georgia's president saakashvili admits defeat for his party in parliamentary elections despite reports of massive electoral fraud and ballot stuffing and it's favor. un members once again fail to find common ground on syria but the final day of the general assembly in march and massacres blaming rebel friendly countries for backing terror and sidelining peace. found on unrest unnoticed continues its crackdown on anti-government protesters with five medics jailed for taking part in an uprising which is largely ignored by the west. hello and welcome to our two where we bring you the latest news twenty four hours a day seven days a week i'm karen tara well georgia is entering a new political era with president saakashvili admitting defeat for his ruling party in parliamentary elections the opposition bloc georgian dream will now form a new government effectively ending the current regimes decade long monopoly on power. has been following the vote and recount in the b.b.c. . statement is as sensational as the outcome of the voting may eventually become he already said despite the voting vo

a former ally of saakashvili. once described saakashvili as a new york bolshevik ruler and that his country is getting more authoritarian so there's definitely promises to be a very tight race we will certainly be bringing all the latest exit poll results as they come out later during the day and a massive press has fallen georgia's prison abuse scandal many refused to buy president saakashvili is promises of transparency and democracy. is can offer for sound what's behind the country's image. brand new boutiques banks restaurants and a western style facelift in general is definitely something georgian authorities can be proud of glass was in police stations and many other new government buildings aimed at creating an image welcome we transferred state system but is it merely an image the reason for it of alleged torture and sexual abuse of inmates in prisons has shocked the georgian public many are comparing it to cases from guantanamo except it contains suspected terrorists and these are ordinary georgian inmate

still a cheater saakashvili it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty in playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in d.c. georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. r.t. reporting from billy c. georgia. and into the world of there we go will start with san francisco where approximately twenty two just were arrested in an unannounced march that was reportedly marking the one year anniversary of the worldwide occupy movement please disperse the crowd which was blocking traffic in response of demonstrators threw rocks and injuring at least one officer marchers were arrested on a variety of charges including conspiracy and assault and that of not having a. israel is accusing iran of sending a spy drone that was shot down after entering its airspace the aircraft was allegedly on route to the to the negev desert has a nucle

by stability to saakashvili it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili is fortress of power down say experts corruption among the elites daunting poverty and playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history alexey worship ski reporting from belief in georgia on the way r.t. talks to lord robert skidelsky had a word winning economist and historian to get his take on how to manage britain's failing economy. for the future science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. by horse. by tractor. by car where the road ends. as a carpenter. as a stove setter. as a farmer. as an assistant. as a friend. as a relative delivering post delivering. cully . offers an air show and an issue museum what's the matter you. most of the residents never profit from the performances you don't see him coming all the sinners are there

even if you like their fear of saakashvili. is a mission of defeat in a sense perhaps shows that he's a wounded animal but the would be still a fear that he would use the prerogatives of the president to try to split the opposition or to try to create perhaps a crisis that will restore his position. nato troops could be soon at the previously planned report of the very same tonights in light of the surge of insider attacks on u.s. soldiers and plummeting morale among troops this is a very short it's a night to. present but if a person criticizes the e.u. but energy package saying it could lead to a financial collapse in gas transportation all that and more after. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life for some traditionally the nets people are nomadic reindeer herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in their trade . another weekend will be preparing for a living around thei

this president saakashvili admits defeat for his party and parliamentary elections despite reports of massive electoral fraud and balance stuffing in its favor. un members once again failed to find common ground on syria one final day of the general assembly mark trying to mask us blaming rebel friendly countries for backing terror and sidelining peace. and rest on noticed the bahraini all promising is claiming more lives as a young man dies in a prison where he spent several months for taking part in the anti regime protests which are largely ignored by the west. thank you for joining r t where we bring you the latest news from our studio here and moscow georgia is entering a new political era with president saakashvili admitting defeat for his ruling party in parliamentary elections the opposition bloc georgian dream will now form a new government effectively ending the current regimes decade long monopoly on power parties aleksei to shift gears been following the vote and the count in b.c. . statement is as sensational as the outcome of the voting may eventually become he already s

stability to saakashvili it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty and playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party in continues in billy see georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. of ski r.t. reporting from belief in georgia and in just a couple of minutes here at r.t. we speak a lot of robert skidelsky an award winning economist and historian to get his take on how to mend britain's flailing economy just a second. well the true science technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia we've dumped the future coverage wealthy british style. markets 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 tune in to cause a report. to . be soon which brightened. some move from funds to impressions. means crude stun

georgian president mikhail saakashvili is urged to step down after a grueling election upside leaves his party on the margins and him vulnerable to legal action. this is our c coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program torture violence and arrest was used by human rights activists in bahrain to describe the government's attempts to crush and to regime support in the latest incident a riot police move to disperse a funeral procession for a protester who died behind bars after he was allegedly denied proper medical treatment for his point to clear her smile about. mohammed was sentenced to seven years behind bars for participating in pro democracy rallies note that i'm saying pro-democracy rallies his family and his lawyer claimed that he was suffering from sickle cell anaemia and he died while in prison because he did not receive adequate medical treatment and now thousands of people gathered on tuesday for his funeral procession but it resulted in clashes between protesters and police as the protesters were prevented from reaching the pole roundabout which is the

and georgian president mikheil saakashvili is urged to step down after a galling election upset his party on the margins and him vulnerable to legal action. hello and welcome to our team with me karen we go now to a developing story up to four explosions have rocked the central square of syria's largest city of aleppo reportedly killing around forty people the blasts were thought to have been caused by car bombs and were followed by heavy gunfire more on that from march's middle east correspondent paula slayer paula she joins us live now so syria is no stranger to terrorist attacks what happened this time. well they have as you say a number of explosions in the syrian northern city of aleppo which is also the country's commercial hub syrian state television is reporting that this is the work of terrorists and that dozens of people have been killed many of them belonging to the syrian regime and now it comes amid intensified fighting between government forces and rebel fighters in the search and we are understanding that the explosions were a few minutes apart they happened near the city's

georgia's president saakashvili it makes defeat for his party in parliamentary elections despite reports of massive electoral fraud and ballot stuffing in its favor. hello this is r.t. love from moscow at ten pm tuesday evening welcome if you're just joining us my name's kevin and first tonight syria's accuse the u.s. france and their allies in the arab world of sabotaging peace efforts by supporting rebels with arms money and mercenaries the country's foreign minister delivered a fiery speech on the final day of the un general assembly meanwhile claims are emerging that some of the western backed rebels who also have the support of israel might try to target jews if they manage to topple president just said journalist capital kabul ready uncovered some of the evidence supporting those claims. the irony of supporting the rebels who may eventually become great enemies of the west is something that's lost in the interval on the very eager interventionists who are pushing the west to intervene in syria to arm the opposition and i interviewed a group of rebels in damascus who were holed up i

it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty in playing hardball with all contributed the new really party says it will address these issues in the first place and as the party continues in georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its both soviet history. r.t. reporting from billy c. georgia. just a moment on the r.t. world update for now four russian citizens that were accused of espionage in the united states this week they are among a group of employees at an electronics company arrested by the f.b.i. investigators claim they illegally provided millions of dollars worth of cutting edge technology to moscow saying it could be used by the military a total of eight people for russians among them are charged with espionage and illegal commercial activities guilty they could face twenty five years in prison says that this is a criminal case that has absolutely nothing to do with spying. or are into the are there we go we'll start with san francis

president saakashvili is ruling party. and the u.k. admits to political benefit plans for secret war with the boarding complicity and torture charges that remain objective. though and welcome to you aren't t. the start of october on karen tara with you today russian palm band pussy riot have appeared in court moscow to appeal against their prison term they three were sentenced to two years in jail and all goes for inciting religious hatred during a political protest at russia's main cathedral the verdict sparked controversy in the country and abroad here is our own thomas with the details of the hearing. court has wrapped up for the day and this is coming after you got that you know somewhat so you have it's the oldest of the three women requested a new lawyer and the court has granted that request which means she needs time to prepare the appropriate documents in the papers in order to let this specific hearing go through a new court date has been set for that hearing that is october tenth now again today many people here to see insid

it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili as fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty in playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in belief georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. r.t. reporting from billy c. in georgia. and next we'll look at the scars of conflict still visible in vietnam almost forty years after former president richard nixon and now it's the u.s. one and it's war there that's coming up after the break. well for the true science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future of coverage. wealthy british style. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our cheek. by horse. by tractor. by car where the road ends. as a carpenter. as a stove setter. does a f

oppositional lines are going head to head as the nation votes for its next parliament president saakashvili is parties desperate to hold onto its majority in the chamber after its popularity plummeted in the wake of the prisoner abuse scandal artie's alex said a short skis in the georgian capital. voting continues into what promises to be a crucial election for georgia and its mordant a history of this election will show whether the people are happy with the current political regime with prison saakashvili and his united national movement body but you know when more wider picture the party which wins this election will be able to then appoint a prime minister and when the constitutional amendments take place next year when real estate is down which will allow other prime minister to have just about the same policies as the president had then this party would be. to appoint the prime minister and basically have the georgia's future in its hands fourteen parties are running in this election but the main battle will be between the united national movement party the ruling party of the presiden

it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili fortress of power down say experts corruption among the leads don't see him playing hardball with russia or contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. reporting from billy c. in georgia mass protests have taken place in several cities across italy as people continue to van their anger over intensifying spending cuts protesters gathered in venice on saturday demanding an immediate referendum on independence from rome as follows a series of violent clashes between students and drive police that saw several officers injured earlier this week professor. who is a separatist party organize the nation rally believes that with getting worse a floating city will be much better off on its own. or in a situation worse than a colony because there's a worse once they say in italy it's the highest in the world and our services. are extremely poor we ha

georgian president mikheil saakashvili is one of the vulnerable. election upset at the army on the margins and president torture opprobrium and. thank you for joining our two you are really bringing the latest news from around the world twenty four hours a day seven days a week on karen tara well up to four explosions have rocked the central square of syria's largest city of aleppo reportedly killing around forty people the blast were thought to have been caused by car bombs and were followed by heavy gunfire artie's middle east correspondent paul slayer reports syrian state television is reporting that this is the work of terrorists and that dozens of people have been killed many of them belonging to the syrian regime and now it comes amid intensified fighting between government forces and rebel fighters in the city and we are understanding that the explosions were a few minutes apart they happened near the city's large squares at least one massive crater has remained in the ground a metal facade of several two buildings nearby were completely rip

even if you like their fear of saakashvili. who is admission of defeat in a sense perhaps shows that he's a wounded animal but the would be still a fear that he would use the prerogatives of the president to try to split the opposition or to try to create perhaps a crisis that will restore his position. a correspondent in georgia keeping you updated on what's happening there virus twitter feed he's now saying that supporters of the georgian dream of the gathering outside the central election commission as they fear may have been in the vote is the latest pictures we got from the scene. you can follow him for the latest details from the streets of the capital tbilisi. nato chiefs admitted the alliance's withdrawal from afghanistan could be exhilarated now because of the taliban's strategy of insider attacks it comes as the number of u.s. soldiers killed during the invasion and eleven iraq you pay should reach the two thousand mark according to the nato secretary general the so-called green on blue attacks on western soldiers hav

georgian president mikhail saakashvili is urged to step down after a grueling an election upside leaves his party on the margins and him vulnerable to legal. news from russia and around the world this is our see with me our thanks for joining us after four explosions have rocked the central square of syria's largest city of aleppo reportedly killing around thirty people the blasts were thought to have been caused by car bombs and world followed by heavy gunfire that toxic place at this city's main square there is controlled by government forces and according to activists and nearby military social center may have been the targets terror bombings again security facilities have become increasingly common in syria's long lasting civil war and similar types of work carried out on a military school and army headquarters in damascus last week and some of these attacks are now joined live by. pakistan terrorism ground zero hello welcome to the program so rebel groups have claimed responsibility for the lion's share of similar bombings across syria are today's explosions just the latest in a st

georgia as the ruling party and loses the parliamentary election explain what led to president saakashvili defeat. but all of these stories are much more after a short break. it's perched atop a jaw drop and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city to siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the a spiritual center. scenes like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of worshippers did themselves and blessid walter to commemorate the baptism of jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies the balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of the state revenue but the ball scrimmage location had of the uses for the russians the russian crowd a revolt against the czar and eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists will stand here and drove. there they created a replica high society ado

sound georgians caused the ballots for a new more powerful parliament while scandals president saakashvili is reading all say. the u.k. admits to political benefits to plans for secret courts without voicing complicity in torture charges the main object. of. news from russia and around the world this is all see with me thanks for joining us russian punk band pussy riot appearing in court in moscow to appeal against that prison term the three were sentenced to two years in jail in august for inciting religious hatred during a political protest at russia's main cathedral the verdict sparked controversy in the country and abroad and let's not talk to our sees a show i'm told was kind of that so has anything come out of the courtroom get shown. well certainly as you know this is the appeals process specifically regarding the sentence and what that means is that no new information or no evidence will be heard in today's court hearing and coming out of the court today we've learned that you've got to be in a somewhat serious which the oldest of the three women has requested a new what lawyer and

election will show whether the people are happy with the current political regime with business saakashvili and his united national movement party but more wider picture the party which wins this election will be able to then appoint a prime minister and when the constitutional amendments take place next year when the state is down which will allow other prime minister to have just about the same powers as the president had then this party would be able to appoint the prime minister and basically have the georgia's future in its hands fourteen parties are running in this election but the main battle will be between the united national movement party the ruling party of the president saakashvili and the party georgian dream run by a tycoon whose fortune makes up almost half of the country's national budget mr ivanishvili according to all the surveys the ruling party is in the slight lead with about forty percent but the party georgian dream still has a very good chance of winning this election especially with a very turbulent twist of events in the recent months in georgia with a video of pr

it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili is fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty in playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in belief georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. r.t. reporting from belief in georgia and r.t. is coming to you live from moscow and i just a few minutes the youngsters whose addiction to adrenaline takes them to new extreme heights if you suffer from vertigo the man i want to watch this if you don't however enjoy. wealthy british style holds. on to. the. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cars a report on. the world from the. science technology innovation hall the least of melamine from around russia we've gone to the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part

by stability to saakashvili it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili is fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites don't see him playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in belief georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history alexey worship ski reporting from billy c. in georgia and on the way our t.v. talks a lord robert skidelsky an award winning economist and historian to get his take on how to mend britain's failing economy. download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. required to watch. watch on t.v. any time. well the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia. the future covered. wealthy british seinfeld's. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to. overcoming a barrier like this seems possible. but you crave somethin

. >> ahead in the next half hour -- georgia alexa's new parliament, forcing president mikheil saakashvili to concede, but these days in office. >> a collision on the busy hongkong harbor killed at least 37 people. >> a new study shows australia's great barrier reef is in a serious state of decline. >> george is entering uncharted waters, perhaps the first democratic change of government since the collapse of the soviet union more than 20 years it. >> president mikheil saakashvili will stay in office, but his party has lost parliamentary elections to the opposition party, the georgian dream. now you'll have to get along with a new prime minister who ran a bitter campaign against him. >> batman is a once elusive millionaire who only wanted to politics last year. we will find out more about hamper our correspondent in moscow in just a moment. first, this report. >> it georgians will cut to the prospect of a new parliament. it's the first time since independence that an election rather than a revolution has led to the transfer of power. >> i expect improvements and laws so that children will

really it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty and playing hardball with russia all contributed the new ruling party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party continues in belief georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. r.t. reporting from billy c. in georgia well that's a special report on the toxic legacy of the u.s. war and yet now. well for the. syrians technology innovation all the moves developments from around russia we've got the future covered. download the official application to self choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device watch on t.v. any time. by horse. by tractor. by car where the road ends. as a carpenter. as a stove setter. as a farmer. as an assistant. as a friend. as a relative. delivering post and delivering. yes . and an issue. doesn't matter you. but the residents

ruling party is rating was at seventy percent and nobody could challenge that so confident was saakashvili that he amended the constitution granting more powers to the prime minister a position many predicted he would eventually feel himself little did he know he was digging his own hole won't he move this changes to the constitution does it count as a dream that any more or less save the parliament these are the majority of. it that's legal that's for however this situation did not come out of nowhere prison torture tapes released in september really the hardest thousands took to the streets as allegations emerged that he personally ordered the torture and filming of these atrocities and now the president could even lose his job with the possible next prime minister bidzina ivanishvili already making his intention clear comes out there with this man's ideology has established a climate of lines of violence and torture it would be good if he submitted his resignation rather the now starting various procedures to force him to resign saakashvili did concede defeat live on air but the questio

allegations of brutality in prisons and torture and the allegation behind that was of course that saakashvili and his prime minister merabishvili had altered this abuse so if you have a situation where the new parliamentary majority wants to investigate abuse it could well produce a crisis full of his close associates so they could not only have lost the election but they could face serious legal complications the georgia dream bards the leader and possibly the next prime minister because anybody really has already made his position clear. this man's ideology has established a crime of violence and torture it would be good if he submitted his resignation rather than now starting various procedures to force him to resign. it was not only the prison tape scandal which brought these fortress of power down say experts corruption among elites daunting poverty and playing hardball with russia all contributed but for now georgia is welcoming any new era hoping for a fresh start georgia's history is rich with different sorts of bloody cold it does and forceful change of governments in the outgoing pr

it wasn't only the prison tape scandal which brought saakashvili is fortress of power down say expertscorruption among elites don't seem poverty in playing hardball with russia all contributed the new really party says it will address these issues in the first place but as the party in continues in georgia is bracing itself for a new era and the first peaceful transition of power in its post soviet history. r.t. reporting from billy c. georgia turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe libya's recent. elected prime minister has been forced to stand down after a no confidence vote from parliament who stuff has failed for a second time when lawmakers approved including cabinet you know full cabinet lineup was rejected thursday protesters stormed the building calling for the prime minister's resignation or was the country's first elected leader after last year's overthrow of the khadafi regime. and alleged palestinian militant was killed nine others injured by an israeli air strike in gaza aircraft targeted two motorcyclist who israel claims were jihad is plotting

school leaks the footage claims president saakashvili is perfectly aware of the torture iraq thousands took to the streets in protest demanding the arrest and prosecution of all those responsible while a burning broom has become a symbol of the opposition since this is what the authorities are accused of using for torture in some of the videos base will not be tolerated. opposition activists dutch is a good year claims over six hundred people have been tortured in prisons nationwide many died he says. our goal is to make sure the election is without provocations and the people who committed these crimes are punished especially mycar saakashvili dutchy was arrested by traffic police the day after we met officially for resisting orders he was given ten days in prison meanwhile to see fees president saakashvili was busy sacking the police chief arresting all the officers shown in the video footage and substituting the staff in all prisons with police but both his ruling bodies readings still dropped when you are twenty percent. of a large portion of the government supporters used to come

president saakashvili -- now georgia is facing a new political chapter. a millionaire will take over as georgia's new prime minister in 2013. where is he headed? will he leave georgia toward nato, or will he bring the country closer to moscow? >> we were told our journey would take a few hours. it leads us through beautiful countryside and we're on our way to a village that has become a household name. some say this is where george oppose a future started long ago. the homes have a new route set people are content. everyone here has an income. almost everyone has a blue t- shirt. >> this color is blue. he is a good man. he is from here. he gave this to me. >> giving away t-shirts might not seem the height of generosity, but ivanishvili does a lot more for his people. he pays health insurance for local families. he has paid for new routes. his former neighbor says he also gives the money. -- them money. >> that is the social banker he gave us 10 years ago. every month, a currency is paid to the count. >> that's about 100 euros. families with several childr

georgia's president saakashvili admits defeat as his party is unseated in parliamentary elections despite reports of election fraud and ballot stuffing in its favor a loss and a decade long stranglehold on georgia's politics. syria's foreign minister points the finger of blame at rival personally states that he says are backing terrorism in his country as he fights back a barrage of criticism at the u.s. . nato secretary general considers an early troop withdrawal from afghanistan following a spate of the insider attacks and flagging morale. whilst profiting from poverty rising jobless rates and homelessness in britain the destitute prey for human trafficking rings. on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. and i'm karen tara well president mikheil saakashvili of georgia has admitted the defeat of his ruling united national movement party in parliamentary elections effectively ending a decade long monopoly on power the opposition michael block georgian dream is now tasked with forming a new government let's cross to say at a show in tbilisi for more on th