to kill the saudi ambassador to the us will further isolate iran with allegations of spector to increase sanctions on tehran to iranians that were charged with trying to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack it's something that's around dismissed as a comedy show. nature can reports from washington. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranium 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 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 this was 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 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 and she's are going to kind of courting her when i mean time michael sure a former cia intelligence officer who says that the allegations against this apparent iranian backed off full of hope. 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 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 apply 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. this is the life for a moscow now bonding exercise prime minister putin strengthened russia's partnership with china during his high profile visit to the world's fastest growing economies came together to share common interests on commercial goals all aimed at balancing the dominance of the west deals with some seven billion u.s. dollars in energy trade and high tech industries of already being signed and more is yet to come closer explains. the two day visit was more of course had an

economic flavor rather than a political one this was promised the puritans first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say it's a sign of a change in focus for us and that the government is now looking east for both russia and china of course members of the brics group along with brazil india and south africa and the growing economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. has seriously undermined their dominance of the global political stage paving the way for a margin economy prime minister putin said the us is currently using instead of monopoly as the only global reserve currency and that's how than a negative effect on their financial policy if you will because they've been you i never said the us was a parasite on the global economy but i do think it's feeding off the monopoly of the u.s. dollar is a single global currency the problem is not only for the world economy both for america's economy as well because it leads to a violation of financial discipline in order to do so because when it comes to the

e.u. vladimir putin said that greece is a big problem but that it could have resolved if countries that weren't afraid to take action he said of russia and china should have a form of international financial systems and that the brics world should play a bigger role on the world stage and. i think it's time to talk about reforming existing institutions first of all i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank here we agree that the role of the brics countries in those organizations must be enhanced given the growing importance of our country's economies another important issue here was energy corp lattimer put in and his chinese counterpart said there are all issues and this agreements were resolved when it comes to russia supply of oil when it comes to gas and the goshi actions are still ongoing but both insist out there and the final stage of energy consumption is expected to increase dramatically in china and russia could cover

that extra demand and in doing so for their strengthen their strategic partnership . reporting there from beijing still ahead for you this hour here on our. disapproval the whole world is. criticizing the court for its guilty over the former prime minister one of the most high profile women in. faces another. struggle to. find out if recognizing. a step too far from belgrade. has agreed to exchange over a thousand palestinian prisoners for one israeli soldier who was captured and held in gaza over the past five years now the deal with hamas has long been in the making however some high profile detainees will remain in israeli jails. now reports from tel aviv where the return. is being eagerly awaited. there are

some one thousand and twenty seven prisoners who will be released there will be released in various stages the latest we've been we're hearing is that the first that will be released possibly as soon as next week when we understand that gilad shalit could be taken to egypt egypt of course broke at this deal and the whole exchange will happen in egypt. it 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 certainly 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 mary 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 so they have been celebrations throughout last night and they continue today particularly in the jabalya refugee camp in gaza so that is why you are hearing some voices in israel's

in voices of concern that the capture of one soldier is going to be something that is encouraged on the palestinian side because the price for one soldier is particularly high 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 and 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 ever since gilad shalit 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. it's our policy right pamela vitale here on r t i spoke to i talk to a man who is

a university professor in gaza he believes that the palestinian people have already paid a heavy price for the capture of gilad schalit one thousand palestinian the president actually mentioned in the deal it is something very very good for palestinians actually this is not the first time i can remind you nineteen eighty five two israeli soldiers with. lebanon and those with the two israeli soldiers were released of more than a thousand. palestinian prisoners actually as a result of the capture of gilad shalit actually but the people of gaza strip we here in gaza we. actually bade a very heavy price since the capture of the. two thousand and. two thousand and six we paid a very very heavy price in gaza for the people of gaza blockade that the israeli

closure of the war against. israeli invasion to many areas of gaza from time to time thousands of palestinians since two thousand and six till now with. thousands with. hundreds of. houses with demolition actually palestinians of gaza they've been. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow now an international chorus of disapproval is hit ukraine over the verdict handed down to former prime minister yulia tymoshenko she's been sentenced to seven years behind bars and find almost two hundred million dollars for abuse of power when signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the verdict that those lawyers will appeal sparked mass protests among the army of her supporters. scheme has more from kenya. the situation is still pretty much tense to because several hundred protesters supporters of yulia timoshenko the

country's former prime minister lost still stationed in their in their town here on the main street of the simmering tensions on tuesday rocked the gradient 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 sentencing the country's former prime minister to seven years in prison and confiscating all of her property 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 perchance 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 so i russian pretext in it he have now finds itself in a very very difficult situation when to stand out according to the european union that any possible agreement on the association of the european union and ukraine would now be canceled and some even say that the invitation to mr president of ukraine to attend a meeting in brussels in the nearest future could be even canceled we have certainly following all the developments and will bring the latest information as we get it. going there right at the courthouse with about it came down about twenty four hours ago and now weeks after the wall street movement started in the u.s. protests are still going strong and spreading fast there. sponsored by law enforcement officers has also grabbed headlines with over one hundred demonstrators

arrested for participating in the occupy boston splinter demo but despite the crackdowns social media consultant says the movement will continue and could have far reaching consequences. what's happening here could be as big a deal as the space program when we first started the space program we were talking about launching a satellite into space a rocket up there we didn't know that explosion of technologies that everybody would use every day that would change our lives we didn't know that the satellites that would be to send up could be used for cellphones eventually they don't even exist what's happening here is a phenomenon that's huge it's an explosion and on the right there are people like orrin hatch who are saying this is dangerous he's right but he doesn't have a clue how dangerous it is people are waking up there are so many things there is there's a lot of anger about this people are furious that they're getting ripped off that the system is broken that it no longer represents the people that the. congress

represents corporations now this is a very common thing that whether they're democrats or republicans it doesn't matter who you vote for because they're going to take care of the corporations first not the people. now a quarter past the hour in moscow if you think we've been covering on at just ahead of time. lots of. waiting for you. right now we take a look at how the case of a russian businessman accused of stealing is costing a shot over the u.s. justice system. and a russian truck driver rescued dozens of people from a burning building drivers vehicle next to the window so people could jump to safety from all just. the euro zone's rescue plan for the indebted nations has been put on hold by slovakia as the country voted against expanding the region's bailout fund the rift caused by

the decision led to the collapse of slovakia's ruling coalition however it has since joined forces with the country's main opposition force as they agreed. to work together to approve more cash for the fund the baccy i was the last to vote and the only country to say no to increasing the facility which needs the green light from all seventeen year olds are numbers if agreed the country would have to contribute about one percent of the four hundred forty billion the earmarked for the fund but as financial advisor patrick young says it's in no rush to foot the bill for other nations. ultimately this is a question of not just principle but actually rational economic well being of the ordinary working people of slovakia they have been 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 so like 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 have 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 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. but some countries haven't been deterred by the u.s. financial troubles serbia has long been eager to join the union with his candidacy put forward by the european commission just on wednesday however it's a political rather than an economic compromise that belgrade will have to make recognizing breakaway kosovo as

a sovereign state for three points. 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 she is a ceremony in casa very good at a time when the church is divides once again the focus of international attention is couple social commitments. this is our territory that's not going to change. that marriage is very similar to the partnership that serbian. that's easy membership the better the west richard the poorer in sickness and in health you're going to have to stand by your choice as many countries are now learning the hard way like 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. close of a question if it came down to it and had to say relied on the recognizing what would 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 and serve in the same time is not willing to give up polity european integration so it solves really. you know unresolved so it is already done much too with its potential suitor fulfilling many of the criteria 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. certainly on the right track he says visits from the leaders have been seen as a positive. finally to see the action because they could be the deal breaker there's a much more is needed to ease tensions so we have got many many more hoops to jump over before he can get anywhere close to a new membership and as is often the case sometimes unions will not have any particular love. gives up on leads you into grecians serbia is. jeopardy to become isolated once again and we know how we feel when you were isolated when you were isolated you cannot fight. politically or diplomatically for your legitimate national interest despite that is that it will never recognize an independent. reality the great you aspiration make it very difficult for the

government to make any decisive action when it comes to serve. so i know just a couple of minutes away from the business with kareena but for now it's the world update here to some headlines from around the world this hour at least twenty three people have been killed another sixty injured in baghdad after a string of blasts would by iraq. security forces official say there were at least three separate explosions with suicide bombers targeting local police stations came just days after iraq asked for more than a five thousand u.s. military instructors to stay on for more withdrawal date of december thirty first. meanwhile as a general amnesty for more than six thousand prisoners has begun with dozens including political detainees already released a mystery international reports that among those due to be freed are some two thousand two hundred political prisoners who have been held in poor conditions and subjected to torture by their release was

a key condition of the united states. to remove western science sions imposed on the country's former military government. the captain of a container ship grounded off new zealand leaking oil into the sea has been arrested he was charged with operating a vessel and a man causing unnecessary danger or risk can now face a year in prison or the ship ran into the reef about a week ago causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades with over three hundred tons of heavy fuel already released from the home. a roadside bomb has killed six officers and a tribal elder in southern afghanistan the police were escorting him back home from nearby kandahar city when the truck hit an explosive device investigators believe the blast was remotely detonated in the tribal elder was the target militant activity in kandahar as increased since nato handed over security to local forces

all rights in just a few minutes we lift the lid on the ancient chinese culture of wisdom first though the business with korea. how unwelcome to business good to have you with me our top story this hour russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many months with both sides going over the price now to discuss the issue i'm joined by examining the roles of chief economist for russia and the c.i.s. at h.s.b.c. bank thank you alexander for coming to the program so what's been the stumbling block well you see it's indeed a prize disputes that the best more of my knowledge of the distance was about one hundred. talls bill also it could be me those of fries that's rational obviously wanted to high prices cheney is obviously wanted low prices for russia but the key benchmark of course is on gas prices that we show russia supplies its gas to europe china wants cheaper gas or so it's a quite

a commercial business with them but it's very good for both sides or more for close to what we would deal before russia it's very important because it enables from my end of the country to diversify its exports gets supplies but how is port how important is the deal with china i mean obviously russia is expanding to the east not just the west but the east as well as product i mentioned the diversification of our experts ruled system potence because if you do not see strong demand on the european markets you can benefit from stronger demand on the asian markets and the chinese are developing markets and there is demand exactly and benefits are quite obvious but on top of that indeed they should have a broader perspective by development of china economic ties for china through exports of supplies of energy our goods russia enables development so far it's a siberian poppen far east part as you know of this part of russia and the developed compared to the european thoughts of before it's very important in terms

of a little country to vote. well let's speak about this joint venture that russia and china are planning to create how i mean it's food fuel could be possibly fruitful is it important for both countries. remains to be seen the hardest so far on the go to go look what is an initial contribution of one billion dollars from china about the overall size of a fund going to be as high as ten billion dollars according to little in the russian government what is good the bollard start of a deal with china ninety years of it cheney's investment corporation has a very good experience in the best in of a similar farms elsewhere wald's and therefore expertise that comes along there for monny is what's abuse can bring the around this is the benefit system but in the long before we deal so basically china is more expert then then russia and that's the moment yes definitely and they can count with china and chinese investments

have a longer term perspective from not shutdown perspective and lots of looking for hybrids on immediately it's a long term money it's possible to invest this money in good in in the longer term investment projects generate that of dollars but not immediately. in the future that will benefit russian long term economic growth as will benefit the china how long do you think that will be if you talk about long term ten years well it's a private that with your friends usually private equity firm does have a time horizon or five to turn the soul at this part is ok well thank you alexander for for sharing these thoughts with us thank you very much you're welcome and let's look and we still have time for the markets so let's see how well is doing all prices are advancing the sound speculation that proposals on european bank recapitalisation will support economic growth consumption now european markets are edging higher despite slovakia's rejection of the plan to expand the euro zone's

rescue fund late tuesday footsie is up nannie. half a percent and the dax is still one up over one percent in the black and russian markets are back into positive territory the mice expand the r.t.s. gaining a little percent let's have a look at some individual shambled some of my zits this hour and as you majors are broadly on the rise with gazprom among the main gainers norris nicholas lower the russian daily better news two reports the mine in may need government approval for its buyback program citing a letter from the russian trust regulator and russia's grain and sugar producer does rely is down almost two percent of news the country's government may tax grain exports once they reach twenty four million metric tons for the year. well as a business update for this hour join me in forty five minutes for more or look at our website our two dot com slash.

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