cutting back ties with qatar russia responds after its envoys beaten by security forces in doha apparently after kremlin criticism of its u.s. stance on the arab spring revolutions. on the road to ruin the entire eurozone credit ratings are on the block as leaders make a beeline to brussels for a last ditch attempt to salvage the currency. and in the business. of parliament five years a year longer than the previous one find out why that might be good for business twenty that. with r t welcome to the program with the final results of russia's parliamentary elections still june the overall picture of a brand new board of no makers is already clipped the united russia party has secured the lead but the ruling group has seen a significant drop in popularity that cross live now to the trove of this election russia's taking a bit of a knock how does this change alignment of power in the parliament do you think. well with one hundred percent with almost one hundred percent of the votes counted the ruling party united russia has gone to just under fifty percent of the vote the communists came in

cutting back ties with russia response office envoys beaten by security forces in doha apparently after kremlin criticism of its u.s. stance on the arab spring revolutions. on the road to ruin the entire eurozone credit ratings are on the block as they does make a beeline to brussels for a last ditch attempt to salvage the currency. and in the business bulletin the russian markets are in the red following in asia. find out what's on the indices in about twenty minutes. and online twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. with the final results of russia's parliamentary elections still due the overall picture of a brand new board of lawmakers is already clear united russia party has secured the lead but the ruling group is seeing a significant drop in popularity. reports. with almost one hundred percent of the votes counted the party has garnered just under fifty percent of the vote the communists came in second but third place by russia with liberal democrats on the board to police the three of the parties failed to get the required week per cent of the votes needed to get seats in t

of multilateral trade negotiations why why are the doha trade negotiations in such a deadlock when you explain. well i mean the ministerial conference we're having with all our members next week in geneva we look at the whole of the portfolio of activities our organization yes we have trade negotiations the purpose of which is to update modernize the rulebook . but we also have a lot of activities in administration of these wars in monitoring and seven ounce we have of course the dispute settlement system which as you know is a very specific one because the decisions of all the asian systems are binding on all members and we also have the whole day we are a trade technical assistance for poorer developing countries so the minister conference we look at the horn of our activities provided as it should guidance for the next two years you're right on the negotiations of new trade rules which is these big negotiation we call the door trade realm because we started it in go up. ten years ago for the moment for the moment we haven't been able to conclude this negotiation not that own lot has

and cutting back ties with qatar russia responds after its envoys beaten by security forces in doha apparently off the crimean criticism of its u.s. backed starts spring revolutions. of the arab world ends the year very differently from how it began next a former top syrian diplomats says his view of the changes in the region's prospects. with me i have mr adnan a former syrian ambassador to the united kingdom and sweden and also a former deputy secretary general of the arab league he's a political analyst and i would think so thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. i thank you and greetings to you. t.v. station too much democracy too soon is that what we're witnessing in the arab world and does it mean chaos for countries like egypt it is too soon to say there is much different places where there is democracy but because democratic. slogans put before the elections do not mean that necessarily the window is going to be correct is democracy so i would say we have to wait and see are we using the right terminology when we talk about the arab spring i wonder what use this word. by the wa

russia scaling back its relations with qatar following an attack on its envoy in doha the soltys being linked to moscow's criticism against qatar's u.s. backed position of unrest in syria is going to chicken reports with washington's weight behind it qatar feels it can get away with anything. a small country with gigantic ambitions qatar with a population of less than two million people embarks on an aggressive plan to shape their war old playing in tune with washington's policies in the region could target gain diplomatic weight it never had before they could tyreese feel as if they've got enormous backing and that they've become sort of larger than life as a factor in the politics of the region they're currently the chairman of the arab league and they've used that position to press for the most aggressive kind of action against syria could target became the first gulf nation to close its embassy in syria in july qatar is also reportedly funneling syrian rebels with weapons as it did in libya. the country's cheerleading rolling revolutions in the middle east and north africa has earn

now russia has downgraded diplomatic relations with cutoff to an assault on moscow's envoy to doha the russian diplomat was attacked by airport security officials just as russia criticized role in the mounting international pressure on syria he's got as you can report there are suspicions that the top uneasy can get away with such actions because of its support from the u.s. . a small country with gigantic ambitions qatar with a population of less than two million people embarks on an aggressive plan to shape the air war old playing tune with washington's policies in the region could target gain diplomatic weight it never had before they could tyreese feel as if they've got enormous backing and that they've become sort of larger than life as a factor in the politics of the region they're currently the chairman of the arab league and they've used that position to press for the most aggressive kind of action against syria tara became the first gulf nation to close its embassy in syria in july qatar is also reportedly funneling syrian rebels with weapons as it did in libya. the country's

cutting back ties with russia response all for employees eaten by security forces in doha qatar and the kremlin criticism of its u.s. backed stalls in the arab spring revolution it's. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow and with the final results of russia's parliament elections still do you the overall picture of a brand new board of lawmakers is already clear here large russia party has the lead but the ruling group is seeing a significant drop in popularity that in their reports. with almost one hundred percent of the votes counted the party has garnered just under fifty percent of the vote the communists came in second or third place by russia with liberal democrats on the fold please the three of the parties failed to get the required week per cent of the votes needed to get seats in the duma now those not yet final but the results indicate that the party which has crushing the dominee to the country's politics for years now is on track to lose its two thirds majority in the duma for comparison in the two thousand and seven elections united russia got sixty four per

down graded relations with qatar this comes after an incident in the doha airport on the twenty ninth of november when the ambassador with two of his colleagues were trying to pass through security with a parcel of diplomatic mail now that parcel is expected to go through without any problems but they tried to x. rated which is against diplomatic normalcy the security forces tried to take this package of way from the diplomats which caused harm to the diplomats the ambassador and two of the people traveling with him now the ambassador is in hospital and is expected to make it back to here and soon as he has recovered from the attack it is no secret that moscow is not happy with what they believe are actions in instigating and in antagonizing efforts in the arab spring in fact if you go back a tool libya it is along been the position of sergei lavrov the foreign minister here in russia saying that could tahrir is responsible in helping to arm the rebels in libya which is antagonize that situation further you know currently in syria it's along in the position of russia that if there are

qatar and doha look pretty good compared to the tents and caves you're living in. jamie: that's amazing. where is the money going to come to form this and monitor it and make these trips? >> that's the problem. everybody has got plenty of money. jamie: the afghan government is going to fund it or the taliban? >> u.s. taxpayer ultimately fund it, whether the u.s. taxpayer funding through the afghan government, taxpayer giving money to pakistan which in turn gives it to parts of the taliban. at the end of the day i think we're really holding the bag. one of the objectives holing any meetings in the persian gulf region they're hoping that those sunni countries, saudi arabia, united arab emirates, any of those countries might kick in a little and help them and potentially be the donors if the united states leaves. jamie: all right, it struck me the rumor you bring to the table that president obama may want to withdraw even sooner. we'll keep an eye on that. great to see you. >> thank you, jamie. jamie: jon, back to you. jon: an infamous group of computer hackers is bac

as in doha, we agreed to place our customs and immigration officers at abu dhabi airport to advise emirati law enforcement officials about the admissibility of passengers. we also signed a letter of intent to commence the process of establishing preclearance in abu dhabi. preclearance allows passengers and their luggage heading to the united states to be fully screened by our customs and immigration officials before boarding the plane in their country of origin, allowing us effectively to push our borders outward while facilitating a more beneficial customer and traveler experience. the issues tackled in these sorts of meetings obviously represent only a fraction of the work we do overseas. i haven't talked about the work we're doing on cybersecurity, on human trafficking, on emergency response, our extensive collaboration with a number of countries, from mexico to india, but i think the important conclusion is that there is a new paradigm in how our country engages with our foreign partners, an engagement driven by the mutual opportunity to enhance security and to promote economic benefit

qataris backing for its ventures in the region with syria now in play washington is betting high on doha qatar has been put forward as the arab face on this bullying operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region and its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check out reporting from washington our team. an hour roundup of the news from around the world this hour and a string of attacks across down a stand killed dozens of worshipers as they mark them as the best of assura more than fifty shiites died in the capital kabul when a suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of people gathered near a religious shrine the attack was the first major sectarian assault since the taliban fell a decade ago another explosion in northern afghanistan killed four early on tuesday a third bomb destroyed a motorcade in kandahar injuring three. there are clashes in the greek capital as hundreds of protesting students mob of third anniversary of a teenager being fatally sh

as they have as you mentioned down graded relations with qatar this comes after an incident in the doha airport on the twenty ninth of november when the ambassador with two of his colleagues were trying to pass through security with a parcel of diplomatic mail now that parcel is expected to go through without any problems but they tried to x. rated which is against diplomatic normalcy also they tried to x. ray despite having written permission from the qatar interior ministry saying that they could do this this is something that diplomats are able to do is pass information through the country without having it inspected in this way at this time the security forces tried to take this package of away from the diplomats which caused harm to the diplomats the ambassador and two of the people traveling with him at which time after this in response moscow summoned the guitar ministry to moscow or the representatives from qatar to moscow and said look we do not. condone these actions and we demand an apology and they have suspended relations with qatar until these actions are taken now the amb

what exactly re doha is covered here where you talk to the three revolutions there that brought change to the arab world the one of the other countries seeing protests which have not resulted in a change of power what future for them. well of course the we how far reign we have to get in and we have syria all of these countries are also going through an extremely difficult situation right now. in fact russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said there is an all out civil war going on in yemen there were clashes between the protesters and police today in bahrain and we always get the same reports from syria with the rumored thousands of people supposedly killed in clashes with the government's hopefully the situation those countries will soon unravel in a different way with less bloodshed with less violence and hopefully the year two thousand and twelve will be happy one for them as well as for the entire region. exactly artie's the ridiculous could live from the egyptian capital the thank you ever so much color of course set to ring in the new year just want to two hours off to moscow.

qatar's full backing for its ventures in the region with syria now in play washington is betting high on doha qatar has been put forward as the arab face on this bullying operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region and its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check out reporting from washington our team. washington times was one of its key allies pakistan have been shaky for some time and now for the plum it still further see the u.s. senate has a pushing for a reassessment the relations with islam about including reducing economic and military aid to the country in response to pakistan shutting down a vital nato supply route and boycotting an international conference about afghanistan's future is of about it says it's measures were triggered by the recent deadly air strike by the us on the pakistani border post. of the newsmagazine executive intelligence review told the strangulations of the inevitable us policy. you've got to really go back and look at

cutting back ties with the tar brush your response offers envoys beaten by security forces in doha apparently the kremlin critic of the us fights dogs on the arab spring revolution that's up next on all the cars report. i am asked azure this is the kaiser report the word is supra national super national you know that word means it's the new word all over europe it's really important it means loss of sovereignty and all kinds of bad stuff but let's get more details from stacey max kaiser merkel pushes for european fiscal union the article points out what does fiscal union mean exactly there are different interpretations apparently max merkel once the european commission to have a veto over countries tax and budget plans whereas the french want national parliaments to be involved but remember max in episode two seventeen of the kaiser report we quoted they lease a palace speaking on behalf of nicolas sarkozy he said quote the president has in no way the aim of giving super national powers to the european commission we want to discuss the ways of creating more intrusive powers for brussels to mo

discussing a comfortable price of oil was a key theme for oil majors attending the oil conference in dohaweek. royal dutch shell signed a $6.4 billion deal to build a petro chemical plan the in the qatar state. qatar petroleum will have an 80% stake and shell will have the remainder. the company announced it will pull out of syria as it moves into qatar. it comes after eu sanctions that restrict oil production and contracts with the eu government. totale says it will comply with the sanctions. >>> we take a look at neighboring iraq's lucrative oil industry and one small company that's made it big after a new discovery in kurdistan. ds. and i'm gonna need to see a receipt for that watch you're wearing. you know, you really should provide us with a checklist of documents we're gonna need up front. who do you think i am? quicken loans? at quicken loans, we provide a checklist of the mortgage documents you'll need up front. it helps keep you in the know every step of the way. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. >>> iraq sits on the world's fifth largest oil reserve and now more

pushing qatar to allow the taliban to open office in the gulf state capital doha. >> jim: thank you veryitary experts are questioning whether iran can back up the threat to shut down the strait of hormuz, if new sanctions are imposed. the iranian navy is continuing the ten-day exercise in the waters near the strategic oil route. u.s. officials expressed doubt that iran would follow through on the threat. thousands of mourners gathered today in south east turkey for funerals of 35 kurdish civilians killed in a botched airstrike. it was the second day of clashes between demonstrators and police over the ips dept the military was targeting insurgents but hit young people described as smugglers instead. tens of thousands of people in yemen held demonstrations today to demand that long-time president ali abdullah saleh face trial for killing hundreds of protesters. saleh agreed to give up power in exchange for immunity. >>> there was another huge outpouring of antigovernment sentiment today in syria. correspondent leland vittert reports as usual some of the dissidents paid the ultimate price.

homeland security, the united states, put customs and immigrations officers in the dubai airport or the doha airport to advise officials on the admissibility of passengers into the united states prior to boarding and traveling to our country. if a passenger is determined to be admissible, our agents will provide that information to the qatar officials, and they in turn can prevent the passenger from traveling at all. we have similar agreements with nine other countries, but this is the first of two such agreements now in the middle east. second, we agreed to pilot the use of global entry which is cbp's trusted travelers program to expedite the industry into the united states for a limited number of vetted qatari citizens. again, there are similar arrangements with five other countries, notably canada and mexico, but this is the first such agreement in the middle east. with these two agreements, we will better secure our country and better facilitate lawful travel and trade with qatar. in the uae we met with the crown prince of abu dhabi. this was the third time i've been to abu dhabi, actual

homeland security, the united states, put customs and immigrations officers in the dubai airport or the doha airport to advise officials on the admissibility of passengers into the united states prior to boarding and traveling to our country. if a passenger is determined to be admissible, our agents will provide that information to the qatar officials, and they in turn can prevent the passenger from traveling at all. we have similar agreements with nine other countries, but this is the first of two such agreements now in the middle east. second, we agreed to pilot the use of global entry which is cbp's trusted travelers program to expedite the industry into the united states for a limited number of vetted qatari citizens. again, there are similar arrangements with five other countries, notably canada and mexico, but this is the first such agreement in the middle east. with these two agreements, we will better secure our country and better facilitate lawful travel and trade with qatar. in the uae we met with the crown prince of abu dhabi. this was the third time i've been to abu dhabi, actual