tonight on our t.v. flashback to iraq the same experts the claim baghdad had weapons of mass destruction now is. suggestions that iran is developing a nuclear bomb. the anti-government free syrian army reportedly launches a major assault on a loyalist base near the massacres but says the arab league turns up a heat on president assad despite his pledge to hold talks and continue reforms but . i i i would not down a string of forceful objections of anti corporate occupy protesters across america fails to stop the movement from gearing up to shut down wall street. will

reach one hundred two dollars per barrel on the dollar and falling u.s. symmetries but that hasn't provided much support to russian stocks so far more on this in twenty minutes in business are. ten pm wednesday night here in moscow you're watching r t with you know in this hour in our top story for you there's been a new twist in the controversy surrounding last week's u.n. report into iran's nuclear program and includes the mention of a mysterious foreign expert who western media claims to be russian saying he's helped around build an atomic detonator but he's innocent now explores the findings and where they made me. a human has long been a hot topic. but. the

greatest threat that america the world faces at faced was a nuclear iran but it's heated up since last week's report from the un's nuclear watchdog sparking fears iran was pursuing atomic weapons the i.a.e.a. says iran developed a high explosives initiation system a detonator with the help of a foreign expert question that current expert is called the mystery scientists and russian by some western media even though the i.a.e.a. report doesn't name him and he's not russian by ukrainian it here's how former weapons inspector david albright talks suffered a scientist nuclear credentials on c.n.n. when he showed him how to build of a thin hemispherical shell with holes in it and they were the detonation happens and you simultaneously set off explosive pellets in a series of holes in that one with shell and those explosive pellet pellets ignite the high explosive underneath and in

a very spiritual way it compresses the core and then you get a nuclear explosion it just. is a scientist but not a nuclear specialist those who actually know danny and say this. is because he worked in a nuclear facility but not every person who does is a nucleus specialist he's actually trained to construct the airplanes and it's not the i.a.e.a. that is questioning him now but journalists rodion nevertheless albright accuses the newly uncovered who specialize in nano diamonds in iran of working with the iranians to help them miniaturize their nuclear warhead so they can put it on top of one of their missiles so it can be fired all right has a history of pointing fingers because before iraq was invaded he said this in two thousand and two. the. terms of the chemical and biological weapons iraq has those now how many how could they deliver them i mean these are big questions then

backtrack to the l a times once no w m d's were discovered in iraq. if there are no weapons of mass destruction i'll be mad as hell i certainly accepted the administration's claims on chemical and biological weapons i figured they were telling the truth and some us politicians think non-truths could be repeating with iran i'm afraid what's going on right now is similar to the war propaganda when i want to instill iraq you know they didn't have a weapons of mass destruction but there were enough official reports implying otherwise in terms of the report there is limited information a lot of the reason it's limited is because it's most likely that iran does not know it is you know it is the case of iran does not have a nuclear weapons program therefore magic days hours who could be called critics say the public especially in the us are about to be inundated with another flood of

so-called expert analysis beware of a dangerous mideast country that's presumably hiding secret nuclear weapons and may require a military strike the difference this time it's iran not iraq he's now an artsy moscow middle east expert. says the i.a.e.a. is being used as a tool to exert pressure on iran and a regime change in the country. they knew each other as actually you know that he has any expertise in nuclear physics especially here are simply. going to get the chemo was that he was actually giving lectures in the iran. nuclear scientists and he was helping them we will hear and see me on the report maturity theory into support. for restricted or i know you have it in my hand so. only so strange who

needs to speak there and of you sure reports do it here under websites we already know you can see it happen you're still be repaired almost a whole host a nuclear arsenal are we in the war against iran or are really well. yes same seems to be happening in use an instrument to start a war actually can do regime change in iran supported. well i was very interested to hear your opinion of those stories today or ask if you think nuclear occasions against iran are justified go to our web site r.t. dot com to take part in our latest poll the. most popular response is that the claims are western propaganda campaign they go forty percent coming close second the belief that iran should be allowed to go to nuclear war thirty nine percent but ten percent of you think the evidence of iran trying to acquire nuclear weapons is

sparse and nine percent fakes around the back you can change that proficient you think will put it into the hot dog. and he could put occupy protesters have returned to new york's zuccotti park but without the tents and this sleeping gear the supreme court ruled the demonstrators could no longer camp out there for the night meaning the two month long occupation of the park is over police in riot gear storms across the tuesday morning tearing down tents in a victim hundreds of activists those refusing to leave or forcibly remove the middle a gay from that office and use sound cannon pepper spray and tear gas authorities cited health and fire hazard reasons behind the protesters think that's a flimsy excuse to kick them out before moving to members. when they say massive rallies street artist christine zone looks at how much of an impact all compilers made since it first flared up in the big apple. you could say it started with

a whisper a call by canadian activist group and busters that spread on facebook i. think i this very spot was three is this i mean it's crime but before long that whisper turned into a roar with. a collective anger at wall street corruption and growing income inequality in america and at a system in which government policy is often dictated by corporate greed before long the crowds. brought police. the lab. and police brought pepper spray. was a story brought on more protesters and a few days later seven hundred of them were arrested on the brooklyn bridge. instead of scaring people away scenes like this. outraged the masses and before

long occupy movements multiplied from los angeles. to chicago. to boston. and just about everywhere in between the mood grew darker as authorities threaten to clear the tent city at zuccotti park the last minute they were allowed to remain after cleaning the park themselves the. occupy times square was next and brought scenes like this was not aware. the government is. iraq war veteran shamar thomas finding what had become in his eyes wide spread police brutality he appeared on our show a few days later they're saying if you want to fight go to iraq or afghanistan what do you mean by this you know to hurt the citizens that you swear to protect you know is is kind of you know

a contradiction to the oath that you take and then there was occupy oakland here you see another veteran scott olsen standing peacefully. within moments he was hit in the head with a tear gas canister and fractured his skull and left to confront a condition where a lot of the shot a spotlight now shining bright on the role of police all the while the protests spread much to the dismay of authorities who over the weekend evicted encampments once again in oakland. and in portland. st louis to name a few and new york's zuccotti park the heart of the movement also clear for the first time since the movement began now many worry what's next for occupy d.c. so one of the first things they did here is to clear this part of the park out answers tell me they've moved their tents closer to one another if they've condensed their efforts because they want to stay focused they want to stay

organized i think there's a chance that some of the protesters from the other occupations around the country could wind up here on k. street because this is one of the last places a very few clashes with police in washington christine for south r.t. . and so if you look at least events in syria there today their army defectors have reportedly a type of major military base near the country's capital it's the highest profile strike on loyalist forces since sunday going to rest began back in march the free syrian army fighting against the rule of president bush now claims to number more than twenty five thousand but says the arab league confirms syria's suspension from three calls its from the country's government supporters a reporter who stormed a rock in qatar and seized in damascus in response let's get some reaction from first who during the summer suffers overblown from london simon good evening how will the arab league's isolation of damascus affect the situation in syria let's start with first of all. well i think it would. do you have

a sense that the world is closing in on on on president bashar. and even an organization like the arab league which you know has considered tools been very very timid is now on the front foot against him and you just feel that he is running out of friends even countries close to syria having friends of syria and friends of the regime are now highly critical and you just feel that. the arab league decision i think will give a massive boost of legitimacy to the movement on the ground. let's look at what's happening internally within the borders the west is allies claimed that sanction in damascus for cracking down on peaceful demonstrators but what about the free syrian army which is says it's just stage that major assault on assad forces there are hardly peaceful demonstrators are they i mean are some pictures to run in here showing how they go about demonstrating it's pretty hardcore stuff let's see if we can run those pictures would you give us an answer about that i know peaceful are

the it looks pretty full on from what we're seeing here at least. the two things are running together so on the one hand you have in the continuous neighborhood demonstrations street demonstrations protests through the market in damascus even in aleppo and homs and all these places you have that side of it if you like the popular peaceful. but alongside this now is the growth of the free syrian army which is quite incredible numbers i mean i've heard fifteen thousand to twenty five thousand it's quite a large number of days that i think is the first time they've gone on the offensive that there was an incident couple days ago as well where they killed some thirty four syrian security forces so you really feel that this element of the revolution is beginning to take a hold the uprising is beginning to dwarf the other you know the more peaceful demonstrations and is this a precursor to a full out civil war now do you think if so is there anything the international

community can do at this stage to prevent it. you feel that it's in and inevitable now i mean when the movement first emerged in march it was you know they were calling for reforms it was extraordinarily peaceful it was quite timid and it was very it didn't have huge you know just a ration but just the way the regime reacted constantly by upping the pressure killing more and more people opening fire kidnappings. you know the sieges of the thinking is now forced the hand i think of of of of many especially in the army to break away and to begin to defend neighborhoods this then develops into something much bigger and i'm much more threatening to the regime and you just feel that things are tightening very very fast around bashar assad and that a large section of the country are now in open revolt and that's a very dangerous situation for him i hear you say because we don't know where it's going to lead i hear you saying this but if he does decide to continue to stick his

grad president assad so far given no indication he's willing to step down where does it go then what other solutions could there be if they don't stay put. well you can see it's difficult to predict the future but you can see either a significant break inside the syrian state that is a larger section morgan a section of the military for example turning on him you can see sections of the of the merchants of the owners and so on turning against them and you can see. all at the same time you can seem kind of beginning in it becoming much more a sectarian war you know turning one one community against another you can see a whole series of quite dark horizons if you like fought for syria but at the same time you could also you can also see the way the movements developing and the way in which. the attempt by the original initiators of the movement the more peaceful such a movement who would be attempting to put some kind of control over the military

wing i mean it's such a dynamic and fluid situation is very difficult to predict apart from i think everyone now is pretty much agreed charlotte. is a block block anything really developing at any time a positive way. you know so i think it's no secret now that he has to go i mean i think this is there's no secret to this now ok well then the next question is who is viable what current viable alternative is that the current regimes who is always waiting in the wings well come on i think anyone's waiting in the wings and that's the truth i think probably what. kind of more optimistic. more optimistic position is that he resigns the immediate crisis then there is like a caretaker government that will come in the to organize them in some form of pre-election that's the kind of more positive. part of it there is

a series of extraordinarily vibrant civil society and it's been you know it's been under the cloak of repression for many many years you know that they do have the ability to to rule themselves to make the right decisions and so on i think there has to be more trust in the people of syria someone has more trust to go make the right decision and while we call you on the line last thought for you what is your expert view here what should prognosis where is syria going to be in six months time. the optimistic view i always try to remain optimistic is that bashar assad will step step aside they'll then be some form of transition in which the presence will be open in which the times will come off the streets and they'll be some form of some form of election that's the kind of more optimistic side more pessimistic side is that this carries on too much blood gets built too late for people to back down and you get a fully fledged insurgency. tens of thousands of deaths rather than thousands of

there and i think. the future really of the country i think what bashar assad has the say i'm sorry but i'm going to be very very straight on this he has to say what is more important the future of syria or ny position as president i think he has to make this is in the future of syria the integrity of syria is much more important than his position at the moment ok investigative journalist joining us that live on the line from london thank you very much for being on our take much appreciated let's get some more expert perspective now from russian or make a company called the chair of the head of the foreign affairs committee in the stadium and suppose the child has a great favor take the time and to be with us tonight when you heard what gentleman said there it does seem doesn't it the more international pressure that has been exerted on assad the more he seems to dig his heels in the more the fighting continues it seems to be escalating. where is it going to go what can be done now. the situation is. more and more alluring. and for me the

fact that the situation is escalating the violence is escalating is very flexion of the wrong approach taken by certain states a unilateral approach. the keep saying keep sending messages to the people of syria that you people see you are right and the thoughtless of syria are wrong and this is the wrong approach because their type of messages. introduces an illusion that yes the people of syria can get. freedom democracy whatsoever by using while and against their will in the story of this and not by negotiating not by maintaining the political process so this is the wrong message and they believe the message which is being sent to the syrian authorities to the people of syria by by russia is much more appropriate at the sanctions introduced by the arab league in the west was based on the fact that

assad was was clamping down and being violent begins his own country when of course we've seen a lot of violence we showing our viewers pictures just now the heavy water almost going on with the the free syrian army what is russia's view about the free syrian army in the way they're conducting themselves will be if you do have. questions because we may see that they use heavy weapons there will be groups so that it's not just about. throwing stones against policemen or. border guards this is composed using heavy weapons and this is a real war and for russia the most important thing is to. prevent further casualties further victims and the only the only a method to do their. he's to maintain the political process once again so i

believe that those who are in the united states and the european union and the arab league and everybody else there was a message to be sent to all conflicting policy of the country is to try to speak to each other but is that message being heard but can it be acted upon me russia has been actively at the forefront of trying to mediate talks here but it kind of isn't how are you happy with the world and where you're going least we are probably one of very few or maybe the only country which has which maintains these don't look both. mr cassatt and the opposition the opposition from from abroad resisted russia recently and you had the rather another discussion fewer and more school nobody else does the same see people either support these part or that part they are impartial we have dialogue we have discussions with each and every

one in the country and hopefully we will succeed in promoting the political process but the u.s. and its allies basically when they want regime change they want to go russia doesn't have that stance can't you see i'd say why you know the side you don't get run a negotiating table you know we do not have any standpoint on that at all because we believe that. there are only four isn't titled to take their decision whether to have regime change or not to here it is the people who see it karen it cannot be determined decided criticized in washington brussels mosque or elsewhere this is the most important difference between our approach then the approach of the rule what we got you here just will want to take a minute or two to focus on russia's relations at the moment with the us of course that stumbling block the us ongoing the missile defense missile defense plan what's the latest state of play there well first of all it's not neat as both the united

states missile defense you need to use. they write it on their p.c. and they'll be have a dialogue on the on there is need to as well but this is mostly true with the united states the situation is you know it's rather peculiar because russia is more or less ridea to accept the coming developments on the precondition that there will be you certainly guarantees a legal guarantee is legally binding guarantees for this system not to be aimed at russia it does not take place it does not occur and this is called we get more and more questions right we cannot give for issuing this label why would the explanation be there for the only explanation is that sooner or later this system will be aimed at russia will be used against russia at least in terms of setting pressure on russia this is the only explanation we can see in this situation and

this is absolutely unacceptable so what would moscow's response be if this if this project does continue without any more import being allowed russia number one we want to work the situation well we will have to take response measures and we do our utmost in order to prevent that development number two in case that will happen we have many options and most of them are much much cheaper and equally fish and in comparison with the missile defense system by the united states so we feel more self just safe and secure the moment to prefer to prevent further harm cerise this is the only reason which really we have in this situation the final question are you confident that there will be a way forward were all parties are happy and in time soon. well this is a philosophic question being to be confident on that lot well i believe in the.

common future for for for russia the united states and countries in the middle east and elsewhere because we are all the same people and there are some but we have to to make agreements to make up for a nice assert compromises and to cooper it was a shock clouded over the program consequence of childhood of the russian foreign affairs committee the state david thanks very much. ok in ten minutes time tonight we discuss whether the eurozone will be able to overcome its debt troubles at the sport or head to the news out of the european football championships all revealed them with their unit shortly now let's get across that wednesday business. thanks kevin access into the world trade organization means russia will have to alter some of its existing contracts with foreign companies in particular this concerns the car industry as art is made in the course of excellence. right now russia isn't

a good place financially and is prepared to compromise to make it into the w t o that's the view of driving your points and mrs russia is in a much better position than many of its european supports the country's g.d.p. grew three point two percent in the first nine months of the year and as you said see at the moment jitters to go away with me here of course the country is not immune to the crisis taking place beyond its borders which is why it's actively seeking ways to help the prime minister says this is mainly done through the international monetary fund now one of them so russia's eminent accession says that up until carmakers are and main concern and lattimer britain says the governments have to change some words and existing contracts with international companies this year the government already promised transparency several foreign companies including we were told strike in and bruno and in exchange they agree to assemble a hundred thousand cars a year and russia using mostly locally made components now the benefits are

expected to last on so it's once it's mind but one of the p.t.o. means they could be lifted earlier the prime minister says compensation will be paid to meet russia's promises to investors and that's just one of the many things that needs to be ironed out as the country joins the trade body. staying with biggio accession russia main challenge the e.u. set new energy rules for the trade but only as agency quotes a government official who says there could be an effect of ways to protect the country's interests when it becomes a member by the end of the e.u. the russian government has repeatedly complained about the so-called third energy package in the e.u. which bans gas producers from owning the transit routes in particular this affects gas for. the markets toil is up but one hundred one and a half dollars per barrel for my next true this is the first time we're seeing news from places since april this year because of a decline in us. soil in the trees on the flip door narrow the price difference

know that between a brent's and futures this is pressuring shares of midwest petroleum refiners which have been benefiting from cheap over the show prices over the summer u.s. stocks are lower on wednesday after the bank of england said prospects for europe's economy have worsened and company results were disappointing for example from the from the good that. was the close in europe the footsie is down by just not sure this is of course because of bank of england outlook and the dax is down for a full straight session because technologies slumped off to forecasting lower twenty twelve sales. finally the close in moscow where high oil prices didn't help the indices not sheltie as my six some more than a third of a percent down particularly the main movers rosneft was pretty much the only gain among blue chips on those higher oil prices up one point six percent response to

the outstanding gain of more than ten percent after announcing a buyback with a sixty percent premium to the market price. business out he will be back next hour with nothing else either.