as of the last seven days with me kevin zero in and first greece's president is to convene a meeting between the country's embattled prime minister and the head of the main opposition party an attempt to broker a power sharing talks the country's opposition's been calling on the province to to resign to end the ongoing political deadlock according to senior government officials puffing drug could announce his resignation later on sunday hoping it will pave the way for a coalition government meanwhile athens is fast running out of time to implement a crucial e.u. bailout plan designed to save the country from bankruptcy journalist to really. follow developments in athens told me that the government played a dangerous game right now well greek people pay the price. up until now from his side from his part of the third that i will resign but first i am in favor of the formation of this coalition government people could say that in a way they are desperate because when you see your way just to be kept off and mentioned that you don't have money there are families that they don't have money

even to buy food for their kids now and they just want from the government from both parties to find a solution but the time is limited to morrow is that euro group and somebody has to reassure to give me a super insistent euro group that greece will it will be focused on the decision of october twenty sixth october because the money are enough until the fifteenth of december couple of couple of weeks ago we we knew that's money where enough till november now we know we know something different and everybody everybody here expects a solution because if pensions are not given if wages are not given the greek citizens are ready to react. with a greek debt crisis or discussions this week's g.

twenty meeting income it descended into turmoil indeed when the greek prime minister made his botched announcement of a referendum on the e.u. bailout plan of even to drop it shortly afterwards at his innocent fall of the summit. the everchanging 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 suppositions 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 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 perish the thought that they should be allowed to decide whether they want these things leaders say it is to agree to will surely be

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. 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 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 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 and it takes place in moscow russia in twenty thirteen reporting from. and he's an r.c. . coming up at historic day for the palestinians. the general conference as does. the draft resolution and decided to add me to my list as a member of you know. that school complications for the heritage body the palestinian bid for full statehood at the u.n. two as we reported a bit later. u.s.

police are turning up the he told me to call productive part of movement which has spread across the country since it began nearly two months ago the worst flare up of violence this week in california offices tear gassed a crowd of peaceful demonstrators protesters in the city of oakland several people who joined the demonstration were seriously injured including a u.s. army veteran and over one hundred arrests were made it is indeed the second time the forces cracked down on the rally in the city the last two weeks from off was there in the midst of it all reporting for r.t. . there are at least hundred not two hundred three hundred police officers and all right several i'm as you can see advancing behind us right now on the occupy oakland movement now we don't know how many officers are back there we saw a massive group of them sort of a walk down that street before that was the street of the standoff were 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 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 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 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 fair but as you can see these was there are marching behind sticks and hands 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 at either tear gas for the loud sort of downgrade that don't actually hurt anyone but definitely here scared that the protesters and journalists on site. where police are moving in to break up occupy demonstrations across america several arrests were made with force in atlanta and washington the heavy handed police action was caught on camera by see at a new york where the movement began and the protest has come here to zuccotti park say they're determined to stand their ground that tells authorities are preparing i think to attend an eviction. thinks police heavy handedness is an attack on the american dream. is basically sending a message we are as free of a population and 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. keep your finger on the pulse of the occupy movement as it continues its rapid spread across america just head to our t twitter stream for the latest updates from lucy carter she's been in the thick of it from the start really and also the rest of our u.s. bureau we've got photos and videos from the protests there for you constantly updating them. if.

the arab league is demanding an immediate end to bloodshed in syria after a peace deal it put in place with damascus broke down dozens more anti-government activists reportedly killed in the country is the army continues to suppress the protests that's despite agreement earlier this week to stop violence against demonstrators more than five hundred political detainees were released on saturday but the oppression continues the u.n. estimates over three thousand people have been killed in syria now since march however president assad claims his forces are fighting armed insurgency funded from abroad political analyst come allows me thinks the country's been set up for regime change. i think it's a conspiracy by

a regional power they wanted to change the regime of bashar al assad they wanted a different regime different government with different had and that's why there you can see that regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation it's taking a place in syria actually some of these country has been funneling weapons and money and start an ideology to topple the regime of president assad the president of the. area acknowledged there was opposition in that country and he extended his hand to let it come foliation away then the 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 in opposition and exile those are backed by the western powers persian gulf countries but a business moving to boot faces a life sentence after

a new york jury found him guilty of agreeing to sell arms to terrorists and conspiring to kill americans he was arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after a sting operation was eventually extradited to the u.s. despite strong opposition from moscow our correspondent necessary reports. years fence by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor didn't to 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 fark the forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood want

a firearm for every twelve people. and we question. how we 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. the 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 a colombian group terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the u.n. 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 plea dirty arm twisting in 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 mood 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 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 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 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 baseless catford to boot bringing to america at any rate. means necessary the journalist says boot is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play that i feel that 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 whether it be russian citizen victor boot or troy davis to be you know sentenced to life or convicted of a crime that they didn't commit richard woods' wife when you were 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 russian side a sense or any other citizens that 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 rick your blood has always maintained his innocence and will keep fighting for justice but with us muscles flexed 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 march new york coming up in the program the web site closing in embattled wiki leaks founder julian assange promises to fight on after a london called reject says appeal against extradition got that story coming up for you also this too. back from the red six men conclude a grueling simulated mission to mars minus the space flight and are on the scene to witness the virtual return. palestine which this week admitted as a full member to the un's cultural heritage unesco the moves of the u.s. which says it will now cut off its funding for the organization that's been seen as

a major coup for palestine as a gears up for the un vote on recognizing that statehood later this month america and israel are strongly opposed to the bit with washington to use its veto power but a palestinian presidential advisor says the u.s. is being hypocritical when it comes to its policy and. you're probably not that simple former counselor. breaking 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 and their own independence that's the act and that's totally unacceptable what's also to this is the fact that the united states of america has in the past but it's not in the palace and i thought the that it would cut aid now we hear that foreign secretary secretary clinton is calling upon congress to reconsider this position i certainly hope that the american administration would reconsider this and that the issue of financial threats will not be off and the palestinian and the international intervention to consolidate

palestinian independence will not be subjected in order. to hold by such share thoughts if anything that 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. the nuclear watchdog to to publish findings next week which will reportedly suggest a rams build a nuclear testing facility and will show satellite images to prove it but rather dismissed those claims calling them fabricated it's prompted speculation that the u.s. u.k. and israel are considering possible military action against the country's nuclear facilities or friday the israeli president said that when it comes to iran quote the international community is closer now to finding a military solution than a diplomatic one end quote but experts warn that the west underestimates around and an attack on it would result in a world conflict. anyone reading the press reports on these contingency plans being

dropped by the minister of defense here in london for an attack on iran must be worrying that if iran is not developing a nuclear missile it will be developing and you could missile feast with the idea that the americans the british and the israel he's are looking towards an unprovoked attack on iran and the world sort of a much more dangerous place i cannot imagine a worse alliance with these three poems people in the west seem to underestimate the strength of the reunion nationalism that there is a strong national sense under remembrance of what happened and for today's currency and how the shower was with that installed and been trained by britain and for america's people long memories of the shah and the way it's presented no the west of the shah is what the regime there will be a bloody war if there is an attack on iran iran is not iraq as of two thousand and one there will be retaliation from hamas and the world is a more dangerous place because of these reports always a lot more

a web site as well r.t. dot com take a look a couple stories there tonight when you twist in the case of the food poisoning of the russian former f.s.b. agent alexander litvinenko now british prosecutors reportedly ready to name another suspect and seek his extradition to the u.k. want to find out more about that on line from us tonight and awful pictures in from great britain here in first. on the roads watch this horrifying footage from the u.k. of the m five motorway to somerset as dozens of cars collided killing at least seven people injuring many others as well and one of the country's worst car accidents in recent years. very this week wiki leaks founder julian assange lost his appeal battle against extradition from the u.k. to sweden he'll now have to answer a sex crime allegations. i have not been charged with any crime in any country

while a son is maintains his innocence and is planning to appeal again he insists that his case is politically motivated whistleblower website was forced to suspend publishing after a financial blockade and it's now concentrating on raising funds many believe there's a vested interest in discrediting science though after his publication of secret u.s. files. it is astonishing here in britain to see the way the case is being covered two organizations i used to work at the b.b.c. the guardian newspaper the guardian of course had to deal with wiki leaks the kind of character assassination around the world by mainstream media trying to attack this and it just goes to show what a state journalism is in. the london stock exchange protest is 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 julius should become some sort of overall professor of journalism and they

should 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 for the power less and the idea of him being in court and now the idea of him being rendered for torture in a state as we know is we carrying out rogue assassinations of its own citizens is is just breathtaking will be brief making headlines right now will start in iraq or triple explosions rocked a local market in baghdad in baghdad a report suggest eight people were killed over twenty injured but police and medics say the number of casualties is set to grow the attack follows a statement by iraq's prime minister urging security forces to clamp down on any threats of violence the last thirty three thousand u.s. troops but. a suicide bomb blast near a mosque in afghanistan's northern baghlan province has left at least seven dead and injured more than a dozen others the attacker detonated his vest as worst. it was left for heirs marking the muslim festival lead among those killed were two local police

commanders claimed responsibility but officials are pointing the finger at taliban militants. in colombia fourteen people have been killed by mudslides swept through a number of towns in the west of the country in one incident four people were buried alive as they slept rescue workers are continuing to try to search for survivors thirty five people are still unaccounted for tonight many buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged during what's been one of colombia's worst rainy seasons in years. so as mentioned just now the muslim religious festival of read is underway marking the end of ramadan with millions celebrating worldwide over a hundred seventy thousand people are taking part in festivities here in moscow with eighty thousand gathering in the capital's main mosque the holidays one of the largest events in the muslim calendar and it coincides with a five day hard to mecca the birthplace of islam. means the feast of the sacrifice the first of all celebrating commitment to be the ads that involves the traditional sacrifice of an animal and sharing it with family and friends.

it was a journey across the galaxy and back all without ever leaving planet earth a simulated round trip to mars has been completed after a seventeen month long test to see how a crew might cope with the grueling affects of long distance space travel is tom bart was there to see the crew return to normality in moscow after over five hundred days in isolation. back on earth i well actually they never left but pale faced bleary eyed these six men are returning from a five hundred twenty day epic mockup of a mission to mars and back they're thankful to be back home on their fellow earth to others it is really really great to see you all again rob their whole they're all going to be an honor to having been part of this remarkable achievement we have 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 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 are your relationships with the other crew members changed. at the beginning i was hoping not hoping i was maybe waiting for something like that to happen you know like fight or something close quarter for such a long time it would be you know it must not most thing in the world. but never happened we have been a very. very cohesive team from the beginning home piques parent was kept

as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications will miss the ship was on its way that meant the team was alone they could talk freely with loved ones who researches decided to move home news from the outside world but that was tricky going on with we had to keep in mind that some information could come in many private correspondence and 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 what must 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 nationalists but that's in both their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute now compared with the pulse of the first constant or not yuri gagarin 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. but make him put eight to one all day on one of the crew members going insane because of it we're having to. wear out we're happy that somebody. want to try we have a lot of money to fix that nobody had went crazy and nobody went out. so even though it's only a dry run it's still a significant. to achieve that the earth's first motion pioneers. trying to. give you a bit later this hour r.t. talks with a russian presidential aide about what should be done to combat the world's financial crisis interesting chat coming up for you in a short while after that two which has got all the latest sport action tonight from

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the weekly from a round of the stories from the past seven days on the top news headlines tonight greece's opposition has agreed to hold talks over forming a new coalition government it comes off the calls for the prime minister to resign over criticism of his handling of the country's debt crisis as arsons faces growing pressure from the e.u. story we're keeping a close eye on tonight also police crackdown on the occupied movement spreading fast across the country for many two months now but activists pledged to stand their ground on known violent protest against corporate greed and social inequality . russia questions the galaxy of victim boots trial after the new york jury found the business been guilty of international arms trafficking he faces between twenty five years to a life sentence in jail but his defense say they plan an appeal. of the manned mission to mars came one step closer to reality this week is russia's interest.