it is just after three pm on friday here in moscow this is r.t. with me role research welcome to the program our top story for you this hour the crew of the international mission to mars has finally returned to work and moscow are bringing one of the world's most grueling scientific experiments to a close eye six volunteer virtual cosmonauts saw a day like today and find out an hour ago for the first time in five hundred twenty days that's how much time they had to spend isolated in their spaceship maka simulating a return to the red planet office peter all of these are following the experiment very closely peter good to see you certainly a big day for the participants how are they after such a long time of such confinement any bouts of a cabin fever all of the five hundred and twenty days in confinement inside the

mocked up module well the doors were eventually opened and eventually opened and they stepped out into the real world now they are the six month crew. looking to be through the briefing right now of the five hundred twenty days that they spent in. insights the the module right there. it's this is experiment to see basically the psychological effect a trip to mars would have on the crew and how they would work together inside such a facility now those that took part in this and some of those who still is a big problem some of those who took part in this are looking to be part of future martian missions. after five hundred then two it in twenty days of this trip and. we are proud today to to prove that human can go

to mass we hope that we can help out in designing and planning the next the future missions to mars and where ready to get into the next space to green their. well this experience certainly hasn't put him off this of the whole operation was a well in international cooperation cooperative mission the russian space agency working with the european space agency to put this experiment into into practice now the crew itself was made up from people from all around the world three of them were russian there was representatives from china as well as from france and central america who find out a little bit what it's like on the scene where the mars five hundred module is we can now cross live to tom bosley who is there tom what's going on where you are. while peter i remember on june the third last year watching this door behind me shot time sealed and that was the start of the five hundred twenty day saga which

ended when i watched them the door open at last after all that time and the crew emerged little bit white faced a little bit bleary eyed into a into a cheering crowd after all that time they all stood together in front of microphones and they said how glad they were to work with their other crew members and to have got through what is really quite a feat of a juror and it's really to be in starts relation and just with a very strict routine day in day out for all that time to discuss a bit more about this i'm joined by wren a special he's head of the european space agency's office in russia rene we never quite knew what to expect when we started this six experiments and what do you think. after this very long stretch of time. i think there are a lot of things we have. the first thing i think you see today even without having all the data from experiments because of course we see that there are no general

showstoppers in terms of medical problem personal problems. of six or five hundred race. on top of the. much more to selection process because this was one of the crucial ingredients to working together and then of course doing a lot of other medical. things which. even. if the. course as you say the selection process and it was primarily a psychological extras. kind of problems with the up against the fears and how they've been overcome. of course the biggest fear of all the problems is that. from time to the innocent there is an isolation this is very

tough for the task of course but the to be considered to crew. has been working very hard very serious over the transom the tragic day each and every day of it and really the crew made it just a success. thank you very much i mean i remember seeing some bookmakers and put a two warm one of the crew going insane as a result of this experiment that hasn't materialized and i think they can now look forward to de priest period free of all those. thank you very much tom well as. compensation for taking part in the mission each participant received one hundred thousand dollars but they've also had plenty of time to try and work out what they're going to spend that. there were serious point of them being in there was the science that comes from it. and the people behind the mars five hundred

project have said this yes it has been a success however in terms of the journey into the far reaches of space they are saying no that it is really not even the first step but the first step towards the first step of mankind flying off and going to hopefully try and set up some form of sesame on mars. all right these are all of a right there a fascinating stuff peter thank you very much. five hundred days on a voyage to the unknown. a breakthrough in space travel. return from the red planet. mars five hundred touched down on r.t. . and we are covering that story all day here on earth or it's going to be another day of a roller coaster news from greece where the government faces a crucial confidence vote prime minister george papandreou has already you turned

on his plans to hold a referendum on the e.u. bailout proposal that was under heavy pressure not just from world leaders but also from within his own government which is now turning up the volume on calls for him to step down further force now from athens. just popping jason in the stream really tricky situation and there's absolutely no guarantees at this point just what that outcome will be later on this evening he's going to be asking will make his back him sit back and share the support in that confidence. with one hundred fifty to the name in. parliament of a three hundred seat parliament he's going to take nicole maturity but a very very small one and there's been a number of m.p.'s that it made it clear that they're not going to be voting in support this being a very dramatic week of decisions that have been made the week starting with the prime minister announcing plans for a referendum on this bailout plan that was met with resistance not just from

outside the country from within his own government as well and yesterday in his parliamentary address it really think that that referendum plan was taken off the table for the speaking to a lot of people here in athens and the feeling really is the two of pop in j's heart is day that it's time for the prime minister to step aside and let someone else take the helm say because really there's a real sense of frustration and disappointment at the way he's handled this crisis and taken a lot of the decisions you're looking at a country and a population that is suffering from economic exhaustion and we seeing people coming out time and again to show that public and it's a protest in the streets still of people saying that really they feel that they're being included in this place in their voices of the danger with the current situation is the one. offering the possibility of a referendum. there's a danger of a reaction against the political class as

a whole. discussion and if there's some sort of being offered. to be the referendum of course but going ahead later on this evening all eyes are once again going to be firmly on greece that the. real question here is it such a loss of public confidence in the private institution that doesn't really even have to spend the day trying to survive that confidence day really a lot of people asking whether he should. auntie's or so forth right now when i george our country galasso professor of constitutional law at the democrat the university of greece says that it doesn't actually matter how the drama resolves because greeks are just too disappointed with the whole political system. so far so good but i shouldn't feel a little deceived by these movements. in the so. that's why even if we manage to form a new coalition government i don't think that they are going to do that only the

basic problem but now our political system because i'm going to use the those are doing or at least the last people to put it all into the whole of the political system not exactly. or the world it's a special fuse on the part of the very broadly in the near future the other guy this will be you bring however i believe you could only do we are not there going to do so. over there will be the subject of the effort of the movie would be big of that if you have seen the closers of america in circles if you. told our produce that exactly what is going to be your question to the referendum and the exact for the symbol so this is not there anymore our parliament who would do this is a political who is this is a couple of. guns and as we just heard the great financial tom taken over proceedings at the g twenty summit in southern france observers have only been able to guess just what it was that angle of merkel and nicolas sarkozy said to the

greek prime minister that caused him to backtrack so quickly on his plans for a referendum and if so now it is there for. the final day of the g. twenty here in cannes what have three working sanctions and it will end with a press conference given by host nicolas sarkozy the greek tragedy has taken over this entire summit other issues pushed aside the latest news that i was actually in saying the referendum won't be held it won't be decided by the people making european leaders here is actually the backbone of the euro zone of france and germany very satisfied with the way things are going let me close to the leader of the opposition made a statement indicating that he supply. to the twenty seventh of october a sign that is a very important and courageous step is to put up untrue statements also indicate that the referendum is not an end in itself that it was a tool that was going to be considered but since still positions supported the plan then it became less useful and critics analyzing this in different ways some of

them perhaps saying the france and germany have basically said you either trade by our rules or you get out in response to sign is that this is the way to go if they don't want to the euro zone a lot of different debates going on euro skeptics saying that you're just moving the problem down the road that eventually greece will have to default bureaucrat saying this is the only way to save the euro you cause sarkozy calling it the beating heart of europe and that we will never let it die and that is going to be what a lot of these leaders are speaking about in these final sessions of the summit comes to an end on this second day with that said emerging economies worried about their own voice that they agreed the brics that they would try to help the eurozone they would give money back home and to agree on a final sound but they have a condition and president medvedev made it very clear that it's not a hidden agenda they want their voices to be heard they want more say in the i.m.f.

and other financial institutions of course the g twenty was created to you why didn't the spectrum to have not just these decisions on the global economy be made by the seven most richest can't richest countries but by the twenty biggest economies and the big question is has that been done yet. and he's in our reporting right now from can well a little way along the french coast in monaco and c g twenty protesters have been holding their own gatherings of the rich for dictating the fate of others they turn to a new strategy to get their message across but of mockery. through the whole it's all movement. all the problems of the week dressed in caricature mosques are for us. german and french leaders the protesters organized an alternative news conference at the angela merkel added that she would support the referendum in greece but only if the answer was yes the events followed a protest march is. french riviera. but coming up

a little later in the program here in our studio we do report from the front line of one of the biggest occupy wall street protests. they were shooting. at people tear gas rubber bullets several injured dozens arrested our correspondent witnessed how it all unfolded in the california city. you without see now tensions are once again mounting against iran the head of a crucial report by the u.n. nuclear watchdog due next week as israel tests a new bulletin reports that suggest the idea of a military strike on the islamic republic is being pushed by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to discuss the situation we're now joined live from by international consultant and author adrian so. good to see you today so we've seen a lot of western intervention in the region certainly this year when you think about the whole arab spring there's already a lot of military hardware in the area already in place how possible is it that an

attack on iran is really being considered. well that it we have to be very cautious how we analyze that news there was a front page article in the london daily mail yesterday saying that the u.s. and the u.k. were drawing up plans to attack iran now this has been going on for almost for more than four years now these permanent threats against iran on the part of the israel who are calling for a preemptive strike. on yahoo said on these two days ago and it all coincides with the débâcle of his route is really attack on southern lebanon in two thousand and six so i think we have to be very cautious and basically understand that what iran is is the cornerstone of probably what is an ongoing very tough negotiation to move forward towards a world government where russia and china are not going to bow in very easily to the western powers and iran is the cornerstone because contrary to iraq which

was on its own saddam hussein contrary to libya and afghanistan iran has definitely a very strong commercial and trade agreement with china and has a very strong trade agreement with russia although it's not official it probably has some sort of military alliance with russia too so i think that what we are seeing is we are probably edging closer to what might become a full fledged war in the region even a world war with iran is the cornerstone if it is attacked by israeli american british or a combination of all three forces in the near future it is very interesting how you bring russia and china into this you know basically describing the massive trade agreements between iran and china and russia certainly if the west did try and attack iran it would certainly flare tempers and two of the biggest well powers of that of russia and china now moments ago you mentioned the issue of israel if israel did unilaterally attack iran as we know just a few days ago

a test fired this new intercontinental missile do you think america would have to support its closeness. ally it would have to be involved. in america supports israel unconditionally in the diplomatic strategic military financial spiros there is a whole line of thought in america from academics stephen walt of the harvard university and john metres of chicago university that sees a zionist influence through apec the american israeli public affairs commission is so strong that it has succeeded in making american foreign policy. and national interest of israel over the national interest of the united states now the united states is not so much bent on war public opinion against iran but israel is so one could envision that israel is a wild card it might unilaterally attack iran and it will then be a counter attack which will be ferocious from iran against israel and then the western media who planned the whole thing out so that it will drag public opinion

from america and europe to support israel and work in happen have to is anybody's guess because we don't know what russia will do we don't know what china we do will do we don't even know what pakistan and india and they are using are you bringing the bring in the more regional and even global perspective here but we saw the american backed nato effort in libya just over the past week or so we've been seeing the reports from a u.n. nuclear watchdog about syria and an alleged nuclear plant there that actually for part the past two decades has been a cotton mail now that the u.n. nuclear watchdog talking about a possible strike on iran just what is the geo political global agenda here coming from the west. well i think that basically we have a global power elite that is better than the united states and better than the united kingdom and in many of the but is not part of the united states britain and the european union they are bent on world government then they use the us military prowess to try to achieve that and nato is probably to try to achieve that now what

we have seen in libya is very different from what can happen with iran because gadhafi committed the same mistake that saddam hussein is and that's being alone in the crossfire but iran is not iraq iran is not libya and things will be very different and i even believe that perhaps in their desperation they are looking towards a world war three scenario because as happened with world war two it is an opportunity to kick the chessboard and resourceful all the cars and i suppose of this local power elite bent on world government will try to reshuffle all the cards in their favor i wish we had more time to take this further into an international consultant and author of many things. thank you. you're with us here live from moscow now the city of oakland california is reeling after one of the biggest protests the occupy wall street movement has seen about eighty demonstrators were arrested and several injured off the what started as a peaceful rally was met with

a heavy handed police response at the end of the day before that thousands of anti corporate protesters forced a shutdown of america's largest seaport as the general strike america's first in over half a century but also paralyzed several businesses in oakland downtown our correspondent was at the very heart of the unfolding events throughout describes developed. we're standing across from oscar grant plaza which is the site of the occupy oakland movement work protesters have been camping out for weeks in order to raise their voices against not looking at quality social injustice the same issues that are motivating thousands of occupy wall street movement all across the country but of course images are the things that we remember images are what's now a story and this morning in downtown oakland these are the images that are going to be seeing across all of the screens on the mainstream media the destruction the isolated acts of vandalism and violence the on the ground it opens we're going to take you through some of the moments as they unfold and again we are still

reporting from the it's about oakland as you can hear behind me loud explosions possibly tear gas from the police officers there are at least hundreds of the not two hundred three hundred police officers in full riot gear several i'm as you can see advancing behind us right now on the occupy oakland movement now we don't know how many officers are back there we saw a massive group of them sort of a walk down that street before that was the street of the standoff where several protesters had barricaded the street from the police and several several pieces of furniture and whatnot were lit on fire but again not enough of an action to provoke this kind of a militant response by the police force here they were shooting. there shooting to map people are the main. to see how november second in downtown oakland will be remembered will be the charred remains of a few isolated instances of violence but the successful shutdown of the court reporting from downtown oakland far too out. there is

a detailed account of the dramatic events in oakland an exclusive video from our crew all there for you on our you tube channel twitter feed also an office also keeping an eye on other cities where protests continue to take place and one of the latest tweets here she says there's a lot of talk about the possible if the protesters come to new york's zuccotti park but that could happen as early as this friday stay updated on the u.s. protest movement with twitter feed we are read tweeting at r.t. underscore. twenty three minutes past the hour here in moscow a british student may be extradited to the u.s. over alleged internet piracy experts say even if he was found guilty by a court at home he would most likely have faced a fine but events could take a much worse time for him in the states all thanks to a controversial extradition treaty signed in the blair era. bennett reports. on the surface there are

a picture of calm but these are very anxious times for richard o'dwyer and his family the university students facing possible extradition to america for alleged copyright infringement he ran a website providing links to pirated videos it wasn't a problem for british or. it reaches nevertheless a wanted man you know it's really just awful. frightening because you know if richard had done anything wrong we were quite happy for him to be responsible in this very very long time case is now being heard at this magistrate's court in london the latest chapter in julie's struggle to keep the son that they told us that the family. best occasion in the u.k. had been dropped so it was like a bit of a sigh of relief in the next sentence they said we've got an extradition warrant to america. and then you must go to the court immediately i thought he was going to be extradited like that day richard's website t.v.

shank has a free stein post to pirated content including the latest hollywood blockbusters none of it was actually provided by him but that doesn't matter to america it says the site breached their copyright laws and claims he's theirs to punish because the websites lucrative advertising was aimed at us can seaman's these courses where richard o'dwyer as fate will be decided royds on whether or not his actions are considered to be a crime in the u.k. this trial was his last chance to put forward his defense and now it's up to the judge to decide but according to digital lore experts the decisions not a tough one to make it's quite possible that he's only him guilty of a civil offense offenses you know something he could potentially get fined for and you know it is clearly a u.k. case as well because he was doing this in the u.k.

it's not really any case for him to be extradited to the united states is not clear he was infringing copyright in united states britain signed the extradition treaty with america in two thousand and three nearly a decade on controversy still surrounds it the u.s. can extradite whoever it wants without proof or hearing privileges the u.k. does not get the treaty was a muscle change for the government while in opposition but a recent review it commissioned just deemed the treaty still fair several leading m.p.'s refused to agree though the commons home affairs committee calling for changes was a mistake in the first place despite its treatment i think it was a mistake it's not a level playing field even with a partner like america. we need to make sure that we of being equal and we are being fair to all citizens and that is not the case at the moment opposition against the extradition treaty is growing in westminster dissenting in peace of just force through a debate on it later this month and the parliamentary review on it in the new year

all this though may be too late for richard he is just two weeks until he learns where they are america will get what it wants bennett r.t. london. are now a three thirty pm on friday here in the russian capital you with r.t. i'm. back with you in just a moment with a recap of our main stars. the a. commitment to.

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welcome back here with us here live from moscow. simulation in space it is now over six volunteers have just returned from their mission to the red planet now seeing daylight for the first time in five hundred twenty days. in greece the country's prime minister tracks on the plan for a bailout referendum and actually good major european leaders right now faces a crucial confidence vote at home a greek. twenty summit in france. hailed a referendum on. a british student could be handed over to the u.s. for alleged copyright infringement committed on home soil despite the terminations of a criminal case in the u.k. . punishment in america thanks to a controversial extradition treaty between.