internationalizing comment live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this hour the latest chapter in the greek debt siver is due to unfold as the government of prime minister george papandreou faces a crucial confidence vote the embattled greek 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 eurozone already sarah firth as all the latest from athens. it certainly feels like change could be coming to greece it's nice now the m.p.c. gathering in parliament ahead of that conference that it's expected about midnight local time and there's going to be critical discussions being held had is that the prime minister do is positive this is going to be asking will make is to get behind him and support head on the bailout plan but you know it's very very uncertain will the outcome of that will be we've been speaking to loads of people here today certainly the feeling is that jews pop in jay's days are numbered as prime minister

there's a very strong sense that it's time to change shall certainly that's what the public here are calling for and amongst his and governments as well we seem to spend six weeks in the ruling class of policy growing a for the weeks that kimi elated and the discontent from some members of his same party as well as from foreign from foreign people about that referendum announcing that he made at the beginning of the way can then we saw that backtracking on not later this week on the heels of pressure from both theories any design from his saying government if the vote doesn't cases very it's really uncertain what would actually happen and whether a unity government would be full not certainly one of the options over this uncertainty that we've seen is wait and it really has been a week of jim i think decisions has come at a really critical time please answer the euro is in as a whole the last thing that anyone wanted with this kind of instability this growing public anger again the people taking to the streets we've seen it time and

again they've really reached a point where they want something to give now they've lost confidence in the prime minister and in the ruling class the party and a lot of the people with speaking to today are saying it's actually quite ironic describing this as a confidence vote because the public simply don't have any in the leadership anymore take a listen some of what we listened to in the streets today these political system that was created after. the end of the dictator seeing seventy four it's up to you like a zombie it's in the live at the same time the problem is that there's no alternative solution of the moment. the old system is there but then you see before that very much the eyes are getting to be on what the outcome of that they will be animating for the decisions will be made because that could really have a very serious knock on impact throughout the rest of the year as a was decided it's night could be still the pivotal

a pivotal even in the feature of the year you say the police's feature as well as we said certainly the feeling in the ats night here in athens is that the clock is ticking ahead of that crucial confidence they pop in jay could well be on his way out of his position as prime minister. surface reporting there and the political and financial turbulence increases discussion at the g twenty summit which is wrapped up now in cannes the leaders for strong determination to defend that euro and agreed on bolstering the international monetary fund resources in the tsunami has the details. so 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 till the end we had a lot of pressure from france and germany in terms of summoning the greek prime minister when you call the referendum of course that has been cancelled but the

main thing is 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 to washington d.c. where i'm joined by financial blogger coach 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. 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 few days at the g twenty here that greece

needs to play by the rules he said it almost at 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 in part of the. 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 e.c.b. and the on the eurozone to survive 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 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 the day 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 to be joining me from washington d. . 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 they are reporting that this is all to live in moscow still ahead finding a way where there's a will after america's first strike in fifty years ends in a police crackdown we discussed methods to get the banks to listen to your plight peacefully. western governments plan to ramp up the pressure on iran over its nuclear program ahead of a report by a u.n. watchdog all the details just ahead for you here. and i think seventeen month journey to mars has just completed its mission even though the spacecraft never left earth the simulated flight took place in moscow and was an experiment to monitor the psychological effects of long term isolation on the six man international crew here at the impressions of a virtual space man who seeing daylight now for the first time in over five hundred days after five hundred. twenty days of this

trip are. we are proud today to to prove that humanity. good to us we hope that we can help. design even in the next the future missions to mars and we're ready to get into the next piece to bring their. 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 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 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 shut and 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 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 juror really to be in sky summation 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 this

expect an experiment what do you think. after this very long stretch of time. i think there are a lot of things that. the first. say today even without having all the data from the experiments is of course. see that there are no general showstoppers in terms of medical problems problems and the truth of six or five hundred twenty days. on top of that here was also learned so much about a selection process because this was one of the crucial ingredients to have the working very very together and then of course there are a lot of other medical effects and things which we have learned solution can apply the first. images really even for the interim hours. of course as you say

the selection process and it was primarily a psychological experiment readers so what kind of problems were the up against the fears and how are they being overcome. but of course the biggest fear most of all really problems with. five hundred twenty very innocent days in isolation this very tough task of course but i must say that we can say that the crew. has been working very hard very serious all over the place 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 have put eight to one odds on one of the crew going insane as a result of this experiment but hasn't materialized and i think they can now look forward to the 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 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 and on mars. peter oliver and tom barton following the martian adventures. remember you can always visit our website for the latest news comments and videos here's some of what's there for you right now should you log on to one of our nato forces facing investigation from the

international criminal court into possible war crimes during its bombardment of libya. invited me appeared to embrace the dominance of the u.s. and china he now ranks second between barack obama and here's intel in forbes list of the world's most powerful people those stories online at party dot com. u.s. and u.k. officials have been quick to deny they're seeking military confrontation with iran statements were released by spokesman from both sides for the media reports of a potential operation aimed at tehran's 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 report on iran's nuclear program it will reportedly reveal new intelligence about the alleged atomic activities but author agency says these threats are nothing new for iran. 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 all these two days ago and it all coincides with the débâcle of these route is really 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 try. probably what is an ongoing very tough negotiation to move forward towards a world government where the 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 israeli american british or accomplish three fourths of the. meanwhile british media center attack on iran could come as soon as next november that prediction comes because the country remains resilient to international sanctions various media site the u.k.'s ministry of defense and watch all of their sources to check out this story in full you can log onto r.t. dot com. the california city of oakland is reeling after 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 before things got violent the protesters managed to shut down the city port which is the country's fifth largest without incident at the same time a general strike america's first in over half

a century paralyzed several businesses in downtown oakland. well joining me live now is a man with his own means of peaceful protests. he's a poet an editor joins me live now in san francisco r.t. thanks very much indeed for being with us now i understand you come up with a novel idea of attracting the banks and financial institutions attention and you were actually inspired by the occupy wall street movement so in what way were you inspired. i think like a lot of people i had been sort of a background angry for several years and occupy wall street convinced me that i wasn't alone but it wasn't just me in my living room feeling unhappy but that there were a lot of other people and then so that sort of got me thinking about the background anger i'd been feeling and at the same time i continued to get like most people in america these credit card mailers from the nation's big banks these are the same

banks that ruined our economy by speculating and gambling on the housing market and the more i got these it finally just clicked that the same things we were protesting out in the street the same companies where the same ones were clogging up our mailbox so that's what got me thinking about it all right so you got some men in the hand then now tell us exactly what fool me will protest what did you do or what are you doing now well. what i realized was that inside these credit card mailers and again these are from the same banks the target of much of our ire inside these mailers is a business reply mail envelope the way these work the banks sign contracts with the post office and or make agreements with the post office and the banks only pay postage on the envelopes they get sent back so i thought rather than send back a credit card application which is the last thing i want i could communicate with the banks in this way so i can fold up all the other junk mail i've got that day by school catalogs all the envelopes newspapers put that in i can also put in

a pro union message for the people in the mail room letting them know that the ninety nine percent includes them as well and then because the banks pay more in postage for the heavier envelopes we can also include this as i would shim it's the simplest piece of wood there very very cheap at a hardware store and when we put these inside the envelope it makes the envelope so rigid that it can't be processed by the normal mail folding machines they have to be sorted by hand which increases the postage and increases the labor costs for the banks what a cool junk matters a scourge in most countries and i think many people be inspired and think what a great idea but how can you be sure that the banks are actually getting the message and that their mail service is blocking the obviously empty or all overweight packages that you're sending. well one answer is that i hope they are getting the message but the other answer is it doesn't really matter they pay the postage as soon as it gets scanned at the post office the envelope gets weighed it

gets measured and it gets on their account so even if the banks don't open and certainly the c.e.o.'s never see this i wouldn't dream that the c.e.o.'s of the major banks that they're opening the credit card offers in the mail but there is a medical unit cation of this which is the banks see that their posted bills run up from nothing people do this it's going to have some impact on their bottom line and money is how banks communicate so if we raise their costs we are communicating with them and letting them know that we know who they are and we are not interested in their offers what you are suggesting there could be interpreted as a breach of u.s. postal regulations are you not encouraging people to actually break the law. not in any way these again the agreements that the banks sign is that they will pay the postage on these envelopes you needn't go the whole hog with this simply sending an empty envelope back is its own form of communication because it does cost the banks

a small amount of money in postage so i'm not advocating that anyone put anything dangerous or illegal or insensible in there some people have advocated oh i'll put the envelope on a brick or on you know all the spare change in my pocket or on paper clips that's actually not going to work once the envelope gets above about two or three ounces that would be about i think about seventy grams the post office will simply toss it right out but filling it full of paper or there's no no way for them to know what's in it and it's in no way illegal according to the post office regulation of course so you are trying to put a financial burden maybe a financial punishment on the banks themselves but the main essence of this is of course is to get the message to those banks and financial institutions jus think they really will listen. well a couple of things i understand that this is very minor i even if a million people sent these back we're talking about costing the bank a very small sum what's more significant is that even

a tiny act of protest helps people start to identify themselves as protesters again the ninety nine percent you know which is sort of the mantra of this movement as i understand it is a very big group that comprises almost everyone in this country but not everyone lives in a major city where they can go and occupy a downtown area so for people at home or people who like myself have day jobs and can't always get downtown to make their voices heard this is a small additional step that we can do. interesting idea thanks very much indeed for sharing with us our team of a poet an editor from san francisco to live there thank you very much indeed. a home district attorney's country in a wanted criminal in another this is the 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 but in the states would face a much worse fate. 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 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 he was told time case is now being heard at this magistrate's court in london the latest chapter in julie's struggle to keep her son it 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 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 was a free stand 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 there is to punish because the websites lucrative advertising was aimed at us can siemens these courses 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 him guilty of a civil offense offense is something he could potentially get fined for and you know it's 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 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 of the opposition against the extradition treaty is growing in westminster dissenting in piece 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 whether america will get what it wants after bennett r.t. london time the talk that you're in some more stories making headlines around the world in the papers are pro palestinian activists say the israeli defense forces sees two girls a burnt boats attempting to break israel's naval blockade of the region tel aviv confirms its military chief has ordered the vessels to be intercepted 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 in the last year. syria has announced an amnesty for opposition fighters as long as they give themselves up to police within a week follows claims of more violent crackdowns and protests by government forces after friday prayers doesn't appear to be part of the arab league plan which was accepted by damascus on wednesday and cast doubt on whether that deal can end the

bloodshed which has hit the country over the last seven months. one of the few minutes well you can join ati's martin entries as he continues to explore moscow in his weekly series moscow about to be coming up the often the headlines stay with us here on our team.

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