international news and comment live from moscow we're with you twenty four hours a day 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 over plans for a bailout referendum which he later canceled the outcome of the vote could have a major bearing on the debt stricken euro zone our correspondent in athens sarah firth has more. we prime minister to step in jay faces lucia pressure. from the broad and from within his own government as well he's in a very very tight spots 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 and 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 going 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 if these huge amounts 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 was seeing at the moment when that referendum plan was announced at the beginning of the week not only was it not from he'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 they 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 euro same leaders in the proper days really marching to their chief

there's a lot of disappointment in the past the government in the prime minister a lot of good to be with member greece is a country right now is the population suffering from economic exhaustion they really are at the end of an incredibly long crisis of this there to greet really has been a test case for how much austerity a country can take and it was everyone's watching we saw at the moment of course there are concerns about other countries. it's lee is causing a huge amount it is counted at the moment i say certainly why is concerned not just about greece a bit about the eurozone as a whole later on today when that confidence they can see will know more about the plans meeting food at half a day we're baden-powell whether a unity government come about that could have instant knock on effect throughout the rest of the year as any he said he should mount concern but with such a loss of public confidence people here on the ground are asking even if it happened jay can survive that confidence day in his government should he be able to stay in power he's clearly lost the confidence of this public. and the political

and financial turbulence in greece is shaped discussion at the g twenty summit which is just wrapped up in can you do his voice strong determination to defend the euro and agreed on bolstering the international monetary fund's resources what is in the snowy has the details. the g twenty has ramped up here in cannes where of course the focus was the greek tragedy that develops very quickly throughout the week nicolas sarkozy wrapping up the summit by saying that he and other euro leaders are ready to defend the euro to the end we had a lot of pressure from france and germany in terms of summoning the greek prime minister when he called the referendum of course that has been cancelled but the main themes that we're hearing here is that greece needs to follow the rules the e.u. doesn't choose governments but the governments that the people choose need to play by their game or they need to get out to discuss that further we can now cross live to washington d.c.

where i'm joined by financial blogger. in this thank you for being with us how much pressure do you think was put on the greek pm by angela 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 canceled. well there 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 a 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 mentioned several times over the past few 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 monitoring and all the conditions that are being put out for greece. 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 and. 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 bailout 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 should suffer as well and right now it depends on the e.c.b. and the on the eurozone to survive just briefly how do you think i 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 in parliament when he said that when you pose a referendum to the greek people under such conditions of the arrests. and indignity what you're going to get is 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 seems 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 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 right financial blogger demand. 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 eurozone 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 will be held in a brick nation in brussels moscow in two thousand and thirteen so some progress on that front. and he said that this is all to life here in moscow still ahead a brutal crackdown in oakland. they were shooting. there if you can imagine people

. there because first general strike in fifty years and a peaceful march of quiet oakland protests to culminate in chaos with almost a hundred arrests and several injuries. and western governments plan to ramp up the pressure on iran over its nuclear program head of a report by a u.n. watchdog for the details for you just ahead. an epic seventeen month journey to mons has just completed its mission even though the spacecraft never really left the simulated flight took place in moscow and was an experiment to most of the psychological effects of long term isolation on the six man international crew here the impressions of a virtual space man who's seeing daylight now for the first time in over five hundred days after five hundred. twenty days of this treatment. we are proud today to to prove that humanity is. good

to us we hope that we can help. designing anything the next to the future missions to. and we're ready to get into the next piece of green there. 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 are looking to be part of future martian missions this of a 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 there 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 seals and that was the start of the five hundred twenty days 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 and to 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 standstill asian 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 head of the european space agency's office in russia. we never quite knew what to expect when we started the sex. you think. after this very long stretch of time.

i think there are a lot of things. first to. say today even. the data. is of course. so you see that there are no general showstoppers terms of medical problems problems and the proof of six or five hundred twenty days. on top of that the effect was also learned so much more to selection process because this was one of the crucial ingredients. of all together and then of course there are a lot of other medical. things which we have learned solution can apply to the first. immediately even for the. course as you say the the selection process and it was primarily a psychological experts 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 most of all the problems of the. five hundred twenty very innocent days in isolation it's a very tough task of course but i must say the we can see that the crew. has been working very hard very serious all over the place in a tranche of days each and every day of it and they really prove made it just a success. of thank you very much i mean i remember saying that some bookmakers have put a too warm on 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 that deep brief period free of all those tensions well as. compensation for taking part in the mission each participant receives one hundred

thousand dollars first they've also had plenty of time to try and work out what they're going to spend that there was a 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. being 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. from remember you can always visit all. the latest news videos. for you right now should you. place an investigation from the international criminal.

of the u.s. and china ranks second. in. the california city of oakland is reeling off to one of the biggest protests the occupy wall street movement has seen at least eighty demonstrators were arrested and several injured after their rally culminated in a heavy handed police crackdown it started out peacefully the protesters managed to shut down the city which is the country's fifth largest usedn't at the same time a general strike america's first century paralyzed several businesses in. correspondent. describes how the events unfold.

we're standing across from oscar grant's 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 the law making a quality social injustice the same issues that are motivating thousands of occupy wall street movements 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 main street the destruction they isolated some vandalism and violence but we're on the ground in oakland we're going to take you through some of the. and so 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 a hundred 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 walk down that street before that was the street of

the standoff for several protesters had barricaded the street from the police 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 rushed on through there shooting them at people are amazed to see how november second and downtown oakland will be remembered will be the charred remains of a few isolated instances of violence but the successful shutdown of the nation's ports reporting from downtown oakland fartsy i'm surprised. and you can watch all the video from the night of violence in oakland on you tube channel and you see coming obvious keeping an eye on the occupy movement in oakland and elsewhere in her twitter feed retreat of r t underscore com she says the movement is garnering support from as far as afghanistan for lucy and r.t. on twitter to stay up to date with the movement's developments and on our web site

at the moment we're asking if it's possible that police will stop protecting the interests of the so-called ninety nine percent who is the occupy wall street protesters say they are being repressed by the rich let's have a look on screen and see what the results are looking like this stage of the day what we can see there that. forty one percent of those who voted say it will only happen if the policeman lose their jobs or two percent think the police would never follow orders to fart live rounds on peaceful activists twelve percent we can see that say occupy protesters are rioters getting the treatment they deserve and twenty five percent suggest the police will side with professors when they can't get what they want from the government any longer log on to dot com let us know what you think. the. u.s. and u.k. officials have been quick to deny they are seeking military confrontation with iran statements were released by spokesman from both sides following media reports of a potential armed operation aimed at terrans alleged nuclear weapons facilities

however they did say the west has no intention of easing pressure on the islamic republic and would use what's described as a wide range of means at their disposal the likes of the u.s. and britain are expected to seize upon the upcoming a report on iran's nuclear. reportedly reveal new intelligence about the alleged atomic activities but. she says these threats are nothing new for. this has been going on for almost for more than four years now these threats against iran on the part of israel who are calling for a preemptive strike. on yahoo. said all these two days ago and it all coincides with the battle of israel is really 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 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 and british or a compilation of all three forces. the more british media center attack on iran could come as soon as next november prediction because the country remains resilient to international sanctions. ministry of defense and why what is their sources and to check this out this story in full again not on our t.v. dot com. the home district in his country and a wanted criminal in another this is the sad case of richard o'dwyer a british student who's facing extradition to the u.s. 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 ortiz other bennett has more. on the surface they're 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 orthe or sees it rich is nevertheless a wanted man you know it's really just all. frightening because you know if richard had done anything wrong we were quite happy for him to be responsible about him this very well it was a time a case is 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 in the next sentence they said it was 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. shack was a free signpost 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 u.s. consumers this course is where richard o'dwyer as fate will be decided it 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 guilty of a civil offense offense is something he could potentially get fined for

and you know it is clearly a u.k. case as well because he. 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 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. doesn't 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 is calling for changes was a mistake in the first place despite a trick 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 of the opposition against the extradition treaty is growing in westminster dissenting m.p.'s of just force through a debate on it later this month and the parliamentary review on it is jew in the new year all this though may be too late for richard he is just two weeks until he learns whether america will get what it wants i've given it r.t. london. time now to update you on more stories making headlines around the world at this stage of the day in. palestinian activists say the israeli defense forces seized to gaza by boat attempting to break israel's naval blockade of the region to the terms it's been approaching because all of 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 protests ships in the past midnight turkish activists killed in the deadliest incident last year. syria has announced an amnesty 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. at a press it doesn't appear to be part of the arab league plan which was accepted by damascus on wednesday and costello on whether that deal can end the bloodshed which is hit the country over the last seven months. the explosion has killed four and left dozens of coal miners trapped underground in henan province in central china watchers say the blast was caused by a small earthquake fifty kilometers away rescuers are now trying to reach those caught in the mine and already pulled out some severely injured workers china's coal mine industry safety records improved in recent years but still remains the worst. you're watching on t.v. with you twenty four hours a day we still got plenty more for you this out including the latest from our own guide to moscow martin entrance that's just after a recap of the top stories with me build up stay with us live in.

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