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it is good to have you with us here on our to today. welcome to the program day one of the nato summit in chicago has been marked by mass demonstrations that resulted in fierce clashes with police dozen people reportedly injured around sixty arrested after officers started using batons to disperse the thousands strong crowd. and it was in the middle of what became the biggest rally in a week of war protests. this was really expected to be the biggest action day of action here in chicago and this is certainly turned out to be the case what we witnessed was a march that lasted a few hours that was overall peaceful that ended with violent clashes between riot police and anti-war protesters hundreds of police clashed with hundreds of outraged protesters there were tons being swung by police plastic bottles being thrown by

protesters paint balloons being thrown of violence at least twelve people from what we know have been injured at least sixty people arrested there were several warnings from police coming that they might have to use chemical on the protesters unless they dispersed that had not been the case of violent clashes leading faces a lot of chaos about one hundred one hundred protesters were really involved in the action whereas many of them the majority of the ones marching were able to disperse before violence kick started here on the ground for all the details on the clashes now let's turn to our report. the clashes began as protesters try to get through the barricades that the police have made it on their way to the convention center police in riot gear against protesters there trying to push away protesters away from the area that's barricaded off. clashes continuing as police is trying to get the protesters to move out of the march area there's

fighting going on there trying to move into the protesters we have heard warnings that possibly chemicals would be used on the protesters. still pretty chaotic the police is warning the crowds to disperse we have heard some rumors in the crowds too for people to start putting in earplugs the sound cannons could be used we do know that the police has held rads accessible they have issued several official warnings over a megaphone saying that it's time for. the crowd dispersed we did see clashes break out several times. and i mean time co-director of the antiwar international action center sara flounders in chicago says that the action taken against the demonstrators shows nato feels threatened by the course the very fact that so many thousands of people came out from all across the country and the one message that the police and nato has tried to make is to blame all while and here is just more

machine responsible for violence allowing the world from drone attacks to. wanting just to attacks and more and in in afghanistan libya serious threat from iran and yet they're calling the demonstrators mylan they have spent weeks and weeks and weeks saturating the media here with wild completely inaccurate fabricated stories about how the demonstrators are violent they actually have charged young people with terrorism charges a million and a half dollar bail they kidnapped people right off the streets at the lawyers spent days trying to find they would not have done that if they did not feel a normally read and that right here in the u.s. there is a denunciation of nato of its wars and demanding that the troops be brought home from afghanistan that there be no new wars and the end to this skyrocketing

military standing watch every social program here is cut it wouldn't be doing any of this if they didn't feel right. about the protest unfolded in the streets outside the nato summit some big announcements of being made on the inside the talks maybe focusing on afghanistan on missile defense in europe with the blokes chief saying the shield is up and running with interim capability details on this now without he's gone a chicken. this is the first step of base multi-stage missile shield program in europe nato secretary general says for eighteen months they've been working on technical legal issues now they're on track to carry out the program in form chicago the first stage involves mobile interceptors those are the interceptors and radars installed on ships and the plan is to have a land base elements of the system deployed by twenty eighteen countries like romania poland the czech republic the netherlands those are going to be systems designed to intercept more and best weapons the missile defense shield that the

u.s. is building in its new europe is a very contentious issue it's been a point of big trade between russia and the us for many years now russia says the shield has the potential to offset the strategic balance that will make russia take steps to restore that balance that is to deploy more weapons something that russia doesn't want to do nato is saying that the system is designed to counter possibly a potential threat from iran but you're right doesn't have the kind of weapons that the shoulder is intended for also the us refuses to give legal guarantees that the system will not be aimed at russia at some point so it's a huge issue which is not just about trust it's also about guarantees of galveston is at the forefront of this year's nato summit agenda its member states are going to coordinate this their steps so it was draw all the u.s. as the green member is of course calling the shots american troops are set to leave afghanistan in two thousand and fourteen but under their new agreement with guys then they will remain in certain numbers as the u.s.

claims in a supporting role the general perception among experts is that nato as war in afghanistan has been a failure as much as the u.s. is trying to troop coated with the eventual killing of osama bin laden still the war ended up in raging the local population fostering a new kind of extremism and also drug production became graham been doing afghanistan during the years of occupation and it's billions of dollars that go to support terrorist and organized crime networks around the globe that's the kind of work against them. needle is leaving behind nato is also facing identity crisis in a way the alliance is supposed to be about the fence but it has long taken up the role of an offensive force the bombing of libya had nothing to do with defending europe or north america you saw thousands of people in the streets of chicago protesting against nato because they fear that in order to sustain itself to make it to make itself useful be a lie as it is in the business of making wars rather than stopping them artes gummidge kind of courting but we are coming to life in the heart of moscow this is

our duty russia is expected to get a new government on monday when a recently inaugurated president vladimir putin unveils his team of ministers on a deadline for forming the cabinet expires on choose day but the leadership says it's taken as much time as possible because of the need for a significant shake up. for explains. this appointment can really get us that the tone for the president meets and that of course they come against the backdrop of the president said public opposition we've seen wide scale try to toppling in the country and really the opposition calls for a new russia russia two point so they're going to want to be a big emphasis of calls on curbing corruption at the same you're younger faces in that cabinet as well a lot of people are going to be looking for a cabinet going to be can she say to that reform that they've been calling for we've seen a much more politically engaged population sometimes here in russia now over the

weekend at the g eight summit the prime minister and the fate of the the new government is going to be substantially we need and that's why it's taken them time the president not attending that meeting to focus on this formation of the new government so i do expect to see the younger fresher tastes and interests and see if there's any opposition members in the new government as well when that final line up is announced. and so forth reporting right there where you are with are still to come for you in this hour so be as a presidential election is won by a nationalist can do this but what does that mean for the country's plans to join the e.u. . and it looks like they're on a bumpy ride for london's fast approaching summer olympics severe delays line closures and bus strikes all threaten to put the squeeze on the games. so ten minutes past the hour here fresh clashes have broken out in lebanon between

opponents and supporters of the assad regime in neighboring syria it was provoked by the killing of a sunni cleric known for his anti syrian stance more on this i'm joined by political analyst live from beirut good to see you thank you for coming on r.t. today if i could ask you could you just break this down a bit for us so obviously lebanon and syria are neighbors but what else binds them to the extent the violence in one can spill over to the other. please continue. the violence the violence in syria the violence in the north was expected and delayed for a while it seems that ever wanted to create this free zone turkey and on the borders of turkey and syria or jordan and syria. have failed and is trying to build that freezone you know the lebanon in order to create the bridge

between the fighters. the fighters who are coming from all over the world to fight against the syrian regime they want to create this freezone for them in the north and create the bridge between tripoli and. homs. and i think the killing of the cleric yesterday was. the reason to start this sort of uprising against the lebanese. and what happened in beirut i really believe it was just diversion they want to divert the attention of the lebanese army from north to bathe in order to. gain some time and being ground in order to establish that. or if we can all of you see as you're saying obviously when things happen in syria quite often those things appear to echo quite quickly

through lebanon how do you see events developing in lebanon from now on considering what is happening to to its neighbor. well. i think the syrian opposition. he's talking about two different oppositions there's the opposition which is not violent at all and we have the opposition that is financed by both qatar and the saudis. those are getting to. a point where in my opinion they are. you know they are feeling and they know that time is not. to their advantage so i see them becoming more and more aggressive and trying to create those free zones that i told you about i expect. more violence in the north and the bekaa valley.

and what's happening today they are also trying to create this sunni shiite conflict and they will do their best to portray it as. a proof syrian forces trying to kill the sunnis in lebanon which is not the case at all but of course with the biased media and that. led by serious. we might we might see that portrayed as such i'm sorry i'm sure just for a moment because they were when you bring up the issue i do apologize we will try their best story. coming from moscow to where you are in beirut i do apologize for interrupting once again but i understand what you're saying about ethnic tensions being stoked here but washington says to president assad must leave his post what

would happen to syria if that were the case and how would that resonate in lebanon if indeed assad is forced down. if assad is forced down. this will not resonate in lebanon only it will resonate. this is the war of the this is the jihad for the for the. assad falls down the way americans want him to fall down there will be definitely. the whole region will be ruled by. and then we will have an islamic family. on the right islamic rule in the whole arab world and this might also heard the interest not only of pressure but the whole. and we will definitely see later on

some of your movements and asia as well trying to claim that this is a very serious time for lebanon syria the arab world but also the entire world this is a new world war and nontraditional nontraditional means and weapons used in this world war our political analyst. live from beirut thanks for coming on r.t. today. well the news is just in here on r.t. russia has a new government with recently inaugurated president vladimir putin unveiling a new team of ministers where the stand there's been a significant shake up as compared to the previous cabinet this all comes against the backdrop of unprecedented antigovernment protests in russia of course over the past few months among the opposition's main demands was a call for russia two point zero and they significant of renewal of the country's a governing elite will be joined live by one of our correspondents for details later in the program to stay with us for that. watching on t.v.

the relationship between south america and the united states comes under focus in the latest edition of juliana songes new show here on r.t. the president of ecuador rafael correa is this week's special guest where he explains why he kicked the u.s. out of the military base there and it looks like a they quickly established quite a friendly report. your government close the u.s. base at mount up. can you tell me why you decided to close this base because they said that here would you accept having your foreign be set up in your country julian in any case if the matter is that simple if the matter is that simple it's a woman as i already said at the time ok it's not a problem to set up a u.s. base in ecuador but we can give the go ahead as long as we are granted permission i think to set up and it would who are in a military base in miami that if it's not an issue they should agree with us that

that we are having a lot of fun with the interview julie and i'm glad to hear that i need to. drawing. and just to remind you of tomorrow at eleven thirty g.m.t. that's the latest edition of julian assange his program airing right here on c. well russia have become champions of the world after beating slovakia to take this year's title victory in helsinki brought the team of their third championship win in just five years. reports from moscow where celebrations have certainly been taking place the atmosphere here one zero shooby lation asked russia wins the two thousand and twelve will hockey championships it was a tough much against rival slovakia but in the end the score was russia six slovakia this win means that they didn't lose

a single one of their ten games throughout the tournament it's been a tough two years of russian hockey the entire look club team died in a plane crash last year in the national team after wins in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine has been lower down the rankings the past two years north anymore seems that i've made some friends here the international i saw key federation names the russian team number one in the wounds even before this and now they proved it. when i told miss all the details of the game in our sports bulletin that'll be with of course andrew farmer in just under forty minutes time also you can read more about the match and see these special snapshots of the big game over on our website. along with the joy of victory all the pictures of god he talked.

nationalist thomas' love in the college defeated the pro e.u. candidate boris tadic in serbia is presidential vote so because previous government that's already served two terms under boris tied it has often been criticized for the country's economic downturn job losses and corruption the election has largely been seen as a vote on membership the winner of the poll thomas love nichol it has already confirmed the country will not stray from its european path political expert marco gas it says that voters had simply run out of patience with boris tadic i think the service of realize that membership is not a panacea not a cure all for all evils in the system and there are many evils in the system i mean ex-president presided over eight years of poverty in which he's only got he have drawn all the financial benefits and that created a kind of replaced a kind of communism with a kind of corruption is there which has been very good for them and very bad for

everybody else in the country and this really has been the problem for the population has been afraid of change but they also have been afraid of further poverty and despite promises of e.u. rose garden even the e.u. governments are very bare at the moment and target is offering looks even more bare as a result it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today and with the summer olympics fast approaching all eyes are on how london is gearing up for putting on a show to the world but as either bennett found out it there are growing concerns over chaos for commuters as bus strikes and aging infrastructure leave the city's transport system struggling to cope with a huge influx of visitors. welcome to britain where you'll be greeted by queues longer than many flights to get here the maximum wait for passport checks at london's heathrow airport should be forty five minutes but these passengers were stuck for up to two and

a half hours last month as britain's busiest airport seized up why because it rained says the government not exactly the sign of a city ready to welcome the world at the imminent olympics four hour delays are predicted and not just at the airports there are huge problems with the transport infrastructure in london as anybody who has visited the city will realize we are basically running on a kind of nine hundred fifty s. infrastructure in terms of airports railways the metro system and so on it is a very out of choosing with the rest of europe three million journeys a day are enough to make even a normal service grind to a halt on london's famous underground never mind the gap in severe delays and impromptu line closures that are notorious here and with a surge of fifteen million journeys on the busiest days of the olympics it's no wonder even transport officials admit you'll be better off on foot this is waterloo

station one of london's busiest and a limb pick transport hotspots in fact is expected to be so congested here during the olympics that people are already being handed maps like these telling them how to avoid stations like this one and advising them to walk to work during the olympics because it'll be quicker than taking the team the advertising may be light hearted but walking to work is no laughing matter for most commuters especially when that's what over six billion pounds of investment get see we've got the best transport system in the world without question everybody telling people to walk to work because we're responsible organization we're just giving practical advice and god. people so that they understand the jury so and so on with i guess it is going to be pretty you know we don't we're not hiding behind the fact that the network's going to be busy and that's why we give people less sensible guidance and advice so they can avoid our sport so they're not

a complete news and that i actually perhaps might enjoy actually walking rather than going on the trip and the brakes are on the buses to this london icon may not be seen at all this summer drivers are threatening to strike because they're london's only transport workers not in line for a limb pick bonus pay without them it'll leave another six million passengers to squeeze on to the tube if london's buses do come to a standstill because the strike action our members will being forced into this city will be gridlocked nothing will move people won't get to the games the athletes the journalists the coaches and the spectators won't even get anywhere near that limping with barely two months left much of london twenty twelve is on the home straight but in getting from a to b. there are still plenty of hurdles ahead either bennett r.t. london. he is coming to you live from the heart of mos going to about one of our

top stories now this just in that russia has a new government with recently inaugurated president vladimir putin unveiling a new team of ministers there has been a significant shake up from the previous company to. join us live on the program with more details on this server so what's prompted this shakeup and just how big is the change. will that resells who's already go ahead and what we know is that the change expected to be its biggest two thirds of that cabinet need now so we'll be seeing a lot of new faces of course it's that really what a lot of the opposition in this country have been calling for these appointments coming on the back to the president to public opposition that we've seen in the months of protests some of the main calls a really for a change of the old guard in the political landscape and people really are going to be looking for real change. among the names that are going in that new cabinet reshuffle that's now happened they're going to really want the big government.

service oh man to be for this really changes this baby calling. they are going to be. younger faces as well it's the indeed as you've been talking right now we've been looking at our live pictures from deep inside the kremlin so the president vladimir putin has been addressing members of his new cabinet aussie sarah thank you. or it is about time we want to go to head over to the r.v. business desk and find out what's happening on the markets for this hour let's join it touches you standing by there you are good to see you or is it all doom and gloom would you have any good news for us well there actually is some good news thanks mainly to european equities and u.s. futures pointing to a higher opening on wall street at the moment the russian equity markets are trading in sympathy with the two book both of those that i already mentioned the exact figures in just a second but first of course last week's jitters really. the

stock markets down to two and a half year low and really put and bester is on the sidelines either from financial company troika dialog here in moscow explains how he sees trade developing. the markets will be dominated so still will be dominated by the news flow from europe and the event probably which will give us more clarity bulge edition in europe that will be the uniform will need to your view of leaders on wednesday but you will know when the s. and p. futures are trading in positive territory russian market is very quiet so still will most when investors are ready to step into the markets and buy very cheap stocks i think that most of this. will see much more kind of reasonable markets. and as a promise the exact figures for the russian markets here they are as you can see the r.t.s. and the wise it's

a both gaining around one percent each and some individual share and share moves on the my six all of the blue chips are bouncing back from last week's all losses of course financials are benefiting as a bear bank is among them and say gaining around two percent the sour and allergy majors are benefiting from higher crude well at least some of them this hour lukoil is higher but rosneft is actually all losing value and now on to the european equity markets there the picture is quite upbeat as you can see the footsie is gaining around half a percent the dax in germany is putting on almost one percent and of course that's thanks to that we can group of eight meeting and a few details on that to global leaders met over the weekend to discuss this fate of united europe u.s. president barack obama who's that the meeting has repeatedly stressed the need to

stimulate growth of course one of his main concerns is that the euro zone crisis spreads to the united states but essentially there were no breakthroughs as the g eight leaders once again agreed that it would be best for greece to stay in the euro zone but that doesn't mean. it can wiggle out of its financial commitments as one of the biggest stories of the recent days facebook's i.p.o. it may have disappointed some but it was quite a success for two russian billionaires and it shows one of the russia's richest man by forbes magazine this year and his partner mentor printed or and venture capitalist yuri milner they give us the less than one billion dollars into facebook and two thousand and nine made through two entities mailed out are you and digital technologies the investment is now worth more than six billion dollars. now the two partners sold around thirty five percent of their holdings in the offering and

that's according to the provided in the prospectus and now let's check out the currency market at the moment to europe is doing quite well it's gaining value against the greenback and the russian ruble is trading mixed is gaining to the dollar but losing value to the european currency and last but not least of course the crude is gaining for the first time in seven trading sessions after it hit a six month low on friday in new york that's all the latest from the business desk i'll be back in about fifteen minutes already of alex very much so you that. i do stay with us here on the program if you can indeed all the headlines and then we speak to a canadian diplomat who takes on a u.s. foreign policy.