the german catholic church presses charges against pussy riot copycats who just wrapped at a service and clowns cathedral and could now face an even longer jail sentence of their parents spiers. brand new talks between terror plot and the un's atomic watchdog come to nothing amid fears within iran that giving its assistance to the agency book come at a high price. about america's rally to ecuador's cause and declare embassies diplomatic cover ground anything britain red faced but still no most desperate for a jury in a song. hello

and welcome to our team karen tara broadcasting to live from our studio in moscow well three years behind bars that's what german copycats of the infamous pussy riot punk band may get for storming colognes cathedral if slapped with a sentence the punishment would be even greater handed down to the russian trio they were imitating and germany also faces a dilemma now being among the states which rush to condemn last week's verdict as artist peter oliver reports two men and one woman all in the early twenty's they interrupted a mass service that was taking place in cologne chanting free pussy riot decked out in the the garish balaklava some brightly colored clothes that are become synonymous with the the russian punk rock collective calling for the freedom of the three women that were sentenced to two years in jail for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred now the group. the riots had performed

a so-called punk rock prayer in russia's main cathedral which offended many orthodox christian believers the catholic church of press charges against the three people in germany we're waiting to find out exactly what they will be charged with now they could be charged with a breach of the peace and disrupting the free practice of religion the a lot of those charges brings with it a maximum penalty of three years in prison so physically these people taking part in the copycat version of the pussy riot demonstration could actually find themselves being sentenced to more time in prison than the people that they were trying to emulate well it's all very interesting that this is happening here in germany germany of course was one of those countries that was particularly critical of moscow's handling of the pussy riot trial in russia now it seems that germany is facing a similar type of situation itself whereby three people could face up to three years in jail for performing a demonstration a political demonstration in

a church they public attitude towards the incident in cologne right from the streets of germany as something peter are describes and his twitter stream he says many agree the performance by the pussy riot copycats any catholic cathedral was unacceptable and those station deserve punishment you can find more news and brief that's also available at parties general twitter strain. the latest attempt to resolve a deadlock in the iranian nuclear crisis has drawn a blank the u.n. nuclear agency failed to strike a deal with iran which could wipe our western concerns over suspected tomic weapons activities by the islamic state whereas out more rushy from the national iranian american council believes the issue is more a bilateral conflict between the us and iran. i think it's important for talks to

happen on multiple levels it is important for iran to continue its cooperation and dialogue with the i.a.e.a. it's also important for iran and the permanent members of the security council plus germany to continue their discussions which unfortunately have come to a standstill by the most important thing that has not yet happened is a direct bilateral u.s. iran channel of communication we haven't seen something like this in over three decades because what the united states often likes to portray as a conflict between the international community and iran really is more or less a bilateral conflict between the two countries and then you have the rest of the world taking sides or trying to stay out of it at best so until that kind of direct channel can can be opened up and be kept out of public view so that the spoilers can muck up the process i think we're going to continue to see more of the same international atomic energy agency seeking access to a key military base near ron and to scientists working on the iranian nuclear program gareth porter a journalist and analyst on u.s.

foreign policy says iran wants to know the end game for its city agencies demands. is following a general. script or a strategy that is clearly determined by the major powers primarily the united states which is to keep iran on the defensive in order to do that of course to keep the idea uppermost in the. headlines covering this issue of the iranian nuclear program that the iranians are unwilling to cooperate with. the issue here is not whether iran is willing to allow the agency to come to look at this site that has been requested by the agency but rather whether the agency is willing to agree to a set of principles governing the broader set of issues surrounding the

cooperation between iran and the agency and this is. primarily a question of whether iran will be allowed to have an exit from the process of being examined or investigated by the i.a.e.a. . basically does not want to have any sort of end point to the process even if the iranians cooperate fully iran's relations with russia have soured of late after moscow canceled a contract to deliver an advanced air defense system the s three hundred much to talk around saying or the deal was torn are following the un security council's arms embargo russia meanwhile has been developing the project further with an even more sophisticated version of the weapon. it's going after ports. seek and destroy. planes helicopters and even you name it the s four hundred triumph can locate almost any flying target.

first the target is spotted and identified then the system starts monitoring it all following its course then the command makes the call to either eliminate the target or not after getting the green light the system opens fire one of the strong suits of the system as it's more it can literally create for air defense anywhere on the ground within minutes all of the preparation takes now more than five minutes and everything's done by three people one officer and two conscripting soldiers. this is done we can shoot down objects as small as a soccer ball even if they're flying at supersonic speeds ejaz one hundred system consists of several elements one radar which monitors the skies looking for targets a second one which follows specific targets of command and the larger itself or the gun as it's called here in the army combines the elements of the system can follow up to three hundred targets flying from was lowered just

a few feet above the ground and up to nearly fourteen miles high in the skies we're just pretty much around six times higher than the average passenger jet. the first as four hundred systems are already in service and along with the older ass three hundred and bonser s. protect the skies over moscow st petersburg and the central industrial region of russia it is planned that the s. four hundred will completely replace the s three hundred its production has already been and it is the least yes three hundred is capable of intercepting targets not higher than thirty kilometers which isn't enough since we're only covering small areas but when the altitude capacity is raised we can protect larger territories analysts say the recent conflicts have shown how vital it is to have reliable defense not only from threats from the skies but from space also and this is what the s four hundred was designed to do it can locate diets nearly six hundred kilometers away and has a firing range of up to four hundred kilometers that's around five times more than

. it's worse to analog the patriot plans for exploring it just yet giving russia a chance for an unprecedented advantage against a new threat from the skies for at least the next twenty years you go to school or do you saw them russia coming up this hour the labels made in gaza or the west bank are not likely to make much money. palestinians claim the israeli occupation of their land and trade embargo is leaving them with no one to sell to. also don't dice with the greenpeace activists storm a russian brig in protest over drilling for oil in the arctic. well there's been a huge boost of support for ecuador after the entirety of both america's threw their weight behind quito in its condemnation of british threats to storm a tempest sam london in a blow to the united kingdom the organization of american states declare that

embassies are indeed inviolable it wasn't all smooth sailing well with the u.s. and canada both starch and british allies demanding amendments to the final statement they claimed that britain wasn't threatening to upgrade ecuador's embassy just pointing out that it could and that according to attorney and r t spanish host going or demonstrates how divided the organization of american states really is the united states in cannot actually oppose the convening of this meeting in the first place and so the meeting in those positions throughout the meeting where as the rest of latin america and the gridley and workers welcoming and found it important to talk about and debate this issue that's affecting one of the members do you know the act in accordance with threats against one of their member states or when some issue that's disturbing regional peace. and latin america standing together in unity that they absolutely will not let any. and our bill is it me

even goes their agenda or they will. think it was a story with words of the relevance of the organization of american states today as an industry that includes the us think you need to read clearly there and the rest of that we are going to give you and still more bad luck for britain this time at home and again right at the ecuadorian embassy a journalist there managed to snag a few photos of a police officer holding a clip board showing restricted information that starts off by declaring the wiki leak or is to be arrested under all circumstances it then goes on to list how far police can go to lay their hands on the whistleblower including searching diplomatic bags and stopping in the sea vehicles certainly dedication there but will it be enough you can have your say it or to dot com or we've got a poll about where you think a song will end up here's the result we've got so far the majority of respondents

believe he'll stay in the ecuadorian embassy in london amid the never ending standoff over a quarter say a songe will get a permit to leave for ecuador as the u.k. will eventually succumb to the public's outcry almost the same amount of people think the whistleblower will be smoked out of the embassy for eventual delivery to sweden for questioning over sex crimes allegations and the rest claim he's likely to be handed to the scandinavian state by ecuador if it gets a guarantee it won't end up in the us you can join the boat at r.t. dot com. one man with a stake in all of this is a horse president who has welcomed the oas as final statement saying it demonstrated latin american solidarity rafael correa spoke exclusively to r.t. spanish channel and said that ecuador may yet have to pay a price for backing julian a song which has full interviews coming your way at twelve thirty g.m.t. but here's a preview. normally such

a decision shouldn't have any consequence is if all countries respect international law which clearly says that the state has the right to grant to some of them how many times is sweden granted asylum but unfortunately in this particular case we see that some countries are displaying their colonial and imperial ambitions there if this interested it turns out that if it were door granted saw them to someone it certainly might have consequences there is definitely no fear but let's face it some leader might be reprisals which would be terrible if the u.k. for example was on these routes and invades our embassy to risk the stone age but can you imagine how big of a precedent this would set. greece is on the last leg of its p.r. blitz in europe well that's prime minister meeting a french leader later today and hopes of convincing him to cut athens some

financial slack on friday on dani's some of us met with german chancellor angela merkel who said she's certain athens what are its bailout but less and cutting some members of her own government however are less sure and increasingly speculating about a possible greek exit from the eurozone athens says it will do all it takes to stay in the current simple law but says it needs breathing room to cure its hemorrhaging column e. l. asset management specialist philip long drawn believes that's a long shot. greece is bankrupt i think there's no discussion about that today and it hadn't been two or three years ago even with the hardest possible word and a lot of. extremely or very greece won't be able to pay back the huge amount of that may have flowed into the shoulder this whole only one way of rescue to regaining of competitiveness increase and this is the exit from

the eurozone. politicians always argue there are enormous cost involved with the exit of greece that's perfectly right but what is the amount of costs involved with greece staying within the euro zone. a very small sigh of relief in britain where new numbers show the economy had actually tanked less than predicted but the very fact that the country is in a recession is telling cording to the kaiser report that's coming up after thirteen thirty g.m.t. max and stacey have all the latest from the murky world of finance. what happens when the government throws money to the oligarchs and the novel is the oil companies and the bankers because when they stop giving them money they can pull the old atlas shrugged that we like. you know we're not going to work anymore we're in a gatekeeper position we're wedged into the economy if you don't give us more money we're call systemic collapse which is ridiculous because the government if they

want to give away money they should give it away to the entrepreneurs' they should give it away to the consumers it is a consumer economy after all why not help the consumers know that never go to your job or ya'll do eton oxford you know friend of cameron georgie porgie in his bubble in front of toting. his real seizure of palestinian land brings with it the added extra harsh economic blockade it's. any products made there are not only prevented from making their way to the outside world but they're kept from the israeli market as well artist paul slayer takes a closer look at the hardships of palestinian farmers and producers. 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 battle field 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 products 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 mormon. by god movement by god. distributors to palestinian brothers the problem is all in the name and it's difficult to make the products stand out from those from israeli settlements. are 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 the love that we are 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. are out of 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 means 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 their troubles and get into international markets can be our lives are processed priest and stored as an order comes through the oil is pumped up here

from where it is oxfam bottled to international standards it appears demand is growing especially in the u.s. we find that as much as our submission of the jobs and grabs are excited to find anything in specialty goods in the marketplace they are calculating ok what backlash am i 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 won't begrudge the few extra dollars for a bottle of olive oil and rather they'll see it as a gesture of support policy r t janine in the palestinian autonomy america's republicans and democrats are getting ready to put the election pedal to the metal as the presidential race is about to go off throttle and one of the major events during the home straight are the parties as conventions parties the resident went into the streets of new york

to find out if the gatherings are really as decisive as the media presents them to be. in the us republicans and democrats are about to hold their conventions to kick off the presidential election fever and so one of these conventions even do this week let's talk about that you're throwing your eyes i say convention internet stuff why are you into the politics of all crooks yet but we have to choose right all crooks what are the conventions duty think what do they do they were so out of money that's what they do good for media purposes because they can create a lot of hype around saying count it so yes i think they do too so we really need more hype. in today's world here do you spend a ton of money on it just by whether an advertiser can prize you on the news and then it stops at a certain time and then from then on it's business as usual so we don't do this

where you go from start to start and i think that i mean you just said the key word business i think there's a lot of money on the table and americans out there and that's a bit of a worry is the case that we were there for the truth and. if they put money into an obviously they want something out of a donor but i think the whole political process is crazy the amount of money they spend on ads and different things it's just ridiculous and it's not truthful the ads are generally false fake and just you know don't really serve any purpose it's a lot of waste of money for the taxpayers you know who do you think is going to get dirty or romney or obama. romney who do you think is going to win. why. because of mitt romney he doesn't appeal there like either you don't like either one or. you think he's going to end. on a good job for you goes republican so i don't republicans sure you're going to vote for romney. no choice no matter what the conventions do or don't do the bottom line is the media is going to try to make them seem really really important so grab your

popcorn the media circus is just about to start. but the conventions the nearest of which starts in just two days are definitely being seen as big events for the us protest movement which has planned several rallies the authorities are such a respond with tightened security measures including trolls patrolling the skies jarrad hamel who is an activist planning to march on the republican national convention believes police are gearing up for a war against a peaceful march. we're doing good jobs hope here for the education quality and peace be with this city the state the police are gearing up for work they're the ones who are using drones your own zero we make the series you use for surveillance in the wars overseas you know we're doing is having a protest what is being done here is the protesters are being branded as terrorists

every time in this country people get together people unify in a mass movement their head and we were oppressed by the state to the police and that's exactly what they're doing now if you look at any protests there if you look at the next instruction where is the violence goes on the ground is always going from the coup we don't endorse them we don't know who is who are some other parties were part of the one percent we're tired of being we're tired of the wars that we've seen in the systematic attacks on just about every person in this country. there's plenty more november's presidential election at our tea dot com including a look at what the candidates are spending record amounts of cash on. the zeros really the math really matter and for all us presidential candidates denies shopping for twitter fans new tools show hordes of zombie followers eagerly

subscribing for the election. and our region mass murder on their spray of eight heads for a decades long stand jail where it turns out they really might not be so bad after all bar on his new quarters and many other stories at parties alcohol. pressures energy giant has joined the club of companies coming literally under attack from. greenpeace activists stormed and arctic oil platform owned by god's promise and dug themselves in by erecting climbing tents on its sides despite workers trying to knock the protesters from their positions by showering them with ice cold water the demonstrators managed to cling on for fifteen hours greenpeace is currently running a campaign against drilling in the region and its main target so far has been shell

christopher williams who's an environmental activist himself thinks that greenpeace is targeting enemies that don't exist gel very keen to drill have been given allowances from the obama administration to begin an exploring the process it's opening up a whole new area of full oil and gas drilling and mining which was previously closed to those things and also close to shipping many oil companies in the west on the east salivating over the prospects full. increasing the over reserves through drilling in the arctic so it's not just about russia b.p. shell gazprom. trying to open up the entire area for extensive drilling it's a tragic irony that climate change largely caused by fossil fuel production largely caused by the drilling for oil is now facilitating more drilling for oil which is

leading now to extra protests it'll be interesting i think to find out with greenpeace i would expect them to also be protesting just as vigorously western oil companies when they start drilling as they have been now occupying the gazprom oil rig. now let's take a brief look at what else is making headlines around the world at least nine people have been wounded in police gunfire near the empire state building in new york it came after a fashion designer shot dead his former coworker and students park. a blaze of police gunshots which killed the shooter but also hit some by standards although the gunman didn't pull the trigger on police authorities claim they had no choice but to open fire. hundreds of supporters and opponents of egypt's president have clashed in cairo throwing fireworks projectiles at each other anti-government

protesters accuse president morsi and the muslim brotherhood of overstepping their authority and monopolizing power the angry crowds gathered in tahrir square which has become synonymous for egyptian protests since hosni mubarak was forced out last year. the newly appointed u.n. representative to syria has said his peace mission left him home bold and scared stopped are brahimi who's previously undertaken similar tasks in the still volatile iraq and afghanistan made the statement during his first public speech since accepting the job previous envoy kofi anon abandon the mission due to a lack of international support for his initiatives and increasing violence in syria's protracted civil war. all right do stay with r.t. i'll be back with a recap of our main stories shortly. more

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