this is r.t. it's kevin owen here this hour our top story at nine pm from moscow the new atomic gums reduction treaty between moscow and washington is due to be approved by the u.s. senate on wednesday after securing enough votes to close the debate it will be a major political victory for president obama who's been pushing hard against strong republican opposition cans in washington d.c. keeping across developments for r.t. according to the senate rules by the end of wednesday they just have to vote that's what they agreed on yesterday the past six days of debate or just the marathon a number of republicans were just kept stalling the vote for as long as they could as of now democrats believe they have enough votes to pass this treaty they need at least sixty seven out of one hundred so much is at stake with this new start.

you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today that russia's deputy foreign minister has a recently returned from a visit to the middle east next he tells r.t. it's time for the world community to step up and get the peace process between israelis and palestinians back on track to stay with us. mr sultan of you recently visited syria and lebanon where you met the leaders of these two countries you also met how it must show in damascus when you said that israel's settlement policy in the occupied arab lands was the main stumbling point to the resumption of palestinian israeli talks does russia have a clear vision of how to get out of this situation. that. it's true that israel's settlement policy in the occupied out of balance has become an obstacle to the resumption of direct palestinian israeli talks. i should say that the present situation has shown the need for the international community to step up its participation and assistance in the solution of the palestinian problem it has become obvious

live from moscow this is r.t. it's now eleven pm warm welcome if you just joined is kevin with a top story for you and for the first time in more than seventy years no one has been able to accept the nobel peace prize the winner of human rights advocate lou jiabao is in china serving an eleven year sentence for subversion chinese authorities angered over the award ban both him and his wife from traveling towards low well because of the scandal surrounding the winner representatives from almost a third of the fifty countries invited skitt the ceremony including those from russia saudi arabia and pakistan russian officials have even suggested that julian assange the leader of the online whistleblower wiki leaks deserves the award or more washington's hunting for a son job to his latest revelations the u.s. is among the nation's calling for the release of the chinese nobel prize winner that will call for a couple stand. you. no prize is granted to lucille ball i don't want to pass in the judgement on you snow oh but in ef

r.t. israel. it's now or quarter past midnight here in the russian capital you are with r.t. it's good if you join us today now let's get to some other news in brief that's our third suspect in the u.s. missile strike has hit pakistan's northwest tribal area near the afghan border killing nine officials say it hit vehicles carrying alleged members of a well known militant group two other strikes in the north waziristan region on tuesday killed eight the area is a stronghold for pakistani taliban and al qaeda militants who carry out cross border attacks against u.s. led nato forces in afghanistan. three west african leaders have given an ultimatum to ivory coast incumbent president step down or face removal by force by go is unlikely to agree to make a way for the water has been internationally recognized as the president elect shortly before he met the trio backbones government warned it would not tolerate any meddling in its of fans the standoff has turned violent since last month's election over one hundred seventy people have been killed. bad weather is causing chaos in aus

declaration it co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say. r.t new york. the sunday kosovo is preparing to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared unilateral independence from serbia three years ago the vote comes amid calls for petition by the ethnic minorities furthest been finding out for us many of the kosovo serbs have decided to boycott the polls. the governor and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly solid she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and little change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided their country and brutalized a generation before with pearl of the height of the cause of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and i remained to day was followed by a mind of the continuing ethnic conflicts. national bed i remember the wall being built after a neighbor was shot by us he worked on the land near the road we still live in fear here it's ha

r.t. in about ten minutes time marks cocksure and co here then but it's business before that tonight. hello welcome to the business program here on r.t. with michel amos folly now russia's investment climate has been one key issue this week forty billion dollars of direct foreign investment came to the country this year that's roughly the same as in two thousand and nine that the government was seeking to attract more kirsch more forward and our discussion has turned the possible impact of the holocaust the sentencing on the investment climate in the country really to give again from global insight says the case is likely to negatively influence the sentiment of potential newcomers. i think the reaction to the outcome of the court. different from those investors who are or who are already in russia and sort of know the rules of the game probably the reaction would be rather muted however the investors who are interested in in russia but yet have to venture into the country they would be more cautious. time check the markets now and here in russia they've closed after the r.t.s. ended w

you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and there are still thoughts more stories ahead for you this hour including people in the boat getting nostalgic for the more prosperous past during the mid twentieth century. show of siberian strength we travel to the russian city of a. whether the tough climate produces a tough breed of people. the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is underway sentencing is expected on friday that of course he and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzlement and money laundering both men are coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud. when i thought about has all the developments for us in moscow. right now the judge is in the process of reading the verdict this is of course the fourth consecutive day of reading and it's taking so long because the verdict is this long. there are fourteen files in the verdict itself around three hundred pages in each file so far the judges read over fi

that's all we have time for now get more storage for website r.t. it out can't slash business. for the full.

you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and there are still many more stories coming your way shortly right here on. a show of a siberian strength we travel to the russian city of tough climate produces a tough breed of people. for the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is on the way sentencing is expected on friday. and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzle meant and money laundering both men are now coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud to use coming out of a now in moscow with more developments on this hello to you catch yourself just take us through what's happening in call right now and tell us why is it taking so long to deliver the verdict. very right now the judges in the process of reading the verdict this is of course the fourth consecutive day of reading and it's taking so long because the verdict is this long. there are fourteen files in the verdict at them so itself around three hundred pa

question on r.t. . it can hit dr swan's policeman swines minister's wife and i just. if you didn't find me if i could live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are my only two options that i saw. kill him or me in jail or he's got it killing me. from our studios in moscow direct to you this is. the russian parliament is a step closer to passing the new strategic arms reduction pact with america but conflicting points made in the u.s. and its resolution hold up it's likely ratification until the new year. from russia's political system to the arms reduction deal with the us dmitri wraps up the interview with the country's top t.v. executives. and the season's greetings for all of you celebrating christmas today's marks all over the world but for many russians orthodox christmas. in ab

this is the on screen russia place out on r.t. . it would be so much brighter if you knew about some movement from phones to pressure. through stunts on t.v. don't comb.

very good evening i'm kevin zero in this is r.t. it's ten pm thursday night and a huge good news story for russia dominating our coverage this evening for russia it's as good as winning the world cup itself the country has been awarded the right to host the sporting spectacle in twenty eighteen hours not only promises a feast of football but also billions of dollars of investment in a massive influx of tourists let's get some comment about this our correspondents are out and about across russia tonight and also in europe as well we're going to zero in right now andrew farmer sports correspondent there hopefully can hear me now drew very good evening cheer typical i can just see a well i'll keep my voice up in. through football supporting fashion typical football really there are always winners and always losers so what is the reaction to the decision there in switzerland tonight take us through what you're saying. monks the russian bid say more is good and it's just got even better because they found out they haven't only just won this c

this is r.t. it's now eleven pm friday the thirty first of december here in moscow i'm kevin welcome to the program. and here in moscow it is now the final hour of twenty ten in a few moments where we're looking back at what was important in the past twelve months and what lies ahead in the next year but first let's check out hope people are preparing to see in the new year in this time zone because in the olympic city of sochi just seen. in the capital moscow getting both early is first to many people around the world to them red square is a place to be on new year's eve is near the city certainly knows how to celebrate. well as you can hear behind me kept celebrations here almost. well underway already had some fabulous performances on the stage behind me including some raul the fabulous. and it's all of course because we're all less than an hour away from the. midnight we are expecting. the whole of people to converge almost downtown area the main street to better sky will be closed to concert hall

it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two the classics. of the true nineteen forty five don't r.t. dot com. central. to the beach. mind your own business. the international community for trying to interfere. with former oil. for more on one of the most controversial trials. may be back on it want to. but thousands of passengers are still stranded. survivors still living in a state of siege. from our studio. six o'clock on your wednesday morning i'm sean thomas you're watching our. russia lashed out at the west for criticism over the trial of former oil tycoon. moscow said the international community should stay out of what is a domestic matter is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars. has been following. well washington has said that such a verdict will horn russia's image when it comes to human rights germany has said that this will be a step back for russia in terms of modernization what according to the russian foreign ministry this is an attempt to apply pressure on the court and moscow is now calling on the united states and on the europ

what r.t. it's terrible region. for top stories a brief to bring you up to date with i like her so bringing two powerful bomb explosions of embassies in rome. the first device went off at the swiss ambassador his residence and seriously injured the postal worker who opened. it a few hours later the second that a bomb exploded at the chilean embassy leaving a bell under way with minor italy's interior minister said the blast was similar to the melbourne center fourteen embassies at the last month. post-election violence in ivory coast has now claimed one hundred seventy three lives amid mounting international pressure for a long quit the presidency will recognize his rival as the winner of the runoff vote fuses to step down united nations secretary general earlier warned the situation is becoming increasingly volatile to return to civil the un human rights commission is also planning to discuss the crisis. hydrometer romania's parliament after a man threw himself from the chamber both kidney wasn't seriously hurt the

but a change in attitude in the outside world a society where people care and don't stare at what r.t. it's terrible region. for top world news stories for your brave family coasts of being linked to possible explosions in the seas in rome the first device went off of the swiss ambassador his residence is seriously into the post. but a few hours later the second letter bomb exploded at the chilean embassy leaving minor wounds italy's interior minister saying tonight the blast was similar to the mail bomb sent to fourteen embassies in athens about smog. post-election violence more every coast has now claimed one hundred seventy three lives with mounting international pressure for laurent gbagbo to quit the presidency world powers recognized his rival as the winner of the runoff vote but refuses to step down the united nations secretary general earlier warned the situation is becoming increasingly volatile and risks a return to civil war the un human rights commission is also planning to discuss the crisis. dramatic pictures here. parliament after a man. seriously the parliament building engi

this is r.t. it's a monday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us for a viewer watching around the world but i'm scared to know it with our top story for you tonight and former tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been found guilty of stealing billions of dollars worth of oil by a moscow court hearing is now over but the reading of the verdict still isn't complete and could take several more days of his country and the latest from outside the court. so far we know that nichols of the ski and his former colleague . of russia's once biggest oil giant company you cos have been found guilty of stealing up to twenty over twenty billion dollars worth of oil and embezzling the funds now to force is that the latest verdict in the second trial of the filter that builds keep him and his colleague apparently already serving time for a first conviction delivered in two thousand and five this of course is something that the prosecution seems very happy with they originally asked for fourteen years for me and

hello i'm kevin owen welcome to r.t. it's eight pm this thursday night on a huge good news story for russia dominating our coverage this evening as you would expect russia has got its hands on the golden statue of the world cup after winning the bid to host the event in twenty eighteen the announcement was made by fee for the football governing body in switzerland just a little bit earlier on one of the world's top sporting events therefore is expected to bring billions of dollars of investment and a massive influx of tourists to russia it gets a lot of comment on this post one of the people of his in moscow for the latest reaction hi there pay good see you the celebrations of course will continue into the night we're expecting a media conference in about two hours time from zero eight but of course. in the cold light of day let's just look at a little bit the organizers know down there they're going to have to pull out all the stops to make this event the best it can be and live up to the faith and faith ultimately is now pu

what r.t. it's terrible region. every film out some other major headlines from around the world. some of the russia. reason cited was his idea to warn the japanese government to present would get its recent visit to russia's rwandans japan this claim the territory since world war two by still is temporarily we call the present that is a visit to the audience last month. as expressed indignation that japan's most of reaction to the incident. bhajan seen as a former military dictator jorge reading that has been sentenced to life in prison of being found guilty of crimes against humanity by quote in the city of court about eighty five year old was convicted of murdering political other students during the seventy's and early ninety's up to thirty thousand were tortured and killed during what is now done in tunas dirty wooing the general has been serving on and off sentences for other crimes since his fall from power in the region eighty three. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in turkey to garner support for his country's nuclear program its visit comes as part of a broader re

this is r.t. it's eight pm friday night the thirty first of december here in moscow my name is kevin o. and welcome to the program now just a few moments we'll be taking a look back at the biggest events of twenty ten but before that some places are already celebrating new year and parts of russia are among the parties invade in full swing in the far east and then it's set to sweep through all nine time zones of russia to the country's western most borders our correspondents give us a snapshot next of what's going on all around russia with alex had been in the capital sara furthur in the south and a lympics city of sochi and sean thomas in the eastern city of your quote. we've brought the party outside i don't know why because this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees below zero out here centigrade but that's ok it's not stopping any of the fun in fact i'm joined by actually khan who is the version of good models which of course is the russian version of father frost ce

uncover now in a welcome to r.t. it's a leaven pm this thursday night on a huge good news story for russia dominating our coverage this evening indeed for russia it's as good as winning the world cup itself the country a little earlier on tonight awarded the right to host the sporting spectacle in twenty eighteen it not only promises of course a feast of football but also billions of dollars of investment and a massive influx of tourists laura live coming to come live media conference hopefully within the next hour or so as we take you to see rick promise the putins are going to be addressing the committee and thanking them for their voter support in russia and first let's go to europe no not for that long but before it let's talk to andrew farmer a correspondent who's been covering this mazing story for us all day today either andrew i guess five hours since that announcement that they're finally settling just a little bit in switzerland but the work is only just about to begin for russia what's been the reaction. well t

r.t. as our debate show crosstalk is coming your way in just a few minutes but first it's the business update with shot. but i welcome to the business program here on r.t. with me charlayne was folly russia's resolves rejected the sale of its taken a nickel back to the company nickel offered to buy or sell twenty five percent stake for twelve billion dollars oversell says is not satisfied with the price will keep the situation that feel for was made to end a long lasting battle for control over the mining between its two main shareholders will sell internals holding. in further news or sell plans to take legal action against the nickel for the sale of eight percent of its shack up with. the time figure states the deal with concluded it was lack of information regarding the tone and the price at which it was made there was silence illicit union reveals we will share buyback which is aimed at increasing the miners' lives ation. russia's president has said more effort is required to improve the country's poor vestment climate correspondent corpus going off explains the al call of madrid is meeti

you have it charlotte's hand out to bring us all the latest business news. hello welcome to the business program here on r.t. with me charlayne is folly russian businessman alexander liberty if it's confirmed he's planning to sell around four percent of our float shares the deal is estimated to be worth up to one hundred ten million dollars as lucrative sells the forty four million shares in russia's national air carrier the shares are to be sold to a private placement organized by u.b.s. analysts believe the main reason for the sailors who generate finally to split projects troubled national reserve bank which is in capital outflows off to a number of state inspections. russian prime minister vladimir putin has met his finnish counterpart in st petersburg economic issues were on the agenda as russia is still the prime trade partner for finland traipse recovered close to its pre-crisis level of eleven billion dollars during the first nine months of two thousand and ten there's always a quarter on the good both sides of sales several agreements including a ship building venture which would help russia embrac

it's in afghanistan pakistan or elsewhere. and i'll bet you contributors blog is on the line at r.t. dot com there's also more of the day's news and analysis on the new look web site to take a look at the protect america it's of back in the land of luxury he reports on the wall street wallets russia and russia is the zero. zero zero millions of americans lose their welfare. earnings are spending hours trapped most arrangement. is not a separate waste of time interests and skills all staying stuck in the gents details but altie dot com. he's used to taking to the stage but it's speeches rather than songs that are normally his speciality not this time there that putin made his audience sit up and take note as he sang at a charity fundraiser. loose. fitting the high rates of english putin led a star studded single sharon stone to do were among the celebrities gathered in st petersburg for a concert to raise money for childhood cancer charities russian prime minister to include a few ivory's as he showed off his skills on the piano. later on r.t. martin andries takes a look at muscovites

decorated tree up next we're off to one corner of the united states where it's russian roots are still very much alive stay with us here on r.t. . once it was a part of russian territory there are still reminders to this day children wearing russian national costumes people having russian names and many orthodox churches are standing here but more than one hundred forty years ago it became the u.s. territory though some americans still don't know about. the still asking have no idea about. like nothing i don't know anything about that alaska it's cold. it was cold a box of ice a polar bear garden and one russia but in the language of the indigenous peoples the word alaska means the great land.

r.t. moscow. it's been reported that u.s. commanders in afghanistan are pushing to extend their presence in pakistani tribal areas the new york times quoting an anonymous american official who claims special forces will start targeting militants across the border in a new front that is something that the u.s. military is denying washington's been using unmanned drones to strike suspected insurgency bases in pakistan it's often accused of killing civilians in the process islam are bad for insiders being strongly protesting against the attacks describing them as violating its territorial sovereignty pakistani officials say they are capable of handling the militants by themselves kathy kelly spoke to us she come payne's against u.s. led war she says that america's military establishment is now simply hoping for more money. it seems to me that the united states would have an effect similar to what has happened in the past here in afghanistan there along with the drone attacks the invasion of a sovereign country. united states joi

r.t. dot com. it's . here at our table are from moscow ominous now and with headlines russia and india secure a multibillion dollar for. deals on a trip to new delhi by president it's very different as the two of the so-called bric nations cement relations nuclear power trade and investment were just some of the ingredients sealed. the e.u. is furious as hundreds of people remain in causes of you develop a roof following violent protests from the opposition to alexander lukashenko is when the presidential election demonstrators have been sentenced from five to fifteen days of administrative arrest two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly released. poland rejects moscow's report into the april plane prospect killed the president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and thorough meanwhile the late leader's brother who's the former prime minister of poland claims the wrong body was buried. now the inner workings of u.s. politics at state level have been un

face when the news makers on r.t. . me. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language. so that the best compete could be. are still unaware of what's going on in the land. asking why do you. think i don't know any but. the great. bringing you the latest in science and technology from. the future covered. there are scores of caves around the nature reserve they present challenges of different complexities to those who ventured to explore them this is a favorite venue for people who like the silent beauty of inanimate nature rather than the cries of birds and animals local space scientists who specialize in the study of caves plan to go down to the bottom of the watershed one of the reserves most beautiful and least explored. the team are finalizing their route and checking their equipment a strong pair of overalls climbing the equipment. a helmet and most importantly extra flashlights are needed to study the caves. people going to. need to follow standard rules and safety regulations. if you fall from a height of onl

around the city's train stations but as the winter gets colder we're going to come to meet it more and more tom watson r.t. . well now to some other international news this hour a roadside bomb blast in southern afghanistan has killed fifteen civilians their truck was carrying them to a nearby bazaar what it hit a homemade device it happened in helmand province which is one of the country's most violent regions and where nato troops are struggling against taliban insurgents. a royal wedding a football match in jordan has left some two hundred fifty people injured according to the hospital officials the match was between jordan's largest palestinian team and a jordanian team from a fierce rivals eyewitnesses say the palestinian fans were pelted with rocks by actual danes and it was as they try to leave the stage or riot police reportedly sealed the ground and five tear gas was in panic triggering a stampede. this is affected leader of a mexican drug cartel is among eleven dead following two days of fierce clashes between security forces and gang members thanks again officials saying those are a marina nick

r.t. welcome it's kevin zero in here in moscow tonight with our top story at eight pm and president medvedev says those behind saturday's nationalist riots in moscow will be brought to justice we can rally commemorating a football fan that was killed turned into clashes with police and attacks on i think one already riot officers are again on the capital streets tonight because it's suspected that more violence could flare out he's catarina their. apparently according to sources that we've managed to speak to here at the very heart of the russian capital police received reports and monitored various communications from the internet about a group of a football fans who would plan to meet a number of people from the north caucuses here in the very heart of the russian capital to basically fly it out their differences of course police decided that it is better to be safe than sorry and deployed a very large number of riot police all around my new square where we are right now they've been standing here for a number of hours just monitoring the situation and waiting to see if anything would happ

it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two the success of victory nineteen forty five dollars r.t. dot com. hungry for the full stop we've got it for us. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. the . top stories for a few of the week on r.t. washington give stock the green light throwing the ball to russia. given its initial approvals with nuclear arsenal slashed. the deal signed by president obama has been hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough. in north korea. war games close to the border provokes threats of a sacred nuclear soldiers who reportedly took part of the shelling of a south korean island last month said their actions were a response to. reports plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but refuses to accept the findings over one hundred fifty pages of reports. leaves the investigation. freezing rain led to a company called in to hold over one hundred flights were canceled. thousands of people. more.

double digits to explore how to stay warm and enjoy the russian capital as it chills out but a local knowledge for you to at r.t. dot com. it's coming up to a twenty one forty one on the but now if you're checking a time moscow time that is thursday the second december two thousand and ten the day that russia heard the news it will host the world cup in twenty eight of course wall coverage from us throughout the evening here on this channel r.t. from moscow. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around. the future covered. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening up a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. you can get involved in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlet that you told me that that sells what democracy's public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on archie. download the official location. called touch from the top story. life on the. video on demand. broad

r.t. now it's one of braving the antarctic and also braved the sky a russian base jumper became the first person to leap off this two thousand meter whole mountain on the world's coldest continent well to learn more about what takes to perform a speech sports update that's coming your way in just about twenty minutes from now . well now in the meantime here's the latest business news with kareena stay with us for. how and welcome to our business program here on r t prime minister putin wants a homegrown pharmaceutical industry to supply ninety percent of essential drugs they support and says he wants fifty percent of medical equipment to be produced a mess to clean up by twenty twenty others say the move seems to conflict with calls to build a more open economy. there is always a constant conflict for a government between trying to protect the mass of producers and opening the economy but all have to happen the opening i mean and in case of the pharmaceutical industry there is a difference between desired and possible most of the world is supplied by the international can go armored and s

r.t. minsk. it's taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall continuing to cause further massive disruption across europe britain is one of the worst affected so far with tens of thousands of travelers stranded flights to and from the u.k. are grounded and travelers are likely to suffer for several more days many flights were also canceled in paris frankfurt and brussels the e.u. has heavily criticized airports for failing to deal with the situation calling it unacceptable and saying it could lead to tighter regulation. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan is denying reports it's pushing to extend the war into pakistan the new york times earlier quoted an unnamed american official saying special forces could target militants across the border the u.s. uses unmanned drones to strike at suspected insurgents in pakistan often killing civilians by mistake islam a bad call of the attacks a violation of the country's sovereignty. israel

its crew. baikonur kazakhstan now people fly into orbit and back every year few months nowadays so r.t. looks back at how it all began you can watch our special report about the first man in space yuri gagarin in just over ten minutes time. chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. and became the first ever man in outer space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the whole world. all his thoughts were focused on flights to could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. what happened in those few seconds. and what secrets these sealed barrels still hold. keurig are in. place. well russia or is hosting separate talks with the north and south korean representatives resuming the six party negotiations over tensions on the korean peninsula moscow is one of the most vocal advocates for a peaceful solution to the current crisis on tuesday foreign minister sort of a laugh it off and his north korean counterpart agreed that the turmoil must be resolved through diplomatic means only john yang also welco

r.t. tonight it's now half past midnight moscow time it's kevin irwin here with a headline update for you and first world cup countries opening to host football's flagship tournament make a final push the day before the winner is announced russia is among the favorites but it does face tough competition or a deal tomorrow. protests sweeping across europe against the need to bail out failing economies italy is among the next at risk it seems following the fates of greece and ireland. and president of calls on the leading players in european security to push aside the stereotypes of the past and work together for the sake of future stability. he is the former bosnian serb leader accused of war crimes by un court next in our special report coming up r.t. reveals the other side of. belgrade the couple of serbia in two thousand and two doctor drug and which a specialist in alternative medicine settled here nobody knew where he was from or what his occupation had been before. one instant popularity in the medical community he gave lectures i'm cured people of diseases we see him as someone who

russia place up on r.t. . me it is eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. eat eat eat eat. come. it's. fifty. fifty. first. gana stance keep heroin is depriving thousands of locals of a future besides flooding other countries the desperate situation is a reflection of nato for efforts to tackle the problem says russia's top anti-drug enforcer. from dismantling a storage monuments to comic strip propaganda and i saw the campaign in georgia gathers pace with russian seemingly its prime target but a growing number of people say the authorities through the riots the history are going too far. reports of a war being waged on christmas have been all over the headlines in the u.s. this holiday season many americans believe the hype is just to divert the public's attention from more pressing problems. as the headlines here and extra bring you the sports update this new tell you. hello and welcome to our team sports update a look at the top stories. and familiar face look much the most school coach in returns to the nama keep you up to signing a three year contract. playing for pride the

and there's only a small chance of catching the disease but there is great prejudice against it r.t. visits a russian led her community to see how a lack of understanding of the outside world makes even those pure choose to stay. one pm in the russian capital i match reza good to be with you here on r t our top story the u.s. senate has finally approve the new strategic arms reduction treaty with russia after months of bitter and divisive wrangling on capitol hill the decision was hailed by both washington and moscow as a huge positive step in boosting u.s. russia relations and in furthering world nuclear disarmament let's get the latest from marcie's a catarina grad show over reporting live from moscow so the treaty has been finally approved by the u.s. senate but that's not the end is it what's up next. well to officially say that the united states is ready for the new strategic arms are done.

it fully you have to live a. real life stories from world will keep us up. to nineteen forty five dollars r.t. dot com. it's old story and the winner is from russia millions across the country are on cloud nine tonight as free for announces the host of the twenty eight world cup russia beat off competition from spain and portugal belgium of the netherlands along with the u.k. aside from the prestige and we're going to use billions of dollars of investment. in other news russia will never provoke an arms race unless it's pushed to extremes but ima put in sets the record straight on missile defense during an interview with veteran told show host larry king the prime minister also touched on the topic of elections rejecting claims of animosity between him and president misled. and washington lands itself in hot water after a new leak exposes its true colors opinions of a so-called corrupt russia raised questions over u.s. politicians stereotypical view the secret diplomatic cables or just the latest in a string of documents released by whistleblower website wiki. boy good sport coming up for you now a. lit

it is. here with r.t. and coming up on the program some hope for the homeless as the long russian winter sets in. the wrong city will be heroes helping us find out. on. nearly three years after course of a split from serbia the self-proclaimed state is holding its first parliamentary election but the serb minority say they feel like outcasts among the ethnic albanian dominated population and sarah firth reports they have little hope that the vote bridge the divide began and her family live in a small serbian enclave in cos of a it's a fairly small that she existence here largely cut off from the white albanian community and this will change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and each generation this rule was built at the height of the cost of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and it remains today so they don't mind the continuing ethnic conflicts. national bed i remember t

commentary from serbia as minister for kosovo goron bogged down of it speaking with r.t. . more from you this hour when we ask. when we asked if it was sasha scored for russia. it's thought a little star of the country's. football playing seems to help russia the chance to host the twenty eighth. but first the u.k. authorities have released the pictures of fourteen people watching for instigating violence during tuition fee protests in london on hundred seventy five people were arrested during the four demonstrations that paralyzed the capital and left dozens injured riots erupted after westminster approved a three fold hike in university tuition fees protesters battle lies government property and a car carrying prince charles and his wife camilla came under attack from protesters labor m.p. m.p. jeremy corbyn says the fees hike will impact the less privileged families. what we're seeing is the end of access to higher education for people of average and below average incomes it's going to be the preserve of the wealthier in the future the trend will be we'll have a less well

kosovo prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since it declared a unilateral independence from serbia three years ago but as r.t. sarah for reports the serbian minority is boycotting the elections claiming they're excluded from the region society and i'm not welcome there. begun and her family live in a small serbian enclave in kosovo it's a fairly so that she existence here largely cut off from the way the albanian community and it's a change from the war in the one nine hundred ninety s. which divided the country and brutalized a generation this was pearl at the height of the cause of in war to protect the serbian community behind it from gunfire that would come from the right as it was the albanian populated area and there were mains today was followed by a mind of the continuing ethnic conflicts. national bed i remember the wall being built after a neighbor was shot by us he worked on the land near the road we still live in fear here it's harder for the children living such a separate existence they begin to think there's just how things are the elections are the first poll since the breakaway province decl

co-wrote maybe american poet ralph waldo emerson put it best when saying what you do speaks so loudly i cannot hear what you say marina portnoy r.t. new york. america's human rights focus is currently set to fall from its own shores calling for china to free the new nobel peace prize winner china reacted angrily to the award being given to jail dissidents describing it as a political force and insults to its judicial system you can see there was a standing ovation when. friday was represented to chair. so that when the sentence was. trying these on florence's also banned his wife from attending the riots was awarded for his work on human rights and political reforms the u.s. is among the nation's scorn for the news release raising questions about standards and rights run beca from the coalition says the nobel peace prize is purely political china is right to be wary of. the united states as used human rights of the mantle of human rights as a way to deal with it in my eyes the governments it wants to overthrow that that was certainly the case in the old former soviet union it's been the case in cuba it's the in the case of china