the embattled great leader alienated many of his supporters over plans for a bail out referendum which he later canceled and all of this is added to a growing chorus calling for the resignation of the prime minister that's now across to our correspondent sarah ferguson is in athens and so sara with the vote so close now what indicators are coming out of athens and what is being said. well the close certainly counting down to that crucial confidence they anticipation is mounting and what starts to decide greek prime minister george patton day's political feature now a lot of uncertainty still about exactly what is going to happen the face expected to take place at midnight local time just under two hours time but the full that happened jay himself is going to take to the stand and address the parliaments and a lot of speculation about exactly what he's going to say no what we've seen this evening and things coming out all the time is that m.p.'s have had that renewed cool for his resignation we've seen a lot of that coming out of parliament that have been seen and p.c.

got behind him after the referendum that he announced at the beginning of the week was dropped we heard today from the greek finance minister that that referendum had at city even taken off the table some n.p.c. saying that that had swayed their decision in the face and that they be giving him a positive date but it really hangs on a knife edge right now he's got a technical majority one hundred fifty one seats in the three hundred seat parliament but it's still it's a playful and we've also heard a lot of the m.p. saying that they will possibly vote yes in that confidence they but only if he shows the intention to step aside one third and possibly form a national unity government that's another of the options that a lot of people are saying that is a very realistic possibility now having dry makes his address everyone's now going to be looking at whether he actually says these words a resignation national unity government they're going to be watching for that or

whether it will go right down to the crunch time when that they gaze ahead at the certainly everything's played for a very critical time not just to greece of course but for the entire usa in this decision that have an impact in the feature. last few days there's been a lot of attention and drama surrounding greece of course but how are the people there reacting to all of this. well it's been an incredibly dramatic week of decisions as we said we saw at the beginning of the week that announcement of a referendum remember the beginning of the week the reports were all about happen j.s address then saying that democracy was in action and that it was absolutely right that the people should have their say now we saw that spot turmoil not just among yours and leaders and yours and countries but amongst his own government say it was really felt by many that that was putting the future of the eurozone in greece is a future in the eurozone under threat we seeing the backtrack on those plans have that really caused a lot of public anger we see protesters turning out once again tonight there are

a lot here earlier on the square still people outside the parliament building again we're seeing and what we've seen since the beginning of this quite is a continuing widening gap between the politicians and what the people are asking for and people really here is that they just set up a very unstable rhetoric and that the leaders will be able to pull them through this they don't believe that any will this really does look like a government now that is leasing credibility and so we're seeing these renewed cools now tonight the jewish half a day to step down i was speaking to someone here just a little bit earlier and they're saying maybe we're going to see history repeating itself his cap and trade of course coming from a legacy of political leaders his grandfather a prime minister he refused to resign a lot of people saying a jewish person joe the same way he would be seen to step down at this time but a lot of people calling for his head now say it's going to be extremely interesting

couple of hours so we're hoping to get into parliament to listen to his address just under an hour's time you can follow the updates on us with when we know the information you'll know the information as we said as she came out of uncertainty in these final crucial hours and uncertainty at a very unstable time the last thing anyone wanted to see now was more this debate say more this instability that really will keep rates. that's a point for the teacher of grace and the teacher of the year is a sara thanks very much indeed for that update live from athens. well the political turbulence and financial turbulence in greece has shaped discussion at the g. twenty summit which is now wrapped up in cannes you need his voice strong determination to defend the euro and agree to bolster the international monetary fund resources ortiz and he said no he has more well the g twenty a no major breakthrough this time around especially on the euro which of course took over as the greek debt saga began to unravel in all different directions this

week leaders did agree to bolster the role of the i.m.f. in order to prevent contagion but still expectations that the euro crisis for some time will remain in the spotlight. the ever changing greek drama took center stage in camp for the g twenty leaders hero host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe till the end there's predictions a resolution which is very strong. agree on this and we will fight to defend europe and the euro. france and germany took action with this message to greece play by the rules or get out the greek prime minister made a cameo appearance in cam returned to athens and cancelled an improv referendum that would have more last a while the public to decide if they stay or if they go when it comes to the euro perish the thought that they should be allowed to decide whether they want these things euro leaders say it is up to greece to or should look like this greece is an

independent country and i just want to say they are perfectly free and i don't want to give any idea that we are trying to get involved in greek domestic politics. but france has given some exactly that idea there is no longer an independent country and has been for a while 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 and the so-called backbone of the eurozone could be trying to save its backside with a statement from sarkozy that those who break deficit rules should be punished some with sanctions even if he is breaking the same rules back home in france they're running a budget deficit beyond what what the rules of mass rich provide for the real irony with that is that the 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 under and could be playing a major role in the fight to save the euro which. one of the hopes for the euro is help from the emerging economies or the brics but on a condition we heard from president medvedev saying they are part of the i.m.f. they donate money and they want to have more of their voices heard in the financial institutions also in the format of the g twenty and already there seems to be some headway on that then this summit in twenty thirteen for the first time ever will be held in a brick country in russia's capital. an epic a seventy 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 the impressions of a virtual space man who seeing daylight now for the first time in over five hundred days after five hundred twenty in their twenty days of immersion in this trip

and. we are proud today to to prove that humanity can go to mass we hope that we can help in designing and planning the next the future missions to mars. and we're ready to get into the next piece of 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 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 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 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 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 renee we never quite knew what to expect when we started

this expect experiments and what do you think. after this very long stretch of time . i think there are a lot of things. first to. say today even without having all the data controlled experiments because of course. see that there are no general showstoppers in terms of medical problems personal problems and a truth of six or five hundred twenty days too much. on top of that to be of course also learnt much about the selection process because this was one of the crucial ingredients trust the working very hard to get them and then of course there are a lot of other medical effects and things which we have learned can apply the first. even for the internals. of course as you say the selection process and it was primarily a psychological expert witness so what kind of problems were the applicants what

were the fears and how they've been overcome. but of course the biggest fear was that there will be problems with. five hundred twenty very innocent days in isolation this is very tough of course but must say that we can see that the crew. has been working very hard very serious all over the place in a trench of 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 that deep brief period free of all those tensions well as. compensation for taking part in the mission each participant received one hundred

thousand dollars first they've also had plenty of time to try and work out what they're going to spend. and there were serious points 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 money kind flying off and going to hopefully try and set up some form of settlement on mars peter oliver and tom barton following the martian adventures. from 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 in 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 the

same time a general strike america's first and half a century paralyzed several businesses and downtown can not even offer a poet an editor from san francisco told me earlier that he's found a way for protest message to get heard without the risk of violence. i continue 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 and finally just clicked the same things we were protesting out in the street the same companies were the same ones were clogging up our mailbox so that's what got me thinking about it 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 us. well it was getting interesting there now we've lost it sorry about that but hopefully you might hear all that again in the next hour it's coming up to what is turning

fifteen minutes past the hour time to have a look at some other stories making headlines around the world palestinian activists say the israeli defense forces seized two guards of boats 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 boots boats i should say carrying medical supplies and twenty seven activists from various countries set sail from turkey wednesday israel's navy has halted similar protests ships in the past with night 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 friday prayers doesn't appear to be part of the arab league plan which was accepted by damascus on wednesday car start on whether that deal can end the bloodshed which has hit the country over the last seven months let's bring it up to

date for the moment just a few minutes or moments from now we can join our modern andrews' as he continues to explore moscow that will be coming up after the headlines.

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hello are welcome to the let's go out show now in the past we've discussed the rising well to all beauty hostels to five star legs eurisko. about the middle market today. hotel. at the chocolate factory a cultural melting pot. packed full. nights. away take note. as one of the main new areas of contemporary culture if you want to be where the

action. is the perfect place. this hotel is proving popular not just because of its low prices but also because. many of the. provides a range of books and magazines to. every new hotels in the russian capital. moscow. but they do cater for the younger market for those. who struggle.

the middle of the rain. out of the city have serious competition. just one hundred meters from. the church of this. there are several shops. with its close proximity. i think.

the prices. are. amazing. speak english it has a friendly atmosphere. it's comfortable and safe. but in the twenty first century to be cripplingly high prices. to the city as one of the most expensive in the world. for thousands of travelers every week. when looking for accommodation anywhere in the world. the key location facilities designed. to think of

a little time and effort. is a great example just because you. have to do without. and to discuss the topic. let's meet this week's guest you know it must be lovely to have heard. about well i think it was a clever move from my dad who started the first here in moscow about fourteen years ago so it was probably a way to get me interested in the business and now of course it's a huge responsibility to have my name on the sidelines when you have more than one hundred yes we have to have house from moscow one private scout and one here on russia now. it is a little bit of a problem as well the hotels in moscow as you probably know they're all very different we have a lot of five star hotels and we have quite a few old soviet style hotels and there's really an issue that we feel that is

not well not filled that it's related to us that have been. clean and we feel that there is a big demand and that's exactly where we are working it's only about your heart oh well i think that we try the essence of what we tried to deliver is a convenience state so we would never charge for breakfast for example who would never charge you for internet for wife i would have it all through the hotels in our hotel very far as the hotels are. i know and it's like water isn't it so that's really important and we included that about three years ago and it's always included in the rate and what we have done is also maybe. a very convenient thing for business travelers but also for tourists is that we have included the mini bar in the rate and we have set we have seen statistics over the years when people take from it it's usually water a little snack you know even if you're working with you coming home late just want

something small you know directed toward a room service and way for half an hour we need something something small and for us it's actually costs more to handle that kind of the sales of it than just glued it it's always in. it in the raids you. saw it in the. quite appreciated. and it was sad to say that we are three plus that you know it's hard to say what is a three star hotel what is forced out of our service i would say five star but then maybe we don't have that twenty five meter swimming pool that would. thank you very much. and what other two or three star hotels are worth taking note of the hotel. is located in building in the historical area of downtown moscow constructed in the nineteenth century this house was a part of the nobles family mansion of course current interiors of the many hotel

nothing like the look. of the old house but all rooms are equipped with new furniture and facilities such as a condition. of his rooms of various categories when standard rooms worth four thousand roubles around one hundred thirty dollars per night cheaper economy rooms and even. the maksim hotel in the north of the city is a three plus. with ninety six rooms aiming to combine european companies with russian hospitality. not only standard accommodation but also several designer rooms named. orange you'll even find you can use the right in the center of the room.

to say cool people. in the west of moscow. square there's a large hotel called. providing over two hundred rooms accommodation here around one hundred dollars per night. it's. hotels under the segment. and. the hotel is not close to the city center but there is a free of charge shuttle bus. if you prefer to stay closer to the action of the hotel might be a choice for you. five minutes walk to the kremlin central street. designed. for thirty five rooms. but you will have to pay more for the hotel's convenient location single standard rooms cost two hundred dollars. by no

means least we travel to the northeast area of the city located next to the. acquainted only three star hotel in comparison to a large hotel chains hotel forty five here. a comfortable location and living conditions european standards recently renovated the rooms are bright and contemporary there's a real family feel about this hotel. and the hotel industry i think the fact that it's in. the. three. countries. and a large library of books. very. in the hotel forty five.

are also free to use the shared kitchen. this is. family home. here. in the many areas of its everyday life. with the hotels restaurants are closed shops growth and development brings why the choice and more competition. be doing to me pricey the budget travel is yes but now you have seen fuel. price tags you well lose sleep over until you go shopping. so some great choices for you see the russian capital doesn't have to be so expensive to rule. well unfortunately that's all the time we have left on this week's program on two and three star hotels i'll see you again at the same time next week until then for me and the rest of the crew from hotel forty five here for

the. very. dynamic.

very welcome this is our top stories now that the fate of the greek government is on a knife edge is furious the prime minister george papandreou. threatens the disk. government in a parliamentary vote of confidence. the turmoil in greece adds to the trauma for global leaders at the g. twenty summit in cannes to agree to boost the power of the i.m.f. to try to stop the debt contagion spreading. more mission touches down the simulated flight to mars is completely completed by a six man crew to spending over five hundred days in isolation as part of an ambitious space experiment. and i'll be back with more on those stories more developments in less than half an hour from now in the meantime join us on our trip across russia where you can discover the fascinating land area with r.t. that's next.