news from russia and around the world this is the with me a lot of thanks for joining us and we start all with big political changes in russia with the firing of the finance minister by president medvedev it follows an interview by alec say could do it in which he criticized the president over budget policy and said he couldn't work with him should medvedev become prime minister scenario planned by the country's leadership after next year's elections when prime minister vladimir putin aims to become president with medvedev leading the government as premier of his and he said now has more. pulled all started with the weekend's big news that led to mir putin will in fact be running for president in two thousand and twelve and he'd like president medvedev to go on to become his prime minister of finance minister former i think you could say now of course finance minister alexei kudrin it's comments about that news him saying that he doesn't see himself working in images government taboos lee talking about him possibly becoming prime minister the president not happy about those comments they

were making in the u.s. interest there and a visit he calls them utterly inappropriate and this is what he had to say when he sat down with it yes it was if you think your views on russia's economic agenda differ from mine as president you can resign but you have to answer right here and now are you going to resign the ship the monuments the. furnish just have my opinions do differ from yours but on only take such a decision after i've talked to the prime minister listen to say that she's feeling the most upset at the scale of what you can talk to whoever you want including the prime minister but as long as i'm the president i make these decisions you have to decide very quickly and give me an answer today either you reconsider the differences you're talking about or if these differences do exist i see no other way than for you to resign although this would be an unpleasant outcome anybody up what was your thoughts your yes because of some very harsh words there from president medvedev as he could tell it turning on the spot there is

a filthy position now and then but what this means of course. true of us in politics no one can really say oh we're going to see some reaction force upon the markets time for all those that were saying after the weekend's news that possibly politics are stacked boring i might just be that they were very wrong the reaction has been a very mixed here and russia end up cross the globe out of course social media was just a buzz keep getting into even if you look at twitter and lots of comments both positive and negative the. if we just go stateside and that's not very unexpected western media really a body of their criticism about russia and its democracy i just want to take you through one of the treats that was written by a u.s. senator john mccain known for his anti russian rhetoric by nancy putin in specific rhetoric saying surprise surprise shocking news which it is running for president again in the back here in a moscow the presidential aide to madrid you are party to our quote which he writes but nothing to be cheerful about it's better to play ice hockey stick

a stadium but of course where the big announcement was made on the weekend and he goes on to write it's high time to switch to a sports channel now with that said it's no secret that both china and medvedev in their so-called tend to enjoy very high support here in russia putin as president is no bringing stability to the turbulent ninety's next hour to tell you that he is very much see as a strong leader here in the country and that's part of this new time for putin and medvedev on a ticket bringing a united russia to the parliamentary elections in december and then on to the presidential election next. that was all season it's an hour on the fast moving developments in russian politics right now. euro zone leaders seeking to create an emergency rescue plan and of a triggering a possible double dip global recession one of the measures being discussed is to boost the eurozone bailout fund from four hundred forty billion to two treating you as that south of the i.m.f.

won't it may not be able to help european countries if the crisis worsens leaders are also examining writing off half of greece's tiring debt while the funding binds with big exposure to it just as another wave of massive protests against public cuts sweeps the country meanwhile the ass's government is being pressurised to bring its new property tax as part of promised a starting measures needed before the i.m.f. release of aid of an aid to believe your emergency loan episode but the priority now is to prevent these so-called too big to fail countries such as its new. and spain from being tracked down and as a guy in a chicken owner of course even the economy has provided the global growth in recent years european countries out of the us of ten and the policy of the i.l.f. . the leadership has changed but the methods have not for a desperate economy the i.m.f. still offers the same bitter medicine of draconian budget belt tightening reeses push to redouble its austerity efforts at a time of deep economic recession and to sell

a vast chunk of public assets at fire sale prices some have no choice but to cut dificid know the i.m.f. for my hand dominique strauss kahn said that forcing greece to pay back its debts would on acceptably impoverished the country and that everyone must be willing to accept losses on greek debt but feel as they're being has never been the i.m.f. strong point it's a new situation where my main shareholder is the united states of america well any dollar any euro that is invested in the fund goes buck. to the member principal and interest we're not in the business helps us of subsidies we're not in the business of giving grants the u.s. and europe are holding the most votes in the organization and veto power despite the fact that emerging economies have been the engine of global growth in recent years the organisation's policy making it's been under fire for being biased in favor of its top shareholders one of the functions of the i.m.f.

is crisis warning and prevention but when three years ago the financial crisis in the us was sending devastating shock waves throughout the world the organization proved completely redundant in the case of united they should have taken a much stronger position warning about the build up financial act that i mean. that write it up again but hasn't completely dropped the ball and unless the i.m.f. is that able to monitor the rich. like united states as well as other countries it will only lose its credibility some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern all of the big decisions at the i.m.f. are made by the u.s. treasury department well even the head of the world bank has accused the top advanced economies if you congress in their policies when countries with large fiscal deficits preach fiscal discipline the poor countries what are they really saying do what i say not what i do when countries pay homage to free trade

but hold back developing countries with barriers what do they really say do what i say not what i do a do what i say not what i do world well fracture to the detriment of all. we always hear. the arguments wealthiest members themselves facing their own problems many doubt whether the organisation will be able to take adequate measures to work off possibly another global price it's as well lending money to the world weaker economies the i.m.f. is still facing the challenge of offering buyable solutions that do not come with crippling measures but one thing is clear the world demands an i.m.f. that does not work solely for the benefit of the few i'm going to check out with forty four more parties. in a few minutes analyse arming israel proved too much for president bush was no problem for obama look into why america's current leader had no trouble signing up

a supply of bunker busters to tel aviv that's up next very soon also. to protect and subdue british police powers to blanket ban marchers and demos as riot paranoia leads to riots of expulsion the reports from london if you know that. the united nations security council has held its first closed door meeting to consider the palestinian request for u.n. membership the bid will be considered on wednesday despite opposition from the u.s. and israel. across the latest in new york. kept secret is the fact that the united states says it will veto the palestinian bid for u.n. membership and statehood but nonetheless the palestinians how have submitted an official application for statehood with the united nations now at this point what the palestinians would need would be nine out of fifteen of the security council

members to support this application no vetoes but us president barack obama did state last week when he was addressing the general assembly that the only way there could be an independent palestinian state is through direct negotiations and and peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians washington said it would cast a veto if it had to but let's remember that u.s. credibility and influence in the middle east is at stake here u.s. president barack obama has been seen supporting the so-called arab spring the to metion the libyans the egyptians and so for the u.s. to cast a veto now against the aspirations of the palestinians would be as some critics have said hypocritical the palestinians do have another option and that would be to take the vote before the general assembly where they do have the majority of support that would only raise. the status at the u.n. to observer state

a nonmember observer state but they would be able to file lawsuits at the international criminal court and participate in many forums but at this point it is stuck within the security council with washington pressing very hard for the palestinians to back down and not put them in a position to cast a veto palestinian envoy riad monsoor addressed the media following day one of security council consultations here's a bit of what he had to say we all know in the security council this is this is an exercise in which there will be put under pressure. so if the number of countries. on members of the security council but we trust that we have many friends in the council and the relationship between us and our friends is a solid relationship. the poles of palestine and they are supportive of justice for the palestinian people palestinian president

mahmoud abbas said he would return to negotiations only only if israel halt its settlement construction and since that has not happened and since the statement made by the quartet did not include that then the president of palestine said that there's no point in talking this can't be business as usual russia as a part of the quartet russia the u.s. u.n. and e.u. now russia is one of the many countries of the one that said they would support the palestinian bid for u.n. membership and state that statement but at this point. president abbas is saying that there is no point of returning to negotiations that have continued on for nearly two decades have not resulted in anything no peace plan nothing and just resort back to the way everything has been proceeding so while the international community is trying to come together right now to get both sides back to the negotiation table it seems that the palestinians are really driven and determined

to decide the fate of their country. as the palestinian bid for statehood at the u.n. continues reports have emerged claiming that president obama secretly approved to supply to israel fifty five deep penetrating balls so-called bunker busters the country has been requesting the high tech weapons since two thousand and five a pretty rejected however by the bush administration which fear days are oh good so the technology to china. the host of the radio station in america says the deal will need to an inevitable escalation of military tensions between israel and iran . obama is putting himself in the position of whether he wants it or not he very well may face a flight of the israeli f. sixteen air space and a phone call from benjamin netanyahu saying it's on what are you going to do he's not going to do anything about it or obama has given them everything they need to get us into a war with iran a war that would be

a disaster for american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan and bahrain for example for a navy in the persian gulf and for the entire global economy and who knows what kind of repercussions certainly israel will have a whole new bite on their hands with hamas and hezbollah on their borders etc you know if israel was run by a secret agent traitors that had taken over the country they couldn't do worse than they are doing with benjamin netanyahu in power over there and the same thing for netanyahu here in the united states of america they are hell bent on isolating both of us from everyone else in the world on this issue and everything else and if it comes to a war with iran which it very well could with benjamin netanyahu in the prime minister chair over there it would be an absolute disaster but everyone else seems to know that this is a really bad idea and especially when there's nothing to fight about when there just is not a nuclear weapons program no one just zero seven the national intelligence estimate of two thousand and eleven came to the very same conclusion again that they're just not making nukes all the hype you hear to the contrary notwithstanding and the u.n.

developments in another country discuss the syrian foreign minister met his russian counterpart to assess the seven crisis in the country says that more than twenty seven hundred people have been killed by security forces and a government crackdown they say but dr for him children you know that's to. rest his thing fueled from abroad and box the government's actions. well i think that moscow has already proven that it is very serious about instigating reform has initiated a series of good lessons regarding the media a multi-party system but the opposition unfortunately has been refusing to sit down and dialogue with the regime so the problem here is not the syrian leadership but the opposition which is being encouraged by interference from abroad whether by the gulf corporation council of all of the nato pearcy especially and other groups

working on their ground so i don't know what to define as military and the russian but if you have an armed mutiny that is being financed and supported from abroad i don't think you can call that a peaceful uprising russians have alone believes that free to express their opinions publicly a price that some believe is known to threat since riots erupted across england in august the face come from the government. six possible under sponsored by plans by islamic rightwing english nationalist groups to march through a predominantly muslim area in the city as his lawyer and it reports opponents believe that freedom of expression is being undermined. the view of workers activists on the home office ban on marching is clear it's an attack on the basic democratic rights in this country through september in six areas of london

anyone marching like these people did last winter is liable to be arrested and fined or even imprisoned. the ban was prompted by plans by the anti muslim english defense league seen here in luton in february to march through tower hamlets the area with the highest concentration of muslims in the country but instead of banning one march on one day the home office banned all marches in six baros for an entire month activist richard seymour sees a wider motive once the ban is passed it doesn't necessarily mean to say that march isn't going to happen it just means that the police more powers and that's part of the wider problem but if you're restricted to a static demonstration the police have a right to pen you in. a restroom very. small sensors or non-offensive these people behind me are amongst the lucky few they still can

march just by pure accident of geography we're hitting lamberth which is not one of the six bars affected by the ban but if as many fear the government extend and widen the ban to take in more parts of london the scenes that you see behind me both small and large marches through london and many other cities across the country could be a thing of the past the band comes hot on the heels of widespread rioting in many english cities in august it also coincides with the introduction of government austerity measures which some say amounts to the dismantling of the entire welfare state many say public fear of civil unrest is being manipulated to prevent unions from turning out to protest fierce cuts and pat. reagan from the workers revolutionary party says it's just the tip of the iceberg to the talking about area curfews that talk about shutting down facebook social network sites they're talking

about dictatorial civil war measures because what they're doing in britain is creating a historic change in which inevitably. the majority of the population will oppose them the home office can only stop marching it's powerless to prevent people from gathering but workers' organizations argue it's no good just standing there you've got to be able to march to make a statement as the unions did in march when more than a quarter of a million people turned out to protest the cuts activists say that's exactly what the government's trying to stop just in terms of where we are at the moment in this country with the process of a stirrer to being pushed through by the government trade unions or one of the major books opposed to the public or the legislation does tend to be used against striking workers something that's been very clear. there's been some recent examples of people being pulled off the picket lines and not to obviously we can see any resistance to. freedom of expression and dissociation in shrine didn't u.k.

and european law with the u.k. renowned for its powerful union organizations but the ban gives police the ultimate power to step in and arrest demonstrators merely for exercising their right to speak out against the government and that's a dangerous precedent to set. r.t. london. and you can find out lots in on the top stories as well as other news on r.t. dot com here's what's there this hour for you to discover that britain is estimated to have racked up a whopping two point seven billion dollars tub of the libya exceeding that planned the war expenditure by almost seven times taxpayers that are developing transparency on this spending and want to know exactly how much the mill. shelling out. in and on the way to mars but not quite the planet itself this is the ship that will go on a major mission to dig into a martian moon to reveal the secrets of its soil so the details are at r.t.

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george barber thank you very much for being with us again two years later now you've managed a global military organization now and you're on the board of one of the world's top energy companies are there any similarities between energy markets and the war theater. well we we both operate a global marketplace we're dealing with global issues oil is politics. whether it's national politics or international politics so i didn't leave completely behind what i did they took it because one of the things i didn't need to i wanted to do it here it was to establish control ations with russia and to bring russia much more to the mainstream of western. russian company. joy now you want to set what i will remember most from my

time in the chair is meeting children to the countries that are meant to moscow to care for a decade later do you think his children live in a better world for instance if we take libya how come there been so much child casualty in we need help or rationing these children. will have a better world a more prosperous world and a world that is signed chile three years of a lot of the fear as the previous generations the world war i world war so there is no doubt that keeping the prosperity of the world has improved the chances of living a quality of life that's what we were seeing in the arab spring more as a younger generation and remember that's. anyway sixty percent of the middle eastern population is under the age of still seeing they wanted a bit of that action as well they wanted a bit of that prosperity

a bit of the enjoyment people don't want to see all the g seven don't want to go to the ships by and large they want to. be want to have a host of whatever nice family they want the children to go to schools and that's a huge events all desire whether whether it's a. mosque or. now i don't think that there were large numbers of children casualties. and i knew who the targeting is done and it is done very very carefully if there were casualties it is because colonel gadhafi put those children on those civilians to deliberately into danger and that of course has happened before and yet if you were head of nato today is there anything that you would do differently in libya no i wouldn't have done anything different i think secretary general rasmussen has done a very difficult job highly successful because no one knew or major troops on the

ground at all it was all done in either of the of the population who themselves took the lead set up a transitional government you know made the offer of the refuge to those who wanted to leave kabul gadhafi i think a great display although it strained nato to the live in a chilly was a very good operational should leave a lasting legacy in libya for the people that they woke up here are also a member of the british parliament are you concerned that the british military has set foot on another nation's soil while the british military one of the nato countries set foot on libyan soil the may have been a small number of people there giving some vice but by and large it was done by the libyans themselves. and it was done with the backing of the out of lead and it was done with the backing of the un security council and i think the template of home

these things should come if there isn't a sense that if you do it there was no need for any old say intervention is in the people did it themselves no need for a little kid to venture in egypt the people did it themselves but in liberty you had a desperate at the time despicable dictator with a trite gray coat of go his own people who were undoubtedly have done it if we hadn't taken action but then why don't we try to do the same thing in syria look at the casualties that we have that we take. well because you can't intervene everywhere doesn't mean that you shouldn't intervene where you can't you know the war is not a weak resolution there was a un security council resolution neither of these things apply at the woman to what's happening in syria but then so regime at the end of the state just as it is as it were it me takes some time to walk over it and there are other means by which you can intervene economic political diplomatic and has what i've been saying at

this conference here speak up here for the next surprise or keep all of the weapons available the weapon of last resort because the military pay for that you use economic poll used to put my they use political influence to achieve the aims of trying to protect people the military action was only taking them libya because gadhafi threatened his own people threatening those who would rebel to the weight torch robertson thank you very much for this into. motion.

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you will see is great to have you with us the headlines. russia's finance minister has been signed by president medvedev off to say good night seven to him as prime minister should lead to refuse to take over as leader after next year's elections and for criticizing aspects of budgetary policy. the united nations security council says it will consider palestine's bid for full u.n. membership on wednesday with its leaders expressing hope of success despite opposition from the u.s. which holds a veto. on speculation continues over a greek debt default as you resign leaders scramble for nudging to rescue plan to stable deep recession the international monetary fund has been criticized for not treating the country's equally unfair.