r.t. dot com. talks of a possible greek default grew louder this week leaked reports suggest that some of the eurozone finance ministers already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. is reported to give an e.u. countries six weeks to build up a financial fire war to protect themselves from the shock wave of the expected greek default it comes amid rising fears of a double dip recession after the world's markets or their worst week since two thousand and eight patrick young the executive director of an investment advisory firm says a repeat of the global financial crisis looks inevitable at this stage let's look at it in the united states of america group these peaceably in new mexico in europe a group of these very low or it's killing but rigs and all of them are economies and also we've got this terrible terrible north sideslip beach issue with the lights and competes and if we look at somewhere like china which has been a huge engine of the global economy well they had some pret

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r.t. dot com. this if you is on the one to be a good thing most of the cases the pretty students baby it don't notice it is opinion from a peace activist who sells a tough response by easy lawfully ask tension between the israelis and the palestinians but also a background of a long running conflict ahead of the story vote all that and much more at r.t. dot com. now a brief look at some other international headlines this hour the hague war crimes tribunal has sent of former yugoslavia the army chief. to twenty seven years in prison is guilty of crimes against humanity during the balkan wars of the one nine hundred ninety s. including the seizure of boston and capital sarajevo and the massacre of muslims in seventy ad so that is if he is one of the many ethnic serbs fugitive military officials on trial in the hague former president of serbia and yugoslavia out slobodan milosevic having died in custody of the international criminal tribunal for former yugoslavia has been criticized for convicting ser

r.t. dot com. this is the one to be i think the most of the cases the biggest unions they'd be attached to raise the settlers as opinion from one peace activist who says a tougher response by israel may only escalate tensions between both sides also long running background on the palestinian israeli conflict ahead of the historic vote and much more at r.t. dot com. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe australian police are negotiating with a man holding a child hostage outside a sydney court they have police have sealed the area off witnesses say the suspect claimed he was carrying a bomb in his backpack according to some reports the captive may be the man's are loving year old daughter. scuffles have broken out between protesters and police outside a courthouse in cairo where the trial of former president hosni mubarak is underway hundreds of demonstrators tried to break through the main gate same gain entry for senior police officers testified against mubarak

r.t. dot com. turning to israel now where mass protests against a perceived lack of social justice have been inspired by a voice from the past a prominent member of the israeli black panthers movement to stage similar protests in the one nine hundred seventy s. join the crowds artie's policy reports that he says he's frustrated that forty years later the state of israel means become an 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 either by the use of passes we rose up to protest against the lack of justice sees the year the year i've been waiting for the next generation to rise up and now forty years later my vision has been realized. it was nine hundred seventy one eighty youngsters from one of jerusalem's poorest neighborhoods banded together and changed the course of his way to history they were immigrants from north africa and i would countries and they took

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r.t. dot com. libya's transitional government forces have reported the end of colonel gadhafi his hometown of sirte supported by nato been barman's they've also intensified their sold on the city of bani walid and while human rights activists have questioned the legality of western intervention in the country are taking legal action as artie's daniel bush for explains in the report with some images you may find disturbing. projects 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 follow in the colonel's first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin laden some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving french lawyers to turn against the government because sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the prisons of committing

r.t. dot com. world markets fell on thursday fueling fears a double dip recession could be closer than we think yulia bokova from our business days explains why the news has investors on edge it's been a terrible day for the markets u.s. stocks have plummeted to after the u.s. had to resign indicated that the u.s. economic slump could last year as the u.s. had or is a also signaled significant downside risk to the economic outlook including volatility in overseas markets and what also weighing on investors here is moody's downgraded three u.s. banks and the news of course troubles investors across here and in russia the r.t.s. lost more than eight and a hundred percent at the close and what's also adding pressure here in russia is that the ruble continues to pull against major world currency the ruble dropped against of the u.s. dollar to its lowest level in two years. if i get more on this in our business bulletin coming up in about five minutes as you will you mentioned the situation with the deb

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r.t. dot com. talks of a possible greek default grew louder this week and leaked reports of some of the euro zone's finance ministers already regard the country's economy as a lost cause the i.m.f. has a reportedly given six weeks to build up and i shall fly out. from the shock wave. coming in need of rising fears of a double dip recession the world markets saw their worst weeks as to thousand and eight and patrick the executive director and advisory fans haven't been told the global financial crisis that's inevitable. learn to look at in the united states of america growth is basically a new marriage in europe groups it's very low or it's going backwards in all of them if you're economies and also we've got this terrible terrible north side slippage issue with the likes of greece and if we look at somewhere like china which has been a huge engine of the global economy well they had some pretty bad manufacturing numbers come on and that too is leading to a big fear that maybe china is finally headi

r.t. dot com and have your say. now in libya fierce fighting is underway for the few remaining strongholds of walmart get off his loyalists rebel forces claim they've launched offensives on cigarettes and bani walid backed by tanks and heavy weapons as well as a nato air shield obviously if a national is a libya with more. we're hearing from the national transitional council here in the capital tripoli that its troops have apparently entered the city of sirte some five hundred kilometers east of tripoli that off his hometown and one of the colonels last strongholds the n.c.c. report at least four of its fighters eleven and other reports have been killed during these offensive seven others wounded and also there is information that forty could offer loyalists have been captured and since we are receiving reports that. information chief dr muesli we have been one of them but this information is very hard to verify you know when us until gadhafi is supported by anybody some two hundred kilometers south of the capital t

r.t. dot com or on our you tube channel. or. leave you. to your social. your own called talk from the. video. on the dot com. as u.s. troops began their gradual pullout from of ghana stand concern grows over the surge in targeted killings and violent attacks in the country meanwhile the u.s. is talking matter in afghanistan general david petraeus has bid farewell to the army after thirty seven years as he has for his new job as head of the cia are his military contributor looks now at what he's leaving behind the main legacy of general petraeus career. he's clearly they counting insurgency doctrine we've chico third we have u.s. marine general martin dempsey the importance is not only limited to defect that general petraeus pioneered and led the way to recess aetate to revamp grades and to promote the counterinsurgency doctrine in the new century the most significant fact is that general petraeus doctrine that has ignited the intel actually and wakening all across the military services and well beyond the united states it was the first step into the right direction from the calcified my

r.t. dot com. 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 meantime some western leaders are facing accusations at home over the galatea of their military intervention r.t. don't you bushell explained and examined the reasons behind the claims there are some upsetting pictures coming up in his report as well. 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 point the colonel first libya's deposed leader isn't hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin ladin some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving french lawyers to turn against the government because sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse th

r.t. dot com. today we're asking what will happen if if iran is proved to be building a nuclear weapon so far the most popular response is that there will be a lot of saber rattling but little else the idea that israel may bomb the facility isn't a sudden attack comes a close second some of you think that either nato will occupy the country or that iran will join north korea as a totally isolated pariah state have your say at r.t. dot com. the mainstream media has been thrown into a tailspin after an independent trader told the b.b.c. how the world of big money and politics looks from the inside here's our report from washington on why this was such an eye opener for many. the governments don't rule the world goldman sachs rules the world it was the comment heard around the world one that generated widespread reaction from papers and pundits alike we appreciate your candor however it doesn't help the rest of us does it but instead of talking about the comment itself most outlets remediate least not

r.t. dot com. and top british t.v. chef jamie oliver a man with a good business brain as well the prince's cullen revival virginia magazine the russian with a twist of local flavor how will that be swallowed here find out again and r.t. dot com going to cost of the good always plenty of interesting stories in our you tube channel too. you might not consider it should noble ideal holiday destination but the hordes of travelers do go there looking for adventure twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accidently exclusion zone pulls in thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience and as art is a lecturer jessie reports now from ukraine as it is holidays are causing more than a little local trouble too. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now the radiator for a different reason part of an exhibition in kiev dedicated to the clean rubble the one thousand nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the chernobyl museum in ukraine's capital kiev has become one of the

r.t. dot com and of course one of our stories my you tube channel is well. you may not consider the side of the chernobyl nuclear disaster to be an exotic destination that's exactly the case for hordes of adventurous travelers though every year twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accident the exclusion zone pulls in thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience but as art is reports next from ukraine the hazardous holidays are causing more than a little local trouble too. 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 clear up of the nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the chernobyl museum in ukraine's capital kiev has become one of the top tourist attractions especially in april this year when the world marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the disaster but for those craving for the firsthand post-apocalyptic experience looking at the exhibition here has not been enough. and there is an adventurous alternative

r.t. dot com tell us what you think. history was made this week at the un this president mahmoud abbas deliver 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 arrived from new york dressing the rally declared the beginning of the palestinian spring when he spoke to the un assembly on friday jubilant scenes played out across the palestinian territories but words quickly turned to violence on the west bank border culminating in clashes between police and palestinians artie's poor picks up the story. and historic moment after decades of struggle tens of thousands celebrated just palestine after president mahmoud abbas said it's a good place to be i hasten to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't orci is alongside the city abrasions violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow of a third intifada we're here in ramallah where there is a standoff between the israeli

r.t. dot com gets you front row seats just go and enjoy the show. for more and more coverage here at r.t. you can always log onto that website r.t. dot com it's taken three what else is not there at the moment it's online all the time we hear from an award winning serbian film director about his plans to build a traditional russian village an ethnic settlement in. was one of the moment tapping into their own oil supply the people of a small town in georgia who were shocked to find the view pouring into their homes those stories of r.t. dot com. british police have been putting pressure on journalists this week to hand over footage of last month's riots in order to identify looters in action but media organizations are resisting the requests to protect editorial standards and avoid being seen as evidence catalyst for the authorities police forces across the country approach media groups to voluntarily hand over used unseen footage and scotland yard said it would obtain a court order to force disclosure of the material if necessary investigative journa

r.t. dot com. gives prosecutor wants former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko behind bars for seven years the iron lady of ukraine's politics is on trial for abusing her power of a gas deals with russia which allegedly lost millions of dollars something she denies thousands of her supporters have been rallying outside the court in kiev from where alexia jeff ski reports many say that big. court hearings are entering their final stage with debates in court to take place within the next several weeks and we are expecting some kind of verdict to be delivered within the next several weeks how experts are speculating said what that verdict will be some say that you may get by still get a prison sentence of up to seven years for the economic crimes she is being accused of and that will automatically take her out of the presidential race in twenty fifteen and of course will also rule her out of the parliamentary complaint due to be held in the autumn next here you go to a check was being accused o

r.t. dot com. but police have been putting pressure on journalists this week to hand over footage of last month's riots in order to identify looters in action but media organizations are resisting the requests to protect editorial standards and avoid being seen as evidence gatherers for the authorities police forces across the country approach media groups to voluntarily hand over used unseen footage scotland yard said it would obtain a court order to force disclosure of the material if necessary investigative journalist tony gosling says the police run the risk of compromising fundamental press freedom. but i was very disappointed to see that david cameron in the emergency debate about the riots was actually saying and i quote the media has a responsibility to hand over pictures and i think this is absolutely appalling thing to say that's the sort of thing you would expect in a police state where the police can go down to the independent broadcasters and just demand footage demand details of peopl

r.t. dot com. people living in the west bank are rising up in a campaign for statehood ahead of the un vote on palestine fate at the end of september massive coronated rallies are planned across the west bank the leaders of the demonstrations say they're determined to keep them peaceful even if israeli forces move in and try and stop them palestinians have to carry on until they achieve sovereignty and a un membership however washington says it will veto the bit if it's put to the un security council that's despite support expected from most other member states such backing could provide crucial leverage for resolving the settlement issue with israel according to a key elder chief political commentator for the how it's newspaper. the fact that one hundred thirty or one hundred forty members will raise their hands in favor of recognizing palestine. a sovereign state will mean a lot for for israel for you could patient for the settlements since even if the u.n. does not accept them as full member thi

r.t. dot com. several serbs have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again a flared up along the serbia kosovo border russia's foreign ministry has reacted to the situation calling for peacekeeping peace keeping forces to remain neutral and i'd hear their un mandate it's believed the alliance peacekeeping troops try to dismantle a roadblock set up by serbs but troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used as distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds tension began in july when kosovo authorities tried to seize the checkpoint to enforce a unilateral trade embargo this in a rage serbs who protested against it and set up barricades on the roads now boys for knowledge a serbian historian and author says nato has actions may only make a tense situation where it's. needed was absolutely outside the bounds of that much its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement a

r.t. dot com. the former afghan president burhanuddin rabbani has been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at his home in kabul the lead afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety s. and most recently ran the country's peace council attempting to go see it a political solution when the government of the taliban was speaking to our channel in his last t.v. interview rabbani blamed for intervention for bringing initial instability to his country. certainly the people of afghanistan do not want foreign troops to remain in our country and we don't want our nation's security to depend upon a foreign military presence however considering the critical situation in our country the lack of stability and they continue unarmed clashes we have to tolerate a foreign military presence i have already emphasized a deal would have been no civil war in afghanistan and no problems with the taliban if not for the invasions by foreign countries after all the people of afghanistan had managed to live for centuries

r.t. dot com your book. several serbs have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again flared at the kosovo serbia border talks between belgrade and prishtina scheduled for wednesday have been cancelled as a result of the rising tensions it's believed alliance peacekeeping forces try to dismantle a roadblock set up by serbs the troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used as distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds tensions started in july with a host to try to seize checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo is anger at the serbs who protested against it and set up the barricades on the road knowledge of serbian historian and author says that nato is actions may only make a tense situation worse. need to is absolutely outside the bounds of much its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for still thirteen government tutor sheena it is it wasn't suppo

r.t. dot com and have your say. at the central russian city of the us labile is turning into a global thing this week with a third global policy forum inviting the best minds to come up with solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems well this year it's multiculturalism that will be among the main focal points an issue that's recently proved controversial in western europe global security is also on the table with debates on syria and libya as also a question of how to keep the region safe after need to withdraw from afghanistan a large any sonali has more now from yet to stop it. is expected that there's going to be some pretty intense debate especially when it comes to global security in terms of what's happening in libya now syria and like you said in afghanistan in twenty fourteen the u.s. and nato troops are expected to withdraw all of the countries like russia and its other partners in the collective. security treaty organization which is an organization that focuses in that part of the world is c

r.t. dot com to have your say. and now in libya fierce fighting is underway for the few remaining strongholds of moammar gadhafi loyalists rebel forces claim they've launched offensives on syria ted bundy well they've backed by tanks and heavy weapons as well as a nato air shield largest many if an option is in libya with more. we're hearing from the national transitional council here in the capital tripoli that its troops have apparently entered the city of sip some five hundred kilometers east of tripoli cut off his hometown and one of the colonel's last strongholds the m.t.c. report that at least four of its fighters eleven on the other reports have been killed during these offensive seven others wounded and also there is information that forty could have been loyalists have been captured and since there are several reports that this information chief dr muesli brigade would have been one of them but this information is very hard to verify fighting over another center opened up his support some two hundred kilom

r.t. dot com. several serbs have reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as the violence has once again flared up around the serbia kosovo border russia's foreign ministry has reacted to the situation calling for peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and here to the un mandate it's believed the alliance peacekeeping troops tried to dismantle road blocks set up by serbs troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used and has distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds talks between belgrade and pristina scheduled for wednesday have been canceled as a result of rising tension in the voice or knowledge of serbian historian and author says nato is actions may only make a tense situation worse. the media was absolutely outside the bounds of it not its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for still between government it is the most. still cool customs to see first any sudanese ins

r.t. dot com. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe police are now negotiating with a man who is holding a child hostage outside a court in sydney australia with the area sealed off witnesses say the suspect claimed to be carrying a bomb in a backpack according to some reports the captive may be the man's eleven year old daughter. scuffles or broken out between protesters and police outside a courthouse in cairo where the trial of former president hosni mubarak is being resume hundreds of demonstrators tried to break through the main gates and gain access for senior police officers testified against mubarak at the hearing which was held behind closed doors the former leaders charged with corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the february uprising that toppled him from power. gen david petraeus is taking up a new position as america's top spy to become the director of the central intelligence agency after retiring from the military forces last week be

dot com. sites headlines on r.t. anti gadhafi fighters say they're gaining ground on one of the libyan leader's last strongholds but in the capital tripoli many say it's those claiming to fight for freedom they fear right now. you know the big stories of the week washington fires up its missile defense plans for eastern europe with three countries signed up to howes american rockets russia repeats it security concerns and calls for urgent talks. getting down to brass tacks moscow and london agree differences should stop them doing business with multi-million dollar contract sealed during the first visit by a u.k. leader in six years. and the ethnic tension between serbia breakaway kosovo reaches boiling point as disputed border posts the seized by cost of and forces. are you watching the weekly artie's roundup of the day's news of the main stories from the week with me kevin no internet it's now eleven pm here in moscow in libya fighting between mama gadhafi is remaining loyalists and former rebel shows no sign of le

r.t. dot com here's what's online for you right now. a single lone pine tree standing where a mighty forest once crew that's become a symbol of hope in japan after the country was ravaged by natural disasters more on that r.t. dot com plus. on our you tube channel amateur video of an air display in the. u.s. in turn tragically wrong when a vintage plane crashes into a crowd in reno. the official. video. before u.s. commander in afghanistan david petraeus is getting used to his new role as the cia director but our military contributor thinks the official status intelligence chief means he's defending an outdated strategy of the organization instead of trying to reform. during the joint session of the senate of the house intelligence committee did it get to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven attack on the united states that 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 emphasized that he was presenting the agency v

r.t. dot com you. russia urges the u.n. security council to help the violent suppression of anti-government protests in syria. in libya rebels that surround one of gadhafi last remaining strongholds east of tripoli with reports of one of the colonel's sons being killed in the area. and other top stories this week hundreds of thousands of israelis take to the streets across the country demanding the government improve living standards rather than spending money on settlements and the military. moscow's a blaze of color with fireworks and record breaking laser show as the russian capital celebrates its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday. with today's top news stories and recapping the events that shaped our past week this is r t certainly glad to have you with us the u.n. most powerful body should demand an end to the violence in syria and move all parties into a dialogue that's russia's view by the foreign minister during a meeting with his brazilian counterpart on sunday.

r.t. dot com. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe a man is holding a child hostage outside a court in sydney australia where police have cordoned off the area where this is say the man claimed he was carrying a bomb in his backpack some unconfirmed report. let's say the captive may be the man's eleven year old daughter a month ago a fake bomb strapped to a teenager at her home also in sydney. scuffles have broken out between protesters and police outside a courthouse in cairo where the trial of former president hosni mubarak has resumed hundreds of demonstrators tried to break through the main gates and gain access inside for senior police officers testified against mubarak at a hearing which was held behind closed doors the former leader's tries with corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the february uprising that toppled him from power. david petraeus one of the most influential generals of his generation is taking up a new post as america's top

r.t. dot com as well as our you tube channel you tube dot com slash r.t. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few minutes. i'm broadcasting live a direct from the heart of moscow this is our team with a recap of the top stories of the past week. russia urges the un security council to help end the violence suppression of anti-government protests in syria moscow has called big news a new round of sanctions targeting syria's boylike ports inefficient in resolving the conflict. in libya rebels surrounding a one of gadhafi is last remaining strongholds of east of tripoli with reports of one of the colonel's sons being killed in the area meanwhile time runs out for the pro-government loyalists to surrender in bani walid with opposition leaders saying negotiations have failed. and other top stories of the week hundreds of thousands of israelis take to the streets across the country demanding the government improve living standards rather than spending money on settlements and the military the protests have been the largest anti-government ralli

r.t. dot com for more. turning now to libya where rebels have reportedly reached a deal to enter one of the remaining colonel gadhafi strongholds probably walid without fighting or he's very afraid notion or of course from the country's capital on why this could be a turning point and a cobbler. they've been preparing for this operation for by the long time we need to helping them clean path towards. facilities in the area anyway lead has always been known as a stronghold and people from this area have since the beginning of this conflict here in libya been fighting against rebels at all across the country and have been dying for. all the time in supporting gadhafi has provided them with a very good imitation and the vast weaponry the national transitional council has repeatedly been claiming recently. is now secure and is not safe and that they're working hard to try to restore the country on the territory now controlled technically by the national transitional council that we see on the ground actually ma

r.t. dot com. election fever will soon be spreading across russia with december's parliamentary vote followed by the presidential runoff in march next year president who now said he does not plan to compete for a second term aligned his view on what the election means for the country as he spoke with the country's mainstream media in a news conference for more on this hundred r.t.s. and italian overcoat. i want to tell you so what exactly did the president have to say. mostly spoke about the upcoming presidential election of two thousand and twelve and why. the reasoning behind his suggestion. of being the man for the top job in the country one of the reasons that he names was had better ratings among russian russians than the current president himself. also said that there's no such thing as power struggle between him and prime minister putin as they both have the same goals of serving their country and their people nonetheless he hopes that he does hope to win the election and also. speculations

r.t. dot com in. their case chief prosecutor says looters are being punished too harshly the unrest that gripped the country in early august saw people smashing windows burning cars and looting shops hundreds have since been given stiff sentences in already overcrowded jails where the prime minister has called tough love but as our reports the system could be at breaking point. prisons in england and wales have never been full nearly eighty seven thousand inmates are jammed in a record high just one and a half thousand short of maximum capacity now the government's hardline response to the recent riots across england means those spaces a disappearing fast we're now looking at literally what we can pack into the sardine tin and i think that's very unwise and we may well see the disturbances in the streets simply transfer to the prisons almost a thousand writers are in custody so far and there's plenty more to come the police are aiming to charge three thousand with seventy percent being put behind bars

r.t. dot com do tell us what you think. this is a little here in our city history was made this week of united nations as president with a basket of a palestinian bid for statehood super standing ovation as you address the general assembly but words quickly turned to violence on the west bank border culminating in clashes between police and palestinians. as the story. and historic movement after decades of struggle tens of thousands of feet across palestine after placing the us. a request to the united nations to recognize a palestinian state but as feared it wasn't all cheers alongside the celebrations violence clashes have erupted across the west bank as fears grow up a third intifada we are here in ramallah where there is a scandal between the israeli army and palestinian protesters just a short distance down the road there are tires burning everywhere the army is also using a new town device known as the screener which to make an bearable sound now the situation here is very very tame right across the west bank one pale

r.t. dot com up next the moscow out scene takes you to the ancient russian turn of the board it's time to get many for your own r.t. . hello good to see you again and welcome on this week's episode the must go out scene are in the back door of the largest and most beautiful towns of the leningrad region and russia once owned by sweden and then finland today it still poseurs the great medieval look of a northern european town so join me as we travel back in time and see what cultural attractions are on offer to get him a scout team took an overnight train from the negro ski station known as be prepared to finish this quaint russian town is located around ancient columbus is the russian capital. walking around to see barry's medieval houses some in the condition that others walk along the cobbled lanes and witness the wonderful clock tower cathedrals and various architecture the medieval town stuff on. the back is a true cross cultural point of the caribbean swedish finnish and russian traditions and all of them can be traced in the towns heritage customs shape and history leave it was found

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