the global financial headline news. report. makes its news on the week's top stories in the greek debt drama the prime minister fighting for his job but pledged to save the euro with or without greeks also. american protesters vowed to keep gunning for the greedy as anti corporate protest strengthened despite schools and arrests and being strong and other police. russian businessmen faces a knife to hind cast me us big to selling weapons to terrorist groups which he denies. closer to mars and moscow bunker pins

are five hundred twenty days sharing their life and enjoy the isolation of a long flight to the red planet. here with r.t. and our weekly news review welcome to the program greece has enjoyed another roller coaster week with the prime minister announce a pledge of new unity government to tackle the almost insurmountable debt crisis george packer narrowly survived a confidence vote. bank political opponent talks the opposition leader is refusing to get involved in a coalition once a snap election sarah first reports from athens. found itself back in the spotlight this week and once again for all the wrong reasons that we began the week with prime minister george pop enjoy calling for

a referendum only. plans we saw in two dramatic eternal noise referendum plans of it was met with resistance internationally and from within members of his government conference they go ahead on friday in parliament. and his government managing to narrowly by one hundred fifty three m.p.'s voting yes one hundred forty five and the bill looks extremely unclear if the date the prime minister and the government says talks now turns to the formation of a national unity government but there's a lot of confusion this coalition plans think the head of the main opposition party here in the country has rejected calls for a coalition and guns again called for the early elections they're playing more. and trying to see who speak to blink just to see whether a national unity will be reached 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 someone else the thing and the prime minister's role leaving forward as he said still a lot of uncertainty there's a sense of disappointment among this instability coming at a point to the to. 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 seems that much actually still remains the same but for how long and what format government will survive remains. preston to admit it it's possible greece could eventually quit the euro against. i think that's because of its neighbors.

in my view the best the best option for the greeks is to default of course that there is much bigger financial consequences for for the rest of europe and for the rest of the world if that happens but if we're talking about what is in the best interest of the greek people then then then that's probably the best outcome and many would say that the greek default has been delayed until the that the germans the french banks can can actually deal with it can can the leaders do something more well yes what needs to happen is a restructuring of the eurozone either those countries which are not truly aligned which is the peripheral countries leave the euro or there is further. political and fiscal integration in europe that those are the those are the possible solutions there is a third possible solution which is a lot more printing of money now. europeans could print money and monetize the debt

but that would then send the inflation spiral that there is no there there is no easy solution to that but you have to come to terms with the fact that there is too much debt too much sovereign debt and it will not all be repaid some of it is going to have to be written off and there is going to be pain and suffering to actually go through that process. in greece afloat forefront of the minds of leaders of the world's twenty biggest economies as they met in france he will either dug in to defend the single currency agree to shore up the international monetary fund. or follow the summit the ever changing greek drama i took center stage in cannes for the g twenty meet here or host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe till the end of 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 can return to athens and cancelled an improv referendum that would have more last allow 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 leaders say it is up to greets to share the. 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 are trying to get involved in domestic politics like wish 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 are running a budget deficit above 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 which some hope for the single currency lies with the emerging economies or the brics have 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 as for the first time ever the g twenty summit will be held in a brics country and it takes place in moscow russia in twenty thirteen reporting

from. anything now r.t. . for the week saw the californian city of oakland witnessing one of the biggest protests of occupy wall street movement 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 the second such incident in less than two weeks artie's was among the protest. but we're still reporting from the face of oakland as you can hear behind me loud explosions possibly tear gas from the police officers there are at least hundred the fact two hundred three hundred police officers in full riot gear several 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 at the standoff where several protesters had barricaded the 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 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 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 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 protesters are marching behind as sticks and hands baton hand i don't know if you can get any

closer on that shot but they're certainly coming here in 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 internet tear gas for these loud sort of unrelated the can actually hear anything and don't care stare that the protesters and turn list on sites up. to his staff in the clinton. which has been the epicenter of occupy protests this week and other u.s. cities witness some as well york's bloomberg said his city won't tolerate. it that left protests the suspicious means police could be preparing to shut their taps about twenty people were detained them. several arrests were also made in washington where. officers shelf protesters to the ground and. sometimes. american principles. it's basically sending

a message where we aren't as free of a population. as free societies 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 three hundred living but we're under these situations we're seeing that this wonderful country has turned into a plutocracy of the rich for the rich by the rich. to have the whistleblower winded by a verdict. i have not been charged with any crime in any country. london's high court ruled that the wiki leaks founder julian assange should be sent to

sweden to answer controversial sex crime allegations. a step nearer the rand winning membership of the heritage organization. the price is too high for its way. in syria peace deal to end months of bloodshed make the difference to security forces their attacks on activists in the city almost activists claim more than twenty people died as the tanks rolled in but some experts think of it taken for granted in this conflict these are human rights groups or are you being used as a way of funneling stories to the media there is no way to attribute them there's no way to verify i don't know what we don't know whether or not these events are really happening at all and the latest example in fact it's just breaking now is that apparently they're trying to save. the cease fire has already been broken by by syria syrian troops firing on citizens. we see probably

a similar thing playing out here as we as we did in libya which was to really take over the the resources of the country but more than that i think with syria what we're looking at is the strategic strategic area which is a perfect place for launching a further result into a round i think if if the game of this is a random seriously stepping stone towards that which is what i think we have to keep our eye on in all of this. also in syria the united nations nuclear watchdog claims it's discovered a city the north west that matches the design of uranium enrichment plant but others insist it's nothing the textile factory porter has been closely following the story is that allegations only serve to demonize syria. and yes this is a way of heaping more pressure on syria during a time when the uprisings are taken place i think it really brings about the worst of both worlds in many way it brings about kind of western intervention but in

a very insidious kind of i would say dishonest clash and they're basically doing what they did in iraq which is to use the guise of weapons inspections to basically poke their nose into all areas of countries or to seem to be a bit suspicious a bit dodgy they're poking their noses in full what i would say political appear to be political risk rather than for any reason for security concerns at this current time and i think it's very telling they're choosing to do this at a time when the uprising for taking place what they're trying to do if they kind of effectively use other things as kind of modes of fro at the situation to try and actively build up a narrative which they can use should they necessarily want into being in the future i mean certainly syria is being recast in this situation as one of the one of the countries that needs to watch you know one of the countries that could fall for example a new sort of evil or something along those lines so i think it is being used for

strategic reasons the only thing that really where is left out actually it is if the syrian people are left alone without any western intervention without their you know kind of their lackeys or kind of bodies like the international atomic energy agency poking their noses in and it's left to the syrian people basically decide what they want to do and determine their own future. question of businessmen to boots who 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 in two thousand and eight in a sting organized by the u.s. could face a life sentence but said he appealed to see a check in the reports now of what could be behind the case. here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poured into a skiing operation snatched up from a third country for

a month of solitary confinement before a three week trial in the u.s. allegedly arms dealer viktor who 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 for the forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood one of our original. record. going on the other eleven. boot lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion and long before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of his trial this is the war of war. the merchant of death. and you've got him in your hands right 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 park members a colombian group 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 play 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 the trouble to extradite him or kidnap and boot family also calls u.s. actions entrapment and kidnapping 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 governments to strike those people on to their territory moscow's request to send him to russia were brushed aside and it

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 to friend says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fark members and all he was trying to do was sell to all the cargo planes we could appeal to this judge or 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 maff who has attended every hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely leaders of magic crimes manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured evidence here operation i went with was you know recently i think that's because we're going to america. right. means necessary the journalists there is boot is one of many victims of us judicial power play. and it's good charges

that were brought against him that he is innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man. who are. you know sentence right or trying to get your boots why the u.s. is a criminal in this case some of the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized provocation or organized crime towards a russian service center or any other citizens of the world when they just have deemed them allegedly dangerous because he would 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 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 marty new york. on wednesday wiki leaks founder julian assange and lost his court appeal back in the state me ok he's been under house arrest for the only year for the verdicts

sones will now be extradited to sweden to answer sex quite ok she's. never been charged. decided later this month if he can appeal denies the claims suggesting that sweden is with a new printer over to the u.s. is due to secret pentagon files which published science itself is in limbo suspended because it's struggling to raise funding. and that's ok it's a campaign that says it's a blow to the justice system. this is a fabricated case to get him out of the u.k. where in the past you know with mckinnon we've shown that we're not just prepared to deliver someone for the american authorities so we think the european arrest warrants being used by the sweet. short pharmacies who are more friendly towards the american way of doing things just to get in there but as soon as he puts sets

foot on swedish soil this whole case will disappear and he will be arrested under an american extradition no formal charges have been laid the investigators say they're still investigating there's a lot of your read about the quality of the evidence and they don't actually seem to be doing anything like charging him a european way of doing things of ship the person off buying them up in prison and then start trying to put the case together and it's just an anathema to the british justice system. extensive coverage of what's behind pursuing that we can expound. you as well today by the votes the heat is on for a seat in russia's parliament and tell you how to bring the electorate back by that . and the latest attempt to break the blockade of gaza the israeli defense forces to irish canadian greats. of this and other stories are

r.t. quite. a manned mission to mars came a step closer this week of major experiment bosco has shown scientists that the human body can at least a good isolation of such a long distance space flight tom barton personally the successful conclusion of the bar's 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 market with a mission to mars and back they're thankful to be back on a 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 have him be a part of this remarkable achievement we have five of them are professional.

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 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 before they left however your relationships with the other crew members changed. i want. for something like that. for such a long time to work. in the world. right. from. the experiment was kept as real as possible with

a twenty minute time delay in communications shit was on its way that meant the team was alone they could talk freely with loved ones who researches decided to withhold from the outside world but that was tricky. we had to keep in mind that some information could come in with private correspondence and some relatives could break the news in this case any prolonged silence or now could lead to tensions and misunderstanding they could think that we withheld the information deliberately. the highlight of the cruise trip was a simulated landing on mars with long isolation and boredom before it scientists observed with amazement just how real it became for them when they made landfall. their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute now compared with the pulse of the first calls not hearing a current on orbit it was

a hundred and fifty two beats per minute the outside world has been intrigued five hundred mostly through betting on how and when me experiment would fail one bookmaker put a two on all one of the crew members going insane because of it. no . doubt. so even though it's a dry run it's still a significant achievement for the earth's first martian pioneers. palestine what a place at the u.n. heritage this week but the move will cost an s.k. a fifth of its funding as the us says it's cutting off its cash israel or so strongly opposed the palestinians now claim israel has suspended their tax payments

and the television very long way to go into game fully i mean let me show washington has about to veto the security council saying a peace deal with israel is not a first for the castilian presidential advisor praising the arab spring and blocking palestinian sovereignty saying time and second critical. you probably have been united states of america celebrating the arab spring going into the square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators seeking democracy while banning palestinians from having their own democracy on their own independence that you will. totally unacceptable what's also true this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past. when i thought it would cut aid and now we have got foreign secretary secretary clinton is calling upon congress to reconsider this position i certainly hope that the american administration would reconsider this

issue also financial for it will not be off and the palestinian and the international intervention to consolidate palestinian independence will not be subject. to hold by france if everything has to be total indorsement now liz and international voice added to the palestinian voice and i think those words ought to be addressed and addressed carefully. well some more space world needs now this out a series of it's a mr tax have killed at least one hundred fifty people in northeast nigeria and more violence is threatening the bomb under the gun attack stopped churches mosques and police stations in a single turn on friday the same group also attacked a military headquarters in a neighboring province of triple suicide bombing. mudslides have swept through towns in western colombia killing at least fourteen people in one incident. since

many buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged during its. worst rainy seasons. before they either religious festival is under way with millions of muslims traveling around the world to visit and loved ones it marks the end of the annual mecca pilgrimage and permeates abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son of god is the second most important festival of the year from with things and is marked with prayers of thanksgiving and celebration. actually we meet the people who go to any lengths to fight for the planet. earth a reminder of this week's top stories stay with us.

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