regime and begin to open north korea to the world and maybe the war old to north korea written off r.t. moscow. four twenty pm on the first day of the new year here in moscow of course russia welcomed two thousand and twelve with a bang being the world's biggest country it celebrated new year not once not twice but nine times thanks to its nine different time zones with the country's far east kickstarting the festivities and russia's a western most point the baltic city of kaliningrad finishing off while hundreds also gathered in moscow's red square to host the new year of the world was treated to operations of fireworks over the globe to hawaii has just become the latest now to ring in the new year while australia was among the first countries to open its doors to the new year with glittering fireworks all over sydney harbor asia picked up the baton with spectacular shows held across the region and in dubai hundreds gathered at the world's tallest building to watch an amazing illumination display millions of revelers packing cities all over europe for the countdown to midnight with celebratio

r.t. moscow. it is generally the first of two thousand and twelve here in moscow it's good to have you with us here on r.t. of course our russia has welcome in the new year with quite a bang being the world's biggest country it celebrated in new year nine times of course thanks to its nine time zones with the country's far east kickstarting the festivities and russia's western most point the baltic city of kaliningrad finishing off while hundreds or also gathered in moscow's red square to toast the new year the world was treated to mass celebrations and fireworks all over the globe right here that's new york thousands packing in times square for the ceremonial ball dropping at midnight again to sydney and come to sydney there it is australia was among the first countries to open its doors to the new year with glittering fireworks and picked up the baton with spectacular shows held all across the region and then to dubai where hundreds gathered at the world's tallest building to watch an amazing eli

r.t. moscow. all right it's good to have you with us today on our let's get to the world update here for you some other international headlines in brief first to libya it's where fighting has broken out in the center of the capital between two armed militia groups at least five dead at latest count the clashes are thought to have started after former rebels based in tripoli arrested fighters belong to a rival group from the city of misrata that happened on new year's eve witnesses say that tripoli militia going to excuse me arrested six men brought them inside a council building beat them up and detained them the resulting intense battle on tuesday involved a machine guns r.p.g. use and anti aircraft guns an eight month civil war in libya did end in october but there are concerns over growing hostility between the rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria france's voice so the effectiveness of the league's monitors

r.t. moscow. thank auspex for the past this. welcome to business traders are closely monitoring the escalating tensions between iran and the west if the worst case scenario comes to polls some analysts say all could jump to two hundred dollars a barrel but nick parsons from national australia bank explains why that's unlikely . i think the very very close relationship between the external value of the u.s. dollar and oil has begun to slip over the course of the last few months if we mind ourselves of where we were three summers ago the oil price eight hundred forty seven dollars per barrel exactly on the day when the euro dollar exchange rate one sixty so we had a very weak u.s. dollar we had a very high oil price that relationship has held good over a long period of time now if it were based purely on that then we'd be looking today at an oil price or around seventy or seventy five dollars so that suggests to me that a lot of the potential disruption that we hear talked about is already in the price and i doubt very much that w

r.t. live from moscow egyptians are voting in the third round of their first post revolution parliamentary election the country's leading islamist party is expected to dominate with results now in ten days the vote will see a transition of power from the army which has been in charge since the toppling of former president mubarak in february of last year mubarak in the meantime is on trial charged with complicity in the killing of more than eight hundred protesters during february's popular uprising last month the previous round of voting was overshadowed by violent clashes between protesters and the army and government raids on charitable organizations last week also added to the bad feeling and those artists are really going to score reports from cairo this content is running high. the revolution may have toppled hosni mubarak the manager passions accuse of corruption and suffocating freedom but now it's the ruling supreme council of armed forces which finds itself in hot water with the west following raids on human rights organizations last week for this is a very dangerous situation be

r.t. moscow. russia of course welcome twenty twelve in with the buying being the world's biggest country the celebrated new year's times there we go it is all about figs two it's nine time zones with the country's far east kicking kicking off the festivities in the russia's western most point the baltics into kaliningrad finishing them off while hundreds also gathered in moscow's red square of course to toast those pictures from their world was treated to a mass celebrations of fireworks all over the globe let's take a look at the pictures from new york. times square for the ceremonial ball dropping at midnight the festivities two iconic saying from australia the bridge lighting up among the first countries to open its doors to the new littering fall over sydney harbor asia to thinking about with spectacular shows across the region pretty scene from dubai as well hundreds gathered in the world's tallest building to watch the mazing illumination display there it is revelers also packed cities all o

r.t. live from moscow. syria's president has blamed a foreign conspiracy for the turmoil in the country amid ongoing protests against his rule addressing the nation bashar al assad promised more political reform while dismissing opposition claims of a bloody crackdown he said he's actually fighting armed insurgents using peaceful protests as a cover now for more on this we can talk to the middle east expert professor jeremy saul from builtin university in ankara good to see you today so president assad claims a foreign conspiracy is behind the unrest in syria how justified do you think these accusations. i think the opposition can see nothing. but in his sins but in many respects. he singled out. one so. new and i think. assessment. from the very ineffectual. when you're. talking well you don't use the consumers and we do know that many many. things not to bring down the syrian government and that includes. britain france and the governments. opinion of. syria. really. not. a country which has. no elections

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm wrong reception parties are getting a new talk show the world and media is already in a spin over its host it's the man who's exposed the wrongs of the highest levels of government and the military the wiki leaks founder julian assange let's get more now from our london correspondent laura smith standing by for us here my lord this really sounds like it could be the talk show to watch how did how did all of this come about. well it became clear to us that you in essence wanted to make this program it's going to be and also hosted by him and of course everybody knows about julian assange and his name has become famous some might say infamous as the founder of the web site wiki leaks which released the biggest mass disclosure of secret information coming out of the us in history and it's going to be broadcast it's nice to be on o t it's going to focus on his favorite topic which of course is control of a c he's going to be talking through the series to ten what he calls iconic visio

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm a receipt shy the sanctions keep piling up on iran e.u. ministers have reportedly come to an agreement to apply an unprecedented block wide on iranian oil europe says it'll be for the common good and will make tehran everything. it's nuclear program which israel and its allies a threat let's not get more of the sanctions from of course want to. live in brussels good to see you so tell us where does the e.u. . of these sanctions fall what would understand that a block wide from the e.u. is a huge. yes indeed roll the e.u. leaders twenty seven foreign ministers are meeting today here in brussels to finally formalize and finalize the tails of these sanctions on iran it is going to be unprecedented in terms of scale they would like to see a total oil embargo on iran and also possibly targeting the central bank the aim of course here is to financially economically cripple the iranian economy over its controversial nuclear program which western leaders of long insisted in arguing that i

r.t. live from moscow still ahead of the program with me kevin zero in down with knowledge. of what the capital of iran here's the president of iran is now. you know in name manager jaffery well we set out for the streets of new york to discover what americans know about their country's policy at home. and across the globe. there's not much new year cheer from economists predicting return to recession in europe for twenty twelve in fact leaders use new year messages to warn of hard times ahead in the respective countries german chancellor angela merkel said that europe was facing its most severe test in decades while french president sarkozy's war of the debt crisis blanketing the continent was far from over many governments are being forced to slash their spending to meet debt obligations as economic growth in europe's been of a standstill some analysts believe that the e.u. leaders attempts at keeping the eurozone together is something deepening the crisis . you peon leaders are trying to shore up the eurozone by having greater degrees of centralization and more having cou

reform must be one here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia tom watson r.t. moscow. or let's get to the world up here on r t some other headlines from around the world for you in brief first our attention to libya it's where the fighting has broken out in the center of the capital between two armed militia groups leaving at least five people dead the clashes thought to have started after former rebels based in tripoli arrested fighters who belong to a rival in the city of misrata on new year's eve witnesses say the tripoli militia arrested six men brought them inside a council building beat them up and detained them and the resulting in tension battle on tuesday involved machine guns rocket propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns an eight month civil war in libya did end in october but there are concerns over growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria france's voice down so over the effectiveness of the league's monitors in the country amid concerns that for

r.t. moscow. and so i had for you this hour here on r t the key to success. the same question everybody owns it the former all over the world by the way. i do it because. when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the learn to be careful the more beautiful i was a person we hear from the man who moved to russia years ago to explore some of the country's neglected lands and transform down into florida saying this is a success he reveals his secret secrets in our special series pathfinders. and now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world tens of thousands have rallied in central budapest to protest against the new garin constitution a day after it came into force activists chanting anti-government slogans and denounce president viktor orban center right regime as dictatorship they say the new laws undermine democracy and threaten judicial independence legislation was pushed through parliament last april despite criticism from the u.s. and. in the u.s. republican presidential hopefuls are competing to win over

r.t. dot com. five thirty pm on january the first two thousand and twelve here in moscow time for your r.t. headlines president obama has signed a bill which imposes new tougher sanctions on iran over its disputed nuclear program this is despite tehran's threats to shut off a key oil supply route in the gulf as tension between the two countries continues to build. the syrian regime's crackdown on demonstrators continues on a beta forcing arab league observers to warn damascus to rein in the violence the monitors are overseeing the implementation of a peace plan that president assad has agreed to. on the world rings in two thousand and twelve with a bang with fireworks and celebrations all across the globe in moscow and hundreds of gathered on the red square to watch a larger scale extravaganza light up the city skyline. what a display it was now here on r.t. we travel to the northwest coast of russia it's time to make friends with sea canaries and explore their wild underwater world our special report coming your way in. the white sea its surface remains true to the recently seven months a

be out on the streets in twenty twelve in europe america and around the world and he said no way r.t. moscow. a more insight and analysis on the events that made twenty five an hour on our website r t v dot com also watch our special new year of coverage from the heart of moscow reports from various parts of the world the expert analysis on some of the most significant events of the past year. plus a major stories as seen through the eyes of our correspondents who were in the hot spots of events their testimonies are at r.t. dot com. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . and now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world u.s. president barack obama has signed the fans' bill with a price tag of six hundred sixty two billion dollars despite serious reservations by critics over how terror suspects will be handled under its provisions the new law means any person can be detained without charge opponents also say the legislation gives more authority to the military to detain and interrogate people denying t

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm wrong reception by the russian capital says that western nations want to change a un resolution that proposed in order to push syria towards regime change russia wanted the security council to both the government and opposition to lay down their arms. going off as more reaction from moscow. the amendments proposed to the russian draft resolution on syria at the u.n. security council are aimed at toppling president assad's regime while moscow has a different approach to the situation is calling for both sides of the conflict in syria to put their weapons down and negotiate and it's to address a solution rules out any possible military intervention in all this according to the russian foreign ministry which says that despite the differences in approaches it's still ready for dialogue on this matter with the west and foreigners but stresses that the libyan scenario can not be repeated in syria meanwhile the secretary of russia's security council has said there's reasons to believe th

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm wrong reception parties are getting a new talk show and a world of media is already in a spin over its host it's the man who's exposed the wrongs of the highest levels of government and the military the wiki leaks founder julian assange let's get more now from our london correspondent laura smith standing by for us here my lord this really sounds like it could be the talk show to watch how did or how did all of this come about well it became clear to us that you know songs wanted to make this program it's going to be with sen and also states by him and of course everybody knows about his name has become famous some might say infamous as the founder of the web site wiki leaks which when he's the biggest.

r.t. is coming to you live from moscow now u.s. president barack obama has signed a bill that imposing new sanctions against iran the measures that target the country's central bank and will particularly hit all revenues relations between washington and tehran reached a dangerous point this week the islamic country threatening to block off of vital oil supply route in the persian gulf for its currently holding navy drills tehran promised not to let one drop of oil go through the strait of hormuz if the west goes on with sanctions the u.s. and the e.u. stepping up pressure over iran's nuclear program iran has since said it's ready for fresh talks in time political analyst chris bambery believes the west is putting world peace at stake with its stubbornness over sanctions. the americans could probably force using the military in the gulf could probably force open the straits of hormuz but that would mean war with iran and that would be a huge huge escalation and would threaten world peace and therefore i think the iranians are really

r.t. moscow will surely we discuss the best way to bring democracy before that they'll take a look what's happening in the world of business here is international. it's twenty four minutes past noon here moscow watching business r.t. escalating tensions between iran and the west remain firmly in the sights of investors if the worst scenario takes place some analysts speculate oil could jump to two hundred dollars a barrel but nick parsons from national australia bank says a price spike is unlikely. i think the very very close relationship between the external value of the u.s. dollar and oil has begun to slip over the course of the last few months if we remind ourselves of where we were three summers ago the oil price eight hundred forty seven dollars per barrel exactly on the day when the euro dollar exchange rate one sixty so we had a very weak u.s. dollar we had a very high oil price that relationship has held good over a long period of time and if it were based purely on that then we'd be loo

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm rori sushi today marks ten years since the first prisoners were sent to america's most notorious prison in cuba of course out of guantanamo bay and after a decade the detention center remains on at the wrong side of the law with its harsh interrogation processes and use of torture barack obama promised to close it but instead the president has now signed a new law authorizing the indefinite detention of terror suspects artie's christine for our ports. promises made i've said repeatedly that i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that promise is broken it is ministration policy to try to close guantanamo we have certainly run into opposition and the problem is he doesn't have a plan to do that or at least what to do with terror suspects they are suspects like moroc or not captured in pakistan in two thousand and one while working for an ngo that helps young people get off drugs he was sent to guantanamo and tortured for five years. after i had seen a couple thing

reform must be one here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia tom watson r.t. moscow. so i had for you this hour here in our key to success. the same question everybody to the farmer all over the world are the review you are doing because. when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the lower the picture of reform on the board from others a person. we hear from the madam moved to russia years ago to explore the country's neglected lands and transform them into florida businesses and he reveals the secrets in our special series binders. watching our two live from moscow let's take a look at what's making news elsewhere in the world towns of thousands have rallied outside budapest opera house to protest against the new hungary and constitution a day after it came into force activists chanted anti-government slogans and denounce president viktor orban center right as dictatorship they say the new laws will undermine democracy and threaten judicial independence legislation was pushed through parliament last april despite criticism from the u.s

r.t. dot com also watch our special new year coverage from the heart. moscow reports from various parts of the world an expert analysis on some of the most significant advance of the past year. plus the major stories as seen through the eyes of our correspondents who were in the hot spots of events their testimonies are at our key dot com. witnesses. to history making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . violence in syria continues unabated despite the arab league observers mission that started this week security forces have reportedly opened fire on thousands of protesters with monitors giving conflicting accounts of government snipers involved activists claim dozens were killed in recent clashes in flashpoint cities all of which are also being visited by the monitors the u.n. says more than five thousand people have died in the ten month long unrest with damascus blaming armed gangs for the violence journalist. believes a lot of the videos and recent media coverage are there are five zero. it's certainly the western media

r.t. moscow so i have for you this hour the key to success the same question everybody answered the farmer all over the world how do we radiate so we like i do it because . when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line the became a farmer the more i really felt i was a person we hear from the man who moved to russia years ago to explore the country's neglected lands and transform them into fortune businesses he reveals his secrets in our special series of past pioneers. and now a look at what's making the news around the world this hour tens of thousands have rallied outside budapest opera house to protest against the constitution a day after it came into force acting as chance of anti-government slogans and denounce president viktor orban center arrive regime as a dictatorship they say that. your mind democracy and threaten judicial independence legislation was forced through parliament last april despite criticism from the u.s. and the. in the u.s. republican

happy to have each other as friends no matter the reasons that brought them together karen tara r.t. moscow. back to recap our top stories in just a few statements. to . this is our top. to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that won't we breathe we hope. to me the american dream is to live in peace and prosperity and freedom and a government under socialism is not a government a free. man. you . have very motivated out for us the country who are activists who are willing to fight for what they think is rights for themselves but the fact is forty four bridge then. we are counting. property drowning and i think it's threatened by it's cutting off our. it's making goldmark recy. all but impossible. wealthy british style stock. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines in two counties a report on our. welcome back a look at the main stories we've been covering point this out the u.s. rebuffs terror. to bring its aircraft c

reform must be one here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia tom watson r.t. moscow. now at one twenty one am here in the russian capital up next we'll talk to former german chancellor and the current chairman of the north streaming gas pipeline hard schroeder he tells us here at r.t. all about the benefits of energy cooperation between russia and the e.u. and discusses ways for the eurozone to try and escape its ongoing debt crisis. gerhard schroeder was charles love germany from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom's russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea europe mr further why should the e.u. increase its dependence on gazprom. i know. we're not talking about russia's dependence we're talking about cooperation between russia on the one side and the european union on the other in the energy sector stream is viewed as a priority project both by russia and the e.u. because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six recognized by the european parliament and the e.u. council of

r.t. moscow. also i have for you this hour here in r.t. the key to success. the same question everybody the former all over the world are there we review. where we start you don't know anything about the boy world because of the border but there's a person we hear from the man who moved to russia years ago to explore the country's neglected lands and transform them into florida businesses he reveals his secrets in our special series of pathfinders. now let's take a look at what else is making news around the world tens of thousands have rallied in central budapest to protest against the new home of their own constitution a day after it came into force activists chanted anti-government slogans and denounced president viktor orban sent the riot regime as a dictatorship they say the new laws will undermine democracy and threaten judicial independence the legislation was pushed through parliament last april despite criticism from the u.s. and. in the u.s. republican presidential hopefuls are competing to win over the people of iowa why in the first election of th

r.t. moscow. some other world news in brief for you this hour but first to libya where fighting has broken out in the center of tripoli between two armed militia groups there are thought to have been competing for control of a government building in the capital the intense battle involved machine guns rocket propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns there is no immediate word on casualties and the eight months civil war in libya ended in october but there are concerns over growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria france has boys doubts over the effectiveness of the league's monitors in the country amid concerns that forces are still killing anti-government protesters in the most recent wave of trouble a gas pipeline exploded in homes problems which the government has playing terrorists five thousand people have been killed in syria since the uprising began last march. a suicide blast in af

reform must be one here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia tom watson r.t. moscow. not as good as some other international headlines for your brief this hour time for the r.t. world update first to libya it's where fighting has broken out in the center of the capital between two armed militia groups at least five people now counted as dead the clash is thought to have started after former rebels based in tripoli arrested fighters who belong to or why of all groups and city of misrata. what does it say the tripoli militia arrested six men brought them inside a council building beat them up to take them and the resulting intense battle on tuesday involved machine guns rocket propelled grenades and anti aircraft guns an eight month civil war in libya ended in october there are concerns over growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria from says a voice over the effectiveness of the league's monitors in the country all amid concerns that forces are still killing an

the headlines on r.t. moscow wanted u.n. partners not to try and alter its draft resolution on syria russia wants an end to the bloody fighting and the start of peace talks but others are backing regime change. british prime minister david cameron arrives in saudi arabia the u.k.'s largest arms market in the middle east even as the gulf kingdom continues its crackdown on protests. members of the cause of our radical self-determination movement promised a lot of good shipments from serbia that says belgrade continues to compromise leaving local service in the disputed region under pressure from the albanian majority. by the u.s. warns iran so supremely against attempts to block oil trade in the gulf threatening to respond with force that further heats up for the action on to iran ahead of a show as you will visit by u.n. nuclear watchdog inspectors. wanted to stay with us if you can here on our next with the sports. hello welcome to the latest spot is friday afternoon and the top stories staying put stars like a samuel eto sa

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be out on the streets in twenty twelve in europe america and around the world and he said no way r.t. moscow. is the child twenty eleven waiting for you on our website at home and also the f.a. you. can see how the world celebrating the arrival of twenty twelve so you'll find some spectacular footage of celebrations around the globe. also the end of the years so u.s. troops wave file to wrong home explores the implications and consequences of nine years of conflict. and a look at the uprising demos and disasters of twenty eleven as seen through the eyes of our correspondent so here that testimony of. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven. so stay with us to explore the most remote and unexplored part of siberia later the sound of headlines and i think just a few of us here with. the least explored koreans. and touched by money. surrounded by steve. case paintings on display for found some some fierce. eastern something beyond the tiger. on t.v. . the lou. right to clean those top. squandered money. about. what is no. more new sixty sq

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow rule reception. syrian troops backed by tanks and heavy i mean never politically regain control over the outskirts of damascus activists suggest over sixty people have been killed in the latest fighting it's just over a day after the arab league mission that was frozen and. now has details from the syrian capital. this is considered one of the big connecting points between the city that's us and the suburbs people areas like harassed and i believe that have been the seeds of this fighting over the weekend along with a number of the suburbs as government forces have moved to retake control of areas that have folded its rebel forces no people here in the city who waking up yesterday morning sounds of gunfire and shelling from many of these areas the images is rising for it so these suburbs and tanks rolling into the street scenes that were described as. the extremely conservative this comes on the back of the arab league monitoring mission posting its exact mission here the time being they haven't real

will be out on the streets in twenty twelve in europe america and around the world and he's now a r.t. moscow. we've got much more on the events that shaped twenty eleven way to view and a website called there also see how the world celebrates the arrival of twenty twelve we've got some spectacular footage of new year's celebration the composer put it all together on a website that was great fireworks around the world also on line for us the end of the year so u.s. troops way farewell to iraq call me exposed the implications and consequences of nine years of conflict and also online tonight a look at the uprising the demos the disasters of twenty eleven the same for the eyes of our correspondents interesting series you brought you last week didn't catch it all the testimonies online take. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and seven on our t.v. . in a few minutes we invite you to explore the remotest parts of siberia with us at our table but not before i've been back to update the headlines for you just ahead here on r.t. . the least exposed b