indeed thirty years from mine yana simply does not work freedom of speech but not for the whistleblower. after the break parties correspondent over julian assange just challenges it throughout the year reports on what two thousand and twelve meant for him. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images from world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations through. choose your language. kelly because we know if you're going to kill someone. she was going to consent. to use the degree to.

you have a collapsing economy you increase the tax rates and you end up with fewer taxes all right yana thank you very much indeed sorry about the poor quality of our communication but we got there good to hear from the n.f.l. of arkansas political economist northwest joining there in athens. in the midst of the economic crisis regulators are coming under fire for making life easier for banks rather than for people and it appears the wider public knows little of how and where the big decisions about the global financial future are being made as well to put all of us now reports. have you ever heard the one about the bank is the billions and bars all the chances are you probably haven't but six times a year central bank heads from the u.s. europe asia and everywhere in between representing around three quarters of global economic output gather in the swiss city to talk shop behind closed doors i personally also don't like these secretive meetings because. you never know what in effect. is discussed in these meetings it's something that has a tradition that's put there play i mean bankers

even greater amounts of money and hoping to pay everything manyara or indeed thirty years from mine yana simply does not work well only three years ago island was bankrupt and receiving a bailout to rescue its failed economy but despite this the very same country has just taken the six month presidency of the european council and as r.t.c. or smith reports the celtic tiger has some hard graft. it's all changed by the e.u. presidency as takes over the six month rotating challenge on the first of january not the ovi is choice islands one of the guys in paid the countries that have the least stable economies in europe and sure enough the first country to take on the presidency of the twenty seven nation bloc while being propped up by e.u. and i.m.f. money so for the next six months the e.u. and its systemic problems will be presided over by one of its weakest and most problematic members so what specific challenges does arlen face in europe over the six months of its presidency first ots the european economy is slowing and the crisis is nowhere near over secondly it must preside over leader

even greater amounts of money and hoping to pay everything manyara or indeed thirty years from mine yana simply does not work. other news making headlines now this late new year's day in moscow there's been violence in the other palestinian territory this new year's day in the northern west bank dozens of palestinians reportedly injured when israeli security forces fired on them after the troops were pelting stones and bottles the trouble flared after soldiers discussing the vegetable sellers apparently tried to seize a known operative of a local jihadist group points of blockades have been set up in the area follow our middle east correspondent dates on twitter to get abreast of all that just look for paula slayer. in northwest pakistan five female teachers and two health workers been shot dead in an ambush it's believed the attackers to warn other women against seeking education in conservative parts of the country which are often raided by islamic militants in october a taliban government shot a fifteen year old girl for promoting schooling among others. well many of us may be nursing

greater amounts of money and hoping to pay everything manion our or indeed thirty years from mine yana simply does not work. and two thousand and twelve saw something of a rise of the machines as drone warfare shot into the headlines american unmanned aircraft killing civilians abroad and the approval of drone use for keeping tabs on people inside the u.s. those were the topics that drew fire from abby martin the host of r.t. is breaking the set and she thinks things will get worse in two thousand and thirteen. really when we're talking about drones actually a really serious topic because people are under this notion that drones are somehow precise they're the good way to fight the war on terror but really they completely are counterintuitive they create in the harbor more terrorists they have a ninety eight percent failure rate i mean so why are we using and i mean it's just amazing to me that this president is rain on drones and taking on more and more drones and not only that but i mean the surveillance drones are going to happen in this country in two thousand and thirteen congress

even greater amounts of money and hoping to pay everything manyara or indeed thirty years from mine yana simply does not work for them of speeches but not for the whistleblower. after the break our g.'s correspondent who covered challenges throughout the year reports on what two thousand and twelve meant for him. mission in. cretaceous three. four judges are free to make amends three. three. three. three broadcast quality video for your media projects free media. wealthy british scientists some time to let. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to report. and live from moscow this is our team glad to have you back with us it has been a tough twelve months for the world's top whistleblower julian assange spent half of two thousand and twelve under house arrest and the remainder in ecuadorian embassy in london our correspondents are furth has been following his ups and downs throughout the year. a lot of you say we. did more in a year media organizations have done in decades we

borrowing even greater amounts of money and hoping to pay everything yama or indeed thirty years from mine yana simply does not work freedom of speech but not for the whistleblower. after the break parties correspondent over julian assange just challenges it throughout the year reports on what two thousand and twelve meant for him. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images from world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations through. choose your language. kelly because we know if you're going to kill someone. she was going to consent. to use the degree to. choose the stories that impact the. truth. often. and a lot from moscow this is our to have you back with us it has been a tough twelve months for the world's a top whistleblower joining a song spent half of two thousand and twelve under house arrest and the remainder in the ecuadorian embassy in london our correspondents our first has been following his ups and downs throughout the year a lot of people say wiki leaks in jail is like that mole in the u. of t. the media organizations have d