the man planning julian assange has legal breakout from the ecuadorian embassy in london the speaks out on the whistleblower his plight exclusively to r.t. . posterity needs more ality greek lawmakers involved the cause of all the disabled and low income pensioners well foreign creditors up with reject athens plan savings as to break. the new u.n. peace envoy begins a syria mission which is previous s.-l. coffee and none failed to finish amid a fresh hike in fighting and terrorist activity. plus washington views middle east arms sales with the region now the biggest buyer of american weapons that flooded

the nation surrounding syria. that's all clogged here mid afternoon in moscow you're watching r t you with me to say first he's pursued a dictator's shut down a drug trafficking cartels that even expose entire terrorist cells and now he's representing julian assange renowned lawyer ball to saga's lawn has been speaking to r.t. about whether was will blow was future might take him let's all cross you are to the south of perth for more on the interview sir good to see you there now this promises to be a revealing interview tell us a bit of what we might find out. well r.t. spoke to a songes lawyer and in the interview of course he revealed a little bit about this ongoing battle for justice achieved in the silence of

course the wiki leaks founder remains holed up in the ecuadorian embassy here in london in knightsbridge and no real end in sight at the moment for this massive standoff to remain remains very very firm that word julian assange to be extradited that that would put his human rights a very real risk at the same time the u.k. has said the not going to grant julian assange free passage and that if he sets foot outside the ecuadorian embassy he could be arrested for breaching his bail conditions so just where does that leave him well in the interview with r.t. both as our guards on assad and his lawyer said that they're going to continue to fight what he termed a terrible injustice. this and i'm glad. it's clear that i got all grown to julian assange as political asylum because he was facing terrible injustice and he exercised his fundamental rights and we think that this right needs to be defended

this point we consider it prevalent in some of these legal solution is possible if both the u.k. and ecuador go to the international court of justice ruling they're bound to obey. now remember killing innocents is never actually being charged he's wanted for questioning in sweden over rape and sexual assault allegations are one of the biggest criticisms that are leveled in a song that his bid for asylum in ecuador granting him asylum is very much as a form of trying to evade justice now julian assange and his legal team have always very much for those criticisms and again his lawyer tells us that this is never this was never about julian assange seeking to evade prosecution in sweden he's more than ready to go there he's more than ready to face the questioning as long as he's been given a guarantee that what he fears the most wouldn't happen and that would be that once he was in sweden he'd face actually descent to the u.s. and they have never received those down to. earth and tells us. you know you saw

julian assange has told swedish prosecutors that he's ready to cooperate and ready to be questioned to submit himself to the procedures but only if he's guaranteed that it would not lead to a more complicated case in which is rights to freedom of speech and information would be violated. now tensions around this case escalated recently when a member of the foreign office had seemed to insinuate that police could. enter the embassy now this but he has control of a city and furious statements from both the ecuadorian officials and from the u.k. here the claims year is denied an ecuadorian official saying that julian assange is kids. they in that embassy for centuries if necessary no of course the man himself isn't going to want to do that he's in a very enclosed space and he's been there since june nineteenth so both sides of course very very eager to find some form of resolution but just when and how this

will come remains extremely uncertain the u.k. foreign office has said that the efforts to find a diplomatic solution are ongoing and they're very committed to that but at the same time you know there's a lot of criticism of well being thing as the case of double standards in the way that they've handled julian assange and his case and indeed his lawyer told r.t. there is no time limit to resolve this situation certainly looks like this one could be set to run and run but you can catch the full interview with you in a tonge as lawyer goes on exclusively on r.t. tomorrow. right to sara for their r g correspondent thank you very much it's something that we're all going to be looking forward to are pretty sure that it will be intercepted across the board thanks for being with us right still to come in a few minutes kosovo claims a new landmark soviet break away republic celebrates the closure of foreign supervisory officers the realisation of full service but with thousands of the e.u.

and nato forces still on its terms the international presence is far from over. also from the pentagon to the pyramids we find out what's bringing major contractors and a horde of u.s. corporate executives to cairo. my dear and peace envoy lakhdar brahimi has started his syria mission kicking off with talks with egyptian and arab leaders his predecessor and of former u.n. chief kofi annan quit because of divisions at the security council on ending the daily bloodshed for him is a mission is unlikely to be any easier syria's largest city aleppo is witnessing as completing fighting as the rebels intensive by the attempts to take control but it is also being rocked by a car bomb that killed at least thirty civilians and injured forty habits a few hours earlier jordanian militant leader who's linked to al qaeda the retina

to launch deadly attacks to oust president asad amount of work from the syrian social club expert groups things the country has become fertile soil for terrorists but has turned into a more regional wider conflict crapsey even as some sort of an international war on syrian soil really i personally. witnessed first. demonstration on the seventh of may two thousand and eleven. the mystery mists outside the syrian regime in london shouting very clearly. only. doesn't need any explanation does it so it is not surprising what we see or hearing that there are jihadists who are coming into syria because mr powers have for a long time seen this conflict as the same model or the same you know viewing point. three decades ago the problem we're having

basically is that took so long to acknowledge that jihadist. you know element after i think it was too late. so far the u.s. has limited itself to calling for arming syrian rebels without taking any official action it's made no promises about not selling weapons to neighboring states a recent report has shown that the middle east is a frequent and favored declined of the american arms trade and edgy and takes a look at where their perlas policy might lead. the world may be terrified of a potential war with iran but for arms producers tensions fear is good business so it is for the united states according to a recent congressional research service report within just one year the u.s. has tripled its arms sales tripled here's how it looks in numbers just around twenty billion dollars in two thousand and ten and over sixty billion dollars in two thousand and eleven sixty six point three billion dollars to be exact according

to this report as far as the u.s. share on the global market is almost eighty percent of all worlds arm sales have to mention this congressional service research that arrived the numbers from unclassified arms sales reports now who provided the spike in sales that is mostly the persian gulf states half of what the u.s. sold last year went to saudi arabia eighty four advanced and fifteen fighters a variety of ammunition missiles and the just sick support dozens of attack helicopters but why this spike looking at the graphics one my things something is brewing here apparently many experts think the same with spoke with daryl kimball of the arms control association here's what he said we often see conflict emerge after a group of states in a particular region with tensions have bought or built weapons

so this does not necessarily ensure security but clearly the insecurities of the region the doubts about maintaining peace between states in that region are driving these wealthy countries in the middle east to buy u.s. weapons. there's already a war going on in the region the civil war in syria saudi arabia and other gulf states are actively involved in the war there funneling weapons to the rebels in the strive to bring down. iran's longtime ally in the region many experts talk about syria as a stepping stone to iran in a sense the war on iran has already started the spiking arms sales could be a graphic sign of it it's hard to claim that arms sales is the end game for the u.s. although he does profit handsomely from the sales in february nine hundred forty five president roosevelt at a meeting in egypt with little. bin souled the founder of modern saudi arabia

pledged to defend the kingdom in exchange for a steady flow of oil up to this day u.s. actions in the region have been consistent with that goal the us has armed the gulf states to the teeth turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations like of democracy terrorists turning a blind eye to a lot of things the question is whether the world is ready for another devastating war in the region i'm going to check on. coming up for you later on in the program coping with a revolution whatever the french the economic and political uncertainty has on regular egyptians some of whom are forced to go abroad illegally in search of work . a rough start for greece in its quest for more bailout money with his creditors rejecting about two billion euros worth of playing cards saying they're not a clearly enough defined on top of that there's infighting within the government

itself over a way to make savings at the root of their two way austerity measures that would target low income pensioners and people with disabilities something that not even a dental surgeon supporters that make up the government could handle nevertheless negotiations continue the visuals promising to crowd elsewhere that is why the country's un i.m.f. predators and as archie's peter all of our reports the greek people are under no illusion that those cuts will be any more bearable. prime minister antonis samaras isn't sugar coating his message after. there is no other way. it would seem that the greek public don't agree with the pm . this weekend saw large demonstrations in the country's major cities and when you look around those cities you can see the effects of the crisis on

every corner this was once thessaloniki busiest market now like a ghost town. costus has run this coffee shop since the one nine hundred seventy s. he lays the blame for the current troubles on a political class who are looking out the greek interests if the politicians don't care about the people they care more about what germany's done what the greek people need big people on the street and invariably the conversation will turn to talk of tax as pensions and wages have been slashed prices and taxes have soared. of cuts from from. and in the same time of increase taxes it's very very difficult to pay some bills for the war and for water from the fall of a with unemployment at just under twenty five percent and fears that it's just a matter of time before it passes the thirty percent mark people take work where

they can find it constantine works in a factory that produces industrial lubricants a university graduate with degrees in nanotechnologies and biology this isn't the work he was trained for but counts i'm self lucky to have it. the situation is bad but this work allows me to provide for my family and i enjoy. as unhappy as the vast majority of greeks are with the current situation if the country is to remain in the euro zone an extra eleven point five billion will have to be cut from greece's deficit to make sure it receives e.u. bailout money that means more pain ahead for the greek taxpayer but despite their m. . t. towards tamara's his plans even the harshest critics of the government fear that a return to the drachma would open a pandora's box of fresh financial woes but here is the bottom line is we must stay in the euro no doubt we have to stay he is

a simple as that going back to the old currency would be fatal. these are all the party there's a lot to keep greece and as a european debt crisis a rages on there are fewer people willing to bear responsibility for sparking it at the asia pacific summit in russia's fought used over the weekend artie's cradle of el brought together leading experts to discuss what's wrong with capitalism and how to fix it he brings you had to part discussion here on r t today. the way to. keep the definition. of the equation on the right now with the market. capitalism without bankruptcy is like christianity without.

so obvious breakaway region of kosovo is shutting down an international supervisory body it's being heralded as a landmark achievement off also in t a political analysts alexander paul vision believes it's just the tip of the iceberg of foreign involvement. resist international clearly and on going through the protocols. that's just a really minor ask or video store called international prize and there was about a year in one year ninety nine am to go to many along with me to follow no rules for how to remanding the new outer peacekeeping mission of letting all troops leave . their will it was. allowed to remain also on the route because of all continued hellebore and join you through the korean war or advising

others including into the crew aren't you aren't they lawrence iraq. going to creating i don't know that's what i'd call a little bit of the ocean they're going to be really really really interested or where you can share a lot of the energy through out of a crowd of increasing pressure on all the faith of the majority thing in the world which i don't write my records for when the band. there's no news from other region the ads are g dot com make looting that is still being black market trades in human organs stock a new revelations from serbia which claim a formal close of that militant test has applied to taking part in harvesting body parts but when that. can also online of the shocking makes british on the cover agents find a huge batch of fake cigarettes with dead flies in the as best as being the amount that is revolting ingredients that's all the knowledge. you.

the heavy weight of america's corporate world in forging business ties damaged during last year's revolution is the largest u.s. trade delegation ever to travel to the arab world the push for new markets comes as washington sweetens the deal with a pledge of one billion dollars in debt relief for cairo egypt's new muslim brotherhood leaders keeping the country's foreign policy largely in line with that of the u.s. centric people syria's uprising and support for battering the ruling family journalist or ramsey written extensively about developments in the arab world says the american trip or to egypt has an agenda that stretches beyond the. organized by the u.s. government although they are insisting the political aspect is a minor aspect of this move is not too far removed from the i.m.f.

negotiations with egypt so what egypt is trying to get about four point eight billion dollars is not far removed from what the qataris and the saudis and the turks frankly have been doing which is offering all these supposedly free money to egypt billions of dollars worth of investments billions of dollars that are actually going to pay the salaries of ordinary egyptians all of this is tying the hands of the egyptian government even surely morsi and his government no matter how well intended he is he's going to find himself in a situation where it's going to become extremely difficult to escape all these strings that are controlling him and controlling his policies and controlling his government and while the big corporation cozy up to her is new leaders they gyptian people are realizing they can't afford to wait for the promised changes thousands are fleeing the uncertainty at home to head abroad just so they can make ends meet as policy explains. their country may be in danger of crumbling but here they are

rebuilding someone else's hundreds of thousands of egyptians are putting bricks to mortar for their neighbors future every few weeks another building goes up in a month with a toil nearly a quarter of a million egyptians are scattered throughout the kingdom next door but many shouldn't be here at all in the chaos and disappointment that followed egypt's revolution thousands of egyptians fade here to jordan with no visa and little more than the clothes on their back while it might still be too soon to say what will be the long term effects of the revolution no one here is in a hurry to return back home just like muhammad he sold his wife's jewelry and borrowed neighbors' money to pay for nearly one thousand american dollar work permit but it's long since expired now he's working on borrowed time the bottom line i can't afford to buy another work permit i left egypt because i want to eat egyptian society is very divided and all of us here are from

a lower class we're not searching to be rich we just want food for families it's jordan's worst kept secret more than one hundred thousand desperate illegal egyptians lining the pockets of jordanian businessmen who exploit loopholes in the law has been is that there are a lot of people in egypt playing with the papers that promise the best permission but then when the labor is come here they don't know what their permission is for exactly and who is even their boss it's corruption between from their gyptian side the laborers themselves the jordanian government because it gets a lot of mining from fighting with people and the business owners their own world surprisingly jordan's labor ministry does not deny this but insists it is cracking down trying to organize on the time what to do the kind of some of them. on the understanding that the tourists and this is legal. but when they when they're here

in the country they try to fit torques and jobs and they kept looking for jobs all the time without in vain. and has been working here for nearly two years he's got a degree in social work but the only employment he can find is to wait tables in a man his salary pays his rent the race to send home for his wife and children there's nothing left for a new visa. every six to seven months the police make a check during this time i stay at home and isolate myself for about ten days to two weeks the police are starting to get more strict but i'm not thinking about going back to egypt for now because the security situation there is not stable whatever hardships they face here in jordan their families back home depend on every dollar sent back across the border for now the risks far outweigh returning to a country where the prospects of work all stability or even gloomier policy r.t. amman jordan. let's check what else is happening around the world in chile

a march in commemoration of victims of general pinochet's dictatorship has ended in violence several thousands gathered for a demonstration which was largely peaceful until a group of mosque protesters attacked government buildings and tried to seal up the remembrance like with barricades police dispersed the activists with tear gas and water cannons and arrested eight. hundreds of miners in south africa have gone on strike define union calls to return to work they must hear the troubled murray condamine demanding better pay and working conditions last month a similar action at the mine so please she did did thirty four workers armed with machetes on nearly eighty way injured sparking a wave of anger in the country and internationally. the u.s. has formally transferred control of bug prison to afghan us orgies the facility

holds more than three thousand taliban insurgents and suspected terrorists analysts believe the handover is lost the symbolic as the fate of inmates remains unclear creating fifty foreigners not covered by the agreement the u.s. military still wants drawn a section of the jail which has been labeled afghanistan's one tunnel with prisoner abuse and torture reported. right i'll be back with the headlines in a few moments time but now we're going to cross over to the business desk now does a gas problem has decided to stop buying gas from independent producers why is that well because gas demand is falling it's really trying to maintain its own production more of that in just a moment but first let's go straight to the markets and see what's going on there and dusters and mostly on the sidelines waiting for two key events this week that will help them clear their strategy going forward first is on thursday u.s. fed reserve meeting where investors are spec. two more easing measures otherwise

known as money printing and germany's constitutional pork school rule this week on the legality of the euro zone's permanent rescue fund otherwise known as the european stability mechanism and as you can see at the moment the european equities are actually relieved a rebalancing somewhat trading somewhat higher than the previous hour that's positive. on the currency markets the euro is trading a lower to the dollar at the moment and the russian ruble is mixed to return to the basket this hour and that's despite the fact that crude one of the main factors supporting russia is trading higher in fact it's just off its highs for the week goto. light sweet has slipped into red that's amid speculation that countries like china and the united states will konami stimulus trying to counteract the falling demand for crude and let's see what's going on here in moscow equities house

recovered some of the ground zero though the r.t.s. is still trading in the red but it has bounced back from its earlier losses in defending gas producer noble tech is one of the major losers this monday off around three percent on the news that gazprom will stop buying gallons from independent gas producers a bit more on that according to venomous to daily this is how gallons promised trying to support its own production and why the following demand however independent firms will still be able to use gallons of prawns pipelines and sell gallons to its subsidiaries. the international business elites who are in the far eastern city of lot of us who for the weekend for the asia pacific pacific economic cooperation summit it became clear quite early on that russia is now focusing east when it comes to deals dmitri medvedev kharab stuff the business side of the about . summit here and. the wind of change not just for russia but for the global

economy void yet another crisis. needed and the need it quickly china's outgoing president hu jintao says he is very much concerned with notable downside risks to a slowing economy this is coupled with the fact that you are still in a deep debt crisis over russia's naturally turning to asia boosting trade in the pacific rim the twenty one percent. but the e.u. remains it's. fifty one percent the president wants to very much. concerned with the recent investigation into gas. and. i think the main reason for this investigation is the difficult economic situation in the euro zone you're mainly talking about eastern european countries and the problem is that back in the days when they joined the european union the liabilities to subsidize

those economies but apparently someone in the european commission decided that we must assume part of this burden i mean that europe wants to maintain its political influence and things that we should pay a little to assist this but that is not a constructive approach. for russia the apec summit is not so much about the business deals it's about building bridges. on the sidelines of the foreign president vladimir putin held negotiations with new zealand them to form free trade zones and although it may sound surprising as they're not exactly the most significant trade partners from moscow china has also done the same thing because it sets a precedent for the deals and now is the right time because russia is a member pledges to boost transparency tariffs and fight protectionism. it all the latest then business see back here in about fifteen minutes well thanks natasha more from you of course and now we'll see how if anything has changed oh moved right after the headlines key business leaders at the asia pacific summit to

give their verdicts.