r.t. . and say we're out here in our t.v. still to come for you this hour. when these winds of police started moving me started moving forward towards me starting shooting towards our direction started tear gassing my cameraman was tear gassed i was injured that's when it really changed for me we continued to count down the top ten stories that shaved twenty one or they look back at the occupy movement across the u.s. . plus a taxi driver leaves the hollywood limelight and heads back to his russian home as it prepares for the world it was a big stage and twenty fourteen. arab league monitors are heading to three more syrian cities to witness the government's peace plan implementation earlier the visit of the city of homs saying the situation there is reassuring although clashes are said to be continuing with twenty five people reportedly killed on thursday across the country the information coming from the country's hard to very fine as it's mostly mobile food and claims by activists clashes began in march with both government forces and protesters being arm

on the macro with r.t. here's a look at the top stories new arrests and evictions as u.s. police turn to tougher tactics against the author by movement they are increasing surveillance am putting on a cover cops at the heart of the protests. president medvedev orders an investigation into alleged parliamentary election rigging the claims of corruption sparked massive rallies across russia. and feeding controversy at ukraine lying banks thousands of kilometers away from its homeland lures in customers with a credit card seemed around the whole of them or famine or killed millions. as they had lunch here in r t i was really airstrikes on gaza palestinian bid for statehood and an arab spring in the background the middle east peace process is facing more challenges than ever so as he spoke to influential palestinian politician mostafa barghouti about what happens next. what i have talked to most of about kuti the president of the palestinian national initiative and a member of the palestinian parliament dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. while palestinian still

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welcome back you're with r.t. here's a look at the top stories the un says a syria crisis has become a civil war with daily watches resulting in more than four thousand deaths and nine months this comes as the e.u. ramps up pressure on the country with more financial and energy sanctions. it is holding its breath as it awaits the results of an open stage of its first parliamentary elections despite the fact many doubt it will bring any real change protesters are demanding the military first step down and make way for a civilian government. thousands of protesters take to the streets of new york to stage a labor union rally demanding jobs and economic justice the latest demonstration comes on the back of a protest that swept through the us for more than two months. now from the front of house and glittering auditorium to the high tech facilities of the backstage areas during martin anders as he explores the most meticulous and expensive better renovation and russian history next here on r.t. . great. concert. of the elite

so there's your headlines here on r.t. i'll be back with more on those stories in full in about thirty minutes from now meanwhile as ninety five percent of research into genetic engineering is paid for by industry interests interests we explore if the scientific community is in danger of losing its objectivity in the face of pressure from the commercial sector stay with us for that special report next here on r.t. . we're here in central mexico in a place where traditionally for many thousands of years corn has been planted over the years corn has changed and more recently it has been changing because of the introgression of industrial varieties of corn and most importantly because of the interpretation of transgenic we know that they are stretching the corn here we don't know how much and we want to be able to tell over the years over time whether there is more or less what kind of materials are here because the transgenic manipulation is invisible people around here don't even know that they are receiving the trash and t

what the deadlock in the strait of hormuz will actually lead to bring out the numbers right here on r.t. here we are about a third of you think it will have no serious consequences being just another move in a long ongoing game or half you believe america will take advantage of the situation to strike iran the rest are split between two options here whether iran will teach the west lesson of what it's like to be deprived of vital supplies or america will back off with its sanctions to cast a vote if you have the time but r.t. dot com. well our oil traders are closely watching the growing tension between iran and the u.s. and are joining me to discuss what they make of the situation is our business out of the pool thank you for coming on the program today certainly there's going to be a lot of jitters all over the world when you consider the vast amount of oil that comes out of the hormuz strait if indeed iran does follow up with this threat to block off this this small but vital patch of economic water so to speak just how high crude oil prices will be the worst case scenario the sky is the l

book about here with r.t. here is a look at the top stories beta finding out more survivors from russia's oil rig disaster which doesn't still missing two days after the drilling platform sank in icy waters that's as the last of the fourteen crewmembers found alive have just arrived back on land. signed a fracture within the syrian opposition while some welcomed the government's decision to let observers into the country either slammed the deal with the arab league there instead calling for an arab military intervention to protect civilians while the syrian authorities persist there friday extremist armed groups. north koreans are paying their last respects to the earl a longstanding leader kim jong il that's as the neighbors of the reclusive nuclear state stay on high alert fearing his death will spark instability in the region. three months since the start of the answer for bird protest in the u.s. the occupy movement is still gaining momentum that's despite police have a hand in this and some critics blaming the

katie's up next with the hours business update stay with us here on r.t. . my. hello welcome to the business program here in l.t. as two thousand and eleven comes to an end business outing looks back at the highlights of the year this tuesday we focus on the north stream pipeline one of the most important international projects in the energy sector it started taking gas from russia to germany in november dmitri medvedev reports on what it took to launch the longest subsidy pipeline in the world. they said it wouldn't be possible too expensive too long too complicated nevertheless not stream came to life it took four years of planning and eighteen months of construction and the pipeline was launched on the eighth of november twentieth levon with the valve like a wheel of fortune turned in europe's favor let's now take a look at this map over here the whole goal of building this immense one thousand two hundred twenty two kilometer undersea pipeline is to deliver gas to europe and of void having to go through countries like ukraine which at times prove themselves a

welcome back here with r.t. here is a look at the latest news on the week's top stories the mass protests in golfing russia in the aftermath of the parliamentary election passed smoothly despite predictions of violence and allegations of provocation. the euro whims to see another day leaders agree on sanctions politics despite a british media against any changes that would place that use financial reins firmly in the hands of brussels. also washington bride to extradite people from the u.k. without offering evidence of their guilt leads british m.p.'s to call for the abolition of the controversial law they said marriage is taking advantage of the post nine eleven law. and up next russian special envoy to afghanistan samir couple of gives r.t. he's view on the future of the country. so me a couple of freshman president's special envoy to afghanistan thank you very much for being with us today thank you so you just recently came back from the bonn conference where here are paying leaders delivered grant promises to afg

where you are watching r.t. here's our other main news today and for that week more deadly violence in the wake of because it's down crackdown which saw eleven striking oil workers killed at an independence day gather. the arab league gives damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed while russia pushes its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria to talk. and russia's welcome to the global trade club almost twenty years of to solve the m. and b. brings both advantages and some tough competition. a very warm welcome to you west in kazakstan is experiencing further violence in the wake of a deadly independence day clash the longest of fighting that saw or rather the latest fighting saw one person killed and eleven others injured at a rally against friday's lethal crackdown on striking all workers r.t. if you go to his going off is across the latest for us from the central asian country. on saturday a group of protesters blocked a really station including passenger train with over three hundr

the main news for you here on r.t. for the moment with the summer of our main news stories in about eight minutes from now the meantime r.t. talks about foreign minister about his views on the situation in the arab world he says bringing democracy in the rule of law to the gulf states was never going to be easy that's next here on r.t. . yes let's start with the syrian dossier some say the corporation council the arab states the gulf plays a larger role than it's intended to in resolving this crisis sometimes it even substitutes the arab league key believe its position could help the god knows this crisis is very important and very dangerous syria is one of the security pillars in the region if syria is stable and secure its citizens would live peacefully and quietly with today's events in syria however are quite scary the people die daily and a number of cities are in chaos and on security some areas are peaceful but generally there are big problems in the country the arab league assumed responsibility for resolving t

still to come this hour here on r.t. unemployment falls in the us a sign of recovery or message in the figures. these are real jobs this is a plantation economy. we look at whether the recent drop in joblessness reflects the real state of things in the american economy. class or investigate how the russian speaking community in the former soviet republic of a stone year is falling victim to what they call a language inquisition often losing jobs for speaking their native language. in britain an article of the human rights act ensures the right to a family life for those who live there but what sounds fair on paper is being used in reality by criminals because they can overturn decisions to deport them for their offenses by using the legal loophole that allows them to stay artes nor smith explains the right to a family life is not an absolute right and it must not be used to drive a coach and horses through our immigration system. article eight an innocuous sounding element in the human rights act but which means having c

r.t. and over here to visit our web site for any stories you've missed it's r.t. dot com here's some of what's there for you today. ground control to the eyes says one more a russian satellite goes on duty in orbit to prop up communications between space travelers and earth plus. trees of discord south korea comes up with a new year a nuisance for its northern neighbor plans to use to you first mr freeze for psychological warfare along one of the world's most militarized borders. the news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joint operation to rule the day. one of the most painful episodes in the history of ukraine is being used by a bank in the u.s. for commercial gain it's offering customers a chance to go shopping with a famine seemed credit card. reports all was being seen in ukraine as a moral outrage. almost a decades on ukraine still mourns those who died in the 1930's famine in the u.s.s.r. known here as the whole of the more and it's a rare example where political forces more use

talk about here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories of russia's in anticipation of the state of the union presidential address where it's believed to be treatment it will announce changes to the country's political system its reform has been the most pressing issue since the outcome of december's parliamentary elections led to rallies against alleged vote rigging. arab league observers are set to arrive in syria as part of a deal with the country's government aimed at tackling bloodshed there that says sanctions imposed on damascus by the organization prove inefficient for the people being the ones to feel the pinch. america's controversial practice of death by lethal injection hits a stumbling block the e.u. has imposed tougher restrictions on the sale of drugs used for deadly shots cutting out already struggling supply lines to the u.s. . as a result faces an uncertain future with its leaders struggling to reach an accord of how to save it would discuss the efforts with a member of the european parliament fr

with you twenty four hours a day r.t. here in the russian capital top stories now officials say twenty five thousand people go to a peaceful rally in the center of moscow however the protest organizers say the number was much higher demonstrators have been contesting the outcome of sunday's parliamentary election. the u.k. panel european deal to save the euro shattering the unity agreement leaving the rest to work out new budget rules and taxes amongst themselves. and gazans you guys have been shattered by israeli rockets. a better future even in war torn libya. a lot to bring about with more news for innocence from now in the meantime puts a former u.s. ambassador to the soviet union jack matlock under the spotlight to look back twenty years since the u.s.s.r. became history. hello again or welcome to spotlight. on our t.v. i am now going out and my guests on the show today jack markell it's been twenty years since one of the two superpowers disappeared from the world back to the soviet union collapsed in fifteen sovereign st

or at all coming up here on r.t. we delve deeper into the roots of the highly volatile situation in the arab world and the long lasting standoff between the palestinians and israel palestinian m.p. mustafa barghouti told us here at r.t. why he thinks the two sides are failing to talk to you now what's coming your way in just under ten minutes time. it's not difficult to go to negotiations it's impossible as long as it is allowed to continue to build settlements as long as government is the government we have there would be no negotiations it's not just an opinion it's the two that i really problem with the creation of the new settlement block is that it is killing the very last opportunity of two states to do it which means they can never dream of something called the do state that is the price that israel is being. the latest english premier league action still to follow this hour here on r.t. but for now a look at the business with. thanks very very welcome to the program for a high tech firms are getting funding fr

welcome back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories the first lap of egypt's parliamentary poll sees the highest turnout ever while the haze of uncertainty still hovers over the election when it's already so slow to deliver the results in. no way out germany's angela merkel admits you are its debt crisis is here to stay as leaders attend their hopes on yet another last minute deal to stave off a financial meltdown. and a legal loophole in the u.k. allows thousands of foreign criminals to stay in the country convicted rapists murderers and kind of files and use it to skate just punishment and different take . up next next kaiser and his co-host estates herbert reveal the dirty secrets underlying the world's financial crisis. this is lex kaiser this is the kaiser report yes i was right. when we had a chance. stacy ever yes max kaiser hank paulson is in the news i'll read the quick headline from michele locke here treasury secretary henry paulson tipped off prominent hedge funds regarding fannie mae while telling

to city reporting there was still to come this hour here in r.t. crowds of the former ukrainian prime minister supporters of storm the court building where you did to shrink a seven year jail term for power abuses being a preview. of the right above the hills the coming into the war in iraq people there say that after nine years of occupation all the u.s. troops will leave behind his political infighting destroyed infrastructure and port security. russia's foreign minister has accused the west of turning a blind eye to opposition groups in syria which aim to destabilize the situation and create further cool's for foreign intervention so it could evolve his repeated his belief that a one sided approach to resolving the country's crisis is wrong and wants both sides to hold on to broker peace peace can offer as more. foreign minister lavrov slams the west for what it says is a one sided approach by some western states to the situation in syria he says that instead of looking for ways to bring peace to the country more pressure is being applied on the

backed by extremist fighters shared by foreign journalists working on the ground later this hour r.t. here's my french reporter who exposed the rest through eyewitness accounts. i i think that all of the the action to destabilize the country are not working we see a lot of people killed but this is not perceived war quite well if they want to interweave throwing troops inside leg. using proxy from the gulf can see. the problem because based company is ready for about. the duma putin pledges the government will do everything possible to ensure transparency in the upcoming presidential election his words come amid reshuffles at the top with the leading kremlin strategy is taking up a new government post at his new tele nova called the report. russian prime minister said that the upcoming elections for the country's dub job should be transparent in order to achieve that budget but to suggest that the talks should be held with the country's opposition to hear out their suggestions on how to achieve that transparency but it was suggested that the internet should be used as a platform for such tal

sierra's news will be back with the headlines in a few minutes stay with us here on r.t. first though with the middle east peace process facing more charges and ever r.t. speaks with an influential palestinian politician was stuffer barghouti about what's next for the region. what more have dr mustafa barghouti the president of the palestinian national initiative and a member of the palestinian parliament dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. well palestinians still push ahead in a statehood bid despite the fact that it seems a two thirds majority in support of it is highly unlikely there can be no vote in the security council now because the united states or the obstruct of that. denying good committee that i ask for has american pressure paid off. from one side i mean many companies are doing what the united states and israel want. but at the same time i think many of them feel shameful about it we've seen an example of that of the french what the newness call france is that will opportune in the security council voted for us and. many companies like spain

that's in our special report next here on r.t. . since ancient times this country has been called the land of fire there are places here when natural gas bursts out from under the earth mixing with most own soil before exploding into flames it's a miracle of nature there's nothing like it anywhere in the world cashews our country is called the land of fire. the first fortress tile as appeared here on the caspian shore in the twelfth century people build the houses inside the walls today this ancient district of baquba is only a nest goes world heritage list how does this not the aura of this place is so amazing it's so easy to spend hours here just breathing this air that blows in from the north of the through the in taking in the scenery the war. since gaining independence and nine hundred ninety one azerbaijan has gone through two difficult decades it has overcome political turmoil after nearly descending into civil war and built a new basis for its economy. so . to. say. i need you. to know that we had an underwater city there's.

r.t. now is still ahead for you this hour here on r.t. the never ending story of a saving figure. every week we have a news every week we have new hopes and we read nothing happens with monday's meeting between the german and french leaders offer anything new to ease public discontent more on that ahead. plus size us police continue to crack down on anti corporate protesters some officers are changing sides we meet one of them who explains why he joined the chorus of those unhappy with the current economic policies. egypt's state newspaper is reporting islamist parties have taken an overwhelming lead in the opening round of the country's first post revolution parliamentary election the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party reportedly gained forty percent of the vote but the fundamentalist al-noor party thought to have claimed twenty five percent however the results are not final as most parties are set to go through to further election rounds over the next couple of months but as artie's paula slater reports from cairo many in the streets feel their votes carry little weigh

party receives and whether it'll be fifty percent of the vote we're bringing you special coverage here on r.t. . also iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and in a round up the week's top headlines the u.n. human rights commissioner calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china vote against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. this nine pm here in moscow you're watching on t.v. live from the russian capital with me. so straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on colleague and he said now he is in a special studio in central moscow over. yes bill polls are now officially closed all across russia the central election committee is about to announce the first exit poll results are waiting to see whether of course united russia party is leading the vote and whether or not it will make that fifty percent mark. at the committee headquarters and now joins us live to go through what are the figures is it too early for you

r.t. . stay with us here on r.t. still ahead memories of kim's school days our correspondent looks into the secret of the new man at the helm of north korea by meeting a former classmate. we delve into why the u.s. is searching for loopholes to force pakistan into sharing the blame for nato drone strike that killed twenty four pakistani troops. but first of all out of here putin pledges the government will do everything possible to provide transparency at the upcoming presidential election the prime minister said it's actually in his interest as a candidate. you could go to all you're going to misstate the species but i wouldn't i want to stress that we're the first who need the transparency because we need to be sure that people support us of course there are forces to which it's not the development that's important but the turmoil of course they have their rights but the problem is that they have neither a united programs no means of reaching their goals they just want to deal it just reminds the election that's th

those are the headlines here on r.t. the next though it's kate and the sport. well welcome to the sports update and here are the top stories. road to recovery in the uk i want to be honest all the ice hockey team prepared for their first game since the september plane crash that was. plus we were all tired right now blames the referee has taught them lose it's job loss you know they're mixing wood in stone with sunderland. back in training fresh from saturday's al classic a victory either way on madrid or barcelona stopped at operations for the effect club world cup in japan. however we begin with ice hockey as look i want to be honest level are getting ready to face off in their first competitive game just three months after the plane crash which is why judge their entire squad forty three people died after their plane burst into flames that crashed into the banks of the river volga nearly got us level on september the seventh among them were thirty six players and coaching staff from la county if since the tragedy other teams have donated players to the club t

here with r.t. life here in moscow still ahead for you british m.p.'s seeking to review extradition policies with the us. we need to make sure that we are being equal and we are being fair to our citizens and that is not the case of the. we look at how you can you know make has a demanding a more level playing field when it comes to handing over their citizens to america . came out of the global conference on afghanistan's future and why the key player in stabilizing the region pakistan boycotted the event. the story still to come but first with libya's civil war over its people are now waiting for the new government to fulfill their promises but the authorities say they're struggling for cash in iraq in the u.n. to release one hundred fifty billion dollars of frozen assets to pay wages and asics on a boy to reports many libyans wonder just who will provide for their future. after months of waking up to gunfire residents of tripoli now have to get used to a new alarm until the city of two million people has an extensive rooster population and the birds

r.t. . and to more of course here on r.t. european leaders are planning what's being described as budgetary intervention in the running of member states german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for the creation of a fiscal union of eurozone countries now that would mean that the financial policies of e.u. nations would have to be approved by brussels with penalties for countries which break the rules the move would require changes to the e.u. treaty riddled the director of the bridge group warns that creating a fiscal union who put an end to democracy within the. if there is a fiscal union which will take years to build in the u. that will mean that there will be the end of democracy within europe it will mean that countries will be effectively governed by the european central bank and germany cannot make thinking and the interests of of a very few. european elite based in brussels it's really dangerous i think to centralize power the euro has created a great deal of economic problems and then they're going to cap more prob

r.t. live here in moscow with the twenty four hours or days to the heavy the south first we says technocrats are having their leadership tested early by a massive strike with wells on a walkout over more cuts to secure yet another bailout. the first foreign ministers from europe have agreed to impose fresh sanctions against iran over its controversial nuclear program ahead of the talks in brussels british foreign secretary william hague called for increased economic pressure and isolation on iran's financial sector syria has more. we're coming out of the e.u. foreign affairs council today fresh actions indeed have been put on iran specifically on thirty nine individuals and one hundred forty one organizations they've been put on a sanctions list of asset freezes as well as these events this is a rather watered down version of what some countries in the e.u. would have wanted to begin with for example the u.k. and germany have been calling for definitely stronger sanctions and earlier this week france had been urging e.u. countries to immediately impose an acid free and asset freeze on the ce

american troops who struggle with the morality of killing in combat is coming your way shortly here in r.t. and you can watch our special report in the next hour but here's a preview. i had to go through a ten year old boy. we train them how to. develop the orders for them so. we never explain to them why it's ok. most people at the point of looking down and time to pull the trigger became conscientious objectors. i don't remember squeezing the trigger i don't remember seeing him go down well i remember is that we shot. the other side are soldiers too and soldiers do this all the they're trying to kill us we're trying to kill them that's just the ugly face of war. nothing honorable and. i went to the war zone and i started seeing how i need to change. the way to do the arrival of the other person that's why apply. and that report coming away shortly here on over two decades since the collapse of the soviet union the russian language is coming under pressure in a stone it used to be an official language there but has since faced a clamp down by the authorities the vast russian community is

haiti's up next with the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . ello welcome to the business program here and i'll say russia has cut it as right as inflation drops to the lowest levels in decades the rate has been cut by a quarter of a percentage point to eight percent the government hopes cheaper loans will help business grow amid instability in the global economy so let's have a look at the markets and what's happening ok all prices are high all supported by u.s. economic reports that indicated that the modern world largest group can see amount will accelerate its way it is trading at just below one hundred dollars per barrel what brant is up one hundred seven dollars per barrel over in u.s. positive data showing jubal goods rising in november by the most in four was seems to be reflecting in the markets the dow jones. trading positively this hour although there was a separate report showing consumer spending rising less than full cost last month and over in europe stocks are also benefiting from the upbeat data coming from the u.s. well they fa

and it's good to have you with us today here on r.t. now it is time for our special series of first hand reports on events that marked two thousand and eleven the egyptian revolution did not just change the course of the country's history but spearheaded the arab spring and the wave of protests that swept all across the middle east. reporting from there and show us what never made it into her life news reports. i think my biggest impression from covering the egyptian story this year is the sense of betrayal and anger that people in egypt still have when i was there back in january when the revolution started talking to protesters they beat general consensus and really this is what people were saying to me was that they thought that they were part of the street they were creating a new country and a new future for egypt. going back again in november when the second resolution happened all the second part of the first revolution depending who you talk to those same protesters told me that they felt that the trust that they had placed in t

r.t. . stay with us here on r.t. still to come getting to know him showing real success or he's the man the world knows nothing about but runs north korea or he traces a line back to school to learn to meet a man who says he shared a classroom in the jungle. and insight into why the u.s. is telling pakistanis army that it should shoulder some of the blame for the death of its own soldiers in last month's deadly u.s. drone strike. but first russian prime minister vladimir putin says the government is going to do everything it can to make the upcoming presidential election as transparent as possible comments came during a meeting of the top figures from his supporters organization it could. be species but i want to stress that we're the first who need the transparency because we need to be sure that people support us of course there are a fool says to which it's not the development that's important with the turmoil of course they have the right but the problem is that they have neither the united programs new means of

materials like cement and steel could be used to build weapons and military fortifications paullus here r.t. on the israel gaza border. more. he's available for you online in addition to what you see him on screen all available to you don't call me finish janice claims he was beaten up by the founder of an extremist website one attempting to record interviews at a conference in finland. plans to use wild monkeys to measure radiation levels near the focus she let nuclear power plant claiming helicopters they've been using for the purpose cannot provide accurate data and get the story full not one don't call . demonstrations have been held in cities worldwide calling for the release of a man who until a few days ago was america's most high profile death row prisoner. was incarcerated thirty years ago for killing a white police officer a crime he still denies when earlier this week a cult reduce the sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole his supporters claim the former black panther movement member is an innocent political prisoner activist mike farrell says that average

r.t. dot com and here's also a line for you right now. apple's bursting into flames find out why some i phones can be called the hottest touchscreens on the market. in the pound protocol til you drop see how to break down star's bassler shout out as an international contest. is that part of a soldier's lie that can never be forgotten or undone when they pull the trigger with another person in their sights and in depth luke and the american troops who struggle with their morality of killing in combat is coming your way up to the headlines here on out. i had to go through ten year old boy that. we train him how to tell we as officers developed the orders for them to kill. we never explained to them why it's ok. most people at the point of looking down in time to pull the trigger became conscientious objectors. i don't remember squeezing the trigger man i don't remember seeing him go down well i remember is that we shot him. on the other side are soldiers too and soldiers to assault me and they're trying to kill us we're trying to kill them

hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me this hour world bank claims that russia will earn big from the world trade organization are being played down by a top official here the global lender says national term will jump more than three percent from entry to the trade body which was accepted by other members on friday but the chief negotiator. told r.t. he expects only half that. marx who must of the mystics in a. grocery increase by three to four percent i think really prefer to be more pursue mystic. if it may happen. but i think the semitics will be much more lower so it's about one one point five percent. russia's new finance minister is a fiscal hawk who won't splash the cash says first up any prime minister of. confirmed. replacement on friday but mr told r.t. he expects a continuation of his predecessor's policies and him very conservative. it's a very good news for the minister of friends because he will continue the politics which was originated by the minister for mr goodrich and it means for t

here in moscow join us for extended coverage of the election at the top of the next hour right here on r.t. . come back to our studio here in central moscow let's turn to some news that shaped the past seven days in our weekly update and the latest news from around the world but of course is and he says we will continue our special election coverage throughout the evening. iranian forces have shot down an american unmanned drone in the east of the country that's according to iran's state news agency the aircraft used for spying was reportedly downed with minimum damage and seized by iranian authorities american radio host and independent blogger steven lemmon has told me that these tactics are nothing new from the u.s. . these drones but you were. recorded since. we've been doing it so in america for so doing in many other countries. for since i'm a. brother you all will. be easy we want you to change the regime to make use of syrians to you which interest. is this the currys the notion believes it is the right. to run it's all government to conduct it's over thirty years it doesn't have t

r.t. dot com katie joins us next with a business update stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to the business up day here and i'll say christmas is most balls of the wild but i rush the festive season has only just begun despite that concerns in europe and the us shop is steadily slowing down as marrying a culture of a found out russian men are at the forefront of the seasonal spending. years eve as when the russians give gifts and this year they're going all out at least eighty one billion dollars will be spend this the somber and the fifth of that will go towards presents consumer spending is expected to increase by twenty eight percent and muscovites will withdraw twenty percent more cash than any of the month of the year that's about five hundred sixty dollars each if you are a russian woman then you can look forward to a particularly lavish gift as man will spend twice as much i sir partners so what kind of gifts are we're looking at it's well the most popular items are expected to be alcohol then we have a choice and finally household appliances so not all that ro

but we are continuing to analyze are the top stories of two thousand and eleven here on r.t. and of course new york's times square is one of the iconic spots to meet the new year so it seems a good time and place to send our big apple resident to ask people there what they'll be happy to see the back of in two thousand and twelve. two thousand and twelve is now a riving what would you rid the world of in the new year this week let's talk about that i think wall street protest because it doesn't really help anything at all if you ask me i'm a business student it's my fifth year in college and i just i don't know what the point is i understand what they're fighting for and i grieve for but for me i'm like you just taking up space i would probably been an eva after gambling the world be a better place without those things yeah i think it would probably be lots of benefits yeah i agree i think a lot of people would protest though oh i have no doubt a lot of people would protest differently including the government because they are acts of much money out of it would be occupy the

r.t. it's midnight right now here in moscow it's kevin zero in here with you this hour in our top story with almost all votes tallied up in russia's parliamentary election four parties are preparing to take their seats in the state duma it's clear that the biggest force will be united russia even though it's seven a significant plunge in popularity meantime thousands of people from all sides both for and against the election results have been gathering and making their voices heard in the capital more on that in just a second but first party sarah first been following the final stages of the ballot count. well the last two days votes being counted in the final results are expected in about four days' time but you have pretty clear what the outcome is going to be united russia of those no surprises out of the front the communist party coming in second or third place with fair russia and fourth will be the liberal democratic party now we saw united russia failing to push past the psychological percentage barrier fifty percent that's proportional representation in the state and in terms of seat

r.t. . because our special report at seventeen thirty g.m.t. time now here r.t. for the latest business news with dmitri. byrne welcome to business and see the world bank's claim that russia will earn big from the world trade organization are being played down by a top official here the global lender says the national g.d.p. mid-term will jump more than three percent from the entry to the trade body which was accepted by other numbers on friday but russia's chief negotiator through the. course says he expects only half of that. march through most of the music signal. through increase growth three to four percent. really prefer to be more percent mystic. if it's her than. about the seventy six would be about. one hundred. twenty four and still aren't aware that the laws take precedence in russia's courts magnate alexei much of the soft told r.t. the world trade body accepted the country as a member as you mentioned on friday and the boss of the steel giant severstal expects entry to spur much fairer decision making in russia's new system. you send a very well known

here with r.t. or so coming to a head in the program. who is trying to report and eventually to take aspects of a became base better and sort of mid-sentence just thinking oh my god i just can't breathe anymore. bring you our correspondents person reflections from greece looks back at twenty seven's main headlines also. well the president of iran is now. you know it may be matter jetted yeah for. us presidential election looming ahead we set out on the streets of new york to find out how much americans know about the building blocks of the country's policies of home and abroad. and in business the new era has started for the russian economy after it successfully finished its eighteen year effort during the world trade organization more in business in about twenty minutes. britain is reportedly working on an emergency plan to shore up its economic defenses in case of a euro doomsday u.k. treasury is said to want to avoid an influx of economic refugees plans include evacuating british experts from a fact of countries who find themselves un

war should share with us here at r.t. his views on the justifications and failings behind the iraq invasion. i think the decision was based on what we knew at the time and based on what we knew at the time it was the right decision i don't believe that it was carried out very effective and that's the tragedy. turning things over to the iraqis more or less immediately we got involved in an occupation and occupations are never popular and the fact that we were an occupying power recognized as such but you know nations but it was very important in the development of the insurgency against the occupation. and that interview was in about a twenty four minutes or an artsy twenty five month long standoff in the majority populated northern cause a fire has now taken a new twist a russian humanitarian convoy was stopped by e.u. controlled police and one of the troubled border checkpoints moscow says is a purely political move but for serbs on the ground there's still a means yet another day without vital supplies as artie's you go

well a quarter past the hour here in moscow you're watching r.t. still to come in the program here tons to watch what you say and how you say it russians in estonia are being deprived of their native language. italy has found itself in a severe economic crisis with the country's debt reaching well over two trillion euros but at a time when italians want to cut costs and create jobs the government has another plan in the works which critics say is nothing more than quote economic suicide. explains. this is the f. thirty five we playing the combined if i just read an agility and the footage still in the development stage final assembly line is supposed to be placed in italy. everything's going according to plan the town of the bar is a kilometer from the military base where the final stage of the f. thirty five projects is supposed to take place the people here have taken for the states to oppose what they say is a waste of other talent taxpayers' money it is a very expensive project and now that we are in crisis you know that. is cutting their pensio