president putin shares he's views on global affairs exclusively with r t have a gathering of countries responsible for half of the world's economy set to take place in russia's far east. police fired tear gas and shotguns at anti-government demonstrators in bomb grade and demand the ruling monarchy release political prisoners. and the democrats named barack obama their candidate for u.s. president as the rally support for the campaign plagued by four years of broken promises.

eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me wearing the josh president what a report and shared his take on matters both home and abroad with in his first exclusive interview since returning to power in may we talked to the russian leader before he flew out to the countries far east where nations making up almost half the world's population and economy are gathering daniel bushell is inviting a stock. 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 is seen as a counterbalance in some ways to the economic power of the g eight states make up over a hole for the world's economy and their choice of 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 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 asian and spoke to r.t. 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 widespread accusations of atrocities on the ground france even steadily recognize an opposition government so everyone supposed them in the west as president pointed out rebels all the very religious extremists the west is struggling against though. just as well one ton. of its inmates and bring them to syria to do the fighting they're practically the same kind of people who were put in always a straight down the line in his arms the presidential elections in the u.s. he also touched on saying whoever gets thin 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. . spoke about america in afghanistan about the u.s. rushing into war now of course looking for any way to get out of the mess is created by a decade long campaign taliban attacks are escalating afghan soldiers trained by nato but now attacking the very same nato troops we could. told him about the pussy riot his antics and trials dominated world headlines they staged a punk prayer in the cathedral and 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 yes let alone not getting involved in any way so really up to the calls to destroy it instead as you can see we discussed

many issues you can watch the full interview at twelve o'clock moscow time. and the asia pacific forum in via stock is already providing its first business updates katie is following them for us. multi-million dollar deals are already being struck . america's exxon mobile have announced buzz this up drilling and russia's water is the heart of schedule and job but his company is also a get see it all the action with coal company monster hooking up with us is that blood cell is the happening join me in the business but that's. already police have fired tear gas and shotguns at she i demonstrate or as the clashes have laughed at one person critically injured activists took to the streets in protest of jail sentences against prominent figures on tuesday bahrain's appeals court upheld the sounds of twenty opposition activists found guilty of allegedly plotting to overthrow the government protesters are calling for the end to what they call

discrimination by the sunni monarchy the pro reform movement started in february last year lease crackdowns have claimed some sixty lives was dozens arrested these are times correspondent have a school bars as gulf monarchies were convinced by the u.s. doubt the protests are masterminded by iran. the protests in bahrain which are absolutely it's the keys of a shiite majority seventy percent of the country protesting because they are treated as second or third rate since this is 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 saud the jesus you come through step is in the persian gulf they managed to convince the u.s. and the west that this is a plot snatched by iran to this step allies. which is scoop legally absurd

there is a tradition of protesting bearing that goes on for decades in fact the workers protests. 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 us 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 close to you and if you want more human rights and to be treated. normally it's absolutely possible cause from the beginning of the saudis especially they cordoned off the area the bahraini they sold to washington the idea that this was an iranian plot in war ever happens in the ring is always for you by the south by washington as a minor disturbance then of course the u.s. this is not want to compromise its position as being the aircraft. guardian angel

of the persian gulf. shooting at the post-election rally and logical discontent could be behind her back from years rally shooting r.t. takes a closer look at the details surrounding dramatic incident in montreal. and the recession shots to pay shops leaving small business is struggling to make ends meet there's no light at the end of the tunnel. rock obama has been nominated for the u.s. democratic presidential candidate as the party's national convention drums up support for his reelection bid in the van for obama said americans were absolutely better off than four years ago but the country's growing national debt unemployment and broken promises have his campaign party's marina pardon i reports from the u.s. . in two thousand and eight for iraq obama turned us politics into something of a pop culture phenomenon we meet at 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 valiant 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. visit our web site r t to com for more details but here's a quick look at what's there for you today france has started to provide syrian rebels with their wrecked financial aid with reports and the aircraft weapons of lies are already in the pipeline. in las ample patents new technology which allows police to stop people recording video during protests by the general public for more go to r.t. dot com. now in canada police have identified the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting during the particularly guapo selection rally as richard and re brain and

its tact left one man dad and a nine. other person injured. was giving her acceptance speech when shots were fired and security guards rushed her offstage sixty two year old jane was arrested at the scene while carrying two guns and she was taken away by police to shout it's anguish are waking up. i was victory could potentially lead to a referendum on whether the province of the back should gain independence from canada alarm a column a reporter for the shooting has left the country in shock. while 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 walks 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 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 b. 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 along 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 perhaps that since the gunman uttered some words in english that perhaps it could have been politically motivated but as i say it's still too soon to make that connection. when the early one seven shops in the u.k. stood vague and. retailers struggled to break free of a crippling double dip recession the same reports that number is only set to grow

this year many small businesses have been forced to shine amid government cuts as customers span last and last year's laura smith reports. only known for. a nation of shopkeepers and dave mears 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 staff really blowing a one off. i think. anyone with it would not want to put someone to work. boy. but everyone would have gone. to dave and his staff are 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. very very boy even saturday sunday it looks like we have one week date it's been less less cost of us. fifty percent less than previous years this is now the longest double dip recession since world war two but stephen 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 rates profound economic stagnation in places like britain and france sparked off by something very similar to what we have the huge bubble

time in property growth stocks produced. the rise of. quite a lot of intense competition divisions. restocked come down to the 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. a lot recently because of frustrated because actually are working a lot harder for the sign money that. he. as we all know things of increase in processing. plus tax and everything so you know. it wasn't for the support of stalls so 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 nor a smith r.t. . as the u.k. works to minimize a far 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 but that is efforts have failed to prevent ratings giant moody's from slapping a negative outlook on the block later marta andreassen who used to work for the european commission sas bad policies have contributed to the region's troubles. i was in the commission and actually the people in their commission live in their ivory tower they are trillion there stand what with the economy in the european

union and we are where we are because of the lack of discipline of the member states but very much also 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 him play. but they don't assume any responsibility 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 a way with a great hundred poor c. you know the interest rates go up i think it's what anybody you started showing that for me. has a short life that. i

watch the full interview with u.k.i.p. and former member of the european commission marta andras and throughout the day here on r.t. . cairo is waiting to receive the largest u.s. trade delegation to visit an arab country fifty corporations including coca-cola microsoft and google will be represented huge aiming to cash in on the look of contracts available in post revolutionary egyptian political sociologist sites adak says cairo is continuing the policies of the former regime. egypt was serving the us too much mostly it is trying to continue the same policy but it was some rhetorical distance some symbolic acts that he is independent for example it was his first visit the first visit by any egyptian leader of. course thirty years no egyptian leader went to iran so he went there but did he break or start any strategic alliance with the iranians no he went express to see him.

on iranian policy on its policies on syria. and please the gulf states was a big finances of the egyptian economy and also he pleased. and nobody was showing anything is happening remember the spin is all about putting the house and all the internal situation it is not about foreign policy and i don't see any a structural change in egyptian foreign policy since the spring the president is continuing the same old policy of mubarak but with the distance and some with some symbolism that. as i took a look at some other stories from around the world the former spy chief confidante of colonel gadhafi has been transferred to libya after being extradited from martain year this is seen as a blow for the international criminal court which have been trying to win custody

of adar also nusi some critics believe he could expose details about extraordinary rendition a process under which the u.s. moves convicts to countries known to poor harsh integrate interrogation techniques so knows he fled libya after last year's uprising against colonel gadhafi as accused of crimes against humanity. four people have been found shot dead inside a car in a forest road in the french alps the driver of the vehicle was a u.k. citizen all the victims are thought to have been members of a british family on holiday two young girls were found alive the scene one of them was only discovered eight hours later hidden under the bodies of the other girl is reported to be in critical condition in hospital. 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 tremors were felt as far away as

nicaragua and this is the strongest earthquake to strike costa rica since nine hundred ninety one forty seven people were killed. look time zero lines is canceled hundreds of flights for this friday with cams down one day strike at germany's three major airports the ufo union which represents about two thirds of with the times as cabin crew demands pay increases and better working conditions to preview the strikes practically paralyzed germany's air traffic of times is trying to implement cost cutting program and the tough competition from european budget carriers an expanding airlines. get us through the world business we're in a pack of course dominates the agenda and clearly what more do you have for us there's a number of deals going on but i'm going to mention the main ones the major ones of today so far we've got. american exxon mobile they've announced plans over their

joint shelf projects in russia as waters they aim to start exploration drilling on the black and chorused seas in twenty forty which is ahead of schedule the company has also agreed to create joint ventures and to paul's some shares in three of its projects in the u.s. and come out just about the first one and move it on we've also got japan's master as well they've launched a joint production of its cars with russia's assemblers so loved the full scale production on the davis star plant will start already next month with overall output expected to reach seventy thousand calls a year the initial investment into the joint venture are estimated at around three hundred fifty million dollars there's a money going on today and we're going to be following the business side of the for him throughout the day but right now we'll get on to the markets stick with russia

for now we'll be able to see the second. was to get healthy gains for both. on the mice it's just they're really taking their cue from what's happening in europe today because got a plethora of. big meetings not only domestic side the corporate side of things net profit of russia's biggest company gas fell twenty three percent in the first quarter of the year a move on to the ruble the russian the current state now the russian economic minister has recently noted that the ruble has become more volatile as a russian central bank moves towards a free floating exchange rate so right now is that she gaining against basco cars as you can save meanwhile the euro which is in the spotlight today as easy to be president gave us to convince the markets that there is a future for the single currency right now one twenty six that's a lot less isn't a victim of his in europe now as i say he will presenting his much anticipated trying to include details of the flying. which is aimed at reducing the cost of

spain. on the agents that if you think about you they've only been open about twenty five minutes now the eurozone debt crisis is starting to grip the previous see so although it's still the currency union the small export orientated economy of finland so over one percent in the second quarter and that's because of weakening demand in the countries products from other eurozone members now finland's accord to me is expected to shrink again in the third quarter of a turn to moderate growth only when the euro crisis comes. or if it calms really moving on to the oil then that's how the low as you can see oil prices are getting a lot of us because recently we've had hurricane isaac which is causing supply disruptions in the gulf of mexico as well and according to a report by american petroleum institute oh supplies have slid to the lowest level

since march and that is indeed the markets when all of us hope this is marina's so i pick a rules the day keeping in mind there is a major multi-million dollar bills and indeed carrie thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest and for monitoring the situation there we're keeping your fingers on the pulse of the city looking forward to more updates next hour before the ad hour bring the headlines and kaiser report is on the way.

in his first t.v. interview since his inauguration. i'm aware of the pussy riot case yes let but i'm not getting involved in any way. bloody near putin speaks exclusively to r.t. .

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