it's eleven pm right now here in moscow this is our to international tonight a palestinian girl is killed and troops and tanks are deployed to the garza strip as israel escalates a fatality ation to the shooting of one of its citizens. friend the stereotypes within a truly you're allowed dated approach to other countries russia's top diplomat comments on this year's trends in foreign policy during his visit to us at r.t. . a deadly bombing attack on a police h.q. in egypt to the country's political crisis is the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the attack branding it a terrorist organization. anti fracking protests against oil corporations aiming for easy cash show report on the events that defined twenty

thirty. seven zero in as a say this is r t is could have you with us our top story this hour an israeli airstrike on the gaza strip killed a young girl also injured several members of her family tonight the shelling comes in response to the fatal shooting of an israeli civilian on the israeli palestinian border israel also confirmed there are tanks and infantry involved in the operation is artie's middle east correspondent paula slit with the latest. one palestinian girl a three year old has been killed in the gaza strip and some nine others injured among those injured are her mother and her brother this comes as some ten israeli airstrikes hit gaza over the past few hours now they targeted the hour in the hi-z.

refugee camp as well as islamic jihad and hamas sites both on yunus in the south of the strip as well as in northern gaza earlier on tuesday a palestinian man was killed by israelis west of beit lahia which is also in the gaza strip this was in retaliation to the earlier shooting and killing of an israeli man by a palestinian sniper now this israeli man was mending the border fence between israel and gaza when he was hit and he died in hospital what we're hearing now from israeli sources is that this is the largest operation that the israelis have carried out in terms of a strikes over gaza since the operation pillar of defense back in two thousand and twelve the idea has also sent out an alert in the last few minutes warning of border farmers as well there's always a difference within the the symmetry of gaza to stay at least one kilometer away from the fence and the understanding of course is that we could be through the

airstrikes in the coming minutes if not in the coming hours so the situation on the ground extremely volatile we're following it closely and everybody particularly concerned that this could escalate into something much bigger than what we witnessing at the moment most were told to consult with your usual line from a burger in the u.k. movie the big fear is israel's response to what's happened in any way justified and proportionate do you think. as usual it's disproportionate and overwhelming force being used against the people who effectively live in a caged area. it's twenty thirteen and in a few hours palestinian christians will be preparing to go for midnight mass to celebrate the birth of baby jesus and this this is the response the israelis or the gift to the israelis are giving to christians everywhere in the world by

disproportional use of force against palestinians in the land that jesus was born oddly enough five years ago of course we remember israel's operation cast lead that assault started at the december two didn't it it did and they used the frost for a white frost for us on. the palestinian areas where you know that caused a lot of damage so yes it's the israelis they have a ratio of figure where for every one israeli killed i think there figure is about a thousand palestinians must pay the price or the similar price but they have or you know it is but they have a right to they to respond when one of their nationals is killed. absolutely by their political means or their diplomatic means that they can use to deescalate the situation rather than use disproportional force f. fourteen aircraft tanks and combat troops are not a proportional response to

a people who have no effective army and cannot fight back we are hearing tonight a little girl was killed earlier on the sea and some of her family members were injured which were maintained of course italy targets military bases and training camps begs the question why a civilian a little girl and her family were therefore in one of these places if that indeed was the target. well know that the israelis target every area military or not they're known to target civilian areas all the time so this is not so i arrived at all i'm surprised. oh absolutely on purpose i'm surprised only one child has been killed or one civilian but i would have thought many more would have been killed and probably because you're going to escalate the the combat troops or the other operations tonight there may be more casualties by tomorrow so it's been some reaction from hamas they say they are now considering an appropriate response to

the israeli crimes end quote i want i want to what they mean there well hamas whatever response they have the they cannot match the israeli defense force. situation because that the israelis can strike back and shoot everything in gaza within a few hours you know they can kill everything on the ground if they want to so hamas i think needs to cool down and go for the diplomatic course on this as we stand on christmas day as it is in some parts of the world today right now is this likely to escalate to anything like the scale of what we saw in twenty twelve two thousand and eight hopefully not. this is a situation that. a lover of the foreign minister of russian federation needs to intervene in and he's the best and most trusted. diplomat in the world today i think if he intervened it would deescalate the situation because the israelis have

a good very good relations with russia ok moonroof a defense correspondent on from a request to you thank you thank you and i will of course be following the story bring you the latest here in r.t. plus live updates available on our website r.t. dot com this story. western countries are gradually changing their approach to the syrian conflict realizing the threat posed by islamist rebels there that's the view of russia's foreign minister and leader spoke exclusively to us about this year's main results in foreign politics article piskun offers among those interviewed survey lover of. most of us and i miss the level of things for finding the time to meet with us we have three channels here r.t. spanish r.t. arabic and english with a whole year to cover there were a lot of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria geneva two is the next step according to mr lab

are off preconditions from the syrian opposition remain among the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the west is now moving away from. the threat of jihad this coming to power in setting up a caliphate and the realization is doing that region change is not the way to resolve this problem our western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this. there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for more transparent and trustworthy ties on both sides but a called war mentality is still something that moscow has to deal with. some leading members have a phobia against russia which is really said this leads to similar european partners still wanting to keep dividing lines within europe and even move these lines eastward a country could either be with them or against them the commons for last november's needle drills near russia's western borders the largest in ten years six thousand troops from all member states as well as finland sweden and ukraine practiced

defending the baltics from an identified threat from the east while president putin's question of what was the point of still planning to build an anti missile defense system in europe without a threat from iran still hasn't been properly answered by washington there aren't any firm guarantees the system want to be aimed at russia either you've got this kind of r t moscow. and of course you can watch more highlights of the interview with the russian foreign minister throat the night here on r.t. international. egyptian city of monsoor has been rocked by a bombing attack the target at the police h.q. in the city fourteen people have been killed more than one hundred injured the blast has devastated a large portion of the building the government's put the blame on the muslim brotherhood with a spokesman calling it a terrorist organization reporting for us from cairo is tom dale around one am series of at least two explosions went off inside and just next to the security directorate building in months or we know that at least two senior security

officers are among the dead according to state t.v. and this is the deadliest the most audacious in a series of attacks a series of bombings which will play egypt since the july third ouster of mohamed morsy. and the the group which has been behind most of these bombings which has claimed most of them is called. to roost in that. they haven't yet claimed responsibility for this attack they did issue a statement two days ago where they specifically warned employees of the security services that they would be targets and that they weren't safe. so this isn't a says attack one which apparently managed to penetrate the inside of a security building destroying as you can see from your pictures part of the top three floors and one which poses a real question about egypt's transition post the ouster of president mohamed morsi

the first official reaction was from a spokesman for the cabinet office who appeared to blow the muslim brotherhood and who said that they had been designated as a terrorist organization however shortly afterward the prime minister hasn't we emerged to say that the muslim brotherhood had not being so designated that they aren't officially considered to be a terrorist organization and it should be said that it's very common for quite casual connections to be drawn between the brotherhood and terrorist activity for their own part of course the brotherhood denied any involvement and condemned the attack from jail therefore asleep remains in turmoil since the military coup that led to the overthrow of president morsy in july this year the interim government launched a massive crackdown as part of the muslim brotherhood which still maintains wide support in egypt as opposed to blogger and journalist while eskander he says the blame game the authorities are playing with the muslim brotherhood is drug in the country deeper into chaos. the government has been leading. a propaganda called the war on terror basically they've they've used people to support them to

crack down on terrorists this is what they've chosen to do and this is is this is the way the security forces have chosen to deal with the with the muslim brotherhood is a security solution and a rhetoric of war on terror so i think that what we've seen over the past few months is that all the blame for anything that happened has gone to the muslim brotherhood and someone even a representative from the police has said that the killing of protesters on twenty eighth of january was also the muslim brotherhood's fault it's basically rhetoric and they don't have a lot of evidence for it but they're using the rhetoric and pushing it and polarizing the country a lot more and just a bit later this talk about the arctic thirty they could be going over russian authorities now begin to drop charges against the greenpeace activists rushed the course of the arctic in september we look at how this story is developing.

but the future of mikhail khodorkovsky we'll talk about that first has been the number one topic in the foreign media since the former russian all tycoon free after a presidential pardon from khodorkovsky plans to fight for his imprisoned comrades to putin's reason for letting matter jailed the five days the last five days since his release have been full of speculation and analysis marcus probably dopplers from the u.k. magazine politics first has been following the media hype that explain why he thinks khodorkovsky is big glorified in the west. if. he had done what he had done in russia but say in britain where i live he would have been for an instant there would have been no mercy from the british major i'm quite rightly as well rico could of course kate is a criminal but he served his time and that's what a justice system is about but it's important to remember that while his company you cause was built on the back of the pain and suffering of the russian people he is

not this innocent individual this innocent entity that we are that we are hearing that this is not a man who should be glorified in the west the only reason he's being glorified in the west is because he's a critic and opponents of president putin will return in a few minutes with a review of the most important things of the year the risks of fracking technology . no. this christmas no no no the north pole has been virtually invaded season occupied and so now santa is living in the occupied territories of the north pole. oil up there rudolph the red reindeer has been read designated a terrorist. and a commie. n. word any word that sets you up and makes you see the need for the us military to

occupy. oil rich homeland so while you may remember him as the free gift giving flying friend from now on folks is the commie terrorist or all rich reindeer so bye bye santa but by rudolph there is oil to be secured from those bad guys. pm here in moscow now twenty four just weeks away was sifting through more of the year's top stories. these are local to big chunks out here

braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chevron. this comes after a massive hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that some have dubbed the gulag of our times. is an undeclared global battlefield in which a young and it's just one of the front lines. oh. one of the big stories of the year a modern day david says goliath story local communities fighting for their land against the oil and gas giant seeking to drill for easy money so-called fracking technology widely criticized for being dangerous and devastating to the environment

has been drawing attention across the world are to only boy who visited one see the fracking was just and so in rural maine. the locals in this remote region of or mania have been saddled with an ongoing to guest u.s. energy giant chevron is gee to begin drilling for shale gas. agriculture is our lives if they come to drill on our soil for sure we will die because we have seen what they have done in other places when they drilled a little gentle of them up on monday morning many residents here fear that the process of fracking could release chemicals into the soil and contaminate the water . i'm so afraid of this kind of guess exploitation people see they will be big problems for our animals because the water will be affected and the sun and the food for animals and for us and our children as well we have children and grandchildren what should we do these locals and environmentalist have been. camped out here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giant chevron and the

armenian government which is given the green light to start exploratory drilling in that field over there without any public consultation the sense of betrayal is acknowledged by most protesters there are many and prime minister was against fracking during his election campaign but after being voted into office he changed his mind and granted chevron permits for the controversial practice for now nothing is happening chevron was forced to leave the area last week unable to get past the locals human chain around the site but it's only a matter of time before they return if they call it a gas will have a new future because the children represent the future the old people in the village told us that they can die but they see it's important for us to have a future chevron told our sea that they have all the required permits to begin drilling and plan to return to the site and begin fracking safely assume as they

can something that's less than reassuring for the growing number of people gathering here when we hope to stop them even if it means being with our lives even if they want to send the army who will die if it is fitted for us to die for so little speak but we won't give up until the outlaw fracking in rumania. boy r t s d romania. all the fracking trends from corporations around the world not willing to give up on a money making opportunity protests in the u.k. and the the infighting of all companies eager to drill on despite being burned by european power in germany the fracking lobby in britain stand strong. even the public pressure is not enough for the government to acknowledge the danger of. the key from our point is to keep up the process so the government and their cronies in big business can't get away with forcing this. on to the british people what we're saying every time this this technology turns up on the doorstep of

a community in the u.k. that community does not want it unfortunately the government is preparing legislation at the moment and it's trying to make it more and more difficult for people actually to oppose this this technology and meanwhile they've actually made it possible for people to oppose wind farms but not fracking so this is obviously highly inconsistent from our point of view. but this is also given corporations in the lobby a hard time in the u.s. for the lucrative shale gas extraction is booming we've got a report coming up on how americans stand their ground next hour in fact. the ongoing violence in south sudan is claimed thousands of lives where the leader of the rebellion this is his forces now control all the country's major oil fields the world's newest state broke off for the north of the country in twenty eleven taking with it to seventy five percent of the sudanese all reserves american corporations are their sights set on the all rich region ever since although the latest on rest cast doubts on doing business there one regional affairs experts believes the u.s.

wanted south sudan on the world map to get a stake in its all industry. the united states has a lot invested politically in the republic of south sudan they were one of the main forces about heine encouraging the sudan people's liberation movement to break away from the republic of sudan i think they were more interested in weakening the republic of sudan up prior to the partition sudan was the largest geographic nation state in africa it was also an emerging oil producing state they were producing a lot five hundred thousand barrels of all per day eighty percent of the oil concessions with the republic of sudan in khartoum held by the people's republic of china through state owned oil firms there so it was a concerted move on the part of the united states to weaken the government in khartoum and also to lessen the influence of the people's republic of china and some down. i was staying in africa next to for more news in brief in central africa

a congolese peacekeeper has been hacked to death by christian militias peacekeepers are increasingly becoming the target of rival insurgents a relegations the taking sides around six thousand troops from the african union france are battling to end the christian muslim conflict allison's nice place to make some one thousand people lost the lives of. the trial of father stands formally to pervez musharraf has been adjourned to the first january after explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason and shouts accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges though against him are politically motivated. little cheer here for celebrating christmas day it is christmas of course for a lot of people around the world already children adults in some parts of the world are really still is celebrating it not forgetting the message of christmas bethlehem looking at here in the west bank birthplace of jesus christ crowds there gathering for midnight mass despite the difficulties and the system tension in the

region hundreds of tourists enjoy the festivities to. the story the greenpeace activists now arrested after their attempt to scale that russian oil rig in the arctic maybe reach you conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. has got the latest. this story began in september of this year when several of the activists on the arctic sunrise vessel have scaled an oil rig in the russia's northern water they were pulled down by russian authorities and were arrested and later in prison today were charged with piracy because according to russian officials the activists were and fact putting in danger the lives of those who were working on the oil rig and in the injuring the oil rig itself later those charges war dropped to charges of hooliganism the arctic thirty work in jail for some time but were later released on bail however there are the criminal proceedings against them were still going on until the

countrywide amnesty which was announced in the middle of december and already saw some high profile releases from coming out from under it and now we are hearing that at least one person from the so-called arctic thirty has received papers granting full amnesty and the rest of the greenpeace activists will receive the same peepers and will be able to go home by the end of this week at least this is what their lawyers are telling us. we'll keep you fully up to speed with that of course the newsroom so far this hour the next beautiful with me kevin owen and just thirty four minutes time if you're celebrating christmas around the world view of very best to you coming home from the break it's the cousin of.

summer break a time when all students rejoice and most importantly relax but in russia summer break for male students could change dramatically and involve lots of guns currently male russian citizens have to put a year into the armed forces but the ministry of defense thinks that they can make things easier by having students spend their summer breaks in the military this training would tie in with their future professions such as engineering students being put into military engineering position now the question is does your summer break belong to you or another words to the government have the right to tell you what to do and make you serve in the army even if just for three summers during your college years i think the answer this really depends on your culture in places which haven't been invaded countless times or have a strong individual ism streak any form of conscription sounds barbaric and oppressive but if you come from a country that is less individualistic and has been attacked invaded by pretty much every country that possibly could like russia then having a draft makes more sense i think this program could work and if i was in college i

would be pumped to spend my summer vacation with some heavy artillery but this is definitely not a universal idea for all countries i don't think liberals or libertarians in america would take too kindly to it and rightly so but that's just my opinion. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser no poco this christmas no no no the north pole has been virtually invaded season occupied and so now santa is living in the occupied territories of the north pole and without an exit visa from the prison guards it doesn't matter whether you bend already or nice sense i am going to be all uring now deaths are down dancer now prancer and vixen on comet on

cupid oh donder and blitzen you see. found oil up there rudolph the red nosed reindeer has been read designated a terrorist. and a commie. then word any word that sets you off and makes you see the need for the u.s. military to occupy rudolph's oil rich homeland so while you may remember him as the free gift giving flying who friend from now on folks is the coming terrorist or all rich reindeer so bye bye santa but by rudolph there is oil to be secured from those bad guys stacey. yes max things are hotting up in the arctic circle this christmas did canada just claim the north pole canada may have positioned

itself to eventually claim sovereignty over the north pole canadian foreign minister john baird made a statement last week that revealed that a scientific and geographical survey regarding its claim to arctic territories will be submitted to the un commission on the limits of the continental shelf and may contain data robust enough to lay claim to the north pole yes all the way up to the north pole everybody's been see starting to maneuver to get some sort of oil rights up there but canada is going all the way up to the north pole well no. i'm so proud of my canadian friends used to play aki up there over there and pentagon british columbia and i think they deserve the oil why not we've got a canadian air of the central bank of the bank of england he's drilling for debt all day long drill drill drill debt debt debt canadian why he's up there the north drill drill drill well why are all of these nations seeking the oil reserves of the north it's a mysterious thing but the glaciers and ice caps seem to be melting we can't

mention why it's a very big mystery but why specifically is canada doing this the canadian decision to assertively pursue a claim to the north pole has a clear foundation in this national interest the arctic seabed is expected to contain over one quarter of the world's undiscovered energy resources according to the globe and mail the u.s. geological survey provides more specific numbers that are. may contain thirteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil reserves thirty percent of undiscovered gas deposits and twenty percent of the undiscovered natural gas liquids they also mention that denmark is also poised to submit its claim to the same body in the future so you have denmark canada russia us all claiming sovereignty over this area now which has a lot of oil rich and all sorts of minerals under there where you can resell the same bond over and over again through hypothecation but you can't drill the same territory over and over again that's called a war but nations come together they try to drill each other they day did end up

fighting each other there you go black hawk. right now that's that. whereas when i came forty seven i know my migrant a launcher darn it my stinger missile was my stinger missile or a senator for a stinger missile a chair i needed i needed. is and has been drilling for oil with a root up and a stricken elves you know give some forty seven's to an army of elves that's some scary stuff you know you see them coming over the the snow bank you know a k forty seven armed elves and i'm not going to fight centers army rudolph the red nosed reindeer of shining so bright illuminating the night while we kill down are enemies trying to drill for oil that's our right own canada i've got a hockey puck for a brain. and the macho canadians are going to want to hear that but you know i got to say this god has a sense of humor. program in our d.n.a. the.