his first major interview since it was forced from office current poised to post leader ferdinand look for now the logo reveals he was ousted on the threat of widespread violence. it's a proposal i knew had a new massacre was being prepared i am a convicted pacifist i didn't want to see any paraguayan lose their blood as a result of. saudi arabia deploys additional troops to its eastern region of qatif where the anger continues to rise with more protests planned after the deaths of two activists in a rally. and un peace envoy to syria kofi annan wants the security council to take a tougher stance toward both the government and opposition of consequences if there is no ceasefire as the people suffer from the relentless.

welcome of his r.t. is eight pm thursday evening here in moscow it's kevin owen here this hour with the top stories for you and in his first major interview since he was ousted paraguay's former president fernando lugo has told r.t. he was forced out after the opposition threatened widespread violence if he didn't go several trade groups have suspended the country's membership following logos impingement now isolating the south american nation can report. many describe what happened in pair of wires a quick and quiet revolution the country's democratically elected president was voted out of office by the parliament in a trial which lasted a few hours for poor performance as the opposition said paraguayans neighbors in latin america called it an institutional that threatens democracies around the region just three hours and paraguayans predominantly right wing parliament voted

for an on a low out of office analysts say it's partly because these powerful opposition didn't like the fact that president who was working to expand trade in partnership with other latin american countries like or ally venice well argentina brazil as of now regional trade groups you know sore and marcus or suspended because of president moves the impeachment in an exclusive interview with my colleague from r t spanish ousted president or not a little told us that he was basically threatened by the opposition to accept the terms of this parliament trial he said was warned that if he didn't stand a trial the military and some of the opposition groups would take to the streets with weapons and create havoc take a listen but in the event that i see people out in the square and they wanted me to go because of the ministers i knew that a new massacre was being prepared i am

a convicted pacifist i didn't want to see any paraguayan lose their blood as a result of violence that's why we went along with this illegal process so fernando lugo essentially says that he accepted this snappier trial to avoid provocations and eventually blood on the streets and this is most interesting because parent why could be an example of how even the threat of a probably cation can be used as a tool to remove a democratically elected leader. you can know we've got our full interview as ousted president fernando lugo coming up on a bit later this hour if i go on t.v. now he times correspondent pepe escobar believes impeachment was orchestrated. by for economic interests is these international interests the international financial system and international agribusiness aligned with brazilian landowners as well who all the huge tracts of land specially nice to him

for a white house near the brazilian border and of course the american embassy in us and so on the which is our friends in iran would say and asked well spies but in fact this is what they are in fact in us and so so all of this interest this convergence of want to find a way to install or sort of democratic cool against global this is the heart of the actual day used a technicality to launch any preachments process that lasted eleven between twenty four and forty eight out this is unheard of in wharton democratic political history in fact the official explanation by senators and the landowners that they were at back then this was incompetence by the central government does not hold at all it was a set up and it was provoked to find a way to get this syncs the barnum and so they could arrange their impromptu impeachment this is what it's called nowadays in south america especially democracy

shipped and east soon can be exported to other parts of the world including the middle east. pervious kabar saudi arabia is sending additional troops to its eastern region of qatif with the government fearing riots public anger is rising in the area with reports of more marches planned in support of two local activists killed at a rally on sunday the demonstration was in response to the violent arrest of a prominent shia cleric the deaths brought tens of thousands of the streets in the city of khatib for marches that have continued throughout the week discontent being filled by a lack of political and civil freedoms and ongoing detentions of dissidents that clampdowns been ignored by the west which unconditionally supports the regime must discuss the developments there with mohammad hassam khaleel is a founder of the socialist ari is on the line indeed from cairo hi there thanks for being with us so more troops are now being deployed in the country's east one of the chances that of this unrest becoming more bloody and more violent. in fact i think that. the egyptian confrontations has its circumstances and the

visit of president morsi to saudi arabia has much significance you know there was three actually very force in the egyptian political. powers came to power i mean there was a number hours and the muslim brother president went to the most reactionary country in the region that's to say saudi arabia in spite of from pamphlets between muslim brothers and. because they are afraid even of religious revival of opposition that yet they have a common interest in subject think we. revolted nation in egypt and they both have interest in making this and so with nothing with true real. system because the presence of democratic system in egypt is really threatens.

the saudi arabia and the gulf region how do you see it playing out in saudi arabia could we see something on raveling like some kind of arab spring revolt that we saw in other neighboring countries or not. look let me tell you. when the national system has proved a nationalist revolutions in the arab world of it started with egypt and continued with iraq syria and. monarchies of the guns were very frightened that the vicious wave would be this old monarchy and replace it with a nationalist system but they could escape this now when they feel the strings with. nations of these arab world. to leave egypt and libya

are calling for their freedom they're afraid that if this revolution take. full range it will extend truly. and in fact this has started we have seen the wall street. especially through in part of saudi arabia we have seen women movements for example for the right to drive question many activists in the field of human rights are starting. pulling for democracy inside and outside saudi arabia and we have seen also how they are bitterly suppressed and many were prisons and many. nationalities were taken from them and they are afraid that this spring could extend to. keeping a focus on saudi arabia to think the west will begin to take notice of allegations of repression against the minorities there because of the rising price saying what

is the west long term strategy towards. what is a course a very all rich regime and of the. in fact very saudi arabia has problems one of them is. for example share it or you know it is our own press and poverty in saudi arabia the very least. to be between fourteen and twenty percent and there has been some protests in different area and also over intelligence here in saudi arabia critically criticizing the monarchy system whether they are inside saudi arabia in spite of the despotic regime. they have centered in foreign countries criticizing the saudi system have been trying different strategies to

try to accommodate with this type of opposition starting from increasing the minimum wage really with. the law and even a second front we got to wrap this interview there thank you for your thoughts much appreciate the founding member of egypt's socialist party thank you. thank you. now still to come this hour syrian soap operas feel the brunt of war. we have to protect syrian drama because it is our envoy to the world and from a syrian t.v. in filmmaking industries and to rough times in the form of sponsors withdraw money from the conflict ridden state also. but soldiers on the streets of london might be an unusual sight for many but it could be one that the great visitors to london's olympic games after a major security feels. if

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envoy to syria once the security council get tough on both the country's government and the opposition kofi annan says there should be consequences if the warring sides don't comply with the ceasefire plan pressure on syria with western powers threatening more sanctions and military intervention russia wants an extension of the u.n. observer mission for three months saying dialogue is the only way forward and still rages in the country meantime with online video purportedly showing rebels blowing up tanks and helicopters sixteen months of conflict of affected almost every aspect of ordinary life the result is roof not for reports next lack of finance hasn't stopped the artistic creativity of syrian television. work but what. t.v. soap operas something syria has been famous for all around the arab world they are considered a regional emotional and funny in all syrian society there would be a man a storyteller who would sit at a cafe or just outside his home and tell stories and everybody would come to listen

today this is what syrian drama does it tell simple and timeless stories about good and evil all ages and genders like it and it in no it's all arab people. but during the conflict in syria its trademark dramas have become yet another dividing factor gulf countries which had traditionally helped fund them withdrew from production leave in a huge financial gap and the matters were made worse when the arab league called for a boycott of syrian satellite channels including drama ones they want to fight everything good in syria they don't want to be. the show's power drama the word shows our history or the way we live the way we love each other the way we're taking care of each other's that's why they stop they stop they are fighting us actually. at them with they wanted to destroy not just our country but all of the good in our country and even any positive images of

syria in the minds of other arab people. now of countries headed by qatar and saudi arabia were among the first to condemn the syrian regime for its packed out on protesters they were also among the most active supporters of the syrian armed opposition sponsoring and arming the rebels this is the second crisis the syrian rebels suffering from the first one was two thousand and seven after hariri was killed and it was also there was a boycott or syrian drama and this time as we were hit very strong actually more stronger than two thousand and seven because this time it was obvious that it was a hidden. a flush an industry with a turnover with millions of dollars has quickly withered what used to be thirty five fully fledged projects peer has become just a few small scale ventures but determined to keep the show on the road industry

professionals have united the syrian drama is an ambassador we have to protect syrian drama because it is. our. voice to the world producers say salaries have also dropped drastically but most staff actors engineers and even directors have agreed to work almost for nothing if only it allows the programmes to continue. this year in drama shows the lives of ordinary people who live in the old damascus at a time when the country was under french occupation at the beginning of the twentieth century a common enemy and the fight for independence united people they got together showing the best of their qualities filmmakers wanted to keep away from politics but the message this sends is very much up to date. more of an option on r.t. damascus syria. well what you heard straight to our web site for more on the stories we're covering couple online right now you might be infinite check out

almost half a million young who uses of the discovery of the movies before their accounts to become public what's more but online for us also today were madrid turned into a battlefield report in this footage yes they've got plenty more of it online modern police crackdown from the capital as security forces moved in on a peaceful and to a certain much yesterday. but case we'll have more of spain's economic crisis in the business news to look at later on. yes indeed i'll be talking about how all this uncertainty has got investors on high alert in madrid with the spanish markets now down over two and a half percent in states trading session and that thousand courson was the day join me in five minutes and then all right to your. humanitarian aid is pouring into russia's southern cross and our region's been devastated by last week's floods over a thousand tons of food water clothes and other necessities already been delivered on friday by the region was hit by what locals described as

a tsunami like downpour caused by torrential rains over one hundred sixty people most of them in their homes as record levels of rainfall caused massive flooding survivors are now trying to rebuild their lives from scratch with help from volunteers say spring to see the vital aid effort for the victims in fresno there are up to twenty tons of food supplies includes have been coming from ordinary people supplies including one cloyd's baby food hygiene products and water as well as children's toys people who brought goods to the drop of points said they were driven by need to help one of the organizers of the camp said they've seen an unprecedented amount of goods and people who are putting politics aside for great cause all the guys from the work on the right all the words all the parts everybody are united. the unexpected arrival of russians and one riot police raid. eyebrows at the camp however after the initial and even is obvious presence the volunteers

realize that with a tip lend a helping hand bringing in possibles as well as serving food. in the now always yeah you get to overpack to cook so what they do wednesday was people packed it out here to get separated when the fire all the boxes for you have everything gone you know baby you have to pay the teachers you write that you have to take in the stuff you know which are needed by all the medical supplies and you know people who are working with kids who are working with injuries or you look at why is that actually people walk out the volunteers of emergency services is out they have asked for the transportation for the aid was paid for by the activism volunteers and will be leaving for groups of the most affected town in the black sea region flooding the worst to hit the region in seventy years as causing our port of four billion rubles in damage. well wells top stories now more than one hundred people have been killed in an inferno in nigeria's oil producing niger delta they were trying to scoop up spilt fuel from

a crash tanker earlier when it caught fire women and children are among the dead there according to witnesses crashes are very sadly common in nigeria's poorly maintained roads former bosnian serb illiterate chief wrote called luggage has been hospitalized and run plane are feeling unwell at his trial in the hague now that faces eleven charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the yugoslavia war of the one nine hundred ninety s. including the one thousand nine hundred five thread and it's a massacre the seventy year old former general denies any wrongdoing ill health has affected the hague tribunal before too without yugoslav president slobodan milosevic dying of a heart attack in his cell in two thousand and six during his genocide trial. at least one pakistani trainee policeman have been shot dead in a gun attack in the eastern city of lahore the taliban has said it was responsible this week government from the group killed seven security personnel at a campsite in punjab province. with just sixteen days to go now before the olympic games kick off in london more british soldiers are being drafted in as security

cover after a private firm was unable to supply enough guards the firms are already being paid three hundred million pounds but hasn't had enough staff to train r.t. sarah firth brings you up to date. villan pick games and now just a few weeks away and the final preparations should be being made to make sure that everything runs smoothly but not everything is seems is working as it should it's just being revealed the security comes the key for us with providing the security fulfilling big games isn't quite up to the job security has meant that we thousand five hundred soldiers have been put on standby to be able to manage this lead on through it is down to the chief for us but having significant problems now is the strange sight for many people to the. soldiers in the uniform on the streets of london but it's going to be one of the things that could be quite common as it's going to be soldiers who are picking up the slack and having to manage god jesus

should it be provided by the security chiefs the rest was awarded five hundred and thirty five million pounds contract to provide this person is saying even in the last couple of weeks that it's been discovered that they are going to be able to manage that now obviously it's expected that the company is now going to be stripped some of that cash that was put aside to cover security staff wages but it's also raised of course massive questions about why it is that this big problem has only been discovered at the eleventh hour and of course security is really the main issue not just for the athletes who are going to be taking part in the olympic games but the londoners as well and of course everyone who's going to be traveling to the country to watch the games it's a very exciting time for the people of calls wanting to know that the state and so this is certainly going to cause a lot of concern amongst a lot of people that this type of problem has been revealed such

a late date and it raises questions about just how coordinated and ready the security system around the olympic games is. ok. first reporting there brings a vote from london bring yourself to vary from moscow i'm a business. contract has an inverse so if. it's good news that actually is according to the united nations economists and away now they are lies about forty developed countries and they found out that every three box out of a hundred that are invested in russia now that makes volume of investment equivalent to about three percent of what the country's economy produces a year vestas can best be impressive growth of the domestic market and cheap labor the business to russia so that is encouraging all right let's go to wall street and see how they're getting on that it remains a negative day so far for the u.s.

stocks and that's despite best than expected weekly data on the u.s. jobless claims but not even that can really offset worries about the global growth as you can see just the dow jones around a third of percent down on the nasdaq over a sense of negative territory so stick with us things are pretty bad in california where a third of the city's gone bust in two weeks san bernadino follows a mammoth the legs and stockton after saying it can cover its payroll foreclosure rates are shooting up in many parts of the u.s. california is sixteen billion dollars in debt. so i learned that the country has been dealt another blow by the finance minister saying that that debt is likely to hit one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. in twenty thirty nine and is facing crunch talks with the european union the european central bank and the international monetary fund today who want a progress report on spending cuts as part of that. all right let's move on to the

my mom always said don't cry over spilt milk but in this case it might be necessary we had hundreds of farmers blocking the streets of brussels over the. overproduction policies in other parts village of milk is now twenty five year i said smith hopes almost forty to produce bones tariff alma's from across europe spread hundreds of liters of the european parliament building saying they're going bust the so-called milk like running down the gutters symbolizes the over support in the market ok it's the end of the day over in europe today with their forces that see what's going on investors really are demonstrating their disappoint and it was coming from the minutes from the federal reserve meeting which fell travail and he saw the signs of stimulus that's what they were high voice we're going to see your bread as you can see just and i mentioned earlier the ibex in madrid is the worst performer today it's now down over two and a half percent it's gone from bad to worse really because of those protests

lingering on we'll see the common currency then to see how the traders favorite is performing it's still losing against the dollar one twenty one ninety seven that's how the ruble going on today is it's a mixed performance against the basket occurrences of the same can be said for the russian markets are now closed here in moscow but it was a negative finish and it was expected because oil declines and russia reported a trade surplus in may as well i mentioned oil the international energy agency has said that the global economic slowdown could put a lid on oil prices but there is a risk north east supply surprises us what they said was reignite a market rally crude oil prices sit under eighty five dollars a barrel that's after the minutes came from the federal reserve cutting the hopes for a quick burst of the central bank stimulus that's what best was to hope involved ok superjet the accident has a new midsize passenger plane crash on a promotional tour two months ago in indonesia your

a member of the far broader international show near london to make his head told r.t. souls are still strong. preliminary crash investigator. so there was no technical failure so i don't think the case will hurt the plane's reputation moreover all our customers confirm their commitment to the superdrug program we have orders from major russian carriers from companies and asia and latin america that this year will start deliveries to in the new. plan to start supplies to mexico in twenty thirty years so i think by the year and all the book for the sukhoi superjet will stop two hundred planes. kevin that is the world of business is all right thanks for that katie you're going to see you will see again later coming up our exclusive interview with paraguayans former leader fernando lugo who speaks to us the big names talk to us he was controversially ousted from power last month we've got his views about that first though of about the headlines after this very quick break.

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