creeping contagion eurozone champion germany enjoys ratings downgrade with fears the crisis is hitting the money three unions biggest economy now i've got latest about that this hour. also mother truman over in russia plans closer ties with china while america promises to move most of its warships to the asia pacific in the coming years again a report to come. and protest peacefully or pay a fortune russian lawmakers passed a bill that sparked some of the most heated debate and said that new parliamentary record to. this is r.t. it's seven pm now here in moscow welcome review watching around the world my name's

kevin zero in on our top story for you the eurozone debt crisis is getting dangerously close to the monetary unions powerhouse germany moody's cut the ratings of several german banks including the country's second biggest lender austria is also affected here's our europe correspondent test for ourselves. granted that there's a lot of skepticism surrounding the moves or the motivations of ratings agencies what has just happened does confirm already existing skepticism on the health of the whole banking economy the whole economy at large of the euro zone and nations that fragility and the vulnerability of certain countries even economic powerhouses such as germany to what happens in the so-called periphery countries the losses countries like spain or portugal greece would be taking in now this a downgrade happens on the back of some negative news coming from spain also the meters of b. and g. seven countries meeting together to find a solution to spain's increasingly dire situation spain had said that it's

a banks are losing access to markets because borrowing costs are be going up so much this begs the question is there going to be another bailout what would this entailed once again and who's going to be bearing the brunt of it would it be the taxpayers once again that would be a previously a spanish ministers had said that spain can't come up with the money on its own but already some ministers are saying that in fact they won't meet some international help because of that there's a lot of skepticism khichri markets reacting to this now certainly what has been consistent in this whole crisis is that one statement today of confidence changes at the next day a complete turnaround and therefore there really is no sense of stability sense of confidence in any of the statements coming from the country what has been consistent is that there is no solution until now found to get out of this euro zone crisis to a correspondent in europe the financial analyst most cuz the smells a rat in all this. he told me that the crisis is the charm see things for some to

make a fast buck. that global elite law of when these crashes occur they can buy all these assets whether it's the all the assets in ireland all the assets in greece all across europe and around the world they love these catastrophes you know as somebody described it naomi klein it's disaster capitalism the austerity measures are the result of debts that are being imposed upon the population debts that they did not incur and i'm very sorry to say to the people of wisconsin they are of came very close to throwing out that bomb a walker but they balked at this at the last minute same thing in ireland they almost voted against a treaty which would have crashed the euro and helped their exports it would have been economically a a boon if they voted no but they at the last minute they chickened out again the people in greece are on the threshold of a revolution but you know they don't seem to get it together yet to overthrow regime change get rid of this technocrat this morning the show i'm flying to athens

tomorrow morning with billionaire hugo salon is price we're talking to this i reserve the new left wing government about introducing a server back drop along with the euro as a way to cure greece's problems now we'll let you know we get so now they are t. business teams across the market situation and reaction of course to the german banking greg daniel what hugo banks have completely stopped lending to spain his prime minister has revealed for the first time it also says it's too big to be bailed out by the e.u. warring toys for european business in twenty minutes ok thank you. russia and china are boosting their military partnership including holding more joint drills president putin is currently on a state visit to beijing to forge closer ties with the asian giant china's growing influence is causing worries for the u.s. which is shifting more of his was shipped to the asia pacific here is your skis in the chinese capital for us. not only the diplomatic and economic ties seem to be very strong between moscow and beijing but now we have it confirmed by vladimir putin and this is something he stressed in particular that the military partnership

between the two countries will also expand now it's already been very strong i mean here that russia and china have already conducted a very successful joint military exercises in the past and certainly the weapon exports from russia to china is also massive but now when to stand according to put in that this cooperation will expand suddenly this is some kind of news which would hardly be very welcomed in the west in the united states in particular which have been growing a very much war with china's growing military might and the recent visit by the u.s. secretary of defense mr panetta to the asian pacific region basically confirmed all these worries with producing statements like the united states must be vigilant in the face of. china's growing military power but beijing is also growing very impatient and very irritated with the actions of the united states which in particular this visit often that the saying that a growing military presence in the region may destabilize the whole situation we

certainly are waiting to see whether there will be any reaction coming from washington on these statements coming from beijing but definitely the fact that russia and china are growing their military ties certainly adds a very interesting spin to global geopolitics. yeah and if you following that story will be interested to know as well later this hour we'll look at how the u.s. might be eyeing how to counter the strengthening russia china partnership to america now courting new delhi to boost the cooperation we explore though whether it's to help cemented stage a persistent presence or to square up to india's powerful but interesting story developing in. the attention of wiki leaks supporters today's no shifted to an american military court where u.s. army private bradley manning a suspected website contributor faces his latest hearing he's suspected of the biggest leak of government documents in u.s. history the charges lawyers are hoping to dismiss however as artie's medina koch

never explains some leaks seem always to go on punished. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected we can take small bradley manning the obama administration has waste an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash laws than all previous administrations combined but it seems one man 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 law 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 sad 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's 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 enslin stuber called its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy seals long survivor and act of valor how for safety official assistance veteran hollywood reporter david roth 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 that this

creates a false image in the american people's mind so while for some folks will get truly walked out for others very trying to project patrick johnson and propaganda on to the silver screen my you know question archie reporting from los angeles california and if you didn't catch it yes i just remind you the world's top whistleblower julian assange has his own interview program right here on this channel and if you missed any of the episodes you can always catch them online they're all up loaded if you ready waiting when you want to say without ti dot com. next bridging rules you're in public protests may no cost a pretty penny here in russia as lawmakers have approved a new bill supporting tougher punishment for violations it ship to get signed off by the president of the bill's already caused a storm among politicians and opposition groups and even set a new parliamentary record for the time it took to be passed these you go to prison off the details. the draft aims significantly increasing the fines for violating

the rules of taking part in mass rallies from the current seventy year olds up to a maximum of seven thousand euros for average citizens or around two hundred hours of community service so that's why it's caused such a wee of fierce criticism and anger both from the official and unofficial opposition many of whom are calling this draft drug but its supporters say that it corresponds with western european standards and actually if we compare the figures the penalties in some western european states are often much more severe and the fines could be much higher as well reaching seventy five thousand euros the draft was initiated after a launch protest rally ended in clashes between some of the protesters and the police we've seen pieces of concrete flying around small grenades and injuries on both sides it was more of a marathon last night when it took eleven hours for the lower chamber of parliament

the state duma to work through the draft because of a new tactic which is being taken on by the opposition which is new for russia but it's a practice which is similar to filibuster ring in the united states when some deputies try to be as abstract as possible to do real the vote but by around midnight it still ended up being passed to despite this fierce debate or stories and a lot more as well available on our web site twenty four seventh's a couple more interested in right now this rare celeste feel slightly used both astronomers and stargazers gasping in amaze when you go to look closely though these pictures check into r.t. dot com for the spectacular for the transfer to vivus across the sun there it goes only happens every hundred five years it's a little spot we go closer pictures online and staying with the final frontier we investigate the mystery of an american satellite that's returned they're worth.

mission cloaked in secrecy. hundreds of thousands of egyptians have packed into the now iconic taria square in cairo rallying for the death penalty for former president hosni mubarak and leading the protests for the country's islam a sudden force ahead of the looming presidential vote in the country and eager to capitalize on burgeoning on the rest. was in tahrir square. thousands of protesters have converged here at risk where in the center of cairo you can hear the sounds of protests reverberating around the square around me a real feeling of anger in the streets tonight and 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 get in the death penalty and what really set them off was

six of his senior security officials who were acquitted of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in egypt revolution last year there's also added tension around these protests because 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 him execute it 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

. servitude and warn that they may try and hijack this revolution the other after week 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 darker standing in these presidential elections but his links to the old regime are simply too close. the syrian government's agreed to allow aid workers and humanitarian supplies into four of the provinces worst hit by the violence there thousands are in dire need of help as clashes between rebels and government forces have intensified since the opposition declared it was no longer committed to the un backed peace efforts meantime russia's call for a special international meeting on the situation in syria they ended talking all warring parties into returning to call for plan moscow says the proposed gathering differs from the so-called friends of syria meeting because the latter so only support the opposition who according to him and conditions with also lay down arms

could middle east expert eric alley says toppling a sad and not establishing pace has long been true goal of some of the foreign players. when the americans vassal state slow growth some talk about transition what they are 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 what we now have 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 the scene of ongoing violence syria is also locked in a so-called information war started talk to the country's minister of information and told us how the mainstream media coverage of the conflict often clashes with the reality there is full interviews coming up next hour. with the very people responsible for the deaths filmed their crimes and sent the footage to the media blaming the government for the atrocities of the recent study shows that ninety percent of satellite coverage on syria has nothing to do with the actual situation in the country because it's all lies and fabrications this again proves that there is 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 came out 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. a morning nato air strike in eastern afghanistan has left at least eighteen dead including women and children according to local officials people living nearby say all those killed are celebrating a wedding now nato denies that claiming they took out eight military commanders in that strike the president of packed nationalist forum spoke to me earlier on he said that america will pay for the damage and misery it has inflicted. go with with the afghan government is saying and they're saying that civilians have been killed today the of gun people have lost more of their civilians in the first decade of

the twenty first century then the united states lost on nine eleven it was a tragic event of nine eleven but this is no less a tragedy and frankly we don't see any justice in this that the afghan people could lose this many and of course nato and the u.s. military not guns down a very quick to condemn the taliban for their bombings in various cities where and attacks of course were civilians were killed but how is the u.s. military and nato any different they kill as many civilians there we talk to a lot of of gun activists and i think any future government in afghanistan after the americans are out in order to reclaim credibility i think they will have to initiate some sort of a reconstitution process whereby they would have to move some legal cases maybe go as far as the u.n. or the international court of justice and ask for compensation for what happened i mean of ghana's done will be left with with with wounds that would take decades to

heal i mean just just thousands and thousands of civilians have been killed. more international news in brief hundreds of march through toronto in support of quebec students who can rallying for months against jewish and his favorite hundreds of demonstrators being detained with almost two hundred thousand refusing to attend university wednesday strong to rally united local students and labor activists with another protest federal for a fortnight's time. north korean leader kim jong un's given his second public speech since taking power in front of tens of thousands of children wednesday marks the anniversary of the country's children's union you're going to zation that helps ensure the young generations loyalty to the regime it comes two days after north korea warned this southern neighbor of military action over their critical coverage of children specials in the pyongyang aid. the u.s. defense secretary is wrapping up his first visit to india and to a largely regarded as an attempt to shore up washington's influence in the asia

pacific and those u.s. india ties are aimed at challenging the growing military muscle and economic expansion of china as artie's trader explains. 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 through the maybe 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 chair new worry 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 federal 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. you know. what it says that. and. american influence in issue while india is happy to have partners to advance their arsenals many observers are watching the american

interest with caution. is one of india's biggest trading partner i mean we are neighbors we can reach each other we should not be made a proxy about other powers you know. we should not fight the battles of the americans and we really americans i think. it's a declining superpower. 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. business or. spain admits banks won't lend to it anymore now that is very bad news coming through south of new isn't it yes because spain isn't greece spain structurally minister confirms the country's fault too big to be bailed out by brussels but lenders are no longer

letting it roll over its bonds for fear it won't pay back leaving the country out to dry madrid has lost a quarter of its value already this year brussels says taxpayers' money will no longer bailout insolvent banks on the new proposals bank shareholders creditors will be responsible for any losses for the new legislation is unlikely to come into force before twenty fourteen too late to protect taxpayers from the current crop or fails but another storming day its economy continues to grow force despite the euro crisis arafat shares are flowing plans to list in london this year investors say that will be a success as it's one of the world's most profitable airlines airflow could earn up to two hundred forty million dollars from the move the rubles also strengthening against the euro and greenback russia's central bank governor says that trend should continue he also maintained this year's inflate. targets of five to six percent that's a record low for russia after facebook's i.p.o. last month the nasdaq made compensate some of its losses this is

a new report shares in the social network have lost unless they made that hundred million dollars on reports facebook did with four calls from potential investors and disney is burning junk food ads on its t.v. channels and websites that don't meet its nutritional guidelines surely take a mickey mouse also of packaging for pop tarts with two in three americans overweight or obese first lady michelle obama is backing disney's move. most clampdowns a home or making false food chains target emerging markets burger king russia's teamed up with the t.v. bank to expand into the country's region's p.t.b. will invest two hundred billion dollars over three years and europe today got more stories for you on the website thanks dan course now as syria continues to slide into full scale civil war the conflict now creeping beyond the country's borders further across the region we've got more of that in the latest edition of cross talk on air very soon dated the headlines for you in just under five minutes.

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