welcome it's eleven pm here in moscow this sunday night you're watching the weekly from the round of the top stories of the last seven days with me. and greece's president is hosting crunch talks right now between the country's embattled prime minister and the main opposition chief as politicians try to seek common ground for the formation of an interim government the country's opposition's been calling on george papandreou to resign to bring an end to the ongoing political deadlock according to senior government officials now could announce his resignation in the coming hours hoping it will pave the way for unity coalition meantime athens is fast running out of time to implement that crucial e.u. bailout plan was designed to save the country from bankruptcy journalist rini. who's following developments in athens says that the government is playing a dangerous game while the greek people are paying the price. up until now from his side from his party had to say that i will resign but first i am in favor of the formation of this coalition government people who could say that in

a way they are desperate because when you see your way just to be kept up and to your pension and 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 a euro group and somebody has to give me a super insisted euro group that greece will be focused on not the decision of twenty sixth of october because the money are enough until a fifteenth of december couple of couple of weeks ago we knew that money where enough till november now we know we know something different and everybody here expects a solution because if pensions are not given if wages are not given and the greeks. it isn't ready to riyadh. and the greek debt crisis dominated

discussions at this week's g. twenty meeting in kern they descended into turmoil indeed when the greek prime minister made his botched announcement of that referendum on the e.u. bailout plan only to drop it shortly afterwards it is innocent now a fall of the summit. the ever changing greek drama took center stage in cannes for the g twenty meeting hero host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe till the end circulations 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 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 should. 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 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 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 some hope for the single currency lines with the emerging economies or the brics who have already pledged to try and help the euro stay afloat but with a condition president medvedev says they want to play a bigger role in financial institutions like the i am math and the group of twenty format already it seems some headway there as for the first time ever the g twenty summit will be held in a brics country and it takes place in moscow russia in two thousand and thirteen reporting from. and he's an hour or two to the store a day for the palestinians. the general conference has the vote to add up the draft resolution and decided to add me to palestine as a member of you know. what that school complications for the heritage body and the

palestinian paid for full statehood at the u.n. as we reported later this hour the. us police are turning up the heat on the corporate occupied movement that spread across the country since it began nearly two months ago the worst flare up of violence happen this week in california offices teargassed a crowd of peaceful protesters in the city of oakland several people who joined the demonstration was seriously injured including a u.s. army veteran and over one hundred arrests were made it's the second time the forces cracked down on a rally in the city in the past two weeks in fact. was there in the midst of a goal reporting for. there are at least a hundred the not two hundred three hundred police officers in full riot gear several i'm as you can see advancing behind us right now on the occupy oakland movement now we don't know how many officers are back there we saw a massive group of them sort of a walk down that street before that was the street of 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 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 front lines we have been standing here we have seen tear gas fired several protesters injured from the tear gas in fact you can smell it in the air right now i wish i could describe it better but a very intimidating show of force. when you have this line of police slowly marching forward with protesters in front of them the mood is an extremely tense we don't know how this will develop but people are sort of running out from the side streets that perhaps there's more confrontations down that way whether or not they're going to clear the camp remains to be seen but as you can see these cars there are marching behind those 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 their tear gas for these loud sort of don't read that don't actually hurt anyone but definitely here scared that the protesters and journalists on site. will place moving into a 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 bayati and in new york with move again in mid september protesters camping out in zuccotti park are determined they say to stand their ground they told us sorties are prepared to attend to the victualling with ink activists helping. say it's already won by raising awareness across america oh for the first time in decades people are thinking about the degree to which corporations have power in this country and agree to which to the way in which corporations that have power have

been taking power away from regular american citizens it's been a phenomenal success because over the last few weeks we've been talking about the degree to which you know income inequality is a problem in this country rather than absurd talk about how we're going to be cutting social security and cutting medicare benefits in order to to fix the deficit problem we've did this movement has been successful because it's changed the conversation and today it's successful because people are going to sites like banks and it's dot org and moving their money. to keep your finger on the pulse of the occupy movement as it continues its rapid spread across america. just head to our t.'s twitter stream there you can keep up to date with the latest updates from lucy carter of the rest of our u.s. bureau she's been in the thick of it for a while now including photos and videos from the protests. if.

the arab league's demanding the b.d.a. to end the bloodshed in syria after a peace deal had put in place to damascus broke down dozens more anti-government activists are reportedly killed in the country as the army continues to suppress the protests that's despite agreement early 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 being killed in syria since march however president assad claims his forces are fighting armed insurgency funded from abroad political analyst carlos watson and 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 the regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation it's taking the place inside syria actually some of this country has been funneling weapons and money and start an ideology to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria acknowledged there is opposition in that country and he extended his hand to let it come fully ation away then the has come. the for those people who are asking for change and that is why today they have a constitutional reform but there is an external power of what they say in opposition and exile those are backed by the western powers. of the russian businessman vick 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 mr king reports. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor it into a sting operation snatched up from a third country for months of solitary confinement before a three week trial in the u.s. allegedly arms dealer 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 business men fascinated hollywood want

a firearm for every twelve people on the planet 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 un 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 mood to extradite him or should

say kidnap and boots family also hold u.s. actions entrapment and kidnapping the full sky i can accept the possibility that they might have some information that might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those government just drag those people onto their territory what moscow's request to send him to russia were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boots extradition illegal and question the validity of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court boots defense says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fark 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 suit was brought to

the u.s. experts like george map who has attended every hearing say a successful appeal is unlikely leaders imaginary crimes manufactured jurisdiction and manufactured evidence relentless you know basically catford to boot bringing to america that any by any. 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 citizens or to boot or troy davis to be you know sentence of life or convict of a crime that they didn't commit victor boots why should the u.s. that is a criminal in this case that the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized probably cation organized crime toward the russians had a sense or any other citizens that are out 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 with your blood has always maintained his innocence and will keep fighting for justice but with us muscles flex tight to keep him in an american prison is facing from twenty five years to life behind bars the sentencing will come in february and r.t.e. new york. after the program the web's closed again embattled wiki leaks founder julian assange promises to fight on after a london court projects his appeal against extradition also this. from the red six men conclude a grueling simulated mission to mars minus the space flight and all teams they would see this the virtual return. palestine it was this week admits it is a full member to the un's cultural heritage job you know scope but moves angered the u.s. which says it will now cut off its funding to the organization however seems a major coup for palestine as it gives up for the u.n.

vote on recognizing it statehood later this month american israel is strongly opposed to the bid with washington vowing to use its veto power but analysts say that your nest membership is a positive sign for palestine's future. the symbolic idea that the all these nations wanted to let pals. 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. these fall protests 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. statehood bid is that of course the u.s. can be in the security council that the latter one whereas this vote there is no

veto and it was voted overwhelmingly that people went against what the u.s. and israel wanted and voted in the palestine as a member. and you can watch dogs too to publish findings next week which will reportedly suggest iran has built a nuclear testing facility and show satellite images to prove it but rather to dismiss those claims court fabricated it has prompted speculation though that the u.s. the u.k. and israel are considering possible military action against the country's nuclear facilities on friday the israeli president said that when it comes to iran quote the international community is closer to finding a military solution than a diplomatic one and quote but experts warn that an attack on iran could lead to a new world conflict. this has been going on for almost for more than four years now permanent threats against iran on the part of the israel who are calling for a preemptive strike. on yahoo said and it all coincides with the back will of

israeli attack on southern lebanon in two thousand and six so i think we have to be very cautious and basically understand that what iran is is the cornerstone of probably what is an ongoing very tough negotiation to move forward towards the world government we're russia and china are not going to bow 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 he's really american british or a compilation of all three forces. we've got much more web site r.t. dot com let's take a look what we got there for you right now new twist in the case of the hoisting of the russian the former f.s.b. agent alexander litvinenko now british prosecutors are reportedly ready to name another suspect and seek his extradition to the united kingdom going to read more on that dot com tonight also these pictures in from britain an inferno on the road

to see in five in somerset watch this horrifying footage from the u.k. dozens of cars collided killed at least seven people injured many others and one of the country's worst car accidents in recent years offers. earlier 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 sex crime allegations. i have not been charged with any crime in any country besides maintains his innocence and is planning to appeal again he insists that his case is politically motivated the whistleblower web site was forced to suspend its operations to raise funds after a financial blockade many analysts say there's a lot of interest in discrediting a savage after his website the publication of secret u.s.

files. this is just the latest in a saga isn't it a kind of scandinavian viking saga of the barbarity of which it is being treated is appalling has been an eighteen month disruption campaign now against what is actually one of the most important websites in the world what what wiki leaks does is it was among the most powerful tools to address corruption corruption at the highest levels and what we've seen over the last few years with these expeditions in other parts of the world afghanistan iraq a later one libya is the importance of whistleblowers being able to actually expose criminal behavior as a solid. being the most powerful person in a way in the world exposing some of these crimes what is certainly very similar isn't it to the dominic stress can sex sting it seems to me the reason any real basis for this is we heard there's not even been charges over in sweden and yet

it's a spear yes attempt to shut down what is one of the most important media outlets in the world right now. two russian tycoons are amongst the world's richest men have taken a bitter dispute to a london court where five and a half billion dollars are at stake south exile businessman boris berezovsky claims his former associate and the owner of chelsea football club roman abramovich has robbed him of billions by intimidating him into selling oil shares on the cheap our mortgage denies the allegations of the shied away from making any public comment on the case but it is all skis were much more candid with some loud and passionate grandstanding in the witness box the lawsuit promises to become the most expensive in history with legal costs for each of the men rocketing to millions of dollars. let's take a look at some world news headlines on the rounds right now will start in iraq in baghdad there are triple explosions rocked a local market reports suggest eight people have been killed and 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 in the country are expected and. a suicide car bomb blast near a mosque in afghanistan's northern baghlan province has left at least seven people dead and injured more than a dozen others at the attack it detonated his vest as worshippers left prayers marking he was the first of the among those killed two local police commanders no one's yet claimed responsibility but officials are pointing the finger at taliban militants in colombia at least fourteen people have been killed by mudslides that 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 search for survivors thought up to thirty five people still missing many buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged during what's been one of colombia's worst rainy seasons is. experts to terminal wednesday that pilot error was the cause of september's fatal

plane crash in dallas level in russia which killed all but one person on board investigators announced the main cause of the crash was poor training of the flight crew they also found traces of a strong sedative in the first officer a pilot's blood which could have slowed his reactions it was reported the copilot applied the brakes on the x. forty two jet during takeoff and that caused the plane to run off the end of the runway among the forty four killed was the entire ice hockey team on route to the first match of the season. it was a journey across the galaxy and back all without ever leaving planet earth a simulated round trip to mars has been completed now after a seventeen month long test to see how a crew mike cope with the grueling affects of long distance space travel that is tom bart was there to see the crew return to a bit of normality in moscow after over five hundred days in isolation. back on earth was. well actually they never left but pale faced

bleary eyed these six men are returning from a five hundred twenty day epic mockup with a mission to mars and back thankful to be back among their fellow earth to others. really really great to see you all again rather all are all going it's been an honor to have been been part of this remarkable achievement we have five of them are professional for our a syrian individuals i have ever worked with it's clear that crew cohesion was key to sticking it out this door stayed sealed shut all throughout the seventeen months of the experiment of course it was only a simulation of a trip to mars any of these six men could have left at any time but none of them did. the scientists behind it wanted to see if the six 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 however 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 works you know it must not most thing in the world. but never happen we have been a very. very crazy from the beginning. of the experiment was kept as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications once the ship was on its way that meant the team was alone they could talk freely with loved ones that researches decided to withhold news from the outside world but that was tricky when with those 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 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 the when they made martian landfall course we'll hash this but that's in both their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute now compared with the pulse of the first concert or not yuri gagarin orbit it was a hundred and fifty two beats per minute the outside world to has been intrigued by movies five hundred mostly through betting on how and when an experiment would fail . may can put eight to one on one of the crew members going insane because of it we're having. our way out we're happy that somebody. wanted her we had a lot of money to fix that nobody went crazy and nobody went out. so

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this is our team from moscow is kevin owen here tonight developing news story for you right now in greece crucial talks underway to negotiate forming a new coalition government the prime minister's faced mounting criticism over his handling of the day crisis in his resignation is thought to be imminent we'll bring you the latest as we get it of the coming hours also police crackdown on the unarmed occupy movement in the week it's been spreading across the country for nearly two months now but activists nonetheless of pledging to stand their ground a nonviolent protest against corporate greed and social inequality other top stories of the last seven days from us from russia questions of the galatea victim trial after new york jury found the business been guilty of international arms trafficking he faces between twenty five years to a life sentence in jail because defense say they plan an appeal and a manned mission to mars came one step closer to riyadh.