with a partner who lends you money nonstop provides you with cheap labor and host thousands of your factory to the remarkable development of china u.s. relations america's love for china would be boundless if not for the growing fear of it these guys around for us and end up at the ends and looking for ways to. to work to harm us i want to be china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business menacing and vilifying china are typical for political campaigns in america these days like these gents admin delegate. as to adapt to our form to do it and that is how our great empire grows again. it's not too late to stop this nightmare it's on r.g.p. even children still made in china in short. no sweetie the chinese aren't

going to get. they're still billion other than the economy is getting there with their fear does it take now to do they're going to be get in there. with china being the biggest foreign creditor for the us the economic interdependency between the two is raising red flags in the minds of many americans that china can very easily just bankrupt america overnight all they've got to do is just dump dollars in treasuries switch to euros radio the current lets him have a market except experts agree china would never do that because beijing is just as interested in preserving the value of their us treasury holdings as well as the rich market for their manufactured goods but this economy interdependency becomes a headache for washington when china demonstrates policies independent from america's will and the white house has to stifle this content behind full on smiles china blocking the u.s. back. resolution on syria is one example russia came under fire from washington for

opposing forceful regime change in syria while u.s. criticism for china was far more muted for taking the same position but the reality is that china the west have to treat with much more with kid gloves because of the integral relationship in terms of the way that the chinese economy now is so totally woven in with the western one night the country is capable of dominating the other and that the country is going to win a cold war type situation as china's influence grows president obama has pledged to strengthen u.s. positions in the pacific going as far as the ploughing extra troops to the region this is made some wonder whether the u.s. can reconcile with the situation when it's not dominating. and now it's deceptive at the pentagon by the way the pivot seems from the middle east to asia this means more u.s. interest is so also in the sauce china sea military station the starting in norse

in australia but maybe in contacts with surely p.m.'s singapore and thailand specially very close allies of us here in southeast asia so the chinese they look at this in a big circle washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with the you know america may find itself off the list of those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington are. well some of the day's news now making headlines around the world this hour a very nearly twenty twenty people being killed in baghdad after an explosion struck a crowd of recruits outside a police academy no group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which also saw at least twenty eight others wounded iraq's police are considered to be the weakest element of the country's security forces were. the target of bombings and

shootings almost daily. a prison riot in northern mexico is leaf left at least twenty people dead the unrest started in the city of darker when a group of soul mates took one of the guards hostage the rock then spread to a second block deadly unrest in mexican prisons is common with gangs often attempting jailbreak some thirty one inmates died in january in a riot in the gulf coast city of baltimore a. few months to go until the french presidential election was a loss of course he has held his first major campaign speech in the port city of must say the president was met by thousands of cheering supporters this is the latest opinion polls place him behind a rival and current front runner. france is now facing an unemployment rate nearing ten percent and has been forced to cut spending and raise taxes. pop icon whitney houston is being laid to rest at a private ceremony in new jersey the star was buried next to her father who died in

two thousand and three comes a day after an emotional goodbye service attended by some of the biggest names in music at the church where and sang in the choir as a child the six time grammy award winner was found dead in the buff at a beverly hills hotel last week. candidates standing in the fast approaching russian presidential election and doing all they cared to woo the electorate news channels are airing intense debates and controversial t.v. adverts what is there a pushover is taking a closer look at the tools contenders are using to win support. we were speaking this is the video that's called the most across so far in the presidential campaigns underway in russia in it one of the candidates version of famously his showmanship and occasional fist fights with hello pollen italians claims mcgann other times when russia's symbol was a traditional troika with three day horses and jingle bells this little mantra donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to

a standstill like percent of us with less than a month to go the five counties have plastered the streets with election posters and desolate views with t.v. promos heated discussions on television and radio and the internet have become part of everyday life. i don't cause in the race billionaire businessman mikhail prokhorov promises their arrival of a new russia with a new president known for his height riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally editorials party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we are vegeta healthier for the lower body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are a familiar crowd to the voters the unchanging leader of the communist party good ideas are going to present a fresh image with a campaign featuring

a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party still game it on the it's trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. on the street politics there are only talk i have a big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage oh he's job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the only candidate with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely

by not going there and according to the latest opinion polls the level of support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core electorate because when. people like right wing politic politician brought her up are saying that you know the social benefits from the cut that factories that are inefficient because the states would not interfere so much i think that the message that people get across russia is that like we should keep election day may only be around the corner but this still plenty of time for the other four would be presidents to try and chip away at current lead and while some voters rely on traditional t.v. campaigning others are turning to the internet for some comic relief. and then call himself believe john paul bonhomme of supposedly. has recently become an online

sensation with a song praising the virtues of the prime minister all the. initials. less and while the jury's out on whether it's propaganda or clever hoax aimed at discrediting putin the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. gary showed up party scale. one of the few moments from now american war activists brought tells us why preventing iran from getting nuclear weapons isn't the real driving force for the u.s. and its nice before that's got to the new story stay with us live here this is the weekly.

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this is. news in the week's top stories now. the un. general assembly. resolution the president. calls for talks to break the stalemate promises reforms. to the

streets once again as lawmakers clear up more cuts to secure vital rescue cash which could be cleared on monday but the population is still at the forefront of greek society. well for some insight into what may be behind the pressure on iran we've been speaking to becky he's a member of the antiwar coalition and that interview is coming up next. than now. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean. even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have

a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change they deny that the us deny that it's trying to carry out there was a change in iran right i mean we have to take that with a very very big grain of salt because we know that since one nine hundred seventy

nine the united states refuses to have relations with the islamic republic of iran why is it because iran is a dictatorship well it's actually a democratic government it has democratic features far beyond some of america's most foremost their allies in the middle east such as saudi arabia for instance since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine iran became an independent government before that between one nine hundred fifty three and one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there the shah basically is a proxy or a puppet or a client of the american power. so the u.s. says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows that indeed is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt operate covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old saying they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of

iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade something like an economic blockade of iran and by international law in economic blockade is an act of war and so we should understand it just like that so what do you think iran's response is going to be well iran so far has been very prudent even though they said that they would consider closing the strait of hormuz that six mile stretch of the persian arabian gulf where twenty five percent of the world's oil supply goes through. and even though much was made of that in the western media in fact iran has not done anything to give the u.s. . pretext an excuse a provocation so to speak that would allow the united states or israel to trigger

a set of military actions. i think is also telling its people that we are not panicked we the iranian government are not panicked that they're trying to show that they have a serenity and a calmness and a confidence and that they will weather the storm but in fact economic sanctions are taking a bite on the iranian economy right now there is a lot to see about this israeli possible attack specially israeli possible attack wall street journal says that the u.s. is planning a plan b. . said israel attack i think the israelis try to pretend that iran constitutes an existential threat to israel i don't think that that in fact is the case even though iran's military has the capability to do great damage to israel in the event of a war even though israel is a nuclear power i think that the israeli government has an a pattern and

a practice of invasion and bombing of its neighbors in the middle east it carried out the bombing of iraq's nuclear facility in one nine hundred eighty one even though that was a permitted by international law and subject to spec sions in other words a nuclear program for civilian energy purposes israel came and bombed it they did the same to syria in the last few years and they would like to carry out military strikes against the iranian government the americans don't want that right now even though they are happy to be have iran in a state of tension they don't really want israel to become the main protagonist with the iranian government by carrying out an unprovoked military strike i mean i'm talking about the main sectors in the american establishment because that would then present the crisis death struggle between the islamic republic of iran on one side in the israelis regime on the other and in that case iran will be able to

mobilize mass support throughout the middle east for it the united states has a different tact they want to keep israel sort of in the background lou mean danger in threatening iran in one way keeping iran in the state of tension perhaps militarily but have the economic sanctions do the bulk of the work by carrying out economic and financial isolation against the iranian government they think in the long term that's the easier way the better way or the more effective way to carry out regime change the u.s. has puzzled over israel's intentions so what if israel does decide to try. iran and this is a u.s. official says it's hard to know what's a bluster and what's not with israelis well i think a lot of this is baloney and nonsense the israelis are the recipient the benefactor of three billion dollars a year in u.s. military aid if they do something that's completely contrary to what washington wants they will be on the very short end of the stick the israelis are not

dominating in dictating u.s. policy in this geo strategically they are not they have a big influence in washington they have a strong lobby but when it comes to iran or when it comes to iraq the israelis do not tell the united states what to do it's vice versa if israel strikes no if the conflict is presented that way between the islamic republic and israel the people of the middle east will really to the side of iran the assassination of the iranian scientist which rick santorum called half a measure. or john bolton of. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations the sanctions the tightening of the sanctions the . coalition that the u.s. is trying to build against iran what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well iran has certain allies to iran has russia and it has china

increasingly it has venezuela and cuba another words those governments in the world in addition of course to syria which has its own problems right now but the countries in the world don't want the entire world to be dominated by one power the united states of america they recognize that the existence of iran as an independent government is something that is positive meaning that if the united states were were were to be successful in carrying out regime change in iran they would be emboldened to carry out further destabilizing efforts against other powers including russia and china by the way even though there are great powers. so i think that iran has allies and i think iran is trying to show that they can weather the storm and also that they can rally their population in spite of the fact the divisions that were revealed in two thousand and nine after the elections the presidential elections the iranian people as a whole i don't believe they should be sanctioned the iranian people believe that

they have as they do the right to develop nuclear power for peaceful civilian purposes and i think right now the iranian government is trying to weather the storm they're also making it clear that they don't options that they have they have limited options they have limited options and that's the big issue here i think is that. in america right now in the united states nobody feels this issue they don't feel there's a war looming they don't feel the problem of economic sanctions it's the iranians who are feeling it it's the tension the pressure of the economic problems are all one sided this is like a great power the seven hundred pound gorilla who decides to sit wherever it wants to sit and it can create immense tension and pressure and economic suffering somewhere else without having to endure any political price so that that's the big problem and as a peace activist and as someone who believes in human rights in i think will do

will see this more and more in the united states we are starting to concentrate our efforts to expose the fact that the united states government is carrying out through a different set of tactics the same thing that they did in iraq they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate a wreck and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this does the presidential elections have any say in what's going on in vail and what's going to happen with iran and tens of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian revolution iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of baiting obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we will have a nuclear armed iran someday soon well i might do something just to counter their

statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that obama could opportunistically up the ante or even escalate tensions or even allow some sort of limited military attack against iran in order to show how tough he is and how why he's not a liberal. or something like them but i don't think so this is a very big project for the pentagon for the cia for the us establishment i think it goes beyond electoral politics and i think the obama administration and the pentagon are having a carefully calibrated approach that won't again with regime change the republicans and democrats share the same objective one is more demagogic lee militant against iran and they both share the same objective which is to bring iran back into an americans fear of influence and i think the republicans can't move obama that much because obama actually has the backing of the pentagon in terms of this particular

approach the pentagon is bogged down in afghanistan they really were pushed out of iraq they have a lot of a lot of military problems a major full scale war right now which could happen even if they don't intend it by people climb the escalation ladder. just say.

six. weeks. wealthy british scientists and it's time to practice. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

if. it's news in the week's top stories a lot. it has stopped exporting oil to britain growing pressure and sanctions over iran's nuclear program but the country's oil ministry says. the pressure on the syrian regime is a general assembly. resolution for president assad but russia calls for talks to break the stalemate. promises reforms. to the streets once again as lawmakers paul small cuts to secure rescue cash which could now be cleared on monday but the range of the population is still the forefront.

with more news stories for you in fifteen minutes from now. with all the. hello there all the latest from the sporting world on our team in the next eleven minutes or so our top stories this hour. be seeing russia win the european cup here in moscow for the second time in a row. boxing brawl breaks david haye and chisora. fight press conference as metallic pitch call retains his w.b.c. heavyweight title. and his european crown twenty five year old golfer from south africa. is in new delhi.

so let's start with boxing where heavyweights world champion metallic leach caus points picture of a british challenger jarrett zorra has been overshadowed by a brawl at the post fight press conference klitschko was celebrating retaining his w.b.c. title with a unanimous points victory over to zorra when the press conference was interrupted by another former heavyweight world champ and david haye awards. leaving the stage and confronting the news klitschko what's on his or claimed he was lost by a hair and then said he would shoot a partridge at one stage i swung a try but his trainer adam booth was left with a bloody face german police detained to store. for his part in the incident. there are two stories being accused of three things firstly bodily injury secondly dangerous physical injury and thirdly threatening behavior.