president wouldn't shares his views on global affairs as closely with our to have a gathering of countries responsible for half of the world's economy said to take place in russia's far east. police fire tear gas and shotguns at anti-government demonstrators in bahrain who demand the ruling monarchy release political prisoners. and the democrats named barack obama their candidate for u.s. president as they rally support for the campaign plagued by four years of broken promises.

is ninety m. in the russian capital you're watching our team with josh a very warm welcome to the program and president vladimir putin shared his stake on matters both home and abroad with our team in his first exclusive interview since returning to power in they we talked to the russian leader before he flew out to the country's far east where the nation's making up almost half the world's population economy are gathering well we can now cross to our part of daniel baldwin who is invited us to office following the latest daniel what can we expect to come out of the leaders' meeting. well preparation here is in full swing police are everywhere ensuring security is an important meeting for world leaders that of the international monetary fund as well they play it is seen as a counterbalance in some ways to the economic power of the g eight states make up over

a hole through the world's economy and their choice with brainstorming ideas to fight the global financial slowdown tearing down barriers and setting an example to the whole world is the theme this year talks of even become one big apec free trade zone bigger than the e.u. president putin is already here before arriving he gave the first interview since he's over ration and spoke to r.t. . and will be rocking asking for interview later the program by i tell us why did president putin have to say. well the full interview you come around three hours time he discussed really a spectrum of world problems today the syrian crisis was obviously talked about always he was straight to the point rather skeptical about the syrian rebels even comparing them to guantanamo detainees yet the west is giving the rebels money supporting them despite a widespread accusations of atrocities on the ground france even said and recognize

an opposition government so everyone supports them in the west well she's president pointed out rebels all the very religious extremists the west is struggling against though. you might just as well one time a little of its inmates and bring them to syria to do the fighting they're practically the same going to people. always a straight down the line in his presidential elections in the u.s. he also touched on saying whoever gets in he will try to work with even mitt romney who of course notoriously calls russia enemy to you number one but the president added he can only work with the american leader to the extent that the u.s. side winds. well we also spoke about america in afghanistan about the u.s. rushing into war mary not just that there and now of course looking for any way to get out of the mess it's created despite a decade long campaign taliban attacks are escalating afghan soldiers trained by

nato now attacking the very same nato troops. well that's of course as far as world affairs go but what about the home of vance what's happening here at home the mastic issues how to put an assassin down. yeah we could not talk to him about the pussy riot his antics and trial has dominated world headlines you remember they staged a punk prayer in the main russian cathedral and got two years in jail for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred they've also staged political provocations with scandalous performances mr putin told us he doesn't want to get involved in the case in any way though. i'm aware of the pussy riot case but i'm not getting involved in any way. so really up to the calls to destroy it says as you can see we discussed many issues you can watch

the full interview in a couple of hours' time at twelve o'clock mosco time absolutely daniel thanks very much indeed for this hour beginning bushell reporting from moscow. and the apac form and lot of us stock is already providing its first business updates let's cross now to katie has got the latest. yes oh big struggle russ's growth yet at america x. on my bill they've been l's plan to start drilling in russia's waltz's ahead of schedule join me for the apec summit hills at about fifteen minutes time in the business details for. the meantime all were not clashes between bahrain police and she i demonstrate years of laughed one person critically injured witnesses say security forces used tear gas and shotguns to disperse protesters activists took to the streets in protest of jail sentences against prominent activists on tuesday bahrain's appeals court upheld the sentences of twenty

opposition figure is found guilty of allegedly plotting to overthrow the government shiite protesters are calling for an answer to what they call discrimination by the sunni marquis the program for movement started the last year police crackdowns have claimed some sixty lines with dozens arrested a few times correspondent pepe escobar says gulf monarchies were convinced by the u.s. that the protests are masterminded by iran. the protests in bahrain which are absolutely it's the kids of a shiite majority seventy percent of the country protesting because they are treated as second or third rate citizens in their own country by a sunni dynasty which is very close to the house of saud in saudi arabia and the problem is the house of the jesus accomplished that because of the persian gulf they managed to convince the u.s. and the west that this is

a plot snatched by iran through this stuff allies. which is scoop link you up sort there is a tradition of protesting boring. that goes on for decades infected workers protest they are shiite but they are also sunni is involved and the fact that this is a two tier society if you are a foreign businessman and if you are aligned with the al khalifa as you live a very good life sunni's of course if you are shiites and you have to try to live the bahraini dream let's put it this way for get it most avenues are closed to you and if you want more human rights and to be treated. normally. you know in a way that people in other arab countries assume to be treated as it's absolutely impossible and they saw what happened in egypt they saw what happened in tunisia so why not have our own indigenous democracy movement it's absolutely

possible cause from the beginning this just the saudis especially they could. they sold to washington the idea that this was an iranian plot in where ever happens in the ring it's always you by the saudis and by washington as a minor disturbance and of course the u.s. does not want to compromise its position as being the aircraft. guardian angel of the persian gulf. coming up in the program shooting at a canadian post-election rally the suspected gunman killed one thing jim has been identified already takes a closer look at the details surrounding the dramatic incident in montreal. and the session shops newquay shops leaving small businesses struggling to make ends meet with no light at the end of the tunnel. rock obama has been nominated the u.s. democratic presidential candidate as the party's national convention drums of

support for he's a reelection bid in the obama said americans were absolutely better off than four years ago but the country's growing national debt unemployment and broken promises have plagued his campaign reports from the u.s. . in two thousand and eight rock obama turned us politics into something of a pop culture phenomenon we may be one of those defining moments. a moment when our nation is at war our economy is in turmoil the democratic presidential candidate accepted his party's nomination value to rebuild america's moral standing and break from the policies of his predecessor the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in washington and the failed policies of george w. bush four years after change occupied the white house america is still at war twenty three million citizens are unemployed and most of the national security policies cemented by george w.

bush continue unabated or have been expanding the coded fixation of what were illicit abuses under bush imprisonment without trial spying without warrants we've now replaced imprisonment and torture largely with assassination which is actually not a moral improvement under obama's leadership guantanamo bay remains open the patriot act has been renewed warrantless wiretapping extended but cia black sites have closed targeted killings have been justified drone strikes publicly acknowledged military commissions codified however enhanced interrogation like waterboarding has been banned critics say obama has not only double down on bush's policies he's also raise the stakes signing the national defense authorization act made him the first us president to assert the right to assassinate anyone anywhere without any legal sanction if there is a war cries out there we can the war crimes iraq. tops the list this made many of

those who voted for him hoping for change left disillusioned in fact what they appear to have voted for was more of the same obama's ratings are now the lowest of any incumbent president since the one nine hundred eighty s. the two major parties are very this are very much the same on all the important issues when it comes to spending more money than we have. engaging in foreign conflicts that we can't afford the cost of america's overseas military campaigns have contributed to a u.s. national debt that topped sixteen trillion dollars this week while obama's america is running on empty critics say wall street continues to play largely by the same rules that led to the global financial crisis there hasn't been regulation of the banks in a sufficient way and that the main crisis affecting the united states which is to say the financial clutch on the global economy and the corporate stranglehold on the political system hasn't changed at all because president obama comes from

a coalition that led to that in the first place since obama has stepped into the white house america has seen an unprecedented rise in grassroots movements like the tea party and occupy wall street though both very different one thing uniting them is the claim that the people of america are being ignored by their own government the two major us political parties have historically gone to great lengths and have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to highlight their differences yet following obama's first term in office the biggest change may be that more voters are likely to see a democrat and a republican as two sides of the same court merino court ny r.t. new york. all visit our website or to call in for more details here's a quick look at what's there for you right now france has started to provide syrian rebels with direct financial aid reports and aircraft weapons supplies are already

in the pipeline. new technology which allows police to stop people recording video during protests by the general public for more we go to our dot com. in canada police have identified the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting during the party post-election rally as richard henry bang in the attack left one man dead and another person injured. was giving her acceptance speech one shots were fired as to hear a guards rushed her state sixty two year old brain was arrested at the scene while carrying two guns as he was taken away by police he is alleged to have shouted the english are waking up in french or was victory could potentially lead to a referendum on whether the province of quebec should gain independence from canada . call him a reporter for c.b.c. says the shooting has left the country in shock. well most people are condemning

this shooting obviously it's not something anybody expected to happen especially on election night the mayor of montreal has come out to express his condolences to the victims he says that he walk safely in montreal without a bodyguard and that that no one could see this coming i spoke to some people after the shooting last night who were at the gathering of the paths which is our solver n'est party where the leader was giving her victory speech after she won the election and they said she did it what happened was she was whisked away off the stage there was a small boom they didn't think anything of it only later did me find out that two people had been shot one person was dead behind the nightclub where the speech was being given there was also a fire set police managed to put it out they arrested a sixty two year old man who has been taken into custody and should appear in court very soon but again there's a lot of shock here in montreal across the province of quebec that something like

this could happen and until there's a motive known which we still don't know many people are asking a lot of questions there's the. like as mentioned the sovereigntists party there their mandate is to separate from the rest of canada al long they have also more left leaning social policies as well which appeals to many people in the province of quebec there's also a big push by the party to help encourage the french language here and some people who speak english feel that the those policies may be anti english and a little too strong but in general we've been dealing with this in this province for so many years we've seen two referendums to separate or not from canada in the past and those failed so the appetite for sovereignty has been quite minimal but in the lead up to the election we were hearing more and more debates between french speaking people in english speaking people and there was some concern for her.

since the gunman uttered some words in english that perhaps it could have been politically motivated but as they say it's still too soon to make that connection on the earlier one in seven shops in the case to vacant at the end of june as retailers struggle to break free of a crippling double dip recession the same report says that number is only set to grow this year man of small businesses have been forced to shut amid government cuts ask us to respond less and less or does laura smith reports only nine well known then. the nation of shopkeepers and dave may is family are some of the proudest with three generations in the flooring trade this shop has been here for seventeen years but recessions hit the business hard and dave's had to fire more than half his star really high line a one off. i think you know anyone with addiction would not want to put someone to

work. boy. but everyone with. dave and his staff of victims of persons dreaded double dip recession which means the economy's been shrinking for three consecutive quarters but the second time in four years for ordinary people that means there's less work available and more employment and if you're running a business you'll be selling less and won't be seeing any growth in sales or income there are home grown reasons for recession but a lot of the trouble comes from the beleaguered euro zone and for these market traders in camden a place that usually popular with european tourists it's a double blow spain very very. even saturday sunday it looks like. we don't speak of us like to be person less than previous years this is now

the longest double dip recession since world war two but steven davis of the institute of economic affairs says things haven't been this bad since the eighteen seventies and that was a. very very low growth rate profound economic stagnation in places like britain and france. by something very similar to what we have the huge bubble time in property stocks produced by the rise of new labor mills and see quite a lot of intense competition divisions. restocked come down to eight hundred ninety s. dave knows about social unrest his shops in croydon where some of the worst rioting happened last august during the trouble he camped out among the culprits in his barricaded shop to protect his livelihood. people are angry and i. was simply in the streets core

a lot recently because of frustrated to god is actually your work in a lot of the sign money that. as we all know things of increased a lot in prices then. you know tax and everything so you know if it wasn't for the support of a store of ours i think we'd be in a lot of trouble dave believes this is the new normal a stagnant economy where only the most scrupulous survive and even they make just enough money to scrape by and economists don't deny that the recovery will be long and arduous stating we could be in for a lost decade or even two laura smith r.t. . as the u.k. works to minimize the fallout from the euro zone the e.u. struggles to help weaker members back on their feet greece's creditors have suggested extending the working week in the country to six days by the easier for

a to have failed to prevent ratings giant moody's from slapping a negative outlook on the block later marla andreessen who used to work for the european commission's us bad policies have contributed to the region's troubles. i was in the commission and actually there are people in their commission and leave in their ivory tower they are in a trillion there stand what with the economy in the european union and we are where we are because of the lack of this opinion of the member states but very much because of the lack of control of the european commission on the policy that they have put out this crisis is to a certain extent or to a large extent the result of the good or bad policies that they put in place. but they don't assume any response of the credit rating agencies are part of the problem or part of the solution because obviously they take certain parameters and

they are of course in no way with the rating for c. you know the interest rates go up i think it's what many buy new shiny. for me they . are short life that. i watch the full interview with former member of the european commission marta andrus and just over an hour here on r.t. . cairo is waiting to receive the largest u.s. trade delegation to ever visit an arab country fifty corporations including coca-cola microsoft and google will be represented age aiming to cash in on the look rid of contracts available in post-revolutionary egypt political sociologist sayyid sadak says cairo is continuing the policies of the former regime. egypt was serving the us too much. is trying to do the simple the see

but some of this there is some symbolic acts that he is independent for example it was his first visit the person visit by in the egyptian. city is noise of the wind so he went there but the big start any strategic alliance was iranians know he went express a see him. on the arabian policy on its policies on syria. and please the gulf states was a big part of mensa's of the egyptian economy and also he pleases the americans and nobody was showing anything is happening remember the spin is all about putting the the holes in this situation that is not about foreign policy and i don't see any a structural change in is it from foreign policy since. the president is continuing

the same old policy of mubarak but with. some symbolism that. now take a look at some other stories from around the world the former spy keven a confidante of colonel gadhafi has been transferred to the view after being extradited from retain you this is seen as a blow for the international criminal court which have been trying to win custody of a dollar some critics believe he could expose details about extraordinary rendition the process under which the u.s. moves comdex to countries known to employ harsh interrogation techniques so no see lad maybe after last year's uprising against colonel gadhafi and is accused of crimes against humanity. one person has died after a powerful earthquake hit costa rica triggering panic and a brief tsunami alert the seven point six magnitude quake collapsed several houses and some five thousand people were evacuated the tram ours were felt as far away as

nicaragua this is the strongest earthquake to strike costa rica nine hundred ninety one forty seven people were killed. of times airlines has canceled hundreds of flights for this friday with cabin stamp planning another one day strike at germany's three major airports the ufo union which represents about two thirds of towns as cabin crew demands pay increases and better working conditions to previous strong expression paralyzed germany's air traffic times is trying to implement a cost cutting program and the tough competition from european budget carriers an expanding gulf airlines. and crossing out to katy out of business. here you got away to some deals being struck at the apec summit in a stark what i'm going to reno yeah a lot is happening so far all we've got. american exxon mobile they've announced plans of their joint shelf projects in russia's waters they just don't like spray

chanelle drilling on the black and karsies in twenty fourteen is ahead of schedule now the company has also agreed to create joint ventures and to paul's raw staff to some shares in three zero songs projects in the u.s. and canada now as well as up to mt they've launched joint production of its calls with russia as a bloc solas the full scale production on the davis stock will start already next smiled with overall output expected to reach seventy thousand cars a year now the initial investment into the joint venture is estimated at around three hundred fifty million dollars so this plenty of multi million dollar deals been struck in a already marina so here the business team we're going to keep track of all those deals going on is exciting stuff in the meantime let's get to agency what's going

on because right now we're looking at mix figures and that's really in anticipation of the e.c.b. meeting. today the president is expected to set out plans for his bond buying program to potentially stabilize the region on the foreign cost as well for the wisest spain is today so even in asia investors us the main agenda for the day you know mainland chinese stocks are actually gaining and that's because the government has revealed a proposal to build subways in eighteen cities in the country and says boosting expectations that the be more spending by the government in the future was a big infrastructure project if you will to wall street is have a low because it was a mixed finish now one of the biggest losers was fedex and why it's such a big deal was because the company delivers all kinds of things has been taken as a barren reason for the u.s. economy because you know they deliberate clothing medicines all kinds of things and it's over two percent so that was kind of really feeding the peasant in the session

we gave us exchange rates as i was saying about mario drug is well he said he would use his plan today really to save the common currency that we've got in the screen just now which is one twenty six zero two i remember as well around the moment the guy you know he pledged to do whatever it took to save the single currency if we took out the russian ruble as you can see it mix in the session yes it is going to start moving and shaking in less than an hour now and the economic minister for russia has recently noted that the ruble has become more volatile and not so as the russians aren't too bright moves towards free floating exchange rate this is it the markets for russia will be able to see what's happening as i say these are the closing figures but they will be opening in about maybe just over half an hour actually is we'll have the figures in the next. day that's what investors are looking towards all those deals being struck were given to oil as well as you know how correlated it is we've got the prices gaining in today's session now according

to a report by the american petroleum institute all supplies slid. in the lowest level since march supplies down would have prices go up all right then some or a pick axe should marry her that is but it's a value add the if it is for russia of course as well by peg is definitely in the spotlight today so we'll be hearing more and of course looking forward to the very latest from our business desk as well as our correspondent there thanks much indeed for this katie will later on r t we ask a syrian opposition near where the country's internal conflict is heading to and that's after they had lines in just a few moments. spanning

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