the initial michael results until the so. called. results of michael's closer to home occurred riviera hotel in the central hotel macau. washington it charges a two iranians for an alleged plot to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. accusations tehran has it dismissed as being comical. a partnership is set to balance the scales prime minister putin and meets the chinese leadership in beijing as the country's ties to rival western. and an israeli soldier captured by hamas five years ago could soon be going home as a long awaited deal will see him swap for over a wholesome palestinian prisoner. and in business this was a man is no longer driven by the developed nations only experts say this is good for. business.

just after five pm here in moscow this is with me wrong research showing that washington says fort hood a plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. will further isolate iran in the allegations expected to increase sanctions on iran to iranians were charged of trying to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack something that surround dismissed as a comedy show. reports from washington. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranian government accountable for the plots to kill the embassador 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 at 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 of arrested and you warned us citizen his name monster or are you are 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 turns to members of a mexican drug cartel who turns out to be undercover f.b.i. operatives here to run a general said the bank baskin the plot and that he was directed by high ranking ukrainian 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 which taking into consideration the potential fallout i heard expert 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 talk is going on right there from do you see time for you to get involved with us here at all to you know we're asking you on our web site all to talk calm and what you think about the so-called iranian plot uncovered. by us i chicken out the stats for right now so far more than half of you believe the attempted to hit on the saudi ambassador to the us was an american lawyer to smear it but of course i think this story is just the tip of the iceberg with more details to come thirteen

percent say it was orchestrated by well the rest of leave it's just a way for washington officials to boost their careers do take a moment a cast your vote at c.n.n. dot com. bonding exercise prime minister putin has strengthened russia's partnership with china during his high profile visit two of the world's fastest growing economies came together to share common interests and commercial goals same with the issue of balancing the dominance of the west deals worth some seven billion u.s. dollars in energy trade and high tech industries have already been signed and more yet to come. explains. that's who they visited was more of course had an economic flavor rather than a political one this was promised a person's 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 briggs 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 emerging economies that promise or putin said the u.s. is currently using instead of monopoly as the only global reserve currency and that's having a negative effect on their financial policy if you will because they've been you know never said the u.s. was a parasite on the global economy but i do think it's feeding off the monopoly of the u.s. dollar as a single global currency the problem is not only for the world economy both for america's economy as well because it leads to go elation and financial discipline nor is it a summit when it comes to the e.u. vladimir putin server greece is a big problem but that it could be 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 well should play a bigger role on the world stage and. i think it's time to talk about reforming

existing institutions and 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 other countries' economies another important issue here was energy corp vladimir putin and his chinese counterpart sever all issues and this agreements were resolved when it comes to russia's supply of oil when it comes to gas and the goshi actions are still ongoing both insist that there and the final stage of energy consumption is expected to increase dramatically in china and russia could cover that actual demand and in doing so for the strengthening of their strategic partnership. all right now it is marina course of reporting there from beijing still ahead for you this hour here on r.t. the issue of mass disapproval of the whole world is sinking in unison criticizing the ukrainian court for the guilty verdict of a former prime minister one of the most high profile women in politics. and

a police turned up on the occupy wall street protesters in boston reports of war veterans being abused. israel has agreed to exchange over a thousand palestinian prisoners for one israeli soldier was captured and held in gaza for five years that deal with hamas has long been in the making power over some high profile detainees will remain in israeli jails support sleep and i reports on television where the return of gilad shalit is being eagerly awaited. there are some one thousand and twenty seven prisoners who will be released they will be released in various stages the latest being you know we're hearing is that the first batch will be released possibly as soon as next week when we understand they could be taken to egypt egypt of course brokered this deal and the whole exchange will happen an interruption that 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 so be 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 me 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 and that's what its side is coming up the remnants of the deal so the they have been celebrations throughout last night and they continue today to kili in the bradley refugee camp in gaza 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 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 human activists who say that particularly the political prisoners they have basic rights like bathing that are being denied to them ever since the election it was taken hostage 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. right there now let's talk to a. lawyer with a legal center power of rights in israel. thank you for coming on the program today this deal five years in the making over a thousand palestinians swap for just one israeli soldier however the release of high profile prisoners something hamas has been pushing for not part of the deal tell us who's winning here. it's

not a matter of both sides. from the point of view of this case israel has this is. something on the other hand prisoners have been under the custody of the. service says. most of the. twenty years or even forever so for each. case is. there's a this case so we can say. this is the size ok so as you're saying it's not an issue of one side having more already gone who draws you dropping but it's not an issue as you say of one side winning here it's not a matter of what if you don't want to but if i may i do apologize we have going to save ourselves a little here on there but if i'm sorry hamas is saying that many of those held by

israel in a sense something to something that you're alluding to at the moment as well as a lawyer you represent certainly some of the people in israeli prisons so who are they and why are so many being held without charge. there is. there are some detainees who are under an constraints is. not there was not in their case they are just out of custody in this way and that's why there is a claim that they are not they're not charged and they are they might be innocent so we know that there are about two hundred and thirty detainees which are under this custody so this might be the basis of this claim we don't know we don't know which of them they should be released if there are any we hope that some of them will be from. during this. now there is concern

in israel that notably from the israeli foreign minister that militants could try to capture more israeli soldiers to see the remaining palestinian prisoners or you know it seems like a viable option what do you think. i think that the israeli side want is to have. with the other partners in this deal they have for sure their security considerations and other considerations so i'm not sure that this this position is this is a really a right we should also wait and see and don say that we should wait for for any explosions or something but i don't think that israel would take the risk if they don't have their own government teams all right. lawyer with a legal right to have our right answer on many things. thank you all right now you are with are live from moscow it's good to have you with us on the program

today now an international chorus of disapproval has hit ukraine over the verdict handed down to former prime minister yulia timoshenko 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 and the verdict the team of changes lawyers will appeal sparking mass protests among the army of her supporters are seen as alessio chefs reports from here. the situation is still pretty much tends to because several hundred protesters supporters of the country's former prime minister lost still stations in their in their towns down here on the main street of kiev the simmering tensions on tuesday. the gradient capital of course there were thousands of 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 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. 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 that the decision by the perchance court is in fact has or has in fact some anti russian pretext in a key of now finds itself in a very very difficult situation when just found out according to the european union that a possible agreement on the association of the european union and ukraine would now

be canceled and some even say that the invitation to miss the president of ukraine to attend. in the nearest future could be even counseled we have certainly following all the developments and will bring the latest information as we get it. right on to the next you know just the reporting right down on us but i want to go top stories here in washington charges two iranians for an alleged plot to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. by. people members of mexican drug cartels all accusations of tehran have rather has dismissed as comical a look at some what he does now and a speech a professor of political communication of power is already from tehran university thank you for joining us today there are a lot of questions being raised here many saying the information seems sketchy and iranians working with mexican drug dealers also seems bizarre what do you make of it. is this. you know u.s.

intelligence service is quite strong and it's really difficult to believe that you don't even want to contact make the cans to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. . that is supposed to have done it i was reading in the virus. that he was actually u.s. informant the u.s. government informant before. in previous years he had conversations he was good for drug and he's quiet probably some character the guy who was supposedly hired by you don't you know it's a. government u.s. government but you know you know u.s. relations have been quiet u.s. has people threatened to attack iran. and then of a you hear accusations from the u.s. government against iran you just have to be very careful now under the guise of

nato we've seen western intervention in in places all over the arab world in recent months it might seem to some to iran is next in the crosshairs or could that be part of it as well and also could it be a part of a political posturing as obama's looking for reelection in two thousand and twelve and nothing sells better than thwarting a terror attack on america. you know. making in the u.s. all the devastation all the turmoil internally attack the u.s. government has throughout its history has been to create an enemy outside and of a problem inside minimal difficulties with its economy. demonstrations under difficult the us has been able to create an enemy outside russia was the enemy for many many years and so. that's. not in iran considered to be the u.s. enemy but. basically the soviet union u.s.

was looking for another enemy and iran has been filling that gap. so this is a tactic that just. seems that's. sort of using the same tactic again what is the problem is that this story that's being told this story has a lot of holes in it and that makes a lot of people most certainly are during the year of george w. bush when he came up for his a second reelection day they claim to have thwarted another terror attack during that time and as you're suggesting america america is very profitable to have enemies around the world are considering many say that the defense industry and the energy industries are all in bed together with the politicians in washington d.c. so at the end of the day and the end of the day does this story to you sound legitimate or is it just some sort of a smoke screen to further some other agenda on the part of washington.

formation that's provided by the u.s. government just doesn't make sense it doesn't make sense for the iranian government to hire someone who has been in jail in the us repeatedly and has been an informant to the u.s. government doesn't make sense for the iranian government to get in touch with such a person and why would iran want to kill the saudi ambassador in the us all the security apparatus and all the. different levels of intelligence that exist in the us book ation of it the person that's supposed to be killed and the person who was supposed to do the killing all very difficult questions and as you said what has happened in the past as you know before us attacked iraq some years ago that iraqi government was going to assassinate president bush bush the first bush in kuwait so they have come up with these stories before some government trying to ask us in a house or our friends now you have to go and attack them and it's just i hope that

this doesn't happen because you know i'm just standing on a rooftop in tehran and twelve million people living in this city so what is the last thing people here need professor of political communication to throw out is r.t. from tehran university many things thanks. but weeks after the anti wall street movement started in the united states protests are still going strong and spreading fast the response by law enforcement officers has also grabbed headlines with over one hundred demonstrators arrested dissipating and the occupy boston splinter 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 out there and we didn't know that if an explosion of technologies that

everybody would use every day that would change our lives we didn't know that the satellites that would be sent up could be used for cellphones eventually that they don't even exist what's happening here is a phenomenon that's from it's an explosion and well you're 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 and there are so many because there is there's a lot of anger about this people are are furious that they're getting ripped off that the system is broken that it no longer represents the people that 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. with r.t. if you've missed anything we've been covering. many talking like this i want you to comment kind. of some of the items waiting for you there right now we look at how

the case of a russian businessman accused of om stealing casting a shadow over the u.s. justice system. and a russian a truck driver rescued dozens of people from a burning building when he drove his vehicle next to the window so people could jump to save for more people. per euro zone's rescue plan for the indebted nations says put on has been put on hold by slovakia as the country voted against expanding the region's bailout fund or the rift caused by the decision a lot of a collapse of his ruling coalition however it has since joined forces with the country's main opposition force as the way to work together to approve more cash for the fund tobacco was the last to vote and the only country to say no to increasing the facility which needs the green light from all seventeen of euro zone members if agreed the country would have contributed about one percent of the four

hundred forty billion 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 slip back here they've endured 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 lake of the freedom party to say enough is enough why should we have a situation where millions look back in 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 of the euro zone they're incredibly fiscally pragmatic they run their economy in

a very sensible intelligent way and ultimately they feel very very angry with richest occasion hang 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 all right here with just a few minutes here we get a rare look at a no go zone in southern russia as well scientists are a lot of trade but first though their latest business career. hello and welcome to our business update this hour and our top story russia and china are close to a gas deal that's been on the cards for many months with both sides haggling over the price talking to the trainees media prime minister pushing explains how a solution to the impasse had been found there was russian and chinese companies will find a mutually beneficial solution we will have the needs of children or children or is will have an opportunity and reserves a very big unable to meet the demands of the chinese friends. and it's

a plan for other countries agreed on a new deal to the supply of almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas over thirty years however they still haven't managed to sign a final agreement is trying to assess the price is too high or price has shown remarkable resilience in the latest wave of financial turmoil a like in two thousand and eight where crude dropped to thirty five dollars the barrel of a barrel this time it's held around eight hours the power of now from morgan stanley believes that this shows how the world has changed after man's is no longer being mainly driven by the developed nations he suggests this is good for russia. the morn 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 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 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 demand in quotes which will support the rest of the world we see them continuing to grow very strongly. let's take a look at the markets now oil prices advancing this hour speculation that proposals are european bank recapitalization will support economic growth and fuel consumption and european markets are actually higher despite its log his rejection of the plan to expand the eurozone rescue fund late on tuesday the footies up half a percent on the dax is up one and a half percent now and here is russia where stocks are heading for their strongest level in two weeks as all rises the last six and gaining two percent reversing an early loss of the r.t.s. is up over three sat let's have

a look at some individual chapters on isaac's energy majors a broadly on the rise with gastronomy on the main game is getting four and a half percent this hour noise makers lower russian daily reading this reports the nine may need government approval for its buyback program citing a letter from the russian antitrust regulator russia's grain and sugar producers to lie down at two percent of the country's government a tax grain exports last a week twenty four million measures will be here. consumer prices in russia haven't started rising despite official forecast. inflation in the last three months to use to seasonal flu. first the country's economic ministry expected consumer prices to grow percent of its over with the recent declines in the ruble exchange rates increasing inflationary risks well that's all i have for you this hour but truly in forty five minutes from now here this is starting.

in two thousand and ten especially konami zone for industrial production was established in russia somalia region with a total area of six hundred sixty six as. its investors are granted exclusive access and customs benefits which includes a five year exemption from property land and transport taxes as well as an income tax reduction to fifteen point five percent. the special economic zone operates as a free customs oath which enables manufacturers to market their products in russia free in four g.'s the some our region is he said is currently witnessing a sewage infrastructure construct.