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it's nine am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story greece is under scrutiny by a team of senior european and i.m.f. officials who are assessing if the country has implemented enough austerity measures this ahead of a crucial vote in germany where lawmakers will decide whether to release further bailout cash desperately needed to steer the country out of trouble r t sorry for a thousand more from athens. all eyes are going to be on bell and to see the outcome of that it's very uncertain the moment exactly what's going to happen as he said the contributions from germany as well as other usa members would increase where that to be a preview we know that there has been some problems especially amongst the german public is pretty extremely unpopular and we've seen the greek prime minister choose passenger on
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a visit just the other day met with the german chancellor merkel that was seen as a move to china maybe garner a bit more support for greece and we had some very positive rhetoric coming from the both of them greece that is part promising to deliver saying they think they can find their way out of the crisis it really is crucial that you as a need to still have made it clear whether or not they're going to be providing that next tranche of money the eight billion year race is still that that certainly will go ahead because as we've seen from some of the other statements that have come out recently very much the opinion and the thought is that greece has to stay within the year within the eurozone where it's too late we've heard that anyone could leave really and i could see the end of the entire union all together there's a lot of disappointment from the people here about the way the situation's played out i mentioned how the german public were feeling about having said the possibility of providing more contributions towards that bailout well here in
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greece to be honest the said the feelings very similar they don't particularly like the idea the euro is any leaders coming to the rescue what they see is news that is simply untenable for them of course they want greece to ride out this crisis but the austerity measures that have been put in place them have been very very strict indeed we saw the situation here on some type of square where the protesters clashed with riot police that escalated again at the very unhappy with this measure is that property tax is going to add even more to the tax goes to these people having to pay and the public has said. it's not even a case anymore of whether they should pay they simply don't have that money the situation here really is a. point now people are going to be looking. to see exactly where the usa need is again that whether they're going to be taking decisive action that it going to help people out of the situation the e.u.
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commission president insisted greece will remain in the euro zone and called on its members to join forces as the union faces the biggest challenge in its short history but an economics professor dr marcus kerber tells us that german taxpayers may be fed up with being europe's cash cow. eighty five percent of the relation posts to any further money so we are in for a very very strong battle and then additionally there is the challenge against. the european court of justice he faces a challenge biology group that he has at be used to european central bank to buy him to put chase junk bonds from italy spain greece ireland and portugal and be full of the spirit has been greater than today and. as such it is going to to lose the support the popular support it has always had in
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germany till now the fundamental problem of greece. is divergence of competitiveness by putting debt and moving move money into these countries to. increase the competitiveness of the countries of the country you keep them in the same monthly cost yet they are more the terribly imprisoned in the you. to having consumed the sweet will be cheap money for more than ten years so you give them the freedom to leave the they will be able to catch up with other competitive countries the deepening of the downturn has revealed some painful truths. that governments don't rule the world goldman sachs rules the world and the mainstream media in shock. some might call the world economies worst kept secret. we tracked the palestinian bid for u.n.
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membership as it progresses through the security council despite a looming threat of the us. turning. dagestan where a car bomb has killed one police officer and seven civilians it's one of the victims of the blast was a young girl the latest in a string of deadly attacks in the region for more on this we go live to. medina most of the victims of this time were civilians but who were the actual targets of the attack. that's right so this latest incident has of the republic of dagestan that hit true probably dagestan claimed of the lives of eight innocent people and but these people were in knowledge of primarily targets as of this type of incidents usually target police officers and government officials this bomb one off in a parked car when a group of a policeman were approaching in to inspect it and as
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a result one policeman was killed and another six were severely injuries and that the moments they are in the hospital according to the confirmed information at this call was. the bomb was the detroit native automatically civilian casualties also include an entire family comprising of a father mother and a child who were in a car passing by as of the moment of the investigation is underway and a criminal case has been opened there it has always been known for its volatility of what's been happening there recently. indeed this of the republic all for dagestan which is situated here in russia's north caucasus is sun to be one of the most a volatile areas in russia and since the start of these there has been a number often in tourist anti terror raids launched by russian security forces but recently a chain of incidents has hit of this reach and answer the most recent one took
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place on september twenty third one i top officials call was targeted and of these attacks plain lives of innocent people and before that there was in another double cherry top of kids the capital all but this is a region not magical are claiming a lot of the policeman so what we see now is a real time and see that this incidents are target this incident targets of police officers and government officials but very often innocent people get caught in the crossfire overall seventy four people have been killed and another under more than one hundred seventy injured as a result of a terrible crime in this region since the start of this year i think any question of alive in the north caucasus sites for that update. stay with us here on araa t still to come later this hour meet space explorations a new kid on the block china getting ready to launch an unmanned space laboratory
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dubbed the heavenly palace to markets first steps toward building its own space station. but. first though the ethnic standoff continues in kosovo as nato reinforces its presence along the contested border with serbia this day after at least eleven people were injured in clashes throughout the area the violence flared up on tuesday when nato peacekeepers tried to dismantle serb barricades during the dispute rubber bullets and tear gas for use by alliance forces serbian hospital officials claim some of the injured had been shot with live rounds the barricades were set up in july when kosovo authorities tried to seems checkpoints to enforce a unilateral trade embargo russia's foreign ministry has called on peacekeepers in the area to stay neutral with russia's envoy to nato dimitri were goes in saying the alliance taking sides could inflame the conflict it took it seems my new colleagues don't have a clue what the consequences of their involvement in the conflict could be instead of taking
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a neutral position in accordance with the un security council resolution to decide of course it will be basically nato is blocking the road of life between the cost of an serbs and serbian it's the international peacekeepers who are involved in the civil conflict in the north of the region according to our sources there about the wounded people among the consequence of those who are not. you know from real bullets fired at these people who need to refuse to answer that question it's another mistake that nato is making and provokes another conflict in the balkans. surgery serbian foreign affairs writer for the us chronicles magazine says nato forces may have acted beyond international law. look to see mention for argument's sake that bashar al assad's sent his security forces against a group of syrian demonstrators that those troops were met with stones they fire live ammunition back and then claim they did it in self-defense i think that we can
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already hear that the rise of a lot to well west implications and western media and here today would have us believe this they can react to it in self-defense when fighting first goggle it's and then live ammunition at the rock throwing surface but what we're doing there in the first place the notion that they were actually helping touchy call the snake impose his control and all that between call so then so be it should be properly called a minister to dividing line means that they have exceeded their mandates and they're no longer acting in in accordance with resolution twelve fifty full which is just about the only legal basis of their trysts remember you can find all our latest news and stories any time by clicking on our team dot com here's what's on live for you right now. a french envoy to the u.n. warns iran that it's playing with fire if it continues pursuing its nuclear program by dot and tell us where you stand on terrans controversial atomic ambitions
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participate in our online poll on our website they were asking what will happen if iran is proved to be building a nuclear weapon so far the most popular response is that there will be a lot of saber rattling but little else the idea that israel will bomb the facilities and a sudden attack comes a close second some of the respondents think that either nato will occupy the country or iran will join north korea as a totally isolated nation have your say at r.t. dot com. moscow says it could support a compromise draft resolution on syria that would unite russian and european positions on the conflict this after hours of talks at the security council as the two veto wielding is to veto wielding members russia and china rejected the initial
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european plan calling for immediate sanctions the softer version presented earlier by the e.u. states favors the measures if the violence doesn't stop moscow's long insisted restrictions are simply a strategy to pursue regime change in syria and do little to actually resolve the crisis russia's envoy to the un though said a compromise could be reached if the rest of the security council was united in a commitment to end the violence meanwhile fighting in syria continues with the army supported by tanks and helicopters now walked in the street battles in the opposition held city of. what was staying with the region the palestinian bid for recognition at the un is moving through the security council it's been passed on to the group's admissions committee which will consider the application friday but the u.s. has vowed to veto the motion in support of its ally israel meanwhile tel of eve has been criticized by the international community for deciding to expand its settlements on occupied palestinian soil archies marina porton i reports from new york. so far there is about six security council members on record that have
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thrown their support behind the palestinian bid a total of nine out of the fifteen countries need to support the application and there has to be no vetoes none of the veto wielding members of the security council should cast a veto as we know the united states a staunch ally of israel has vowed to veto the palestinian bid for u.s. membership if it house to israel is very much opposed to this the us president barack obama said the only way that there can be independent palestinian state is if the palestinians and the israelis get back to the negotiation table and discuss middle east peace plan that comes to fruition so at this point some critics say the palestinian campaign for you another ship is doomed to hell but the palestinians are very appreciative that security council is moving so quickly and at the very least this is bringing to it bringing attention to a problem that has lasted for decades and has not yet been solved there has been
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condemnation coming from the international community against israel's plan to expand its settlements russia has said it's deeply concerned with the plan and hopes that it would be revised the united states and european union also voiced criticism of this plan some critics say that the settlement expansion is actually a violation of international law and if anything israel's actions can be seen as provoking and already sensitive circumstance not helping to reach. ultimate peace agreement the palestinian authority say that israel clearly with this move is not serious about peace whatsoever and we can imagine that a lot of the diplomatic negotiations will continue taking place to make sure that maybe israel will will take its plan on expanding settlements because if those settlements do expand the palestinian president said there will be no kind of
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business as usual and no direct talks with the israelis. reporting from marty's marina port nyad who earlier sat down with prominent academic professor noam chomsky he thinks countries that still oppose palestinian independence should be forced to reconsider there's a choice between security and expansion very clear choice israel is like other states is preferred since the early seventy's it's had a choice between security and expansion can have peace but not with expansion into the territories which incidentally is recognized to be criminal but every one of they get away with it as long as the most powerful state in the world back home and as long as europe goes on that's where we now stand and it's up to the people danced industrial countries to component of government should go along with the world. you can watch
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a full interview with noam chomsky a little more than i hear on r.t. . china is getting ready to launch an unmanned laboratory into space thursday marking the first ambitious step to building the country's own space station the experimental module tiangong one known and also known as the heavenly palace will be launched from the gobi desert and china's northwest officials are promised to complete construction of the station by the end of the decade the editor of news of the cosmos magazine. china's exploration of space is fueled by a desire to catch up with other countries. china has been approaching it in a space exploration program with few but very precisely steps that if we launch for them is something the least of it but for now they we had reached thirty years ago as for technology they made with borrowed some of it both officially or unofficially from russia the u.s. and europe. with but one of the reasons the chinese are developing their own sickly
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expression of it is that they weren't invited to join the sands they were even refused permission just to visit the station but you know that russia and europe is against it so we have to bear in mind that china is a different civilization it was once willing to go hand in hand with the americans but will simply go their own separate way so this first stage there is a module based space station which they plan to start building into. switching gears now the mainstream media has been thrown into a tailspin after an independent trader told the b.b.c. how the world of big money and politics looks from the inside r.t. as christine has our report from washington on why so many found this an eye opener . the governments don't rule the world goldman sachs rules the world it was the comment heard around the world one that generated widespread reaction from papers and pundits alike we appreciate your candor however it doesn't help the rest of us
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does it but instead of talking about the comment itself most outlets remediate least not to shoot the messenger alessio risk forbes called him a psychopath c.n.d. she suggests it might be a hoax new york magazine wonders if it is a hoax or perhaps our worst nightmare well regardless of our intentions the bigger question has been largely ignored was he wrong about the power of goldman sachs and why was everyone so shocked after all right here at r t in our studios we've had several guests bonafide traders even former goldman sachs employees who have said the very same thing washington is not the biggest player in this the global bankers are the biggest players the global hedge fund managers that's where the action that is determining the outcome of this mass not the players in washington they have already seated control to the global banking industry wall street has been pulling
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the strings in washington from the get go it is the largest sector of campaign contributions and that's to both parties but for the mainstream media who don't share views like these are studies honesty was unexpected says surviving thrive t.v.'s george hamon story when they asked him nice questions on b.b.c. he just let it all hang out and the actual truth came across. recently also sent shock waves around the world when he told the b.b.c. that most traders don't really care if and when the economy is fixed personally i've been dreaming of this one for three years i have a confession which is i go to bed every night i dream of another recession the b.b.c. interview has now gone viral if you could see the people around me jewels of collectively drop what you've just saves perhaps there are. jaws wouldn't have dropped they only read that july two thousand and nine a rolling stone article the great american bubble machine in it he famously described goldman sachs as a quote great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity relentlessly
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jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money t.v. discussed with us recently how although people are unaware of it the big bank has profound power in society how much you're paying for gas how much you're paying for electricity how much you're paying for your credit cards. your mortgages how much you're paying in taxes and how much of your tax dollars are going to debt service. unlike the mainstream media few here would be shocked by rest on these comments we sat down for nearly two weeks these protesters have been out every day hoping to bring an end. or at least awareness to what many call a corrupt system or do we. really want. and still others have argued for years that the government's actions are dictated by the big banks the very special interest in on wall street the insurance industry these guys these are the
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people who are writing the laws that obama is asking they are keeping him in power they are the ones that have financed this campaign and the laws are being written for their benefit. as anger builds here perhaps better questions need to be asked here so that a different message is sent to decision makers here that the system that has been sustained and protected for decades might need to change in washington christine for our tea. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe u.s. police have arrested a twenty six year old man charging him with plotting an attack on the u.s. capitol and pentagon using remote controlled model aircraft packed with explosives and f.b.i. investigators had been monitoring the suspect for months undercover federal agents gave him fake c four explosives and arrested him shortly afterwards he was also charged with attempting to support al qaeda groups. several egyptian political
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parties have threatened to boycott the november election unless the country's rulers amend current ballot laws you know it was made in a joint statement wednesday as activists prepare to stage another protest in the capital cairo reports say thousands of people dissatisfied with the military rulers who took over when president mubarak was ousted in february are expected to turn up at the rally. a court ruling sentencing a woman to be lashed for breaking a ban on female driving was overturned by saudi arabia's king abdullah the under unconfirmed reports come by the twitter page of a saudi princess who praised the ruler and expressed her happiness with his decision the u. turn came about after two days after initials announced that the country's women will be given the right to vote for the first time in two thousand and fifteen. going to milliken joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . welcome back to business thanks for joining me out top story this hour the international monetary
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fund has painted a grim picture at its latest edition of the world economic outlook even though they predict a global growth of four percent for two thousand and eleven and two thousand and twelve it could get even worse but i'm f. economists have a downside scenario to help countries avoid a global recession a flare up in the eurozone and low growth prospects in the united states. our call today is for policy action on the part of you know economies around the globe to resolve as quickly as possible the uncertainty around what's happening with sovereign debt in europe to for advanced economies to put together these credible medium term fiscal plans for consolidation and thereby opening up the possibility to lend some support in the short run to growth prospects and emerging market economies you know asking for them to remain nimble
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so continue kind of building fiscal space but the tension really you know work to if turns are worse than expected and they'll have the ability to respond in a counter cyclical manner to support growth. of the markets now all this fluctuating heading for the biggest quarterly drop since two thousand and eight that's on speculation that global economic growth will slow and curve fuels in the med rising supplies and is trading at around one hundred four dollars a barrel and light sweet is at eighty one dollars per barrel japanese share as recovered from early losses with the nikkei point eight point one percent the so our technology shares and gaining ground south korean stocks also staged a strong advance however australia shows a week with losses from minus and energy companies and the trading session on them . stock exchange has been cancelled due to a type of warning. and it's less than an hour before the opening bell here in
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moscow on wednesday about the r.t.s. and isaacs close slightly below zero point two percent in the red. russian equities fell flat on wednesday after a promising start to the week a go pro high if i took a dollar said that hope away debt resolution was behind john however caution will be the order of the day ahead of the key chairman really on what the markets expect these new shown german voting today on the expansion of the bailout fund european gold fund but once important. kind of expectations the market its european central bank can announce next week and one more thing is that they can expand the program similar to the american. program which were kind of coldish quantities and so if it happens next week's definitely support the markets and i think some investors will take bets on that so i view it's more positively actually and i would probably
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take the risk of taking long positions right now we still see some short positions the markets and clients and investors on those sure what kind direction while the market take this one again i don't expect going to a large volumes. yes so for now a stay with us for headline news with that coming up next.
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nine thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines greece holds its breath as a team of international debt inspectors assess whether the country has implemented enough austerity measures this comes as head of a crucial vote in germany to decide if athens qualifies for the next eight billion euro bellone needed to pay its debts and salaries in october. a car bomb blast in russia's north caucasus killed eight people including a young girl it's the latest in a string of attacks targeting security officers with innocent civilians again caught in the crossfire. russia has warned nato not to take sides as tensions run high along the kosovo serbia border inflamed by the alliance a true crackdown on a serbian barricade. next spotlight shines on the.

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