ten pm wednesday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin owen you're watching r t in our top story for the past two days now russia seeing dramatically mixed reactions at home and abroad in the aftermath of sunday's parliamentary election both pro and anti government demonstrators have been

live from moscow you're watching r t it's eight pm here now my name is kevin owen and first activists in syria claim twenty seven civilians have been killed by government troops over the past twenty four hours this comes as the primary team of arab league observers is due to arrive in the country their mission is to implement a peace plan intended to ensure the regime ends its crackdown on the opposition damascus denies committing atrocities saying it's fighting an armed insurgency funded from abroad and while that's yet to be independently confirmed revolutionaries from other arab countries say that they are willing to fight for regime change in syria have done a point the reports from post gadhafi will be. a butcher and a dad me the owner of this keep up shop in tripoli still undecided what's the most fitting term for syria's bashar al assad. is a criminal the biggest game in the world not the syria. other syria. you can't make it a lot of the people in syria. out of solidarity with their arab brothers the owners of the shop perhaps even put on display the syrian rebels tricolor but

special coverage this new year's eve the final hour on the year in twenty eleven here in moscow kevin owen and i need to know it here with our best view overlooking red square and you can see behind us beautiful is that the chilly to tell about the minute twenty twelve is already arrived at the homes of billions of people of course of the pacific region in asia to most of russia if you will part of them we wish you all the very best for twenty twelve a very happy new year well as we prepared to weigh farewell to twenty eleven the world looking back at the.

special coverage this new year's eve the final hour of the year in twenty eleven here in moscow kevin owen and i need to know it here with our best to you overlooking red square as you can see behind us beautiful is that chilly to tell about the minute twenty twelve is already arrived at the homes of billions of people of course of the pacific region in asia right in most of russia if you will part of them we wish you all the very best for twenty twelve a very happy new year as we prepared to weigh farewell to twenty eleven the world looking back at the key events that shaped the year and also what lies ahead of course of the next twelve months might be well as far as humanity goes there are more about the plan and then ever before as mankind third half the time to million population mark congratulations to everyone who became a mom or dad this year. i'm. more countries all the month so we mustn't forget that so it's a done of cool getting independence and you had recognition earlier on this year the palestinians also made their bid for you where members should know that still the material

is kevin owen your doubts he tonight with a headline update for you and hopes of fighting a finding more survivors from but oil platform that sank in the cold waters off russia's far east coast with rescuers failing to locate the missing workers. a cloud of uncertainty descends on eastern asia as the death of north korean leader kim jong il leaves neighbors on the edge growing fears of violent conflict following his demise now. and israel pushes for more settlements announcing over a thousand new houses in east jerusalem the west bank in response to palestine's progress toward state. talks to russia's deputy foreign minister about 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 u.s. russia working group that deals with issues of global security arms control missile defense thank you very much for joining me 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 w

past eight pm here in moscow is kevin owen updating the top stories from r.t. for you now after nearly two decades of talks russia's accepted the world trade organization embracing the benefits along with the difficulties of membership of the club while good for some also comes hand in hand with tough competition. no sanctions and no foreign invasion in syria moscow presents its new resolution to the un security council calling for the government and the opposition to reach for peace through dialogue over two dozen state security officers were killed in recent clashes by army defectors. plus security at nuclear power cement the partnership between two major emerging economies as the leaders of russia and india meet in moscow but also looking to help create stability and with the turbulent times of the global crisis. the world on a plate for you takes a seat in some of the capitals international eateries. hello and welcome to the pride when this speech i will be taking a look at that food and restaurants in moscow from persian food today to me cafes the russian

dr kevin owen here thanks for being with us i'd like to focus. your thoughts without for a minute the former president mubarak of course old trial we've all seen in the countries of the middle of its parliamentary elections right now but of course what we've also seen is that in recent weeks the new protests met by a military crackdown that's left more than a dozen people killed why is this still little signs you thing. pace nearly a year after the revolution started. well you know the chips are really a pitts in my eyes is the definition of a pandora's box essentially this free groups in egyptian politics were vying for power the military these limits which were broken down into the muslim brotherhood in the salafist and then you have the liberal minded egyptian politicians that the most powerful groups are the first to you the the military and the islamists and both groups they they have very little trust for each other there's a lot of resentment amongst each other and that would explain why you're seen so much violence recently on the streets

central moscow thanks for being with us is kevin owen here with the top stories for you after nearly two decades of talks russia has accepted into the world trade organization membership of the prestigious club strengthens the country's global ties and provides an incentive for business but comes hand in hand with tough competition. no sanctions and no foreign invasion in syria moscow presents its new resolution to the u.n. security council calling for the government and the opposition to reach the pings think over two dozen state security officers were killed in recent clashes by army defectors. truthteller or traitor a u.s. army private accused of passing military secrets to the whistleblower website wiki leaks appears in court for pretrial hearing the charges bradley manning is facing could carry the death penalty. next on a very much lighter note the world on a plate for you is moscow out takes a seat in some of the capitals international eateries. hello and welcome to the pride when this speech i will take a look at that through to restaurants in moscow from persian food today t

and he's polluting for with me kevin owen is just fifteen minutes away or an r t next ok standing by with the latest sports. but the latest force was coming up history makers and it's an hour or so this tuesday evening to a spot in the champions league not stage the first time. under pressure chelsea manager and david asked for us feels the heat as the players risk missing out on the last sixteen. punch time at n.p.r. . and big fight night russia heavyweight ventures in martial arts the country wins ten out of eleven ballots of champions event in moscow. first football and petersburg are preparing to make history a point of porto this tuesday night to see the russian side go through to the knockout stage of the champions league for the first time the russian champions have been training in portugal for the last six days and had a taste of porter's drug on a stadium on monday although star striker alexander cocksure golf is still sidelined with an ankle injury so need be cauterized three one in st petersburg in september but coach lee china's for that he says choose days game will be

is our ticker when you live from moscow it's eight thirty pm moscow time my name's kevin owen and these are our top stories today one of the late north korean leaders funeral ends but hopes of change and his successor overshadowed by concerns that foreign nations might actually want to keep the status quo. a russian court decides against banning a translation of a harley krishna holy text which was suspected of being extremist. post mubarak egypt seeks to shape its international ties them in turmoil and uncertainty at home well it's out of leaders trial finally resumes. this is r.t. the arab spring iran's nuclear program and the ongoing middle east turmoil are just three things that put the world in a spin during twenty eleven and indeed got tempers flaring at the un's most powerful body next than we hear how reacting to these major events is going to pan out in two thousand and twelve with a man at the heart of it all russia's ambassador to the u.n. vitaly churkin he joins us now live your best to churkin thank you for taking the time to be with us my first of all start by my pleasure

hello one i am here in moscow you're watching r t live with me kevin owen and our top story thousands of north koreans have been shown crying on the streets of pyongyang as they watched the funeral procession carrying their late leader kim jong il's youngest son and successor lives a farewell ceremony which is expected to last for at least another day little is known of the egg kim jong il but some hoping his western education is sort of more open comfort now however age especially as dr bill things external influence of the cycle stories feature as much as the next kid. as far as we know he was educated above the education switzerland long as you know and i have no say but i think that's grossly overestimating is freedom of action. to the north korean system but also a leak in respect to the outside world and live in respect to the americans so. it is not north korea and since don't want to open up that see americans who want to keep it. constrained somewhat like they want to contain china iran do something differently but it's all part of the same the same package so what kindo one

very warm welcome to you my name is kevin owen you're watching the weekly roundup of the top stories from the past seven days and tens of thousands rallied in central moscow on saturday in another peaceful protest over the results of this month's parliamentary election thirty thousand people turned out of the capital according to the russian interior ministry but rally organizers said the true number was over one hundred thousand protesters were calling for a rerun of the election which they claim was rigged the rally echoed an earlier one held two weeks ago when thousands took to the streets to have their say president medvedev addressed the protesters in his annual state of the union speech this week promising widespread political reforms some of which are already underway in the newly elected state duma cannot put. the time for change has come. people are tired of not being able to promptly solve the most pressing issues people are. tired of having their interests ignored speeding and his fourth and final state of the union address the president listed a set of proposals which hav

got some baseball few of them up in about twenty minutes time us to come then shortly my name is kevin owen you are watching our team this twenty fifth of december twentieth levon coming to live from moscow of course if you're celebrating christmas and your part of the world right now all of our best wishes to you for me and the rest of the team it tonight the headlines coming your way very shortly. all. year in bygone days dogsleds were vital to get around. but today they're more leisure than life line. one drives people to quit their modern lives and settle in remote woods. one finds them up to survive in the freezing cold. beginning in russia's north discover the arctic circle on r.t. . cost around the world the seas are taken these are all top stories tonight tens of thousands rallied peacefully in the russian capital demanding a rebut of the parliamentary elections while president to be too good for the old reform is promising an overhaul of the country's political system. and in other news that made headlines the last seven days for most international pressure mounts on the syrian reg

this article when you live from moscow it's eight thirty pm moscow time my name is kevin owen and these are our top stories day one of the late north korean leaders funeral but hopes of change his successor overshadowed by concerns of foreign nations might actually want to keep the status quo. a russian court decides against banning a translation of krishna holy text which was suspected of being extremist. and post mubarak.

midnight here in moscow welcome you watching r t with me kevin owen and the top story two u.s. warships invented an area around is using for large scale naval war games further escalating tension between the two nations the maneuvers are taking place in neutral waters close to the crucial strait of hormuz oil supply route which iran's threaten to block washington says the vessels are on a routine mission artie's garniture cans following the latest developments. day after day we see the degree of tension rising iranian and american warships kind of brushed shoulders earlier as u.s. ships passed the area where terror on is holding a ten day military exercise the u.s. fifth fleet said they crossed the strait of hormuz unhindered and that he was a routine passage iran's right in to cut off the strait of hormuz which is the major golf oil artery forty percent of the world's tanker shipped oil passes through that strait the u.s. said they would not tolerate any disruption of supplies which suggests that if you ran goes through with their threats we might see a military showdown there

live from moscow you're watching r t welcome it's eight pm here now my name is kevin owen and first this hour nearly two decades of talks of finally come to fruition as russia is accepted into the world trade organization it will strengthen the country's global ties and provide a big incentive to business however membership for the club also comes hand in hand with tough competition as artie's done new bushell explained. russia completes its eighteen year old a c to join the world trade body no war the country has taken so long to enter president medvedev of russia has criticized the hurdles placed in russia's path towards joining he's accused the european union and united states in particular of illegal subsidies to their farmers and car makers in other parts of industry in an attempt to stop competition from other countries does work by consensus that means any single state can block can block decisions a major complaints have come from georgia which has slowed up the procedure but the russian delegation here is looking at the positives some states have benefited enormously from member

course if you are celebrating christmas anywhere around the world right now very best wishes for me kevin owen and the rest of the our team thanks for being with us and hope you have a very good day. spurred on by the apparent success of this intervention in libya britain and other oil rich african states somalia it's seen as a training ground for terrorists with the potential to incite extremism among young british muslims and it's face going to be decided indeed at the summit in london in february our correspondent laura smith reports. in the words of prime minister david cameron somalia is a failed state that directly threatens british interests his solution options ranging from humanitarian aid right through to military intervention and reports suggest that in the new year following the perceived success of the libyan campaign in government circles somalia could be the next target for u.k. forces newspapers as saying that the royal air force could be sent to help african union troops to support the weak u.s. backs transitional government equipment and money other main nations despite a tou

hello live from r t h q here in moscow it's kevin owen it is now midnight moscow time in our top story thousands of north koreans have been shown crying in the streets of pyongyang as they watched the funeral procession carrying their labor leader kim jong il's youngest son and successor to lead the farewell ceremony which is expected to last for at least another day it was known of course about the heir kim jong but some are hoping his western education may see a more open country now however his prices dr tim beal thinks external influence will decide north korea's future as much as the next kim. as far as we know he was educated in switzerland nancy that can have an effect but i think that's grossly overestimating is freedom of action. part of the north korean system but also mainly in respect of the outside world and in respect to the americans so it is not north korea and since don't want to open up and see americans and want to. constrain somewhat like they want to contain china different differently but it's all part of the same light the same package so what kim jong un can do

midnight here in moscow now i'm kevin owen you're watching our top story israeli warplanes of launch two air strikes on what the army calls terrorists sites in central and northern gaza it's killed at least one and injured ten others the israeli military only confirmed it's preparing for a new large scale offensive against the palestinian territory which hasn't recovered from the assault three years ago. as the latest from jerusalem. the situation along the israel gaza border has been tense for several days now since monday four palestinians were killed and many more were injured in a number of targeted air strikes carried out by the israeli air force at the same time several rockets were fired by palestinian militants onto southern israel now on wednesday evening news radio on the admitted that it was considering a possible. launch scale military operation into gaza it said that this operation would be big and different to the last operation that was carried out the three years ago and would aim at increasing israel's determines in the area khaled mashal from us his political bureau

watching the weekly here on r t it's our round oppose the day's news in the week's top stories with me kevin owen and first an oil rig with sixty seven people on board is capsized off russia's far eastern coast four people are known to have died while fourteen others have been rescued emergency teams are working through the night to try to find more than forty missing workers but it's not an easy task because of the weather. reports at the moment conditions in the rescue of sites two hundred kilometers off russia's far east coast are very difficult indeed it's nighttime there and there is a huge storm whipping around those that are in the water and there's been four bodies found in the water but such were the the horror of big gale force winds and the eye. the highway is that those bodies couldn't be recovered there has been life jackets and boats around but nobody has been in them more ships have arrived at the rescue site and they will now provide extra manpower to try and find anyone still alive in the water or to recover any bodies that may be there however with water temperatures only just o

so join me at kevin owen and in this in our way tomorrow is a say in red square going to looking back at a big news year that was twenty eleven ok let's take care in the latest business news of one of the latest business news roundups of the year now dimitri's with us . thank you very much heaven and maybe the holiday season but negotiators a nascar ending here they're still working hard to secure a deal on gas ukraine estimates this pipeline system is worth twenty billion dollars and wants an annual nine billion dollar discount on gas supplies if the two countries create a consortium to transit gas moscow is not outright rejecting the idea but speaking to gas problems head prime minister putin said talks must go on. if you can work national own ask you to continue the negotiations as ukraine will remain a strategic partner for treating gas and considering the growing demand from european consumers and also the several countries to warn down nuclear energy ukraine's pipeline system will undoubtedly remain in demand two thousand levon has been attesting here for investors as the world

o'clock at night moscow time some good out of sport with that in about twenty minutes my name is kevin owen you're watching r t this twenty fifth of december two thousand and eleven concha live from moscow and of course as i just mentioned if you are celebrating christmas in your part of the world right now well our very best wishes to him for me and the rest of the team on here tonight the headlines coming up. world through the future. years which is upon technology of today's next generation playfields made from super slow the film from a legal materials to help with a political movie i said. so scrub cleaner planet seems to the revolutionary way to get rid of your growing male skills and a long list of russian innovators. please don't listen church. here in bygone days dogsleds were vital to get around. but today they're more leisure than lifeline. one drives people to quit their modern lives and settle in remote woods. one finds them up to survive in the freezing cold. a new beginning in russia's nals discover the arctic circle on r.t.e. . among the least explored areas. and untouched b

will welcome to futures join this it's now midnight here my name is kevin owen and first eleven bodies have been pulled out of freezing sea off russia's far east coast where an oil rig capsized and sank on sunday crews are working to try to recover other possible victims now that have been seen in the water earlier a life raft was spotted which was initially thought to be carrying fifteen people but sadly it turned out to be empty fourteen were rescued from the sea shortly after the rig collapsed but several dozen a still missing tonight are tease jacob grieves in usual secondly the skin the coastal region where the disaster unfolded. it's looking increasingly unlikely that any war survivors will be found search and rescue teams have made contact with lifeboats and life rafts throughout the course of the day but no people so far no survivors crucially have been found as a very similar story to that of sunday and largely this is owing to the fact that this all wreak sank so quickly in bad weather conditions that swept away many of these lifeboats before it seems people could board them

it's ten pm here in moscow this is r t thanks for being with us my name is kevin owen and first tonight thousands gathered in central moscow to protest against this month's parliamentary election results the mass rally was organized by opposition groups who planned the vote was rigged he's innocent now i was at the scene of the demonstration. it's certainly fair to say that the head count of the saturday's rally beats that we saw two weeks ago at below the a square official figures we're hearing from the interior ministry is that thirty thousand opposition is saying some hundred thousands but certainly tens of thousands of people came onto the streets of moscow today to call for free and fair elections you have lots of different political groups here people that just came out and say they're not part of any political group that in fact they don't want this to be politicized they want to just come out and have their demands made and what they're demanding is a rerun of december's parliamentary vote we saw several different faces of the opposition but also some celebrities it's fair to sa

we've got some baseball in about twenty minutes time that's to come then shortly my name is kevin owen you are watching our team this twenty fifth of december twentieth levon coming should live from moscow of course if you're celebrating christmas and your part of the world right now all of our best wishes to you for me and the rest of the team it tonight the headlines coming your way very shortly. all. here in bygone days sleds were vital to get around. but today there are more leisure than lifeline. what drives people to quit their modern lives and settle in remote woods. one finds them up to survive in the freezing cold.

welcome this is r t it's eleven pm monday night here in moscow it's kevin owen with you this hour and our top story the russians have had this say in who they want to see in parliament. and i can tell you almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election for parties of may to the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group that has been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support these people of a report from central moscow. united russia taking the majority of the vote the communists coming in second and third place i fear russia with the liberal democrats now the rest of the parties that i haven't named there they failed to get the required percent of the vote in order to take a place in the duma united russia currently around forty nine percent of the vote they don't have and passed the all important fifty percent mark that's a psychological barrier to say that half of the country is on side with them now even though they haven't passed the us market due to the seats from the parties that fail to m

hello and good morning from me kevin owen here in moscow it's just past midnight now you're watching r.t. in our top story the leaders have pushed through new budget rules to save the single currency but the franco german dream of a unified europe is being dealt a severe blow by london marathon overnight talks saw the u.k. opt out of a new e.u. treaty which will now have to be agreed between individual nations. in brussels for us. with the decisions that came out what we're going to see is a two speed europe essentially those who are on board the german push for more fiscal integration stricter rules and harsher punishments more supervision and those who aren't now as it stands there are twenty three yeses maybe including sweden hungary and the czech republic who have to check with a problem once and get back with an answer and a note coming from the u.k. you know that no it's not very surprising because david cameron before getting into the summit had already said that if he doesn't get the guarantees that he needs to protect british interests the sticking point being the financial

ten pm right now here in moscow you're watching live from the capital my name is kevin owen and our top story activists say tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of syria's third largest city of homs apparently emboldened by the arab league observers visit to the country the city which is seeing some of the fiercest battles between state and opposition was the monitors first destination it support of the government tanks are withdrawn from the area after thirty people were killed in the latest violence there a fact finding team plans to assess the real situation and ensure president assad's compliance with a regional plan put forward to try to end the bloodshed let's talk about these latest developments i'm joined now from new york by columnist and correspondent for the asia times pepe escobar pay good evening to you now the observers then as i'm saying finally on the ground do you expect them to get to the truth of what's really happening in syria. yes but they have to investigate so it's ok to do it right they have to investigate the activities of the free syrian army

part my colleague kevin owen is here in half an hour's time but for now people of else cross-talk attacks the pivotal events of two thousand and eleven thank you for watching. the world live. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. and you can. still. blow in welcome the crosstalk i'm peter a little bit to mulch it was here of two thousand and eleven the world changed in ways hardly anyone could have expected we witnessed the rise of people power on a global scale the passage of some of the greatest minds of our time and the death of ruthless dictators and as the year ends the health of the geopolitical order and economy are in doubt. place you can. start. to cross out the major events that took place in two thousand and eleven i'm joined by mark levine in nashville he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a talk radio host in milwaukee we have jeffrey summers he's an associate professor of political economy at the university of wisconsin milwaukee and in irvine we cross to mark divine he is prof

ten pm thursday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin owen you're watching r.t. and first president to meter with threat of says asara investigation into sunday's parliamentary election is needed but called the rallies that followed a sign of democracy it comes as russia's prime minister suggested opening dialogue with the opposition while warning foreign powers against intervening in the country's political affairs let's get the latest from artie's peter all over in central moscow. president medvedev has called for calm across russia and said that the new parliament should be allowed to get about the work that it was put in place to do now he did say that the final result of the elections that were held on sunday could be delayed to allow a full investigation into allegations of electoral irregularities to be investigated now on the protesters well president medvedev said the demonstrations are all part of the democratic process however he did stress that protesters must respect the law and a central election commission may decide the final result of the el