relations so is brussels going to respond to that. not necessarily because this is simply going back to the normality so what the concern there are a number of member states of the european union that have all bilateral agreements with russia in this area or the countries do not have them russia has been applying and applying a moratorium for this country not to have to have bases for their air crews and now this moratorium has got to an end this applies of course for these countries crews flying to russia and for russian flying to this country's. asfar site knowing informations that they have everything is. evolving normally that's also what you're seeing now is that brussels isn't considering that an unfriendly sort of gesture from. moscow no not not enough we would have preferred or that the monitor would be mounting to facilitation agreement enters into force but of if it is not don't we cannot and should not consider it an unfriendly move ok but anyway i would suspect that this move the russians move or the aircraft crews is is i

on his first trip to brussels since returning to the presidency. which has already over a million documents being prepared to be really. promises no country in the world will remain unaffected by new revelations and in twenty thirty. russia's lower house of parliament approved banning americans from adopting russian children . from america's so-called magnitsky act. now in h.d. with world news and much more twenty four seven this is r.t. . relations are up for discussion as president putin talks to the book's leaders during his first visit to brussels since returning to the kremlin energy issues are expected to dominate with russia the largest oil and natural gas supply to the european union the partnership is in countering some big hurdles and. explains we're up for a very interesting a russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be the energy corp i'd like to remind us that gazprom remains the biggest supplier of gas into the european continent and despite that gazprom has already built several

when it happens live from brussels here a lot. of conflict in syria has been raised by russia's foreign minister in an exclusive interview with r.t. so a lover of believes that nato is a recent decision to deploy missiles on the turkish border may not be designed just to protect against trucks from syrian territory he suggests there are indications this to be useful against iran while talking about possible regime change in the country the foreign minister insisted that russia will play no part. i'm not in the business of regime change and some of the. regional players were suggesting to us why don't you tell president to leave we will arrange for. safe haven for. my answer if indeed those who suggest the stores have this in mind they should take it directly to president that's why shall they use us as. if president us of those interested this must be discussed directly with. and that you can watch r.t. the full interview with her on monday. is promising wiki leaks will release more than a million secret files over the next year p

welcome to "european journal" from the dw studios here in brussels. good to be with you. let's take a look at what is coming up in today's program -- chinese investors bring a touch of eastern promised to french vineyards. military protests in portugal bring crisis even deeper. the people of albania lived under a brutal, stalinist dictatorship for more than 40 years. one of the most brutal regimes in eastern europe. under the iron grip, hundreds of thousands died, and many more dissidents were sent to prison camps. these days, as albania tries to show a new democratic base to the world, even hoping one day to become a member of the european union, the past is still there to haunt it. former political prisoners are fighting a bitter battle for compensation, but not even hunger strikes seem likely to convince the current government. >> we go to the site of the hunger strike. the word "democracy" is still written on the wall. strikers refused food for weeks, and then police came and took away their water and medicine. this is where one strikers set himself on fire. the man d

is now telling of a couple there from nato headquarters in brussels and news that just in a right now. there syria according to state media rebel water attack on a school in the damascus suburbs have killed twenty nine students and a teacher the syrian government maintains it's fighting terrorists funded and controlled from abroad for stay with archie for the latest on this developing story . the painstaking search for peace in colombia sees the latest round of talks between the government and farkle rebels begin on wednesday because come amid the deadliest military raid against the armed opposition since talks began in october the colombian president says an agreement must be reached by next november at the latest and as well to keep up military operations he says if the rebels disarm they will be given a part into politics during an exclusive interview to r.t. a top quark of fishel admitted they wanted peace but are being forced to fight for it. here in how enough are gravel some colombian officials are holding talks trying to hammer out a peace deal letting america's fiercest drive

brussels is unbelievable for a confederation of states as europe it is so if she is reelected will she be seeking to firmly establish germany as the center of the euro politically as well as economically. no i don't think so i think she will still seek the support of all other european partner countries however the central forces of brussels will become stronger and that is generally a bad. development it would be much better the sovereign states the consideration would have its proper parliaments to decide upon these things instead of somebody in the central in brussels stefan the vet on the german politician the leading candidate from the free voters party thank you for your time. india says it my deploy its navy in the south china sea to protect its oil interests delhi worried by interferences of shipping and oil exploration in the region professor joseph chang of hong kong city university things of this is part of the games all the politicians in the area. the recent course has been the issue of a new passport but it's time these authorities indicating territories in dispute betwee

nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels where they expected to approve the deployment of patriot missiles in turkey and alliance the weapons several deadly cross border fire incidents with syria let's get the latest from our team in the talent of a call at a nato headquarters and the tally one piece of the international reaction to this deployment. well there has been no reaction yet so far because it is and still hasn't been me the russian foreign ministers of nature are expected to make the decision today whether to deploy patriot missiles to turkey and north in attempts to beef up the country's air defense now the move comes is meant to calm down circuits fears that civil war in syria will spill over the syrian borders and bring missiles into turkey together with chemical weapons which according to reports by media recent reports and just backed by the e.u. and the us officials. they say that syria has chemical weapons that are ready to be used against rebels in the port and of course turkey fears that those chemical weapons might also spill over the border into turkey althoug

leaders on his first trip to brussels since returning to the kremlin. tackling terror on trade routes he reports on the drone campaign. one of the country's leadership seems to be quiet about it plus. has already. a million documents to be released. promises to reveal secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his plan for twenty thirteen in a christmas address. in london. russia's lower house of parliament approves the response to the so-called magnitsky act moving towards a complete ban on americans adopting russian children. twenty four hours a day you're watching r t. continental energy issues are set to gather steam president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia is the largest oil and natural gas exporter to the twenty seven nation block such a big partnership rarely comes without hurdles. explains. we're up for a very interesting e.u. russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be the energy cooperation i'd like to remind you of us that gazprom rema

viewers energy future pressure to do you need isn't his first trip to brussels since resigning to the kremlin. also the south talking terror on trade routes were of course only grown campaign dividing gettman and why the country's leadership seems to be quiet about said. we had already over a million documents being prepared to be released. on our son's promises to reveal the secrets concerning every government in the world to ask him lays out his battle plan for twenty sets him the christmas address of his embassy hideout in the. international news line for most this is all see with me. and welcome to the program on continental energy issues are said to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia's the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation block but such a big partnership really comes without hurdles as an exciting explains. the media and the analysts are expecting a very interesting russia e.u. summit in brussels with the russian president attending it personally obviously the talks between. we will focus on the e

leaders in his first trip to brussels since returning to the planet. talking terror on trade routes were pulled from the drone campaign dividing yemen and why the country's leadership seems to be quiet about it and. has already over a million documents being prepared to be released. today that sounds promises to reveal secrets concerning every government in the wild ass he lays out his battle plans for twenty thirteen and a christmas address from his embassy hideout atlanta. international news and comment live from moscow this is all she was me thanks for joining us. on continental on injury issues are set to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia's the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation blog but such a big pull the ship rarely comes without hurdles as an executor explains. the media and the analysts are expecting a very interesting russia in brussels with the russian president attending it personally obviously the talks between. we will focus on the energy issues we know tha

leaders on his first trip to brussels since retiring to the ground and. also time playing time out on trade routes were pulled from the drone campaign divide in yemen and one of the country's leadership seems to be quiet about said. wiki leaks has already over a million dollar commands being paid to be released and julian assange promises during real secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his plan so plan for twenty four christmas address for his embassy cried out in a. new song russia and around the wall this is all she was me hello and welcome to the. pan continental energy issues are said to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia's the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation bloc but such a big partnership iran it comes without hurdles as an excess explains. the media and the analysts are expecting a very interesting russia e.u. summit in brussels with the russian president attending it personally obviously the talks between. we will focus on the energy is

carry out surveillance operations against iranian targets nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels where they're expected to approve the deployment of patriot missiles in turkey. its alliance partners for the weapons after several deadly cross border fire incidents with syria what is the telling of of or is that the nato headquarters with the latest so to tell you what are the details of this deployment and what reaction has there been to the plans. well off of that russian council meeting a russian foreign minister who is the head over the russians allegation here has said that turkey is seriously overestimating threats of potential threats coming from syria and every time russia hears reports that syria is relocating its chemical weapons and is ready to use them against rebels russian double checks that information and every time intercedes reassurances that this is not the case and president bashar al assad himself has himself has said publicly many times that this is not the scenario that he's learning from each country however and they just secretary-general rasmussen insists

to cross talk to decline of the west i'm joined by alexander graff lamb stores he's in brussels he is the vice president of the liberal group in the european parliament and in some paolo we crossed the pepe escobar he is a journalist and author all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to be if i go to you first is the west in decline . they should ask spangler in fact they should ask spangler stone because he said that hundred years ago in fact it's very complicated the west is not declining to middle classes all across the western developed world they're not only declining but they are going off the grid altogether in fact deletes are not declining so if you ask the elites in brussels by the way in washington d.c. they are fighting the decline of the west and nail. this implies financial capitalism and the nexus between financial capitalism new liberalism and the war party which is basically the democrats in the republics in the west but also some parties in europe as well so all deletes will fight it it's the decline of the roman empi

on his first trip to brussels since returning to the kremlin. tackling terror on trade routes he reports on the drone campaign dividing the country's leadership seems to be quiet about it plus. wiki leaks has already over a million documents to be released. promises to reveal secrets concerning every government in the world. and for twenty thirteen and a christmas address embassy hideout in london. twenty four hours a day you're watching r t pan continental energy issue set to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia is the largest oil and natural gas exporter to the twenty seven nation but such a big partnership really comes without hurdles as experts. were up for a very interesting e.u. russia summit here in brussels with several very important issues on the agenda one of them will be the energy corporation i'd like to remind us that gazprom remains the biggest supplier of gas into the european continent and despite. several pipelines delivering the russian gas to the european continent the e.u

policy makers in brussels will have to hammer out a plan that balances commercial interests and brings fish stocks back on track. >> returning to the dutch port after a week of fishing in the north sea. he is only licensed to catch one kind of fish. eu ministers responsible for fisheries say quotas are necessary to protect fish stocks. >> for us, it is about sustainable fishing policy, which is based on the maximum sustainable catch. >> it sounds environmentally friendly, but it results in edible fish being thrown overboard. fisherman dump the unwanted fish that get caught in nets. it does not make much ecological or economic sense. millions of euros are thrown out every year. environmentalists are calling for brussels to enact a throwback band. >> a fisherman has to bring what he catches into port. that would put pressure on the fishing industry because they only want to bring back the valuable kinds. >> in short, throwing good fischbach to see is cheaper than buying new nets like this one. the special design only catches the place. >> it means fishing less foot fishing more sustainab

. >> our correspondent has been following nato talks in brussels. we asked what nato's decision to deploy missiles at the turkish border means. >> sending these patriot missiles to turkey is more a political signal than a military necessity. nato wants to support its ally, turkey, and nato wants to reassure all those in the country who fear there might be direct entry into the civil war. in general, nato tries to deal escalate the situation -- d escalate the situation -- de- escalate the situation. the augmentation of the turkish air defense comes amid rumors that syria might use weapons against its own people in the civil war or against neighboring countries. >> thank you for that. while diplomats in brussels talk about the situation in syria, there was another day of fighting in the country itself. >> these images are said to show rockets being fired on the capital damascus from a ledge of government positions at a military airport on the outskirts of the capital. this internet video appears to show destruction after heavy fighting in damascus sub

up to thrash out of your energy future president putin to me see you leaders of his first trip to brussels since retiring to the ground. turkey in town trade routes report on the drone campaign dividing gannon and why the country's leadership seems to be quiet about said aren't. you expelled already over a million goalkeepers being paid to be released during a song which promises durable secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his battle plan for twentieth thirteen and a christmas address from his embassy hideout in. here will see live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. continental energy issues are set to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia's the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation block but such a big partnership rarely comes without hurdles as an executor explains. the media and the analysts are expecting a very interesting russia e.u. summit in brussels with the russian president attending it personally obviously the talks between. we will focus on the energy issues we kno

will be felt more strongly because this fiscal union which is imposed from central bureaucratic brussels will force. the people to accept things that they otherwise wouldn't accept so it will become and so governments and parliaments will lose its sovereign budget rights and that is unbelievable for a confederation of states as europe it is so if she is reelected will she be seeking to firmly establish germany as the center of the euro politically as well as economically no i don't think so i think she will still seek the support of all other european partner countries however the central forces of brussels will become stronger and that is generally a bad. development it would be much better the sovereign states the confederation what have its proper parliaments to decide upon these things instead of somebody in the central in brussels well america london boris johnson has called the euro a calamitous project calling for a national referendum on whether britain should be in or out the idea of a separation from the e.u. is gaining momentum in the u.k. let's not discuss this with old he's

nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels where they're expected to approve the deployment of patriot missiles in turkey also its alliance partners for the weapons after several deadly cross border far incidents with syria. is the nato headquarters with the latest. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says that circle is seriously overestimating threats coming from the syrian border that's every time information appears in the media that syria is relocating its chemical weapons and is ready to use them against rebels russia double checks that information and every time receives reassurances that this is not the case and present bashar assad has said to himself many times that he's not planning such a scenario for in this country chemical weapons will not be used however the secretary general of nato rasmussen says that even if this is the case even if series not intending to use chemical weapons against its own people still nato has the rights to protect its ally turkey from any potential threats that's becoming from the syrian border russian president vladimir putin visited istanbu

i mean there are always political cracks in brussels and across europe you have a group of countries that will agree on some things but won't agree on everything and when you start to push them together when they start to end up in a deep economic crisis it's also a crisis of institutions of course they start to squabble and that's what we've seen over the last few years no real agreement on what to do next because everyone has their own somewhat divergent interests and that's germany doesn't want to carry the can for failing greek banks greece doesn't understandably necessarily want to interrupt implementor stare at it all these things clash and so of course he starts the disagreements emerging right to the very top it's good to talk to james thanks a lot for that james me at the nuclear negotiations in london. the u.k. government has given the green light to the resumption of the controversial gas drilling technique known as fracking but the methods heavily criticised for its destructive environmental impact including causing massive water pollution and even earthquakes. has more.

especially in brussels at a news conference with leaders and e.u. corporation should be defined by choice and not. so says the commission president jose manuel barroso at this press conference with that in their routine russian president has been holding talks with for the first time since his return to the kremlin decides admits there are still disagreements on energy issues and they remain committed to solving them. biggest energy supply exporting one third of you and gas well we'll be talking to our correspondent in brussels for more of an in-depth look at that you summit. the conflict in syria has been raised by russia's foreign minister an exclusive interview with r.t. so he loved believes that nato has recent decision to deploy patriot missiles on the turkish border were not designed just to protect against strikes from syrian territory he suggests there are indications the systems may also be useful against iran while talking about possible regime change in syria the foreign minister insisted that russia will play no part. in the business of

nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels where they expected to approve the deployment of patriot missiles in turkey and harasses alliance partners for the weapons several deadly cross border fly incidents with syria r t is an italian if we call it is that the nato headquarters. the move comes is meant to calm down circuits fears that civil war in syria will spill over the syrian borders and bring missiles into turkey together with chemical weapons which according to records by media recent record suggests that act by the e.u. and the us officials. they say that syria has chemical weapons that are ready to be used against rebels in the corridor and of course turkey fears that those chemical weapons might also spill over the border into turkey although person bashar al assad has said that this is not the case and syria will never use chemical weapons against their own people they fear still remained here the nato headquarters and secretary general has already said that if this is indeed the case an immediate response should come from the international community mediately visiting i

that's what happened here on brussels street 8:30 last night not only were they bound and gagged, they were fighting for their lives. look at pictures from the scene, two bodies in the middle of brussels street 900 block, 8:30, one person black male in his 20s died at san francisco general about midnight the other victim, a white female in her late teens in critical condition now, police are not releasing names or what killed him. as you might guess, neighbors are on edge. >> i'm kind of scared because i live by myself. but i never leave the house at night because it is kind of dangerous. >> happens in the movies, but again in real life i have not seen this a lot. essentially, we want to make sure that we find who is responsible for this crime. so we can get these people off the streets. whether it was targeted or random, that's part of the investigation, with we do not know. >> reporter: -- police don't know where attack happened maybe another area, another city no idea, no motive, no suspects that is why they are asking the public to step forward. if you know anything about in attack

the fact the leaves are not declining so if you ask the elites in brussels by the way in washington d c d are fighting the decline of the west to see and nail and this implies financial capitalism and the nexus between financial capitalism neal liberalism and the war party which is basically the democrats in the republics in the west but also some parties in europe as well so all deletes will fight it it's the decline of the roman empire you could you could see it's in slow motion but it's also the sure turbo accelerated version and we have to ask this question to our friends in beijing by the way because for them this is the chinese century so what are they putting in place in terms of not emulating all the mistakes committed by the west especially for these past one hundred years and is there going to be a chinese century that is chinese century chinese characteristics i don't think so but then we're going to talk about it soon ok alexander when you come in on this go ahead well i just don't think the west is in the climate quite on the contrary we are the most dynamic economic stru

that's what happened here on brussels street 8:30 last night not only were they bound and gagged, theyere fighting for their lives. look at pictures from the scene, two bodies in the middle of brussels street 900 block, 8:30, one person black male in his 20s died at san francisco general about midnight the other victim, a white female in her late teens in critical condition now, police are not releasing names or what killed him. as you might guess, neighbors are on edge. >> i'm kind of scared because i live by myself. but i never leave the house at night because it is kind of dangerous. >> happens in the movies, but again in real life i have not seen this a lot. essentially, we want to make sure that we find who is responsible for this crime. so we can get these people off the streets. whether it was targeted or random, that's part of the investigation, with we do not know. >> reporter: -- police don't know where attack happened maybe another area, another city no idea, no motive, no suspects that is why they are asking the public to step forward. if you know anything about in attack,

and european regulators take on google's market domination at a meeting in brussels today.nd a new study shows it takes earning $161,000 per year to make most people happy. kevin craney of rjo futures joins us for a look at the week ahead. good morning to you kevin. good morning. we have jobs on tap for friday and all week long. of course the fiscal cliff talks--what will you anticpate from the market? i think the markets are really going to be dealing with the political wrangling over the fiscal cliff to begin the week. really no agreements to speak of and i really don't think you're going to see any. it's going to come down to one of these last minute issues because both sides continue to butt heads and we're no closer than we were two weeks ago. from an employment perspective, look for the numbers to come in on average probably around 100 to 125 thousand jobs created. that's where our average really stands. maybe some skewed data from hurricane sandy but you back that out and i think things really stand the same. gold futures and options are very popular right now. what'

law but russia has made two and now we're joined by another guest if we have douglas in he's in brussels and he is the founder and director of the center for turkey studies and development ok if i could go to you right now if we're discussing the future of a kurdish state and i've asked our two other guests here what are the possibilities of a kurdish state i mean since the first world war we've never seen this opportunity for the kurdish people. i mean right now the kurds are feeling that there's a greater opportunity for them to have a code a state but if you if you consider regional powers like turkey then you could easily say this is highly likely highly unlikely result in the near future ok if we go about it if you go back to you in washington i mean it's really interesting here is that we have these countries that were very anti kurdish and controlling their kurdish minority in serious and distress right now the turks really don't know what to do and in iraq they almost have their own state so i mean there's a lot of variations across the entire region. now that turkey is a turkey'

the scene here last night as with the the two were brought here this began on the 900 block of brussels. police arrived to find a man and woman in the street bound and gagged. the man died midnight at the hospital. the woman is still alive. police say as shocking as this is, neighbors do not need to be afraid. >> we don't have any information i don't believe there's any threat to the community. obviously, if anyone had seen anything or known of any suspect description we would like to know that. we urge someone to call san francisco police with any information. >> reporter: the female victim is alive but has

for you fascinating thank you very much gentlemen thanks to my guest today in washington and in brussels and thanks to our viewers for watching us we've already seen next time and remember last time. any. stories. critics. of the iraq. qatar my. primary. concern is why. coming out to. download the official ati application itself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's now t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. in any time.

first of all how many we have how many of you but i am in the last i want to run i want to go to brussels going to last word is that what is the nature for the kurds are they going to i mean they've waited a long time that they could still wait i mean kurds as the put it clearly aspires to to have the greater rights in the region that they were living in that could be they could be described as a new nation state for kurds or it could be described as cool writes on the coming on to go in the new constitution drafted in each of the countries it is all about turkey. me because turkey has the largest kurdish population in the walt turkey has the largest claims kurdish physical land in the old and turkey this is the main reason for him i wish we had more time for you fascinating thank you very much gentlemen thanks to my guest today in washington and in brussels and thanks to our viewers for watching us we see you next time and remember the last time. you. see. do we speak your language anything about the will or not a day of. school music programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you

brussels, also lots of question marks. and obviously then we get to the point where all the deposit insurances lie. every country has a different scheme. so i think we're a far cry away from having anything like a european banking union. >> i would tend to agree as ever. thank you for now. we'll catch you a little later. how much of this matters? investors say if we move toward a banking union, you can't have any kind of economic without a bank union. how much does that matter? >> for investors today, probably not a whole lot. he's broader long term questions about what the eurozone is going to look like, what is going to be the balance going to be, we have to have vote, treaties, and it's difficult -- >> doesn't matter in the short term 245 ththat they don't let w up? >> you think if you hold it for five years do you still get something back. >> there are a lot of analysts saying european equities will outperform u.s. equities. when you look at the rapid growth rates, is that just because they're undervalued? what is it?

speaking to leaders in brussels, hillary clinton followed suit. >> our concerns are that an increasingly desperate assad regime may turn to chemical weapons, or may lose control of them to one of the many groups that are now operating within syria. so as part of the absolute unity we have on this issue, we have

where you're going to break into that now and go back to brussels where they were put in is holding talks with eva leaders the first time since his return to the kremlin in that russian president is taking part in a news conference along with the european commission president jose. and european council president herman van rompuy let's listen in. the wide range of e.u. russia relations and we also discussed how we can deepen our cooperation and implement already agreed commitments. our partnership for modernisation works. we have taken note of the latest progress report and welcomed the good results achieved in many areas further progress has to be made in the negotiations towards a new agreement which can put our future relations on a solid legal base the e.u. is very eager to progress faster in these negotiations we have discussed domestic economic developments in russia and the e.u. i explained the decisions of last week european council regarding the thinking of the economic and monetary union and the huge progress we made instead realizing do yourselves. deeply convinced that we need

ellington and i to go back to you in brussels you know outside of the west who are really going to find that the west is seen as a bit very violent ok over the last twenty years it's nato interventions is this something that the west should be proud of. well i mean i think the west is still the largest force for good in the world i mean the interventions that have taken place if you think about afghanistan for example that has been to rout out al qaeda operation based terrorist organization that has struck around the world from bali to madrid to london there has been one grave error on which europeans and americans had a you know a dramatic fall out that was the iraq war that should not have taken place but compared to certain other regions the west is the most peaceful and stable region there is no conflict inside of the west if you look to russia with the chechen conflict in the northern caucasus if you look to singe analogy owner that's been over for a decade now more than alive now more than a decade so it's not a conflict. well i mean i would still call it a conflict with a violent

sylvia is in brussels to follow aus of these negotiations for us. sylvia, a torturous route for greece. are they finally going to get this money? if so, what does that change. >> well, it at least gives them a bit of breathing space. it doesn't change anything in terms of the overall dismal situation of the country. there was a letter of the german finance minister yesterday, written so it is by one of the deputies to the german bundes stock where he basically said, we are ready to sign up the next package for greece. this has not been confirmed or denied by the finance ministry, so it seems that that's the determination. it looks like it, anyway. we know that the one linchpin is indeed the set buyback program. it kind of falls short of expectations. but i'm sure they're going to make it enough of a success to sign the check tonight or tomorrow if it's the heads of state doing it. but the expectations that the euro group meeting that is in session right now is the one that will dispense the money or will decide to disexpense the money. never mind wh

finance ministers meeting in brussels they're expected to ok. as part of their monthly meeting and what it does mean for spain is that they join the likes of portugal and italy along with greece as countries who are entering this festive period hardly full of the joys of christmas regarding their finances the spanish people as showed in the recent past that they are very much obsessed with the current situation in the country and the fact that the government's asking for money in order to bail out the banks that's hardly going to put them in good stead with the spanish people already. here really against the way that the government is handling the situation. just a financial consultant pleased to spaniards any good though. back in june. the spanish government had requested an independent audit on their banking system. and. came up with a number sixty two billion euros that that was needed. and many at the time thought that that was again quite a conservative number maps expecting the economy to do you have any since then of course situation has

spain's banking bailout eurozone finance ministers reconvene in brussels as madrid makes an official request for the e.u. to rescue its weak banks. in this is r t first from some britain of some of the israeli ambassadors in their countries to try to get more answers over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem the u.n. and the you've also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations more from a middle east correspondent paula sleep in. that's happening in an area known as anyone man what it effectively means is that the voice that income will be cut off instrumental in this announcement is widely perceived as punishment against the palestinians for number one going to the un was with this by the number two winning it essentially winning a bird that sees the palestinian state being recognized within one hundred sixty seven borders and given non observer nonmember observer status at the united nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats warning that he wouldn't come