serbs refused to dismantle their barricades along the serbia kosovo border despite nato green more troops to the area. china paves its way into space history as of launches the first country's first orbiting laboratory with plans for an even more ambitious project its own space station. you want to go to a picture perfect town of a melting pot of russian swedish and finnish cultures stay with us. hello and welcome to the program this week showed him to new our exploration of the old many built out of the bag located in the northwest of russia after st petersburg it's a popular tourist destination because so much harder old cobbled streets and picturesque orthodox cathedrals just don't seem to see to do in the region. typical it looks like there's a storm coming here sitting around with the umbrella is always a good thing for a tourist to have joining autumn in russia and weather aside one thing that is certain iraq to be big recently is growth opportunity and an increase in businesses the bench is an important transport hub connected by the railway network to st petersburg moscow karelia

serves refuse to dismantle their barricades along with serbia kosovo border despite nato calling in moretroops. china rockets into space history as it launches the country's first orbiting laboratory with plans to build an even more ambitious project its own space station. mancow sort of joins us now with all the latest from the world of sports. and on the so rushes of veterans of i'm going to go over has become the first finalist of the pan pacific open in tokyo and i right that's right she will now face either advance of poland's or victoria azarenka of bill roots and that semifinal is underway as we speak and we'll have a live update in a few minutes and this bulletin stick around. well welcome to support on r t g a live from moscow with me rym on cost for a first stop the headlines. hold disappointments a local school loses well ruby because role in match week of the europa league group stage campaign. changing course russian premier league's big spenders on call roberto carlos to help new manager take the team problems are just on to new heights. final playing russia prepares for it

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first the standoff continues in northern kosovo with local serbs reinforcing their barricades and nato calling in more troops to the region tense relations between serbia and kosovo plunged to new depths tuesday after nato forces tried to dismantle barricades causing violent clashes with local serbs the roadblocks were set up in july when cosa been a foreign he's tried to seize checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo artie's alexei or she has more. now i'm standing beside one of the manmade barricades one of the manmade checkpoints created by the kosovo destined to cart off both the k. four and the cost of police forces from the serbian part of the village as you can see it is pretty calm now here with people sitting by the fire waiting for something to happen being on guard every minute but there are certain indications that the tension is mounting in here in this region with both. reinforcing their checkpoints these piles of sand they put here to block the road look quite fresh and we also have information that from the local from the local people here reporting that the nato forces are pulling additional troops to this site almost every da

northern kosovo with local serbs reinforcing their barricades in an ongoing dispute over border crossings situations also led to nato sending more troops to the area already fraught relations between serbia and kosovo plunged to new depths on tuesday after nato forces tried to dismantle the road blocks provoking a violent clashes with the serbs for all the latest on this i'm joined by our tease alexei the live in the region alexey so as any water been thrown on this fire yet is there any signs of things calming down so far. well for now the situation really seems to be rather call. everything seems to be quiet and peaceful here in. the town which is split between. serbs. indication that the situation could be. nearest future because we went to the barricades manmade barricades organized by the. last night and we saw that. there are barricades with. the roads to block these roads. for the cost of a police. helicopter. flying into the region every. understand that those helicopters are bringing fresh troops to the border crossings to. the situation. since violent clashes at the border between. protecting the. almost a dozen. hospitals with different. because . they were the ones who provok

northern kosovo with local serbs reinforcing their barricades in an ongoing dispute over border crossings situations also led to nato sending more troops to the area already fraught relations between serbia and kosovo plunged to new depths on tuesday after nato forces tried to dismantle the road blocks provoking the violent clashes with the serbs problem latest on this i'm joined by our t's alexei jarosz o.c. lived in the region along axes so as any water been thrown on this fire yet is there any signs of things calming down so far. well for now the situation really seems to be rather call there are no clashes everything seems to be quiet and peaceful here in the town of course all the time which is split between. the serbs but they are certain indications that the situation could be escalating nearest future because we went to the barricades manmade barricades organized by the course of yesterday last night and we saw that they are reinforcing their very gates with fresh piles of sand put on the roads to block these roads for forces and for the course of the police also we heard helicopters ok for forces flying in through the region every literally half an hour and we understand that th

serbs refused to dismantle their barricades along the serbia kosovo border despite nato bringing more troops to the area. and in business class of economic policy will continue as of course that by alex they couldn't says deputy finance minister sergei starts at details coming up in our business bulletin that's. nine am in moscow i matras are going to have you with us here on r t our top story kicked into action by a market panic unseen since the financial crash of two thousand and eight germany's government scramble to improve on massive expansion of the use emergency bailout fund new measures mean berlin now personally guarantees an astronomic contribution of two hundred eleven billion euros most analysts though agree that yet has to be more has to be done to prevent the highly anticipated greek default from shattering the eurozone you negotiate hers also return to athens for a restart on talks on more bellow payments the government's last chance to abate a collapse later this month but it's hard to see our first reports the fuel for the greek governments will lead close austerity e

serbia should also support all those who decide to leave kosovo and move to live in serbia and help them settle down there instead of having all these illusions that we can do something which infection never happened with regard to recognizing kosovo is independence we should never recognize kosovo what's your impression what do you think the serbs in kosovo should do if sort of beer backs away if it if it abandons its year is diction. nor the cost of how probable is one for example the serbs could leave as they left croatia in one thousand nine hundred. the best possible solution would be to divide kosovo the northern part should reintegrate with serbia while the serbian community that would remain in kosovo should enjoy the protection of the serbian state serb money stories in kosovo should have an extra tutorial status the arrogance of the great powers they continue encouraging kosovo's independence makes a solution impossible however the solution could have been possible and it would help stabilizing the situation in that part of the balkans for a long time. since we do

this comes as talks between serbia and kosovo have stalled over french monitors on the disputed border. the security council cuts to the chase as it forwards the palestinian bid for statehood to the council's a mission admissions committee that has the international community bigger as he condemns israel's approval of new plans to build another thousand settlers homes in east jerusalem. as the headlines in up next the second part of our special report stay with r.t. to follow in the footsteps of two israeli activists who continue their struggle for peace in the middle east by challenging the ways of israeli peace rather of israelis themselves. i think breaking the silence is all about telling the story of the occupation through night without you. we're here to tell you how you conduct an occupation. palestinians will be afraid of the idea where they'll be afraid of the us. so what do you do to give them this year you make your presence felt. i would say sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier territories was to do with deterrence with you know doing what we call maki

of ethnic serbs in living in kosovo protest against nato actions in the region as russia just outlines not to take sides in the conflict this comes as talks between serbia and kosovo have stalled over fresh violence on the disputed border. the security council cuts to the chase and has it. been bid for statehood to the cow.

the best possible solution would be to divide kosovo the northern part should reintegrate with serbia while this human community they would remain in kosovo should enjoy the protection of the serbian state through money stories in kosovo should have an extra tutorial status the arrogance of the great powers they continue encouraging kosovo's independence makes such a solution impossible however this solution could have been possible and would help stabilizing the situation in that part of the balkans for a long time. since we don't have the leverage to impose such a solution the only thing we can do is continue our policy of non-recognition of course who is independence we should be ready if necessary to give up our prospects over. this european path should not come at our expense when we are supposed to give up everything in return for a few concessions. mr president you are unquestionably following the process over the chair for the leader and do you get a feeling he have a feeling that he's getting a fair trial in the hague. i have heard complaints about the fairness of the trial i

serbs refused to dismantle their barricades along with serbia kosovo border despite nato bringing moretroops to the area. china paves its way into space history as it launches the country's first orbiting laboratory with plans for an even more ambitious project its own space station. from on joins us now with all the latest from the world of sports where russian football fans are a little disappointed after the latest round of action in the europa league that's right premier league clubs rubina and local walk away with just the points between the two sides however there are plenty of matches is still left in this campaign and both teams have plenty of chances to prove on their record stick around i'll tell you more. coming to you live from moscow with. first headlines. disappointment. group stage campaign. russian premier league big spenders. to help save the. heights. game against australia at the twenty eleven or rugby world cup in new zealand. let's start with football where two russian clubs were in action on the match day two of the europa league group stage campaign the country's

serves refused to dismantle their barricades on the serbia kosovo border despite nato bringing more troops to the area. china launches into space history as it rockets away the country's first orbiting laboratory with plans for an even more ambitious project down the road to its own space station. up next one exhilarating trip to russia's far east to meet the rarest cases of animals. stay with us. cullimore reach seven thousand kilometers from moscow a group of research has become an expedition through the nature reserve. there is one of the eagle enough close to a small river on the shore of the sea of a hole it's not very far from here low tide compels them to go to the sea to look for food. the still a sea eagle is listed in russia's red book of red and endangered animals eagles of this toy found in russia's four east each year just a company for reserve ranges in space and this enormous do so the expedition have to come hundreds of kilometers over the course of ten days. ornithologist give you know we've taken is joined by l.z. ashford a volunteer from scotland they're accompanied by r

serves refused to dismantle barricades on the serbia kosovo border despite nato very more troops to the area. china rockets into space history as it launches the country's first orbiting laboratory with plans for an even more ambitious project its own space station. up next r.t. takes you want to exhilarating trip to russia's far east to meet the rarest species of animals and admired the bewildering beauty of the region stay with us. cullimore reach seven thousand kilometers from moscow a group of research as has become an expedition to the nature is. there's one of the sea eagles a nest close to a small river on the shore of the sea of a fourth here not very far from here low tide compels them to go to the sea to look for food. to stella siegel is listed in russia's red book and endangered animals eagles of this toy only found in russians for east each year just a company for reserve ranges in space and this in order to do so the expedition would have to come hundreds of films and over the course of ten days. on othello just give you know we've taken is joined by elsie ashford a volunt

reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again flared along the serbia kosovo border it's believed the alliance peacekeeping forces tried to dismantle a road barricade set up by serbs troops say they use rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used and has distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds the tension started in july when kosovo authorities tried to seize the checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo this infuriated serbs who protested against it and set up barricades on the roads and the militia malitia serbian historian and author says that nato's actions may only make a tense situation worse. anita was absolutely outside the bounds of its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for live for still proclaim government to push into these he wasn't supposed to see so called customs posts in the first place and he certainly isn't supposed to be shooting at people peacefully protesting this turn of the turn of events it's very easy to improve the situatio

the situation in kosovo remains tense with ethnic serbs keeping their barricades in place and nato bringing more troops to the region rocky relations between serbia and kosovo plunged to a new low on tuesday as violence flared over the seizure of border posts and a dozen people were injured in these clashes. the reports from belgrade. for now this simmering tension has calmed down from about two days ago and when to stand that the situation still remains very tensed and potentially very much explosive as we understand that serbs are reinforcing their checkpoints their manmade checkpoints and the k. four and nato troops are pulling more soldiers to the front line to the place where the borderline where the place with where the clashes have been happening for the past several months now on tuesday night another clash happened at the checkpoint at the course of a border of the quarter but the border between kosovo and serbia and this still a great deal of controversy surrounding this incident because the sides are playing a blame game and nobody knows who to blame for this attack while nato troops are saying that there was war the civil service who

serves refuse to dismantle their barricades on the serbia kosovo border despite nato breme more troops to the area. trying to rockets into space history as a launch as the country's first board meeting laboratory with plans for an even more ambitious project down the road its own space station. and debate is taking i thought next is peter lavelle and guess discuss the credibility of the u.n. that's coming your way in crosstalk stay with us. live. live. live. in the studio. listening to. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the united nations the global body in search of a mission often derided as incompetent and ineffective the u.n. is also accused of being a fig leaf protecting and extending the interests of the rich powerful west well few call for its demise most see the need for drastic preform at the u.n. to serve the interests of all. can. cross all of the united nations i'm joined by ruth wedgwood in washington she's director of international law and organizations program at john hopkins school of advanced international studies in new york we have thomas weise he's p

border violence delays talks between serbia and kosovo after several people were injured in clashes between ethnic serbs and nato troops. and a wave of global disapproval hits israel which is greenlit more settler homes in east jerusalem as the un's most powerful body prepares to consider a palestinian state. four pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here are t. our top story hard pressed greeks will get a nasty surprise in their electricity bills the highly unpopular new property tax that's being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debt leaders are scrambling to reassure lenders that greece is solvent so they can get more bailout cash but the european commission president is warning the e.u. may collapse if its finances are more harmonized but says greece can stay in the euro r.t. sorry for it has more from athens. we saw a very positive rhetoric yesterday for the greek prime minister it was patently he was in berlin just seeing the heads of industry that we had very similar statements coming from the challenge chancellor and now we know that the trade could it

reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as violence has once again flared up along the serbia kosovo border russia's foreign ministry has reacted to the situation calling for peacekeeping keep the peace keeping forces to remain neutral and adhere to their un mandate it's believed the alliance peacekeeping troops tried to dismantle a roadblock set up by serbs the troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used as distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds tension began in july when kosovo authorities tried to seize the checkpoint to enforce a unilateral trade embargo this in a rage serbs who protested against it and set up barricades on the roads. a serbian historian and author says nato his actions may only make a tense situation worse. nato is absolutely outside the bounds of that much its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for to form a self-proclaimed government it is it wasn't supposed to. still called customs posts in the first place and it certainly isn't be shoo

reportedly been injured in clashes with nato troops as the violence has once again flared up around the serbia kosovo border russia's foreign ministry has reacted to the situation calling for peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and here to the un mandate it's believed the alliance peacekeeping troops tried to dismantle road blocks set up by serbs troops say they used rubber bullets and tear gas in self-defense but a serbian news agency claims live rounds were used and has distributed pictures showing x. ray images of the gunshot wounds talks between belgrade and pristina scheduled for wednesday have been canceled as a result of rising tension in the voice or knowledge of serbian historian and author says nato is actions may only make a tense situation worse. the media was absolutely outside the bounds of it not its mandate it is not supposed to be a law enforcement agency for still between government it is the most. still cool customs to see first any sudanese institution is shooting it. peacefully protesting these turn of events very easy to improve the situation but not making it worse in the fir

serbs refused to dismantle their barricades along the serbia kosovo border despite nato polling and more troops to the area. new and in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story kicked into action by a market panic unseen since the financial crash of two thousand and eight and germany's government scramble to approve a massive expansion of the e.u.'s emergency bailout fund.

london and other top stories tonight from tensions on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts from police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers no checkpoints previously under-estimate control locals have tried to prevent what they call the unilateral action of kosovo's or bone eons of further reports from near one of those cities checkpoints. well we're at one of the border crossings you renny and the roads leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the bubble and we can see some of the k. full forces on the ground there we saw helicopters coming across and the you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian cause the police a very needy actually got to. each of the checkpoints at the moment and that only for the time being in an observatory role now of course the plan is for them to eventually take a the control and that's what

out of war of nerves on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo with a standoff a disputed checkpoints following this seems you buy cars of a police despite warnings of pending violence. watching r t i'm kevin zero in a very good evening she would snow just after eleven pm here in moscow and our top story libya's national transitional council now has a seat at the united nations which officially recognized the former rebels in a new resolution easing the sanctions imposed during gadhafi regime provision is also made for financial assistance from the u.n. for rebuilding the country he's going to if you can has the details. one of the things that the new resolution inventions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help inward diplomats insist is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would cause a trade on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alleviation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and great a new constitution and that ki

and violence flares between serbia and breakaway kosovo is seven cos of an serbs a range of that a disputed border crossing. next a special report about a stone twenty years after leaving the u.s.s.r. and its uncomfortable relationship with its soviet past.

. >> cosimo and serbia have reached an agreement -- kosovo and serbia have reached an agreement thatshould put an end to trade disputes. one police officer was killed in the clash. serbia does not recognized kosovo's independence. the united nations is set to hold a vote on palestinian statehood later this month, and that has been high on the agenda at a meeting of eu foreign ministers that took place in poland. leaders are struggling to find a common position on statehood. that come out -- france and britain say they would support statehood. diplomats say the eu could recognize the palestinian territory but only if they have observer status at the united nations. at that meeting, foreign ministers also agreed to ban imports of syrian oil into europe. the embargo will take effect in mid november. in syria, a funeral took place for a protester said to have been killed by security forces in aleppo. opposition members say security forces killed at least 14 people during those protests on friday. libya's national transitional council has reaffirmed its commitment to democracy and good go

quarter violence delays talks between serbia and breakaway kosovo after several people were injured in clashes between ethnic serbs and nato troops russia's foreign ministry wants peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and stick to the un resolution. and a wave of global disapproval it's israel which has announced the building of a lot of one hundred new settler homes in disputed east jerusalem this comes as the un's most powerful body prepares to consider palestinian statehood. unit is up next with sports news stay with us. thanks margaret to have you with us we've got plenty ahead this wedding to the afternoon including the story. nor the need to welcome champions league group. as they attempt to earn their first points of this year's campaign. bottling ball or a wall of the most famous basketball stars n.b.a. hall of famer. a heart attack. trying times we. feared constantine ratch call food the spike how many storming the world cup fines and self-seeking. is coming up but we start with football we're following defeat to enter last night xin meets have the chance to get one back for r

border violence delays talks between serbia and breakaway kosovo after several people were injured in the clashes between ethnic serbs and nato troops russia's foreign ministry wants peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and stick to the un resolution. and away public global disapproval strikes israel which has announced the building of eleven hundred new settler homes in disputed east jerusalem this is the un's most powerful body prepares to consider a palestinian statehood. up next part.

border violence to laze talks between serbia and breakaway kosovo after several people were injured in clashes between ethnic serbs and nato troops. and away you have a global disapproval strikes israel which is greenlit more settler homes in east jerusalem as the un's most powerful body prepares to consider palestinian statehood . and to use antitrust authorities have raided the european all this is the pro football full week as a petition world from business in twenty minutes. five pm in moscow on match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story hard pressed greeks will get a nasty surprise on their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property tax that's being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debt leaders are scrambling to reassure lenders that greece is solid and so they can secure more belloc cash r.t. sarah ferguson is in athens she joins us live with more so sara how reassured can the greek people be by what they're hearing from the e.u. politicians. well we've had the head of the european commission manuel. say this is not a sprint it's the ma