russia's foreign minister has warned that an attack on iran would be a grave mistake with unpredictable consequences so gay lover of statement comes after israel said possible military action against iran's nuclear facilities is becoming more likely he's not telling overcovered got the latest for you russia stands firmly on that this issue has to be approached with diplomacy has to be done step by step through talking and no military intervention is acceptable russia's reaction to this comes after israel has been pushing for a military intervention saying the clock is ticking and the iranian nuclear program has to be stopped right now russian foreign minister insists that it's going to have consequences for the entire region is already so unstable as it's not sure our view or list issue is well known an attack would be a serious mistake with very grave consequences as we can see proof of that every day when we see how problems are being solved close to iran be it iraq or afghanistan or other countries in the region military interference only leads to

a multiple rise in deaths. meanwhile international atomic energy agency's preparing i reports which are legit is going to prove that iran's nuclear ambitions are not peaceful overall iran has been denying this ever since the beginning and mahmoud ahmadinejad has sad that say if there's going to be a military intervention and iran is prepared for it the tone of a cover a correspondent professor sad mohammad marandi from university of tehran says that israeli warnings of a possible attack on iran are nothing more than rhetoric for the sole purpose of putting pressure on the country. well i think if you look at the general picture there is a general trend to try to put iran in a corner at the top try to corner iran and also to put pressure on other countries independent countries like china and russia and others to agree with new sanctions by sort of portraying israel as a mad dog attack dog that needs to be somehow control than if they agree to new

sanctions. something bad will be prevented from happening but the whole report itself it's based on forged documents there is absolutely nothing new in the report of the documents that are supposed to come out go back to two thousand and four and the previous years all have been refuted in the past the united states has never provided the i.a.e.a. with the documents this shows that this is basically an attempt to create. pressure and to to move public opinion against iran whereas into the course to hear your say in all the big stories of the day that's what we're talking about today we're asking how you think here how much you think military action is likely against around right now is what you're telling us started dot com and us take a look majority of you see continue to say that it is a certainty just thinking because the u.s. and israel need this war a little fear of you this hour take the opposite view you think there's no chance of conflict there's no one's got the stomach for another bloodbath in the middle east right now nine percent of you say war is unlikely it would only happen if

there is overwhelming evidence that iran has got nuclear weapons the minority believe it all depends on around submitting to inspections by the un's atomic watchdog really good to your thoughts go to r.t. dot com to cast your vote. this is r.t. and still ahead a cloudy future looms over libya claims of revenge killings in the spread of radicalism nato says its job in the country is now to find more about that little bit later. as more and more countries are turning to the international monetary fund for help it in turns reaching out for support from some of the world's emerging financial power plays their chief christine the guards preparing to head off to china and choose dangers currently here in moscow for talks with the kremlin and he's a country a good show has been following the visit. during these financially turbulent times russia can all for the i am a fan the european union what it now needs most money russia paid the last portion of its stuff to the international monetary fund in two thousand and five and seems

that it has been contributing to the organization providing financial support to countries which experienced serious financial and economic difficulties or even risk default as it is now the case with grace recent developments in this european country and the euro crisis in general. to come over at the g. twenty summit in cannes last week where the leaders agreed to bolster the role of the i.m.f. and other financial institutions to save the euro and eurozone and one of the hopes for the euros coming from the marching economies from the so-called brics countries that is presumed russia india china now south africa added to the list russia in particular is ready to contribute at least ten billion dollars all the european union but mission and that it made it very clear from the very beginning that these support should be targeted comprehensible transparent it should be done in directly through this international financial institution not to the sort that

a country of the european union directly and another must condition is that the brics countries are given every vein the international monetary fund and other financial institutions the brics may not be directly affected by the euro crisis at the moment but we should not forget that russia for instance keeps almost forty five percent of its international reserves in europe's asia times correspondent probably ask about things contributions from emerging economies won't save the eurozone unless is change from within. compared to ten billion dollars that's russia's offerings to the fire wall that europeans need in case it really goes under they need a fire war one trillion dollars you're not going to get this from the brics is out of the question not even china would even imagine giving more than let's say fifty billion dollars it's not enough the problem is the euro doesn't war for the

eurozone it worse for norse in europe but not for the club med countries in they have to find a solution inside europe from the point of view of europe would be to have in europe there would be equal for everybody from the netherlands to sicily but it's not going to happen because trying to start they had this political idea that if we have a common currency we're going to have a political unity it's strong it's not going to work because there's total economic imbalance between north and southern europe and when the growth it's a political nationalism and of course it is greece that heads the line of countries destabilizing the euro zone and it's a nothing as the new coalition unity government being formed a try to tackle with that crisis there it comes after weeks of political chaos that put greece's membership in the euro in jeopardy promises just happen agreed to step down with his replacement you to be announced any time now the new interim government will lead the country until elections expected to be held in february

next year the government's main task will be to approve one hundred thirty billion euro emergency rescue package that was reached between european leaders and there are now consents to as well that italy is on its way to becoming the next thing to move europe's debt crisis economics i'm listening spreckels told me you need drastic reform if it wants to survive. i think it's about time that the political system became a little bit more responsible and responsive to the mates of the country and greece itself i think a coalition should have been formed quite a while ago it seemed that a lot of the opposition parties were having their cake and eating it suit in the sense that they were voting for the money but never for the austerity i think italy and spain probably still it's true largest threats to the eurozone and certainly here to lead is very concerning the political situation there is more unstable than it is in greece and borrowing rates the regime very unsustainable levels and i

think there are many good reasons to worry for other countries and even call countries like france who may well lose their aaa rating at some point in the future what they do has to do of course other than just bailing out some countries and putting up some defenses in the short term because have a really good look at the trees and the infrastructure of the whole project and see if there is some reform that can make it more workable of course when you have seventeen different very different economies in very different countries setting one uniform monetary policy is always going to be haphazard and when the e.c.b. itself can't lend to countries then things can be very problematic. week after wrapping up his intervention in post gadhafi libya the head of nato says it has no major role in the future of the country despite widespread allegations of crimes against humanity under the new libyan regime and a shift towards radical islam he's got a future can ask whether the west has made

a habit of turning a blind eye to the shortcomings of its. share first question later not so long ago the u.s. media presented libyan rebels as freedom loving folks yearning for democracy after could alfie's killing their narrative changed you know you talk about this arab spring and may people you don't hear as. as a move towards democracy but really that is not exactly what's going on it seems the us media just woke up to the young folding human rights disaster in the region libya's new rulers are at risk of being accused of the same kind of abuses before to overthrow an al qaida flag planted on a levy and courthouse steered quite some panic and not just that you have the interim leader coming out saying he hoped it would become an islamic state that polygamy was going to be legal again consistent with sharia law sharia law to include punishment such as cutting off the hands of thieves beheading convicted murderers and rapists stoning to death adulterers sure real long which is about to

be introduced in libya is considered to be for the most part incompatible with democratic values especially when it comes to women's rights but many experts believe that whatever the new libyan government's domestic policies it will not stop the u.s. from making nice with the saudi arabia for instance has the most extreme form of sharia law women are not allowed to drive cars are not allowed to vote the crime for adultery for women is the death penalty in saudi arabia and none of this seems that bothered the powers that be in washington why because saudi arabia does the bidding of the united states in this oil rich region being a dictatorship but not a democratic state america's a big ally in a big supporter of saudi arabia that just shows that we really don't care for your democracies or we're working with dictatorships or working with secular governments or religious governments all we care about is our interest in the region baccarin another u.s. ally in the region it hosts america's fifth fleet and also leaves on the shari'a

law and has a questionable human rights record as will leave those in power are their only things to nato and particularly the united states the media here had generally been supportive of the campaign to topple gadhafi but now that he's gone why the sudden turn about human rights in the p.l.o. maybe out. all had been so well demonstrated in the run up to the iraq war when the media cheered first and then when it was too late when the war was full on started asking questions and only say human rights in libya was never a top priority for those in washington who called the shots and threw their support behind the currently be in government i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . as wars end soldiers come home but for many there's no home to come back to tens of thousands of american soldiers become jobless and homeless as soon as the minister lets go if you want to read more about some websites not r.t. dot com while you're there too these stories also get

a lot of clicks for real the russian woman accused by the u.s. of being a spy and implicating a british him has now reportedly taken another government official spell of his time but i don't want tonight i don't know you tube channel two stripping who is royce what we have here will activists in ukraine take the vatican by storm where it's very little just after the pope's weekly address that quickly removed the lady's not to close thanks for fast response by police and could barely keep a straight face it's that you tube or you tube channel tonight. feuding russian tycoon roman abramovich. taken the battle to a u.k. court and it's no small claim either with over six and a half billion dollars at stake business with claims out of most of it robbed him of the money by intimidating him into selling oil shares on the cheap something the chelsea football club owner denies these are the betters be watching the billion dollar lawsuit play out. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner

is mr a estimated fifteen billion assets for your chelsea football club and a french chateau in the other corner mr b. estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back which he never fails to show off. his rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the lid on a life in the shadows he revealed how some of his companies employed primarily disabled staff lending a lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection as he dived into the infamous alimony and wars of the ninety's where we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly the clean cut image one of britain's most loved foreign imports be did want to i think it was the more you know the only difference between a rattler stories people and he is pure good preserves the very image of him he

doesn't really come across aggressively the resale anything at all he wants to go respectable and suddenly we're always aware of the rather sort of see the origins of his wealth it's a third of that wealth but. claims is he's still a wanted man in russia he's suing mr and promote it for six and a half billion dollars they set up the oil company sit next to gether in the ninety's. he claims he was blackmailed into selling his stake at a fraction of its true worth a mere one point two million dollars the money here is massive the case is expected to smash the record for the u.k.'s most expensive privately funded litigation is thought to be costing eighty dollars a second in here as for the legal fees mr abbott is a route to be sixteen million dollars a barrel lawyers have their work cut out there on a no win no fee basis the pair used to be close miss to be. he gave his protege the

all important leg up into the world of the super rich and we now know he was paid for his troubles but mr a says that was just protection money denying they were ever business partners it's that claim this case rides on but there's no concrete evidence after all this was ninety's russia none of their deals well written down five weeks in and i've counted the cost of nine billionaires five russian one kazakh one is becky ball israeli one british the crown prince of abu dhabi is suddenly involved for transferring one point three billion dollars from one to the other not to mention future strange deals recordings of meetings that maybe never happened the whole thing's extraordinarily bizarre you try and place the whole thing together which becomes another difficult task because you don't know how much of this is even anyway true according to mr b.'s lawyers mr a has hidden his billions in a complex web of offshore holdings so even if mr b. does win he'll have a difficult task extracting any money with so much at stake it's painstaking

progress the battles expected to go on into the new year after bennett r.t. london. taking around the world now in liberia riots broken out at the headquarters of the country's main opposition party just a day before a presidential runoff three people were killed it comes after thousands rallied in the capital as their candidate called for a boycott of the runoff of the fears of fraud favoring the incumbent president opposition candidate winston tubman played the first round of voting was biased against him but international election observers say last month's poll was free and fair in yemen government forces have killed six militants during clashes in a southern city bringing to eleven the number of insurgents recently killed in the area the region of is reported to have been partly taken over by al qaeda extremists some say that violent antigovernment protests have helped militants gain control of the area over fifteen hundred people have died since demonstrations against president salih started in february. in syria heavy firefight said to be

underway as government forces try to storm a residential block where a group of insurgents hiding out dozens have been killed in anti-government rallies in homes since sunday damascus accuses the u.s. of involvement in violence in the country and asked the arab leaders support the issue now the league will make a further attempt to tackle the crisis this week after brokering an earlier peace deal that's been widely ignored. bangkok's of the floods a spreading now to its commercial district others a new warning to from authorities credit three reptiles have been seeing lurking in the waters in some places two monsoons claimed over five hundred lives across thailand in the country's worst flooding in half a century the government says four billion dollars will be spent to restore the country. big tip of the ball power gas tragedy in india have staged a mass protest against the province's local authority as it health day celebrations they say the mistake of spending money on festivities the government should

concentrate on rehabilitation of people instead twenty seven years on the survivors still feel the effects of one of the world's worst industrial disasters a correspondent priest reader has the story for. even after twenty five years residents say it was a day they can never forget it. i clutched my children dragged my wife and mother to go to the bus station everyone was screaming room room we crossed another village when will people go to the co and everybody in the village was screaming room room experts say union carbide had faulty equipment poorly trained employees and in adequate evacuation plans in the aftermath despite being charged with manslaughter managers were bailed out and flown back to the united states never to account for their part in the disaster union carbide eventually reached a four hundred seventy million dollars settlement with india's government but left without even cleaning up the mess many believe that caused thousands more to suffer

and they're angry. again ok today thousands like ramadan srivastav still suffer the. very healthy before the gas leaks to the places where after this incident we became very sick never improved after the leak many indians were wary of foreign companies but it turned them into prime candidates for clinical trials they thought they were getting treatment but doctors often used experimental drugs without them knowing the patients apparently consented by signing papers in english they didn't understand and many say they never signed anything at all for each participant in a clinical trial the doctor received around two thousand dollars this is bhopal memorial hospital the place where the victims from the gas leak of nineteen eighty-four were treated it's also the place where clinical trials of medications took place about eighty percent of those are believed to have been done on gas

victims r t obtained documents that show at least six trial programs that took place in bhopal between two thousand and four and two thousand and eight. profoundly ironic that of the victims of the worst chemical disaster in which some of the largest pharmaceutical largest multinational corporations the war against the victimized by another set of multinational corporations pharmaceutical corporations srivastav became suspicious when he was repeatedly asked to bring one of two bottles of medicine back a common practice in clinical trials with the no one agrees they didn't tell us the name of the medicine but told us that we were given trial drugs or the medicines had numbers repeated requests by r.t. to speak to the government or bhopal memorial hospital were denied experts say that medical testing on people needing actual treatment is an ethical unsafe and

unscientific and documents show that at least eleven people who unknowingly took part in the bhopal trials died after taking the drugs when you build that drug drugs on people who is in kiddies have not even been assessed let alone treated you are taking a great risk today srivastav still waits for justice. because of the meds and i'm slowly losing my sight i cannot work from home either and i suffered from breathlessness left to suffer a double tragedy preassure either r t bhopal india one of those sports news ahead in twenty minutes with you ninnies scott to news of russia's longest of a football season but this business first the subject of the sixth round about european that very much in the headlines to me too easy to oblige you. welcome to business r.t.

european debt indeed remains one of the dominating issues for the markets this week france and italy are in the spotlight as they have to deal with their budget deficit and that's after greece's embattled prime minister george papandreou announced he's stepping down after support a plan for a referendum on the e.u. bailout and this is an hour waiting to see who is brave enough to step up on the issues that assertion is expected later on monday a coalition government's main task now will be to pass the european rescue package a move considered crucial to shoring up the year. and that is why we're seeing a lot of cautious trading going on in global floors in the u.s. there were gains of the opening but now the dow jones and nasdaq are down point six seven point nine percent respectively investors are cautious they're watching developments over in europe and notably in italy with great attention if we look at the closing picture in europe it's also a mega deserve point three percent of x. point six that's despite the five. intervened to buy nine are billion euros worth

of bonds to keep a lid on costs. in russia quite the opposite picture on the markets were playing catch up on monday after friday's holiday and as the time change saw the u.s. markets open positive as we mentioned just fifteen minutes before the end of the trading session in moscow last minute buying boosted the r.t.s. and the my six so by one point three percent. with oil reversing back into positive territory a lot of support was seen and as you saw notably. three point seven percent against there that's also after announcing recently a production in the financial sectors burbank gained two percent on average possible bt capital wraps up today's trade. largely today was a function of the end of the g twenty meeting which failed. deliver to expectations the hype of the last two and a half two months and the rally that. we all saw in most of the markets beforehand

russian market is always a calmer because of the strength of your price. markets slightly down and that is quite obvious because they tell him he'll do is catch a new high so it's going to be difficult for the town of government to refinance and to remind you italy is a much bigger problem which the new fund which was created to salvage a smaller european countries and their problems is not really equipped to deal with fortunately the g twenty never answered who is going to give the money we looks like nobody's prepared for europe's troubles with sovereign debt are having an impact already on russia's fiscal policy there be finance minister says russia will be looking to raise a modest seven billion dollars from foreign issues next year we will very strange. unusual situation. for mommy ease in going system but. for. these were all this real issue for me it's all room.

poland is the side it's a force russia is a kind of gas supply prices of court so the challenge of monopoly is the claim of the stockholm operation tribe you don't get structures gas problem russia currently supplies around seventy percent of poland's gas needs and also in the country agreed to increase annual purchases but wanted a ten percent discount for extra liveries for its part to gazprom is resisting all claims from european customers who want to renegotiate existing long term contracts to get cheaper gas. and it's taken almost two decades of talks but now russia finally has its foot in the door of the world trade organization the country is in a final round of informal negotiations smoothing out the remaining issues that official on russia's membership is expected by the end of the week but the head of the international monetary fund christine legarde says that w.t.r. accession won't necessarily mean economic benefits there or you know clearly

economy benefits to be hired i'm not sure that they are huge in the case of russia because you are essentially exporting a lot of raw materials a lot of oil a lot of cares and importing. you know manufactured goods believes that you roughly. rough average tariff is in the range of about twelve percent so i'm not sure that you get there is going to be a massive gain as a result of turning w two although there might be some you know on some lines of products there might be the most big gains. the headlines are next on our seem to stay with us.

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