r.t. dot com grass king what you think will happen if president prime minister putin do switch jobs looking at the hard drive now is so far precisely half of you believe the reshuffle time there will be a success because it will give people what they want almost a third think the swap would voters and actually strengthen the opposition party twenty three percent feel little attract foreign investment to russia but not much else for change but make sure you log on to our website r.t. dot com if you tell us what you think. history was made this week at the united nations as president mahmoud abbas delivered the palestinian bid for statehood and received a standing ovation as he addressed the general assembly cheering crowds gathered in ramallah to give him a hero's welcome as he did arrive back from new york addressing the rally he declared the beginning of the palestinian spring when he spoke at the u.n. assembly on friday jubilant scenes played out across the palestinian territories but wo

r.t. new york. this is our sea and coming up who will be the finest to face charges of crimes against humanity and battled colonel gadhafi or president sarkozy faces possible legal action over the military intervention in libya. and the building drug industry destroys our lives and fuel with terrorism but little is done to stop it report and. punish lutheran pastor has been suspended by his church for speaking out against one of the world's most wanted terrorist dr maher of the church and is being sought for a series of deadly terrorist attacks on russian soil over the last decade pastor your heart mollari denounce the crap that sent a website which he believes as a. finnish human rights activist john your home by the back. sheltering militants by protecting the website activity actually your home or is only repeating what is said about the activities of all of this terrorist organization by united nations by the usa by russia by the international media so actually you are morally cannot repeat the

it's asked r.t. for a copy of an archive interview with the former bosnian serb general which just a few weeks ago i want this channel was recorded shortly after the threat and it's a massacre in one thousand nine hundred five where thousands of muslim men and boys were killed shows monoglots making serious allegations against un peacekeepers in bosnia artes and he has this report. well it was an archive that never before seen video footage of that interview before our t.v. published it summit two weeks ago very serious claims there and really that's what makes it so shocking that the tribunals missed this what could be very important evidence in the trial archie of course will fully cooperate and hand over that video footage to help with the ongoing proceedings in the hague i just want to give you an idea of what exactly was said in that interview one of the strongest statements as we see it and i'm quoting here is instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to doing

with r.t. live from moscow and weekly here today covering the top headlines of the week and libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive on one of the last strongholds of that of the town of sirte that's after saturday's attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists and meanwhile some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the legality of a military intervention into your bushel examine the reasons behind the claims of war and you may find some of the following images disturbing. fridge explorer minister roland two more says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his wrist but nato will have to follow him because first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if this finds him will kill him and some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against the government because the faces lawsuits over this award man

from the university of london told r.t. according to all the evidence iran has the right to carry on with a peaceful nuclear program program. we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west and over it the iranian nuclear program this has been very hyped of. the nuclear issue for political reasons in order to be able to garner support to put pressure on iran if you cannot control or influence a country you might go for isolation and weakening of the country in the best way to do that is through economic sanctions economic sanctions and if we just listen to the most authoritative source when it comes to analyzing the iranian nuclear program which is the international atomic energy agency and if we read their reports we see that there is no evidence for any weaponization and also this is confirmed by numerously and on numerous occasions by the u.s. intelligence services and very recently so as well so the world has to face that iran as other developed countries has a nuclear program which is peaceful according.

this is the weekly here on r.t. it's where we highlight the stories that made headlines this week i'm rory some say and that we begin with saturday's big announcement that prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency in two thousand and twelve the news came at a ruling united russia party convention current president dmitri medvedev will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if and when. the historic speech is first. the wait is over. i believe it would be right for congress to support the candidacy of martin we want to tune in the presidential election i. know that. this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty. years. he sure has got i'm going to say something else as there's been a split within our times and i can see that this is a well thought through decision. putin is running for president with. the pleasure i'd like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor i've got

go a lot more a web site r.t. dot com of course including you are mulattos blog on the controversial website and its activity claims that the center's already written some two hundred insulting articles about them if you want to furnish yourself with more details of this ongoing story it is on our website tonight. libya's transitional government forces have stepped up an offensive on one of gadhafi is last strongholds of sirte that's after saturday's attack failed to defeat the colonel's loyalists meanwhile some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the legality of the military intervention r.t. don't you bush will examine the reasons behind the claims you may find some images coming up in this report disturbing. for injects foreign minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to join the comal first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin

continuing the breaking news here on r.t. live from moscow if you missed anything on earth today you can always look at the full picture on our website r.t. talk come of course the big news today through to running for the presidency two thousand and twelve you can also follow us on facebook it's where you can join the discussion on all of our main stories or find updates as well on all the major news on our twitter feed that's r t underscore come. right out of cross live to watch the second i got a job or she's been covering the united russia conference for us here at our see how all this week and. certainly a fluid time here developing situations but the long running intrigue for the most part is over any shock to you but this is the outcome of today's conference. there were these certain to read presidential polls have twenty twelve in there and nobody knew until the last moment who is going to run for russia's top job in march last year and since it's the peak of the election season here in russia of course all eyes were

this is r.t. live in moscow still to come when the sky turned white with grief russia marks the painful anniversary of the deaths of over three hundred thirty victims of a terrorist attack on the school seven years ago. and still the country but first hundreds of thousands of israelis have gathered for what is thought to be the country's biggest ever rally and marking the climax of a summer long movement of discontent and protests of the combination of what's become israel's most serious domestic crisis initially targeted soaring house prices but quickly evolved into outrage against a wide range of economic troubles with activist a man in the prime minister steps down it's not the only issue on the israeli leadership plate right now foreign policy has been dealt a major blow after turkey said with its military ties for refusing to apologize for killing nine turkish activists in last year's gaza flotilla rate the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to turkey told r.t. that the real threat

and watching the weekly here on r.t. and another high profile killing shook afghanistan this week the country's former president of the peace talks with the taliban it was assassinated on tuesday in a suicide attack but one of the in that rabbi was killed by a militant who had hidden the explosive device in his turban all the while claiming to be a taliban envoy rabbani who had led the country in the ninety's was the key figure in current peace talks with the militants thousands of mourners gathered in the afghan capital kabul on friday for his funeral but the bombing are followed a string of high profile targeted killings including the murder of the current president's half brother in july the taliban are stepping up its attacks in afghanistan all the time that one of their main sources of income is in full bloom but nato isn't doing anything about it is that he's eager to prescribe. the penalty for drinking beer in kabul a sixty whips on the back part of the clique it is a very traditional muslim society or is it there

over thirteen year on r.t. now still. six more games have been blazing going to plan a champion celebrity lives victory and the look on my sleeve got the you fancy from three goals down to claim a five three win over moscow regions long dark and build no it was not skinny to the shootout to decide the winner so the style bids our most through three one at home and the better also scored three times against advances elsewhere it's now easily debated on guard in minsk and finally don't want you bob ward's claim the full suit away with a gaze slovakia's and therefore proud so gay my second with a double in that one. over to russian football now where we're twenty three arrests up on monday with a so much of the informed terry to walk away in the chechen capital assume that shower and open for this is just twenty eight minutes in converting from the spawn after a foul in the box against wood to slough we need the change in sea level matters for minutes afterwards though show me a sindar of the equaliser with his hat or follow

r.t. outside the parliament building in athens. now weighs in at least three hundred. billion a year a pool of debt crisis that's right greece is now impossible to hold is the only outcome but at least that's according to athens based things all of. us. i think that the big question facing us today is not whether we are going to default but how we are going to default i mean all the measures taking by this throwing up by the european union the e.c.b. and the i.m.f. leads one way or the other to some sort of the full some sort of moneths default but this is all this is going to be accompanied by newest even cancer posterity mess or some sort of source of barbarism this is a vicious circle something this must stop i think other society as a country we have the chance to default on our own our own terms which means immediate stop of payments to the death immediate exit of greece from the euro zone from the euro. coming up later this hour libya's future clouded in uncertainty now given in the vicious fighting between the national transitional council and get out the loyali

a very good evening for me kevin owen you're watching r.t. it's now eleven pm here in moscow and firsts kosovo's prime minister's announced that the breakaway region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia that's a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them have protested against the move the northern city of metro it's correspondent sara firth has the latest from there. those two disputed border crossings remain blogs tonight as the ethnic serbs have barricaded the roads leading up to them protesting of course the cost the government the take place and now we're here in mitch of it which is the ethnic lee divided town and the bridge head that divides the north and south in parts of the town and the southern albanian parts it's a day that barricade had around three thousand serbs turned out to man that barricade and we saw a very similar thing happening to the teacher at points that one would driving in we were one of the

r.t. talks to the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad to add a few speech at the un general assembly. scores of policemen and passers by are injured and powerful twin blasts near regional police headquarters in the capital of russian republic of dagestan. director general resigns due to rumors he is linked to the cia critics say that explains the switching u.s. attitude towards the qatar based news network. plus in business russian markets kick off or trade in session in the red tracking overseas losses will have all the details and the figures for you and business in twenty minutes. eleven am the russian capital you're watching r.t. president barack obama has personally swore to veto any resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state his comments came during a face to face meeting with the leader of the palestinian autonomy whenever the last vow to press ahead with his country's bid tomorrow are to go is going off has the latest. the sixty six general assembly of the un

breaking news here on r.t. the ruling said a rotation russia's prime minister vladimir putin will run for the presidency next year his candidacy was put forward by dmitri medvedev who agreed to lead the ruling party and the country's. if you are just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is on the line from moscow with me the recent breaking news today and tonight prime minister putin will run for the presidency of the two thousand and twelve elections was made at the ruling united russia party as i knew all convention president medvedev said that he will head the party in a parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win. the historic speeches first. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another in the figure that he is to russia the stability that he brought may have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how it would unfold no one knew and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would b

thanks man hello and welcome to business r.t. it's a big day for the russian gas industry as it starts filling in the new undersea pipeline to europe because of the breeze for the first part of the nord stream projects are due to begin two months the one thousand two hundred kilometer pipeline is planned to provide fifty five billion cubic meters of gas to european consumers annually when completed next year it will become the longest under seat line in the world. the gases between a moscow and kiev has more twists and turns than a viper and if that wasn't enough ukraine has big budget problems it's got to get its deficit down in order to receive i.m.f. funding and that's no easy task. very few means of closing the budget deficit so really go with gazprom is is one way of doing that he's not in a position of strength ukraine has signed a contract for several years at a certain price for gas and now is trying to renegotiate so how it's going to actually have any kind of success with gazprom is an open question for me through the n

this is r.t. life in moscow come up to forty minutes past the hour still ahead for you in the program a warning of the border disorder. tension between serbia and kosovo could escalate into violence with claims foreign forces may be part of the problem also on the radar. turkey becomes the latest country to agree to host parts of america's missile defense system just a day after rumania does break down what that all means here on party. but. emotions are running high in italy as an unpopular sturdy package was approved by the country's parliament. people protested against the series of tax hikes and spending cuts designed to save seventy billion dollars the measures were previously approved by the senate despite weeks of wrangling and public protest and many wonder if it will be enough to turn around years of economic stagnation and a culture of government excesses artie's sarah for which. is italy prepares to once again tighten its belt in the light of new or stereo politicians it seems have foun

welcome you're watching r.t. from moscow it's nine pm here now this friday evening my name is kevin owen and first kosovo's prime minister's announced that the break we're region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border posts our correspondent sara firth one of them. well we're at one of the border crossings you renny and the roads leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the ball boy and we can see some of the k. full forces on the ground there in a bit i'm not sure how much but you can see you can also see of course the smoke in the background now we go to places we could and it does look like there's some sort of fire happening on the other side of that but we couldn't get any information from the cable forces that with earlier today we saw helicopters comin

stay with us here on r.t. still to come a look at western strategy for syria. what they're trying to achieve is to put their man in power that's the whole quest of us foreign policy. but it calls for a media u.n. sanctions i guess damascus are dropped from a draft resolution is russia and china call for the government and opposition to negotiate. but first israel says it's not going to back the self-imposed bad building settlements in occupied palestinian territory and moving ahead with construction in east jerusalem the move has drawn strong strong opposition from israel's allies who say it's counterproductive to the peace process washington a lot and have described the decision as disappointing and illegal while the e.u. says construction plans should be reversed israel maintains it will keep building something palestinian say rules out talks between the two sides international middle east peace quartet comprised of russia the u.s. e.u. and un called for biological negotiations to resume within a month but a

hello bly from moscow this is r.t. international i'm kevin owen it's now eleven pm moscow time and our top story for you the international monetary fund as wall that europe and the united states risk falling back into recession unless lawmakers act quickly here italy took a beating from ratings giant standard and poor's which downgraded the country school by one notch our europe correspondent daniel bushel has got the latest for you investors call it the starter for ten a piece of bad news that triggers bad reactions across the rest of the eurozone so it's a nice downgrade has brought problems not just to italy where people are really trying to resist the parliament budget cuts that the government there is trying to bring through of course reports that greece is planning a referendum on membership of the euro is just more bad signs now we're seeing turbulence on the stock markets throughout europe as a result we've had the i.m.f. saying that europe needs to get its act together and deal with its worsening sovereign deb

you can follow twenty four seven here on r.t. r t pollack slinger is following the situation of the palestinian israeli border and is sending the updates on our r.t. twitter feed or having a look at her father's office right now in one of her messages she says the showdown continues at colombia checkpoint of the israeli palestinian forder as police move closer to the gate where palestinian youths are throwing stones i don't follow us or arts he underscored krom constant updates. by to discuss the situation further than i do i live by the to charles cogan from the harvard kennedy school and also a former cia officer serving in the directorate of operations there and also headed the near east and south asia division good to see you today both israel and the u.s. are officially officially supportive of the two state solution as it comes to the palestinian bid for statehood at the u.n. or as much of the world supports it israel and america are fiercely against it why is that. well it's well known personal opinion the u.s. position on

told r.t. it was the union that calls the troubles in the first place you cannot tax your way out of recession or despair depression is simply isn't possible and the great winston churchill's quote on this trying to touch your way out of a recession is like trying to lift yourself up in a bucket by the handle they simply can't work and the cern as the politicians the bureaucrats and everybody else faced the truth of this crisis the sooner we can start to get out of it the greek people are beginning to understand that they will be better off by defaulting on what we need to do the rest of the european union the eurozone and indeed the i.m.f. is to help them in a stable controlled default know what we need to do is to get national governments democratically elected back to running their own economy is the european union and part of the solution here the u. european union is part of the problem it's the european union and the eurozone which has created this terrible cataclysmic problem so new is n

r.t.e. russia lambast the e.u. for posing a threat of home sanctions against the syrian regime over the crackdown musical on the ground investigate who is really behind the bloodshed and how much it is like. israelis organized the country's the biggest ever government rally demanding more money spent on living standards and not settlements a military. ukraine turns are these in the count's round with moscow demanding previously agreed prices are caused by refusing to make any concessions maintains the current deal complies with them so that's the requirements and can't be revised unilaterally. a very warm welcome to this is live from moscow russia has sharply criticized the latest e.u. sanctions against syria calling them harmful and ineffective in solving the crisis europe's imposing an oil embargo and warns of further steps of course president assad and the five month crackdown on protesters the u.n. claims that more than sixty annals of people have died since the anti ration began in ma

to r.t. dot com to find a residence a combative throw that was a nasty wake up call just about scrambled to her feet there and waddles off r.t. dot com place to get more. and more news making headlines tonight least twenty people including a child reportedly killed by pro regime snipers firing from rooftops in the yemeni capital some hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds it comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot. they did renewed clashes between presidential loyalists and opposition supporters in the bloodiest crackdown in weeks the big daily protests demanding the end of president saleh is ruled russia wants both sides to enter talks saying it's the only way out of the crisis now. greece has been given the all to bait him to force deeper budget cuts if it wants to avoid going bankrupt early next month the international monetary fund surrounded on athens for falling behind on reform targets the country's finance ministers pledged to speed them up and is holding the emergenc

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow a little to ease your old hour mass protests against a perceived lack of social justice but we don't spar by a voice from the past a prominent member of the israeli black panthers movement who staged similar protests in the one nine hundred seventy s. and joined the crowds as are these poles leader reports he says he's frustrated that forty years on the state of israel has become the enemy of its own people. the social protests in israel are winding down and in much need of a dose of inspiration stirring the crowds a man whose ideas inspired a previous generation. to use a past since we rose up to protest against a lack of justice seized a year i've been waiting for the next generation to rise up and now forty years later my vision is be realized what. it was nine hundred seventy one eighty youngsters from one of jerusalem's poorest neighborhoods than it together and change the course of his reading history they were immigrants from north africa and arab countries and

it's just after five pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. good to have you with us now our top story tensions are running high in a northern kossovo on the border with serbia where the breakaway regions authorities are planning to seize control of two crossing points later on friday well local serbs are trying to prevent the move they're blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them are staging a protest at the northern city of mcveigh it's out to protest against kosovo's plans police and nato led troops have been deployed to the two sites but serbia claims international representatives are siding with kosovo authorities here's artie's but in a point night. the united nations security council gathered behind closed doors for hours to debate and discuss growing tensions in northern kosovo kosovo has an announced plans to send its custom officials and security forces to the border to to take it over now serbia is urging the council to prevent kosovo's ethnic albanian authorities from using force in northern kosovo that is

tonight on r.t. banking on sanctions the e.u. is all embargo on syria could backfire as energy for cashing in on pumping up for another two months fueling the very regime they condemn and. southern europe braces for austerity anger is italy in spain trying to push through more savage cuts while the arduous efforts to save greece appear to be untangled. plus any business plan here boots and puts the finishing touches on the north sea oil pipeline to start pumping gas to europe i'll have more on that in business in twenty minutes. hello this is our t. will mark until it's no nine pm choose the evening here in moscow my name is kevin owen first the syrian regime is accused of having more blood on its hands with government troops allegedly firing at demonstrators in the besieged city of homs that's ahead of the arab league chief's visit to damascus with a peace plan to try to solve the syria standoff for the e.u. however sanctions are the solution and there's daniel bushell explains the slow introduction could backfire. william hague

the latest news in the week's top stories on r.t. libya's rebels say they're gaining ground on one of duffy's last stronghold but in the capital tripoli going to say it's those that claiming to fight for freedom they fear right now. washington fires up its missile defense plans race to europe with three countries signed up to how is american rockets russia repeats it security concerns and calls for urgent fall. getting down to brass tacks moscow or london agree differences and stop doing business with bold three million dollar contracts still during the first visit by a leader in six years. and ethnic tension between serbia and breakaway possible reaches the boiling point as disputed border posts to seize by cost of the falls. are you watching the weekly artie's roundup of the day's news and the main stories from the week with me kevin no internet it's now eight pm here in moscow and in libya fighting between more mcduffie's remaining loyalists and former rebels shows no sign of letting up and you could argue forces say they're makin

r.t. let's start with a story we've been closely monitoring and nato troops in northern kossovo have bulldoze a barricade that was set up by serbs near the border area well that's after all journalists were forced away barbed wire brought in along with a promise to shoot to kill anyone trying to cross it artes and exceed the shots he has sent this report. well the latest developments in the ongoing dispute at the border crossing between course of serbia is that the case for troops have brought in bulldozers and demolished the serbian very caves this was the closest very k. to the border post between kosovo and serbia the case for border pushed men from the man made very good which was kind of close to the border crossing ok for troops have set up a perimeter and they say that should anyone try to break it should try to penetrate into the zone into the border crossing they will shoot to kill and some of them are even pointing their weapons towards journalists towards the serbs who are stati

and you can find a lot more on this story on our website r.t. dot com they read your humble diaries blog on the controversial web site and i think city it claims that they can center has already written some two hundred to find the tree and insulting articles about him so find out more. later in the program a barking way of fighting pollution from coal if you. are still pulling their way who can say it's not only more environmentally friendly but also pay for your god always rely on we called the oil would be called wild dogs will never live through our. speculation that greece is on the way to inevitable default gathered pace this week it follows reports suggesting some of the euro zone's finance ministers have already given up on the possibility the country's economy can recover the i.m.f. is preparing to phrase the wires stand reportedly to e.u. countries to build up a financial well with six weeks to be able to withstand the shock wave of agreeing to hold this week also turned out as the worst for the world's markets since two thousand and e

on our website r.t. dot com we're asking you what will happen if the palestinian bid for statehood is vetoed by the u.s. so far most people taking part in the poll think the u.n. will lose credibility if it blocks the move thirty five percent think the veto might spark a violent uprising in palestinian communities ten percent say it'll encourage peace talks to resume in about the same about think palestinians will be satisfied with an upgraded observer status at the world body. and cast your vote. meanwhile the united nations is gathering is moving ahead with more developments to come for the palestinian bid artie's marina portnoy had joins us live from new york with the latest hello marina so what have we heard so far and what's still to come . well it's been relatively quiet so far in terms of official statements regarding the palestinian bid for statehood many diplomats are working very vigorously behind the scenes to avoid diplomatic train wreck or avoid making the u.s. look bad in any way the plan t

to thank speaking r.t. international's could see russia as it is real the western powers are piling pressure on the syrian regime but turning a blind eye or the other side to atrocities by the opposition i mean can russia and its delegation help shed light on what's really going on do you think. well first of all we must clarify well what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the confines of the law and which has also dialogue with the government and then there's an insurgency which which is funded and supported by outside forces. this should see is launched the integrated by islamists which is it's a job as this as well as muslim brotherhood and consequently this sea is there to destabilize and create a pretext for. responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria ok what moscow's saying that the syrian should resolve the crisis themselves at least try to without that external involvement or international pressure in any shape or form where it may

cars on our website you r.t. dot com here's a little of what you want mine right now i don't mind tree standing where forest once grew has become a symbol of hope and our country was ravaged by now disasters we're all about. amity video of an era displayed. tend to tragedy in the u.s. when a vintage plane crash into the crowd and write a letter to be found all the time. he used to. be official all geo location. called talk. to. my old girl. on the all keep. former us come on. david petraeus is getting accustomed to his new role as director of the cia. chief and he's defending the outdated strategy in instead of trying to reform rights during the joint session of the senate and the house intelligence committee . did it get to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven attack on the united states general david petraeus the newly minted cia director and general jim clapper the director of national intelligence presented their views general petraeus from the outset emphasize that he was presenting the agency view on the te

over on air and online around the clock at r.t. dot com where we have more of the stories you are talking about like grabbing the bull by the horns in lower manhattan as hundreds protest the banking system has left many jobless said homeless for the dam no doubt occupy wall street. falls along the line of being seen to be greener world barfly day is ahead of russia's large for me told me to get drivers to get the wheels of saddle up for cycling. now of all the places you might expect to appear in a list of the world's most exotic tourist destinations that are noble nuclear disaster site makes a surprising appearance twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear accident exclusion zone seems to be pulling people in rather than different driving them away as art is alexia to share school reports from ukraine the hazardous holidays are a double edged sword. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now they radiate for a different reason part of an exhibition in key of dedicated to the clear rubble of a nine hundr

r.t. new york. still ahead this hour the extremes of tourism a day it's craving time and experience of a post-apocalyptic world seek a way inside the exclusion zone around the chernobyl nuclear plant in ukraine. and this is the song about welcome to around the president in new york next week a billboard in times square accuses iran of being an ally of all that's not what our heads for the u.n. general assembly. now thousands of people turned out at the funeral of ice hockey player alexandra. novel to see him all with a sea of flowers until he died in a hospital five days after the plane crash that killed almost the entire team last week the twenty six year old died from severe burns to his response trying to family friends and fans gathered at the team's home stadium in you have to pay their last respects the plane carrying the cake. crashed in central russia it was on his way to valerie's for the first game of the season a crew member from the plane is now the only survivor. understood news that we

political activist no day told r.t. despite the impending veto palestinians regard the bit as a major breakthrough as palestinians we have a very heightened sense of national pride at this moment and even though we know the veto is most likely coming out what there it's next week or the other really makes no difference but there is a very high sense of national actually have meant at this point because for one souter of those very disappointing years of the so-called peace process the political leadership and the popular popular public opinion are in line and they're in an on one side of the political debate if you will going back to negotiations is not something palestinians oppose on principle but if we go back to negotiations with our occupiers and that's what israel is without any terms of reference without israel clearly committing to international law clearly committing to its obligations according to international law and relevant u.n. resolutions then it's purely point. coming up who will be the first to face ch

r.t. new york. so have you at this hour dissolved the sightseeing at band camp and from firsthand experience of the exclusion zone twenty five being the chernobyl nuclear plant but the government says the tools are illegal. now tell of the will continue to abide by its peace treaty with egypt despite the attack on its embassy in cairo that's according to israel's prime minister what he spoke following the assault in which three people died in clashes with security forces on friday and crowds stormed the compound in response to five rejection officers being killed by israeli troops in a border clash last month meanwhile ankara warns israel is facing growing regional isolation as the turkish prime minister arrives on a visit to egypt there suck ass alive an hour to cairo where dr john mansel time from the center for political and strategic studies joins us live many thoughts of being with us here on r.t. so why is it only now that we're seeing this growing sense of anger against israel and its policie

raef notion r.t. tripoli libya washington was quick to support the revolutions in libya and egypt as a democratic expression of free will and there is now a clamor for syria's regime to step down to that as artie's get education reports could leave iran out of the cold in its own neighborhood as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let that change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble even though iran is not an arab country the arab spring to spread to absolutely. and i think in many ways it's a matter of time before that kind of change. and revolution occurs in the law and under the umbrella of arab revolutions washington is also beating the drums of regime change in syria iran's closest ally in the region violence within the country has been widely condemned countries like russia and china call for both sides in syria to talk and end the bl

welcome back you're watching r.t. and here is a look at the main stories we're covering for you today nato reportedly bulldozes the serbian blocked out the border with northern kossovo it follows news that a shoot to kill policy was in force near the disputed checkpoint there reached new heights. greeks are bracing themselves for yet more cuts and higher taxes and the latest round of the sturdy measures pushed through by the government it's part of a bid to prove the nation is fit for another slice of the bailout take the decision was suspended earlier over doubts of the country is doing enough to reduce its enormous debt. i mean she has said both he and the dealer putin would have stood for this.

but will focus on libya for the next few minutes as r.t. talks to a middle east affairs academic to get more insight into what's happening there that's up next. i'm joined by professor rowland from the university of. western germany and he's here to talk with us about the fate of the euro mr for.

plenty more stories online at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now sporting hero and st unanimous donations of an ice hockey player who died alongside his teammates in the recent russian plane crash revealed by the war on our website plus. more predators in russian waters as fishermen catch up to me are a long shark near a children's camp in russia's far east all this and more at r.t. dot com. russia's federation council the upper house of parliament has elected a new speaker former governor of st petersburg is taking the job valentino mad the enco was almost unanimously approved with only one senator abstaining the first time in russia's history a woman has held the third highest elected office in the country the new speaker had served in st petersburg for eight years the federation council post became open in may when speaker sergei marone of a just russia party leader was what's called by st petersburg's legislature. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe violence brok

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow a reminder of the top stories annecy international calls on all sides only in civil war to prevent human rights violations well short lived jubilation after the fall of gadhafi and some libyans say there are now being abused by those who fought for their freedom. at a time when the u.s. is tightening its fiscal belt forcing private jail seek more revenue from cash cow prisoners and they are accused of lobbying to expand the american justice system pancrease the number of citizens behind bars. ukraine considers the legality of day trips to the contaminated area around sure novel the side of the world's biggest nuclear tragedy tourist visits were banned over allegations they provided unhealthy profits and ukrainian officials.

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just your mind you were on air and online around the clock at r.t. dot com where we have more of the stories were talking about such as grabbing the ball by the once the lower manhattan has hundreds protested at the banking system that's left and that the child was sent home was the demo occupy wall street. and also online it being seen to be greener world carfree day is ahead of russia's launch an eco week to get drivers to ditch the wheels saddle off for sale. now of all the places you might expect to appear on a list of the world's most exotic tourist destinations that your noble nuclear disaster site makes a surprising appearance well twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear accident the exclusion zone seems to be pulling people in a rather than driving them away. he reports now from ukraine the hazardous holidays are a double edged sword. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now the radiator for a different reason part of an exhibition in key of dedicated to the clean rubble of the one nine hundred eighty six chern

business news next with dmitri stay with us here on r.t. . you're watching business r.t. it's good to have your company at moscow's largest construction company in tech who has changed hands mid cap lender been bank bought ninety five percent of the company from elaine about to dinner the wife of the former mayor of moscow serving took the remaining five percent everybody has been valued at one point two billion dollars but given its debts the value of the deal could be about two hundred million or two and it became the richest woman in russia with the free billion dollar fortune during her husband's stewardship of moscow where you de lucia golf was fired last year by president medvedev over a lack of trust your claim does wife's business success had nothing to do with his running russia's biggest. russian may exporters much as twenty million tons of grain this year the agriculture ministry says august shipments of broad climbed to a record of two point three million tons last year was the world's second biggest exporter before halting sales last year due to a severe drou