hello ten pm here in moscow you're watching r t live with me kevin zero in on our top story this hour the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to ban imports of a radian crude the sanctions could come into effect by the end of january unless around backs down on its alleged nuclear weapons program to round responded to the sanctions with threats to block oil trade through the crucial strait of hormuz leading to a continued deadlock in the gulf american warships are also present in the region with a mission to prevent any hindrances of passage i spoke to john recently stop the war coalition he told me that western worries over iran's supposed nuclear ambitions have always just been excuse to cartel iranian influence in the region. this isn't just about nuclear weapons if it were about nuclear weapons in the middle east then the united states would have

a bone to pick with israel which is the only power in the middle east which actually possesses nuclear weapons it's not about that that's the course by life but the reason for this continued conflict is because the american administration simply can't live with an iran which has as much regional power as it has at the moment you see the americans when they look at the iranian regime they see its links with syria they see it links with hamas they see links with hezbollah and this is a challenge to american power in an absolutely critical economically critical geopolitically critical area of the globe and it's that which is the sticking point for the american ministration in my view there are some people hawks in israel hawks in the united states who want to start all this militarily and it does seem to me that once we begin on the process of implementing sanctions of iran responding to the sanctions that there will be calls further down the road for direct military conflict and that in this case is even more dangerous than it was in the case of iraq. thoughts too from pier girl on perth

a political science professor from paris west university told me that by isolating iran western leaders are trying to improve their political standing in things ignoring the economic dangers that it spells from an economic point of view it is not wise but you know from a political point of view this is grandstanding and political. coming from leaders who are facing elections obama in the us and obama has very tough on iran because it is accused by the republicans are being soft on iran and so cozy who is quite discredited in crans is trying to score a success so trying to bash iran something good for political reasons for this readers on the domestic speech economically of course if prices continue to raise it would be very bad for the entire global economy i think the sanctions are likely to affect european countries as well and in fact i read that mario draghi is asking

for a delivery to live because it ran owes it to live a lot of money so maybe the sanctions are not going to happen in the way they were announced today but it would be very bad for europe when you climb is no doubt it would also have an impact on the ranch but iran has other possibilities the most obvious one is of course selling to china. we'd love to hear your opinions on this story head to the forum section of our website r t dot com to get involved this is some of the thought she'd been setting yourself but what you things can happen in the region. one of you is saying the world still in a financial crisis which george bush and tony leave us with maybe russia and china will throw their weight forward to stop an attack on iran another opinion around will not dare to hump oil exports and start a war in the middle east simply because it would be brazed to the ground europe and america could easily impose any sanctions or brand for the good of all people on earth one more view point is that we should quote just hope that at least one side

of this conflict will be sensible to push the other towards an all out which automatically means nuclear war the us is playing with fire putting pressure on iran go to form section of r.t. dot com to see more opinions and also of course of your say. coming up for the program with me kevin our internet shifting priorities at the pentagon and. the u.s. on bail see its new military strategy ground war they are now seen as pathway and a new kind of warfare is indoors i'll tell you more about it as i come back in just a few minutes. right now though prosecutors in the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak of called for death by hanging for him and his closest associates they justified their request by arguing that mubarak was personally responsible for every protest to death during the country's revolution the eighty three year olds currently suffering severe health problems international relations

expert professor mark colvin told me honey mubarak would only bring harm to the region. structure. will come to our present state. to. be in wider group. but barring instant. hiram a person. finder and straight current resigning his memory crease. more than our life so in fact i could find a perspective here for our music so we can do great damage. to do so but the poor sound quality on the show would have interview there earlier

on more thought radio host and author stephen leatherman said he believes that the trials merely a diversion from the continuing unrest in the country this is a distraction this is to divert the public a wrong story it's legitimate a year by believing the interstate for several days and then trait will result of cells in the process taking things or worse know one of the military and in know also the people running the country the same ones closely allied with know beric what you say is sane people because all agreements those of the people are objecting to but i think the protest will go on and the people will all the violence will continue is this struggle there is a long way to go. meanwhile in syria over five hundred fifty prisoners involved in the anti regime uprising there have been released according to state t.v. it comes as arab league officials say the governments pulled out heavy weapons and

tanks from civilian areas that something activists had previously said was untrue opposition groups also accused the massacres of misleading the league's observers by taking them to areas that were loyal to the government as pressure builds on syrian authorities the country's foreign ministry slammed the u.s. for interfering that's after washington sent an envoy to the arab league for talks about the latest developments beirut based political analysts and journalists roman new xabi says the league observers run the heavy western pressure. the arab observers that have been. sent to syria from the arab league in cairo have been working for the past week and additional numbers of observers entering syria they are under a lot of pressure apparently some american pressure there are pressures by some arab countries that are pro-american on the your observers to actually like the way they will draft their reports these observers the syrian officials have been given

the order service access to all locations in syria today the observations are visiting the prison in that. they have access to police stations they have access to different localities in the different neighborhoods where there was a lot of tension now let's hope that they will let the commission do its job independently and will make the truth come out and the truth i think is that there are. gunmen shooting at the army there are some groups of gunmen who are creating chaos in syria now they are profiting from. the movement it's such a big shame that some western powers and some follow an intervention in syria in affairs is using these people and using the demands of these people to reach political objectives and that's a very destructive move on the part of the united states and its allies in the

region. and later they're looking at post gadhafi libya the leader of the m.t.c. claiming the country could be on the brink of civil war calling for immediate crackdown on. thousands remain behind bars over the previous political allegiances . plus. this region's forests some of the world's rarest big cats but they also host timber mills and illegal hunters who stand to make a great profit reporting on some of the world's most. before predators of being preyed upon themselves and rushes far east. barack obama has announced a new road map for the u.s. military with an emphasis on making the military leaner and cheaper the plan calls on the armed forces to abandon their ability to fight two similar ten years land wars and reshift focus instead to surrounding and containing china and iran let's not cross to a washington correspondent gunny she cam is there. can you flesh out this for us

what exactly are these changes proposed and what's going to mean both for the u.s. and for the rest of the world. well essentially as outlined by both the president and defense secretary the new strategy is to move away from ground wars from long term stability operations to mobile wars where the u.s. can as we don't put out a put it shift and deploy forces to fight any enemy anywhere they said they're going to invest heavily in new capabilities in drones in space technologies to give the u.s. military this whole new shape which is the defense secretary said would be nothing like the cold war or the post cold war military meaning they're moving away from ground wars told words from air wars toward the intelligence war so to speak the u.s. is pull troops out of iraq would still thousands of contractors behind president obama said it was draw all day for u.s. forces in afghanistan which is due in twenty fourteen but winding down the decade

of being conclusive wars in iraq and afghanistan won't necessarily mean less wars but rather the wars of a different shape shape that was outlined to us this morning the u.s. is already fighting this new kind of warfare on multiple fronts in different countries with the use of air force with the use of drones levy as one example the whole country was destroyed mainly from air pakistan is another example not a successful one though people in pakistan are infuriated by u.s. strikes which end up killing many civilians and as it happened recently their own pakistani soldiers although washington said the strike was a tragic mistake the u.s. will have to do a lot of damage control work to help the pakistani leadership overcome the humiliation so although the u.s. administration looks at the old strategy of ground wars is passe and irrelevant in this day and age yet it's not clear what results the new strategy will bring. in the washington correspondent thanks for giving us the dittos they appreciated.

marking one of the lowest moments is the onset of europe's debt crisis more than two years ago the greek government is now publicly threatened to abandon the euro the warnings came from the prime minister lucas papademos as negotiations over a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout package dragged on here and warned that the greek economy could enter an uncontrolled collapse as early as march if more cash isn't secured creditors and greeks are at loggerheads with bankers refusing to write off any more debt while the union say they won't make any more austerity cuts the hope that our is that a fiscal union will act as a last line of defense against the debt crisis but that's something that leading economist aereo clamors little faith in in my system it is that this europe will not be able to form such a political union there is too much. countries to different. countries are too attached to their own softened they have different styles they have a hard time working together on international issues think of iraq the union in

europe is not all that strong. it is forced if you walk around in brussels you feel like european union is for real but as soon as you are away from brussels and walk around in the country the rest of europe you see that brossel is far away from from them. and it's not reality the people we live with. just a few the thoughts of mcconnell history of clamor spoke to us we got a full interview coming your way in fifteen minutes time tonight and with the who mired in its debt debacle you might think that germany which been bankrolling the bloc survival effort would be most concerned with among many people there the river a different priorities these days r.t. if you can offer a ports next on an interesting phenomenon the rise of the country's pirate party. it looks like an ordinary scene at one of the many bars in berlin except there is

one thing which makes this party totally different from all the others the parties they must get out and. translate literature for the pirate part of germany that's right and this is an annual meeting of a political party and all these people are alone it's eighteen thousand members across germany like me treat was tired of the mainstream and i was really disappointed in. all this the same way. the faces. and the firefighters are different one of its key differences apart from the style in general is a software system called liquid feedback allowing ordinary germans the opportunity to propose policies online the pirate stand for more transparency and freedom on the internet but when it comes to core issues like the economy and we don't have currently a stand on this this crisis maybe you will have after the next federal convention

but this wasn't a problem of the previous election for the berlin state problem a time when the port authority managed to win nearly nine percent of the vote securing fifteen seats most people who i talked to they say are just something something fresh to me like because many germans believe that politics are cross to this time as the big players struggle with big economic and political issues but part party doesn't even have an official stance on the eurozone crisis or the arab spring nevertheless it continues gathering more supporters i mean a coincidence or an alarming signal for me stream politicians the free democrats party which is an go in merkel's federal coalition porter is the first to feel the change of heart from voters that actually lost that berlin along with another for local votes across the country a mainstream politics is also losing attractiveness because. there's often too

little distinction or distinctiveness between different parties from different fields or areas sometimes it's even difficult to tell the difference between conservative and social democrat experts see the port parties key success to use the internet as the new driving force changing politics similar to the we was influenced by t.v. over half a century ago so unless the mainstream parties adapt and change their tactics minami too long before they could find themselves on the margins this kind of. germany. from europe's financial troubles has now created an unholy row with the british government and the archbishop of come to brain or engage in a bitter spat over banking greed that exchange was missed by these cars report coming next hour on this channel. that canterbury blasted for comparing rioters and bankers as politicians urge them to focus on religion here is how david cameron's

government chose to hit back who did they appoint to speak lord green a first pierpoint nor green he says oh poppycock this is not. bishop i think a lot has changed since two thousand and eight actually and i think there has been a lot of soul searching in the financial services industry quite rightly to just. look down take the one across science that is frank frank and face reality ok your entire cities being burned down by terrorist bankers and out there on the court and with cameras rubbing uglies when you should be doing something productive. more later the head of libya's transitional government admitted the country could be sliding into civil war he says it's a likely outcome unless the n.t.s.c.

manages to take control over militias and to disarm them as follows a recent skirmish between armed groups in tripoli streets that left four dead meantime the country's justice system remains a source of concern with thousands remaining behind bars with ever being charged on a boy who reports for r.t. . uh it was one of the first amnesty of the new libya hundreds of men and women many of them sub-saharan immigrants released from a makeshift prison most of them spent several months in captivity for the crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. we are releasing those who didn't commit serious crimes those with blood on their hands will be waiting for the prosecutor's decision when you have the richest were eager to pain the release as a goodwill gesture with the detention and the parole seemed entirely arbitrary some of the dictators supporters as these people to be just work for government agencies

and others happen to be domestic helpers or government workers and now equal before the law rather before the absence of it they are also in prison was triple his top detention facility under gadhafi the tories for its mistreatment and arbitrary killings of inmates but while all of its prisoners rest south free in late august as the rebels are on the capital dozens possibly even hundreds of makeshift prisons sprang out around the country according to u.n. estimates up to seven thousand allowed to get out the loyalists are being held there a flip all chance for justice a fair trial just a year ago the place used to be a school today demain last i'm being told here is that during the transition to democracy quick reactions are a must while many in the new libyan government held positions of power under gadhafi those who failed to jump on the bandwagon early enough and now finding themselves tugged behind bars. now in libya there are about

a thousand people in detention and the problem is they haven't had any legal review they haven't had access to a lawyer they haven't been brought before any independent judicial panel or judges so that's what we're calling for now is a quick and. legal review and rebuilding the justice system the treatment is even more brutal outside tripoli the turn now to where a good the gadhafi forces used to launch attacks against misrata is still a ghost town many of its former residents live in refugee camps and even there are extraordinary renditions by militia a common this man says he was tortured for several days before finally being released the rule to be to you until you confess to things you haven't committed like entering homes or looting it's a grueling dilemma many of these mothers and wives have to confront to pray for their loved ones to be rotting in a prison with torture being officially acknowledged and you hope for their death

children need their fathers and women need their husbands the government isn't doing anything to find them if they're dead that we want to know where they are more than a month since his capture libya's most famous prison there is still doesn't have access to a lawyer and while many dollars a full islams ability to have a fair trial he still appears to be better off than many of his country man at least thanks to the limelight he's not running a risk of being executed like his father while many still are. artsy tripoli. some other stories making news around the world tonight a wave of explosions in iraq killed seventy two wounded more than one hundred the deadliest attack was in the country so claiming allies with a forty four shia pilgrims make time in baghdad a bomb attached to a motorbike went off near a bus station that was followed by three other explosions the violence has raised fears insurgents are stepping up attacks after u.s. troops pull out last month. former israeli prime minister ehud olmert has been

indicted on corruption charges he's accused of taking bribes to promote the construction of housing projects it dates back to before his term in office although it's already on trial for three and related crimes for fraud and breach of trust but denies all the charges. a change of direction next as we continue to explore all corners of russia with our close up series and today we're taking you to the combat oscar region in russia's far east it's in fact eight thousand kilometers from here in moscow. just given the scale of it there is on the map well for a long time how about us has been a safe haven for a huge range of rare and remarkable animals including the beautiful siberian tigers but with major industries advancing into this picture perfect coastal region much of the wildlife is now coming out of threat tom barton takes up the story.

feeding time polluted the tiger he was found starving in the forest as a six month old car he's now nineteen years old has a pair of platinum false teeth and as a siberian tiger he's one of an increasingly scarce breed in this region's forests a home to some of the world's rarest big cats but they also host the loggers timber mills and illegal hunters who stand to make a great profit here and whose activities have pushed those same leopards and tigers to the brink of extinction. look miller looks after tigers bears deer in fact just about any injured forest animals that arrive at her center as well as poachers it's forestry the impact it has on local habitats that concerns her signals and tigers need a lot of territory to survive there can be a lot together when there's forestry the animals they prey on are scared off and so the tigers have to leave killing it off so what it really comes down to is russia's

endless forests being assaulted by the power of industry this new timber factory in the far east it's eight hundred thousand cubic metres of wood a year and it's expanding but they're not concerned by forestry saying. they're responsible loggers yes that there was another name that is trees are a new bill resource unlike coal oil we plant trees to replace the ones we cut down so that we plenty for the next generation environmentalists paint a very different picture they say there aren't even reliable records of the rampant tree cutting and warn that russia's forests aren't as endless as the timber barons think can wish there was go up north but when we tell officials at the so little untouched forest remaining they only industrialists get very onerous they say environmental organizations are trying to shut down their industry if i will there are others trying to replace lost forest this local government project harvests and

sorts pine seeds grows them into saplings and then plants them but they admit that the planting just isn't keeping pace with the felling. in an ordinary year we can replace logging losses but if there's a forest fire as well it could take us ten years to catch up we're fighting a losing battle. flutie is all right he has his meals brought to him but his cousins out in the wild could soon run out of places to go tom boxen. one party that would pay more than twenty minutes tonight to we're talking sports here on r t the inquest into my student had shot three male defeat to newcastle fun of what man just to alex ferguson had to say about that in our sports policy and not with andrew shortly but the top stories before that in a couple of minutes time it's now or twenty six now and it's exactly past ten moscow time. long as.

all. the close up team has been to dagestan birthplace to the most ambitious football

club in the world. now margy goes to the far east where the timber industry affects the legendary siberian tigers where the ancient native community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's mental well starts its way across the ocean. well come to the bars creature russia blows up on archie. now it's not about spilling blood. it's the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut people from the land for twelve year. the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over.

wealthy british style. is not on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our.

twenty four seven around the world sees our top stories tonight the e.u. says it's agreed in principle on a rainy normal exports driving up fears of a spike in oil prices a troubled global economy. prosecutor death by hanging for eighty three year old former president hosni mubarak ousted from power. it's already been seen as an attempt to divert attention from criticism of the country's interim.