footsie or the markets in europe and beyond down one point five to two percent and we've got bond yields going up that's showing the the nervousness of investors seeing this political standoff and economic uncertainty in italy it should be noted berlusconi left in late two thousand and eleven because of his poor financial record primarily. montes ended up with ten percent of the vote which shows how fed up the talons are incredible that the overall situation really that results is that. italy is going to have to sort out this political crisis and it's not going to help the country's already in recession as we speak more sturdy

it seems hard how that's going to be avoided and international finance yours looking on are not going to make any of this any easier from outside either so mary want to squeak by with ten percent then the berlusconi's numbers start coming up the markets start going down you talk about political uncertainties and rocking the boat when it comes to the global markets certainly these issues and the issues of fixed interest rates are being addressed by the one and a nice guys in the kaiser report today let's have a quick listen and see what's coming up very shortly here on artsy in this case there were thousands of e-mails between thousands of traders or actually a few dozen traders saying set the library at a rate that is not true righ it for me and they're saying that this is somehow complicated that we can't do anything about it because there are signs of innocence outs. why this circle of the actual writer is an innocent act being committed somewhere in the universe so should we apply a standard of guilt to this admission of guilt by h.s.b.c. yet just b.c. admitted that there are a lot of money and financing terrorism but somebody somewhere down the innocent act

something in a parallel universe perhaps so can we call it just b.c. guilty then we give you say oh oh oh wow there's three thousand mexicans headless because of the body laundering they just be a debate is terrorism but should we care because after all somebody committed it is an act somewhere so that i get the. report a bit later here on the finale how to end the bloody conflict in syria that's claimed at least seventy thousand lives in just the past two years and this is what key mediators russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state are going to discuss tonight in. the main challenge is to stop violence in vienna go she asians the syrian government has said it's ready to talk but the rebels have refused and a demanding international action against the regime russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says the opposition is split. but when it was through

to solution there's been some statements that prevents would launch a dialogue or there have been voices in the opposition supporting talks without preconditions then there's been backtracking on this approach apparently the extremists have prevailed in the ranks of the opposition who are pushing for a military resolution of the conflict and blocking dialogue. while the syrian rebels have released a new video i mean to prove their success in the fight against the government forces. thanks. this footage apparently shows a rebel fighter shooting down a syrian army helicopter with a missile and you could hear the voices in the background shouting god is great throughout the attack the incident is said to have taken place near the city of aleppo the scene of much heavy fighting just last week rebel officials said they had received a new batch of heavy weaponry from outside sponsors across the jordanian border.

now the taking of sides in the syrian conflict is one of the issues dividing russia and the u.s. as they discuss the crisis later on tuesday and is ati's and he said now he reports syria is not the only issue so to get over often john kerry will be deep in discussing. conflict in syria miss out on defense and u.s. expansion of projects in eastern europe plus iran and north korea's nuclear programs amid test and escalating rhetoric these issues have been on the table for years now let's take a closer look at some of them syria ripped apart by violence for two years now a militant opposition there trying to force out president also that russia from the beginning has pushed for a diplomatic solution and avoiding intervention at all costs while saying that time is limited moscow still believes negotiations are the way to go the u.s. has constantly called for asa to step down while supporting rebels despite them not

being able to unify or willing to sit down for talks with asad a strictly one sided solution although recently the obama administration has taken a more distant tone on syria perhaps thanks to fallout from other arab spring countries like libya and egypt the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea remain high on the agenda especially with north korea's recent underground test but again while both russia and the u.s. condemn any nuclear steps or weaponization the two differ greatly on how to deal with them russia's against threats of more sanctions or further isolation while the u.s. has gone as far as saying military intervention it's not off the table especially in the case of iran in europe and u.s. plans to expand on missile defense systems and russia's concerns over its national security are considered the number one issue to have sidetracked a so-called reset but

a shadow over by lateral relations is now russian children adopted by american parents the latest russian child to die might seem mean three years old only moscow was informed of the tragedy a month after mark seems death his legs head and internal organs allegedly severely bruised maxie was adopted. u.s. family from the same orphanage as dimitri yakovlev who died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car yankovic's name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens well critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the us kind of sort of the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. and i write that well another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief well he faces this latest battle today coming up here about see we were puerto where chuck

hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. but for now britain's unemployment benefits aim to provide a safety net for anyone between jobs looking for the next hopeful career opportunity for some the pale to just a bit too good getting out of bed to go to work doesn't seem quite so worth it anymore explanation not want to spoil the point. i couldn't really believe my luck to be on. a dream i thought this is amusing you know british government is helping me out so you know i needed somewhere to live and i don't have a job not the words you expect to hear from someone who's fallen on hard times housing benefits allowed stephanie to rent a flat in this sport a block in london's glitzy mayfair and by myself i could always barely afford a studio in central london when i was working and. looking for a job so. it's

a sprawling and complicated system but one that allows a family of four to claim up to thirty five thousand pounds a year from housing to child care and unemployment benefits i've known people. and they've been able to afford new cars to be able to afford to go abroad on holiday i've never actually been abroad on holiday before so how can they afford a good holiday when they're on benefits. and afford to do that the welfare state was all the idea of a man who might well be turning in his grave william beverages an idea of the five giant evils of society squalor ignorance want idleness and disease some of the very qualities that critics say the system encourages beverage was factored well for should only provide you with subsistence level support and it should only do so

for a short period of top seventy years down the line and welfare spending is the biggest item of government expenditure milking it is so widespread it's become a source of satire you know everywhere we've been on the disability allowance i told her he worked at docklands. do you think you can get managed disability allowance he's got a bonus. which cool boom origin which westminster now wants to make it clear that benefit on to a career path and coming through the doors of your local job and say yeah in and year out filling in a few forms and claiming your money is no longer an option but for people that have been through the experience of claiming unemployment benefits they say it's all too easy to get money no one's really checking whether or not you're genuinely looking for. artsy. more news for you just around the

corner hope you can stay with us here on alt. she knows i would like. internal silence. invisible. every day is a struggle. for our children. we are palestinian women working in israel. we've done more for our kids than ours has the means. we are phantoms in this life.

is. to. live from moscow this is arts he with me roll received germany's boosting its arms sales to gulf monarchies despite the grim human rights records of countries like saudi arabia bahrain and qatar activists are sounding the alarm over the trend accusing bolin of moral bankruptcy as you can already see here let's start looking at the numbers right now and see how the total value of germany's approved exports of the gulf states stood at one point four two billion euros for twenty twelve look

at the difference here compared to the one year two thousand and eleven that is way up that is what. we're talking almost a tripling of the amount of german sent out to the gulf states between two thousand and eleven and two thousand and twelve saudi arabia though a big recipient of american weapons but also the main recipient of the german weapons here as well it shares about nine times bigger than the year before so we're seeing a massive increase when it comes to not just western military hardware going to the region but ultimately germany's as well now we have a braun from a germany's peace movement he says that not only these kinds of weapons shipments immoral but at the end of the day they're ultimately illegal. things and it is also a german law because german law said there is not a lot of that happening in countries we get only the reading is only.

not only between you and the neighbor who country also there are a lot of internal conflicts and you know it is so foreign. to the most. serbs it is totally unacceptable for us they believe that the quality of you will have to secure german was the result we need from the region so it is only a profit business and it is a profit business on the background you will right and the people that are suffering because there are under pressure and because of this is why i don't buy that but. i check out our two dot com right now online for you at the moment the makers of the movie about the killing of osama bin laden can breathe a sigh of relief as after a u.s. senate committee drops a probe into the film's creators a legit connections with the u.s. intelligence r.t. dot com we've got more on the cia's very close connections to hollywood. also

online for you as well a standoff on the high seas environmental activists clash with two japanese whalers ships we've got some really dramatic footage this is just some of it from our web site gone do go and have a look at just wow it just gets better and better. it's good to have you with us here on our. show a possible easing of sanctions are the main bargaining chip for six world powers and key talks with iran over its ongoing nuclear activities and the high level negotiations underway now in kazakhstan of the first time since june but our hopes for a breakthrough remain fairly low the u.s. has signaled it could relax some penalties if terror and holds twenty percent uranium enrichment that's a level that could ultimately lead to the production of

a nuclear bomb the e.u. is reportedly are willing to make a similar move tehran has recently upgraded its enrichment capabilities and maintaining its aims are purely peaceful and allowed within the international frame of law a former washington advisor one of todd says western fears of a nuclear terror ron are not what's really behind the sanctions and the whole anti iranian try the iranian civilization has been around and for five thousand years certainly longer than the last questions let's nations or any western civilizations and they're not suicidal and they know that's where the nuclear weapons would be obliterated washington has pushed in the west and israel for a long time to effect regime change in iran. and the nuclear program has an excuse to put pressure on iran to try to cause regime change but i'm not saying that a nuclear armed iran would be a good thing. but

a nuclear armed any country is not a good thing but the russian now behind pressure on iran and my opinion comes directly from israel desire for regime change in iran and why the united states government to make that happen. well all of the economic penalties imposed on iran over its nuclear energy program the oil export ban has hit the country the hardest but despite the fact it's on doubtfully damage the economy overall it's actually helped strengthen industries in iran as ati's where a financial reports. the international ban on iranian oil cost the country around forty billion dollars in two thousand and twelve according to the u. but despite this huge gap in iran's income officials have some good news indeed harsh sanctions normal experts have increased by least thirty percent from ego.

so what going to look a bad thing well may actually play a positive role we've been asking our government there are many ways to decrease dependence on oil at least fifty percent was too high up around eighty percent and making our economy too vulnerable now some say today is a historic opportunity to finally get rid of this dangerous oil go in the u.s. and iran actually has a lot of tentative resources to feed from from well known copper it's to dates via minerals and stones but wanting to st in particular appears to be thriving these days iran's famous discussions have been going through tough times in the last couple of years heavy frosts and terrible droughts have been damaging large parts of the harvest but this year with the country under tough economic sanctions the stashes are doing better than ever. our currency rio fell by almost forty percent in october but i sell the stashes both at home and abroad and i've benefited from price rises that iranians recessions are exposed to more than

a hundred countries worldwide but even if farmers cannot send in the broad they're confident business through them a great thousands of industry workers also benefit which has them overcome the country's highest inflation the amount of production and price of the shares affect our salaries every year they add tens. twenty percent of my salary these even i have some bonus to my daily payments but producers seem to be more protected than exporters while international sanctions don't target the food industry current measures affect the banking system making financial transactions a hard nut to crack the also penalize the banks that. are not in u.s. and europe they may be in china or south america they penalize them for dealing with iraq that i mean that's the main problem which is actually illegal internationally if oil is a black gold the discussion is must be

a green one at least for iran locals say these small knots have great health benefits especially for the man well to the country it also gives strength iran's biggest mall expert has always been a significant source of revenue and as the latest round of sanctions russia's ever bites it's also something iran may have to rely on even more than before. from iran and into the day we go now starting with colombian coffee growers who have clashed with police during a rally to demand more government support for the industry in struggling due to a drop in international prices and workers want the state to increase by by helping with the subsidies demonstrators blocked roads in a number of towns but security forces said such tactics would not be tolerated. at least eighteen people have died in egypt after a tourist packed hot air balloon plummeted from three hundred meters exploding in mid-air the pilot and a british man have survived the accident both in a state of

a critical condition though at the explosion apparently caused by a combustion in the balloons gas hose a tourism officials say people from japan hong kong and britain were among the dead . a rocket has been fired from gaza into israel causing some road damage but no injuries and this is the first time since november cease fire was seen as retaliation after a palestinian man died in israeli custody under disputed circumstances a two thousand and twelve sort of major conflict between the two rivals with more than one hundred people killed in gaza mostly civilians well just a bit later this hour we'll bring you an extended report on a palestinian women are ready to risk their own safety in order to help safeguard that of their children. in eternal silence. invisible.

every day is a struggle. for our children soundly at night. we are palestinian women working in israel we've done it for our kids. as. we are phantoms in this life. to stay with us for our special report here on r.t. for now after a long partisan fueled standoff were obama's pick for secretary of defense is to be voted on later on tuesday chuck hagel drew the ire of republicans from the outset and some of his views put him at odds with his own party and a rather lackluster performance at his initial confirmation hearing well that didn't help either these guys can file this report. a number of republican senators

including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the humiliation that he had to grow through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this painting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he has taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hagel has done one senator said that he almost had tears in his eyes as he apologized for his earlier statement about the israeli

about the influence of these really a lobby so despite all the repentance chuck hagel has still been under attack at some point the conservative media got so carried away that they misinterpreted someone's joke about charles association with a group of friends of hamas and they were in such a rush to break the story that they failed to check whether the group even exists and it doesn't so chuck hagel has been under attack not just for his previous statements but also for what he had never said and done. and if confirmed as the new u.s. secretary of defense will have to cope with the company long accused of using his cozy government ties to justice last week private contractor academy formerly known as blackwater escaped with little more than a slap on the wrist over a new scandal michael o'brien says well this company ultimately is immune to prosecution. they're just follow on charges in.