the final hours of join a songes asylum bit turned into an international showdown with britain threatening to storm ecuador's london embassy and take the whistleblower of by force. a powerful saudi based islamic group cancel syria's membership claiming so would have asked us for violence and ignoring the rebels all kind of style terror attacks. have a weight square off in asia and new record maps the extent of america's military buildup in the region is china eagerly poor its allies of its own.

party live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program where not a british colony and and it's ecuador's reply to a british government threat to storm its london embassy and take join us on by force that we can lease whistleblower assad's refuge they are in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden respond laura smith has more from outside the embassy. well this is really turning into a bit of a diplomatic and political minefield really under international law the building that you see behind me the ecuadorian embassy is considered the territory of the foreign nation i.e. ecuador but we understand that in a letter delivered both in quito through the embassy there and also verbal here in london britain has threatened to storm this embassy if today in a song isn't released the foreign office his says that they can give one week's notice and then that diplomatic status of this mission would be revoked and they would be able to come in and arrest them but of course they then said that they do

want it diplomatically agreeable solution although agreeable to him is not clear at the moment the foreign minister ricardo patino of ecuador has come out and and expressed his intense displeasure at that he says it's unbecoming of a civilized and law abiding state and he says that it's being interpreted as an unfriendly and hostile act on behalf of precedent of course this makes this whole thing as complicated as it was before because julian assange is still liable to be arrested whenever he leaves the embassy regardless of whether later on today we find out that he has been granted asylum in ecuador has been inside the embassy for almost two months now and we've been coming down here intermittently in that time just to see what's going on a lot of the time there's been a few supporters namea to are told here as i'm sure you can imagine today there's a been a real buildup of media we are expecting more to come later and supporters from all walks of life some who have been here before all along and some who have never been here before they think that the sovereignty of countries embassies very important

and they think that it's an important precedent that we mustn't break that embassies are still for and when they're on british territory and indeed anywhere under international law and they also say it's not just about julian ourselves it's about a bigger picture it's about protecting freedom of speech in fact there's a little sign just in front of me here that says here it should. be rewarded it's not persecuted there's always a large police presence when it's not very evident here but i've just seen as i arrived that there were two police vans arriving which was probably about thirty police so that obviously ready for something to happen a huge atmosphere of anticipation as we wait for this decision to be made by ecuador later on today. flora smith reporting there well before any rate on the embassy the british government would have to revoke diplomatic immunity or risk an act of war but the lawyer and author ever gone there says bullying ecuador is a tactic that will backfire on the u.k. under international law it's a complete violation so it would clearly cause

a rupture in relations we don't know what could happen beyond that in terms of any kind of violent physical interaction that could occur if if you know the united kingdom or to send its security forces into whatever is embassy i mean that that's a direct physical threat could be responded by a good or as defending their own territory as as would be the case in in one's own country it could cause for tensions between other latin american nations it would mean constantly breaking relations on a regional level that could happen so i don't know where the u.k. thinks they're going with this i mean there's some speculation that maybe the u.k. things that this kind of intimidation in pressure against ecuador being a small country in south america will have some kind of fact and not just hand over julian assigns but i think that if that's what they're thinking then the great to have got it wrong on latin american sovereignty and integrity and dignity today because that certainly is not going to be the position that ecuador is going to take or latin america as a region. i'll just remind you the decision not to sound as asylum request is

scheduled at twelve pm g.m.t. today and we'll be covering that and the immediate reaction right here live but also on our web sites where you can find even more opinion and analysis as well as full episodes all façade just introduce show all is available at. there hasn't been anything yet. it is to get the maximum with. the source material is what helps your was. we. we want to present. something or. the syrian government find itself further isolated after being expelled from another international body the organization of islamic cooperation has the span of syria's membership the arab league did the same last year the move is supposed to

stand a strong message to damascus which the group sees as the only culprit behind still these in syria the decision comes despite the latest explosion in the capital as here in rebels have openly admitted the war behind the a town and some fires even say they're going to collaborate with all kind against the syrian regime or jokes on a boy who has more on how the opposition is becoming more familiar with terror tactics. blasts and gunfire daily occurrences here in damascus but once the explosion right next to the u.n. headquarters was something ordinary it took place at a have only guarded army garage and you can probably see a fuel tanker on the reach the explosive device was planted still standing over there in terms of the damage it was relatively minor a few shattered windows in this hotel and in the building next to us but this explosion definitely attracted a lot of media attention because of the proximity to the u.n.

have borders now the free syrian army already claimed responsibility for this blast of and though they said that they never intended to target the u.n. observers and stab they were aiming for the syrian army personnel in any case the explosion of really underscores how easy. only available and how widely used explosives have become these days in syria in the beginning of the syrian uprising the rebels relied primarily on small arms but over months they have become and precisely more sophisticated in bomb making and many experts attribute that to an influx of foreign fighters in particular iraqi insurgents who bring with them a lot of bomb making expertise the iraqi government even went on record to say that they have solid information that al qaeda was crossing from iraq into syria to carry out those attacks on the top of that reuters news agency published a story a few days ago in retreat quoted an f.s.a.

field commander who was saying that thanks to you and the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the debt to nation range of their bombs up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs off something that is very common in iraq and that was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely used what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must carry tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria and the book r.t. reporting from damascus in syria. while the international community however feel to

you can download the latest terror attack in central damascus the un security council has reportedly rejected russia's attempts to push for an official response american national at a fancy. as long as some of its members continue to militarize the conflict they'll be no peaceful syria. it's becoming pretty embarrassing for president obama who challenged the fact that he killed osama bin ladin to wind up in a de facto alliance where it's all kind and they ended factor is that massive amounts of weapons that were stockpiled almost as collectors' items by duffy and libya. into the open market or were captured by the united states and nato and are now finding their way into serious but once you flood an area with weapons it's folly to even think to you can control where those weapons go to

basically what you've got is a kind of a foreign jihadi movement. into syria it represents only about twenty percent of the total armed rebel force but it's a growing factor. what's hard to life in moscow is still a common program day for justice the opposition leader in bahrain awaits his fate and cord as a government activists continue to be snatched and attains and i'm going crackdown on. the united states has allegedly offered to partner up with india china's chief original rival and jointly develop missile defense the offer comes as the u.s. military moves and mass to asia and a well publicized efforts to challenge beijing's original dominance though as it likes here chefs he reports it's turning out to be a risky plan. they are courting each other at official meetings but it's

a different story under the table with the u.s. employing a return to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. becoming. the u.s. . is having a long war because. they are coming to this region. trying to. find out. and that intention has already been felt south korea the philippines and vietnam have already held nato military exercises with several more countries in the region expected to have similar wargame soon during a recent extensive tour of the asian pacific u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta said washington will relocate at least sixty percent of its naval fleet to the region by the end of the decade the official

reason for such moves has been china's territorial disputes with the philippines in the south china sea but experts say that's only an excuse the u.s. is now promising some kind of support for the armed forces modernization creating a so-called minimum credit credible defense posture but the end the end result would be more in favor of the u.s. than in the philippines seeing that the u.s. or so many economic and business interests in china it wants to keep china obedient to whatever dictates that you have in store for china so all the treaty allies from japan south korea australia the philippines you're being mobilized right now to encircle china and keep it subservient to the u.s. dictate in interests with a deeply checkered historic background of the u.s. military presence in the region many concerns have been raised the united states has for many many battles and a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the. people

of the continent fearing full scale conflict in the region beijing is looking for a helping hand and it has look no further than its closest neighbor during a recent state visit to china hu jintao seemed glad to know he had russia's support with pledges to boost already strong military ties all but making this point clear . says washington the must stay vigilant in the face of china's growing military beijing hasn't yet openly criticize the new u.s. agenda in the asian pacific region all the statements by the officials so far have been mild declarations of dismay and warnings of a destabilizing situation but experts both in china and abroad believe this is just the calm before the storm and that beijing in fact is growing less and less tolerant of washington's behavior. reporting from beijing in china. meanwhile a new report has shined a light on just how far the u.s. could go to contain china's growing power in asia the paper compiled by

a washington based think tank as a rough road map to america's asia strategy how more and out reports will get asylum a staff writer for the world socialist web site joins me now live from c.v. thanks very much for being with us here in the program well you've written about u.s. concerns over china's rising power influence and expectation of regional preeminence so how is this competition likely to unfold in your opinion. well i think the rivalry which is a moot issue has been quite clear. hyper actually sets out. the plans for the u.s. to build out not only what's titan clive's but already. but also what's planned for the future and there are strengthening towers who are the region and the real dying to reduce that there are a number of fresh question point to this region north korea taiwan the south trying

the city the borders with between india and china and of course these are all. the flashpoints for some sort of conflict and potential employers. well the other hand you know china is the undisputed powerhouse of a so it does have a certain right to regional eminence similar to that of the us. is a it certainly is a merging as. a significant power but it has no way in the heart of the military power or really the economic power of the united states i mean economic waves he has to paint on tried with my generation seen in the u.s. and europe militarily in every sphere of importance i mean he doesn't have the capacity to come back so the united states has started here. yet what

about the alleged new partnership between the u.s. and india to jointly develop missile of the fans and will this potentially pose another challenge for china. well of course that's quite a possibility but i don't think it's simply america india and the united states if you look at what's happening in the region. the u.s. is talking up its each word ships with all of its hours with its region and c.s.r.s. . which has a semi fictional character to it saying is that was commissioned by the pentagon. identified as korea south korea japan and australia. the preeminent hours that would be involved in any what it calls high intensity incident call or conflict with was charged so suddenly in india but throughout the

region are these alliances are being open about. well as you just mansion i mean the u.s. partnering with asian states there and many asian allies in fact see the u.s. as a presence of peace in their region but what about china as view on this i mean are china's concerns justified. well of course they're justified if you i mean you would simply have to reduce. recognize the military by the u.s. establishing military bases is building up its military assets throughout the region and just to come back to the point you might hear about many of. us as a presence for peace in the region i mean on the surface a surprise but in many countries there is big concern about the dilemma which thirty five's which means that they're dependent on charm economically but on the u.s. they have long long standing the strategic targets and how it balances. is

of deep concern to the rule you know going to these countries and they're well aware of the potential for conflict and war. well as we've just discussed and you mentioned earlier the geopolitical landscape of the region is quite complex but business is business and in fact trade ties between the u.s. and china are the largest in the world so given that why do you think washington would risk that by driving up tension was beijing. oh to move as a journalist for the world socialist were sort of a first order to my cleaver are not a ticket with grief for the charming two i'm sure. you know more purpose governments around the world they don't pursue their recruits quite restored but i think the us has a special was in the sense that it is now in economic decline was it was food and

it's been using its military power. to try and reinforce its position of preeminence cities charge as the second largest economy in the world as a potential rar. and it's doing everything that you know what it is i'm on time it's what you should do with the global economic system. all right peter time instead roger for the world socials website thanks very much for your views here on our team very much. now you can follow the latest twists and turns in the u.s. china relations on our web site r t v dot com also online for you right now america's hypersonic ambitions crumble after fifteen seconds as a test flight of the brand new wave rider plane and with engine failure. and post the ride of a playboy the famous man's magazine hopes one of its future bonniest will be released on friday and it's offered a member of the russian punk band the chance to peer on its pages. in bahrain

another prominent opposition activist has fallen victim to the government's crackdown side the use of tweeted that he is the latest to be arrested he now joins dozens of other human rights campaigners detained for their political views at all of them follow the bill job a renowned opposition leader who is on trial for pollens he made on twitter against the country's prime minister is awaiting a poor decision later on thursday and that is here a jobs case a sign that the bahraini regime will not make changes in the country author and journalist if she returns and believes. down will continue. to be we must remember was given this three month sentence the true true about an area north of modern in bahrain this is the center of thousands of people hundreds of people. physicians sentenced for trying to heal the people injured or killed by this

bahraini dictator there is no reform process in bahrain this is a complete sham and i mean you do those people that were. begging letter to the king of bahrain this dictator but even they seemed to say that there was some going to reform bruises there isn't now take a look at some other stories from around the world eight have been killed in a prolonged gun battle after the attack the military airbase in north of pakistan part of the base or got a by flames one soldier confirmed dead the bases had to have ties to the country's tomic program though officials have denied this claiming there are no nuclear air bases in pakistan their tax showcases the potency of the country's groups despite repeated military offensives against. hundreds of students have taken control of several high schools in chile's capital demanding education reforms police used water cannon to disperse the crowd authorities said they'll spend more

than one billion dollars on education but protests just plain that's not enough demonstrations have rocked the country for over a year with activists demanding the right to free education. that israel seizure off palestinian lands brings with the added x. rather harsh economic blockade any products made there are not only prevented from making their way to the outside world but they are kept from the israeli market as well as possibly or has more. this tiny bottle of olive oil is at the heart of an economic battle it may be small and expensive but it's one of those products that defines where people stand in the ideological battlefield of the middle east from palestine to europe and beyond each purchase is seen as a shot in an economic war. other people are not sufficiently aware that israeli settlement products are competing with palestinian products abroad also when we tell the customer that there is

a difference between settlement products and israeli products they understand we're living under occupation and they can choose what problems to buy or not and more and more consumers are choosing not to buy israeli products originating in the settlements in palestinian territories they are seen by many as the foods of the occupation the work of movement of lies within it by god movement by god. distributors to carry benicio and products the problem is all in the name and it's difficult to make a product stand out from those from the israeli settlements in our products can't say made in palestine because we're under occupation and not yet a state they can say made in the west bank or made in gaza or a palestinian product and for some companies like this palestinian pharmaceuticals company in the west bank it's even worse it can't even sell in its own backyard a lot of us love to be able just love to be distributed in israel because.

it's with. but it will be rejected by the security is being restricted to the palestinian market is causing a lot and creating economic difficulties for the farmers. everyone here grows olives and so the local market is very small in the competition big we don't get much money for either it is part of a bigger problem when the demand is there the occupation means more often than not farmers are prevented from gathering water or even getting to the land it me. more than half of palestinian crops go to waste but there is hope in a corner of the remote city of janine this private company is helping farmers overcome the troubles and get into international markets can be our lives are processed placed and stored as this in order comes through the oil is pumped up here from where it is box and bottled to international standards it appears to moan just growing especially in the us we find that as much as much of the shops and.

excited to find interesting and specialty goods in the market the canadian market what backlash on my going to get from zionist bloggers in the marketplace this snag is that these products sell for almost double the value because of the cost of getting them to market the hope for producers here is that the supporters around the world wouldn't begrudge the few extra dollars for a bottle of olive oil and rather they'll see it as a gesture of support. jeanine in the palestinian autonomy. and straight to the world of business of course we're hearing that a famous vassar george soros is once again changing his investment strategy wise. well absolutely he is that dumping the financials and is buying into gold more on this and just a moment but first let's check out the equity markets and we'll start with a europe european bourses start of the day searching for directions why does the lending support to the footsie which is flat to negative nonetheless that it's

limiting the losses there of the dax is down more than a tenth of a percent the russian more kids are higher at noon both m i six and the r.t.s. will raise some of their earlier gains a last hour but they've regained them since that's despite a lower crude prices more crude in just a moment wall street overnight finished mixed that asked that posted moderate games thanks to stronger july industrial production numbers. robust housing market data the dow ended flight to negative as you can see there the volumes remain pretty well below average mainly due to the vacation season being in full swing and also in the walk of any substantial news coming out of europe a lot of data on the u.s. economies due out later on thursday including july building permits weekly jobless claims and a business activity survey facebook investors will have two hundred seventy one

million more things to worry about that's the number of shares that have been walked when the largest social media network went public in may the lockup expires on thursday traders expect to move of around six percent by friday with the majority leading toward a dip now moving on to the currency markets the dollar is the moment trading pretty much flopped against the euro reached a one month high against the japanese yen on wednesday the russian ruble at the moment is stronger to both major currencies and crude the very choppy trade for the oil futures on thursday at the moment it's in the red and the wednesday at the highest level at about three months that was on the u.s. energy department's report that showed a larger than expect to drop in the weekly crude supplies this hour brand is under one hundred sixteen dollars a barrel

a legendary investor george soros as the losing faith in the banking sector his fund has cut out of positions and j.p. morgan goldman sachs and citi group in recent months he no longer has a in the financial sector either in the states or globally instead he is buying into a retail heavyweight wal-mart and facebook the other picks by the famed investor is gold which source one dubbed the ultimate asset bubble analysts say the move is another sign that there's a fresh new wave of global money printing. and that's the latest from the business desk will be back in about fifteen minutes see them but meanwhile check out our site active a column slash this this now if i sounds great at us thanks very much in deed and i'll be back shortly it was of the headlines stay with us.

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