r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. four people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed onto one of moscow's main highway the jet broke into three parts and the right wing caught fire after overshooting the runway if you know by our port on board there were only eight crew members of four survived but are in serious condition with head injuries are t. is more of an ocean has the latest full people have died three man the captain the flight engineer and the second pilot and one woman twenty eight year old. been all clearly severely injured all of them have been young people as far as we know the oldest one has been just thirty two years old and all of them have been flight attendants and now their true being treated at different hospitals here in moscow and we're hearing from the doctors who have been taken care of them for these latest hours and to all of them are in a very serious condition and the condition of one of them is set to be very critical but the air to pollute to all four airliner flying from the c

live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us now we are getting conflicting reports on a possible cease fire violation an israeli tank has apparently shelled a residential area in gaza injuring four people from one family however some reports claim it could be. petrol tank explosion of course we will be following the developments as they come out meanwhile a number of western countries plus the un have hit out at israel for authorizing three thousand new settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem u.s. called the construction decision counterproductive to peace negotiations to end of the arab israeli conflict and save the lands in the west bank and what used to jerusalem which were occupied by israel in the one nine hundred sixty s. must be returned to the human rights activist steve hind legs both sides are now further from a two state solution than ever before. if we're serious about a two state solution and if we're serious about moving towards that. there's no way that this will have a settlement ex

from our studios in moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us egypt's president has an old controversial to create granting him sweeping powers beyond the reach of the judiciary the declaration issued last month sparked violent protests across the country however the referendum on the new constitution drafted by an islamist led assembly is still scheduled to take place next saturday that is despite the document being rushed through by lawmakers as critics say not enough consultation took place on friday the public made their feelings known as hundreds of thousands of marched on the presidential palace journalist truth has the details. here the presidential palace doesn't say. the nights in protest of. decree that president morsi released two weeks ago which they see as a power grab and of course the constitution which is next week. as it was written by an islamist dominated constitutional assembly overnight scenes here were tense as the muslim brotherhoods gathered in nearby mosques to the presidential palace and they were re

in live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us the palestinians that moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to top grade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent hosley are reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred fifty eight voting in favor nine against look at me forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians. now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in deali

and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us the opposition has announced it will boycott the referendum on the new constitution saying the document fails to represent the whole nation that's as president morsi has granted the army power to arrest civilians in order to maintain security journalist bell true has more from cairo. the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conference they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say enforces dictatorial tendencies and neglect key economic and social rights they've called for more protests on choose to against this document and said that basically they will not stand down how this will be responded to by the president he is yet to be seen in all of the speeches by the president and over the statements he's made he's firmly back the referendum on the street speaking to the protesters behind me as you can see that in front of the presidential palace they believe that his initial co

r.t. certainly glad to have you with us the opposition in egypt are gearing up for more protests and say they'll boycott a referendum on the draft constitution president morsi has already given up his sweeping powers but failed to appease his opponents as he maintains the poll on the new charter will proceed next weekend journalist bill true is in cairo with more. the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces the press conference and they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say enforces dictatorial tendencies and neglect key economic and social rights that called for more protests on tuesday against this documents and said that basically they will not stand down how this will be responded to by the president he is yet to be seen in all of the speeches by the president and over the statements he's made he's firmly back the referendum on the street speaking to the protesters behind these you can see that in front of the presidential palace they believe that his initial confusion that gratian which awarded him sweeping power a

r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. five people have now died as a result of the plane crash when a passenger jet overshot the runway ad one of russia's the busiest airports one of the wounded flight attendants died of her injuries in the hospital on sunday the two blood to a four airliner crashed through a fence into the side of a major highway breaking into three parts all eight people on board were crew members the crash happened ten kilometers from the city this is a video taken by a motorist dashboard camera which captured the moment of impact. for those on the highway at the time a lucky escape but an incident which clearly left them shot earlier my colleague gary johnston talks to a witness who stopped his car and got out to help the injured including the flight attendant who has since died in the hospital he explained to us how he found her and shared some of the dramatic video he shot. her with i was the first to get the i saw the flight attendant asking for help to get the other flight attendant out so we had

r.t. and we're glad to have you with us crowds are rallying in coates and capital against the parliament elected last week and a disputed amendment to electoral law protesters say the voting rules were changed so they favor pro-government can. it's one of the oldest gulf monarchies kuwait has been shaken by a series of political crises the government unleashed a crackdown on protesters and suppressed the opposition that largely went unnoticed in the western world but all of this is energizing the resistance even more as our treasonous accountable for explains. when you don't rises over kuwait tensions are simmering beneath the calm as those seeking political change are forced to wait another day. one sleepy community into a powerful nation although it's been ruled by the same family for more than two centuries kuwait is widely seen as the most imma craddick of the gulf monarchies get some young kuwaitis beg to differ there is a few countries. seem to feel it in this time. but. it's just for show that's what the government says it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ruling

r.t. or welcome back glad to have you with us egypt's president morsi has made an attempt to ease political tensions in the country calling on the opposition to engage in dialogue but his offer was made with skepticism since it came shortly after the launch of an investigation into his three top opponents the chief prosecutor prosecutor rather stevie's it citing allegations that opposition leaders including nobel prize winner mohamed el by a dying inside their supporters to topple morsi earlier this week it was announced of the divisive new constitution was approved by over sixty percent of egyptians in a two stage referendum the opposition though claims the islamists drafted the document in trying shari'a law and only got a yes vote because of fraud no clark a world affairs contributor for britain's guardian newspaper explained to us why morsi doesn't feel secure even after winning the referendum. i think he wants to sort of deflect attention from the economy because the underlying problem plate the biggest we're facing is the economic crisis when your fortunes are without jobs poverty is

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. now as the new year draws closer r.t. looks at the turning points of twenty twelve the american presidential elections proved to be one of the most memorable events for our channel as did the debates preceded. we have been running the election of close to your ears more than two weeks before the election every single day there was a story by a correspondent running wild guests on the show is so outrageous that trump so given the voice through the third parties was exactly what we needed to get the full picture. we are just a couple hours away now from the third party debate as you can see our production crew is busy transforming our studio in a debate floor one of the most important functions of democracy is to the debate a lot of discussion about a lot of issues and the more we can open up don't credit institutions like our our election system with which of multiple parties to what it might even be considered fringe parties more likely we are to have an open honest debate on the wide variety of issues rather than a very