it starts on t.v. dot com. tonight's news outlets on both sides of the atlantic lash out at their former favorite truth teller as julian assange second show premieres here today on r.t. . the top swap in russia president elect but in a putin picks outgoing needed to meet him and better have to replace him as head of the country's ruling party but it was also given the final kremlin speech of his. the not so charitable n.g.o.s have been accused of trying to incite foreign action in syria moves similar to those that led with the vention in libya. welcome and a very good evening for me kevin owen here in moscow this is r.t.

it's a leaven pierre moscow time our top story downgraded from hero to traitor in the blink of an eye whistleblower julian assange who was hailed by the major media as a real freedom ambassador now though there labeling him as a nut job after the show debut on r.t. the second episode of which is airing here today the response reports on what's behind a sign his image. it was one of the biggest stoops in time ninety two thousand leaks no detail on the bloody truths of the afghan ground up she said exclusively with a handful of newspapers and she and i thought it was it's hero and no matter with no fixed address and a backpack full of secrets contacted some of the big mainstream players in the media markets and they were only too happy of course to piggyback off one of the greatest perhaps the greatest leak of classified information in history the guardian has benefited hugely by the deal they made with. the leaks contains the

material for dozens of stories in the new york times and the guardian enhancing their reputations as protectors of democracy and press freedoms but then the guardian newspaper what about the original media partners called him an important paper a most interesting and unusual hot in here but now in the case of the very same publication he used school it's yes from hero to direct a. film like dallas and nothing more than journalistic jealousy a useful idiots in the guardian but not job in the new york times with partners like these who needs enemies it staggers me to absolutely least. afford that so many journalists who really i think good jobs should be traveling authority their job should be preventing governments working in the dark seem to be so critical oh somebody has probably done more than most major issues in getting

journalism of service and challenging power in recent years as so says one reason he chose our time to broadcast his program is that other channels wouldn't let the people he wanted to interview say the things they wanted to say some say the resulting backlash on both sides of the atlantic is a way for publications of questionable integrity to whitewash the. it really makes american media outlets feel good to be able to point to other media outlets and say oh work over there those are tools and instruments for state propaganda because when they do that they get you forget about and obscure the over their own role in disseminating state propaganda most notoriously in the lead up to the iraq war where for example the new york times did more than almost anybody to convince americans about the need to attack iraq based on a lie but even since then the model of us need years very much to show faith paul boyle teach of the us government and so it's really there's really a lot of irony in a park or seeing this criticism in

a further irony for the guardian its backlash seems to have seriously misjudged its readership comments in response to the article overwhelmingly supportive of our stars and his show and accuse the paper of bearing a childish grudge at best if the envy had worst it is a crucial political viewpoints taken by the mainstream media they don't like what the wiki cables have revealed they don't like what julian assange has represents because it really does threaten the perspective of mainstream media perhaps this latest and unintended scoop shows how so-called liberal media outlets like the guardian and the york times are anything but demonstrating instead an intolerance of those who don't play by their rules and party. theory and just let you know you can see judy was sunday second show here in just twenty four minutes tonight when he'll bring together two political extremes from some ideological

fireworks if it suits you better to watch it online as well you can also catch it at a son or daughter dot com to watch the program online whenever you like. president elect let him uprootedness pick dimitri medvedev to replace him is the leader of the ruling united russia party putin takes over the country's top job from medvedev until weeks and is out is running. he is going to step down from his post as the chairman of the united pressure and he proposed meeting with candidacy for that post that of course will happen after the inauguration which is to take place on

the seventh of may of course the person who is going to be heading the united russia will have to be elected during the session of the united russia so that will also happen in the second half of may now which means that if he has met with the members of the state council and given them a speech on the cheapness and shortcomings off his presidential terms he mentioned among other things that some of the issues which was due to be worked on in russia those words are education increasing the life span in the over the next six years and of course fighting corruption in ancient china they used to say the biggest problem is despising your enemy which we've declared war on corruption we know who our enemy is and we will not give you the first time in russian history we've created the right legal tools to fight this well armed enemy and we will carry on this fight. but some of the improvements he's also mentioned among those is the

level of inflation which seems to have gone down to the level where it was four years ago right before the financial crisis so it does look like russia has made it out of the economic slump a lot better than a lot of other countries is also talked about the demographic problem which doesn't seem to threaten russia as much as before also of course which we did it has returned to the issue off of freedom versus on freedom he said that some russians have been associating to markers the end freedom with chaos and absence of any bodily comfort he said that that is a mistake and he has encouraged people to take a more active part in the civil society which we need democracy is no longer a swear word its prestige has been recovered and its prospects for our country. i believe the political diversity intellectual get involved. politics will only hold you should democracy develop into improve and we will become stronger and more effective as first meets with its plans for what it's going to do our first is no

longer actually we can assume that most likely the chairman of the united russia party and a lot of forecasters are saying that he is the most likely candidate for the prime ministerial polls. critical a strong correspondent oh wait a few minutes why israelis should be worried. if someone told me i don't know or they need to one of their leaders say the threat to attack a valley is no hotter but seems they've nothing prepared for their own citizens if to run it back as we discover in the program. next though far from helping in a battle nation n.g.o.s operating in syria being accused of helping to push towards military intervention some are peddling unverified reports to deliberately encourage foreign action and result is reported explains now the agency's hold sway with groups like nato which has weighed in on their findings before deadly consequences. it was billed as

a necessary humanitarian intervention requiring nato warplanes to rain bombs on libya before the u.s. led attack i know market alfie's forces. came unconfirmed allegations from western funded non-governmental organizations here who knew from the audience and the one that it is a friday and saturday we got information that need to get out we've been masteries are you are you the messenger because these mercenaries seem to have come to your. religion and kill civilians or the distinction according to a new report by the center for the study of interventionism many western n.g.o.s exaggerated the circumstances in libya to expedite the campaign led by america britain and france some admitted mistakes after the damage was done those would be better to do it would have. been easier not to do is a civil war it is

a record that has unfortunately we have seen. a very close relationship building up between certain big powerful image of human rights watch a mystery international supposed to hear an objective which monitors standards equally of course doesn't take sides news organizations as i say entering into an excessively cozy relationship with for example the united states government but also without the powerful western dollars over and over of the missions. currently the most pressing issue in syria after more than a year of violence critics say western funded n.g.o.s appear to be following the same pattern the equivalent to treat like a libyan leader of human rights which is called the center of human rights but has played exactly the same role they've made statements rights council baby alleged

crime. she claims to know that she they called. mention in that country and they are quite sure you. are trying to secure a military intervention against syria along the lines of what was posted or at least approved last year in order for carney to be arrested this year this infamous connie twenty twelve movie came from california based ngo invisible children it said the film aimed to end the use of child soldiers and promote peace in the ugandan civil war but according to u.s. embassy cables posted by wiki leaks invisible children provided uganda's authorities with intelligence in two thousand and nine that led to the arrest of several regime opponents willing to. leave. was not the one time. provided information to the ugandan. what do we know in terms of their relations with the government. we know that.

for the year for. prominent ugandans and green politicians. who were supportive of their position and trying to support a bill to approach to come here and help promote. the bill was proud it was signed by the president and it proved that way for the introduction of u.s. troops into uganda n.g.o.s are not currently held accountable for the information they publish no matter how much collateral damage false facts may cause left on regulated critics believe some non-governmental organisations will continue being the way for conflict rather than the t.v. it's possible since bring up work on parts of new york. so our top stories online i get a lot of clips about inviting you to read how the u.s. may stay in afghanistan for another decade beyond the twenty fourteen deadline

that's according to a new draft pact between washington and carville that means american forces may be used in what the grieving describes as a quote plan to defend intrusive know more about that we can find more online from us and also details have come out of asteroid mining robot ships we're talking about harvesting mineral riches like gold water and fuel and into space and doing it all within five to ten years the question is is it can be cost effective and worth all the expense the story the back story that r.t. . the economy is faltering jobs are at risk and the debt grows faster than the netherlands can afford this worrying assessments come from the prime minister of what's being considered till now at least the model of a prosperous eurozone country the dutch government collapsed monday as it failed to agree on a strategic cut needed to reduce the budget deficit to meet those e.u. regulations let's discuss the implications this with journalist neil clark is

joining us from one talks with the united kingdom hi there neal thanks for being on r.t. . now the it says the euro zone's fifth largest economy it's been stable so far what's gone so wrong. but it's interesting to look back at the country we're talking about it's been founded member of the e.c. ninety seven founded member of the year when it first came in ten years ago and it's been hailed by the euro far as the great success story they said ok well countries in southern europe but problems like spain italy greece but it's kind of overstating the case where the ins is a success story they told us but of course now we see that's very wrong it isn't happening the golden days over than her i mean the broader picture here the key response to the economic crisis has been austerity as we've reported so widely on but the political leaders are of course in trouble over it the dutch government is now gone sour cozy could be following them ireland could reject that fiscal treaty in a referendum in a few weeks because on a not merkel facing challenges next year are we at

a turning point political reaction against austerity absolutely have been divided across europe and not just in the south but in the north as well is between the people and the elite the people have had enough austerity hollands. growth in a sense of how the euro has just been one point five percent and they're now being told that because of this absolutely insane fiscal act which was agreed at the end of last year that they're going to be fifteen billion in cuts in cuts in government spending and this basically will destroy holland it will destroy the economy it will destroy the good life that the dutch people helping us do over the years and unsurprised they've got to say that's it's enough. but i guess the argument is there's got to give us suppose the euro is still in crisis and we just been say this to parts of dutch was one of its strongest advocates a bit of a blow is resignation of this particular time for the single currency future it's

an absolutely massive blow it's hard to see where the euro can go from here because what's going to happen is going to be elections. in holland. it's not just the party which is calling it which is growing and. in part it's also the socialist labor party of of just called into this that the socialist party and so we've got two major parties now calling for a complete u. turn. so it's going to be very hard how the elite continue on this line which is telling to the people look there's no alternative where more people are voting for parties that are saying yes there is an alternative and we want to look at other options and i wonder if all this turmoil we witnessed over the past couple of years is still just the tip of the iceberg are we just seeing the beginning of. political turmoil in the e.u. is the unraveling of the project now beyond repair i wonder with the euro at the core of the rot i think it is because i think in holland were to lead the euro and that's not such a far fetched idea as it might have appeared few years ago but it really is game

over because hollande has been a strong ally of germany in a kind or a drive towards the euro and i think it's been almost global and basically the dutch people are going to be the important players in here because they are being asked to keep this euro going to make enormous sacrifices and why should that is what people are saying and so i think it is the end will clog journalists and a lot of what's what folks are so much of your thoughts if you very much. for me. currently serving a seven year term for abuse of power has gone on a hunger strike she's been refusing food for five days now after another corruption probe was launched against it which she insists is fabricated to show he was taken to hospital last friday which a lawyer claims against her will. update from ukraine. so you too much sugar herself has accused policeman working in the prison in spite of all of

physically abusing her of covering her with a blanket and punching her in the stomach twisting her arms and feet while delivering her to hospital the authorities on their behalf are denying all such allegations at the same time we understand that units are saying or has filed an official complaint against the brutal use of brutal force against her i would like to remind you of us that you were simply ukraine's former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison last october and now we understand that a new case has been launched against her in relation to her activities in the one nine hundred ninety s. when she was the head of ukraine's united energy systems company she could face additional twelve years in prison so motions are still running high especially with the deputies of the bloc of you to a single party suspending the work of ukraine a promise demanding that doctors should be admitted to treat the machine go in that prison which she's being held right now. israel says it's not playing games with threats to attack iran the country's defense minister insists it's not just

belligerent rhetoric to bully to run and to abandon its nuclear program israel's apparent failure to prepare its citizens for any possible retaliation may suggest otherwise. they were very family lives in midst of range of gaza for years they complained to the government they had no shelter to protect them from because someone could see fired by masts but disappointed in the going town wasn't a top priority for tel aviv far from it prompting yakov to eventually build a shelter himself to protect his family it will be felt we went through some very tough years we used to worry all the time every time we left the house we were in danger when we went to the store to school or to work it took a direct hit on our courthouse five years ago before the government finally woke up and brought him a shelter opposite the one he really built himself now across israel's closest city to gaza there were bomb shelters in the street on sports fields and in children's

playground where they clearly disguised like this one but that won't reassure the rest of the country in the event of a conflict with a much bigger threat of iran if this government forces go to war. difficult civilian population for a show of walkers or for crime. and we've got one point seven million people that haven't got insured. we've got three and a half million people that haven't got a guess miss israelis themselves are skeptic about the country's ability to defend itself many still remember iraqi scud missiles manned in the center of israel some twenty years ago and a scathing government report issued months ago suggests the home front is woefully unprepared and the government. doesn't want to put obviously doesn't want to put the public into panic but i think the public itself probably does not believe in

a strike is imminent otherwise people would move have gone crazy the experts say any israeli military strike is very likely to draw any rain in retaliation the target of which is no secret this is the city that iran has threatened to pummel with missiles in response to any israeli attack but many of the public bomb shelters here are dusty and neglected and whereas in previous times of tension tel aviv distributed gas masks many of those masks remain in storage i really don't know why they are talking about it so much that's why i think there won't be a wall because they are talking about it i don't think there will be a world because they think government is. gone in not doing nothing to prepare citizens for the situation if someone will bore me i don't know where they meet the one. which has many wondering what exactly tel aviv has planned up its sleeve if a government of the nearly. impaired to war.

the a lutheran differently or at least put it in public policy r t tel aviv. in brief is tuesday night former egyptian prime minister ahmed shah rigs being disqualified from the presidential race in the last couple of hours the move came after the country's ruling generals approved a law banning mubarak era officials from running for the top job another hoping to run the country's former intelligence chief most laymen's also already been barred as well as two leading islamists. two people killed and dozens injured after a huge explosion struck a major railway station in eastern pakistan during rush hour a bomb was planted in a bag placed on a platform near the lounge for the luxury business express train pakistan suffers frequent attacks blamed on taliban and al qaeda linked militants almost five thousand people across the country been killed by insurgents in the past five years . a series of blasts rocked the syrian capital with several people said to be

killed syrian state t.v. and anti government activists claim three intelligence officers died in the mask is another person's believed dead after an army truck blew up while driving near the iranian embassy the attacks come as un ceasefire monitors are in the country with the government blaming rebels for the violence. so sudan's president says attacks by neighboring amounts to a declaration of war now violence has escalated over oil dispute since both last year after two decades of fighting he produces less of most of the reserves but all the pipelines though run through its northern neighbor on monday sudanese warplanes bombed a town across the border it killed at least. twenty four minutes past eleven o'clock here in moscow scalise out of business. and change fortunes over in the us that is it. yeah absolutely last time we were talking i was saying they were holding on to

the gains well. if we look at the now that will see that that is now lining why because all men not a lot of technology. stocks that's where they sell them now the problem is we have corporate results coming in now that the stock that really is a concern is all now that stocks are down and that's our heads of the preschool also results they'll be coming in after the closing bell today so why you think you think of i pads i phones are the so popular although growing apparently there's loads of technical problems going on with sort of in the phone and things like that and that's all going to be read in the works so to speak to the grasses and. also busy the doubters up that they are holding on to the game they've got. are now also we mentioned earlier about us home sells well for now back in february they said

their first monthly game in ten months starts while new home sales on mars paving above market expectations of analysts before. they say that it's really am seeing signs of stabilization you said have yourself as well go about since two thousand and eight financial crisis that the housing markets are right nosedive is a a real. now let's talk about europe for a minute ok we're going to concentrate on france not alone so he's eating up a lot of headlines in this way he wants to renegotiate france's your eye membership and stop the toughest spending cuts members are forced to make a foreign minister suggests that there's no room for negotiation and now raul has said if you look at how the european markets closed up today i will say that they did manage to hold on and today. rather. see that point eight sent up. a percentage point up this last we had this contentious in the netherlands we do support the spanish debt crises are really concerning investors. the sense

that all is going to try to raise bring presents itself and sort of enter into big surprise we hear that a lot now let's move on and talk about the eight year old daughter as well the principal those principal tensions are really affecting the trade is. getting involved as well she's that is all about there is too much as we've got one too i want to look at the screen that's how the ruble finished up today because u.s. dollar euro we'll see the russian markets as well and i've just been reading russia's federal finals a market has a record if you get fired from the my space r.t.s. it's gerry's because there was a problem yes there's a technical fault because some stocks to plummet as you can see that with the closing figures as of today the gold was in a sea of red we had. called also house. which was very disappointing considering my prices and price hope you can see let's talk boy this is

a very interesting one indeed because brant all this month broke a new record now for the first time is traded about one hundred dollars two hundred consecutive day now parallels are being drawn from when you gave us two thousand and eight when prices had a record one hundred forty seven dollars and the price one hundred. seventy guys we've had so many prices right now we've got mixed prices on our screen over the state with the black rocks now for a minute or two is a rush stop the oil and is reportedly in talks with any to drill in the black sea and roughness it looking for foreign experts he tapped new hard to access to politics it comes off of the agree to explore the arctic with every ounce of america's exxon mobile. and moving on busts president has pledged not to budge and business with new taxes in his speech today he added all state stakes in companies

will be refused. if found necessary dimitri medvedev also promised to minimize paperwork just the others it's all stuff that. i thought about the markets but i had another about some right here with us because we'll see how apple gets out as well that i mean up off of the closing bell they. have a good night thanks for update in this case. now short of the second edition of whistleblower julian assange his hard hitting interview series all. of the headlines in just a. wealthy

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