credit agency moody's tears apart the pristine ratings of seven of germany's leading banks amid fears that not even europe's economic bastion could withstand the euro crisis. as one of the major contributors to wiki leaks charged with aiding the enemy he faces his latest here in washington gets caught red handed with a very selective approach to handling classified data. breach the peace pay the price russia's parliament voted to target the wallets of protesters a break a law with thousands of dollars in fines at stake.

this is r t it's three pm or moscow my name is kevin and it's good have you with us now our top story panic over the euro crisis is breached even germany's defenses today with ratings agency moody's downgrading seven of its major banks it was decided that even europe's premier economy may not withstand potential financial shocks if matters in the euro zone deteriorate further especially over over health editor in chief of both a belgium is leading business magazines trends and that he said the move was to be expected. it's certainly something that we should have seen coming in terms of this is a crisis that is getting more structural and i would even dare say institutional by did they so nobody will escape if even germany and german banks if we continue to handle this crisis in the way that we've been doing for the past two years a lot of talk but not much very specific and well targeted action is in order to solve this crisis and i think this austerity debate is frankly speaking

a little bit of a stupid debate because obviously public finances in all european countries as well as in the united states and in your band and in japan are on a crash course so we need to change there we need to adjust policy and the major element of uncertainty in the present european situation obviously is this ongoing crisis and no perspective of. a resolution to all the issues on the table i mean it's clearly visible that practically all the policy people involved are just buying time at the moment and you can buy time for a long time but at the end of the day these problems will overwhelm you and maybe we can through a crisis a real crisis like the lehman crisis in two thousand and eight will get the european politician elite moving in a rapid constructive and positive way coming up this hour on our team looking east

some of your asia's leading powers with russia and china in the driving seat. security is a counterbalance to the political grandstanding of a western ally. and revolution returns to egypt as hundreds of thousands rally in tahrir square with efforts to deepen political and religious divisions and on this warning of more trouble ahead. wiki leaks supporters are assembling their forces on wednesday is bradley manning one of the major contributors to the web site faces his latest hearing he's charged with twenty two separate crimes including aiding the enemy which is a capital offense but if that is what in a culture of the reports now washington's interpretation of freedom of speech depends on who you actually are. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected we can be small bradley manning the obama administration has waged an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under

a span asch laws than old previous administrations combined but it seems one man's snitch is another man's spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is they have leaked classified information for the times when it suits them to do so one of those with what was written with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward where they played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the catholic bigelow project regarding seal team six takedown of ben lauder last year at this time the film in question which is titled as zero dark thirty covers last year's raid by u.s. commandos on the pakistani compound where some of bin laden was hiding the conservative watchdog judicial watch has obtained records revealing that hollywood filmmakers were given access to precisely undisclosed information about the operation oscar winning director kathryn bigelow and screenwriter mark boal were even granted at tour around the fold as cia building where tactical planning for

the raid took place the film is out in december but was initially due to be released just weeks before november's presidential elections data facts all some flak fly the administration's way while the entire project has raised concerns over the way intelligence is being used it's best that this kind of information particularly as it revolves around what's surrounding this movie remains classified it absolutely has to it's very unfortunate that it's coming out to be used for political purposes for a congressional election however there is nothing unusual about the defense department collaborating with the makers of hollywood blockbusters. it's a partnership that dates back to the middle of the twentieth century and it has proved effective the pentagon has what hollywood filmmakers one access to millions of dollars worst off a military equipment to use in the movies and hollywood has what the pentagon wants

the endsleigh institution were called its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about me and. my brother and to valor how for safety official assistance veteran hollywood reporter david robb says the pentagon has for a long time had access to the scripts of hollywood filmmakers to show the military in a better light and the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of thrones and television shows that have been sanitized by the military and to make military seem more heroic than it really is and never wrong and always good but this creates a false image in the american people's mind so while for some folks will get truly walk back others are trying to project patrick tells them and propaganda on to the silver screen my you know question artie reporting from los angeles california. and

remember the world's top whistleblower julian assange his own interview show here on or see all the episodes are available at r.t. dot com as well. and want to bridges the peace during demonstrations and russia will now be hit hard in their wallets after both chambers of parliament passed a new bill dramatically hiking fines for protest violations the law was subjected to delaying tactics by opposition played a trick rarely seen before in russia but adopted by many parliamentarians worldwide zero two zero zero percent of more details for us now. it was like a spring told at the federation council as if everybody was tired after last night's amount of fun at the state duma the lower chamber where it took eleven hours for the deputies to work through the draft and that's because of a new tactic which is being taken on by the official opposition similar to filibuster ring in the united states when some deputies try to be as abstract a vast possible to the real that will or working at

a snail's pace literally moving slowly as slow as possible in japan i want you to listen to the actions of the russians later when they tried introducing piles of amendments now over the last by around midnight the draft was still passed and it's a minute to significantly increase the fines for violating the means of taking part in mass rallies up to a maximum of around three hundred thousand rubles which is over nine thousand u.s. dollars for ordinary citizens and twice that amount for officiation at the same time the deputies are looking at creating these designated areas for protests across russia similar to the fight park in london so the idea is there should be real opportunities for protest but if you break the rules then you've got to be now clearly the penalties are much lower in russia that's why there is fierce criticism both from the official and unofficial opposition but originally this draft was initiated after a large protest rally which ended in clashes between some of the activists and the

police we've seen pieces of concrete flying around small grenades and injuries on both sides now that this draft has been passed by both chambers of wall and it's up to the president to sign it and earlier of argument putin said that it has to correspond with european standards but if you actually compare these fines to some of the fines in some western european states then fear the penalties are much more severe and the fine sometimes are much more higher up to seventy five thousand euros in the fines are lower according to his draft in russia but it's still sort of on the same field that's why it's very likely that it will be signs and the fines will be increased in the nearest future. now later in the program we look at america's pursuit for dominance the country's defense chief cozies of india's leadership of the string of bad luck leave the u.s. short of places head of its military movement to say more not sure when and syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country amid an escalation of violence as

a fragile cease fire is still hanging while thread. hundreds of thousands of egyptians have packed into the now iconic tahrir square in cairo rallying for a death penalty for the former president hosni mubarak and leading a protest where the country's islam ists out in force said of the looming presidential vote in the country and eager to capitalize on burgeoning unrest. in tahrir square. it's primarily focused around the verdict in the mubarak trial hosni mubarak egypt's former president is now going to spend the rest of his life in prison it seems unless the protesters get their way at least some of them wanting to do a bit more of a back than that and to give him the death penalty and what really set the more was six of his senior security officials who were acquitted of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in egypt revolutions last year very shortly egypt

will enter the second round of its presidential elections but many people here expressing a lot of frustration they see the choice in those elections as being really no choice at all one candidate mohammed morsi is from the muslim brotherhood he's been trying to garner support here at the protests going around the crowds saying that if he was elected president he would drag mubarak back to trial and try and help an executed which has struck a chord with some of the protesters however he has received criticism from a wide wide number of groups as well they see the muslim brotherhood as religiously conservative and warn that they may try and hijack this revolution the other half bed shafique is mubarak's last prime minister and a former air force officer the protesters just as angry about him they say that he could well be or should well be god for standing in the presidential elections is

certainly is a huge protest and a real re ignition of the spirit of protest against what is seen as very little change compared to what was wanted from last year's revolution. tom barton the syrian government's agreed to let aid workers into the country for the first time they'll be based in four cities hit hard by the violence among them homes since the rebels said they were abandoning the u.n. cease fire plan they've been violent clashes with security forces meantime syria's give the marching orders to seventeen diplomats from the u.s. britain france and turkey among others to mask is accused foreign powers of funding and arming the opposition fighters and then east expert tara kelley believes those countries are motivated soley by regime change. when the americans vassal state slow growth some talk about transition what effectively mean is

regime change that is what they did in libya with dire consequences as we can see in their country today in syria the plan to bring both sides to the table and have a negotiated settlement is obviously the best way to move forward but the united states and britain and their other red lights have absolutely no pressure on the other side to come to the negotiate negotiating table and start a process of talks so it would appear to me that what we now have is an end game situation where the united states as decided to remove this regime and will use everything in aspire to do so. as well as being the scene of ongoing violence syria's been locked in a so-called information war as the country's minister of information adnan told r.t. mainstream media coverage often clashes with reality is full interviews coming up

next hour. the very people are sponsible for deaths and they got filled their crimes and sent fruitage to the media blaming the government for the atrocities of the law and a recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage on syria has nothing to do with the actual situation in the country it's all lies and fabrications again proves that there's a real information war waged against syria with real facts being substituted with fabrications these lies and the only way for them to achieve their objectives in their war against syria out of the houla massacre is a good example of that that as soon as the first pictures of the massacre were released everybody started accusing the syrian army and security forces but we all know who was really behind this crime and today the people of syria are targeted by terrorists who are armed and sponsored by regional powers like qatar saudi arabia

and turkey as well as by western nations such as the us. remember all the latest stories and videos on our website r t the or com there right now in fact if you have not caught it and don't look at it directly this is the best place to see it the extraterrestrial phenomenon which left both astronomers now which is gasping check out the spectacular images and video of the transit of venus across the sun only happens once every hundred five years best place to see it's on our web site how much dawn this latest stage appearance has provoked the wrath of france's far right find out why it's not been music to marina penzias at r.t. dot com. regional terrorism and extremism both are on the table to talk about at the annual summit of it raises six pioneering powerhouses this time being held in china the block known as the shanghai cooperation organization will also touch upon global foreign policy with the leaders of iran

and afghanistan invited to join the gathering. reports from beijing. we've got a very busy day here in beijing. the state official state visit to china now has transformed into the summit of the shanghai cooperation organization the organization which has celebrated its ten year anniversary last year and definitely all sides all countries involved in this organization have been noting that the corporation has been very successful especially in this security field something which has been a burning issue for the central asian states and that's where we already know that there has been very great success in the talks between the leaders of the countries we're also expecting very many important meetings on the sidelines of the summit between. the presidents of ghana stan and iran something which we of course will be bringing more information on as soon as we get it and this will probably be the main focus certainly this summit comes just a day after the start of an official state visit to china these sites have managed

to assign very important agreements and boosting economic ties and have managed to exchange their views on many different global policy issues and reported that they have been seeing eye to eye on all those issues in particular certainly the growing military strength of the united states in the asian pacific region something which greatly concerns china russia is agreeing with beijing on that matter and certainly the developments in the middle east even if we didn't mention did that russia and china are seeing eye to eye on the syrian conflict such strong relations between beijing and moscow have been causing some concerns in the west primarily because china is a growing developing developing state with its economy and military being stronger every year we are following certainly all the interesting developments during the summit in the next two days here and we'll be bringing all the latest information to our viewers as soon as we get it. we will chicago international affairs.

but it is well he says the shanghai cooperation organization has a potential to become a serious force. as we know this is the twelfth summit that will the head of state meeting of the shanghai cooperation organization was created in two thousand and one to replace matters in perspective we have to recall that with not only the full six members of the c.e.o. but with the fact that in two thousand and cry india pakistan iran and mongolia are well were welcomed as sort of certainly. since of course go over to the sri lanka what are called dialogue partners there's been discussion i have of the summit and will see it with and so that afghanistan me going is that it is on the server in turkey a joint is a dialogue partner but even as currently constituted the shanghai cooperation organization its collective population represents how lieberman raids the lamb out of the c.e.o. members on the server states sixty percent of the eurasian land rights so this is

a very important organization and it's one that still even twelve years after its foundation stone the ambriel state in many many ways and one that once it's fully bore and comes into the world in earnest is going to be one of the most important developments in history. with the united states losing a string of critical bases across central asia the pentagon's apparently launched a new drive to secure more allies defense secretary leon panetta is on appeal to the named in the at public may asking new delhi to take on a greater role in afghanistan but analysts say there is far more at stake and washington has got india slated for a bigger role of the last pakistan supportive of america's future in afghanistan threatened by a resurgent taliban the much touted move to the asia pacific could be unraveling spray straight there are reports now on just why america is so you get the cozy up to india. the world's got its eyes on india its the planet's biggest arms importer and is set to spend one hundred billion dollars on beefing up its military arsenal

over the next decade while many weapon makers from far and wide are lining up to cash in on this need to modernize the united states's dash to the front of the pack . to strengthen its new. troops armed guard america. ships and those who. grow up through the navy to many it's seen as part of the u.s. is bigger shift towards asia one that its defense secretary leon panetta is now touring the region to actively engage it in a chain you were a report issued by the american government of china is listed along with iran as one of the us is biggest adversaries the report also specifically singled out india as the main country washington would pursue as a strategic partner in the region the united states has already been thinking

better of the amount of energy strengthening military ties with india it just sold them time military transport planes for four point four billion dollars india also conducts the most military exercises with the united states than any other country many analysts say that it could be a way for washington to use new delhi to counterbalance its new enemy china i do see the. united states is going to do. what it says that. this includes. and. it wants to lose the american influence in issue while india is happy to have a partner to advance their arsenals and many observers are watching the american interest with caution china is one of india's biggest trading partner and we are neighbors we can reach each other we should not be made a proxy by other powers you know. and every should not fight the battles of the

americans and really americans i think out a declining. it's a declining superpower. be able to. hold their ground and the share price agreed to as the united states continues to buddy up to india it looks like it could be using their new found friend to bully its enemy preassure either r t new delhi india couple of news stories in brief now southern australia has been hit by heavy floods more than twenty five thousand homes in the region of lost power while buildings in sydney been damaged by strong winds in victoria river burst its banks and flooded a coal mine forcing workers to abandon the site may time heavy snow has blanketed new zealand's south island closing roads and grounding flights. two suicide bombers blow themselves up in afghanistan's southern city of kandahar killing at least twenty two and wounding fifty others up last time this near a nato run airfield targeting civilians who provided supplies to the base the

taliban's counter sponsibility for the attack meantime nato forces have killed at least seventeen civilians in an airstrike in logar province while trying to capture a taliban commander according to local officials. stuff in twenty three minutes past three o'clock moscow time is culture of the business really is the. big business here in russia one of the struggles of your menu today the well may be a russian inspired burger who knows because the russian companies invest in the hundreds of millions of dollars into burger king but i'll tell you about that a little bit later first let's take a look at international markets will start with europe where things i heating up right now of course as we've been reporting credit agency moody's says downgraded several german banks spot that seems to have had no effect on the markets whatsoever you can see that the footsies at an almost one and a half percent whereas a german that's where we expect to see some of the worst performance is out of over one and a half percent and investors there in fact are waiting for an interest rate decision

by the european central bank some analysts are saying they will see the rate unchanged at one percent and also we're hearing that e.c.b. staff might be doing some downgrades for growth projections and if that does happen we might actually see the markets go in south once again but for now let's stick with the europe and talk about something else the european commission has now finally unveiled the new proposals which will ensure taxpayers' money isn't used to bail out failed banks this is aimed at preventing banks from dragging down the entire system and the proposals will see banks shareholders and creditors feel held accountable for losses incurred by banks but new legislation is unlikely to come into force before two thousand and fourteen and some say this might be too late to protect taxpayers from any further immediate bank failures. now let's consider with markets and here in russia we see that they're in the black as well the r.t.s.

is adding almost two percent to my success finally settled in paul's the territory we've seen that it was a choppy trading session so far for it but now it's adding the point is seven percent let's take a look at some individual share moves on the boards most of the blue chips are higher russia's biggest lender is at an almost two percent as you can see there fertilizer overall colley is bucking the trend that's more than four seven percent and that's the news that it's bought back expenses ridge six hundred and seventy five million dollars and also we have air flow and isn't particularly well as you can see adding over four percent and that's on news of the share all for now more on that we have russians for i carrier is now considering landing over thirteen percent of its shares in london this year they're the most the daily newspaper claims the possible move will be the sculls through in the company's legs board meeting and this listing could bring air flight two hundred forty million dollars analysts say the share placement is likely to help the company also improve its

a market capitalization which is currently under estimated. also as of the mansion in russia second biggest leisure to be has the site it's a cash into fast food according to the newspaper yet again the bank is creating a joint venture with the current developers here in russia within the next three years we to be will invest up to one hundred million dollars into this new firm which will have also exclusive rights to development in the country for the next couple of decades. time to look at the currencies the euro is again against the dollar when it comes to the ruble it's going against both major currencies this wednesday and we know that the central bank has been blaming the quizes in the euro zone for the weakening of the ruble in the past couple of weeks of course for the month of may when about a fourteen percent of its value but the central bank insists that it will bounce back and the inflation will stay on things that five to six percent so that's some

good news for us investors right there and for now that's a cavern from a valuable tool have the. ok thanks a lot over myself no. seriously i think it's a full scale civil war and it's reverberating across the border in. very short. stories in just under three minutes.

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