one pm in the russian capital you were with r t a marina joshie 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 say two iranian agents tried to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to care yob the attack allegations to ron dismissed as a comedy show or his gun issue gun has the latest from the u.s. capitol. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranium government accountable for the plot 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 these really embassy in washington and at the embassy of saudi arabia also in washington and here is how the u.s. department of justice came up with those accusations the f.b.i. and was a drug enforcement agency have arrested a new raney and born u.s.

citizen his name monsoor are burps yar u.s. investigators say the man tried to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador to the united states and for that according to the americans this iranian man turned to members of a mexican drug cartel who turned out to be undercover f.b.i. operative turner general said the man comes fast in the plot and said he was directed by high ranking iranian officials and firmly denies the allegations saying it is a comedy show fabricated by america fear mongering against iran has been going on for many years now 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 the rainiest actually do it taking into consideration the potential fallout i heard eggs work on american mainstream channels beating the drums of war saying things like we need to step up activities to undermine the government of iran of course we

need to step up cooperation with saudi arabia and israel as for iran's some experts believe that undermining the government if you ran 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 than is reporting there michael sure 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 for 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 a plot that wouldn't have existed except that they 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 do it in thailand do it 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 all of you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow so i have for you this hour no desire to be a hero. now that you use big plans to increase and it's a lot of fun and willing to dig into its own pocket to bail out have all the indebted countries. and file hurdle for serbia and its campaign for

a long desired membership but recognizing cost of it could be higher than belgrade wants to jump. pushing through anarchy deals and boosting cooperation with the aim of balancing out the canonic and political dominance of the west russia's prime minister is on a visit to china where an important remit on the price of oil is already in place or has more. that's. prime minister putin had more of an economic flavor rather than a political one he met with the local government officials including the chinese president and the prime minister and they all talked about the importance also increasing by lateral trade as well as developing other key areas of interest like aviation and technology that's important to mention that this was prime minister putin's first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say that it's a signal of a change in focus for russia for many years the west of course dominated the

country's political agenda and now it seems with china's economic progress most go maybe looking east both countries have supported each other throughout the years on various issues and they also have similar political views and we saw that just recently when both countries vetoed the european draft of the un security council resolution condemning syria and of course both countries are also members of the brig's group along with brazil india and south africa and the economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. has seriously undermined the dominance of the global political agenda of europe and the us paving the way for a merchant economies like russia and china are not actually prime minister putin said that the role of the brics were to become more important on the international scene. i think it's joint reforming existing institutions i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank and you we agree that the role of the brics countries in these organizations must be enhanced

given the growing importance of our countries' economies he wasn't here alone he was here with a huge delegation including a russian a businessman who are all here looking to make business deals with local companies and they did all that they got here was seven a billion dollars worth of agreements including wants to set up a mutual investment fund well also trade as i mentioned earlier was a key issue. you promise or vladimir putin said that they expect the trade turned over to ridge at least seventy billion dollars this year with the overall goal being two hundred billion dollars by twenty twenty china is already russia's a number one trade partners and they're now working towards switching gears and making their relationship even stronger and developing their ties. in acosta reporting there during his chinese visit russia's prime minister vladimir putin gave an interview to the state broadcaster outlining the priorities for the two nations putin sat down to forty four of the logical breakthroughs in an aviation

aircraft building are some of the areas where he wants to see the partners working together and you can read the full interview on our feet. also online preview the american police argues the brutality of the occupy boston protest to be out now war veterans were injured by officers and out two hundred people arrested. hamas officials have agreed a prisoner swap deal with israel that secures the release of over a thousand palestinians in exchange for jew or soldier gilad shalit has been held in captivity in gaza for five years let's now cross a live near who is in tel aviv for more. paula fouls and in

exchange for one so i want to face of it the deal seems one sided why was it agreed then. well this is a deal that has been on the go for five years ever since the israeli soldier gilad shalit was taken captive back in june two thousand and six now at this stage we don't have the intricate details of who's on the list of prisoners and what the deal involves but it does seem to suggest that there has been not that much movement on both sides in terms of the deal over the last few years which is why many are saying it's the israelis who have given many and certainly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a lot to gain from such a deal he's facing immense political pressure both internally and internationally a must for its side is coming up the winners of this deal certainly they have been celebrations throughout last night and they continue today particularly in the jabalya refugee camp in gaza hamas is political bureau chief khaled mashal has called this a national victory for the palestinians he has encouraged the the well coming back

all of palestinian prisoners expressing regret that not all palestinian prisoners are being freed so that is why you are hearing some voices in israel some voices of concern that the capture of one soldier is going to be something that is encouraged on the palestinian side because as you say the price for one soldier is particularly high. while you are chilean has often been used by israel as justification of its blockade of gaza strip so could we see a lifting of the following his release now. well it's difficult to say exactly what will happen in terms of the seeds that is all imposes on gaza but certainly the gazans have been bearing the brunt of the siege that was imposed on them ever since going outside it was taken hostage some five years ago there have been heavy restrictions on goods both coming in and out of gaza among the prisoners who are to be released a fair number will return to the gaza strip and i think it's worth mentioning that

we don't yet know who these prisoners are we will have the names released within the next forty eight hours but it's worth remembering that at this moment there are more than eight thousand prisoners who are currently being held in israeli jails among them are many women and children some three hundred children many of the prisoners are also there without having been tried now there are some prisoners who are currently undergoing a hunger strike they protesting against the general conditions in the prisons we've been hearing from activists who say that particularly the political prisoners they have basic rights like bathing that are being denied to them other whites such as access to clean clothes that are denied as well as family visits there are some one thousand and twenty seven prisoners who will be released that will be released in various stages the latest being you know we are hearing is that the first batch will be released possibly as soon as next week when we understand that gilad shalit could be taken to egypt egypt of course brokered this bill and the whole exchange will happen on gyptian soil. ok falsely or thanks very much indeed for bringing us

to sub date from tel aviv. to other stories now the jailing of ukraine's former prime minister has sparked outrage on the streets of kiev and a lot of criticism from russia the u.s. and the e.u. it would to mashallah he was given a seven year sentence for abusing her powers while citing gas contracts with russia and she'll also have to pay two hundred million dollars in damages to ukraine state gas company and i fear she ask the angry response. the situation is still pretty much tense to because several hundred protesters supporters of the country's former prime minister lost still stationed in their in their tent camp here on this city's main street on the main street of kiev and i reckon they're planning to stay here for at least another week despite that their leader has been jailed for seven years and there have been no indications so far that she would be like gains the verdict and that she could be released any time soon with

a presidential pardon on any other possibility like that the supporters of victory on the povich who are also stationed here at the main street of key in front of the court building for three months they have removed their tent camps and now of course it is a lot quieter than in the past three months still the simmering tensions on tuesday rocked the capital of course there were thousands and thousands of people here the biggest protests we've seen so far in the last three months the international reaction has been furious. regardless of where you look with which part of the world everyone have been very disappointed with the verdict the united states washington said that had to be released the european union different parts of it also expressed their concerns and indignation over the verdict russia also reacted furiously to this decision saying that those gas deals which were signed back in

two thousand and nine were completely legitimate they stress that once again and saying that the decision by the court in kiev in fact neglected russia's concerns over the legitimacy of these all these gas deals in two thousand and nine and also the russian foreign ministry stated that the decision by the purchase court is in fact has or has in fact some and side russian pretext in it so definitely the reaction has been furious from all over the world he. if now finds itself in a very very difficult situation and experts are predicting some possible steps from the president to college even possibly a presidential pardon to. ukraine's former prime minister we have certainly following all the developments and will bring the latest information as we get it i fear shafiq you're implying there from kiev and james share from the russia and eurasia program at chatham house says that to call the gas agreement between moscow and kiev illegal is just absurd there is an empty russian subtext

because they are trying to find the maximum of justification for false second alteration of the gas agreements no just say that the agreements that yulia timoshenko entered into in two thousand and nine zero two of one contract and then secondly a supplementary agreement saying they were illegal is utterly bizarre because president chen of clothes which concerned the phone didn't see these things when he concluded the kharkiv accords with president meet the agents in april two thousand and ten he affirmed the validity of the accords that your earlier team a shameful concluded with prime minister putin so that this is just one of many absurdities in this whole drama unfolding. the e.u.'s latest plans to extent of bailout fund have been derailed by slovakia the tiny country voted against the new

plan to rescue indebted european nations slovakia which was the last to vote didn't support the move to increase the amount of money available although the rifts caused by the decision led to the ruling coalition collapsing three forms to the european financial stability facility have to be approved by all seventeen members of the eurozone if agreed with a smaller government would have to contribute about one per sandin of their four hundred forty billion earmarked for the fun but as financial advisor patrick johnson s lavaca has been working really hard to balance intel and budget in recent years and is not eager 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 injured 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 cynic of the freedom

party who's saying 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 help 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 in 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 great with great justification about paying for greece that is ultimately an economy where the government lied about their figures in order to get into the euro in the first place. serbia has long been looking to follow in the footsteps of nations likes of occupy joining the e.u. and i will move a step closer when the european commission puts forward serbia as a candidate for membership later on wednesday but one big compromise still lies i have recognizing cost of zero as

a sovereign state are the sarah firth reports. starting a new life together and in doing so you're going to want to ensure you chasing your partner wisely so when 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 as a ceremony in casa very little time when the churches divides once again the focus of international attention this couple social and their commitment. this is our territory that's not going to change. that marriage is very similar to the partnership that serbian. that's fifty membership the better 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 membership just how . the cost of a question if it came down to it and can't. be every light in the recognizing what the response be then i think we have a long way to go and we will certainly do everything we can to avoid such 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 up on its european integration so it solves really. you know unresolved so it is already done much to with its potential suitor fulfilling many of the quite areas 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 said believe that the country. it's now firmly on the right track he says visits from the leaders have been seen as a positive. might finally be about to cease and the action because they could be the deal breaker that is a much more is that the ease to intentions has got many many more hoops to jump over before it can get anywhere close to membership and as is often the case sometimes these unions bullnose not of any particular love necessity gives up on leads you into grecians. you know jeopardy to become isolated once again and we know how we feel when your eyes only when your eyes only you cannot fight. diplomatically for your legitimate national interest despite that is assertions that it will never recognize an independent course of reality grazie you

aspirations are going to make it very difficult for the government to make any decisive action when it comes to serve us. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world in a series of bomb attacks targeting iraqi security forces have rocked baghdad killing fourteen people and injuring another sixteen official say there were at least three explosions with suicide bombers targeting local police stations the attacks came just days after iraq asked for more than five thousand u.s. military trainers to stay on past the formal withdrawal date of december the ferry her. roadside bomb killed six police officers and a tribal elder in southern afghanistan they were all traveling with a truck in kandahar province when it hits explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated and the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar has increased since nato handed over security to local forces

. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says she's planning to leave politics next year for a more private life she says she will leave the state department after barack obama's first term saying she believes he will be like that for a second grader clinton has been in the political spotlight since ninety ninety three when she became america's first lady before being elected senator for new york in two thousand and one who now says she has no desire to stay in the public eye. brings up to date here on our team this is next with. thanks daryn and a very warm welcome to your business update russia and china are close to a gas to spin on the cards for many months with both sides haggling over the price talking to the chinese me to prime minister putin explained how a solution to the impulse have been found there are russian and chinese companies

will find immediately beneficial solution we're aware of the needs of china china is aware of opportunities reserves a very big unable to meet the demands of our chinese friends and september the countries agreed on a new deal to the supply of almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas over thirty years how well they still haven't managed to sign a final agreement as china says the price is too high. while the oil price has shown remarkable resilience in the latest wave of financial turmoil unlike in two thousand and eight twenty to thirty five dollars a barrel this time it's held around eighty dollars a barrel jacob mel from morgan stanley believes this shows how the world has changed as demand is no longer being mainly driven by the developed nations he suggests this is good for russia. the demand for oil is all coming from the emerging markets over the last ten years over one hundred percent of the additional demand for oil is coming from emerging markets so the thing that matters for russia

given that the oil prices 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 that taking such as cutting income tax fiscal policy easing and letting the one appreciate in order to support domestic demond imports which will support the rest of the world we see them continuing to grow very strongly. let's have a look at those figures oil prices advancing the sound speculation but proposals on the european bank recapitalization will support it because normally closed on fuel consumption and the european markets are edging higher despite their rejection of the grantor expand the euro zone's rescue fund late tuesday at the foot sea is flat to positive on the dax is up more than one percent. and russian markets are back

into positive territory the my six is gaining almost one hundred percent and the r.t.s. is edging twice as much. let's have a look at some of the individual share moves in the my six bruce l. has surged more than three percent that's after the world's biggest producer of course and one point four billion dollars loan from china to fund a smelter in siberia year olds to mco is lower the washington the better mr reports the mine the may need government approval for its buyback program citing the letter from the russian and to trust regulator and russia's grain and sugar producers goodnight is down almost one percent on the news the country's government may tax grain exports once they reach twenty four million metric tons of the gear. and the from v. should be capital so many blue chips are undervalued and a good bets longer term but there are some notable exceptions. it does look like.

a change of situation in the retail segment of the company bobo. have posted train updates which are below consensus expectations as the revenue growth it does seem that. they've taken up enough of market share and the sales are going to go slower pace in the to space and the stocks will trade at multiples which are at premium to bridge for a russian market so probably retailers are going to be a bit under pressure for in those three. from b. to b. capital russia's second biggest still make a silver star is facing another problem with its u.s. plants severstal sold three still mails to the run co group in march one point two billion dollars including one hundred twenty five million dollars in cash and the rest in debt now it may get less than two percent of the cash part following a dispute with the buyer plan to reduce the catch component of the deal to one point nine million dollars just for sellers sold to file

a claim in the federal district court in new york both companies have not yet commented on the case. the networking giant cisco systems is launching its first assembly plant in russia the site will produce set top boxes allowing viewers to watch t.v. using the internet the plant will assemble important components of atomised a newspaper reports telecom major vimpel call may buy up to two hundred thousand devices each caught up now with companies skin on expanding into the internet t.v. market and has more than doubled its subscribers to four hundred thousand since march. so we have time for know your art today it's full story as an analysis check call web site talking dot com slash business.

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welcome back you're watching from moscow these are the top stories the u.s. charges two reins with allegedly plotting to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to washington as part of a major terror attack american officials say they're committed to holding iran accountable but iran rejects the accusations calling them a joke. the russian meeting the chinese leader in beijing on a visit to boost cooperation and balance down the financial and political dominance of the west on the first day wouldn't reach they set up important agreements on energy prices. hamas and israel striking a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see jew or soldier block should be freed in exchange for over three thousand palestinians. kept of course.