ok you can offer porting live from kazakhstan thank you for now. as a local journalist she told us she believes the rest was stricken from abroad. oh work isn't generalising have been striking for fairly long already for several months it is treasury notes it's in those people the old dressed in clothes and their guns uniforms this is fairly strange for a strike there but you're uniformed you know they were just crashing things around . and there were behaving too organized and they weren't attacking authorities and at least as a police came in it looks like chris this is being let down. so they had this consumerism calamity us credit card soon profit from running that claimed three million lives and. the arab league has given the syrian government until wednesday to end its crackdown on the opposition and letting observers otherwise it's threaten to turn to the u.n. security council for action meanwhile russia is defending its proposed resolution on syria and the u.s. and its allies want to see changed moscow is appealing to both the assad regime

with the latest there go away haring reports of renewed violence what's going on in kazakhstan right now well these are some very troubling you or cindy then basically leaders information from guys about all these that we're getting is that on saturday protesters blocked a really station including train with three hundred people on board in western. india all seven bastard trains in three three trains were doing and around eight pm local time sixty a moscow time police came in trying to disperse the crowd but instead google grown fifty people and the opportunities call them now showed fierce resistance lucetta locomotive on fire up the train and the police some of them reportedly moved into nearby setting a christmas tree and for a break in shop windows car windows and cetera and authorities say that their actions at one point became a threat to the lives of the locals and off. of the of the already so they had to use force including a live round as a result twelve people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds and one of them died. but it will remind us what happened in the oil town o

reporting there live from kazakhstan eager many thanks indeed. and more on our breaking news story this hour we're hearing more reports that an offshore drilling rig seventy six people on board more than a sword has overturned in the sea of a haunt skin the russian far east and it's not yet known how many may have survived a distress signal had been sent as the platform was being towed by an icebreaker sea conditions have been a very severe with waves me says high and winds of seventy kilometers per hour in the area the platform is now two hundred kilometers of land and of course we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. moving on now russia's own national interests will guide its actions on the global arena president made that spelled out of the country's priorities in the recent rift with the u.s. and its missile defense shield in europe which most poses a threat to its security what washington failed to give written assurances that this show is not aimed at russia moscow deployed a rating system on its western most border. we must

for joining us and we're hearing reports of violence what's going on in kazakhstan right now. well that's right because i thought you say that moreland's has erupted on saturday in western kazakhstan a group of protesters is blocked railway station and this so-called rally was in support of the previous one in this city also in the town of genoa as in this time there's a group of activists or protesters and they blocked this really. into authorities they created significant problems for the schedules trains dealing seven passenger trains three freight trains and at around eight pm local time which was around six pm moscow time basically police came in to disperse the crowd of people but instead of cooperating they. decided to actually take two aggressive measures and authorities say that they've attacked trains with molotov cocktails and so on creating threats both for of the passengers of these trains and for the police themselves and this group will be more active and aggressive people consisted of the around fifty people this is also according to the authorities and basical

canal is in kazakhstan. on a sunday afternoon he's managed to stop an attempt to storm the local courthouse in janelle's and and also attacks various attacks on police that while it's there started on friday there was a protest rally against and beat salaries combined with celebrations of twenty years of stan's independence and the entire thing just spiraled out of control it's not clear. what exactly triggered it but at some point the angry ground began setting buildings on fire including state facilities clashing with police and authorities say that forty six dealings have been burned to the ground and as a result police had to use force including live rounds of thirty say that they have the situation in under control deployed a state of emergency for the next three weeks there in accordance with the kazakhstan's the constitution since then has been in force around sixty people have been detained and also a russian journalists have been detained as well and they are reported to have been released also in t

fresh clashes flare up in western kazakhstan just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people dead. the west and its allies mounting pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to pull through its draft resolution at the u.n. aimed at solving the crisis peacefully. plus the wait is finally over russia is accepted as a fully fledged member of the world trade organization after eighteen years of tough talks. on air and online you're watching artie's weekly needs review welcome but first our breaking news story a russian oil rig has capsized and sinks in a storm in a sea of hearts in the country's far east let's get the latest details now jake jake what do we know so far about the incident and the rescue effort. search and rescue operation going in earnest president immersion. the sixty seven people were on board including fourteen passengers two helicopters are in the area aiding this search and rescue operation as well as two ships are scouring the sea for signs of life being an icebreaker that is towing this. support when it capsized it can now confirm that it

bi lateral agreements so russia will have an agreement with kazakhstan kazakhstan has the bilateral back with russia but there are very few c.i.s. instruments because this is was done intentionally to be very decentralized because of the memory of the soviet union and presumably the memory of the russian empire itself so it's really what you put into it is what you get out of it for example georgia left of its own on its own because of the conflict that it started in south of thirty in august two thousand and eight and and it went on its own way isolated in the neighborhood because it doesn't have the same kind of agreements that it would used to have through the c.i.s. so i guess i'm a long way of me saying there are actually some benefits to it it just depends how much you want to put into it. very true but if the instruments that have now been put in place to create a single economic space are to thrive then they do eventually have to work on the type of arrangements which the us taken forty years or more to work on namely to have some sort of weighted voting which i think by the way

in using the week more deadly violence in the wake of the kazakhstan crowd thirteen striking oil workers killed at linda pendants day gathering. and also this week the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed while russia pushes its resolution to the security council calling for both sides in syria to talk. of brushes and welcome to the global trade club after almost twenty years of talks and a move that brings both advantages and some tough competition. it's a pm here in moscow this sunday not a warm welcome to you watching the weekly or an r t it's around to put the day's news in the week's top stories with me kevin zero in but the breaking news i just mentioned first of all an oil rig with sixty seven people on board capsized off russia's far eastern coast today four people are known to have died while fourteen others have been rescued so far emergency teams are working through the night now to try to find more than forty missing workers but it's not an easy task artie's tom barton has the latest. at the moment conditions in the rescue site two hundred kilomete

a three week state of emergency has been declared in kazakhstan where twelve have died in clashes between striking workers and security forces the violence has been centered on an oil town in the west of the country but the railway station blocks in the nation's trouble. and trial of them sent here i knew your court ruled that you've not been provided material support to our kind of the nine eleven attacks in america that critics however say the verdict has made it a pretext for war against terror wrong. in how awful news line from moscow this is all she was me you nash about all the thanks for joining as far as tens of thousands of people in tunisia have been celebrating the first anniversary of the country's revolution which overthrew dictator ben ali after almost twenty five years in power the uprising was this part for the arab spring which rocked almost twenty countries across north africa and the middle east but even after the elections in tunisia calls for change remain strong that he's a rino going to come has been finding out. a year ago mohamed bouazizi set himself with fire to

moving on now and fresh riots serve reportedly flared up in western kazakhstan one person was killed and eleven others injured at a railway station where people were protesting against a fatal crackdown striking oil workers in a town around one hundred kilometers to the northeast what is your place going off the latest from kazakhstan. on saturday a group of protesters blocked a really station including bass engine train with over three hundred people on board in western kazakhstan in total seven bastard trains and three freight trains were delayed and at around eight pm local time sixty a moscow time police came in trying to disperse the crowd but instead google around fifty people and the authorities call them now who showed fierce resistance they'll be set a locomotive on fire of. the train and the police some of them reportedly moved into. setting a christmas tree going for a breaking shop windows car windows and cetera and authorities say that their actions at one point became a threat to the lives of the locals and off the of the of the o.t. so they had to use force including a

twelve people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds one of them died down a lot also in western kazakhstan more than four hundred protesters have gathered for a protest rally but so far fortunately everything there is reported to be going on quite peacefully but of course we will be monitoring the situation. he could off they're in syria at least fifteen civilians and six soldiers are thought to have been killed in weekend clashes the government says it's considering letting in foreign observers now after the arab league gave a wednesday deadline to do so or the arab league says it will turn to the u.n. security council russia meantime is pushing for its resolution on syria but the u.s. and its allies want it changed the wording changed moscow's calling on both sides to end the bloodshed and begin talks but rules for intervention and sanctions of some western states want to blame the rest soley on the assad regime's aspies thousands of army defectors claims to be fighting to bring down the government because of political analysts in the week chris bambery told me serious now in danger of e

but not as a buy off of kazakhstan precise unflattering is in favor of the new union he wants to see that happen the slav half of this country the russians are more ecumenical but let's be serious racism overt racism is growing in russia absolutely this is a popular force working against this type of integration this reasoning in the street all. giving away our money to the to the caucus why should we give it to them for you and all the rest so there are a lot of complex issues here and in the end in the end it will involve two things that the successful why is leadership on the part of russia and the former republics and the united states not to meddle in the process then i think we're going to malign process and in the end those former republics that want to join will join and if it works those who didn't join will probably join later if they see anything you say if we look at christan for example because i believe we see the past leadership right there the is a small country and it plays different major powers off against each other sometimes and it's not a good idea because they

oil town kills ten in kazakhstan troops move in a striking workers disrupt independence day celebrations. plus a u.s. court rules iran played a role in the nine eleven attacks into fears of a mounting campaign against islamic state and a possible pretext to war. where you're watching r t twenty four hour news and much more welcome to the program. is defending its draft u.n. resolution on syria the u.s. and its allies want the text changed but moscow is confident its strong up of balanced approach to solving the crisis the draft condemns all sides in ongoing conflict calling for the violence to stop while ruling out foreign intervention and sanctions the u.s. wants the blame for the bloodshed put on the mask it also went at knowledge that the opposition is armed despite of the engine of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down the regime more than five thousand civilians are thought to have been killed in syria since march asia times economist thinks the west is looking to soften up the country before making its move. what's interesting is what the u.s. and nato countries cons

deadly unrest in kazakhstan has left at least ten people dead in a western oil town clashes broke out when independence day celebrations turned violent the police reportedly firing live rounds at the crowd ati's tom barton is the latest. the trouble seemed to start ahead of preparations for the country's independence day celebrations kazakhstan left the soviet union twenty years ago to the day a crowd had gathered in the central square where a stage is being set up but this crowd contains a lot of people who have been there for a long time since the summer in fact a crowd of oil workers striking and protesting when hundreds of their number were fired from a an oil company then for demanding higher wages police moved in to try and clear the central square and then what happened has been debated witnesses and protests to say that the police opened fire on the crowd the police say that the crowd attacked them and that they were forced to respond by opening fire buildings were set on fire including the mayor's office and a hotel in the central square the prosecutor general of the country

is in kazakhstan. it seems that the authorities we stored order in these parts of the country were these were this while unsee erupted we've heard reports from the town of walked out on sunday in the west of the country were for over four hundred protesters gathered for a rally in front of the local building of the administration but fortunately that went on she's fully but the other rallies didn't go in the same fashion unfortunately for example on saturday a group of protesters blocked really station and about a train into over three hundred people on board and also in the west of the country and one police came in to disperse the crowd they see around fifty people who are against as they're called now by the authorities showed fierce resistance and they set a locomotive on fire they were throwing around malt of cocktails both at trains and at the police some of them moved to a nearby village setting things on fire there as well the violence erupted in the city of hours and also in the west of the co

fresh clashes flare up in western kazakhstan just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people dead in. the west and its allies mount pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to get its draft resolution accepted at the u.n. and solving the crisis peacefully. plus the wait is finally over russia is accepted as a fully fledged member of the world trade organization after eighteen years of tough talks. world news twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. first our breaking news story a russian oil rig has gone down in the storm in the sea of a hot spot in the country's far east let's get the latest details now on marty's jake reeves. the rig capsized several hours ago now how is the recovery operation daring. rescue operations still going but five hours have passed now since the oil rig capsized. sixty seven people were on board fourteen of them passengers some have been pulled from the water. but many of the majority still missing we've spoken to an emergency ministry spokesperson for more. than. fourteen people have been rescued so far with two of them in

if you go to spin off is the latest from kazakhstan. on saturday a group of protesters blocked a really station including a badge and train with over three hundred people on board in western kazakhstan in total seven bastard trains in three three trains were delayed and at around eight pm local time six pm moscow time police came in trying to disperse the crowd but instead a group of their own fifty people and the opportunity to call them now showed fierce resistance they were going to set a locomotive on fire of tumultuous cocktails at the train and at the police some of them reportedly moved into. a setting a christmas tree going for a breaking shop windows car windows and cetera and authorities say that their actions at one point became a threat to the lives of the locals and off the of the of the o.t. so they had to use force including a live rounds as a result twelve people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds and one of them died this particularly rally was actually initially organized in support of another one which happened in

bbc news, kazakhstan. >> this is "newsday." i am in singapore. >> i am in london. the headlines. an earthquake of 5.9 magnitude has struck near christchurch on the south island of new zealand. >> north correa says it will accept all south korean delegations wishing to express condolences for the death of its leader, kim jong-il. let us stay with that story, because of the message posted on the official website. steps have been taken to open all air and land routes. south korea has sent sympathies to the north, although it has also put its troops on alert. for more, let us go live to the south korean capital of seoul. will the south koreans take up the offer of living mourners go to the north? >> i have spoken to some government officials this morning who have said they are not changing their status at the moment. they have allowed individual families to go north to express condolences, because they say those families had north korean condolences when members of their families died. they are saying there may be a small number of officials who will travel with those two families to

in the town of version i was in the west of kazakhstan has now risen to thirteen people with over eighty others injured this is according to official figures and according to other sources these numbers may be much higher and authorities also say that on a sunday afternoon he's managed to stop an attempt to storm the local courthouse in regionals and and also attacks various attacks on police that while it's there started on friday it was a proto surround the against an beat salaries combined with celebrations of twenty years of gather stones independence and the entire thing just spiraled out of control it's not clear. what exactly triggered it but at some point the angry groud began setting buildings on fire including state facilities clashing with police and authorities see that forty six buildings have been burned to the ground and as a result police had to use force including live rounds thirteen people were killed there this is the latest figures and like i said over eighty others were injured now authorities say that they have the situation in under control deployed a state of eme

you know the news more deadly violence in the wake of the kazakhstan crackdown that's all fourteen striking all work is killed in independence day gathering. and stories from us that helped shape the week the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed while russia pushes its resolution of the security council holding both sides in syria into dialogue. and russia's welcome to the global trade club after almost twenty years of talks in a move that brings both advantages of tough competition. hello it's eleven pm here in moscow this sunday night you're watching the weekly here on r t it's our roundup of the day's news and the week's top stories with me in and the breaking news just mentioned updating you on what we know an oil rig with sixty seven people on board capsized earlier on today off russia's far eastern coast four people are known to have died fourteen others have been rescued emergency teams are working through the night then to try to find more than forty work is still missing but it is not an easy task because of the weather. the latest . at the moment condit

an explosive move in kazakhstan fifteen people are confirmed dead and dozens more injured in a series of violent riots in the west of the country forty say the situation is back under control in the region under arrest was sparked by clashes between police and scranton on work it's. next to r.t. talks to russia's deputy foreign minister on what's ahead in missile defense talks between moscow and washington. we're sitting down with. russia's deputy foreign minister he's heading the russian side of the us russia working group that deals with issues of global security arms control missile defense thank you very much for joining the mystery of russia and boy to nato said the u.s. seems to be surrounding russia with military installations like an anaconda and that was his comparison and that russia would have to try and break out of that not how deep is the misunderstanding on the issue at the moment and it doesn't seem like all of russia's concerns are falling on deaf ears in washington i wouldn't describe this is along the lines as you did i think we have a very very productive and all t

deadly unrest in kazakhstan has left at least ten people dead in a western oil town clashes broke out on independence day celebrations turned violent police reportedly firing live rounds at the crowd there conflicting reports about how events on the betting interior ministry claims the situation has calmed down the activists say crowds are gathering again political campaign around the country told me that it's difficult to establish exactly what's happening because communications with the city are down. a local bus service of your nose and we're trying to organize a concert to go to do it in a grocery independently in a square where workers already have been demanding reinstatement was seven month course oil workers didn't like that and the. stage they said by. local authorities believe there's information implicated so going the. internet. like twitter is blog. and of course i will be keeping across to how the situation unfolds in kazakhstan and bring you the latest as we get it. well coming up we focus on turning teens away from deadly trouble in the rest of caucuses bring dr stunne

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support of another one which happened in the town of jenin i was in this all down also in western kazakhstan and what happened there on friday is that a protest rally against the salaries combined with celebrations of twenty years of kazakhstan's independence just spiraled out of control it's still not clear what exactly triggered it but at one point the angry crowd began setting buildings on fire including state facilities say that forty six buildings had been burned down in the clashes with the police as well and also unfortunately the authorities say they were forced to. retaliate and retake the central the situation under their control so some live shots were used there as well and according to official figures eleven people were killed in that incident several dozen others were injured although some sources suggest that the figures are much higher than that. because external forces maintain the situation is under control local journalist because we're not told she believes outside influences behind the unrest oh workers in generalising have been striking for fairly long already for seve

violent unrest in kazakhstan as left at least ten people dead in a western oil town clashes broke out when independence day celebrations turned violent the police reportedly firing live rounds at the crowd until points about how events on developing interior ministry claims the situation has calmed down but activists say crowds gather again on little campaign in the country to hold out and it's difficult to establish exactly what's happening because communications with the city are down. to local authorities of your nose and we're trying to organize a concert to go to this. independence day in the square where workers already have been demanding the reinstatement was there one month course one didn't like that and the early stage they said. local authorities believe there's informational blood gate so i'm going to. internet. law. and of course i will be keeping across how the situation unfolds in kazakhstan to bring you the latest as we get it. all coming up we focus on turning teens away from trouble in the rest of caucuses where does it start to discover what's being done to help yo

but we'll be keeping across how the situation unfolds in kazakhstan and bring you the latest as we get it. well coming up we focus on that turning teens away from trouble in the restive caucuses. discover what's being done to help young people turn their backs on militant brainwashing. a new york court has ruled that iran provided material support to the plotters and hijackers in the nine eleven terror attacks the charges were brought by some of the victims' families but also. by default because the accused which included radio were not in court iran has been ordered to pay damages for how they're going to be collected in some clips tehran has always denied any connection to al qaida iranian american activist thinks the case is part of a smear campaign in the build up to war. i don't see any evidence that is particularly compelling that iran had a direct role in nine eleven i know that we have seen. in washington there's been a campaign in new york to link iran very publicly to nine eleven on the anniversary of those attacks earlier this year there was a billboard campaign in times squ

and at the news hundreds of people have taken to the streets in western kazakhstan demanding a period of official mourning to be declared for the ten protesters killed in clashes with police since friday. also this week the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed while russia pushes its resolution at the security council urging both sides in syria into dialogue. and russia's membership in the world trade organization has finally been approved after eighteen years of talks in a move that brings both benefits and tough competition. news from russia and around the world this is as he was meeting there thanks for joining us first to more ships and their plane joining the search to find fortune on people who remain missing after an oil rig capsized off russia's far east coast so have been confirmed dead while fourteen have been so far saved. and has been following the tragedy for the moment couldn't disher in the rescue sites two hundred kilometers of russia's far east coast of very difficult indeed there's been four bodies found in the water but such were the the

explosive mood in kazakhstan as fifteen people are confirmed dead and dozens more injured in a series of rallies spot by striking oil workers. our top story in business the countries to stock exchanges have completed their merger as part of the government's plan to promote glasgow international financial center journey from one that another story on. world news and much more twenty four hours a day this is r.t. no people have been found on the raft rescue was discovered on the site where an oil rig capsized on sunday this is shatter the initial hopes that fifty more people could have potentially survived more than twenty four hours in the freezing waters sixteen people are confirmed dead with rescue operations still going on for thirty seven missing fourteen people have been rescued within the first hours of the disaster for more let's cross live to our grief says in the city of. close to the site of the maritime disaster jacob with the latest hope shattered so quickly what are the chances there could still be more survivors out there. well at present we are dealing with lots of specu

explosive mood in kazakhstan as fifteen people are confirmed dead and dozens more injured in a series of violent rallies sparked by striking oil workers. and business the country's to stock exchanges complete their merger on monday it is an essential part of the government's plan to promote moscow as an international financial center that and more coming up in our business report that. you're watching r.t. broadcasting live from moscow welcome to the program north korea's veteran the kim jong il has died at the age of sixty nine state media announced he passed away on saturday after suffering a heart attack kim jong il's youngest son kim jong un has reportedly been named his successor meanwhile as the news broke longstanding any south korea put its armed forces on high alert for the government has declared the situation an emergency kim jong il's body is lying in state the most name in the capital for funeral service on december twenty eighth until then a period of mourning has been declared in the country and he's on our way takes a look back at the life of a man who became a symbol