doha the assault is being linked to moscow's criticism against qatar u.s. backed position on the unrest in syria is gonna 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 the air 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 earned qatar cheers and applause in the west or is

look qatar is a very small country its population less than half million but qatar is a trying its best to have. such. a region but it's a couple it is political or military or economic bill it is in the region it's so small in that regard regarding to other. states or regarding to the great powers in the world like russia. states but russia is depending on two things the first one. relation with the muslim brotherhood russia saudi qatar qatar has close relation with the muslim brotherhood they supported them since. more than a decade and its support is very clear in all the region in egypt in libya and tunisia. in palestine everywhere. second thing that qatar established. this broadcasting stablished broadcasting which is involved and al-jazeera and nobody can ignore that it affected our opinion and. best methods regarding all the issues in the. region particularly the palestinian that the police. issue so. it is of the state it is a very small a state but it's. just wrong according to the muslim brotherhood and we cannot ignore that this could not be without the agreement from the wes

operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region in its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. well meanwhile makers in washington are calling for a review of relations with another pakistan they accuse islam about of supporting terrorist organizations it's freezing corporation that was triggered by a deadly nato attack on pakistan's border foreign policy on this one of them thinks america is planning to leave pakistan by the wayside. i think what's happened is that the united states has made some decisions about its strategy in the region both in central asia and in the south in south asia that essentially is going to cut pakistan out of the formula and i don't think united states cure is very much what's going to happen after withdraws its troops in two thousand and fourteen and i think they would rather not do withdraw their troops which is the nub

operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region in its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. around the world tonight in brief a string of attacks across afghanistan killed dozens of worshippers is the amount of muslim first of the shura more than fifty shiites died in the capital kabul when suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of people gathered in a religious why it was the first major sectarian so since the taliban fell a decade ago another explosion in northern afghanistan killed four earlier on tuesday and a third bomb destroyed a motorcade in kandahar injuring three. there are clashes in the greek capital as hundreds of protesting students mark the third anniversary of a teenage you being fatally shot by police in athens thousands of officers were on duty for the rallies which is set to continue throughout the day demonstrators who rocks bott

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 a longer period of time where the united states used and abused pakistan during the long period of the a

operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region in 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 r.t. . a string of attacks across afghanistan has killed thousands of worshippers this day most of the muslim festival. more than fifty people died in the capital kabul when a suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of people gathered near a religious shrine discuss the surge in violence now in the country i'm going live from kabul by former afghan and. many thanks for joining us here on this is the biggest sectarian attack your country has seen since the fall of the taliban more doesn't signify could we see an increase in a despondence like in neighboring pakistan do you think. well unfortunately this is an unprecedented incident and tragic one on a very important day and definitely it can find a sectarian connotation when when the facts are known. perhaps this is

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. time now for what else is making news around the world that start now in afghanistan where a string of attacks across thousands of as they mark the midst investable of assura more than fifty shiites died in the capital kabul when a suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of people doubt their religious try another explosion in northern afghanistan killed four earlier on tuesday and the third bomb destroyed a motorcade in kandahar injuring three. day two of the egyptian runoff elections has revealed tensions between the two islamist parties that dominated the vote the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party and the salafist noor party jobs and each other outside several polling stations islam is muslim brotherhood claimed forty percent of the vote

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 ambassador to qatar from moscow is in hospital and is expected to make it back to here and travel back to moscow as soon as he is able to travel and has recovered from the attack so it carries those that have there been any opinions voice about underlying reasons for this. well it is no secret that moscow is not happy with what they believe or actions in instigating and in antagonizing efforts in the arab sp

now russia's foreign ministry has downgraded relations with qatar following an incident in which the russian ambassador to the country was assaulted by border security guards then boys to leave the country seeing thomas has the details. 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 t

downgrade diplomatic ties with qatar all to the back of this of the countries assaulted by airport security with plane the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. a very warm welcome to you this is our c.n.n. live from moscow with malice had that. russians have had their say and who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots counted after sunday's election for policies have made it into 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 for the shop for all in support. of a is in 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 for 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 cost the whole important fifty percent mark that's a psychological barrier to say that hof of the country is on side

moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country's assaulted by airport security claims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. and its global players made to decide the future of afghanistan and pakistan who throws key for stability in the region boycotts the event of a nato recent deadly raid on one of its border. welcome this is r t it's midnight here in moscow my name's kevin owen with you this top story russians have had their say and who they want to see in parliament. with almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election four parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's a big deal a significant setback with a sharp fall in support peter all of us in 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 ord

2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> she spoke at >> while she was in qatar, secretary napolitano signed a bilateral aviation security agreement. this is one hour. >> it is a very good time to hear from janet napolitano, because she just returned to the united states. she is the third secretary of the department of homeland security. the department obviously founded after 9/11, a task with keeping us all safe and secure. she has just returned from a whirlwind tour to paris, where she was participating in the security ministers meeting, and then a trip to the gulf. she would like to talk about the role of international politics in homeland security. janet napolitano. well, thank you very much. good morning to everybody. thanks, terry, ask thanks to the council on foreign relations for having this session here today. i'm excited to >> thank you. well, thank you very much. good morning to everybody. thanks, terry, and thanks to the council on foreign relations for having this session here today. i'm excited to join you. i've just returned, as was said, from a ve

did the uae and qatar manage to overcome the obstacles and gain emerging market data? >>> an anxious week in the gulf markets as investors waited a decision by msci to upgrade the eau and qatar. they decided against it in the end. the main reasons about the uae and qatar are restrictions on ownership and clear investments. we explore the obstacles that do need to be overcome. >> reporter: here in the heart of dubai's financial district, there are plenty of glamorous exteriors in a region that is full of cash. so it may come as a surprise that the united arab emirates has so far been relegated below emerging market status. the financial data provided the msci classifies the world's economies and investment managers decide where to put their money based on those categories. what are they? to put it simply, economies progress from frontier markets to emerging markets all the way up to developed economies like the g-8 countries, for instance. frontier markets include the likes of bangladesh and vietnam, for instance. but even the majority of the wealthy oil-rich gulf arab

. >> un jugador que tenÍa en sus planes el amÉrica era lucas lobos pero estÁ en la mirilla en qatar,gar la claÚsula de recesiÓn que ronda por 20 millones de dÓlares. >> y despuÉs de mÁs de un mes de votaciÓn, javier el chicharito hernÁndez sigue avanzando en las encuest encuestass realizadas para encontrar al jugador mÁs importantes del mundo, fueron 12941 votos para el chicharito que realizÓ a carlos c de honduras y al guatemalteco pescadito ruiz como mÁs popular del Área de concacaf, se estara dando a conocer el ganador en mes el enero. >> los cardenales de san luis anunciaron la contrataciÓn de jc romero quien suma 6... partidos. >> angelitos y medias rojas y phoenix de filadelfia. >> el chema caro dns se convierte en la nueva adquisiciÓn de Águilas del amÉrica. >> es todo lo que tenemos en el maravilloso mundo de los deportes, soy williams bonilla, buenas tardes. >> gracias william. >> en roma la plaza de san pedro luce en todo su esplendor hoy se encendiÓ el Árbol de navidad del vaticano, este llegÓ de ucrania, mide 30 metros de alto, pesa casi 5 toneladas y estÁ adornado con 25

statement was also one that he gave on television and it says that if the americans want an office in qatar, the afghan government agrees for the sake of stability and peace. he goes on to say that they would prefer the creation of such an office in saudi arabia or turkey but the afghan government is prepared to go on with peace talks. they want such an office to be created as soon as possible so that a practical steps can be taken. this is quite a change from the position of a couple of weeks ago when president karzai was angered by how they had not been consulted by the americans. they had gone behind their back in discussing this idea with the president of the taliban. >> the russian prime minister vladimir putin has dismissed his country's opposition movement as lacking in goals and leadership. this month, the country has in his biggest demonstrations since the fall of the soviet the -- this month, the country has seen its biggest demonstration since the fall of the soviet union. the issue is the parliamentary election. >> the message from vladimir putin is that he is not in the mood fo

. >> hamid karzai will allow the taliban to open a liaison office in qatar. this is the first time that he has backed this in public. our correspondent is in kabul and she gave us more details. >> the statement was one that he gave on television and it says that if the americans want to create an office for the taliban in qatar, the afghan government agrees for the sake of consolidating peace and stability. the statement goes on to say that they would prefer the creation of such an office in saudi arabia or in turkey but they are prepared to move forward the peace process. they want the office to be created as soon as possible to show the practical steps can be taken towards peace negotiations. this is different from the position a couple of weeks ago when the president was anchored by not being consulted by the americans and had gone behind their back and discussed this idea with the president of the taliban without involving him. >> the russian prime minister vladimir putin has dismissed his country's opposition movement as lacking in goals and leadership.

on tuesday for the first time he indicated the proposed office could be in qatar. he said he hoped it would be in afghanistan but another muslim country would also be acceptable. the obama administration has been conducting behind the scenes discussions with the taliban over the issue. it is not clear which elements inside the taliban the u.s. government is negotiating with. whether the taliban will agree to opening an office is also unknown. the group has stated that it will continue its campaign of violence until all foreign troops leave afghanistan. >>> japanese prime minister yoshihiko noda is on a three-day visit to india. he was scheduled to hold talks with his indian counterpart manhoman singh on wednesday. noda wants to boost economic ties with the country, whose economy has enjoyed continuous growth in recent years. during the visit, noda said japan is ready to provide assistance for indian infrastructure projects. japan especially hopes to advance its shinkansen bullet train technology. as nhk world reports, many indians are enthusiastic about the prospec

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cutting the ties of qatar russia responds after its envoys beaten by security forces in doha apparently after the crimean produces more of its u.s. back stance on the arab spring of pollutions. for the arab world looked like this time last year is very different from what it is today up next we hear from a former top syrian diplomat he shares his views of the changes and the region's prospects. what might have missed a adnan run 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. and i thank you and greetings to you and. 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 democracy there is democracy but because democratic. slogans put before the elections do not mean that necessarily there when there is going to be practice democracy so i would say we have to wait and see are we using the right terminology

doesn't happen the strait of hormuz links the golf and the oil producing states of bahrain kuwait qatar saudi arabia the united arab emirates to the indian ocean about forty percent of the world's tankers shipped oil passes through that strait it's a major oil artery a potential cutoff might cause turmoil in the global oil market although a saudi official says that gulf nations were ready to offset any loss of. crude from the statements here you get a sense that washington things iran is bluffing because there have been there had been such threats before but right now you are in finds itself in a situation where it's livelihood its main source of livelihood is in danger the u.s. congress passed a bill that would dramatically complicate transactions through iran's central bank european and asian nations import iranian oil and use its central bank food for their transactions president obama has yet to sign that bill that's going to be a severe blow to the rain in economy around eighty percent of its revenues depend on sales e.u. ministers say they will make a decision on whether or not to

them being used as proxies by washington but others are trying to flex their own might we know that qatar intimately was involved with the libyan deposing of good after the libyan conflict but it's certainly the western media viewpoint that we must believe the most believe opposition groups it seems that any mobile footage is no excepted as a source so only what the arab league said about holmes different very different a great deal from the reports we've been getting on t.v. channels of massacres continually going on what is no doubt is that thousands of syrian soldiers are dying and they don't they haven't died because a peaceful protest. iran is ramping up threats to block a crucial supply route where it's holding large scale war games the maneuver is not taking place neutral waters near the vital whose strait the u.s. has its own contingent in the region mainly to ensure passage remains free on his gun and chicago has more on the story responding to iran's warning the us said no such destruction would be tolerated and that the u.s. fifth fleet that's based in the gulf would ensure tha

a moscow downgrades of promoting ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country is assaulted by airport security reclaims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. but international pressure mounts on syria to auntie's other bennett talks to want to britain's foremost journalist jonathan steele from the guardian newspaper for his take on possible solutions to the country's political crisis. i'm joined by jonathan steele former chief correspondent of the guardian newspaper and now a commentator on international affairs jonathan thanks for speaking to r.t. europe now the u.k. recently been approached by the king of jordan to spearhead a diplomatic offensive against assad william hague the foreign secretary is now met with opposition leaders is this the preamble to another libyan start intervention. it could be i mean we can't be sure and i think it's dangerous it might be i mean they're trying to be hague's message to the opposition is to get your act together unite on a common platform in other words to turn yourself much more like the libyan opposition who t

the danakil lowlands are close to the size of the gulf state of qatar.we proceed, the ground begins to turn a whitish color. this is, in fact, salt. since the area lies well below sea level, it was repeatedly flooded over time, and after each flooding followed a period of evaporation, creating huge deposits of salt. suddenly, we see a long line of camels. as we follow, we find a crowd of men working under the blazing sun. the sweat is running down their backs. and they appear to be digging for something. they are men of the afar tribes who make their living from the salt they extract from the danakil salt flats. the salt that is pulled out here is transported all across ethiopia. the salt forms a layer over a kilometer thick, deep under the ground. even now the danakil lowlands blesses us humans with a valuable gift. in the northern part of the danakil desert tow airs volcano with a scorching lava lake. this is erta ale. fierce volcanic activity has been going on here for over 100 years, attracting the attention of scholars from around the world. ♪ as we

and he is he was in sudan yesterday received by the sudanese president and he would be on his way to qatar and other gulf countries in other words how mass has gained actually more political momentum in the arab world of course with the winning of the islamic you know movements in egypt in tunisia and of course and libya so yes how how mass has gained much much more momentum but at the same time we need to remember israel is being isolated right now because of the growing momentum of the b. the campaign the book called divestment and sanctions and what we are saying is that right now we are witnessing to our south african moment in palestine exactly like what happened against apartheid south south africa in the late eighty's when they appeared system was isolated and ultimately it's come to that international pressure and accepted one person one vote where everybody in south africa went to the polling station and voted no samantha let mandela as the first black president of multi-generational south africa and i think that with the arab spring and with the spread of the be the culture all o

relationship i don't think that sounds very very good by the way and it would strengthen ties with qatar saudi arabia the other gulf states and with america and france now it would seem to me an agenda to be joyous the years of people in paris. in washington and in soda and saudi arabia and i think there is a developing difference here between for the people who have been organizing the peaceful demonstrations the uprising if you like inside syria on the grown to many forces there the people in the grown by and watch are opposing as i understand it foreign intervention the people who are no increasingly. retired to turkey as well which i should mention the qatar and the west are arguing and arguing in favor and indeed calling for it nor and also i think what happened in libya and i think therefore we're seeing a very dangerous situation in washington i think there are worries to. the developing civil war in the situation room the americans have not their complete handle on this civil war in syria at a time when america has just withdrawn from iraq were the shia government is in power the

y por el mundial de clunes al sadd de qatar derroto 2-1 al esperance sportive de tunez, kashiwa reysono. hasta aqui los deportes.

cuenta a los 63 con que santos gano 3-1 y enfrentara en la final al ganador de barcelona con al sadd de qatarey de mexico supero 3-2 al esperance sportive de tunez, tenemos imagenes y reaccion. para finalizarhasta aqui los deportes buenas noches.

cuenta a los 63 con que santos gano 3-1 y enfrentara en la final al ganador de barcelona con al sadd de qatar quinto lugar, a primera hora monterrey de mexico supero 3-2 al esperance sportive de tunez. mientras que en el campamento del barcelona solo piensan en el equipo qatari al sadd que puede segun ellos darles dolores de cabeza. hoy sera la final de la copa sudamericana de futbol entre la universidad de chile con liga deportiva universitaria de quito. ambos equipos se presentaron en conferencia de prensa junto a la copa que se entregara hoy en santiago. en el partido de ida ganaron los chilenos en ecuador 1-0. ambos equipos se presentaron en conferencia de prensa junto a la copa sudamericana que se entregara hoy en santiago, la u de chile llega por primera vez a esta instancia mientras que la liga ya tiene ese trofeo en sus vitrinas. hablemos ahora del beisbol porque hay noticias no por contrataciones de jugadores. y es que el nuevo contrato colectivo de las grandes ligas amplÍa el uso de la repeticiÓn en video, contempla la posibilidad de extender el receso por el juego de estrellas, oto

a moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country is assaulted by airport security there claims the instant could be linked to moscow's position on syria. next a special report for you about ecuadorian. natural diversity and indigenous people are slowly disappearing as oil companies push for profit. why do you believe the locals were affected by cancer when it's letters. hygiene conditions are terrible actually all the drinking water in eastern ecuador is. we have analysis results that show the water contains excrement residues meaning that it comes from the native stepha cations that is what causes cancer and all other illnesses if you constantly drink water with feces that it since you were a child let's see if that doesn't cause you some serious illness. and all of stomach cancer is definitely. another cause of cancer is the lack of protection. against sexual relations around the edge of eleven or twelve but there's no control or hygiene. or. that is why there are so much cancer amongst women. i would like to tell those shameless people from t