market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline news to report on our. latest news on the week's top stories here on our take the greek debt drama leaves its prime minister fighting for his job e.u. leaders pledged to say thank you with but without also. the. american protesters about to keep gunning for the greedy as anti corporate protests strengthen despite scores of arrests and being strong armed by the police . russian businessmen to boot faces life behind bars need us after being convicted of selling weapons to terrorist groups which he denies.

and the closer to march the moscow bunker opens after five hundred twenty days that have enjoyed the isolation of a long flight to the red carpet. and watching r.t. if you welcome to the program oh greece has enjoyed another roller coaster week with the prime minister having to pledge a new unity government to tackle almost insurmountable debt crisis george patton jail early survive a confidence vote i'll meet his main political opponent. but the opposition leader is refusing to get involved in the coalition once a snap election surf reports from athens. has 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 enjoyed calling for

a referendum only. plans we saw in two dramatic eternal nose referendum plans of it was met with this resistance they internationally and from within members of his own government social a confidence vote go ahead on friday in parliament to stop and try and his government managing to narrowly survived that one hundred fifty three m.p.'s voting yes one hundred forty five and the future looks extremely clear the date the prime minister and the government just talks now turn to the formation of a national unity government but there's a lot of confusion over this coalition plans because the head of the main opposition party here in the country has rejected calls for a coalition and once again called for the early elections they're playing north once one north each other and trying to see who's going to blink to just to see whether or not governments 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 turning to someone else the thing is 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 the tools we have for the future of the years and the last thing anyone wanted right now with even more instability and it seems that's exactly what they thought it felt like change was in there at the end of the week it seems that much actually still remains the same but for how long and what will my government will survive remains on. ok greece afloat was at the forefront of the minds of leaders of the world's twenty biggest economies as they met in france. dug in to defend the single

currency and agreed to shore up the international monetary fund and it's another 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 until the end presuppositions a resolution which is very strong angela merkel annoying 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 improper 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 or should be allowed to decide whether they want these things euro leaders say it is up to greece should look like this if greece is an independent country and i just want to

say they are perfectly free i don't want to give any idea that we are trying to get in the greek domestic politics. 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 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 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 lines

with the emerging economies or the brics already pledged to try to 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 imagine and the group of twenty format already it seems some headway there as for the first time ever a g twenty summit will be held in a brics country and it takes place in moscow russia in two thousand and thirteen reporting from. and he's in our party. that week the sort of californian city of oakland witnessing one of the biggest protests of the 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 and several injured including a war veteran the second such incident in less than two weeks. was a wonderful. and 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 a walk down that street before that was the street at the stand up 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 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 interest 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 takes their 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 what was out of a shooting at an internship area for these loud sort of unrelated the gun actually were anything but air scare that the protesters and journalists on site. it's lucy craft an office in oakland which was the epicenter of the occupy protests this week but other u.s. cities saw some as well york's mayor michael bloomberg said his city won't tolerate

broken star lawrence even protests are suspicious that it means police are preparing to shop there about twenty people were detained at a demo day on saturday so restaurants are great washington. so from protests to the ground after. well still ahead for you this hour the whistleblower wounded by a verdict. have not been charged with any crime in the country on the high court ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange should be sent to sweden to a controversial sex crime allegations. and palestinians get a step nearer the u.n. when membership of the heritage organization the price is too high for some explain more. well to syria and iran where a peace deal to end months of bloodshed made little difference to security forces

and we knew their attacks on the regime activists in the city of homes have to disclaim more than twenty people died as the tanks were in vain but some experts fear nothing can be taken for granted in this conflict. he's a human rights groups are being used as a way of funneling stories to the media that there's no way to attribute them there's no way to verify them there so 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 say that they're the ceasefire has already been broken by syria the 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 resources of the country but more than that i think with syria what we're looking at is a strategic strategic area which is a perfect place for launching any further assault into iran and i think if if if 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 the war crimes court in the hague says there will be an investigation into nato violence and libya that's what killed a thousand civilians alliance members will be probed alongside former rebels and gadhafi loyalists former cia intelligence officer told r.t. that libya's current flux as a direct result of western interference. the europeans and the americans wanted a shared access to european oil and on top of that american leaders are not unlike the leaders that were in moscow during soviet times they believe in the inevitability of democracy everywhere just is as marxism was at once believed to be inevitable and as a result they're upset in power structures centuries old and they're going to pay for it by an increased power among islamists and by civil war in those countries we have just created enormous reinforcement in terms of the people who are released

from libyan prisons and in terms of supplies of weapons for the islamists across north africa. russian businessmen to boot was convicted in new york this week all charges against him including selling arms to terrorists conspiring to kill americans he was arrested in thailand and thousand and eight in a sting organized by the u.s. but it could face a life sentence that said he appealed and it's a theater in the reports now or in the case. here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor 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 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 for the forty four year old russian air cargo of businessmen fascinated hollywood one every. week were. going on each other over. 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. trade and you've got him in your hands 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 part members of colombian group terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the un met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the

west reportedly pretty dirty 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 extradite him or i should say kidnapping boot family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping the police guy i can accept the possibility that they did who might have some information that might be of interest to someone or 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 governments just tried those people out of their territory moscow's requests 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 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 cargo planes we could appeal to this judge or 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 booth was brought to the u.s. experts like george map who has attended every hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely we use of imaginary crimes manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured evidence. this was you know recently. bring into america. any means necessary the journalist says boot is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play playfield 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. to be you know sentence right for. the troops wife says the u.s. is the criminal in this case the actions currently carried out by the u.s.

special services are an organized probation organized crime towards a russian citizen or any other citizens of the world and 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 secure boot 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 that's if you're going to party you're. also heard through the sa the great to get away from muslims eight. soldiers your system we celebrate this key islamic first to tell you what this means for russia's muslims in just a few moments. on wednesday we can leaks founder julian assange lost his court appeal to stay in the u.k. under house arrest for the year while waiting for the verdict will now be

extradited to sweden the sex crime allegations which he's never been charged decided later this month he'll. denies the claims of lawyers suggesting that sweetens move in and over to the u.s. is due to secret files which it's published site itself is a member suspended because it's got to raise funding on the line of action ok. next time the mainstream media isn't adding in seclusion. it is astonishing here in britain to see the way the case is being covered through organizations i used to work at the b.b.c. the guardian newspaper the guardian of course had a deal with wiki leaks the kinds of character assassination around the world by mainstream media trying to attack this man and it just goes to show what a state journalism is in. the london stock exchange protesters recently

i don't suppose many of those mainstream journalists really understand what's going on over there i think one argument here is that the craft of journalism is in crisis julian assange should become some sort of overall professor of journalism and close all the universities courses in journalism down because he really did teach a lot of people that it's about speaking truth to power and speaking of the power less and the idea of him being in court and now the idea of him being rendered for torture in a state that as we know it's been carrying out rogue assassinations of its own citizens is is just breathtaking. palestine won a place at the u.n. heritage group this week costing us a fifth of its funding at us so it's cutting off its cash as well and so strongly opposing the palestinians now claim israel has suspended handing over tax havens and the nation less than a long way to be honest. and membership washington is bound to be true the better security council peace deal with israel is needed first mr densher says

praising the apparent spring palestinian sovereignty the same time critical. and you kind of get the united states of america celebrating the arab spring going into the behavior square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators seeking democracy while banning palestinians from having their own democracy and their own independence that's the act and that's totally unacceptable what's also though this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past threatened the palestinian i thought the about it would cut aid now we hear the foreign secretary secretary clinton is calling upon congress to reconsider this position i certainly hope not the american administration would we would reconsider this issue all for financial for that would not be off and the palestinian and the international intention to consolidate honestly and the unknowns will not be subjected. to hold

by such share thoughts if anything it has to be total indorsement now is an international voice added to the palestinian voice and i think this voice ought to be addressed and addressed carefully. extensive coverage of the ongoing conflict between israel and the palestinians is r.t. dot com and you'll find also the latest attempt to break the blockade of gaza as israeli security forces or. vying for votes there is on for a seat in russia's parliament. and it's bringing the electorate that. tells us another story an article called. the threat of an attack against iran group this week israel tested its defenses while the president said a strike is more likely and not some support from britain and america the u.n.

is going to report on iran's activities next week. claims iran is building nuclear weapons something terrence denies there are increasing warnings are attacking iran could spark conflict. this is been going on for almost for more than four years now we see permanent threats against iran on the part of israel who are calling for a preemptive strike. on yahoo said and it all coincides with the back is really attack on southern lebanon in two thousand and six so i think we have to be very cautious and basically understand what iran is is the cornerstone of probably what is an ongoing very tough negotiation to move forward towards a world government with russia and china are not going to plow in very easily to the western powers and iran is the cornerstone so i think the world we are seeing is we are probably edging closer to what might become

a full fledged war in the region even a world war with iran is the cornerstone if it is attacked by israeli. or today's world news for you now in greece. a suicide bomb attack or a mosque in northern afghanistan has killed at least six people and wounded more than a dozen others in the province of worship and when the evening of the morning prayers among those killed were two local police commanders. mudslides have swept through towns in western colombia killing at least fourteen people one incident where of them died as a snare many buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged during one of. the rainy seasons. a series of is the mr attacks have killed at least sixty seven people in northeastern nigeria and more violence is threatened but one and gun attack structure and police stations in

a single town friday the same group also attacked a military headquarters in neighboring province when the suicide bombing. now a manned mission to mars came a step closer this week ranger experiments in the moscow has shown scientists that the human body can enjoy the isolation of such a long distance space flight out of battle reports now on the successful conclusion of the mars 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 a mission to mars and back they're thankful to be back on their fellow earth to others it is really really great to see you all again right there whole are all going it's been an honor to have him be a part of peace remarkable achievement we are five of them are professional fraley

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 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 how of your relationships with the other crew members changed. getting i was. waiting for something like that to. close crocker for such a look. at the world.

critically from. the experiment was kept as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications owns the not ship was on its way that meant the t.v. was alone they could talk freely with loved ones who researches decided to withhold news from the outside world that was tricky i mean a little 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. 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 you really came for them when they made martian wonderful puts. their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute now compared with

a pulse of the first cousin or not your authority on orbit it was one hundred fifty two beats per minute the outside world to has been intrigued by most five hundred mostly through betting on how and when the experiment will fail one bookmaker put eight to one olds on one of the crewmembers going insane because of it. he went out. so even though it's only a dry run it's still a significant. but first. here's. some nazi. stuff about in the four day edith religious festival is underway with millions of muslims traveling around

the world to visit families and loved ones. jake aggrieved adjoined muslims in moscow and marking all of the rest important first of all severe. we see from the sheer amount of people that turned out today just what this means for moscow's muslim population maybe lined the streets behind me listening to their local imitation parts and worship is just concluded also spilling on to chase that road just over here now there has been a hint of from out 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 was said to offer his son a sacrifice to god and god bestowed upon him a ram really is appreciation for that sacrifice in

a part and his son in the process and ever since then and all parts of these celebrations as festivities also comes just on the back of harsh great pilgrimage to mecca is also a time for feasting with families friends and giving to the poor as well going to cause that to actually cause a bit of controversy just last year in moscow that's because it numbered such a melson actually stilled of the streets and some disclosure of discounts on local races that the site they source this time city hall said it must take place in only certified areas we all are expecting a certain hours they both in moscow and in russia was here last year seeing a hundred thousand people turn out around moscow's mosque for a celebration. franken is reporting that while some fresh air and free thinking on the way we mix with the spirits in the rushes and you know mountains that suffer and wind up a week's top stories just ahead stay with us. from

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