major antiwar march outside the nato summit in chicago tons with around a dozen activists injured and many more arrested in the clashes with police. at all as president rafael correa is the latest to appear on julian assange interview program the to discuss corruption on the controversy over his rule and just who his presidency is not sitting well with. the balance contagion spreads further into lebanon deadly street clashes between opponents and supporters of the neighboring syrian regime now reach the streets of beirut. and vladimir putin unveils a new cabinet made up of mainly new ministers but some familiar faces as well.

a pleasure to have you with us here on our today rule research a life in moscow. nato marches on the doorstep of the bloc summit in chicago have descended into the worst clashes with police in three days of protests activists say dozens have been severely beaten by baton wielding offices around sixty people arrested. was that. today certainly was unprecedented for a week of action taking place here in chicago along the sidelines of the nato summit 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 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 faeces a lot of chaos about one hundred one hundred protesters were really involved in the action whereas many of the majority of the ones marching were able to disperse before violence kick started here on the ground and american idol activist sara flounders says the u.s. government wants to pin the blame for the violence on the protestors simply because it feels threatened by the movement. it's so many thousands of people came out from

all across the country here's his war machine responsible for violence around the world from drone attacks to to bombings to attacks at war in in afghanistan libya syria threats from iran and yet they're calling the demonstrators violent they have spent the leaks and weeks and weeks saturating the media here with wild completely inaccurate cyber catered 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 street to the lawyers spend days trying to find they would not have done that if they did not feel enormously strengthened that right here in the u.s. there is a denunciation of nato of its wars. and on the final day of the nato summit members hope to agree on an exit strategy for afghanistan now the

lion's share of international troops are preparing to withdraw off to two thousand and fourteen by handing over security to afghan forces the alliance is also on the veil the first stage of his ballistic missile defense system in europe he's got an h. a can is now standing by for us live here and join us on the program good to see you garner the summit wraps up today what's expected to come out of that. well nato members are coordinating their steps as to how get out of the very much on popular and resource draining war in afghanistan france has announced that it would pull out earlier than expected american troops are said to leave by the end of two thousand and fourteen but under their new agreement with afghanistan they will remain in certain numbers in a supporting role as they say now as far as supply routes are concerned which is vital for nato operations in afghanistan as well as of for the upcoming troops withdrawal through the route through pakistan still remains closed it was shut down

around six months ago after a u.s. airstrike killed dozens pakistani soldiers by mistake now the u.s. and pakistan are reportedly haggling over the price the alliance will pay with pakistan demanding many times more productive than they were paid a year ago at this summit in chicago the pakistani leader of might have felt somewhat of a snob by the u.s. not only was he added to the list of some guest last minute but also president obama refused to meet him so after pakistan shut down the route the u.s. had to rely more on the northern groups and that is a key area of cooperation between russia and nato because russia provides its airspace israel rose to supporting international forces in afghanistan going they are moving to the issue of a missile defense a new one of the bones of contention between moscow and washington the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen said on sunday that the european missile defense shield it's up and running with interim capability what exactly does that mean. well exactly the other issue of the summit is of course missile defense

shield in europe nato has announced that they have reached an interim capability which means that they took the first they took the first step in the deployment of this multi-stage missile shield program the first stage involves mobile interceptors those are the interceptors and radars installed on ships the plan is to have land based elements of a system deployed by twenty eight teams countries like romania poland the netherlands those are going to be systems designed to intercept more advanced weapons and by two thousand and twenty they'll be able to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles the miss all defense shield that the u.s. is building in this to europe is a very contentious issue it's been a point of big between russia and the u. was for many years now russia says the shield has the potential canal that the strategic balance that will make russian take steps to restore that balance that is to deploy more weapons something that russia does on want to do nato is saying the

system is designed to counter a potential threat from iran but when doesn't have the kind of weapons that the shield is intended for so there are lots of questions as to its efficiency and purpose also the u.s. refuses to give legal guarantees that the system will not be aimed at russia some point so it's a huge issue which is not just about trust it's also about guarantees because leaders change situation evolves it seems there needs to be a more consistent basis for cooperation these are gone they should thank you know a nato members have provided moscow with political rather than legal guarantees i was going i was saying all about this missile defense system that it's not supposed to be aimed against russia but time's roving correspondent pepe escobar says these assurances mean nothing. nobody buys it the russians don't buy it the chinese don't buy it the iranians don't buy it and most of the developing world doesn't buy it the fact is this is neat to expansion in eastern europe it's always

been the case for the past stand fifteen years in fact so russia's going to have a response they're going to deploy russian missiles to near the polish border so we're back to the cold war in fact you can take the cold war out of nato but you cannot take nato out of the cold war in fact nato would like bases in the central asian stands as well the center asians are part of the myriad partnerships that nato has all low for the world including all sorts of middle eastern and east asian countries the problem is they don't trust the pentagon just like they trust a hundred percent neither the russians or the chinese they want to do what kazakstan says a multi-factor diplomacy which is beating big powers against each other. this is r.t. and still to come for you in the program old challenges for a new leader serbia's president elect pledges to keep on force to the e.u.

but experts wonder whether he can pull the country from the poverty and corruption seen under his predecessor. and how it's getting from a to b. in london could be a challenge of herculean proportions fears that the city's transport system may collapse from the surge of visitors as it prepares to host the event. it is a ten minutes past the hour here in moscow he has been called one of the most democratic leaders in latin america's history and a champion of the poor ecuador's president rafael correa appears on whistleblower julian assange program on choose day exclusively here on r.t. from coups to oust him to strain relations with the u.s. he describes the challenges he faces while under attack from the rich and powerful our london correspondent laura smith has more. tomorrow is the sixth episode of

julian assange his interview show and his guest is rafael correia who's the president of ecuador he is a controversial figure he's a left wing populist and one of latin america's most progressive leaders and he's actually a beneficiary as you might say of wiki leaks in that one of the cables released revealed that the u.s. had been supporting a structured campaign by a powerful businessman to destabilize korea's government back in two thousand and seven the us embassy cables also reveals that korea is the most popular president in ecuadorian democratic history but of course that popularity doesn't sit well with everybody and in fact there was a police against him back in two thousand and ten accompanied by unconfirmed speculation that the u.s. which of course is never far from politics in latin america was somehow involved to what prayer had to say about. the only country you can be sure never to have a coup is the united states because it hasn't got a u.s.

embassy. in any event i'd like to say that one of the reasons that led to the police discontent was the fact that we kept all the funding the us embassy provided to the police there were hopeless units key units fully funded by the us embassy has offices in command which chosen by the u.s. ambassador and paid by the u.s. we did away with all that. after that coup korea kicked out the u.s. ambassador who was there at the time career talks about the arrogance of the ambassador in that time when he when he told her that she was going to be kicked out and of course this is all part of a wider plan for ecuador to pull away from the u.s. part of that also is a career's refusal to extend the lease on u.s. bases that are currently stationed in ecuador there are many reasons for that let's hear him talking about just one of them. but it's not a problem to set up a u.s.

air base and you could do so you can give the go zone as we were granted permission to sort of talk an ecuadorian military base in miami. unlikely that that's going to happen of course but joking aside this this goes back to korea's socialist roots one of the main uses for the u.s. air bases in ecuador is to perform strikes on drug smugglers and has admitted that his father was in fact a drug smuggler and says that far from being a sort of sort of criminal overlords your run of the mill drug smuggler in ecuador is just a man or a woman desperate to feed their families so he wants to help them rather than punish them now that's just a little bit of this program he also talks about the media in ecuador says wants to dispel this image of big government persecuting saying leave journalists and news outlets and saying that actually it's the other way around that the media is often owned by big businesses and rich people who use it specifically to push their own

agendas you can't have that now though you're going to have to wait until tomorrow the latest episode of julian assange his program is going to be broadcast hare on r.t. at eleven thirty g.m.t. . well look. it's technology innovations all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the source material is what helps keep journalism we. we want to present. something you know.

you're watching out see in about ten minutes time it's katie with the business but for now two people have died in fresh overnight clashes in the lebanese capital beirut this going on between opponents and supporters of the assad regime in neighboring syria the violence was triggered by the killing of an anti assad sunni cleric in the north of the country political analyst our rula tal says that if the syrian regime falls the ripples will be felt well beyond its borders. the violence in syria advice in the north was expected and delayed for a while it seems that whoever wanted to create this free zone in turkey and on the borders of turkey and syria or jordan and syria. have failed and is trying to build that free zone in northern lebanon in order to create the bridge between the fighters. related 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 if assad is forced down this will not resonate in lebanon only it will resonate in the whole arab world we will have an islamic extremist. on the right islamic rule in the whole arab world and this might also heard the interest not only of fresh air but the whole issue and we will definitely see later on some severe movements and asia as well trying to claim the money and this is a very serious time for lebanon syria the arab world but also the entire world this is a new world war. but you can always find the latest stories comment and i was just on our website dot com here are some of the items are waiting for you there right now no tweets in the past on the country blocks access to twitter after calling

a competition to come up with characters of prophet muhammad blasts from. california's border patrol finds nearly forty tons of marijuana worth millions of dollars just floating off the coast. at the top russia has a new cabinet ministers managed to hold onto the job but the majority of new kids on the political block. out with the old and in with the new with the appointments of the new government seventy five percent of the nie ministers and many of the people be taking place in government for the very first time so really a significant shake up in from in large part by the wide scale process we've seen in the save in the recent months in the country and much more politically engaged population that have really made their demands very clear and one of those was for a shift amongst the political elite that reflected

a moment what they were calling for and so a lot of people going to be looking very closely now to see whether this is going to be the government that's going to be ok he's to. to working towards the reforms that they've been so loudly calling for every ten times the loss of most any major . city we should expect expect some of these young most liberals the prime minister in the day this had baby during his term in the kremlin and now as prime minister is expected a lot of people will be taking the post some of the key minutes have retained that division they still don't love role and the role this for a minute the the the benton finance minister. and there's a big change if as we said seventy five even if the energy minister is being replaced so these appointments now really going to be the thing that. the president needs and in the kremlin. also you sir what they're putting their will meantime political commentator sort of gives token says that russia's power team now has the

right people to drive the country forward from my point to you this is the moves dramatic cabinet reshuffle the deck eat and what matters is not only the number of the new faces which is really amazing can you imagine three quarter of the new faces but that qualitative change is that there was an enormous cry all of the all of it presumes a late appointment of the cabinet and added to the confusion to the story that we didn't didn't go through as you know through the g eight summit to get there so what we see to be is that the release system often blame is these are working it is quite effective it might be criticized it might be ridiculed by someone but still it is able just to meet all those threats and challenges which are phrased by the russian. the markets in russia have been rather flat despite the news of the new cabinet reshuffle more analysis on the way in our business bulletin that will be with kate. now nationalist thomas love

a nickel each has defeated the pro e.u. candidate and incumbent boris tadic in serbia's presidential vote voters blame him for the economic downturn job losses and corruption during his two terms his successor previously known for it and the western stance says however that he won't leaders country from its european past political expert marco gas which says the voters are simply run out of patience with boris tadic which i. think the servant 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 now is presided over eight years of poverty in which he is oligarchy have drawn all the financial benefits and there created a kind of replaced a kind of communism with a kind of corruption ism 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. let's get some other global news in brief for you the r.t. world update now it starts with yemen a suicide bomber has killed at least ninety people during a military parade route us all in the yemeni capital the attacker reportedly wearing an army uniform blume self up in the middle of a group of soldiers standing near the presidential palace it's not clear if the assailant was actually taking part in the drill this is the deadliest attack in the capital since the new president was sworn in this february. a second day of protests in nepal has turned violent after clashes over ethnically divisive general strike a three day shutdown called by the federation of indigenous nationalities once proposed state regions under a new constitution to be based on ethnic grounds stripe supporters attacked cars of

people thought to be breaking the stoppage and there were several arrests violence on sunday so vehicles burned and around fifty protesters detained. the un as a chief nuclear watchdog is in iran for the first time since taking the job the head of the i.a.e.a. wants to persuade tehran to clear the way for an international investigation into whether iran has conducted its secret atomic weapons research iran has always denied the claims while allowing only partial inspection of the facility. where you live there is a bit of a katie with the business but for now our london is in the homestretch for the olympics but there could be one massive hurdle yet for visitors as artie's are bennett explains the country's transport system could be under more pressure than even the athletes and fears that strikes and outdated infrastructure may make it mission impossible for the huge crowds hoping the visit the games. 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. a 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 but 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 nineteen fifties 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 berlin picked transport spots in fact is expected to be so congested here during the olympics that people 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 a 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 c we've got the best transport system in the world without question everybody telling people to work so work because we're responsible organization we're just giving practical advice to god so that they understand the jewish on the

guy yes it's going to be pretty you know we don't we're not hiding behind the fact that the network is going to be busy and that's why we give people sensual guidance and advice so they can avoid it so the more you can be used and by. actually perhaps 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 onto the tube if london's buses do come to a standstill because the strike action our members are 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. with barely two months left much of london twenty twelve is on the home straight but in

getting from a to b. there is still plenty of hurdles ahead either bennett. london. has promised or there's katie standing by the r.t. business desk good to see you again as we've been reporting all day certainly for the past few hours russia has a new cabinet certainly some new fresh faces any reaction to the russian markets absolutely well so far the reaction isn't quite muted alone we are seeing some rebounding off of two and a half year lows will certainly be watching how they close they can be closing in less than ten minutes now slightly interesting to say but moving forward as you say we've got some new faces in the cabinet be interesting to see how they will implement the policies as a head so these people include alexander novak he'll become the energy minister on today all soft goes to the economic development but with a position of finance minister is still out on thirty one off the walk of it is now

a deputy prime minister with a wide free on economic matters formally he was at jimmy medvedev presidential aides and he has a reputation as a reform are now chief economist at morgan stanley jacob now. so the change is all substantial. in total i think is going to significant a radical change but it's not the only degree and like a drug dealing in which we may not have noticed the scale the radical list of these changes with them searching a new group trying to force new out of government and sweeping change at the ministerial level if not at the deputy prime minister level so i think that the market reaction is skeptical to date as we've heard a lot about the promises made seamlessly implementation but if the implementation follows i think there is scope for significant significant and positive reaction. ok with hoover and mind you can see the figures right now on today's performance

you got the odds yes around one point four percent in the my size are around one point five percent up in positive territory so far today so let's do some major blue chips and see how they performed we've got the energy majors a rough down there lee two percent the biggest financial. bank here spare bank is our three point eight per survey if we talk about m t s a report the first quarter profits of up to fifty nine percent that was five hundred twelve million dollars which is topping expectations now the u.s. market is they recently it just opened there in the first hour of trade as we can see we're looking again it was kind of a bit of a. lackluster star i suppose they were floating gains or losses for about the first twenty minutes as you can see now we've got gains of around point four percent for the dow jones and a half of percent of the nasdaq is going to now start there that's where the facebook is now pies but their stock has actually dropped more than four percent

which now puts it below the thirty eight dollars per share the initial public offering price outside his appointment although he might suffer but he did get married at weekend so i'm sure he's not. upset about that let's go to the european markets and see how they're performing and the second part of the day you know we've got the g. eight leaders they've all said that they do want to greece to remain in the euro zone looking ahead to the e.u. leaders meeting on a wednesday in brussels to really decide on a strategy going forward so best it will be on the edge of their seats for that one but it's essential with the u.s. that because last time these figures were on our screen they were indeed red says those of nervousness surrounding the great exit which is certainly a possibility right now to see how the euro dollar is before performing all those sentiments in mind what also see how the russian ruble is trading as they say they will be closing up shortly ok that is all for the markets today on the business team up be back in about fifty minutes time joining them.

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