now seven o'clock friday night here in the russian capital this is r.t. with me rory sushi the latest chapter in the greek debt saga is due to unfold as the government of prime minister george papandreou faces a crucial confidence vote the embattled great leader alienated many of his supporters of a plans for a bailout referendum which he then decided to cancel the outcome of the vote could have a major bearing on the debt stricken euro zone correspondent in athens is a certified. greek prime minister just happened j faces we should pressure. from the broad and from within his own government as well he's in a very very tight spot indeed there's absolutely no guarantee that he'll remain in power once is confident that if eight days three later on say he's going to be asking will make is to back him in his government back that bailout plan is very uncertain in the mood exactly what the outcome of that is going to be some people as they can see here think that he'll find

a way to manage to survive and cling on to power but a lot of other people calling for is head we've seen it be an incredibly up and down week blink and you'll miss it with some of the decisions that have been gained back and forth the on again off again referendum the possibility of him resigning in the not residing but of course no one is missing here because all eyes are firmly on greece as a huge amount of concern about what's happening here is a very big this is turbulence at a time when both the u.s. aid and the country faces an absolutely critical point leaving food in the future and the last thing anyone wanted is the kind of uncertainty that we're seeing at the moment when that referendum plan was announced that the beginning of the week not only was it met from she's criticism. here in the country among some of his government but the people actually met announcement with a lot of cynicism they never expected to be given a voice and never expected to have that decision put in their hands very much the sense here on the street is that this decision is now completely in the hands of

brussels of the year it's a need is in their proper days really marching to their cheek there's a lot of disappointment in the past the government in the prime minister a lot of i get to remember police is a country right now is the population suffering from economic exhaustion they really are at the end of an incredibly long process of this there to greet really has been a test case for how much austerity a country can take and of course everyone's watching greece at the moment of course there are concerns about other countries. it's lee is causing a huge amount of discomfort at the moment they certainly why it's concerned not just about greece but about the eurozone as a whole later on today when that call to say casey will know more about the plans meeting forward with the proper j were baden-powell whether a unity government come about that could have instant knock on effect throughout the rest of the year is a he said he should mount concern but with such a loss of public confidence people here on the ground there are asking even if it happened jay can survive that confidence in his government should he be able to

clearly those the confidence of his public. reporting from athens where the political and financial to opponents in greece has shaped the discussion of the g twenty summit which is now now just wrapped up in e.u. leaders voiced a strong determination to defend the euro and agreed on the bolstering of the international monetary fund's resources we can of course live to watch he said he said with all the details on the high end he says so what's the latest from where you are. well the ever changing greek tragedy took center stage at this year's g. twenty with host nicolas sarkozy wrapping up the summit by saying once again that he is determined to protect the single currency to the end france and germany believed to have put a lot of pressure on the greek prime minister and to cancel a referendum that essentially would have left the greek people decide what track to take in terms of prices to discuss that further we can now cross live to washington d.c. where i'm joined by financial blogger coffin this thank you for being with us how

much pressure do you think was put on the greek pm by anglo merkel and nicolas sarkozy on that those talks the emergency talks they held on the very eve of this summit in which he laughed and then of course that referendum was cancelled. right well they were certainly dissatisfied about it i think that the prime minister has received pressure pretty much from all sides he received pressure from merkel from sarkozy from the leaders in europe but also from members of his own party as well as the coalition of course he was reprimanded across the board so i think that the referendum that he proposed was quickly shot down by everyone. and also sarkozy mentioned several times over the past three days at the g twenty here that greece needs to play by the rules he said it almost every press conference he gave he gave a lot of them also saying that greece is an independent country that he doesn't want to get involved in the internal affairs of the sovereign state but isn't that

exactly what we're seeing happening here with all the the the monitoring and all the conditions that are being put out for greece. right greece is no longer an independent country and has been for a while and if you listen to the speeches given by all the different leaders of the political parties in parliament last night and the preceding days and months you'll see that the conversation is always on what we need to do to satisfy our creditors demands and our creditors are the people who are going to determine whether we survive or don't survive so they're not they don't hide the fact that they're not they're not in control of their own destiny and that they depend on the eurozone and these ballot packages to continue to fund the government and even more importantly the support of the european system of central banks in the e.c.b. to continue to provide liquidity to the greek banking system which has been bleeding deposits for months and months and so that's the real the biggest concern of all the fact that the banking system is no longer sustainable because it holds

so much greek sovereign debt and if a default were to occur the banking system in greece would suffer as well and right now it depends on the c b and the on the eurozone to survive. i speaking about about everyone playing by the rules sarkozy also talked about those who don't follow the rules he was speaking of course about plots and deficit should have to pay thanks but how would france feel about paying sanctions aren't they themselves running a budget deficit. right they're running a budget deficit beyond. what the rules of mass rich provide for so if they were to pay sanctions the pentagon how they prefer a they presented to their to their people but the real irony with that is that the french banks are are so desperate for some sort of a bailout and if they didn't get one for greece for example they could potentially go on tour and france would be on the hook for a much larger amount of money so in france's opinion it's in their interest to do

whatever they can to prevent any sort of write downs for sovereign debt is if we greek that but sovereign debt across the board because ultimately the bailout that the french government would have to provide to its own banks would be such. they would blow out their deficits above and beyond what they are right now. just briefly how do you think and what do you think would have happened if that referendum actually went to a vote what would the greek people have said. i think the person who expressed best what the greek people potentially would have said was the opposition leader some in parliament when he said that when you pose a referendum to the greek people under such conditions of the arrests. and indignity where you're going to get an answer not to the question but to the person who's posing the question in other words the people would say no to whatever the question was because they would be voting in response to what they see seem to be a vacuum of leadership and democracy in the country so i think that if there were

to be a vote that vote would have been an exit from the eurozone and that's what scared the politicians in greece so much and it's why you saw such such a backlash against up on that when he came out with the proposition not just from the opposition leaders but from members of his own party including his own deputy who came back from cannes the next day and immediately issued a statement saying that referendum on e.u. membership was a no go and that we need to be as well in part of the e.u. because it's backstopping our banks. financial blogger to mentally joining me live from washington d.c. thanks for your thoughts on the g. twenty is wrapping up here in cannes no breakthrough i think it's fair to say one of the steps that has been taken is that it seems the brics countries the emerging economies are having more of their say they are pledging some money to the euro zone crisis not clear exactly what the sum is but a hint we're getting that really they are making some headway the g twenty summit for the first time ever in twenty thirteen it will be held in

a brick mason investors moscow twenty some progress on that front right now with the wrap up of the g twenty summit in cannes france thank you. it's good to have you with us you are with r t still ahead for you on the program a brutal crackdown in oakland california. they were. there if you can imagine people america's first general strike in a half a century and a peaceful march of occupy oakland protesters culminating chaos with almost one hundred arrests and plenty of injuries. and western governments plans a ramp up the pressure on iran over its nuclear program the head of a report by the u.n. that washed all those details just ahead. an epic seventeen month journey to mars has just completed its mission even though the spacecraft never actually left the simulated flight took place right here in moscow

and it was an experiment to monitor the psychological effects of long term isolation on a six man international crew here on the impressions of a virtual space man who's now seeing daylight for the first time in over five hundred days. after five hundred. twenty days of this trip around. we are proud to be a true to prove that humanity can go to mass we hope that we can help in designing and planning the next or the future missions to mars. and we're ready to get into the next space a green there. this is experiment to see basically the psychological effects 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 are looking to be part of future martian missions this over whole operation was an 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 that was representatives from china as well as from france and central america who will 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 barton who is there tom what's going on where you are. well peter i remember on june the third last year watching this door behind me shot 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 work 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 an jurors really to be in isolation and with a very strict routine day in day out for all that time to discuss a bit more about this i'm joined by rene pistol he's. out of the european space agency's office in russia running we never quite knew what to expect when we started this expect experiments and what you think the shelf learns after this very long stretch of time. i think their mother things that we have learned the first thing i think we may see today even without having analyzed all the data we will get from the experiments is of course you know that we see that there are no general showstoppers in terms of medical problems or personal problems present or true in five or six or five hundred twenty days to a mutton to mars. on top of that thirty years or so also learn so much about a selection process because this was one of the crucial ingredients trust of the

working very voter gathered and then of course there are a lot of other medical effects and things which we have learned solution can apply even first. immediately even for those trying to mars. of course as you say the the selection process kate and it was primarily a psychological expires it really is so what kind of problems were the up against what were the fears and how they've been overcome. but of course the biggest fear was to have all the problems with an increase. in five hundred twenty very innocent days in isolation this a very tough task of course but i must say that we can say that the crew who. has been working very hard very serious are all over the surface in the trenches days each and every day of it and they really proved made it just a success. of thank you very much frank i mean i remember saying that some

bookmakers and put eight to one odds on that 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 the deep brief period free of all those. well as part compensation for taking part in the mission each participant received one hundred thousand dollars puts they've also had plenty of time to try and work out what they're going to spend on now 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 that 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 and on mars. put her on her and following the martian

adventures for. well i do remember you can always visit our website dot com for the latest news and comments and videos some of the items are waiting for you there right now. you can find out how nato forces face an investigation from the international criminal court to possible war crimes during its bombardment of libya . and let me put in breaks the dominance of the u.s. and china you know ranked second between barack obama and hu jintao when forbes list of the world's most powerful people. you would see live from moscow now the california city of oakland is reeling after one of the biggest protests the occupy wall street movement has seen to date at

least eighty demonstrators were arrested and several injured after the rally culminated in a heavy handed police crackdown it all started out peacefully the protesters managing to shut down the city port which is the country's fifth largest but all doing so without incident at the same time a general strike america's first in over half a century paralyzed several businesses in downtown oakland our correspondent lucy catherine off was there when things got violent and she describes how the events unfold. we're standing across from oscar grant plaza which is the site of the occupy oakland movement where protesters have been camping out for weeks in order to raise their voices against quality social injustice the same issues that are motivating thousands of occupy wall street movement all across the country but of course the images are the things that we remember images are what tell a story and this morning in downtown oakland these are the images they are going to be seeing across all of the screens on the mainstream media the destruction the

isolated vandalism and violence are on the ground in oakland we're going to take you through some of the moments as they unfolded. again we're still reporting from the top oakland as you can hear behind me loud explosions possibly tear gas from the police officers there are at least hundreds if 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 were several protesters had barricaded the street from the police several and 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 lashed on their student imette people her remains to be seen 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 nation

sports reporting from downtown oakland fartsy on this account. and you can watch all the video from that night of violence in oakland on you tube channel also lucy is keeping an eye on the occupy movement in oakland and elsewhere in her twitter feed you see right here also being reach we underscore com she says that the movement is gone or in support as far as i'm gonna stop and follow lucianne doxie on twitter to stay up to date on the movement. meantime on our website we're asking if it's possible that police will stop protecting the interests of the so-called ninety nine percent of those the occupy wall street protesters say being repressed by the rich i don't see how the votes are stocking up right here at dot com. forty one percent voting to say it will only happen if policemen lose their jobs twenty two percent think the police would never follow orders to fire live rounds on peaceful activists only twelve percent say occupy protesters all rioters getting

the treatment they deserve twenty five percent saying the police force. with protesters when they can't get what they want from the government and. now twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow the u.s. and u.k. officials have been equipped to deny they're seeking military confrontation with iran statements were released by a spokesman from both sides following media reports of a potential armed operation aimed at teheran alleged nuclear weapons sites however they did say the west has no intention of easing pressure on the islamic republic and would use what's described as a quote wide range of means at their disposal the likes of the u.s. and britain are expected to seize upon the upcoming i.a.e.a. report on iran's nuclear program it will reportedly reveal new intelligence about the alleged atomic activities but author. says these threats are nothing new for a while. this is 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. all these two days ago and it all coincides with the battle of israel 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 the world government we're russia and china are not going to bow in very easily to the western powers and iran is the cornerstone so i think the world 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 he's really american british or a compilation of all three forces. meanwhile the british media says that an attack

on iran could come as soon as next november election comes because the country remains resilient through international sanctions various media site the u.k. is a ministry of defense and whitehall sources to check it out in full just log on to our dot com. a harmless a trickster in his country but i wanted criminal in another this is the case of richard o'dwyer a british student who is now facing extradition to the us over alleged internet piracy in the u.k. if he was found guilty he would most likely get off with a fine in the states he would face a much worse fate as r.t. as i have been 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 thora sees it rich is nevertheless a wanted man you know it's really just awful. frankly because you know if richard had done anything wrong we were quite happy for him to be responsible about in this country where they wanted. their cases now being heard at this magistrate's court in london the latest chapter in julie's struggle to keep her son at home they told us that the criminal investigation in the u.k. had been dropped so it was like a bit of a sigh of relief but in the next sentence they said we've got an extradition warrant to america. and then he must go to the court immediately i thought he was going to be extradited like that day richard's website t.v. shank was 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 and that offense is 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 it's not clear that 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 case does not get with a 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 with the commons home affairs committee calling for changes so it was a mistake in the first place to study history 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 our 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 is jus in the new year to all this though maybe too late for richard he is just two weeks until he learns where they are america will get what it wants after bennett r.t. london. we are coming to you live from the heart of moscow to touch other world of

that now here on r.t. so other headlines from around the world for you this hour profile us to an activist say the israeli defense force has ceased to gaza bound boat attempting to break israel's naval blockade of the region tel aviv confirms its military chief has ordered the vessels to be intercepted the canadian and. irish boats carrying medical supplies and twenty seven activists from various countries set sail from turkey on wednesday israel's navy has halted similar protest ships in the past with nine turkish activists killed in the deadliest incident just last year. syria has announced and i'm going to stay for opposition fighters as long as they give themselves up to police within a week it follows claims of more violent crackdowns on protests by government forces after friday prayers it doesn't appear to be part of the arab league plan which was accepted by damascus on wednesday and casts doubt on whether that deal can end the bloodshed which has hit the country over the last seven months. an

explosion has killed four and left dozens of coal miners trapped underground in henan province that's in central china officials say the blast was caused by a small earthquake about fifty kilometers away rescuers are now trying to reach those caught in the mine and have already pulled out some severely injured workers china's coal mine industry safety record has improved in recent years but still remains the worst in the world. want to stay with us here at r.t. be back with a recap of the headlines in just a moment. to

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now seven thirty on a friday night here in the russian capital and you with your headlines now renewed rift at the heart of the greek government staying replaces disbelief over the prime minister's bailout referendum ohl now just hours away until a final vote of confidence in parliament. the turmoil in greece. at the g twenty summit which is just now wrapped up in the french results city of can global leaders have agreed to boost the power of the international monetary fund as they try to stop the debt contagion from spreading further. the mocked up mission touches down a simulated flight to mars is completed by a six man crew spending over five hundred days in isolation as part of an ambitious space experiment right here in moscow are. those were the headlines for this friday night here on r.t. up next they were joined in.