was. the u.s. charges two iranians for allegedly plotting to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to washington to start a major terror attack iran says it's a joke. wasn't israel strike a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see jewish soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians. look he needs moscow and beijing look to unite against western financial and political dominance as well you are putin and the first day of his visit to china for an r.g.b. agreement.

it's a.t.m. in the russian capital you watching r t a marina joshua welcome to the program iranians hiring mexicans to assassinate the saudi ambassador in america the details of a complicated plot the u.s. government says it has uncovered officials in washington state iranian agents tried to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack allegations that ron dismissed as a comedy show he's going to chew down as the latest from the u.s. capitol. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranian government accountable for the plots to kill the ambassador of saudi arabia to the united states also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at the israeli embassy in washington and the embassy of saudi arabia also in washington and here's how the u.s. department of justice came up with those accusations the f.b.i. and was drug enforcement agency have arrested and warned u.s.

citizen his name monsoor our group's yark u.s. investigators say the man tried to plop east as a nation of the saudi ambassador to the united states and for that according to the americans this iranian man turns to members of a mexican drug cartel who turned out to be undercover f.b.i. also it is your turn to general said the man comes fast in the plot and said he was directed by high ranking iranian officials firmly denies the allegations saying it is a comedy show fabricated by america saudi arabia on the other hand took the allegations seriously and thanked us authorities for thwarting the alleged assassination attempt of their ambassador fear mongering against iran has been going on for many years now let me remind you that the state department has listed iran as a state sponsor of terror it seems now your mongering has reached a tipping point basically the questions asked in the u.s. media now come down to this one will be u.s.

retaliate or not as if everyone saw it coming and now here it is what they are not bringing up is possible motives behind accusations like that whether those accusations make any sense at all why would the government if you ran want to kill the saudi ambassador in washington would be reining is actually taking into consideration the potential fallout i heard experts on american mainstream channels beating the drums of war saying things like we need to step up because it is to undermine the government of iran of course we need to step up cooperate. and with value arabia and israel speaking of cooperation with saudi arabia the us has brokered the largest arms deal with saudi arabia in its history worth sixty billion dollars the u.s. would justify its enormous contribution into further militarization of that week as well iran's some experts believe that undermining the government if you read has been a long time coveted goal of the united states it's not clear how this incident will play out but it definitely makes the drums of war beat louder here in washington

now to check our reporting doubt on michael shore a former cia intelligence officer says there are a lot of holes in the allegations against this apparent iranian backed plot. one of the biggest problems in the united states for before telling what the terrorist threat is in our country is that the f.b.i. runs these sting operations and then claims great credit for breaking up apply it that wouldn't have existed except it be lured somebody into doing it my initial reaction is if the iranians wanted to kill a saudi ambassador why do it in the united states when it would cause a war between the united states and iran and wouldn't try land do it in in cambodia do it in saudi arabia but why do it here i think what you need to keep in mind is that the saudis want the iranians destroyed the israelis want the iranians destroyed the congress in the united states is owned by israel and so the congress

wants iran destroyed and this is an opportunity for them to push for war and so i think we have to be very careful until we find out exactly who is behind this plan to the iranians are as much a threat to the united states as my shoes are to the united states but what we don't need is any kind of a conflict with the iranians because what that will do is bring the whole islamic world down on top of us. what you are if you live from moscow still had for you this hour the price of compromise latest final hurdle for serbia and its campaign for a long desired you know membership but recognize impossible to be higher than celebrate wants to jump. the providers of levy as new governments around the remaining patch of gadhafi loyalists in his hometown but some question whether victory will be peace. i'm also officials have agreed to a prisoner swap deal with israel that secures the release of over one thousand palestinians in exchange for jew or soldier gilad shalit it's been held in

captivity in gaza for five years and is often used by israel as justification of its blockade of the strip are these possibly or reports on the deal palestinians are claiming is their success. i must finish the bureau chief out of michel speaking from damascus and he called this a national achievement for the palestinian people he expressed regret that not more palestinian prisoners were being released as part of this deal not prophesied mean to say there has been an emergency cabinet meeting in jerusalem that has now finished with the israeli government giving its noise to this prison a deal what we can understand is that something one thousand palestinian prisoners will be released for this one israeli soldier gilad shalit the details as we have them suggest that some three hundred fifty prisoners will be released in the initial stage gilad will be taken to egypt this is a deal that was brokered by egypt and is happening on egypt and soil at that stage another one hundred and fifty prisoners will be released and then finally when the

live returns to israel the final number of prisoners will be released among them marwan barghouti now he is the leader of one of the factions of that he has five life sentences on him and tel aviv in the posse there was no way that he would be included in this deal the fact that he is does point to the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu changing course and that is some of the analysis that he needs this deal so much more than does hamas in terms of changing the criteria of the deal knowledge much of it was kidnapped back in june two thousand and six it was a cross border raid women issues from gaza took him across he has not been heard of since he was very little communication in fact it was only one or two incidences when the israelis were actually notified that he was still alive the latest information we have is that this deal will see gilad coming back to israel possibly as soon as the beginning of next month it has been quite some time that israelis

and palestinians have not been holding any kind of direct negotiations it wasn't so long ago that the palestinians to care of a state is all did not accept this but at the request of the mid east quartet the two sides agreed to resume peace talks and those peace talks. movies you know at the end of next week in jordan so certainly there is not a lot more pressure on these raids to recognize the palestinian statehood in light of this deal going forward one of the problems of for israel has been that it doesn't want to create an incentive for the kidnappings and there is an element among israeli society who feel that this deal is really too high a price to pay for policy are reporting there are pushing for energy deals them boosting cooperation with the aim of balancing out the economic and political dominance of the west russia's prime minister is on a visit to china and his first day in beijing and it's with an important agreement on the price of oil now let's cross to china where he's maria costa was following the second day of the landmark meeting well to marina so what is expected to

dominate the agenda today. firing oh well as you said state soon here in small the beijing and lot of your goods and just mad with trying these government officials who are congratulated him on having such a successful trip so far and he reiterated the importance of establishing an even stronger bond between the two countries and right now as we speak his meeting with the chinese president and that's so they are expected to have more of a flavor rather than a financial one which is what we saw yesterday now it's important to mention that this is prime minister who since first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say it's a signal change and focus for russia for many years the west donated the country's political agenda and the strategic partnership that's when there was biggest and fastest growing economies many analysts say could signal a shift of balance in the power in the world and of course now that this has

happened and it shows that most school is ever more look at. the union with russia's economy still have really depends on its natural resources and this is one of the main reasons we need to diversify this way will not be. face you crisis and its consequences as we are right now and as we implement these changes relations with china will only improve the gene will not only be a partner in high tech cooperation but also the main market in which to solo chief technology biology and medicine. ross i'm trying to have supported each other throughout the years that both also share similar political views which was proven just recently when they both beat so the european draft of u.n. security council resolution condemning syria and they're all both members of the group along with brazil india and south africa and continued economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. has seriously undermined their dominance of the global political agenda and also

promise or vladimir putin said the brics should play a bigger role and her nationally what another factor here was the number of deals made lot of things didn't come alone he came along with a lot of russian a business tycoons who all are going to make agreements with local companies and they did and those agreements were worth seven billion dollars they are talking about money trade was also important prime minister putin said he squawked but then that the trade turnover this year could reach at least seventy billion dollars with the overall goal being sued hundred billion dollars bites once it's wednesday and officials from both sides have already said that their relationship between russia and china is the best it's ever been in many years and they're adamant to make sure it's those that way. all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update cossar reporting there from china. and we are closely following the high ranking meeting on our t.v. dot com our web site so you can log on to any time you like and get the updates so

we'll see what there are now high tech partners russia's prime minister while you were put in speaks to china's state broadcaster saying the two nations should be joining forces to develop technological innovations to change the world for the interview go to our website r.t. dot com. also online for you american police are accused of brutality of the occupy boston protos two vietnam war veterans were injured by officers and hundred people arrested. the latest plans to expand its bailout funds have been derailed by slovakia the tiny country voted against the new plan to rescue indebted european nations psaki which was the last to vote didn't support the move to increase the amount of money available the reforms to the european financial stability facility have to be approved by all seventeen members of the eurozone if agreed the saw government would have contributed about one percent of the four

hundred forty billion euro mark for the fun but us financial advisor patrick young says some vodka has been working really hard to balance its own budget in recent years and it's not easy to pay other countries debts. ultimately this is a question of not just principle but actually rational economic well being of the ordinary working people of slovakia they have an incredible cuts during the course of the last few years in order to keep the slovakian economy going and ultimately therefore we have this political leader richard of the freedom party who say enough is enough why should we have a situation where five million slovakian people are expected to pay seven billion euros in order to pay for greek people to how to pensions three times larger than the old age pensions in slovakia and ultimately that doesn't make sense i mean

slovakians are the lowest wage earners of the euro zone they're incredibly fiscally pragmatic they've run their economy in a very sensible and intelligent way and ultimately they feel very very are green with richest cation paying for greece that is ultimately an economy where the government lied about their figures in order to get into a bigger role in the first place certainly has got a long way in its pursuit of e.u. membership not least the handing over of suspected war criminals but there is one compromise proving very difficult to make recognizing cossar as a sovereign state i to sara for reports. starting a new life together and in doing so you're going to want to ensure you chasing your partner wisely so many you can trust to have your best interests at heart. we love each other and we love our country too we wouldn't give up on each other and we won't give up on our land you know i see is a ceremony in casa valley it is a time when the churches divides once again the focus of international attention is

couple social back and. this is our territory that's not going to change. that marriage is very similar to the partnership the serbian sees that's fifteen membership. for richer for poorer in sickness and in health you're going to have to stand by your choice as many countries know learning the hard way but many marriages the reality is often far from picture perfect times the union could be filled with uneasy compromises and the biggest hurdle in serbia's potential e.u. membership just how. close of a question if it came down to it and we can't. rely on the recognizing what would go great response i think we have a long way to go and we will certainly do everything we can to avoid such

a you know question to be put in front of serbia cannot give up on its constitution and on its territory in serbia in the same time is not willing to give our polity european integration so it solves really. you know unresolved so it is already done much to with its potential suitor killing many of the great here is set by the we can see to be an option the rest of the final war crimes suspect wanted by the hague in connection with the yugoslav was in the one nine hundred ninety eight many severely the country. it's now firmly on the right track he says visits from the leaders have been seen as opposed to it's going. to cease in the action because they could be the deal breaker there's a much more is there to ease tensions so he has got many many more hoops to jump over before he can get anywhere close to membership and as is often the case

sometimes these unions pull no signs of any particular love. or need to integrations. you know jeopardy to be from rise related once again and we know how we feel when your eyes only in your eyes only think you cannot fight. for your legitimate national interests despite a study is this that it will never recognize an independent kosovo reality grazie us gratian is it going to make it very difficult for the governments make any decisive action when it comes to close. i c. also has this hour here in r t seven years behind bars we reported on and so you have ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko and a worldwide accusation that this was a case of politics not just. the spy continued resistance in several areas libyan interim government forces claim

they've surrounded canal his loyalists in the center of his hometown taking over the city would bring the national transitional council closer to declaring victory as are tuesday or bushel has been investigating some experts believe that won't be the end of the war. which was the t.v. do you think will be in seems through with nato bombing of the country those who visited libya from the very different story. they thought they were just insulting sarkozy so we're asking we were wondering why there was no idea what was happening some of the media cheerleading in from supporting nato and sarkozy's bombing campaign could be open to accusations of conflicting interests or indeed shared ones leading french newspaper le figaro belongs to surge does so because of the referral from his main attack in libya.

libya where you know as nato continues to battle with the transitional government forces to secure the last program there are few strongholds of see it but it will be some believe that's far from the end of events it's of course very. very. easy to win a battle. so even with. maybe so. it doesn't mean it will be a. need for. national health. defense from what we're in which way the rebel government it's the. people in libya save the thousands the civilians killed the turning the population against nato and that's what the with still called declare victory despite many months of bombing. with the fighting not even over in libya washington and brussels and else sitting

with elsewhere pressing for a u.n. resolution against syria similar to the one that detonated intervention in libya but how can the west lecture damascus the former senator after the humanitarian catastrophe it's just caused. a good move. one of the serious crimes against humanity. that. stands accused of turning a blind boy it's a huge civilian casualties in libya but that's approach we come back to haunt the alliance as the people who've suffered the killed the cost of their losses and grief. brussels. but jailing of ukraine's former prime minister has sparked outrage on the streets of kiev our flood of criticism from russia the u.s. and the e.u. it was given a seven year sentence for abusing our power while signing gas contracts will russia

should also have to pay two hundred million dollars in damages to ukraine state gas company and here is asking looks angry response. judgment day for ukrainian democracy this label of tuesday's events given by the opposition seemed rather accurate when supporters of unity mustang tried to march the streets in defense of the former prime minister. before being dispersed by the police. three months of nonstop protest commentated in scenes reminiscent of the orange revolution with tens of thousands on the streets the tension only broken briefly by the appearance of topless feminist activists the pressure was equally intense inside the court. specially after a judge gave the verdict rocked yulia timoshenko and. the good has ruled that julia to mission control is guilty under article three six five three of the criminal

code of ukraine and sentences had to seven years imprisonment and the knights of the right to hold positions in government for three years several years ago she was one of the most influential female politicians in the world this conviction tops off her spectacular fall from grace and naturally left him a sankoh outraged that of marijuana retiree in regime or its magic to taught me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled under throughout i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and important man and we have to protect ukraine against the authoritarian regime can give up the prosecution claimed she abused power while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the accusation has been raising eyebrows in moscow which insists that those contracts were completely illegitimate this particular case is highly politicized and b. s and so their physician. certainly indicates that this has something to do with

russia and we cannot accept that a legitimate acting contract which. remains and force which was never. used. could become the reason. for the good decision. to push to europe also doubted yoko which is assurances that the case was not politicized and lashed out at ukraine's leadership experts say kiev now finds itself in a very difficult situation crane's potential membership the european union is some years away and i think we shouldn't pretend otherwise but we do once the countries in europe ceased to get closer to europe not just in terms of membership in terms of european values like the rule of justice and this is clearly an extraordinary setback and i do think it is quite possible that the invitation for president yanukovych which to come here on the twentieth of october will now be withdrawn not

only could this verdict backfire against the look of it but could also benefit to machine code say x. spurts to those protesting her verdict she has become a martyr a symbol of freedom fighting and she won't hesitate to use this joan of arc image even if to do so she has to wait seven years just hours after the simmering tension in central kiev it is back to quiet and normal again it is unclear whether unity much sank or space has been sealed as experts are now speculating that a presidential pardon is still a possibility but these protesters here are determined to stay here for at least another week in any case let's see russia's state party reporting from kiev in ukraine. at a time now for the business update with us stay with us. very welcome to the world of business the world price has shown remarkable resilience in

the latest wave of prime national turmoil unlike in two thousand and eight when current dropped to thirty five dollars a barrel this time it's held at around eighty dollars a barrel jacob nella from morgan stanley believes this shows how the world has changed as demand is no longer being mainly driven by the developed western nations he suggests this is good for russia. the lawn for oil is all coming from emerging markets over the last ten years over one hundred percent of the additional demand for oil has come from the emerging markets so the thing that matters for russia given that the oil price is so important for russia is what is happening with growth in the emerging markets in general and in china in particular and at the moment we're constructive of the development of a soft landing scenario for china where they get inflation back under control and through the measures they're taking such as cutting income tax fiscal policy easing and letting the one appreciate in order to support domestic animal and imports

which will support the rest of the world we see them continuing to grow very strongly. let's have a look at the markets now well prices are heading down the south that soft slow but rule makers voted against an overhaul of europe's bailout fund in the u.s. this senate blocked president obama's half a trillion dollar the plunge and create jobs and the over has cut its global world a month growth forecasts citing weak economic outlook industrialised nations. and stock markets are mixed across asia and hong kong gains of chinese banks are of such a loss is connected to the weak results of us all the new giant al quadea and dislike for europe's bailout fund expansion japanese stocks are edging lower one hundred is down almost three percent and comer make an income is over four percent in the right that's after the firms halted production in thailand due to the flooding in the country. trials ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian markets closed on a negative note on tuesday after several sessions of growth and my sibs dropped

over one percent and they are just lost three quarters of the sand bank in stocks and four majors in one month of may lose its. monday so-called relief rally to soft on tuesday as the head of the european central bank warned of an increasing risk of debt contagion from the euro zone but also from view to be capital expects the market to begin gaining around again on wednesday. today was a day where not when the market was it was correcting for when on ice really both from here in the us in the seas and thinking and in russia. today we're well over three expect that at the market for my home ground and actually start going backwards towards there the rest of the week for we basically expect the markets and not the printer it penetrating new meaning for levels centering the trade in the corridor with probably a bit less volatility but with that was seen the run up and last two weeks.

russia's second biggest still make a serious dollars facing another problem with its u.s. plants it may get less than two percent of the create cash payments for the sale of three still mills a major dispute with a fire service all sold to the ass's to run through a group in march for one point two billion dollars including one hundred twenty five million dollars in cash and the rest into frankenstein churches the catch component of fayetteville to one point nine million dollars has forced several styles to file a claim in the federal district court in new york both companies have not kept commented on the case. so have time for now europe today for more stories log onto a website r.t. dot com slash business.

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