can claims to have so watered and the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. with calls for more sanctions against the islamic republic charges have been filed against the rains one in detention in the us about the other large over claims of trying to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out that time and to run has ridiculous delegations as baseless saying the plot was fabricated by the u.s. to deflect public attention from its own pressing problems on she's going education has the story from washington. the administration strongly believes in the case against this uranium war a man who is accused of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the administration seems to be willing to take the accusations to the next level they're calling for the world to unite against iran we hear reports that the u.s. might raise the issue at the u.n. security council they were talking about the need to completely isolate iran in the international community and they are trying to get other countries on board on this one so a lot of tough words against the range here drums of war are beating loud and clear

in washington although the u.s. administration officials are not talking about a military action yet but they keep it very vague at the moment saying all options are on the table whatever that means today we're heard about a new round of sanctions that the u.s. is imposing on iran's those include sanctions on the new raney an airline which according to american investigation investigators flew members of an elite force linked to the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. vice president joe biden hinted that the u.s. actions could go beyond sanctions let me remind you that the state department has listed iran as a state sponsor of terror since one thousand nine hundred four and mania experts say it's been washington's longtime goal to undermine the government in iraq and have to be fresh accusations in the u.s. mainstream media you constantly hear various experts say quite literally we need to undermine the ukrainian government and that's the state of mind here the question about the motive that the ukrainians might have had with allegedly plotting to kill the saudi ambassador in washington is very important thing in context of the

investigation but nevertheless you don't hear much questioning here neither among politicians nor among the media pundits most seem to be taking the accusations at face value in the meantime there are lots of doubts about why on earth would you ran plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. and blow up the embassies of israel and saudi arabia in washington and those are the accusations brought up by the u.s. justice department how could you read possibly benefit from many in the least doubt that you could actually actually would. actually to undermine yourself that way iranian history denies all the allegations saying if the game the us is playing possibly to divert attention from their domestic problems whatever the invisible underlying current what's on the surface now is tension which is growing then it should and ivan eland of the independent institute told wouldn't be in iran's interest to plot such an assassination but there has to be some doubt i think just because there are so wild and they don't really fit the pattern of the codes force

the the iranians have been fairly cagey about operating various places in the world and this sounds like a you know something out of bad movie or something i mean it's just crazy there are limited responses that the u.s. can have of course the u.s. can also use covert operations to do sinister things to the iranian regime and of course the u.s. has many or more resources to do that than the iranians do that's why this whole thing doesn't seem to add up that the iranians would actually be foolish enough to do something like this i think it gives the hawks in the united states some sort of excuse for ratcheting up the pressure maybe even including military action and certainly you have a weakened president who is who might benefit from a foreign crisis and we've seen that happen before in u.s. history so i don't think the iranians really did this it was really a bungled. bungled mess and also a bad thing to do because it could invite us retaliation and gives them an excuse to do so and i think this type of rhetoric is not good even under these

circumstances i think we've got to get to the bottom of this and see what really happened and see you know what what who is behind this and what what actually was going on. ask us how websites are what you think about the thwarted iranian plot uncovered by the us and so far more than half of you believe it was nothing more than an american problem to smear its enemy a little less than a quarter think this story is just the top of the iceberg the tip of the iceberg rather with more revelations to come nine percent say it was traded by tehran while the rest believe it's just a way for washington officials to boost their careers so please cast your vote at all. billions of dollars worth of deals have been signed an energy trade and high tech industries own russian prime minister vladimir putin's visit to china the two countries have also settled differences over an all debt and agreed a huge cash injection to a new joint investment fund that will focus on russia's agriculture sector and

green energy development were and of course are explaining. the two day visit was more of course had an economic flavor rather than a political one this was promised to put in a 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 a margin economy still promiser putin said the us is currently using an installment of the as the only global reserve currency and that's how they were a negative effect on their financial policy here with 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 as a single global currency the problem is is not only for the world economy but for

america's economy as well because it leads to a violation of financial discipline. when it comes to the e.u. vladimir putin said that 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 lead the reform of international financial systems and that the brics work should play a bigger role on the world stage. 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 and here we agree that the role of the brics countries in those organizations must be enhanced given the growing importance of our countries economies another important issue here was energy corporation lattimer put an end 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 negotiations are still ongoing both insist are there and the final stage of energy consumption is expected to increase dramatically in china and

russia. couldn't cover that actual demand and in doing so for their strength and their sheets of partnership. this is on c.n.n. still ahead this hour for you ray trade a big apple super rich elite find themselves at the sharp end of the ngo protested and also. after seven months of violent crackdowns on anti-government demonstrations syria's president assad was bolstered by a huge show of support my daughter more if you've been. to hundred twenty eight and seventy nine palestinians serving life sentences for acts of terrorism are about to leave prison after these really government agreed to support them and around eight hundred others for one soldier gilad shalit had been held captive for five years by hamas militants after he was snatched in a border raid and while there's been criticism over how the deal might affect israeli security as well he's put to sleep reports from tel aviv the return of the country's most famous hostage is being eagerly await. there are some one thousand

and twenty seven prisoners who will be released there will be released in various stages the latest 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 broke at this bill and the whole exchange will happen on egypt soil 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 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 i must point 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 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 activists who say that particularly the political prisoners they have basic rights like bathing that are being denied to them among the prisoners who are to be released a fair number will return to the gaza strip 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. ok i will treat. all of us with new york remain

in the heart of the growing movement and have found themselves at the shop and of the protesters who marched down the east side of manhattan to the homes of some of the city's richest citizens demanding a new special tax for the city's presence and protest areas remains extremely heavy with many people arrested in boston chicago and washington d.c. a movement that started as a protest in front of the new york stock exchange in mid september has grown nationwide. that their arrests have only inspired the protesters who nevertheless want to demonstrate. a few hours ago i just came back from being down on wall street in the in the park where activists have been camping out and sleeping and demonstrating for weeks now and they seem as committed to this movement as they ever have been before if anything i think the arrests have inspired them to to fight harder and stronger who are for their for democracy what they say for

democracy for fair treatment or for balance and equality for all for all americans because that's at the core of what their movement is about is among those principles that i just mentioned we did see many police officers every once in a while walk through the park where there were hundreds of demonstrators have been sleeping and they would walk through and anything down on trees that were hanging up any signs of anything there and some of the demonstrators saw that they interpreted it as possibly the police trying to provoke them but these demonstrators are very committed to not acting violently they want to demonstrate as peacefully as possible members of occupy wall street walked through. particularly down park avenue and they went door to door to the homes of the for. five wealthiest new york city residents and that includes the c.e.o.

of news corp rupert murdoch and also the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan chase diamond and these protesters were walking through the streets men standing outside of the buildings were cheering them on when they got to the hole jamie diamond there was a police barricade there but they continued to demonstrate and the reason they were demonstrating and and going door to door to the to the wealthiest new yorkers homes is because at the end of this year two percent eighty million. bucks will expire meaning the two percent that was required for millionaires to pay they won't have to pay any more complain and twelve and a lot of these new yorkers say that this is an indication of how the wealthiest americans reap the largest rewards and if they're paying if they're going to be paying that mandatory talks a lot less revenue is going to be coming to new york city and new york state and the ninety nine percent with the majority of those living here are going to suffer and they say that's just an indication of the richest always reaping the benefits

and the rewards and the common american always you know suffering the consequences . i mean two national chorus of disapproval has hit ukraine over the verdicts hundred down to former prime minister yulia tymoshenko the on lady of ukrainian politics has been sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power when signing gas contracts with russia and she's also been fined almost two hundred million dollars the exact same ukrainian authorities allege they lost on the deal the verdict which to russian guy will appeal sparked mass protests among her army of supporters brands have been camping outside the court building since july when the trial started. if you were based anything we've been covering on our air so head to our there's more news and comment on here's a taste of also online for you right now that look at how the case of a russian businessman accused obama stealing it's costing a shutout over the u.s. justice system. under russian truck to drive

a rescue dozens of people from a burning building when he drove his big old next to the window so people could jump to that safety more had to answer your call. so the volcano says the deal to approve expanding the bailout fund has been reached there the country's parliament voted against it which caused the collapse of the country's ruling coalition slovakia was the only member to say no to increasing the facility which already got the green light from sixteen of the seventeen years a members british m.p. nigel for raj believes the change of heart was forced on to the country. sixteen parliament stuff with career politicians have voted for it not sixteen countries because if you put this bailout package to a referendum across europe the vast majority of countries would say no the baqir said no last night but of course no isn't good enough no is unacceptable in the modern european union if you say no as the irish did a couple of years ago it was

a slow backs did last night your made to vote again until you get the right answer which gives you a true measure of what this project's really like if this really goes to get any bigger than a trillion to bail it out what is the point actually of bailing these countries are one of the bailouts all these bailouts helping the people in greece and portugal who they're not what they're actually doing is they giving money to these countries to give back to our banks who over lent the money in the first place i mean the whole thing is mad what countries need who are trapped inside this economic prison called these they need to devalue without devaluation having austerity packages pushed upon them which is forcing them into a downward deflationary spiral which in my opinion in greece and possibly in portugal too could lead to revolution what we're doing is stupid and very very dangerous indeed i've just been in this parliamentary chamber with mr barroso these people are absolutely intent on creating a united states of europe they don't care how many millions of people are chucked

out of the unemployment strappy they don't care about the tide of human is misery that they cause they have got their political goals but the reality is that not only economically is this failing but politically it's failing there is now a split in europe from north to south and in the north we are witnessing a democratic revolution against the whole concept of the euro and the idea that people like mr bro so my old friend herman van ryn poyet should govern five hundred million people it is not acceptable. enormous crowds have gathered in central damascus in support of syria's president assad it contrasts with pride. which have roamed the country for months with three thousand civilians dead in a crackdown while the us has led western calls from all sanctions against damascus russia and china have vetoed plans for un measures against the regime but have told assad he must speed up reforms or she's test to see the reports now from the syrian capital. thousands of people gathered their support for the government here in

syria there was a lot of chanting. slogans he shouted out as well as a syrian flag he carried around a poster that if you like all the cars were converging add to this a war in the area here now of course this is a far cry from what we see in other places in the country in other cities where there have been reported postures between at the government protesters and security forces not to mention the of the killings that have also been reportedly taking place of course it is think about it since the protests started the mass this has been largely sheltered from the the complex in those other cities and the people here when we talk to them they said they came out to the streets today essentially to say that the syrian people are still united to this at least as far as they are concerned and that they are not against reform they just don't want to see it coming from the outside they want to be able to make that decision on their own coming from within now what's interesting too is a saw couple of military helicopters flying

a very low in my opinion over the crowd they were carrying the a russian and chinese lots of they also wanted to show their gratitude to the two countries have vetoed the u.n. the security council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on syria but what's interesting too is that the people i saw at least this morning power from various sectors of society there were students the older people there were some were claiming to be from a rather lower social problem some appeared to be from a higher class so it was from old different sectors but one one thing that unites them though is that because of what's happening and their country they're now all involved in the sort of political discourse and they say that this can only be positive in light of things going on to some other world news in brief this sounds and i dear and not accused of trying to bomb a plane at detroit airport in two thousand and nine has pleaded guilty in the two levels and then to where boma was one of you know three hundred people on the christmas day flight. which had london from amsterdam to his bomb failed to

detonate fully instead catching fire and after his believe the accused also ran and ranted against the u.s. saying it should await a great calamity he's likely to face one instead in the form of life in prison. at least twenty five people have died and dozens more who wanted in a string of blasts that heard it rocked the security forces in baghdad officials say there were at least three separate explosions with suicide bombers targeting local police stations no one has claimed responsibility for their talks so far u.s. forces are shadow to leave the country by the end of the year. we are now as general amnesty for more than six thousand prisoners has begun with dozens including political detainees already released on this thing to national reports that among those juta be freed on some two thousand two hundred political prisoners who have been held in poor conditions and subjected to torture their release was a key condition to the united states to remove western sanctions imposed on the

country's former military government. corruption or container ship which granted of new zealand leaking oil into the sea has been arrested the forty four year old filipino was charged with operating a vessel in a manner causing unnecessary danger or risk and could now face a year in prison the ship ran into a reef a week ago causing the country's worst environmental disaster in decades with over three hundred tons of world already leaks from the hole. that the news for you this hour up next in which so fish of another as it meets with doris needs bed and acts but also china which tells us what lies behind the make about sick nation.

doris nesbitt thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get to get behind the mystery you know something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said the philosopher philosopher said that most people do

not want to learn something new but what took at confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't exclude myself ten years ago or eleven years ago before i went to china for the first time i had a certain picture of china which was not really matching reality i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have held still have and still today have kind of an in a sense an openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you're

talking about innocence where does that come from in your opinion does it have anything to do with the fact that china's been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with the with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you were always part of something you were part of a family a part of a community part of a city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival and that's that's when they when you get to know the chinese and when they embrace so they are not ashamed of telling you all we love you and we admire you when and it's so sweet that openness i'm not saying that every chinese is sweet there is a lot of competition there can be very very. fierce fighting but

in general they are willing to embrace you and talk about their feelings so it's china socialist or capitalist. fighting or. making their dreams come true and the fight is something sometimes a little fierce because for a long time they couldn't make their dreams come true they couldn't lift the life they wanted and now specially for the generation that's one in the nineteen ninety's who has not lived through all the hard shift and the changes you know they really demand that they can do whatever they want to do and that's going to be a new situation in china with their chin aeration that has grown up with communication systems with western bit information about everything that you can achieve in life and they're going to fight for achieving that they have. goals they

want to they want to be the best they have achieved so much but but they don't really. have to look at themselves and say well what we did why is the right i don't know maybe because they are taxed much more than they're not knowledge and it's not that everything is great in china lots of things that we don't agree with that we need to be improved but the west is very much focusing on the radios and on the flaws. and i think we should have a balance that. there is a lot of good things and of course they have to work on the not so strings do you think china is striving to be number one country in the world to be this huge superpower or is it just happening. i i hesitate because deep inside i think china wants to be the middle kingdom and wants to have to pull

session at it once head that's in the in the in the you know the history of china has really an empire is not out of the chinese head but they are not fighting to dominate the world but they they are they want to play the role in the world that they slowly growing into simply syas of kaname the growing size of the economy and by the number of people what they think china strategies for russia they've been very good friends and they've been not so good friends so i think they are seeking in the lions they are seeking trade but no they are very close neighbor so i think china in general wants to optimize relationships whether it's russia or america or europe tourist nice pick thank you very much for this interchange you.

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welcome back this is our see if the headlines. washington charges two radians phony ledge built to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. accusations tehran dismissed that as comical and. also a big deal struck as prime minister persian means the chinese leadership in beijing as the country is trying to count taken on the can stability coming from the crisis head west. and almost two hundred eighty palestinians jailed for life are about to leave prison after these raided government agreed to swap them underground eight hundred others for one soldier gilad shalit eight has been held hostage by hamas militants of five years. as the headlines up next explore russia's natural beauty with archie and this time our special report comes from southern.