the g. eight leaders publicly voice hopes of keeping greece in the harness of the euro but could they be secretly hoping for the end of athens fiscal agony. germany's financial help frankfurt is brought to a standstill as thousands of police flood the city in a bid to contain a fourth day of anti bank protests. opposing sides of the same plea the loss of loved ones brings israelis and palestinians together in a unique organization seeking better understanding between conflicting sides. international news and comment twenty four hours a day this is. the european financial gloom is casting its shadow over the g eight

summit at the u.s. presidential retreat near washington the leaders of the world's top industrialized nations have expressed hope that debt stricken greece will remain in the euro zone despite widespread fears it could soon we get live export reaction shortly from the states but first he said she's at camp david. president obama mentioned that informal meeting with the leaders of the eight richest countries this morning where he talked about iran north korea syria and a whole lot of issues that the leaders do have to touch a bomb it's becoming very clear that the main focus is going to be the euro crisis a lot of different types of speculation going on certainly it is expected that whether or not greece will have to exit the euro zone is going to be discussed and we have heard from officials in brussels that there is some sort of a plan but from the leaders here the european leaders here a lot of new faces monti. what we're hearing is we need to try our best to keep

greece in the euro zone and this is something of course we've been hearing for a long time so the speculation is that the public mantra is we need to save greece we need to keep greece in the euro zone but behind closed doors they're talking about how soon greece might have to leave you know g eight summit can be completely completely without them a lot of speculation even weeks really before the summit when putin made it very clear that he needed the time to form a new cabinet and media going wild with that saying that the reasons range from anything to he's afraid of criticism about protests to just relations between the u.s. and russia are horrible in fact prudent and obama spoke on the phone about him not coming they will be meeting in just over a month after g twenty and with that said a lot of experts that we've been speaking to say because the euro crisis is taking over really it doesn't make much sense for putin to be here. the russian economy is ok and president. one hundred dollars a bow so therefore russian features in

a strong position so president putin couldn't really contribute anything. you could say right you have to solve your debt problem germany perhaps. too weak members of the european union and so on but. most of the discussions will. economic and affect the vital interests of the european union and also president obama because obama has realized that if there's a euro fallout in europe he will affect his chances in america will affect the u.s. economy and this of course is an election year obama running for reelection bad vote in november has a lot of people talking about what happens here at camp david of course voters in america will be watching carefully and obama knows that very well. and he said i there let's talk more on this and speak to journalists charlie mcgrath he's the founder of the online service wide awake news joining me live now from the states charlie the g.h. trying to do what the e.u.

has so far failed to and that of course to solve europe's financial crisis with particular emphasis on greece at the moment. if you think. it's a great question absolutely nothing i mean we have seen this topic be the top of the list of the g. eight for how many years now how many years is this crisis been going on inside of europe the fact is simple you know here in the united states we're set of fifteen point seven trillion dollars in debt in the last year we've added thirteen thousand dollars in debt per household in this country so i think it's i think it's pure hope them is i'm coming out of this g. eight summit and somehow they're going to throw together a plan to rescue europe and you know it's ironic because we keep talking about greece over and over and over again for the last several years but the problem isn't just greece greece is a relatively small economy the problem is the european debt will hold period and you know nobody is addressing the real problem which is these banks that it will loaded up the debt on all these countries they've issued this debt but everything

under the sun is being tried to see these too big to fail institutions from having to realize any kind of a loss and this is why i think over the last couple years we've seen seen things like the european stability mechanism the. one idea after another that brings a little bit of hope to the markets and then fails quickly i think it's real simple you're not going to solve big. it by throwing countries further into debt nice work hope to meet them where perhaps that isn't as you say could be a veil for real sentiments there the g eight they have obviously expressed support but do you think secretly as we said at the start of this program they would like to see greece pull out of the euro zone. well since we're going to talk out on what we think secretly i'll let my opinion out there i believe in two thousand and ten late two thousand and ten early two thousand and eleven as their spiegel reported wolfgang schauble the finance minister of germany whispered in angela merkel's ear let's use this crisis to advance a europe

a united political europe and will use this economic crisis to cede power from these nations and give more and more of it to brussels now the day before this g. eight summit the e.c.b. the former head of the e.c.b. zhang claude trichet a announced a plan and of course his plan involved declaring countries bankrupt within europe ceding their sovereignty and giving the power to brussels to implement their there are a financial governance now this is been the announced plan by the e.c.b. by these technocrats in europe as well as united states for quite some time which is we need this kind of global financial governance in order to fix the problem and you know it's almost as if they are governing by crisis using one crisis after another to make their own point and he states in his plan we need a quantum leap in governance they absolutely have an agenda and i believe it is to let these countries wallow in their own financial failure and then offer a solution which is taking their sovereignty and governing that governing them from

on high from brussels yes you mentioned that problem brussels what about the power in germany at the moment we're seeing obviously the most successful economy in the eurozone. do you think though that what we're seeing with the g eight leaders now saying they want to see growth as opposed to a stereotype which of course germany's message is they're going for the austerity push to solve the problems do you think we're having perhaps a challenge against germans germany's dominance there and perhaps even germany being isolated i would this matter. absolutely and i think we'll see you know what do we just have last weekend in a western state in germany merkel's party the christian conservatives or or whatever the name of the party is the last. one state that was strongly behind them and support the people of germany i think are tired of hearing this taking on more debt of these european countries the people of europe are tired of hearing about austerity that's why our cozy was ousted for a holiday in the recent elections there so i think we're seeing a lot of turmoil inside of europe and if there's a g.

eight conference when they're talking about hope and getting it all together again just you know i think this is just trying to put it put a pretty face on it this hope tim is a ok so when the markets open monday they can have some good news to report just briefly here in the states i'm here in russia putin he's an attending that summit now obama saying he won't visit a major summit in russian september what are we looking at in terms of relations between the two you know that's a great question but my relationship with you is just fine however between nations i think it's getting very very hostile you know we keep talking about pressing the issue on iran and syria in the middle east and north africa and russia keep saying you know what if you put you could start a war but putting your missiles this close to our country you know here we are we're borrowing forty cents of every dollar and i'll keep it brief we're borrowing forty cents of every dollar to implement this in pyar america and the fact is we are stepping on toes around the world in the midst of an economic crisis which could turn into i mean these are these things often do it throughout history go from a financial crisis into

a military crisis and it seems like the relations between russia and the u.s. are heading towards a more confrontational relationship despite the so setting of resetting relations and they say all right thank you very much and they telling the graph good to hear thoughts by found all of the independent news website why don't wait news good to hear thoughts. while the leaders settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police in chicago are reading themselves for the upcoming nato summit. occupy chicago. and demand for nato disbanded. and the nature demonstrators plan a show of strength from the streets in the hope of grabbing the attention of not just those attending but the whole world. that start a company of first annexation that's what tens of thousands of protesters in the middle east a calling new arab union plans it comes out of saudi arabia said it wants to form an alliance with bahrain paving the way for each new style of integration independent political analyst dan glazebrook explains why he thinks the bahraini

government is so supportive of the plan. bahrain's government is enthusiastic for the very reason that the bahraini people are an enthusiastic because it's going to legitimize and systematize the saudi involvement in crushing the bahraini revolution drowning the bahraini revolution in in blood seventy percent of the population sheer and increasingly actually systematically excluded from any positions of influence power they're effectively disenfranchised always have been in this regime and you know we have to ask why what's in it for saudi arabia and i answer that is crucial to remember saudi arabia doesn't have an independent foreign policy never has done its foreign policy like those of the other gulf states is formulated in washington and london so we really have to ask why the colonial powers britain france and of course now the us why are they pursuing this course and i think we have to understand this in terms of the preparations which have been

underway for several years now for an aerial strike against iran which is still on the on the table the crushing of the bahraini resistance is crucial to the war plans against iran because it was the biggest deterrent to an attack on iran is of course the fear amongst the western elites in israel that actually the sheer population in other countries all rise up. and start to resist that tack on iran so actually what's the crushing of the bahraini revolution is all to do with trying to preemptively destroy any potential resistance to the coming attack on iran. still have you this deadly defense. so those guys go there a little bit. still do you want them sharing their knowledge with common walking around. you know that would come in through the. people in new york where the skills of the u.s. navy seal should really be shared with the public. plus still to come the thing by

the click of a mouse muscovites now can fall without even having to leave their homes by giving commands online. and still to come first demonstrations on the other side of me germany's banking capital frankfurt is in lockdown standing in battle lines since early morning thousands of police officers in bulletproof vests have entrenched themselves around the city there to guard against fresh protests by the country's block banking movement. he's in frankfurt force. these protesters have taken to the streets of frankfurt to voice their displeasure at what they see as unfair all sturdy measures that are being imposed on the eurozone at the moment now right now among these people as they march towards the headquarters of the european central bank that has really been a center for protest against the current crisis in the austerity measures that have

been imposed across europe but today on saturday is the largest of the demonstrations as you can see this group behind me around fifteen thousand people we were hearing from the organizers on friday were expected to turn up they could actually be quite a few more here it's quite difficult to see from where i am but it certainly stretches back quite a long way now they're angry that it's the not the people who caused the debt crisis in europe that are having to foot the bill for it they blame the bankers they blame the. the people who risked the money in countries like greece in countries like as spain that got people in got the countries in such trouble saying it's them should face the the brunt of it not people who are going to suffer at the hand of austerity measures it's worth noting that this is been a very peaceful protest movement but despite that on friday around four hundred people would detained by very heavily equipped police offices that have been

essential a blocking off the whole of central front first the movement itself has called themselves lucky pipe and sort of occupy is they attempted to block people from reaching the banking sectors or the banking services of europe's largest banking center in frankfurt this is the the real hope of not just german banking but of european banking in general and as i say the headquarters of the european central bank located here. has put all of that and good to her and she's at the protests she also describes some of the police tactics she saw their actions she says go well below. here is this. movement not allowed any merit anymore to enter the inner city yet this is something that this completely new in this country that not only remembers bullies can be seen around the demonstrators but also that individual people are picked out

names are listed before. the manifestation starts they are not allowed anymore to and that the city and this is going down business sort of your version of democratic rights what happened is that they controlled the brocaded distrait and then they controlled everybody and to individual people they said. we want to see your passport so they control. their database and said no you are not allowed to enter just square because we suppose you will do something illegal. coming grief is uniting israelis and palestinians who have lost loved ones to the long lost in conflict between them it's a unique gathering of suffering parents who want to increase understanding and bring peace closer but their goal is all but out of reach of. reports. the day my son must cute was a very hot day for me i remember grabbing my son trembling all over and running to the bomb shelter. to mothers to testimonies each different but in the end the

same my son died in the line of duty death isn't a word it's a form and the form isn't pretty i've seen plenty of it so it takes a lot of courage to stay defend 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 reconsideration is possible it's meaningful for the palestinians we hear about their brother brother will flow through the army and they can list they can empathize. 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 wall he was just nineteen people are put in a situation of a conflict thing everybody serves his side they think. this is their duty to do. this to their nation to. believe that 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 he had both heard and i have found their way to the parents circle where half the members of palestinian half israeli but the parents circle is a minority voice the number of israelis and palestinians participating in dialogue has hit a low ebb as many complain they see no point and we conciliation attempts while the peace process is at a stalemate because the legitimacy. of dialogue and coordination between the israeli and palestinian police. is eroding. because the legitimacy of negotiations is not a road if the our governments which are ready to pay the price they will find 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 tel aviv. and on our website r.t. dot com you can find more news from the middle east including an israeli spy butterfly has developed the smallness of the human strode in the world designed to make itself at home in anyone's house. and the pentagon brands china as a hackers breeding ground calling it a significant threat to america's cyber security find out what this could lead to. dot com. thousands of protesters are flooded chicago ahead of

a nato summit on sunday here showdown is expected later with police already on high alert around a dozen activists were arrested on the eve of the gathering three were charged with conspiracy to cause terror. is in chicago. 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 us 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've 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 a 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 why what 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 block 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 with 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 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 it 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. and i will be bringing you extended coverage of the nato summit in chicago throughout sunday and monday. thanks. again to. the trust. so if defense courses in the u.s. teach people to protect themselves by punching kicking and even killing but should these tactics really be taught to everyone resident new yorker hit the streets of the big apple to gauge opinion that. 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 eight 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. you know not 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 that. 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. coming up to twenty five minutes past the hour here in the russian capital and some a look at some other news making headlines around the world in our world update of

the state a school in southern italy has been rocked by an explosion killing at least one teenage girl and injuring up to a dozen a bomb went off outside the building's entrance when people were arriving for morning classes nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack though officials believe the city's mafia could be behind it. tens of thousands of people in taiwan are taking part in a mass rally against the country's government protesters angry of the president's economic policies marched through the streets of taipei before gathering in front of the presidential office building a demonstration comes just one day before president. is inaugurated for a second four year term. and the first commercial cargo flight that was expected to deliver supplies to the international space station has been aborted just seconds before blast off the california based space x. company blamed technical problems with the engine of its dragon rocket. launch for me the twenty second u.s. government has given space x. a contract to keep the stocked with food and equipment. imagine

having your own garden where you can grow fruit and vege without picking up a spade or even leaving your desk well that's a reality for muscovites who can now remotely look after their crops and have the harvest delivered to their doorstep. as 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 and lean edible crops but now anyone can play the game for real the russian entrepreneur has bought a greenhouse and designed a website to farm real plots of land from the comfort of their homes and offices. or. 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 eels or you can

just leave it all to us and just get the harvest delivered when it's done then you'll shop a cynic of says that his project isn't just about playing for fun but about the living people healthier forgot make food and it better be after all a sixth the plot will set you back two hundred dollars a month we one city dwellers to have a connection with the countryside in the future we want every city dweller have their own garden early adopter beat that says he's addicted to watching his plan to grow through the web cam but i think 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 looking 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 much rather just click some buttons on the internet. you're going to. see. a recap of all top stories coming your way in just a few seconds from now stay with us this is all t. life in moscow. the.

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