victory. egypt's presidential poll when contested by his rivals and undermined by the military granting itself legislative power. of government in struggling greece. in a war torn syria the group of twenty world leaders gather in mexico with some very big problems on the table. with an e.u. oil embargo against iran. moscow hosts global players to result controversy surrounding tehran's nuclear program.

and as an artist after five pm on monday here in moscow to show you're watching on t.v. life hitchens have had their say in the country's first post mubarak presidential election but there's still no sense of closure the islamist candidate mohamed morsi says that he's won a claim rejected by his rival former regime official ahmed shafik now the official results are expected on thursday but the ruling military has already undermined the vote by issuing a decree that gives its sweeping legislative powers in cairo with more. people are beginning to gather in tough here square just as the muslim brotherhood candidate dr mohamed morsi makes the announcement that he has won these elections and that he is egypt's next president the muslim brotherhood claims that ninety nine percent of votes have been counted and according to their own people who were

present at all of the polling stations throughout the country the candidate came in with some thirteen point two million votes this is the equivalent of some fifty one point eight percent and they put the contender after which i think at forty eight percent now is challenging this he says that this is a deceit of the egyptian people and interestingly enough there is an independent television station here in egypt running reports that it is shafiq who is in the lead and they quote independent election observers but it is worth noting that last month during those presidential elections being was in brotherhood gave its own results before the official results were announced and those results were completely accurate and no one could really predict what is going to happen after the results come through certainly the people that i've been polling the most constant reaction i get is that it doesn't matter whether it's morsi or shafiq who wins there are going to be street protests throughout egypt if morsi comes forward this does paint the scenario for

a showdown between the military and the muslim brotherhood because of course suffix is the military candidate now the army went so far as to issue an interim constitution it has made itself effectively egypt's in all makers and it says that it will be responsible for appointing those people who were draft a final constitution these are important elections that there are a lot of questions that still remain unanswered questions such as what power will this new president have this needs to be debated in outlined in this new constitution and of course the overriding question whether or not the military will hand over powers of promises of will on the first of july and indeed even if it does will it. he knew to control the strings from afar and if yes to what extent these two contenders have a lot of support and it has been too difficult for predictions to be made before these elections in terms of who will come forward with an ultimate victory. party's policy reporting right there will i mean time okoro based journalist sara mohammed

ali says that regardless of the winner mass demonstrations against the result are so far. now we've got a great divide between the feet supporters and the muslim brotherhood of course dr morsi supporters in both case scenarios there will be protests but no one is going to be pleased with the results because the divide is extreme in my opinion if mr shifty wins the elections there will be massive protests and demonstrations and i think a lot of the people whether or not you are muslim brotherhood supporters or revolutionaries or reformers who actually retreat to the streets of tahir and actually shout out weyerhaeuser revolution gone because you cannot have a remnant of the x. regime lead us into this new wave of transition but in the case that the muslim brotherhood candidate dr morsi wins there will be a lot of depressed revolutionaries and anti muslim brotherhood supporters will feel

that egypt now is now in you know embarking on and on a different level of knowledge which will actually you know take place if dr morsi wins live from moscow this is all still ahead for you in the sala that have decision time with the u.n. trying to lead efforts to end the syrian crisis in a separate war of unconfirmed reports on the wild allegations. and find out how america has a so-called war on terror the people of star you can find all that out in july you know saunders latest interview program that will be this huge day here on our. the eurozone is hoping for a quick resolution in athens as a pro austerity party begins coalition talks softer winning the most votes in sunday's election greece's economic troubles and their effect on global finance is taking precedence for the g twenty leaders now gathering in mexico the escalating

violence in syria is also in focus and he's gone nature can reports. greece is on everyone's mind right now sunday elections there showed an outcome that is likely to ease fears around the world at least temporarily of a greek exit from the seventeen nation euro zone greece's economy falls out of the euro zone investors will become nervous about other financial issue you countries such as italy spain that would likely drive up borrowing costs with these countries that's already happening they'd be constantly seeking international bailouts europe would be trapped in a vicious circle that would send shock waves across the global financial system what's at the core of the problem as many see here is nations that believe beyond their means some take it too far and the message is they should be more responsible what's interesting that you twenty summit started four years ago when america's living beyond its means brought down the global economy back then the leaders of the world's top twenty commies got together and marshal the trillion dollars to

rescue the world from the credit crisis it became clear to everyone that the world is so interconnected now that irresponsible actions of one of the countries can trigger a domino effect and have huge impact on others of course it's not just the global economy that the leaders are here for their very pressing political let's say war and peace issues on the agenda with regards to syria the ongoing violence there is of extreme concern to everyone as far as how to go forward there are some differences even big president putin and president obama are meeting early on monday is going to be the first bilateral meeting since the russian leader took office in may and is taking place in challenging times we'll see what they will have to say washington and moscow are accusing each other of stoking violence in syria the u.s. says russia provides weapons that assad uses to kill civilians moscow rejects the claim and says it only supplied air defense systems under existing contracts russia says the u.s.

contributes to the violence in syria by ordinary arms supplies to the rebels we know that saudi arabia and qatar are actively supplying why. the syrian armed opposition groups washington he said to coordinate their efforts moscow believes those are actions that undermine kofi annan six point peace plan which calls for end of violence on all sides and dialogue both russia and the us agree on kofi annan peace plan which was designed to enable the series to choose their own future eventually but they see very differently on how to reach that goal president putin by the way did not attend the g eight summit in the us in may he sent the prime minister it was a signal to the g. twenty is now seen as a better platform for talks because it's more inclusive you have trying to india and other global players who also get to have a say on global affairs. for now let's talk to john holtzman the president. and approaches a political risk consulting firm good to see you today thank you for joining us on

our t.v. straight to the point for us all the world powers as we know now gathering in mexico hoping that the pro bailout government in greece is formed as quickly as possible to avoid a fall out of the question i must ask her how do you think such a government would be welcomed in greece if indeed welcomed at all by people who have been role ultimately rising up against the establishment for well over a year. well know this is it it's been an alice in wonderland election on the one side you have surprised with the far left party saying we can ignore all the bailout terms and they'll still love us and give us money which is a fantasy that sounds like the mock turtle or the mad hatter and on the other side you have present to designate probably some are saying once i win because the europeans like me i can renegotiate the bailout terms and there won't be any problems that also will be proven i think to be a fantasy and so although this buys us a respite the reality is that this mad hatter's tea party doesn't change anything in the long run greece is going to have to live up to these terms they may get a little bit more time to do so but the terms themselves as the foreign minister of

germany made very clear yesterday aren't going to change so i think the greek people are in for a tremendous disappointment when you bring germany into the equation here as we know a german chancellor. continues to want to keep greece in the euro but but what if a conservative polity fails to form a coalition and greece is still kicked out what effect could that have on the inside euro zone do you think. i think it could have a huge effect as as was mentioned in your report borrowing costs in spain are at the magic seven percent number which if they stay at her is unsupportable and they'll need a further bailout of two to three hundred billion euro conservatively and then the fund is empty let alone if something happens to italy and so the danger on one side and it's a game of chicken the greeks think if we go out it could lead to contagion with much bigger economies and ruin the entire euro zone so they're not going to be mean to us and the germans say the greeks need us more than we need them because without a constant infusion of money we simply can't meet salaries and greece goes back into the middle ages sadly i think both have a point but the point is managing this difference along the way becomes very very

difficult but really the drama begins now because one doesn't get the terms you want to remember this new government is going to have only about forty eight forty nine percent of greek support behind it what's going to happen then with surprise and leading demonstrations in the streets growing ever more popular and then they can say you see we were right nothing has changed what i did and as you were mentioning a moment ago there are many of the loot to the possible inevitability that if greece does go and does have to leave the eurozone it could pitch in a domino effect through other stuff tearing and stumbling members of the eurozone one question i must ask you is that we found politicians we thought on a list so we thought economists all saying that it's well it's the right things on the whole greece will have to leave the eurozone at some point then why politicians still supporting it all they afraid to let this happen on their watch. now that said they don't want to go down in history as the people who destroyed the euro zone as you know the problem with the european elite is the european project is a quasi religion and nobody wants to be caught when the music stopped without

a chair the reality that is that you will be blamed for everything better to muddle through and avoid the questions are germans really prepared to give eight percent of g.d.p. per year for ever to its transfer of money to italy spain greece and portugal no one asks that on the other hand are greek citizens italian citizen spanish citizens prepared year on year to be told what to do by the germans and others as to how to run their economy and their way of life if the answer is no to either of those questions fasten your seatbelts we're in for a bumpy ride to quote betty davis well you bring in the issue of germany there and certainly germany is europe's powerhouse and having a shoulder a lot of the debt burden and i do apologize to john hulsman i wish we had more time for this interview but we just. have more details on this discussion on a website called much on holzman a political consultant thank you very much for joining us today my pleasure. oh i see now it's turning our attention to that of syria has two russian navy ships are about to sail to the syrian port of tartus to protect its naval base there and unnamed navy official quoted by

a moscow news agency said the vessels will carry an unspecified number of marines to syria the russian navy refused to confirm the reports to us here at r.t. of the country's defense ministry had no immediate comment but last week pentagon official says it's already tracked a russian ship allegedly carrying weapons and troops to the conflict torn country claims denied by moscow the u.s. had already have backed away from hillary clinton's remarks that russia was also supplying assad with attack helicopters but as obvious marina portnoy reports these accusations are simply doing nothing to help the conflict in syria. as the syrian crisis becomes ever more brutal by the day. oh critics say that key players trying to resolve the conflict have been raising more questions than answers unfortunately what we are seeing is reports that aren't really relying on the participants in one side of this conflict and that's very very dangerous because

the words when you hear only one sided information your conclusion is always in their favor there were the massacres committed and close range of over one hundred people a vast majority of them women and children some killed by heavy weapons the other killed it seems by every indication by the should be a militia is acting on behalf of the government western leaders were quick to blame the assad government for last month's houla massacre even when their own media couldn't draw the same conclusion b.b.c. world news editor john williams was in syria he reported quote the details of exactly who carried out the attacks how and why were still unclear yet the old line of blame to mask is was still being shy. out of it the reason that the situation on the crisis has become so grave and that there is now a space for these good elements to come in and cause mayhem in syria is because the

syrian government has failed to live up to its commitments under the un i am plan its commitments to the international community as britain scolded the assad government for bypassing the peace plan the free syrian army was planning a bypass of its own demanding that joint special envoy kofi annan should quote issue a declaration announcing the failure of this plan unquote freeing the opposition to carry out military operation against the government time to the no down to did it deliberately meanwhile channel four journalist alex thompson claimed syrian rebels deliberately let him into a death trap to be killed by government forces according to thompson's account one rebel said. bradstock to market then comes the washington divide over who is aiding damascus one voice says we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to to syria and we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to

syria while another says the opposite i have not seen reporting that indicates. that the russians are providing attack helicopters to the syrians i have just not seen that the us flip flop on brusha coincided with the un's fancy footwork regarding the state of syria the united nations for the first time saw a u.n. official describe the situation in syria as a civil war in an interview with reuters u.n. under-secretary general for peacekeeping operations are a lot sue confirmed that the syrian crisis could be characterized as a civil war declaration countered by the un the next day i think it's clear that it's not for us to determine or formally. characterize the nature of the conflict in syria a conflict that many say isn't just black and white but illustrates many shades of grey following sixteen months of conflict the united nations is leading efforts to

stop the violence in syria however the information war taking place outside the country may prove to be the biggest barrier to be elusive goal of fully understanding and solving the problem marine upward non-art see me or. i was told a continuing of military intervention in syria another country where it did take place is still struggling to pick up the pieces later we talked to u.s. senator chris dodd to see whether he wonders if libya could soon follow a similar fate to thought of iraq. running the place today i mean in a sense that's the the dangers in all of these things here you know the devil you know the devil you don't know kind of situation so clearly it was so repressive what was occurring there and libya may have to go through a period here where you don't go if immediate transition from ousting a brutal dictator to a jeffersonian democrat that shows up there are periods here of transition which

libya is going through that are painful to watch but i think russia could play a role i know they didn't want to necessarily be involved in supplying military hardware and gauging and the conflict as it was developing but i don't think that out of now because you do not find a way to become involved in a constructive way to help that country get on its feet and find its center and give it an opportunity to grow and to provide some decent opportunities for people in that country so the fact that you rejected the idea of being involved in the ouster khadafi ought not to pollute it seems to make now turning around say we didn't do that this is the outcome how can we be constructive and help now get this country back on its feet and stabilize it. and you can see the full interview with former u.s. senator chris dodd in just over an hour's time right here on out. now crucial talks are underway right here in moscow to try to break the long running stalemate over iran's nuclear program tehran is meeting the group of six world

powers as europe and the u.s. prepared to slap their toughest sanctions to date on the islamic republic. off as the latest. but we've heard from the iranians today as a regeneration of their position that they want an acknowledgement of their right to win a ritchey radium force the billion nuclear purposes and president mahmoud ahmadinejad seemed to indicate on his website that iran would be willing to hold high level uranium enrichment if the world powers agreed to meet its need for the fuel that the remains are also hoping that the west will scale back its sanctions which of course a significantly hurting our oil exports and the iranian economy but the message from the region european union today was the plan to end our ago against iranian oil will continue in less than two weeks is of course in addition to american banking sanctions the west meanwhile is holding tight to its position that it came to in the last months meeting in baghdad where they're demanding the arrhenius halt

to rhenium enrichment above twenty or at twenty percent which is close to weapons grade which again iran insists is for civilian purposes only and also ship some of that stockpile out of the country and exchange the west would give iran some supplies for its reach research reactor as well as spare parts for its airliner commercial fleet a deal that the iranians today have not said a is fair has said it's unbalanced in the words of one former raney a negotiator diamonds for peanuts so a difficult situation thus far some countries are indicating this is the last chance for diplomacy before the talk turns to war we've heard israel threaten again to attack iran should these talks fail the israeli president today in fact said that iran is running out of time and if things continue on its current course war would be the option and we have to keep in mind here that the u.s. president is running a tough reelection campaign and is under some serious pressure from the u.s. congress to consider the military option should there not be

a breakthrough in these talks. reporting right there want to you can head online to find out why iran news in the crosshairs but israel has reportedly urged its allies to shoot stronger threats to iran at the cover. talks ongoing here in moscow according to tehran to be pressured with imminent military action if its nuclear march is not stall. also at r.t. dot com for you the chinese get closer to creating a national manned space station after three astronauts successfully docked with beijing's very. and now a straight it's a northern gaza to start for you now it's where israel has launched an air strike killing two men riding a motorcycle the jewish state says the attack was in response to recent sniper fire and targeted suspected palestinian militants the strike came shortly after separate clashes on the israel egypt border that left one civilian and two militants dead gunman opened fire on vehicles used by defense contractor crews building

a border fence. a bomb was torn through a bus carrying students in southwestern pakistan killing five and injuring over fifty police say the explosive was planted in a vehicle parked in a suburb of the city of quetta no group at this point has claimed responsibility however the area is known for sectarian violence and an active militancy. french socialists are valid reforms after their big poll win in the country's parliamentary elections but the results give president francois hollande the parts of fulfill his policy promise of economic growth instead of belt tightening a pledge to raise taxes for large corporations instead of cutting budgets in order to tackle europe's financial crisis it's the first time socialists have taken control of parliament in ten years. well i try not to miss the latest episode of julian assange is exclusive program here on r t that will be on choose stay at the

world's top whistleblower talked to imran khan a pakistani corruption activist and politician are known by some as the one man party explains why he thinks america's war on terror has devastated his country. i want everyone to know what got in the election that this election is a disease it's going to be a disaster for the people of us the one it's only meant for the bush administration to have one who. was sure it was struggling so you would like to go they wanted another puppet government so they could pursue this war on terror without what arm was blowing on. and saw that. whatever it was actually went through the roof the war on terror was has been devastated by this for a because for two thousand and one because it is a big get in a war we have nothing to do we're visit the our own army killing on people and then

then doing suicide attacks on the folks that is evidence how would you reconfigure the pakistan relationship with the united states were going to be a complete severance but would you commit drone strikes what kind of intelligence cooperation what would you do in practice. have a relationship based on the dignity self-respect so it should be a relationship like the us as with india it should not be a relationship with blair must relationship any worse than a box that has a hired gun. to. kill americans in the news it's not it's of relationship that is feed it's now delivered to the people above is done why has it delivered to the americans. and now you can watch our the latest installment from journey in our sancerre on r.t. that will be tuesday at eleven thirty cheney and team. but over to marina there you

all good to see you again this hour i know you're following the markets for us pretty much nonstop certainly last hour there was some optimism it seems it's all dissipated yes surprise surprise. surprise i mean to be honest with you and that is because really investors are now coming to grips with the reality of what i mean by that initially was a lot of enthusiasm and excitement after the pro bailout parties one victory after the greek parliamentary elections but now they know that this doesn't necessarily mean that a so-called gregg's that is out of the question and they know that uncertainty remains this is a look at the latest figures and you'll see what i'm talking about in fact the footsie slipped into negative territory for a couple of minutes but now it's back in positive territory in just the last and the vaccines adding point two three percent this hour now also we know that analysts have been talking about what is a greggs it would mean for the global economy and in fact we spoke to peter weiss and from at investment company and he had lined his version of the current economic

situation and what we could see in the future. in the morning and. the government very quickly that would add some more relief to the market however the overall situation in europe seems to be far from from from over we have a spanish bond yields today rising above seven percent for the first time the talian bond yields went above ten six percent again so overall the situation on the on the situation in europe are still very much alive and investors are. all right now stay with the europe of the sun which says it will sell state assets and streamline government spending as part of the so-called growth the free public assets worth ten billion euros will be sold in about a month to slash the country's that which is one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. and the government has also approved measures to boost consumer confidence which is crippled by the tax laden austerity packages. at the exchange rates they yourself against the dollar has actually fallen off. it's strongest points in the month

versus the dollar now one that comes through the ruble it's game against both major currencies russians are still excited about greece was europe as i said earlier is now coming down from that initial high now let's move on to russia talked about the ruble so you can safely assume that russian the us and all sorts of mood here at the arts yes and the my six more or less are half a percent let's take a look at some individual share moves on the my side to see that most of the blue chips are higher leads to be the second largest lender here in the countries out of over two percent. in this by the crime of crude prices we'll get to that in the second and bucking the trend this polling and news that a slash in capital investment now moving on to crude prices is us there heading a lower lights we trading at around eighty two dollars a barrel and in fact they're heading for their lowest point in fifteen months and that's not only because all of the group that concerns as well as european it's also because the spanish foreign calls that i mentioned earlier and this is what we

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