a difficult a llama pussy riot imitators could face up to three years in prison for disrupting a church service in germany the country that slammed into a year term for the russian punk band. ecuador gets overwhelming support from fellow american nations and that's raul with britain over julian assange condemning efforts to undermine the sanctity of embassies. egypt's new leader extends a hand of friendship to china and iran and just seen around the country breaking away from washington's influence. hello and welcome to our t.v. where we are on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days

a week well three german and followers of the russian punk band pussy riot are now waiting to learn their fate after church officials press charges for storming cologne cathedral ironically they massed activist could face a longer jail term than their moscow idols who were they were imitating germany could find itself in a difficult position now after its vocal criticism of the russian verdict last week peter all over explains. two men and one woman all in their 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 have 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 pussy riot 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 here in germany and 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 the 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. peter oliver is in germany following developments on the story the his twitter stream he says it's surprising how little attention is given to the case in the country's media given how many german correspondents were in moscow commenting on the towards the riot verdict you can check out peter's feed for more updates. in russia police suspect pussy riot sympathizers are behind a series of incidents which have seen crucifixes desecrated in several regions wooden crucifixes like this one are a call in memorial in most russian cities towns earlier the ukrainian protest group theme and performed a similar action in here over the jail sentence given to the russian punk bands they then announced they were going to russia to chop crucifixes and called for others to follow suit. ecuador has scored another point in its diplomatic role with britain offer granting asylum to join us haunch if thirty four member

bloc of american nations has declared solidarity and support for the country condemning the u.k.'s earlier threats to storm its embassy in london to get the whistleblower five hours of talks in washington resulted in a resolution to reassert the inviolability diplomatic premises there isn't total unity within the block so the u.s. and canada have some reservations both long time british allies they claimed the u.k. wasn't threatening to raid the embassy instead simply outlining the laws that allowed it to do so and as attorney in our spanish host eva golinger explains the meeting once again showed how the north america's agenda differs from the south. the united states in canada and actually oppose the convening of this meeting in the first place and so the maintain those positions throughout the meeting whereas the rest of latin america and the gridley and where of course was happening and found it

important to talk about and debate this issue that's affecting one of the member states you know they act in accordance with threats against one of their member states or when some issues are just stirring regional. and latin america standing together to show it in unity that they absolutely will not let any other nation and as powerful as i mean even close their agendas or their will on the people's buttons and i think again it was a story was first of the relevance of the organization of american states today as an industry that includes the u.s. and canada are clearly there are it's with the rest of latin america and the groovy . well you carry men sat on a rusting a sanjeev not in the embassy and then outside it in london police officer accidentally revealed plans to detain the wiki leak or after he was photographed holding a clipboard with sensitive information they had written tactical briefs showed how a song hold up at the ecuadorian embassy for over two months now could be detained

in a number of different scenarios they seem to include of emerging in a vehicle under diplomatic immunity or even in a diplomatic back his immediate future is far from certain so let us know what you think is next for the whistleblower by taking part in our poll at r.t. dot com. and here is how the opinion is divided so far the majority of you believe he'll stay in the ecuadorian embassy in london and that's the never ending standoff and just a little over a quarter say assad will get a permit to leave for ecuador as the u.k. will eventually succumb to public outcry around twenty percent think the whistleblower will be smoked out of the embassy and handed to sweden for questioning over sex crime allegations breast do you believe will be passed to the scandinavian stand by at the door if it gets a guarantee a solid one and out there that you can have your say at r.t. dot com. well for ecuador it's not just about

a sergeant's fate any longer the country may still have to face harsh consequences for it's just her rafael correa exclusively shared his view on the issue with r.t. spanish channel his full interview is coming your way later this hour but here's a preview. normally such a decision shouldn't have any consequences if all countries respect international law which clearly says that the state has the right to draw into some of them how many times is sweden granted to certain but unfortunately in this particular case we see that some countries are displaying their colonial imperial envisions there if he's interested she did. it's a do or grunt just saw them to someone so it's certainly much of consequences there is definitely no but let's face it it's real and lloyd be reprisals which would be terrible if the u.k. for example. roots and invades or if it's a risk to some extent you imagine how big of a precedent this would since. nuclear

talks between iran and the un atomic watched all have once again at an impasse with no date set for further negotiations the islamic republic is stuck with crippling sanctions and continued accusations of pursuing an atomic bomb the allegations were fueled by reportedly stepping up its uranium enrichment program which it insists is peaceful jamal from the national iranian american council says the country had no was their choice. western sanctions have been escalating the pressure on iran has been escalating and to expect a country to sit on its hands well it's having these pressure tactics level at it is completely unrealistic so for iran where do i think when it looks at this situation it had several opportunities regarding how does it respond how does it escalate in turn and it could have taken far more provocative actions i think actually installing these centrifuges was probably the lowest grade retaliation to

the western sanctions and some of the threats of war at the end of the day it's still the judgment of the united states of israel of all of the western intelligence agencies that you run has not begun to actually build a nuclear weapon they have not made that decision yet and so all this talk about war zones of immunity and so forth is completely premature and counterproductive to actually resolving this conflict. with the i.a.e.a. hoping to get a look inside iranian military bases one thing you won't find is that that's three hundred missile launcher still ahead we'll look at the air defense system once called the dead by a tough iran and how it's being developed into a sophisticated weaponry right here in russia. and greece fails to get the reassurances that long before it gets by its charm offensive in europe aimed at winning more time for the ailing economy. opponents of egypt's president have

clashed with his supporters as crowds surged in cairo and alexandria the anti-government protesters accuse president morsi and his muslim brotherhood party for overstepping their authority and undermining parliament foresees currently trying to establish new foreign policy that's seen as moving away from american influence egypt's leader heads to china next week seeking investment then it's a trip to iran which is one of the west's main torrence right now michael hughes from the new world strategies coalition predicts a significant rebalance of power. the unspoken link here is that israel you know it's egypt can leverage this relationship and vice versa to put pressure on israel to stop you know this talk of bombing iran you know there's a connection for morsi starts looking like a geo political genius if you can pull this off if he can get a israel to

a step back on the whole bombing iran thing better be pretty amazing they find a partner in iran and they don't have to rely on the u.s. to rely on israel and they can offset counterbalance the gulf monarchies they're trying to rebalance and shift away from the west and they need the immediate cash from the west they need it from the i.m.f. in the united states and the gulf monarchies but long term they want to get in bed with china who can fill the gap so they have to rely on the west and beijing gets asked to access the mediterranean in some suez canal priority which the u.s. gets currently. and you know because other than that it is hard to see that. china's going to get much but those two things are pretty big they want they want port access and they want to i want to line themselves with the nonaligned in aligning with the chips you know taken away from us is a win for china the background and analysis to each of stripy that transformation can be found and. we've lined up plenty more for you as well the university of the

wild wild west colorado students can now have guns as well as books their school. norwegian mass murder spree and make heads for a decades long stay in jail turns out they're really not might really might not be so bad after all. this sells until that check not a war zone but a football match russian hula dance go on the rampage putting their team's future and european competitions in jeopardy. now with our team and russian energy giant gaza problem has joined the club of companies literally coming under attack from greenpeace six environmental activist

ambush one of the firms floating oil rigs in the arctic in protest against plans to drill in the area despite warnings from plant farm workers activists managed to latch on to the rig spending themselves off it for fifteen hours they claimed they were then sprayed with water from above and retreated quote to avoid risks in the freezing conditions environmental campaigner christopher williams says several nations are getting increasingly interested in a slice of the arctic reserves and that will keep greenpeace busy. the oil that is said to exist below the arctic is up to twenty five percent of world reserves there are countries vying for control of oil those countries i think are pretty determined to start drilling the russia being the first one is now provoking protests from greenpeace shell very keen to drill and have been given allowances from the obama administration to begin exploring the process it will be

interesting i think to find out where the 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. still to come home grown products struggle to break through a strict economic barrier as palestinian farmers and their crops go to waste because of israeli regulations. and we're in new york to ask if people there are hoped or don't give two hoots about the democrats and republicans increasingly dominating their t.v. screens. you know a sign of relief for greece after its p.r. blitz in europe to try and win more time to the painful reforms promised to its creditors the greek prime minister has met the french president after seeing the

german chancellor a day earlier but both of the key paymasters have held back from giving greece the grieving space it says it urgently needs angle of merkel's under rising pressure at home with the parliament leaders saying neither the time nor the content can be renegotiated asset management specialist philip von drug believes no matter how hard greece tries it won't be able to pay back what it tells. 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 cards on an extremely austerity and great greece won't be able to pay back the huge amount of that they have loaded to their shoulder there's only one way of rescue and greek gaining of competitiveness increase and this is the exit from the euro zone and politicians always argue there are enormous costs 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. brad may not be using the euro but its finances continue to feel the pinch from the eurozone debt woes despite this new numbers show the economy has actually tanked less than predicted a spark of optimism however gets the cold shower treatment from artie's max kaiser and stacy herbert the full program is coming up later this hour. this happens when the government throws money to the oligarchs and the monopolies 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 george osborne yeah i'll do eaton oxford you know friend of cameron georgie porgie in his bubble and fraud putting. products labeled made in palestine are symbol of pride for their producers however due to israel's economic blockade palestinian farmers struggle to get their goods to the rest of the world but as artist paul slayer found out things are about to change. 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 and do you understand we are living under occupation and we can. 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 boycott movement has 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. 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 to be able just love to be distributed in israel because.

it's with. but it will be rejected by the security has been 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 their 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 cameos are processed pressed and stored as is 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 us we find that as much as much of the jobs. are excited to find anything in specialty goods and. 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 this support is 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 r t janine in the palestinian autonomy. election season in the us is entering its homestretch both republicans and democrats will hold their national conventions in the coming weeks r t is a new york to ask what these gatherings accomplish and whether anyone will notice. in the u.s. 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 growing your eyes i say convention internet stuff why are you into the politics they're all crooks yes but we have to choose right all crooks what are the conventions do do you think what do they do they were so out of money that's what they do they're good for media purposes because they can create a lot of hype around certain condit so yes i think they do too so we really need more hype. in today's world yeah do you spend a ton of money on it just by sheer or do they are an advertisement temporized 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 think you just said the key word business i think there's a lot of money on the table in american ballot there and that's a bit of a where is that within for the truth what if they put money into the numbers and i 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. by. because of mitt romney he doesn't appeal there like either and you don't like either one or. you think he's going to end. on a good. republican so i don't republican issue 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. and staying in new york which is still reeling from

a deadly shootout at least nine people have been hospitalized after being wounded by police gunfire near the empire state building officers were responding to a shooting where a sacked employee killed a former coworker firing at the gunman and killing him but also hitting by standards in the process police say they had no choice but to open fire but investigators are still trying to figure out if the gunman pulled the trigger on officers and another world news. oil refinery explosion in western pa this well or has killed at least nineteen people and wounded or around the other blast also damaged nearby buildings and was apparently caused by a gas leak. the situation is now under control with firefighters and the national guard deployed to secure the site. the trouble keeps coming for greece this time though it is wildfires now skirting the suburbs of the capital helicopters firefighters and volunteers have been drafted in to stem the blazes which have

already ravaged thousands of hectares of forests searing temperatures and high winds bring wildfires to greece every year but many this summer are thought to have been started deliberately. to keep a country safe you need the hardware to match today's ever more sophisticated threats russia thinks that's got the answer and artie's who got this going all has been watching the new equipment in action. seek and destroy. the wings helicopters and even. the s four hundred drone feel lucky to hunt down 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

creep defense anywhere on the ground within minutes. preparation takes not more than five minutes and everything's done by three people one officer and two conscripting soldiers. the system can shoot down an object as small as a soccer ball even if they're flying at supersonic speeds ejaz one hundred system consist of several elements one radar which monitors the skies looking for targets a second one which follows a specific targets a command and the launcher itself or the gun as it's called here in the army combines the elements of a system can follow up to three hundred targets flying from as low or just a few feet above the ground and up to nearly fourteen miles high in the skies were just pretty much around six times higher than the average passenger jet. the first asked 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 three hundred is capable of intercepting the targets not higher than thirty kilometers which isn't enough since we're only covering a small area but when the altitude capacity is raised we can protect a larger territory analysts say recent conflicts have shown how vital it is to have reliable defense not only from france from the skies but from space also and this is what the s four hundred was designed to do it can locate targets 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 a western analog the patriot there are no plans for exporting it just yet given russia a chance for known precedent a manager against any threat from the skies for at least the next twenty years you've got is going out of our deep southern russia up next the dirty secrets of

the world of finance as revealed in our cars our reports show that after a brief recap of our headlines in a few moments. more

news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. my name is richard davis i'm an architectural photographer from london and i've been traveling in russia for the last ten years on a project fed roughed wooden chest shoes obviously i fell in love with the tragedies they are extraordinary old kid said beautiful opiates and the church is is a religious monumental obviously but it's also an object of wonder you know it's something that people can look around and it opens their eyes that their chairs what can be achieved by using your imagination.

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