these top stories on our t.v. greece is involved in violent protest as the prime minister reshuffles the cabinet in a bid to push through a freshness therapy package to secure a new field. in the middle of the night and several mom's london k two airstrikes reportedly hit one of tripoli's residential areas destroying the house and killing at least seven. of the state's role in russia's economy must be reduced president medvedev speaks out at the international economic forum in st petersburg committing himself to the modernization act by the corruption.

you're watching r t two pm here in the russian capital thanks for joining us now we begin in greece the man who has taken on the poisoned chalice as the country's new finance minister has admitted he faces quote a real war his biggest challenge is convincing angry greeks to face more sturdy cuts to secure a new bailout from europe or the appointment was part of a cabinet reshuffle aimed at appeasing those who are offering fierce resistance on the streets of the capital a largely star firth was caught up in the middle of the violent protests the clashes between the police the protesters filled. the police. building the crowd. and got along the fence.

he told him one thing that was going on at the moment the police are trying to find out that final film breaking out. to be not the pilot of the people of the species the nice people just the black with the gas masks and they really don't want to hold the film that it's been said that the people who hire cheap are breaking the police. people still beating back on the central state even though you can have a string of belief set off by the place they turned out to protest because if a person starts there i get about the economic situation is happening and i could tell they would if i am not going to be able. to play for about really got to really see the tensions between the people frankly since the crowds the police are they getting ready for its holiday. the situation that's a terrier i say that such relief back in the police and fire. that managing by the

looks of things to push back the police actually of the such a star itself there's a lot of the protesters who are throwing things wearing gas masks and he spoke to some of the natal guys from the t.v. and he would like to place us today and they said that they wanted it to be peaceful until the end of june and so any of these measures will cause see the police killing or take us into the crowd that incredibly hard to breathe only space knowledge to present for anyone there's lots of people getting medical treatment around the place. but the violence is really a rough thing when you entirely sure these people when the gas masks that appreciation the place are actually part of them a price that as you said the people we spoke to said they wanted it to be peaceful and it has been up until now up until it's day when the provocation happened when the police started to judge them by. the euro skeptic and british m.p. nigel farage says the reason politicians are so keen to bail out greece and keep it in the euro zone is to protect the banks. one of the reasons that everybody is so

determined to keep greece in the euro is so that the banks don't have to take a serious hit of their filthy policies so there's something has gone seriously wrong the banking system is almost as it was on the podium are all politicians and bankers versus all the people i'm sure that's what the people in the streets of athens today feel like don't think the banking crisis is over i suspect but it's hardly i did many cases it might have been better to do what i say and say look these banks go bust these people lose their jobs these people lose their money that's how important it about life and i suspect we're going to regret keeping the banks afloat and imprisoning countries like greece inside a currency union which they're just not suited. and while greeks express their anger at facing further cuts the germans certainly are less serious about having to pay for it again later this hour german m.p.

klaus peter welsh explains why he thinks e.u. countries should look after themselves. in the new treaties. that was regulated that there must be any details because otherwise you will ruin the public finances of those countries who are contributing to it and so long as each country is responsible for its budgets has to take full responsibility the only right answer to that is nobody about. now at least seven the civilians in libya have reportedly been killed by a nato air strike which hit a residential house overnight and earlier the alliance confirmed it had mistakenly attacked rebel forces but the number killed in that friendly fire attack is not known but if a national reports from the capital tripoli and you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. residents of sydney's ima district here in tripoli have

been hooking up by a strike in the middle of the night a mob for several months landed here this story as you can see behind me several three story buildings as we were told at least forty families have been living in the damaged houses which is from twelve to fourteen people who. were under the rubble who were able to shine children into adults a man under one will move out of the blue room some of the people are still missing as you can see behind me the rescue operation is now undergoing but people here on the ground are saying that there is little hope that's someone could be alive the buildings on the opposite side of this street have also been partially damaged but we were told that no one from there has been hurt the government spends person not the messiah but him has come to the sinfield now this happened and he has this civilian area had been hit by may take pride they want that by look it's on the sky

people were killed children with my own hands with my own eyes i still and help pick out the arabs who were killed and get the boys the father and the mother to hold back and that is that is that this attack you cannot justify does the dark and in. this instance consummates continuing intense bombardment all believe it by nato bombs are observing drop day and night we are all the time hearing sounds of having explosions across which has always been against ministry means to stifle the protracted leave in conflict has recently signed peace we see a chance to believe it would find the strain the warring sides to start talking often maintain the rebels in benghazi and prove productive people here and safely make a mongo i said that he believes the writ is a higher form of peaceful solution. an officer rises with both sides to say they're

ready for negotiations with their knees are now ready to provide an appropriate location for tolls but what we're seeing on the wrong with may second team in mumbai are the ones and people feeling exhausted and angry it was made it very clear ripping say for sure compromise could be possible but this is the i think a very long way to go it's may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days leave is also god some of the longest queues at his pastoral stations the international sanctions imposed on the embattled colonel's regime did not include a few and. they g.'s targeting ten caloric if this part of the fuel might be used by gadhafi is military forces with roads closed factories at a stop and foreign workers losses gone from the war stricken country is facing its worst energy crisis ever the new realities ordinarily been drivers now spend vast

amounts of time queuing for a few months ago this became a common the media in the country people have been lining up to fill up their cars hours even days but this line is a little different compared to the gas station at the end of this here is the limit only and barker is a universe to students and has volunteered here to help all denies the crisis she stamps a few russian boots which allow individuals thirty five liters a week she believes it's a great idea to have women only stations. all asian impulse women have too many things to do we don't try to show the world queuing and never should change of the year is now in the so we're able to serve up to nine hundred cars that you don't have to look at. this line is long but others are ruben longer patrols to cheaper than water here just a few so. as for litter it's just that is often in short supply. if there is no

fuel we have two large cars and return reentry appears that could be dames. women only gas stations is one of many innovations supposed to ease people's lives in a country who cares there are also special camps for ambulances and police cars. but the needle surrounded us but we should move on so we try to do our best to help people get by if we give up. it's a dilemma for those seeking to oust colonel gadhafi they have been hoping the hardships will incite people to rise up against their leader but instead it only seems to be fueling people's hatred towards what they feel is western imperialism. and they damaged our city destroyed our life they told us they want to save people is that the greatness is the people tell me this is just a grind while the warring sides try to find their way out of months of devastating

conflict ordinary people are looking for a way to just leave their everyday lives dreaming of our times when these nightmare would be with a distant memory. r.t. tripoli. but the u.s. action in libya reaches its ninety day deadline on sunday and a group of congressmen are suing president obama for resorting to military engagement without official approval but voice of russia radio host carmen russell saw a chance he says he doesn't believe congress will pull the plug on america's involvement . the problem is that when there was a prior lawsuit during clinton's four into the former yugoslavia dennis to sit in a group of other congressmen even at that time filed a very similar lawsuit saying that it was illegal and it went to a district court for the district court said in the individual congressmen did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still

a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on is not going to. come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds especially funds to get around it anyway so it's a question of how effective it would be it worse you know to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power and the revolution in egypt at first seems more successful than the vicious stalemate in libya but since hosni mubarak fell in february around seventy thousand people have been jailed by egypt's military rulers activist david key says the revolution to install democracy so far changed very little. some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government others have been brought up on charges of foreign court insulting the military but increasingly

and certainly given the incredible high number of detentions detentions of civilians not mentioned some people who have you know tried to undermine the regime of people simply criticizing the military this is a very dangerous trend egyptian dissidents and bloggers who were imprisoned in military prisons and they describe incredible torture they described electrocution they described water according to the tribe regular beatings and this was the egyptian military that stood behind mubarak until the last minute so while there have been games and we hope that egypt has a brighter future ahead of it there are still many many challenges that it's so much overcome if you ship is going to move towards democracy and liberalism and openness in the west in fact is a very important role to play. here watching r.t. and still ahead for you this hour cleaning up the most reactors we look at what efforts to decontaminate japan's nuclear crisis so after the dangers posed by you radiation. plus the u.s.

is accused of using political pressure to extradite jailed russian businessman to victor boot from thailand all the details in just a few minutes. now the state should have less of an influence in russia's economy that was part of president if he had a vision of the nation's future outlined at the international economic forum in st petersburg this week where he joined business leaders and politicians to discuss ways russia and the world should be developing their economies artes and he said now reports. modernization based on stifling corrupt antifragile izing power and government reforms all goals voiced by president meditative at this year's international economic forum here is think petersburg where how russia is going to attempt to become one of the world's biggest and most active economies was laid out . we shouldn't hesitate to say goodbye to many bad habits we can focus only on a step by step development it's a mistake we should focus on the following improving the investment climate in

russia to create new jobs in the regions making progress in the fight against corruption the creation of a modern police service and over security forces improving the effectiveness of the justice system and finally the modernization of government applying modern approaches and the decentralizing of power of course the main bad habit as the president calls it is corruption which he says is choking russia's economy this was his message to the country's official they don't do business according to the. the noose around my neck of those who practice corruption should be tightened and the whole of russia or agrees with this without any exception but corruption is very difficult to deal with the government should be purged of corruption in a more decisive way and for that purpose we should in harms way those suspected of corruption are dismissed from public service another issue that's hampering process economic development is it not being

a member of the world trade organization lately we're hearing from a lot of officials that exception to the w t o for russia is possible by the end of this year the president agrees but says only under very specific circumstances. we have long been ready to join the w t o more than many other countries small or large everyone is perfectly aware of that still be to make an unseemly large number of concessions this kind of approach is unacceptable russia will not agree to any evidently unfavorable solutions and of course presumably the one question on all of the minds of the business executive innovators and world leaders will president medvedev run for reelection well if they have this question up before us and this is what maybe if. the. shoe when i consider it appropriate to tell you whether i will do it or not i will come out and say it this forum is not the best place for that one thing you can be sure of is that i won't be able to avoid making that statement i will have to tell the people of russia and anyone else who's interested

about my decision was that it will not have to wait much longer. every story requires some kind of intrigue otherwise they'll be no interest in living there we do your part so let's keep the intrigue the bit longer. and certainly no intrigue surrounding what platform it what is wrong if he doesn't know it's he's running for reelection it'll be all about modernization reporting from st petersburg and these are now a party. and among those attending before him with this was the chinese leader who gentile and he said of the world economy is still recovering slowly and that reform of the global financial system is needed to gentile visited moscow where a major energy deal with russia was on the table a thirty year supply contract wasn't signed however as the price for russian gas is yet to be agreed but the two leaders did put pen to paper on a number of other lucrative deals and while discussing the wider world they agree

that the countries involved in the libyan conflict must stick to the un resolution they can based political scientist dr king thanks thinks that russia and china's increased collaboration will have a global benefits to china russia trade an economic relationship and a huge development between two nations i believe is not only of the impacting the european continent but oversaw the provos scene i believe the wall these are the crossroads historic cross rules or some may say the wall these are the brink of either being subdued or all the coming to us nato military intervention in libya now moving into possibly syria or even to iran if russia or china all of these as see all the lions we saw not enough to stop the. nato military aggression in north african region so i hope saw that as see all

russia or china or china russia leaving leading this new global movement on to balance the power in the wall so that they can build a new world order we are no more unilateral aggressive or you conclude methodology being put into a sovereign nation such as libya. well for a wider outlook on how the emerging powers could reshape the for. national landscape check out our website that's r t v dot com and the business section you can find expert opinion ample there are substrates providing you with a perspective of what's going on in the global economy now just log on to our team . now this week iran attempted to convince the atomic agency that its nuclear program is peaceful it came as the u.n. considered a wider sanctions targeting terror and nuclear plants but iran's envoy to the

shanghai cooperation organization dismissed as groundless all accusations that the program has a military dimension all in an exclusive interview with r.t. many allegations was raised by united states and i approved of the investigation taking samples and ality go their process that all these allegations are baseless in fact before coming to the u.n. i was in charge of escorting all these specters and i was with them in this military size it was would prove his allegation had no basis this is a really unfortunate after eight years they are repeating these boring stories one thing is clear that we do not have any program for nuclear we are fully cooperating with. the most robust inspection in the history of board five thousand mandy's have found no evidence of diversion of nuclear material to agree with their purposes and the statement or claim by lady ocean with due respect

i categorically reject. well iran says there's he has them for a nuclear program doesn't seem to have been affected by events in japan there the operator of the crippled fukushima plant says it may take several days before the system to decontaminate radioactive water can be restarted or the cleanup operation is being hampered by high radiation levels which are now far beyond safety remnants it's feared the contaminated water could overflow within a week if a solution isn't found the latest setback cause as an international atomic energy agency report criticized the government's slow response to the nuclear disaster caused by an earthquake and tsunami and james corbett editor of an independent news website says the risk to people's health remains very real any new leaks of any kind of car going to be an incredible burden on the efforts that are already underway to try to clean up the water decontaminated because they are now running

out of space to actually store the contaminated water in the fukushima in the immediate vicinity of the plant and i believe within two weeks they're actually going to run out of space so they're trying to get a system on line for treating the water but apparently the test for that is going to be pushed back another few days it's already been pushed back from last friday and there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation exposure that any level of radiation exposure increases the risk of cancer and however negligible that risk would be with any particular person and any particular date any particular spot when it's averaged out over a large population like is living in the country region unfortunately means there will be over time an increase in cancer rates there and really just a question of how many. and now for a manmade disasters to natural ones later r.t. explores the unpredictable risks of avalanches and the adrenaline junkies embracing

the danger. one stream can see from mountain slopes the view is miss milan she. brings down the speed of more than two hundred kilometers the each step in the launch. of this week in new york judge questioned the validity of the evidence against victor boot the russian ran america accuse us of being an international gone rather well since its controversial extradition from thailand has consistently said he has little chance of a fair trial artie's medina portnoy is following the story. he is the russian citizen america thought relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly actually provided to the us seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely if found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges if

convicted. he's looking at life there's no parole there's no early release in the federal system really the only way in the federal system to get a reduction in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued mr boot needs to be on captain america's team however house in america is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo business man from thailand according to documents released by wiki leaks all levels of washington top to bottom amounted to little pressure against bangkok to gain custody of boot in a us cable dated august thirteenth two thousand and nine u.s. president barack obama was urged to call the highlands prime minister directly about boot the u.s. attorney general and state department were encouraged to call the thai ambassador highlighting the massive drug enforcement administration commitment to thailand and

the us ambassador in bangkok urged the thai government to issue a public statement of disappointment at the judge's ruling not to extradite boot some arab is the world's most powerful nation but it's not more powerful than the world unfortunately the way things stand right now they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradite him or i should say kidnapping who was arrested in bangkok in march two thousand and eight during a u.s. sting operation he was charged with conspiring to sell weapons to colombian fark rebels on two occasions the thai court rejected america's extradition request when an entourage of armed u.s. agents removed him from thailand following a decision of the thai government his extradition was still not legally approved the covert operation was kept secret from russia boots family and his attorney for . the transfer of victor boot to america was a violation of

a very important time european treaty signed in one thousand nine hundred which they struck political offenders cannot be extradited the case was not finalized and was moved to the us and europe to use the various means political. another's outside the boundaries of do legal process to get the treatment that means that your boot is not getting a fair deal to this day high officials have not provided official documents explaining the legal grounds behind the extradition this despite repeated inquiries made by the russian foreign ministry that we know for sure that the sixteenth two thousand and ten at the moment it to be it was physically take an ounce of the time present his case was being considered by the time the court of appeals that is when there are no legal grounds for him to face a u.s. court. meantime victor boot remains in the u.s. prison held in solitary confinement his wife doubts her husband will receive

a fair trial from the country she says violated international and bilateral laws to get him. it's clear to everyone that the case has long been moved from the sphere of lots of politics i think around there i would love to think that the american court is unbiased but i have strong doubts about it because i think such pressure could be put on anyone including the jury. the country accusing victor boot of arms dealing now finds itself accused of political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide it to be future to day political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently they are hurried up or nine artsy me or. a full bore as i'm at the top of the hour but first i'll be back with the headlines shortly.

seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand days. of beach front panel field several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. to see we are surrounded by garbage everywhere but also there are

. on this beach which of course is the very most appropriate signification a symbol of everything that's wrong with our goddamn government allowing not only garbage but to accumulate where so many days died. a new battle is going on. will the history be protected. return to terra with julian cooper story on our t.v. .