some petersburg of scaled them last of a russian revolution flagship the overall to find out why r.t. talk. and you have the sports in about twenty minutes time he's going to be covering the motor racing tragedy in vegas which has killed one of the. biggest stars i could afford out there let's get the business with me. gazprom is pushing for tax amendments on deals with its subsidiaries russia's venomously daily reports that gazprom has asked prime minister not to apply the new transfer pricing law to its subsidiaries head of gazprom alexei miller says the new rules which will come into force next year increase price review risks and they meet also jeopardize the gas problems investment program and reduce its market value prime minister putin has ordered the financial force used to decide on the proposal by the end of this week. russia's web search major uganda existing up with korea's electronics maker samsung companies have announced a strategic partnership for out the c.i.s. markets samsung t.v. sets will be featuring an in-built yandex widget which gives internet access through the com

r.t. damascus. talk show cross talk to grips with america's frosty relations with a round up at nineteen thirty g.m.t. today but officials determined to prove to was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. doesn't everyone convinced. this person who seems to be mad goes to mexico he said he is. drug runner that i have a cousin who is a high general in the iranian armed forces and then they wire one hundred thousand dollars i mean even if the people who made up the story had read a couple of spying novels they know that they don't wire money especially from iran and to mexican drug dealers they would do it in cash then he when he is in prison he calls this pose an iranian general and he tells him on the phone to carry out the operation i mean come on on the phone a senior iranian commander on an international line to the united states with a good point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think of the claim that mr marandi seems to be making there are the obama administration s

r.t. talks to an author of the report. is just after two pm here in the russian capital and. watching far welcome to the program now live is a new rulers are increasingly being accused of the kinds of abuses they were rebelling against when they overthrew colonel gadhafi insert the number of people allegedly executed has risen to three hundred now this comes on top of criticism that gadhafi has body was put on public display inside a meat market fridge for five days and he said no way reports now.

in-depth coverage don't forget to visit our site r t v dot com here's what's lined up for you today r.t. talked to the king of talk shows that's larry king of course to discuss the highlights of his career including his exclusive interview with. many of the russian resorts in sochi prepares to host the twenty fourth winter olympic games an army of volunteers and interpreters gathers to begin playing their part in the city well ahead of the big event. time to take in more of russia in close up and today more on health care. we're taking you six hundred kilometers from moscow today to the pens a region famous for its natural beauty and strong cultural traditions the capital also called pens i was founded in the seventeenth century as a small fortress on a narrow strip of river bank today the city sets a shining example of how the safe and happy lives are so easy greg wrote of went to learn the secrets of their success. almost every day the government is telling us that we should eat more fruits and vegetables drink less exercise more of course many people ignore these recommendations and start wo

professor christopher busby talk to me a little earlier on r.t. now let's update you on some other international news this hour in our world update at least ten people were killed and dozens injured in clashes between yemeni government security forces and protesters in the capital sanaa in the province of tiny's that's despite the declaration of the cease fire between president ali abdullah saleh and his opponent has for months refused to step down after more than thirty years in power despite protests and international pressure. to. dismantle a barricade on the border with serbia and peacekeepers to open the crossing to traffic this is the first of eighteen barricades and more than kosovo to be removed was handed to nato led forces yesterday because of an serbs have been blocking roads for weeks to stop because of our authorities putting customs checkpoints in place. human rights activists claim patients in serious state run hospitals are being tortured of quality opposition forces reports that at least six people were killed in fresh clashes wit

occupy wall street movement which started over a month ago shows no signs of slowing down and next r.t. talks to often social critic james cussler about the phenomenon and what kind of impact it's going to make on the future of the united states that interview's next now be back with more news for you another update in fifteen minutes from now. i. know. how he is sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us it's nice to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street movement we've seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really out are just teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's hilarious that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you don't you can articulate your position you have any agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among

next r.t. talks to martin anderson former chief accountant for the european commission she says that brussels only cares about propping up the idea of the e.u. however a much the part of grows her interviews next. i'm talking to mark to address and he's now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party but she was formally the european commission's chief accountants while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the commission's accounting system which she said left it vulnerable to fraud not transgress and thanks for talking to us today now where you are you're a skeptic when you join the commission as chief accountant no i was not the euro skeptic in fact i thought the euro project was a project of cooperation i thought they were sharing solutions among the different member states so i was quite owners to be able to be part of the european union and also or to be part of our ard minister to reform that global or underemployed what happened or what did you find ou

follow what's going on in syria first hand from someone who's got the presidency here as r.t. talks to his political and press advisor next. as there was a view of this is the third time that the security council has failed to adopt a resolution criticizing syria as russia and china use that power as a veto joining us today to discuss this and the general situation in the country is political and media advisor to syria's president dr was saying a shotgun mr ban welcome to our program how do you assess the position taken by russia and the security council to block the resolution criticizing syria what information did syrian authorities give russia to support its position. i thought we welcome the positions taken by russia and china and their use of the veto in the interests of syria and its people the information provided was just about the reality of the state of affairs the point is that decisions taken by western countries are based not on real events in syria but rather on the task of suppressing syria as an arabic state that plays an important role in resistance at the same time

r.t. dot com. to get more insight on the situation in northern kosovo and talk to alexander publisher political analyst from belgrade you're on the line live tonight very good evening alexander thanks for being an r.t. international correspondent says there are no signs of any barricades being moved as of now the locals actually take them down tomorrow do you think. i don't expect i think the serbs have made it clear that they're not going to remove any barricades themselves because the reasons for their being there in the first way is to have a good so i think the ball is in the court of the case for. how much are they within their rights case for to make demands of the serbs like this and how does it correspond with their peacekeeping mandate. well really it doesn't you know they're there to enforce the peace and that's all but k. four for since the end of july has actually been undertaking to help the albanians round out their own sovereign state against un resolution twelve forty four so they've overstepped their mandate if they weren't doing that they would have absolutely no problem with the serb

less than ten minutes up next with the occupy wall street movement showing no signs of abating r.t. talks to author and blogger games counselor who says president obama is a hostage to big business his interview is up next. archie sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so i thank so much for joining us and it's nice to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street movement we've seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really an artist teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's hello larry that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you know you can articulate your position you have any agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among people who are supposed to know what's going on that we cannot construct a coherent story about what's happening to us and what

next r.t. talks to mark anderson's former chief accountant for the european commission she says that brussels only cares about propping up the idea of the e.u. however a much the budget grows her.

the occupy wall street movement is now well into its six week and is not slowing down next r.t. talks to author and blogger james cussler about the phenomenon and how it could influence america's future. argues sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so things.

exchanged for more than a thousand palestinian prisoners but thousands still remain in jail next r.t. talks to the wife of one high profile prisoner considered a terrorist by israel but a hero by the palestinians. he is regarded by many as the palestinian also mandela marwan barghouti who is currently in an israeli prison where he's been for nearly a decade he's serving five life sentences for murdering five israelis and over the years his release has been one of the major stumbling blocks in the gilad shalit prisoner exchange deal with me to discuss this is his wife fired were fired what the israelis always said that they would not release prisoners with blood on their hands but now they are releasing prisoners who have killed the israelis but they're not releasing your husband why do you think not. it's a political issue his judgment and sentencing in an israeli court was all political the israelis put him in jail because he's a leader of the palestinian people and the israelis don't want there to be palestinian leaders he's a symbol of unity between palestinians the israelis are afraid t

almost daily corruption and a poor quality of life are often blamed for causing violence well next r.t. talks to the president's special envoy to the north caucuses about how the situation in the region is being improved. well christopher ponding thank you so much for being with us today thank you president did have said that one of the key problems many countries including russia face today is interesting tension and criminality many russians associate the root of these problems with the kook face you were entrusted to seek advice what can we do about it if that's all the good news so it works i strongly object to your putting it this way that the caucus is the epicenter of the ethnic crime unfortunately and it has repeatedly been stressed crime has no national identity i would support those of the opinion that the criminal group in question is of no particular ethnic origin and another important issue we have to tackle today is migration migration on fortunately or perhaps on the contrary luckily is an economic process strictly speaking modern russia has two major centers today moscow and s

occupy wall street movement which started over a month ago shows no signs of slowing down and next r.t. talks to author and social critic james cussler about the phenomenon and what kind of impact it's going to make on the future of the united states that interview is next now be back with more news for you another update in fifteen minutes from now .

used secret uranium based weapons in iraq causing high levels of cancer and birth defects r.t. talks to an author of the report. to stop at three pm here in the russian capital and you're watching our t.v. now libya's new rulers are increasingly being accused of the kinds of abuses they were rebelling against when they overthrew colonel gadhafi in search of the number of people allegedly executed has risen to three hundred now this comes on top of criticism that gadhafi is body was put on public display inside a meat market for it for five days archies and he said no way reports now from tripoli. one of the major concerns here are light weapons fire arms that are massively in the hands of the population here and there are efforts from the empty seats try to collect and get people to willingly disarm and bring their weapons back but so far it doesn't look like that idea is working out we went to one a collection center if you will yesterday it covers an area of tripoli and for the entire day only about ten or twelve a k forty seven type had been returned just to give you an idea of wh

persecution of serbs play a chance i will say that craft changes every hour of ballots that are home page r.t. talk. syrians are out in protest of the arab league decision not to suspend their country from the organization footage released by the opposition shows hundreds on the streets in the southern province of daraa countries have ever called on the syrian government to start negotiations with the country's opposition it follows a promise from president assad to draft a new constitution within four months and allow a multi-party parliament demands of the protesters but as artists are a seller found out for us in damascus for some that won't be enough. cause for a change in the forms seven months in. one of those calls is to create a real truly stick political system since nine hundred seventy two politics is only open to parties that acknowledge the supreme role of the ruling baath party enjoy this coalition and others for bashar al assad issued a decree passing a multi-party law. dean this is the moment he has been waiting for the chance to add a new voice to syrian politics. we're applying to

allowing the persecution of serbs tell us where you think the root cause lies by heading home page r.t. talk. but there were putin's decision to run for the next president to president say next year has dominated the news in russia for almost a month now in his first big interview since confirming he'll stand the prime minister said having the backing of the current president and the ruling party does not mean the election is a foregone conclusion. as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have voted but there are people who criticize me and to me do me good if they say that if your humble servant takes part in the election that would mean there would be no election at all perhaps that would be the case for them but an ordinary citizen always has a choice to make so our critics might see it their own way but in this case to present their platform and what's more important to me not only to present as you all to to prove to the proctors that they can do these job that are there is another important aspect here the most active part of the political spectrum people who talk about

call the occupy wall street movement is now well into its six week and is not slowing down next r.t. talks to author and blogger james calls lore about the phenomenon and how it could influence america's future. are two sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us it's good to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street movement we've seen many media outlets try to ridicule them.

leaving behind a campaign that's cost american taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars up next r.t. talks with a man who says the u.s. is wasting its money trying to build democracy a false democracy in their.

it's coming up to twenty seven here in moscow still ahead this hour r.t. talks to a veteran observer who explains the long held cultural ties between china and russia also in the latest in world sport to me to be here with the latest from the artistic. world championships interesting which is finished in tokyo i'm kevin lowe in there so the next looks here on our team from. the. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the walls. they are. even chance a good chance to try to get the status of the huge experiments against something. called this rap music was it goes it was allegedly trying to send some local economies and it's all changed things as financial temples. to maintain our confidence in markets and you don't want to be seen trade imbalances with fifty nations close to collapsing a subprime loan foreclosed homes. some fail so we pull a balance again feel a little like to see us crash. seeing flames islamists in athens greece the us for sale just programs increase the total economy. will. bring you the latest in science and technol

sweetens the pill the future rejection by the un if you take the time to go online to cast your vote at r.t. talk. syria's president has told russian television that the forces fighting his regime are armed and dangerous and putting civilians at risk but shot at al assad also said he's ready to work with the opposition parties that have emerged during the months of uprising against his government so are similar reports. strong words coming from syrian president bashar al assad the way the conflict this country's been going on for almost eight months now in that interview to the russian channel he did say that any attempt to destabilize the country will result in what he called an earthquake that will reverberate not just in the region but will have global implications he also stressed that syria is most definitely a different situation altogether and he did voice out what he and his government think is a real cause of the conflict in his country. today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces. during peaceful demonstrations. you know. people we don't know. syria israel. possesses s

r.t. . prepares for talks with the head of the i.m.f. . the world bank he can work on list michael ross told us it will be the one to suffer from its attempts to save the euro. it's always difficult to tell what happens if you really let greed is when corrupt or let go some banks bankrupt the banks are now on the actually know it already and i think what they discussed today in berlin or between. is to keep germany more or less as a hostage we have to stick on the euro we have to stick on the you we cannot leave it we must stick together and give all our money until the system comes completely breaks on the other hand we have also to take account of what is the e.c.b. today did today and when i look to the steps that were announced today i can only say the e.c.b. is committing suicide our central bank is committing suicide on the one hand helping banks with billions and billions they're buying junk bonds billiton billions i mean where does this lead to it's one of the last confidence of the nail the last nail of the coffin of our central b

talking about the governor's health initiatives. there's more of russian if you discover on our website r.t. dot com here's what else is a click away right now. america's king of talk diary king talks to r.t. about one of his final primetime interviews with russia's prime minister vladimir putin. and why a conflict over job could see the world's longest running sitcom the simpsons draw to a close. finally this news blog has been at the forefront of russian classical music for two centuries and now st petersburg's marine ski orchestra has opened the jubilee season for new york's carnegie hall. it's the second time the musicians have been invited this time they performed. the opening of one hundred twentieth anniversary season out of this coming up the program under the baton of marine ski maestro valerie jarrett futures a number of works by celebrated russian composers including of course a touch of tchaikovsky and there is more to come with a set of concerts at carnegie hall in the coming days. finally staging the olympics is a big bucks event but among the grassroots preparations in the russ

but we got another summary in fifteen minutes from now on any time syria's foreign minister talked r.t. about the seven months of bloodshed in his country hell the government plans to appease protesters through reform. but. today we're talking to syrian minister of foreign affairs mr volleyed and one of them that thank you for joining us. now he was a huge presence reserve the last meeting of orrin ministers of the red states and the situation in syria where is the opposition welcomed them do you think the arab league has been playing constructive room look. unfortunately due to the so-called arab spring some countries that had been playing a significant role in the arab league's operation are now busy with their own domestic issues and this doesn't help consolidated solutions hopefully this intuition will be resolved in the short term and these countries will become a sufficient again in consolidating the common arab cause this is first and then do you think it would be reasonable to discuss a country's problems without its participation. a proposal was made at this consultative meeti

more to get more insight on the issue let's now talk to ramsey he's editor of the palestine chronicle dot com thanks so much for being with us here on r.t. before we talk about the political implications sick can you just explain how significant it is being a member of unesco it is for the palestinian people. it is very significant because of your new school is one of the most. will regard and respect to your bodies or organizations that are part of the u.n. and it is so it's very validating for palestinians because it's a cultural. hub for of the international community they are the ones who determine what is. a historical site what is not but this to me is are aiming to include many of the historical sites including the church of nativity eyes heart oh they this was you could not as historical sites and they've been doing this for a long time but the didn't really have the power the capacity to be because they have been to my eyes as over the head observer status as opposed to a full membership and that has changed today oxer nearly forty years of openness in membership in that organization really it's symbolically very exciting and s

r.t. . today we're talking to syrian minister of foreign affairs. thank you for joining us . reserve at the last meeting of.

lavelle and his guests discuss if the euro will survive the ongoing economic crisis cross-talk is next right here on r.t. . welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the euro crisis it is a high noon moment for a eurozone looking to stave off another recession while juggling indebted sovereigns flimsy banks and the specter of economic crisis in the mediterranean this has many seeing the worst does this currency have a future. cross-talk euro jitters i'm joined by john gaunt in london he is chief executive of vote u.k. out of e.u. also in london we have andrew he is director and principal of europe economics and in dublin we go to jeff madrick he is senior fellow at the roosevelt institute and author of age of greed the triumph of finance and the decline of america in one nine hundred seventy s. to the present all right gentlemen this is cross-eyed that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first tell us about this ongoing almost endless crisis that being quite a few meetings but not much progress the global economy is emerging from one of the roughest squares yet with int

r.t. . i. i'm talking to ma to an address and who is now a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party but she was formally the european commission's chief accountants while she was in that job she raised concerns about flaws in the commission's accounting system which she said left it vulnerable to fraud bartram dress and thanks for talking to us today now were you a euro skeptic when you joined the commission as chief accountant no i was not a euro skeptic in fact i thought the euro project was a project of cooperation i thought they were sharing solutions among the different member states so i was quite on earth to be able to be part of the european union and also or to be part of our if i had minister to reform and that they were undergoing what happened or what did you find out to make you change your mind when i found out that they had no control on the payments they were making out of the european union budget basically you know they didn't ask if people qualified to get the funding from the european union and i was responsible for the signature of the spain s

r.t. . now twice talking to scott have bounced back from their feet to city rivals spartak to comprehensively to bear three one in moscow the hosts had to wait more than a quarter of an hour for their for their opener before down a call from the path to find out and then the army man proceeded with confidence letting it go in each of the three periods we didn't hear me adding their names to the score sheets and t. is well on their way to competing with that but then you. say some pride. said big with his go in the dying seconds but it was too little too late as the business is fell to their full strike the fate. now over in the states and the n.f.l. defending super bowl champions the green bay packers remain unbeaten after a forty nine twenty three round of the denver broncos that's their fourth win in a row and it was a fabulous day for packets quarterback aaron rodgers who threw four touchdown passes and ran two more schools rogers on the rise and on sunday this fifty yard pass the nelson to give a seventy three lead at the end of the first quarter. and early in the second the packers were

r.t. . today we're talking to syrian minister of foreign affairs well mr vali done while i'm gone thank you for joining us for. you expressed reserve of the last meeting of foreign ministers of the streets in cairo and the situation in syria where is the opposition welcomed them do you think the arab league has been playing a constructive room or that. unfortunately due to the so-called arab spring some countries that had been playing a significant role in the arab league's operation are now busy with their own domestic issues and this doesn't help consolidated solutions hopefully this is the way she will be resolved in the short term and these countries will become a solution to get it consolidated the common arab cause this is first and do you think it would be reasonable to discuss a country's problems without its participation. second i propose it was made at this consultative meeting to free syria's membership of the arab league this is very dangerous those participating countries spoke against this proposal how can one imagine resolving common are big problems without syria. and third

r.t. we actually talk to serbia's chief negotiator with cause of oh he believes the ethnic specifics of the north of cause of mean a special scenario must be implemented to resolve the tension. was a one sided attempt to change the reality on the ground which is against all the agreements before and it's against security council resolution pro forty four it's against the two if you like seats again six points going by the bank you move which was supported by the security council so what they did is actually they try to wake me up some way to they can see right now we should. listen. to the serbs who live here in the north because the north has its own reality its. really specific it's exclusive in many ways so people here are ethically manali it and they're united in their leaving. and no we did there are differences there are other parts so we should have a new. attempt to resolve the situation in those gates and to find agreement how those gates would look like who will actually have a chance to manage those gates and by what's rules. and you can watch the interview in about twenty six mi

the king of talk shows american larry king talks with r.t. about one of his final primetime interviews with russia's prime minister vladimir putin. and why joe could see the world's longest running said tom the sense i'm drawing to a close. we were at the forefront of russian classical music for two centuries and now st petersburg marine ski orchestra is opening the jubilee season for new york's carnegie hall. it's the second time the musicians have been invited there this time they'll be performing at the opening of the one hundred twentieth anniversary season the program under the baton of an hour in ski maestro valerie jarrett you have features a number of works by celebrated russian composers artistic director says a visit to new york demonstrates the marines the stature as a leading global musical institution. russia remains country music and money is key he's maybe the most active institution in not only russia maybe even globally would perform roughly seven hundred fifty times a year in about thirty countries every year collectively to