the deepening euro crisis in greece is possible exit from the single currency both weighing heavily on the g eight. is a key test of the group's ability to deliver. and in europe austerity policies are . thousands of protesters rallying in the german financial center of frankfurt for a fourth day. plus israelis and palestinians who lost their loved ones come together in the pursuit of peace and a sign of reconciliation that's becoming increasingly between both sides.

warm welcome to you from all of us here at the mosque i'm shy from nuclear security . uncertainty leaders of the world's top industrialized nations have plenty to chew on as they hold crunch talks at the u.s. presidential retreat near washington but it's debt stricken greece that's expected to dominate the g eight summit with athens teetering on the edge of exiting the euro move that could ultimately rock the global economy. been following the events . by a lot of people it's seen as sort of a last chance for the jihad as a form it to prove itself it's been under heavy criticism in recent years over its effectiveness with that said a lot of the world's most pressing issues are at center stage including the situation in syria and across the mideast and the euro crisis that's an issue that has been heavily focused on of course host president obama has already met with the

new french president francois hollande there he's trying to get other european leaders to sort of convince the socialist president about these heavy all staring the measures that a lot of the leaders are pushing in terms of trying to deal with the euro crisis and it's being said that if obama can get the european leaders on that on the same page this summit will be in some way a sort of a success another issue that's going to be discussed is the european embargo on iranian oil the u.s. sees it as something that's threatening oil prices sending them up or at least could imagine seen as a threat to obama's reelection president obama in a way he has his hands tied with an election coming up he has to be able to continue to try to please voters and also find a balance between domestic and foreign policy and reassure these global leaders but it's going to be very difficult especially on the situation with iran when you're running for election you can't seem weak on defense of the same time the white

house understands that if this european embargo goes ahead it's going to send oil prices up in the u.s. and that is certainly going to affect the way voters look at their president and whether or not to relax him so this is something that's really weighing down the fact that it's an election year and how is that going to play on the policies that are or are not made at this camp david summit reporting from washington and you say no way. now russia is represented at the g eight summit by prime minister dmitri medvedev with president vladimir putin deciding not to go putin said that he needs the time to finish setting up his new governing cabinet let's not talk to a modern mccauley or russia expert from the university of london are joining us here on r.t. thanks for coming on the program today first and foremost how do you think putin's refusal to attend would have been a shock to the us. it would have surprised president obama because the g eight summit was originally to convene in chicago and he moved to camp david away from

the windy city to visit a nato meeting just after the g eight summit and obama thought it. would be more placid place to meet president putin but president putin decided that he'd give it a miss this time now with putin giving it a miss this time as you say do you think the absence of russia's leader may alter the effectiveness of the of this meeting. no because the key question would be the greek exit from the euro practically every financial analyst thinks that greece will leave it has to be an orderly withdrawal from the euro anything else would be disaster so therefore russia is on the outside of that russian economy is ok at present the oil price is one hundred dollars a barrel so therefore russia feels in a strong position so president putin couldn't really contribute anything to a solution he could say right you have to solve your debt problem germany perhaps

should have to extend more of those to other members of the european union and so on but basically he'd be a bystander most of the discussions will be economic and affect the vital interests of the european union and also president obama because obama has realized that if there's an europe fallout in europe he will affect his chances in america it will affect the u.s. economy so therefore he wants the problem solved and basically. gang up on anger merkel the german chancellor and tell her that she should relax the plans that you should take a softer line towards greece and a softer line towards paying back bills so as you say that a lot of the focus going on in the g. eight summit now is that of a euro crisis also with barack obama hoping to get his r. reelection campaign getting him to stay in the white house for another four year term there are some that say that president putin decided not to go to the g. eight because the g. twenty summit is more important how would you read about. i think that the g.

eight summit of course is only the industrialized nations they have industrialized nations but also remember that president hu jintao a chair of china is not there as well. so there for the g. twenty is arguably more important the g. eight visit talked a lot about human growth a human rights democracy and so on the g twenty doesn't really talk about human rights and democracy because there are dictatorships in saudi arabia. so therefore the g twenty format is easier for russia and they could have more influence there. there's a there are a couple of people out there certainly calling it now a game of tit for tat because president obama now says that he won't attend a major summit of asia pacific leaders in russia in september because it coincides with his national party convention both saying there's no problems going on here there's no rift between the american russia relations can we read anything into this here or is it just nonsense. if obama's going to stay in america means to say

he's very concerned about reelection one of the arguments about putin president putin staying in russia because it is concerned about the security situation he wants to be there on the spot demonstrations get out of hand he wants to be the man giving orders that's one argument you could apply the same argument to america that president obama wants to be an american a very vital time september october november there's only two months before the presidential election he can't really afford to be out of the country if something goes wrong it could. reflect badly on his chances and so on that may be that obama is saying right the presidential race is more important to me than the meeting of the asia pacific nation now or finally and the idea or ask your forgiveness of running low on time here on r.t. but one more question i must get to you is a lot of me putin is is not going to the nato summit in chicago and i asked you to begin on sunday i would have been expected to attend that too when you talk about

for quite some time now the whole the american and european missile defense shield that's been a bone of contention with moscow repeatedly calling for for it to be a joint missile system between america and russia do you think putin should have gone to the nato summit should be attending that summit in chicago. well technically he could be invited but i doubt he would go there because relations at present are shall we say not exactly friendly and as you say talking with the anti missile shield the interesting thing is in the last week the russian press is adopting the chinese you put the missile shield is really geared against china. it's not really about iran or north korea it's really trying to be there for russia's bring into play the fact that russia and china may be the same side. in the shield and that they have a common defense interest in restricting american power the chinese don't like the u.s. navy penetrating so the stage of the indian ocean still on the conflict over the

islands of conflict with the now of the feed in indonesia with the americans coming in with vietnam having some time of top some type of understanding with the united states navy and so on all that in fact makes relations between china and washington rather tense so therefore russia can gain from this because they can say to the chinese basically we're in the same side we have to restrict america so therefore if putin decided to go to chicago which i doubt will he would actually may in fact say some of those things. the corner of russia expert from the university of london a great pleasure to have you want to r.t. it's a day thank you. now while the leaders settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police and protesters in chicago gear up for the upcoming nato summit. r.q. a chicago denies and demands that nato disband occupy activists are lashing out at

the alliance and how authorities are preparing to respond just a few minutes here on out. the protest mood is also brewing in europe but there the targets are capitalism and austerity policies in germany thousands are rallying in the country's financial capital frankfurt marking the climax of a four day campaign now called block. all of our reports. i'm actually in front of the building which is the reason that these protests are taking place here this is the headquarters of the european central bank demonstrators and activists they're currently marching here to voice their displeasure at what the see is unfair austerity measures that are being imposed on the people of europe they want to see a more socialist fiscal policy in place across europe a policy that they say would be fair to the people of europe and that's why they're taking to the streets here of frankfurt the groups that are pushing the occupy

group as well as the left this group attack who also here as well the the group of french origin we want to see a tax levied on financial transactions they're all in town to make their voices heard now this is the expected to be the largest of the protests that's been over the past few days on friday we actually saw four hundred arrests here in frankfurt that was an unsanctioned demonstration that was taking place police moving in and detaining four hundred people there after allegedly some traffic signs were torn down it has to be said though everything being carried off incredibly peacefully but under the watchful gaze of a very large police presence it's become something of a almost a joke here that the protesters try to occupy and block it by central front for the only people who have really been able to achieve that have been the police around five thousand very heavily equipped police offices on the streets of frankfurt essentially shutting down the road network and shutting off many of the streets

here in the german financial capital. all of our reporting right all over the solidarity between those rally germany streets and the greek people unhappy about social cuts ties between the leadership of the two countries have only. happens accuses german chancellor merkel of interfering into greek affairs he reportedly suggested the debt stricken nation should hold a referendum on its membership of the euro but the german government strongly denies making such claims you can find out more about the raging. to see dot com. demonstrations have taken center stage in the gulf where tens of thousands rallied in iran and against the losses integration plans with saudi arabia in bahrain crowds chanted that their country was not for sale said the proposed deal was a plot aimed at wiping out the entire state and taking it off the map us

independent research. poll rick says the so-called unity is simply a saudi power grab. the body bringing people and the iranian people have an affinity that dates back not just historically and whatever happens to bahrain visigoths stab you are even in the ninety's when bahrain was demonstrating to get more relief forming democracy and human why is there no willing to stand by and how saudi arabia occupies them and saudi arabia has been doing this in fact in two thousand and nine the bahrain center for human rights protested the very fact that the political elite in bahrain were eline the nationalize the nation of sonia's from saudi arabia yemen and other places to marginalize the residents of bahrain these shiite residents and pretty clear and basically. die use them to turn that they used in their protest so it's of course iran is concerned when in

neighborhood that has so many links with the country it's being occupied it's been closed down and is being absorbed in eliminated in reality. with r t i thank you for joining us today still ahead for you in this program about a lesson we asked new yorkers of self-defense classes are turning ordinary people into and be filled with weapons. also no virtual vegetables farming from a home has become possible here in moscow look at how it works coming your way a few minutes. united in grief israelis and palestinians who lost loved ones through to the region's long lasting conflict on all coming together for a common cause unique gathering seems people sharing their experiences in a bid to increase understanding and to try and bring about peace a goal that still seems very far off where the stories are to support us about. the

day my son must cute was a very hard day for me i remember grabbing my son trembling all over and running to the bomb shelter two mothers two testimonies each different but in the end the same. my son died in the line of duty death isn't a words it has a form and the form isn't pretty i've seen plenty of it so it takes a lot of courage to stay deaf in the face and then embrace one's enemy and yet for nearly twenty years this is what these israelis and palestinians who've lost family members have been doing they meet on a regular basis talk with one another and show that we conciliation is possible it's meaningful for me that the palestinians we hear about my brother brother will fall to the army and they can listen they can empathize with my story and understand the pain that i went through i had it's brother was serving as a soldier when he was killed on the third day of the first lebanon war he was just

nineteen people were put in a situation of a conflict thing everybody serves his side of the things they do. this is their duty to do. this through their nation through their belief. ahmed's two uncles were killed by israelis one was shot dead while trying to enter israel the other was force fed while on a hunger strike in prison and his lungs collapsed. from the time i was born i was part of this conflict for me and is really was a soldier or a settler or an agent of the security services. and yet both ahmed and i have found their way to the parent circle where half the members of palestinian half are israeli but the parents circle is a minority voice the number of israelis and palestinians participating in dialogue has hit a low if as many complain they see no point in the conciliation attempts while the peace process is at a stalemate as the legitimacy. of dialogue and coordination between the

palestinians. is eroding. because the legitimacy of negotiations is not a road if the al governments which are ready to pay the price they will find it very big support in their people so there is no. in the numbers but there is an erosion in the in the belief that something like this can happen in this is something that can easily be fixed but the hope lives on in these families who believe that through their pain and through their example change can come policy r.t. television. i know we're coming to you live from the heart of moscow mind there's always a wealth of other stories on our website on t.v. dot com let's see right now facebook destroyed.

in divorce court those details of r.t. dot com. video allegedly showing. his son. for the purposes of. now turning our attention to the united states where thousands of protesters took to chicago's streets ahead of the nato summit due to kick off there on sunday more than a dozen demonstrators calling for an end to the blocks costly wars were arrested with a much bigger showdown expected over the weekend. as more. the windy city of chicago turned sunny turned paranoid the hometown of the u.s. president plays host to this year's nato summit nato is a u.s.

commanded military alliance responsible for wars and war crimes on a global basis already the most watched city in the u.s. . as thousands of protesters begin to descend on chicago the city is in security overkill mode you got a bunch of peaceful protesters here they spent millions and millions of dollars for this week alone i mean by absolutely absurd police have reportedly preemptively raided the homes of protest organizers they battered down the door and made several arrests and we believe these are politically based arrests millions of dollars spent on new police gear trucks ready to function as rolling barricades businesses too are taking no chances what looks like a foreclosed building is actually a hotel in the heart of chicago plywood was put up in order to avoid windows being smashed by demonstrators flooding into town office workers have been advised to

dress like protesters in order to not be targeted mustaches. are likely meanwhile activists there to express their outrage at nato is aggressive policies are blocked off and kept as far away from world leaders as possible we're talking about a peaceful protest and i mean by peaceful people but peaceful people dedicated to the cause of peace against a military bloc the mightiest in human history and they are being portrayed as the force that needs to be protected while officials brace for riots know your rights trainings for demonstrators in their mind you know your brain meetings and street action against the military bloc kick off nato is organization no longer has a mandate to occupy chicago denies and demands that nato disband they have no more purpose they're spending our taxpayer dollars on wars. to bomb and destroy and murder civilians all over the world where the ghana stand top of the leaders agenda protesters say it's time to put an end to the warfare at once the only reason we're

still in afghanistan is for rare earth minerals and open the same reason the only reason we went into iraq was secure oil fields for american oil companies these are purely economic wars that are sold to the american public purely on propaganda it's garbage the demonstrators want the money pumped into the summit and its security to be spent on real needs there is no peace majority in the united states we oppose war we oppose the war in the world's preeminent war making organization. and we have a human agenda and a humane agenda that has no place for war but fences separating politicians from the people that human agenda is no more than a nuisance to be cordoned off and r.t.e. chicago illinois. in just a moment we'll get to the odds he world update but for now personal defense courses can help you protect yourself and a violent situation with techniques to teach you how to punch kick and even kill

but do these practices take the tactics too far all resident is on the streets of new york to find out. former u.s. navy seal tim larkin teaches people how to kill and maim in the name of self defense how much is too much when it comes to protecting yourself this week let's talk about that do you think it would be ok to kill someone if your life is being threatened. absolutely has your life ever been threatened. now by a person what are the chances that your life will be threatened that you would need to know how to kill. one in ten to the twenty you're familiar with to mark and do you support his philosophy i completely support his philosophy he does he's not anything about trying to kill people he wants to help people be able to protect themselves but he does teach moves that are lethal yes the police teach moves that

are lethal as well right but those people are in a job that's defending the public exactly you know what when you're in the military sometimes those guys come out and they're a little bit you know world still do you want them sharing their knowledge with common citizens walking around. no no would come in citizens just people that maybe . are in the job situations where they're in dangerous positions in the world if you think you'd be able to kill someone if someone was threatening your life. it's tough to say until you there right yes but you probably happy you knew those moves then. well you know maybe but then if you hurt someone or kill someone no mother in what situation you can live you have to live with the forest of your life and that's the option each person has to make whether or not you think self-defense can go too far the bottom line is the world

can be a crazy place whether you choose to prepare yourself for violence or not. all right straight to italy now to start off the r.t. world update and a bomb has exploded in front of the school in southern italy in the city of d.c. killing at least one girl and wounding seven other students one person is reportedly in critical condition local officials say the device went off outside the school are students who were arriving for morning classes no one has claimed responsibility for the city's mayor is blaming local matter for what he called an unprecedented attack. balance continues in syria as a car bomb targeting a security agency explodes in dare elves in the country's east state t.v. says nine people are killed over one hundred troops this comes one day after thousands of anti regime activists protested in the northern syrian city of aleppo

for human rights groups say people have been injured by tear gas and live ammunition and violence also continues in the city of rustan's where assad's forces attempted to break up defensive lines set up by the opposition. california company aborted the launch of its dragon cargo ship which was set to deliver supplies to the international space station the mission was called off at the last second due to technical problems and now has been rescheduled for tuesday the last of the eyes set would have been the first ever by a private company now the u.s. government has given space x. and another company contracts to keep the iron stocked with food and equipment. are stuck in traffic jams breathing in caffeine you wouldn't blame muscovites for dreaming of the farm life however there is a new solution that means people in the russian capital can grow fruit and veggies without leaving the city lights behind. the story. this is

farmville played by tens of millions in the game you have to plant water and harvest increasingly exotic but ultimately two dimensional lean edible crops but now anyone can play the game for real the russian entrepreneur has bought a green house and designed a website the. real plots of land from the comfort of their homes and offices. if you buy one of the plots you can choose what to grow on it then you can decide when to water it and how to fertilize it and real farmers will do the work for you you can control the lights and how often the ground is plowed we will keep statistics on how well you are doing and you can try to improve the or you can just leave it all to us and just get the harvest delivered when it's done. says that his project isn't just about playing for fun but about their living people healthier

forgot make food and it better be after all. the plot will set you back two hundred dollars a month. one city dwellers to have a connection with the countryside in the future we want every city dweller to have their own garden early adopter beat that says he's addicted to watching the grow through the web cam. thing being able to watch the plot at all times isn't just something of a past time but creates trust between me and the people look after the farm i know they will do their job properly and not use any pesticides for example all good but truly it's all this not just some sort of post-modern perversion i decided to prove that city dwellers are scared to get their hands dirty by volunteering for an hour in the greenhouse. getting other people to be a god that's ridiculous actually this is quite exhausting. just click some buttons on the internet. see. all right

in just a few minutes her nazi will be taking a look at the future of russian russia's foreign policy another vladimir putin is back at the top that will be on spotlight after a recap of our main stories. all. seem

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