latest news on the week's top stories here in r.t. the greek debt drama needs its prime minister fighting for his job about even leaders pledged to save the euro with or without greece also. american protesters vowed to keep gunning for the greedy as anti corporate protest strengthened despite scores of arrests and being strong armed by the police. russian businessmen to boot faces life behind bars in the u.s. after being convicted of selling weapons to terrorist groups which he denies.

and light closer to mars must go wrong opens up the five hundred twenty days. and enjoy the isolation of a long flight to the red light it. broke last thing live from the heart of moscow you're watching our weekly news review well. greece has enjoyed another roller coaster week with the prime minister having to pledge a new unity government to tackle the almost insurmountable debt crisis george patton jr narrowly survived a confidence vote on the ground in his main political opponent of course your position the there is refusing to get involved in the coalition and wants a snap election reports. greece has found itself back in the spotlight this week and once again for all the wrong reasons now we began the week with prime minister

george pop and calling for a referendum only. plans we saw in two dramatic eternal noise referendum plans after he was met with this resistance internationally and from within members of his government so confidently go ahead on friday in parliament. and his government managing to narrowly by one hundred fifty three m.p.'s one hundred forty five and the future still looks extremely unclear if the date the prime minister and the government just talks now turns to the formation of a national unity government but there's a lot of confusion. coalition plans take a big head as the main opposition party here in the country has rejected calls for a coalition and consecrating called the early elections they're playing more while north. trying to see who's going to blink just to see whether or not national unity

will be created we saw the prime minister meeting with the president of the republic to discuss the formation of that national unity government whether that will be able to go ahead without the support of the main opposition parties on. possibly top telling to someone else stepping in to the prime minister's role moving forward as he said still a lot of uncertainty there's a sense of disappointment among this instability coming at the point of a tool. for the future of the years and the last thing anyone wanted right now with even more instability and experience that's exactly what they thought it felt like change was in the at the end of the week it's been so much actually still remains but how long and what will not government will survive remains. greece. from the minds of the world's twenty biggest economies france

leaders in the single currency to shore up international monetary fund. away for the summit. the everchanging greek drama took center stage in cannes for the g twenty hero host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe till the end a separate issue a resolution which is very strong angela merkel annoy 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 or should be allowed to decide whether they want these things euro leaders say it is up to greet. 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 get any idea that we're trying to get in the mystic politics q 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 serco see 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 are running a budget deficit and beyond. what the rules of mass rich provide for 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 under and could be playing a major role in the fight to save the euro some hope for the single currency lies

with the emerging economies or the brics we've already pledged to try and help the euro stay afloat but with the condition president medvedev says they want to play a bigger role in financial institutions like the i.m.f. and the group of twenty format already it seems some headway there has for the first time ever a g. twenty summit will be held in a brics country and it takes place in moscow russia in twenty thirteen reporting from. anything now in our city. week saw the californian city of oakland witnessing one of the biggest protests of the occupy wall street movement came up against a tough police response tear gas and rubber bullets fired at them straight as at least one hundred people were arrested and several injured including a war veteran of the second such incident in less than two weeks. was among the protests. and we're still reporting from the boat as you can hear behind me loud

explosions possibly tear gas from the police officers there are police hundreds at the got 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 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 we have to remember that earlier thousands marched peacefully on the port of oakland shutting it down no arrests reported whatsoever in fact we didn't even see any of the police officers out there and yet half of the peaceful march again this was a scene unfolding on the streets of oakland no other media outlets no other television outlets here on the frontlines we have been standing here we have seen tear gas fired several protesters injured from the tear gas and in fact you can

smell it in the air right now i wish i could describe it better but a very intimidating show of force when you have this line of police slowly marching forward with protesters in front of them the mood is increased remotely tense we don't know how this will develop people are sort of running out from the side streets that perhaps there's more confrontations down that way whether or not they're going to clear the camp remains to be seen but as you can see these cars there's are marching behind us take some hands because the hands i don't know if you can get any closer on that shot but they're certainly coming here the crowd as you can hear is chanting oakland perhaps you can see over there several police officers with their weapons out of a shooting a internet tear gas for these loud sort of kind of raid a gun actually for anything but don't care stare that the protesters and journalists on site. saw a tease. you know when that which has been the epicenter of the protests this week

other u.s. cities with some as well. said it's sort of it in style it's. suspicious that these pay the. people with it. there several arrests were also made by washington. democracy campaign is saying. it's basically sending a message that we aren't as free of a population as free of a society is we thought we were basically a police presence can be used against the mass majority ninety nine percenters and that's something we do not like to see in the american society the american people can only handle so much of the first class and you should say

income inequality in america where the land of the american dream and the middle class standard of living under these situations we're seeing that this is a wonderful country has turned into a plutocracy of the rich for the rich but i have a rich. still ahead this hour the whistle when did by a verdict. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. and it's high court rules that wiki leaks founder julian assange should be sent to sweden and consequential virtual sex crimes allegations. and palestinians got a step nearer u.n. intervention for the right to mess that crisis by some explain later. russian businessmen to boot was convicted in new york this week charges against him

including selling arms to terrorists and conspiring to kill americans he was arrested in thailand. eight in a sting organized by the united states could face a life sentence he'll. reports that what's behind the case. here is spent by the u.s. to heart down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poured into risking operation snatched up from a third country for months of solitary confinement before a three week trial in the u.s. allegedly arms dealer viktor boot was found guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the four to forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood one of our own people on the.

record. and we are me already. bood lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. merchant of death. and you've got him in your hands spread he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars a so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as park members a colombian group of terrorists in the u.s. but not by many other countries and they do when they met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the u.s. reportedly play dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america the wolf want every international law to get what they want and that means doing all

these illegal things in the case of the extradited washington kidnap of boots family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping clive's i can accept the possibility that they might have some information that might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think for themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those government just try goes on to their territory moscow's request to send him to russia were brushed aside there was north ritual decision of an extradition russia called groups extradition illegal and question the validity of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court wants to friend says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fork members and all he was trying to do was to alter cargo planes we could appeal to this judge. that the verdict was rendered against the weight of the evidence that we could also proceed to the

united states court of appeals but with the vigor with which it was brought to the u.s. experts like george map who has attended every hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely leaders of magic crimes were in fact interested in manufactured evidence. with you know cats or could bring into america. any means necessary the journalist says boot is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play if you live victor and expect the charges that were brought against him that he is innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man. russian citizen who are. you know sent his rifle or. richard boots wife says the u.s. is a criminal in this case. the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized provocation organized crime towards a russian citizen or any other citizens around the world when they just have deemed

them allegedly dangerous it doesn't even have to be specific action moscow has vowed to continue to push for boots return to russia your group has always maintained his innocence and will keep fighting for justice but with us muscles flexed tight to keep him in an american prison who is facing from twenty five years to life behind bars the sentencing will come in february and r.t. new york. in syria a peace deal to end months of bloodshed made little difference to security forces continue their attacks on the regime activists in the second homes twenty people died as a tanks rolled in the arab league which could be agreement to claims its failure would be disastrous but some political analysts in the region echo president assad's serious unrest is in the foreign. i think it's a conspiracy by a regional power that they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they wanted a different regime different government was different had and that's why you can

see the regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation taking place inside syria actually some of these country has been funneling weapons and money and certain ideology to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria a good knowledge there is opposition in the country and he extended his hand to the conciliation within his country for those people who were asking for change and that's why today they have a constitutional reform but there is an external power or what they say opposition and exile those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf countries also in syria the united nations nuclear watchdog claims it's discovered a secret facility in the north west and matches the design you dream and which meant it but others insist it's nothing more than take stuff actually situations on

this to draw comparisons with w m d allegations and lead to the occupation of iraq . here we go again the main pretext for invading one body iraq. weapons of mass destruction well if i was president assad i would be rather wary about letting any inspectors in because the inspectors went into iraq for years on strong i'm told one of that saw six was a threat to identifying the defense installations in iraq ended and making sure. my second thought is listen here a neighbor of syria still holds on his lands the golan has told comes a large a nuclear or marie. and the weapons to deliver those over some thousands of miles it is ironic we should be talking about syria when the israeli nuclear

armory has never been inspected. on wednesday wiki leaks founder julian assange lost his also appeal battle to stay in the u.k. he's been under house arrest for nearly a year waiting for the verdict sols will be extradited to sweden. she's never been charged the side of the small appeal denies the claims of his annoyance suggesting that sweden's maneuvering to. the pentagon doesn't want to expose this site itself. suspending its raids on libel. made its. case motives are clear. this is just the latest in a saga isn't it kind of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity which is being treated is appalling it's been eighteen months disruption campaign now against what is

actually one of the most important websites in the world what what wiki leaks does is it was among the most powerful tools to address corruption corruption at the highest levels and what we've seen over the last few years with these expeditions in other parts of the world afghanistan or iraq or later on in libya is the importance of whistleblowers being able to actually expose criminal behavior as being really the most powerful person in a way in the world exposing some of these crimes what is certainly very similar isn't it to the dominique strauss kahn sexting it seems to me and any real basis for this guy to be heard it is not even being charges over in sweden and yet it's a spear yes attempt to shut down what is one of the most important media outlets in the world right now. that is extensive coverage of what's behind the searingly we can expound at r.t. dot com or few days buying for votes the heat is on for

a seat in russia's parliament telling her brilliant lecture it back there rather. than it is attempt to break the blockade of gaza israeli defense forces border to canadian boats from thales is another story. true russian tycoons have been battling it out for a record sum of some six and a half billion dollars and an english court example of the god or east claims chelsea football club not the village has robbed him billions trying to be dating him and selling his will shares on the cheap above which guy's allegation is he has shied away from any public comment on the case but there is also he has been much more candid with some loud passionate grandstanding witness box a lawsuit promises to become the most expensive in history both tycoons already

having spent millions of dollars in legal bills. a manned mission to mars came a step closer this week of major experiments in moscow shown scientists that the human body can at least enjoy the isolation of such a long distance space flights from barton reports on the successful completion of the bowels five hundred project. back on earth i well actually they never left but pale faced bleary eyed these six men are returning from a five hundred twenty day epic mockup of the mission to mars and back thankful to be back on earth earth to others it is really really great to see you all again rather hauler a warning it's been an honor to have him be a part of this remarkable achievement we have five of them are professional really our resilient individuals i have ever worked with it's clear that crew cohesion was

key to sticking it out this door stayed sealed shut all throughout the seventeen months of the experiment of course it was only a simulation of a trip to mars any of these six men could have left at any time but none of them did. the scientists behind it wanted to see if the six man crew would be able to go all that time without severe psychological effects from the busy control room i was able to ask them how they got on before they left how are your relationships with the other crew members changed. i was. i was waiting for something like. five or something. for such a. thing in the world. we have.

the experiment was kept as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications the not ship was on its way that meant the teen was alone he could talk freely with loved ones researches decided to withhold news from the outside world that was tricky. we had to keep in mind that some information could come in with private correspondence some relatives could break the news in this case any prolonged silence on our part could lead to tensions and misunderstanding they could think that we held the information deliberately for the highlights of the cruise trip with a simulated landing on mars with a long isolation and boredom before it scientists observed with amazement just how real it became for them when they made martian land for. their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute compared with the pulse of the first council not you're ignoring one orbit it was one hundred fifty people per minute the outside

world too has been intrigued by five hundred people betting on how and when make starman would fail one bookmaker put eight to one olds and one of the crew members going insane because of it. i don't. want to. know where it went out. so even though it's only a dry run it's still a significant achievement first martian pioneers. some awsome. palestinians want to place the u.n. heritage this week. cost us fifth of its funding as a us saying it's. israel also strongly oppose the move is it ok.

to suspend the friends burning. station on television i started one week ago to paste once again for you an internship washington is vowing to veto the security council instead of. just on the say that. this will some future. the symbolic idea that all these nations wanted to let palestine in over the objections of the u.s. and israel is very significant i think and it. tells the indians have been stymied in their efforts to have a state and of course they're trying a new route they're trying. the spall protests and they're trying this method of trying to get into more and more international organizations to build their legitimacy and i think that's a better way to go than violence the difference between this vote in the one. or

statehood bid is that of course the u.s. can be. in the security council that the latter one where is this vote there's no veto and it was voted overwhelmingly that people went against what the u.s. and israel wanted and voted in palestine as a member. human error was ruled on wednesday as the cause of september's fatal plane crash will go slower than russia which killed one on board the gator said one of the pilots were only apply the brakes on the regular jet stream taking up with peril to reach the spot lost before plunging off the end of a moment among the people killed was the entire slow take from them they were going for the first match of the season the probe also found traces of a strong sedative only products blood but it's unclear as to who's behind the there

that's the tragedy a criminal investigation is continuing. some of today's world news. series of islamist attacks have killed at least one hundred fifty people in northeast nigeria and more violence is threatened. and gun attacks structure is mosques and the stations in a single town on friday the same group also attacked and which headquarters and they've been province the suicide bombing. and israeli air strike has killed a palestinian militant or two others in southern gaza and came as the islamic jihad movement prepared for products and israel for instance exchanged deadly fire with israel last week in which twelve trust in government and his reverence for most. of . the four day event religious festival is underway with millions of muslims traveling around the world to visit families and loved ones about syria like

a pilgrimage on the merits abraham's willingness to sacrifice the son of god is the second most important festival of the year for muslims it's about with thanksgiving and celebrations. mudslides have swept through towns in western colombia the east and people one instance where the bulk of the snow many buildings have been destroyed severely damaged. in this instance. or even the world's richest nations are worried where the next one is coming from he was at the summit with him a short stay with us. amendment

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