the latest news on the week's top stories on our team the greek debt drama leaves its prime minister fighting for his job you leaders pledged to save the euro with or without brits also. american protestors hard to keep gunning for the greedy as anti corporate protests strengthened despite scores of arrests being strong armed drug police. russian businessmen victor brute places knife behind us i mean convicted of selling weapons to terrorists. and

yet closer to march moscow open the five hundred twenty days mankind can enjoy the isolation of a long flight to the red planet. hello and welcome to r.t.c. within each of you and kerry just greece has enjoyed another relative the week with the prime minister having to pledge a new unity government to tackle almost insurmountable debt crisis george patton jr not only survived the confidence votes but i'll meet his main political opponents for talks but the opposition leader is refusing to get involved in the coalition on the grounds a snap election sarah first reports from athens. 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 pop and calling for a referendum on the. plans we saw in two dramatic eternal noise referendum plans 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 but that 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 over these coalition plans not least because the head of the main opposition party here in the country has rejected calls for a coalition and once again called the very early elections they're playing more north. trying to see who's going to blink just to see whether

a national unity will be created we still 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. possibly hope telling to someone else that being in 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 seems that much actually still remains but for how long and what form that government will survive remains. greece afloat was at the forefront of the minds of the world's twenty biggest economies france. to defend the single currency and to shore up the international monetary

fund. 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 presuppositions 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 allowed the public to decide if they stay or if they go when it comes to the euro or perish the thought that they should actually be allowed to decide whether they want these things euro leaders say it is up to greece should. be 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 but it is no longer an independent country and has been for a while and 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 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 eventually go under and could be playing a major role in the fight to save the euro some hope for the single currency of

lines with the emerging economies or the brics who have already pledged to try to 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 and that 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. and he's in our party. this week saw the california and city of oakland witnessing one of the biggest protests of the occupy wall street movement it came up against a tough police response with tear gas and rubber bullets fired at demonstrators at least one hundred people were arrested in several injured including a war veteran in a second such incident in less than two weeks and it's easy enough was among the protest. and we're still reporting from the vocal and as you can hear behind me loud explosions possibly tear gas from the police officers there are

a police hundred 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 walk down that street before ballasts 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 or 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 isn't trini 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 officers are marching behind as sticks and hands baton hand you know people get any closer on that shot but they're certainly coming here to 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 injured tear gas or these loud sort of down range the gun actually for anything but definitely air scare that the protesters and journalists on site. se loosing tafel in oakland which was the epicenter of the occupy protests this week but are but u.s. cities saw some as well york's michael bloomberg said his city won't tolerate open

style parlance even protest is suspicious that means police are preparing to shut their camps about twenty people were detained at a demo there on saturday so were arrests were also made in washington where it's claimed officers from around handcuffing. and the still ahead this hour the whistleblower winded by a verdict. of not being charged with any crime in any country under its high court rules that wiki leaks founder julian assange should be sent to sweden to answer controversial sex crime allegations. and palestinians get a step nearer the un when membership of the heritage of what i say should you know the price is too high for some explain why. in syria now a peace deal to end months of bloodshed made little difference to security forces

in you their attacks on the regime activists in the city of bones more than twenty people died as the tanks rolled in the arab league which broke the agreement to claims its fate it would be disastrous but some political analysts in the region echo president assad's belief that serious under arrest is rooted in a foreign plot. i think it's a conspiracy by a regional power they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they want 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 the place inside syria actually some of this country has been funneling weapons and money and certain ideology to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria acknowledges there is opposition in the country and he extended his hand to become

foliation away then his country for those people who are asking for change and that's why today they have a constitutional reform but there is an external power or what they say i'm up position and exiled those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf country. russian businessmen that 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 and die for sentence but said he the peel and it's essential what's known 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.

alleged 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 fark the forty four year old russian air cargo business and fascinated hollywood one of our original people. we questioned. her 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 award of war. merchant of death right and you 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 so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as part members

a colombian group of terrorists 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 type courts the west reportedly play dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to give what they want and that means doing all these new legal things in the case of the trouble to extradite him or since they kidnap and boot family also holds u.s. actions entrapment and kidnapping life i can accept the possibility that they did who 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 drag those people out of their territory moscow's request to send him to russia were brushed aside there was no official decision going to 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 woods 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 to all the cargo planes we can 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 boot was brought to the u.s. experts like george map who has attended every hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely that magically crimes are in fact if there is stiction and manufactured evidence relentless you know i think that's because we're going to america. right. means necessary the journalist says goot is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play playfield and it's typical charges that were brought against him that he's innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man. russian

citizens who are. you know sentence right or trying to reach your roots 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 probably a sham organized crime towards a russian citizen or any other citizens of the world when they just have deemed them allegedly dangerous because even have to be specific action moscow has vowed to continue to push for boots return to russia but your group has always maintained his innocence and will keep fighting for justice but with us muscles plex 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 you are. still ahead for you this are the great getaway for muslims marking each. story through joy spring we celebrate this is lovely first to tell you what this means to russia's muslims in just

a few moments. on that 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 will now be extradited to sweden to answer sex crime allegations which he's never been charged and decided later this month because he'll denies the claims with his lawyer suggesting that sweetens moving to the u.s. is due to secret pentagon piles which we can explore this site itself isn't that suspended because it's struggling to raise funding after a financial blockade where liberty campaigner paul within says it's a blow to britain's 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 look we're not just prepared to deliver someone to be american authorities so we think that the european arrest warrants being used by the swedish authorities who are more friendly towards the

americans way of doing things just to get in there or do you worry that as soon as he puts sets foot on swedish soil this whole case will disappear 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 worry about the quality of the evidence and they don't actually seem to be doing anything like charging him this european way of doing things of ship the person asked i know mark in prison and then start trying to put a case together it is just an anathema to the british justice system but on wednesday turkey and germany marked fifty years of their historic pact which saw hundreds of thousands of turkish workers migrating to what was then germany it was a boom time streaming. surveillance was supposed to be a fraction of what he called through project which is now being done by sun media

one example was seen in neighboring france when its offices and i promise we got a report on it since against. it in the properties of this non reaction denmark news to world and he there says the attack is because extremists simply don't understand free speach. it is a question of this. islamist one thinks who decided what can be serious what can be written and what came to be drawn and in the way they're challenging how freedom of speech and i think that's one of the most cherished freedoms that we have assault so we should not accept this crime any chance and i think that all right that might be provocative also what us personally but also what shirley had to do in what in order to say you know we have a stand here we will see will be like we will laugh at what we like i think it's also very human there's a bunch of humor in what you show your good deeds and it's

a shame that these muslims cannot learn and think about all the lectures that christianity has received throughout central it's my goodness in my country i mean they have been mocked and lesh by all sorts of cozens during the last two three hundred years we've been laughing at those christians who has been as he's been wanted to keep quiet they do not want us to have a white christmas and religion is part of our our system and we need to say to these people you know you are not the one to decide we decide out of our free speech we'll say what we like. and of course extensive coverage of that and more at r.t. dot com or more online you there today. we are trying for votes the heat is on for a seat in russia's parliament we'll tell you how tablets are wounded lecture it right there palate. and the latest attempt to break the blockade of gaza as israeli

security forces irish canadian rights and details on this not a story dot com. two russian tycoons have been battling it out for a record sum of some six billion dollars in london's high court make some of the girl race results in claims. up above it has robbed them of billions by intimidating rates of selling its well shares on the cheap rubbish denies the allegations and try the way for many public comments on the case but there is also he has been much more candid with some that are not rational grandstanding witness box a lawsuit promises to become the most expensive in history both tycoons already having spent millions of dollars in legal bills. palestinians one place at the u.n. heritage group this week with a beautiful cost to their scale but it's funding the u.s. cutting up its cash israel also strongly opposed the move from other students and

now claims israel has suspended transparent tax payments to the palestinian miscreation entire nation. when we understand again u.n. membership washington is vowing to veto the security council saying a peace deal with israel is needed. analysts say that the international support for the u.s. government goes well. a symbolic idea that the all of 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 me and said ben stein meet in their efforts to have a state and of course they're trying a new route they're trying. he's full 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 veto 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 a manned mission to buzz came a step closer this week they do experiments and has shown scientists that the human body trying to enjoy the isolation of such a long distance space flight so gotten reports of a successful conclusion of the most five hundred projects. back on earth i well actually they never left but pale faced bleary eyed these six men are returning from of tide hundred twenty day epic mockup of the mission to mars and back to thankful to be back on earth fellow earth to others it is really really great to see you all again rather are all going it's been an honor

to have been been part of this remarkable achievement 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. and scientists behind it wanted to see if the six member 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 crewmembers changed. back to how could you know right.

from. the experiment was kept as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications the ship 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 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 from us the highlights 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 land for. their poultry it was one hundred sixty beats per minute compare with the pulse of the first year ago and on orbit it was one hundred fifty two beats per minute the outside world has been intrigued by five hundred mostly through betting on how and when the experiment would fail one bookmaker put eight to warm olds on one of the crew members going insane because of it. yeah. so even though it's only a dry run it's still a significant achievement for earth's first martian pioneers. r.t. . the four day either religious festival is underway with millions of muslims

traveling around the world to visit paris and loved ones. green joined muslims in muscat marking one of the most important festivals of the year. we see from the sheer amount of people that have turned out today just what this means for moscow's muslim population maybe lined the streets behind me listening to the local imitating parts and worshippers just concluded also spilling on to the chase at road just over here now there has been a plentiful amount thousands of fact turning us they all on the back of the grand central mosque which has just been torn down to be rejuvenated and cure a new lease of life for two thousand and fifty how the great sacrifices noticed seemed in this ritual of sacrifice an animal sacrifice that all goes back to teaching of the qur'an and their abraham a sense of of this son of sacrifice to god and god bestowed upon him

a ram really is appreciation for that sacrifice in part and his son in the process and ever since then and all such force we are part of the beast celebrations as festivities also comes just on the back of harsh grace. mecca is also a time for feasting we found these friends and giving to the poor as well don't cause that and also of course that actually caused a bit of controversy just last year in moscow as has numbers such amounts are actually stilled of the streets and there are some disclosures discounts on local verses of the site they source this time city hall said it must take place in only certified areas we all are especially a mass turnouts they both in moscow and in russia was here last year seeing about one hundred thousand people turn out around moscow's mosque for the celebration. take agrees that reporting shorter we ask whether the world's most powerful leaders . takes to save us one. side of the week's stings.

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