broadcasting live from the heart of moscow you're watching artie's weekly news review welcome 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 dreher narrowly survived a confidence vote and will now meet his main political opponent for talks but the opposition leader is refusing to get involved in the coalition and wants a snap election surfer three ports from athens. britain 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 enjoy calling for a referendum on the. plans we saw in two dramatic eternal knows referendum plans of it was met with this resistance both internationally and from within members of his government so confident go ahead on friday in parliament. and his government

managing to narrowly survived one hundred fifty three m.p.'s voting yes one hundred forty five and the future still looks extremely clear if the date the prime minister and the government his talks now turn to the formation of a national unity government but there's a lot of confusion if these coalition the plan because the head of the main opposition party here in the country has rejected calls for a coalition and votes again called for the early elections they're playing more of . each other and trying to see who's going to blink to just to see whether or not much 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 talk turning 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 a point that the two. for the future of the years and the last thing anyone wanted right now with even more instability it seems that's exactly what they got it felt like change was in the at the end of the week it seems that much actually still remains the same but for how long and what form that government will survive remains on. keeping greece afloat was the forefront of the minds of leaders of the world's twenty biggest economies they met in france. to defend the single currency and agreed to shore up the international monetary fund to some way for the summit. the ever changing greek drama took center stage in cannes for the g twenty meeting hero host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe till

the end there's a resolution which is very strong angela merkel and i 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 can return to athens and cancelled an improv referendum that would have more last awhile 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 your leaders say it is up to greece to or should look like this if 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 of 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 some hope for the single currency aligns with the emerging economies or the brics who have already pledged to try and help the euro stay afloat but with a condition president medvedev says they want to play a bigger role in financial institutions like the i am math and the group of twenty format already it seems some headway there as for the first time ever the g twenty

summit will be held in a brics country when it takes place in moscow russia in twenty thirteen reporting from. and he's in our party. that week saw the californian city of oakland witnessing one of the biggest protests of the occupy wall street movement it came up against a tough police response to tear gas and rubber bullets fired at demonstrators at least one hundred people were arrested in several injured including a war veteran in the second such incident in less than two weeks tes was among the protests. and 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 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 where 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 after the peaceful march again this was a scene unfolding on the streets of oakland and 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 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 an extremely tense we don't know how this will develop but 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 officers are marching behind as sticks in hand baton hand 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 shooting internet tear gas for these loud sort of done in a gun actually for anything but deafening hair care that the protesters and journalists on site. so it's nice stuff. you know that which has been the epicenter . of protests this week other u.s. cities with some as well new york some bad michael bloomberg said. that test is suspicious that this would be a path to shut. people with. several arrests were also

made in washington. and then. campaign it say at the head of the bombs they said. it's basically sending a message that we aren't as free of a population. as free of a society as 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 this class i guess you'd 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 by the rich. well there are still ahead for

you this hour the whistleblower winded by a verdict. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. high court rules that the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be sent to sweden to answer controversial sex crimes allegations. and palestinians got a step nearer the u.n. when membership of the heritage foundation mr price is too high for some weeks one major. russian businessman victor boot was convicted in new york this week on all charges against him including selling arms to terrorists and conspiring to kill americans he was arrested in thailand two thousand and eight in a sting organized by the united states could face a life sentence but said he appeal. reports now on what could be behind the case.

years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor it into a sting operation snatched up from a third country for months of solitary confinement before a three week trial in the u.s. allegedly arms dealer victor 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 and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the for the forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood one of our every twelve people are. now required. only on the other eleven. bood lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of

his trial this is the lord of war. merchant of death right 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 the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as forked members of colombian group to terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the u. when 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 played dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of them to extradite him or i should say kidnapping boots family also called u.s. actions entrapment and kidnapping the full sky 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 to themselves that there is someone who has

some interesting information and why don't those government just dragged those people onto their territory what moscow's request to send him to russia were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boots 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 boots defense says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fork members and all he was trying to do was sell two old cargo planes we can appeal to this judge. that the verdict was rendered against the weight of the evidence and 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 manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured evidence relentless you know basically catford to bring into

america at any. any means necessary the journalist says boot is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play if you will the victor in this particular charges that were brought against him that he's innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man. or a russian citizen free to boot or troy davis to be you know sentence to life or convicted of a crime and it didn't commit why should the u.s. that is a criminal in this case some of the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized provocation organized crime toward the russians had a sense or any other citizens of 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 has always maintained his innocence and will keep fighting for justice but with us muscles flex tight to keep him in an american prison is facing from twenty five years to life behind bars the sentencing will

come in february and r.t.e. new york. in syria a peace deal to end months of bloodshed made little difference to security forces continue their attacks on activists in the city of homs more than twenty people died as a tanks rolled in the arab league which broke the agreement to claims its failure would be disastrous but some political analysts in the region echo president assad's belief that syria's on rest is rooted in the foreign plot. 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 with 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 this country has been funneling weapons and money uncertain i jealous to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria

acknowledged there is opposition in the country and he extended his hand to what it consolidation away then 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 persian gulf country or so in syria the united nations nuclear watchdog claims it's discovered a secret facility in the north west that matches the design of a u. rainman wichman plant but others insist it's nothing more than a textile factory situation he's leading on this to draw comparisons with w m d allegations that led to the occupation of iraq. here we go again the main pretext for invading and bombarding iraq. weapons of mass destruction well if

i was president assad i would be rather wary about letting anyone stick his in because the inspectors went into iraq for years on strong i'm told that one of the tasks was a threat identifying defense installations in iraq ended and may control of physicians when my second thought is this a new labor of syria still holds on this lands the golan has by all accounts a large a nuclear armory. 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 court appeal battle to stay in the u.k. he's been under house arrest for nearly a year while waiting for the verdict solved on that would be extradited to sweden

it's a sex crime and the gate. he's never been charged decided to this month if he can appeal denies the claims of his voice suggesting that sweden's maneuvering to hand them over to the u.s. is due to the pentagon that includes published the site itself is in limbo suspended its problem to raise funding libel mental. things. motives are clear. this is just the latest in a saga isn't it a kind of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity of which it is being treated is appalling has been an eighteen month 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 iraq

a later one libya is the importance of whistleblowers being able to actually expose criminal behavior as being 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 dominic strauss kahn sexting it seems to me that there isn't any real basis for this as we heard there's not even been charges over in sweden and so yes it's a spear yes attempt to shut down what is one of the most important media outlets in the world right now. and there's extensive coverage of what's behind pursuing the wiki leaks founder at r.t. dot com more online for you vying for votes the heat is on for a seat in russia's parliament and tell you how candidates are really electorate to back their ballots. counted it is attempt to break the blockade of gaza the israeli defense forces border to irish canadian voters from towns it's another stories of.

two russian tycoons have been battling it out for some of some six and a half billion dollars in an english court. or legal. claims chelsea football club owner of a move which has robbed him of billions by intimidating him into selling his own oil shares on the cheap from the guys allegations 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 in the witness box the 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 a major experiment in moscow has shown scientists that the human body can at least enjoy the isolation of such a long distance spaceflight tom barton reports now on the successful conclusion of

the bar's five hundred project. back on earth. 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 there thankful to be back among their fellow earth to others it is really really great to see you all again rather whole they're all going it's been an honor to having been part of this remarkable achievement five of them are professional fraley area syrian 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 men and crew would be able to

go all the time without severe psychological effects from the busy control room i was able to ask them how they got on the four they left how of your relationships with the other crew members changed. at the beginning i was hoping not hoping i was there maybe waiting for something like that to happen you know like fight or something close quarter for such a long time it works you know it must not most thing in the world. but. we have been very. very quiet sixty in front of me getting home. from the experiment was kept as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications once the ship was on its way that meant the team was alone they could talk freely with loved ones but researchers decided to withhold news from the outside world but 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 withheld the information deliberately that's pretty much the highlight of the cruise trip was a simulated landing on mars with a long isolation and boredom before it scientists observed with amazement just how little it became for them when they made martian landfall. with national but i think both their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute now compared with the pulse of the first constant are not hearing a garant orbit it was one hundred fifty two beats per minute the outside world to has been intrigued by minus five hundred mostly through betting on how and when the experiment would fail one bookmaker put eight to one all day on one of the crew members going insane because of it we're having a laugh. about it where we're happy that somebody.

want to cry we have plenty of extra betting that nobody went crazy and nobody went out. so even though it's only a dry run it's still a significant achievement for earth's first martian pioneers. palestinians want to place the u.n. heritage group this week the move will cost you know fifth of its funding as a u.s. saying it's cutting off its cash israel also strongly oppose the students. suspending transferring tax payments to the press to the station don't tell the nation it's. a long way to go to gain food you know that washington is vowing to veto the bit at the security council and still is needed but on the say that.

this. 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 to. meet in their efforts to have a state and of course they're trying a new route they're trying. protest 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 whereas this vote there is 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. him in the area was ruled on wednesday as a cause of september a plane crash in russia which killed one on board investigators said one of the pilots were the only employee of the brakes on the forty two. failed to reach its probably most before plunging off the end of the runway among the forty four killed was the time. you take that away to the first match of the season the probe also found traces of a strong sedative in the co-pilot's blood. on the front there that the tragedy investigation is continuing. smore todays world news now. a series of islamist attacks have killed at least one hundred fifty people in northeast nigeria and more violence is threatened the bomb and gun attack structure which is mosques and police stations in

a single town on friday the same group also attacked a military headquarters and neighboring province the triple suicide bombing. and israeli airstrike has killed a palestinian militant wounded two others in southern gaza it came as the islamic jihad movement prepared to fire rockets into israel that's in sex change the deadly fire with israel last week in which twelve trust in government and an israeli civilian promised. before they eat religious festival is under way with millions of muslims travelling around the world to visit families and loved ones marks the end of the pilgrimage and commemorates abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to god is the second most important festival of the year for muslims in his mouth with prayers of thanksgiving and celebrations. mudslides have swept through towns in western colombia playing at least one thousand people one student very developed as they slept many buildings have been

destroyed or severely damaged. and sometimes. even the world's richest nations are wired to where the next money is coming from the summit for him will stay with us.

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latest news on the week's top stories here on r.t. greece's debt prime minister fighting for his job and struggle to form a new unity government but. only one thing. american. people gunning for the greedy corporate across the country that's despite scores of arrests only tough policing. russian businessman victim faces life behind bars in the u.s. to be convicted of selling weapons to terrorist groups and conspiring to commit murder. charges against him and paying. close to reality. five hundred twenty days.