midnight here in moscow you're watching the weekly from r t it's around over the top stories of the last seven days with me in. greece's president has just finished hosting crunch talks between the country's embattled prime minister and the main opposition chief as politicians seek common ground for formation of an interim government the country's opposition has been calling on george papandreou to resign to bring an end to the ongoing political deadlock now according to senior government officials from dre of could announce his resignation in the coming hours hoping it will pave the way for a unity coalition meantime finances fast running out of time to implement that crucial e.u. bailout plan that's designed to save the country from bankruptcy court a journalist really. following developments in athens she says that the government's 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 to be kept off 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 somebody has to give the us who are insisting euro group that greece will be focused on 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 greek citizens are ready to react. and the greek debt crisis also dominated

discussions of last week's g. twenty meeting in qatar descended the term or when the greek prime minister made his botched announcement of a referendum on the new e.u. bailout plan only then to drop it shortly afterwards it is in this in the fall of the summit the ever changing greek drama took center stage in cannes for the g twenty meet here zero host nicolas sarkozy protecting what he calls the beating heart of europe until the end of his predictions 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 a while the public to decide if they stay or if they go when it comes to the euro or perish the thought that they should be allowed to decide whether they want these

things euro leaders say it is up to greece to rule should look like this if 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 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 lies 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.m.f. and the group of twenty format already it seems some headway there as for the first time ever the g twenty summit will be held in a brics country and it takes place in moscow russia in two thousand and thirteen reporting from cannes and he's now in our city. coming up on the story for the palestinians. the general conference does vote to add up the draft resolution and the side to it meet palestine as member of you know. that's cool complications for the heritage body and the palestinian bid for full statehood

at the u.n. as we report. u.s. police are turning of the hate only on to cope with all movement that spread across the country since it began nearly two months ago the worst flare up of violence this week in california offices teargassed a crowd of peaceful 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 the rest were made actually the second time the forces cracked on a rally in the city in the past two weeks. in the midst of it all reporting for us . there are at least hundred 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 standoff 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 frontlines 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 very intimidating show of force when you have this line of police slowly marching forward with. oh testers 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 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 posters are marching behind as sticks

at hand 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 of a shooting internet tear gas or these loud sort of down were made that don't actually hurt anything but definitely a fair scare that the protesters and journalists on site. and police moving in to break up occupy demonstrations across america several arrests were made with force in atlanta and washington police heavy handedness was caught on camera by r.t. in new york where the movement began in mid september protests is noon time company and zuccotti park there the term the stand they told us authorities preparing the sink to attack the big should. be marketed since the police couldn't be acting to provoke demonstrators to. a lot of people try to paint this movement as you know we're not unified we don't have a cohesive message but as far as i can see we have one message and it's corporate

greed and we're not standing for it anymore and a matter what your signs say or what you're saying it all stems from the same source which is corporate greed running amuck so i'd say that we did have a unified message there were i mean i heard some estimates up to twenty thousand people peacefully marching and successfully shutting down the port of oakland which was huge but you have to ask yourself you know we know for a fact there was a cop watch a video done an exposé showing these working as undercover agents into the occupy oakland movement so who are the provocative words if there was provocation in the group is it undercover police we don't know all we know is that we mass masses the overwhelming majority of us remaining peaceful urging people remain peaceful and you have two people throwing things and lighting a dumpster on fire so were the cops we don't know but it's a shame to paint the whole movement as violent when it seems like there's just a few anarchists causing trouble. so the occupy movement as it continues is rapid

spread across america just head to our twitter stream for the latest updates from the. rest of us. in the thick of it from the start. line there as well we've got photos and videos from the protests. from. the. do you believe. the arab league's tomorrow going to be due to end bloodshed in syria after a peace deal are put in place with 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 earlier this week to stop violence against

demonstrators who the five hundred political detainee's were released on saturday but the oppression continues the u.n. estimates over three thousand people being killed in syria now since march to president assad claims his forces are fighting armed insurgency funded from abroad political analyst kumble was 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 was different had and that's why you can see the regional power hasn't been friendly to the situation it's taking the place in syria actually some of this country has been funneling weapons and money and certain are jealous to topple the regime of president assad the president of syria acknowledges there is opposition in that country and he extended his hand too

but a consolidation a way then the 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 opposition and exiled those are backed by the western powers some persian gulf country. russian businessman from 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 a correspondent missed his credit reports. years 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 business men fascinated hollywood want a firearm for every twelve people are. now required. and only 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 right he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as forked members of colombian group to

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 play 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 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 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 it 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 ration relentless you know baseless catford to boot bringing to america at 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 a russian citizen for it to boot or troy davis to be you know sentence to life or

convict of a crime that they didn't commit victor boots why should the u.s. is a criminal in this case that the actions currently carried out by the u.s. special services are an organized provocation organized crime towards 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 which your group has always maintained his innocence and we'll 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 r.t.e. new york. coming up with a program the web is closing in and buckled wiki leaks julian assange promises to fight for london called the jacksons appeal against extradition plus. back from the red six men conclude

a grueling simulated mission to mars minus the space flight and our teams on the scene to witness the true return. palestine was this week admitted as a full member to the u.s. cultural and heritage army mesko but the moves and of the u.s. which says it will cut off its funding for the organization now it seems a major coup nonetheless for palestine as a gears up for the u.n. vote to recognize its stated later this month american israel are strongly opposed to that period with washington vying to use its veto power but a palestinian presidential advisor says that the u.s. is being hypocritical when it comes to its policy in the region. you kind of get the united states of america celebrating the arab spring going into the square in egypt and shaking the hands of demonstrators seeking democracy while banning palestinians from having their own democracy in 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 threatened the palestinian authority about it

would cut the 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 forever will not be off and the palestinian and the international intention to consolidate palestinian independence will not be subjected in order. to hold a bias or to share thoughts if anything that has to be total indorsement now there is an international voice added to the palestinian voice and i think this voice ought to be addressed and addressed carefully. they were new to watch dogs due to publish findings later this week which will reportedly suggest a brand is built a nuclear testing facility and will show satellite images to prove it but to rand's dismissed those claims saying the fabricated now prompted nonetheless speculation 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 end quote but experts warn that the west underestimates iran and that an attack on it would result in a world conflict anyone reading the press reports on these contingency plans been dropped by the minister of defense here in london for an attack on iran was we worrying that if iran is not developing a nuclear missile it will be developing and you could missile face with the idea that the americans the british and he's really 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 a member and so what happened under foreign intervention in the country and how the shah was with that installed and maintained by britain and for america's long

memories of the shi'a the way they did you know the west of the shah it will be 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 our mass and the world is that the more dangerous place because of these reports. now we have much more on our website tito camas take a look at what's there a few right now and a twist in the face of the poisoning of the russian former f.s.b. agent alexander litvinenko a british prosecutor is reportedly ready to name another suspect and seek his extradition to the u.k. also these pictures in from the u.k. the m five in somerset in the in the in the road watch this horrifying footage from the u.k. dozens of cars collided it killed at least seven injured many others in one of the country's worst atar accidents in recent years.

early this week we can league found a jew sanjit lost his appeal battle against tradition from the u.k. to sweden he will now after once a sex crime allegations 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 forced to spin forced to suspend its operations now to raise funds after a financial blockade many believe there's a lot of interest in discrediting a sanjay after his website publication secret u.s. . this is a fabricated case to get him out of the u.k. where in the past you know with mckinnon we've shown that we're not just prepared to deliver someone to the american authorities so we think that the european arrest warrants being used by the swedish authorities who are more friendly towards the american way of doing things just to get in there we're worried that as soon as the

plus that's put on swedish soil this whole case will disappear and he will be arrested. 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 off buying them up in prison and then start trying to put the case together is just an anathema to the british justice system. two russian tycoons are amongst the world's richest men have taken a bitter dispute to a london court where five in our billion dollars are at stake. businessman boris berezovsky claims his former associate the owner of chelsea football club a man over a mortgage was robbed him of billions by intimidating into selling oil shares on the cheap which denies the allegations and shied away from making any public comment on the case but better results he has been much more candid with some loud

and passionate grandstanding in the witness box but also 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 other world news no in brief making the headlines we're going to wrack first there a triple explosions rocked a local market in baghdad reports suggest eight people were killed over twenty injured but police 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 to leave iraq by the end of the year. 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 worshippers left prayers marking the muslim first of the ied among those killed were two local police commanders no one's yet claimed responsibility but officials are pointing the finger at taliban militants. it was a journey across the galaxy and back all without ever leaving planet

a simulated round trip to mars has been completed now after a seventeen month long test to see how a crew with the grueling affects of long distance space travel artie's 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 rather holer warming it's been an honor to having been part of this remarkable achievement with our five of them are professional fraley our assyrian individuals i have ever war 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 man 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. not hoping i was here maybe we're due for something like that to happen you know like fight or something close clark or for such a long time it would be you know if not most thing in the world. but. we have been a very. effective from the beginning of. the experiment was kept as real as possible with a twenty minute time delay in communications once the not shit was on its way that

meant the team was alone they could talk freely with local ones who researches decided to withhold news from the outside world but 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 but much the highlight of the cruise trip was a simulated landing on mars with long isolation and boredom before it scientists observed with amazement just how little it became for them when they made landfall . well nationalise but that's in both their pulse rate was one hundred sixty beats per minute now compared with the pulse of the first year ago in orbit it was one hundred fifty two beats per minute the outside world has been intrigued by movies

five hundred mostly through betting on how and when the experiment would fail. make a put eight to one old zone one of the crew members going insane because of it. that. way. so even though it's only a dry run it's still a significant achievement for earth's first martian pioneers. really good to say they're all back safely now hadfield they saw our interview with a russian presidential aide of cardiff a call that sharing his views on how to win the world's financial crisis interesting chap coming up to rich has got all the latest sports suchan from the fed cup and

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from moscow this is our it's midnight thursday here now and our top stories developing news start with first reports coming out from greece suggesting that the prime minister and the opposition leader they have reached an agreement about forming a unity government and a new leadership veto. to be discussed monday more from us on the coming also please. movement this spring spreading across the country for nearly two months now but activists pledged to stand their ground in normal violent protest against corporate greed and social quality other stories that made the headlines for most of the week rush questions of the galaxy a victim trial for new york jury found the business when guilty of international arms trafficking he faces between twenty five years to a life sentence in jail this defense say an appeal one of the from us as well a mission to mars came one step closer to reality this week as russia's ambitious experiment.