to get your opinion on the ongoing situation in greece if you log on to r.t. dot com you can have your say in our latest worldwide poll where today we're asking you what impact will the latest rescue measures have on the greek economy here are you voting for this hour at r.t. dot com exactly half of you believe that the new measures will do nothing as the greek economy is already. a third think it will mean only more hardship for the greek people all eleven percent of you think the e.u. won't allow greece's economy to collapse and getting down to the nitty gritty here just a minority now believing that bailouts are the only way the country can survive those are the figures for this hour all that could change if you had your thoughts in our debate. and as greece struggles to control its economic crisis the e.u. turns up the heat on iran over its nuclear program the european union has announced a series of financial sanctions including plans to stop importing iranian oil from july meanwhile the rons president mahmoud ahmadinejad announced that the islamic

republic would soon reveal major advances in its nuclear program. and that europe is playing a risky game by cutting off trade with tehran because e.u. consumers account for around twenty percent of iran's oil output the spanish ambassador to tehran said that sanctions will hurt his country more than any other european state and madrid great journalist. says the e.u. embargo serves only the interest of the u.s. well that's what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to disembark go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for europe. in union for the euro and that can happen because

of the. political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut off the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe you're watching the weekly here on our t.v. we are coming to you live from moscow and still on the way in the program or center but the man accused of being wiki leaks source of american secrets is branded a terrorist by some of those nominated him for the nobel peace prize. civil society is stepping into the front line of russian politics with the aim of

keeping the upcoming presidential election fair and transparent leading figures and members of the public in joining forces and most importantly they seem to have the support of all five candidates as well as the voters. going off as these details. it doesn't take long to find videos of alleged violations during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough and scores of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the allegations are still to be proven in court tens of thousands of people have been taking to the street demanding fair elections with marches presidential votes just around the corner events are unfolding quickly where. people want to vote responsibly and to know where their villages go what they want political competition independent courts in media and forming the voters' league is not meant the idea was floating in the air the voters league was

officially founded in january by a group of journalists bloggers activists artists writers and other public figures and statements waiting tedious plague t.v. host and now activist to one of the ladies. or the head of a charity fund and blogger elizabeth the be also known as dr lisa. or other school martha ordinator of the blue book its movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone. our league is an opportunity to gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening to more people with a similar position there are better the leagues main goal is to ensure fair elections is published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be a part of public discussions and online votes are the key instruments and letters have been sent to all presidential candidates asking. them to cooperate with a week and even though the project is less than

a month auld everyone has so far agreed including pledging little to another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with the leak years ago and willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand leagues of this was also arranged to put together a unified database to keep track of the election political according to its founders around ten thousand observers are needed to ensure a fair election in moscow alone. it's great that the civil society wants to be more active but it's clearly important not to cross the line and observers not only are a position it is serious of limitations not to teach science in the political process. it is the league's founders say those shut the organisation down if it ever starts turning into a political movement they are keen to work with all candidates equally there's no doubt society has changed more people want to have more influence on russia's political life perhaps that's why it took less than one month for the voters league

to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promised from the candidates the league just me secure enough access to a fact that we monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality is going off r t moscow. let's get to some other global news for you in brief this hour our time for they are all about they will start israel or garces specifically your israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip have left one person dead and at least four others wounded warplanes fired missiles at three different areas just after midnight on saturday the first hit a field east of gaza city with another landing near the israeli border and a third near the city of qom eunice the israeli army confirmed the strikes saying they had targeted sites belonging to terrorist organizations. police in bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hunger. of antigovernment protesters in the capital manama and no injuries were reported but witnesses say at least one

protester was detained and has been on the rise over the past few weeks as the country heads towards the first anniversary of a brutally crushed protest against. five newspaper journalists have been arrested over alleged payments made to police and public officials rupert murdoch the owner of news international says he's committed to keeping the tabloid newspaper the sun up and running the investigation as part of the country's phone hacking scandal that came to light last year he revealed that journalists it was a common practice to monitor the private voicemail messages of celebrities. whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight the six time grammy award winner was found in a beverly hills hotel room on saturday the performer struggled with drugs and alcohol problems later in her career even went to rehab last year authorities have yet to determine the exact cause of houston's death.

while the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing government secrets to wiki leaks has been nominated for the nobel peace prize he's been put forward by the icelandic parliamentary group which said he should be recognized for exposing war crimes the twenty four year old who spent more than a year behind bars awaiting trial in the u.s. meantime but a key. member of parliament things that manning has played an important role in helping to tackle war crimes committed by governments. bradley manning deserve this honor because it is in criminal or along the whistle on war crimes it is not a criminal act to blow the whistle on war crimes or to blow the whistle on any crime. we feel bad. now by these leaks for example the video

calero motor. the wall. and pete you people that have. put their name to the war in afghanistan and iraq through their governments need to know what is really going on there and by knowing what is going on there then we citizen can apply more pressure on our governments to be a comfortable at the core of the crimes that have been put out in our name so we do not. let the bradley manning case be because of his in just treatment to be the course of silencing all the people the courageous people who want to do their civic duty by reporting on crime spear corporates states or military. it's a good to have you with us on this sunday you're watching art's here live from moscow with me warry sushi back with the headlines in just a moment. download

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you're watching live from moscow time for your headlines here as part of the weekly the arab league is set to decide its future efforts on syria as violence escalates in the u.s. coalition of the willing against damascus hundreds of people are being killed across syria just over the past week. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of mubarak's ouster of thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. clinging to power which they

refuse to give up until at least june. and the people of greece and march on the streets and. anger over a new set of cards as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is now due to debate a draft bill on fresh austerity measures demanded by the e.u. and i.m.f. . and russian a civil society takes center stage in politics as a critical public figure steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential vote with the packing from all of the goal of the so-called voters is to ensure a fair and transparent election. and i hear a lot see you we talked to pakistan's foreign minister that of. bonnie carter who explains why she thinks that america's war on terror is actually doing more harm than good watching our say. she is the youngest foreign minister and

a world that has to deal with some of the toughest security challenges he not rabani khar pakistan's foreign minister is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for your time minister it's been more than ten years since pakistan joined the u.s. military operations in afghanistan do you think that was the right thing to do you see i think. you would you know things look very different but of course. the collaboration that pakistan has had in the last ten years pakistan has bit of a heavy price for that but it is also a fact that pakistan inhibits the region inhabits the region and will continue to have this region and this region has some serious problems the region has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have a collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid this region rather than. sort of unitary approaches. in how we want to rid this region you mentioned. the

price of your involvement in afghanistan has been pretty high many thousand of your citizens lost their lives millions of people have been replaced. there are estimates that it cost your country around seventy billion u.s. dollars but we often hear criticism about pakistan's role. in vomit in afghanistan found the american side do you think the united states treats you fairly. i would like to answer that question by saying that what is crucial to solid robust partnership is that each able to live or operate within the bounds of what is. believed to be you know what has been agreed first treating fairly is concerned i think pakistan has in this particular case not been treated fairly by anybody for that matter because pakistan continue to. stand continues to lose in terms of economic cost in terms of the social cost i

think sometimes that is not emphasized on enough so we continue to lose in many many ways but some time the rule that is put on pakistan is a rule which is understandable which defies logic so to speak because if the first country to benefit from is stable understands pakistan and the first country to lose from in you know unstable understand is also pakistan so pakistan stick a very high and that is what is commonly believed that yes pakistan stakes are very high but pakistan sticks are very high in having stability in afghanistan not instability in the stand so we have maintained and we stated very clearly that it is really for the one people to determine what course of action they want to take in any way possible whether they want to have strategic alliance with country a country b. it's a sovereign country we must respect them as that but pakistan's rule in any way can only be there to support of i think saying that pakistan is cause of the problem

and is creating trouble is an imaginary solution it is an imaginary blame it is an imaginary looking for an answer but the real solution. the real problems have to be faced you know on the ground now as we all know that the united states has been taking on the lead role in this military operation. why do you think with all its military power and the resources that are invested into these campaign white anything. the results are not that impressive as a few i think i'm not the right person to answer that question it should be somebody from the us administration i want to question to be right i don't think it is important whether the u.s. is succeeding or is winning in afghanistan or not what is important is whether of one the stand is when they were not because the goal of the u.s. and pakistan and the region and all the forty eight countries which operate in of understand is to make of understand when if i may come back to the issue of american criticism for just one question president obama said in

a number of occasions that one of the reasons why the united states is using drones to file for your territory and to hit targets on your territory is because the pakistani authorities allegedly are not in control of their own land and my question is. why pakistan tolerating the use of military technology that are killing targets on pakistani land that ultimately oftentimes lead to the. loss of life among the pakistani citizens this is one of the major problems that keeps us from achieving our successes in our view. not only completely illegal and awful and have north resolution to be used within the domains of international law but even more importantly they are counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and extremism because

if one strike leads to getting a new target number one or target number three to do it you're creating five more targets or ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the for doing that it gets to the militants to attract more people to join the ranks we are to be in pakistan suffering from the consequences of what you know many other problems of the world decided to do in that region to rid itself of the. a challenge that appeared in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine which was the soviet invasion of one star now in trying to deal with you have created certain groups which are to be. a challenge to everybody so again do we want to repeat the same mistakes again clearly pakistan doesn't think so and pakistan has categorically said that it is illegal under full counterproductive other any than ears in your view reasonable values that pakistan could take in case of drone attacks beyond forcing its concern

or a distraction my question to you is it just an issue of some countries allowing. greater freedom and greater perth far off foreign policy tools than others that would be a very unfair world and i hope that's not a world that we are moving towards and therefore the questions of illegality and under full tools is extremely important one and it is absolutely currently no compromise in pakistan about that if you look at as i said i think this is partially one of the major reasons which is responsible for we are today and pakistan a country which considers itself to be a sovereign country it considers to be an independent country has therefore decided to reassess the whole terms of engagement because it is very clear that this is not part of the terms of engagement now if that clarity is required elsewhere i guess the parliament will be in its right to be able to define it but please mr approach

that the approach that we taking is not that of a confrontation the prudes they've been taking is that for doing the partnership which is which is based on mutual respect and based on mutual interest just last week. and her report was leaked to the media that pakistani security forces and maintaining contacts with. terrorism and extremist organizations that are operating in afghanistan as far as i understand there was ever an. allegation that they're supporting them financially. is this true first of all this is not a new to report we were told by need to at least that this is a. single person not need to report but is single country and a single person and pretty much. all the bottle because this is not a new accusation or allegation which has been made in pakistan the specific contact the dimension where with the taliban of outer intelligence agencies i think every

intelligence agency in the world particularly the ones which are working in the one cement in styles with one group or the other and all of them at some level. and this does are now pretty much out in the open because people are openly talking about talking to this but i think just creating you know this is something which is not even worth a comment quite frankly the united states is expected to withdraw its troops from afghanistan and a matter of a few years is pakistan looking forward to that event but you see again they came here with some goals and objectives we would hope that most of those goals and objectives are met or at least partially met and we would hope that when they leave in the understand of one son is a better place than when they first came but the long term presence of foreign troops in the region is always always counterproductive so yes but we would also be very very mindful of what is the situation on the ground when they leave because

instability more instability is clearly something that this region cannot afford i'd like to switch gears a little bit and ask you about iran you know the west. piling its pressure on that country which is your neighbor and longtime partner. how would pakistan respond in a case of a military strike against iran we would strongly ask all countries to desist from any option which is military at all because this region has already seen too much and we do not want any further destabilization we feel very strongly that these things can be settled on the negotiation table that there should be flexibility shown and that dialogue should be considered to be the only via forward and it would have disastrous let me go to pakistan feels it would have disastrous results for the region what about syria do you support a military intervention against assad regime we support no military intervention against in the region because we feel that independent sovereign in the territorial

integrity of a country are important aspects and there in shrine that many many places now what we need to ensure the international community is is that violence from any side is not given lunch is not allowed to. move forward thank you very much for a time minister thank you. for syria often here and. there still in the way. that your money. if you want to have sex go and have sex.

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the a. the arab league is set to decide its future syria. and the u.s. coalition of the willing. hundreds of people being killed across syria just over the past week. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first of. the thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council. which they refused to give up until at least june. the people of greece of. the government struggled to keep the country's

economy afloat. demanded by the e.u. . civil society takes center stage in politics so a group of public figures to monitor the upcoming presidential vote i would backing from all of the candidates the goal of the. league is to ensure a fair. election. into the world of sports poll now. thank you very much and warm welcome to the world of sports here is what's coming up. not gone for long reports claim former indian coach fabio capello could be in line to place i'm g.

managing your question is john with the club expected to make an announcement on monday. making our rockets russia given a lifeline in the davis cup tie with austria federer switzerland the white washed by the usa. and a tiger ready to pounce former world number one golfer tiger woods is four shots behind leader charlie wayne going into the final round of the pebble beach national in california. but first a football reports in both the russian and british press claim that former england manager fabio capello could be in line for a move to the russian premier league with big spending and jay capello resigned from his job as manager of the three lines this week after the football association went against his wishes and strip john terry of the captaincy and reports claim the italian could be in line to replace manager. at the club with the russian season resuming next month g a seventh in the table.