this is r t tonight the man telling julian assange just legal break heard from the ecuadorian embassy in london speaks out about the whistle blows flights exclusively to us. the new un peace envoy begins the syria mission which has created a kofi annan failed to finish amid a fresh hike in fighting and terrorist activity. called red and it's texas police infiltrate the occupy movement charging activists with obscure crimes and undercover officers set up from the start. and the stairs he meets morality greegor makers ball could cuts for the disabled and low income pensioners while foreign creditors reject africa's plan savings is just too.

monday night right now here in moscow my name's kevin oh and this is r.t. and first this hour he's pursued dictators shut down drug trafficking cartels and even exposed entire terrorist cells and now he's representing julie the son i'm talking about renowned lawyer baltazar god's son who's been speaking to r.t. about where the whistleblowers future might take him sarah firth shares with some of what karr song had to say. he reveals a little bit about this ongoing battle for justice that in a science 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. standoff. remains very very firm that word killing innocents to be extradited that would put his human rights

a very real risk at the same time the u.k. has said they're not going to grant you in a sound 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 well in the interview with r.t. both those are garceau on a song his lawyer said that they're going to continue to fight what he termed a terrible injustice and i'm glad. it's clear that to julian assange has political asylum because he was facing terrible injustice and he exercised his fundamental rights and we think that this wrong to needs to be defended at this point we consider it prevalent and legal solution is possible that if both the u.k. and it could all go to the international court of justice ruling that bound to obey now remember kid innocence is never being charged he's wanted for questioning in sweden over rape and sexual assault allegations that one of the biggest criticisms

leveled at did in a song is that his bid for asylum in ecuador granting him asylum is very much just trying to evade justice now his lawyer tells us that is more than ready to go they have all the ready to face the questioning as long as he's being given a guarantee that once he is in sweden that he faced the decision to the u.s. and they have never received those guarantees 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 for. now as we said julian assange and his legal team have always maintained that there's a very real fear here that where he'd be extradited to sweden that he could face a further extradition to the u.s. where some of the quine's that he could potentially be accused of espionage or is working with wiki leaks that carries the death penalty in the us

a very serious concerns that his lawyer makes in the interview you know i do not think mr songs is a spy all he did was exercise his right to freedom of information he received and shared it with much more surprised that there's been no investigation into the glaring crimes documented in those leaked reports featuring u.s. interference with issues that have absolutely no relation to either national security or the safety of american citizens or different from a few both sides of course very very eager to find some form of resolution but just when and how this will come remains extremely uncertain indeed just lou it told r.t. there is no time in it to resolve this situation so looks like this one could be set to run and run but you can catch the full interview with julian assange his lawyer but also exclusively on r.t. tomorrow. ahead in the program the west bank sees its biggest protest is eighteen year history as people rally against soaring prices while some experts think it's

israel that's driven the country to economic crisis we're talking about that and also dealing with danger washington post middle east arms sales with the region now the biggest buyer of american weapons flooded the nation surrounding syria. has started his syria mission kicking off with talks with egyptian arab league leaders his predecessor the former u.n. chief kofi annan quit because of divisions at the security council but ending with a diversion for him his mission isn't likely to be any easier for syria's largest city aleppo is still witnessing escalating fighting as the rebels intensify their attempts to take control i spoke to the editor in chief of the syria tribune dr he says there's often a connection between diplomatic events and a spike in violence. only if the countries backing their eyeballs and sending them what things and money stop doing so we can have a peaceful resolution of the crisis. the liberal himi is capable of convincing

means countries and i doubt it then yes he has a chance if not then i don't see he has any from our experience every time there was an important meeting on syria whether in the un security council the arab league or anywhere else there there must be some. violence right before the meeting and there is always the same pattern there is a huge massacre where a lot of civilians lose their lives and the syrian army is accused of doing it it's very clear those who don't want a peaceful resolution are the ones who benefit and at the same time those who want to blame the syrian army and the syrian government for all the atrocities are the ones who benefit the only thing that makes the syrian army mission more difficult is that the rebels hide between civilians and it's very difficult for the syrian army to eradicate them without civilians being injured or harmed in many ways. car bombs killed at least thirty civilians and injured forty others before the

blast a jordanian militant leader who was linked to al qaeda threat to launch deadly attacks to oust president from a worker from the syrian social club group thinks the country's become fertile ground for terrorists. it has turned into a more regional wider conflict perhaps even some sort of an international war on syrian soil really i personally. witnessed first. ministration in the seven for me because of eleven. muslim extremists outside syria and shouting very clearly islam only. that doesn't need any explanation does it so it is not surprising what we see hearing that there are jihadists who are coming into syria because the western powers have for a long time seen this conflict as the same model or the same you know viewing point just like this with afghanistan 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 were taking any official actions made no promises though not selling weapons to neighboring states and the recent reports show that the middle east is a frequent favored client of the american arms trade and he's going to if you can take a look at where that perilous policy may 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 this is 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 six support dozens of attack helicopters but why this spike looking at the graphics one might thing 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 me caning peace between states in that region are driving these wealthy countries in the middle east to buy us weapons. there is already a war going on in the region the civil war in syria saudi arabia and other gulf states are actively involved in that war there funneling weapons to the rebels in a strive to bring down assad 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 it the spike in arms sales could be a graphic sign if it is hard to claim that arms sales is the and again for the us although he does profit handsomely from the sales in february nine hundred forty five president roosevelt at a meeting in egypt with algal abdel aziz bin sout 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 out our tape coming up prisons which america formally hands over prison to afghanistan as analysts say it's just a way to legalize a replacement for granted them obey we investigate the french fight against the economic slowdown it's socialist president says the old on the view his latest plan to fix the nation's fragile financial plight. but next the palestinian administration is seen as biggest public protests of this history demonstrators

smashed windows and clashed with police rather against rising living costs in the west bank political analyst. says that palestinians will see no improvement in this israel loosens its grip on the administration the problem up to this moment is that the international community has been. has been has been playing the role of the paper they pay the money to the better seen and offered it to the right to sustain for as long as they can despite a scene in authority but they have to add a big deal to their role and that is to move from the payers to the players they have to play an active role in terms of bringing both the palestinians and israel to the negotiations table there is a problem and leadership problem is when the leadership today is not ready to move even one step forward on one hand and not negotiating with the palestinians on the other hand that they're going on the rampage of the settlement activities and if you look at the palestinian the average palestinian in the street they see their land is taken over by the israelis they see that they are not allowed to work or

harvest their lands because they are in areas see that are totally controlled by israel so what kind of personality can we expect bring me the best magician on the to take over from someone for your prison a bus will they do it they cannot do it because the overall atmosphere around is not is not conducive at all for profit economic prosperity. president francois lorenzo also announced his ambitious a stereotype plan which he hopes will put the french economy back on track in two years the socialist politician who's battling sliding ratings introduced the most to stay a budget in decades and cut some public spending in a dramatic hike in taxes now among those matches seventy five percent tax so many a things over a million euros author and journalist barry lando thinks the lands going down the wrong road. is in trouble and he i would give the impression that he was going to be as you so normal president getting away from the super activism

sark of which are those we proceeded him because he wanted to be kind of a president reside over a government and steal the business but while he's been talking about the economy it's going down the tubes unemployment is rising and we are getting more and more happy at a time when the economy is shrinking. there talk us point eight percent growth or thirteen thousand and thirteen. minimal to cut all of a sudden thirty billion euros one spending in france is an enormous blow but that's not just thirty billion actually it's probably forty or fifty billion when you add in the kind of it's made by start close the government earlier this year so it's a huge slice out of the economy and i think instead of bringing growth to friends it may deepen the recession hopefully not but it's not a very great right now. the rough start for greece two in its quest for more

bailout money with its creditors rejecting about two billion euros worth of planned cuts say they're not clearly defined enough and on top of that there's infighting within the government itself over where the best to make the savings at the root of that stereotype mergers that would target low income pensioners and people distant disabilities are something that not even are going to start his supporters that make up the government can handle nonetheless negotiations continue with officials promising to cut elsewhere and satisfy the country's e.u. and i.m.f. creditors because that is people of reports the greek people are under no illusion that those cuts will be any more bearable. greek prime minister and turning into sugar coating his message after these painful cuts. that hurt 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 when the cuts from the from. and in the same time the very increase taxes it's very very difficult to pay some bills for the. water from the photo 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 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 that counts himself lucky to have it. to share 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. amitie towards 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 that he is not a book lion is

a must stay in the euro no doubt we'll have to see is a simple as that going back to the old currency would be fetal. these are all of the r t saloniki greece. infiltration and dramatic revelations the car the plot you get a gangster movie is apparently happening for real in the american state of texas seven occupy activists there are facing years in jail not because they attend to the block of port entrance but because they're wearing makeshift handcuffs no submerged undercover police are involved here and actually setting a well constructed in supplying the tools the seven or composite being charged under an antiquated law designed to shut down the pornographic. it's an old story one of the charges activists explains these strange charges. years ago obscenity charges it was a movie called deep throat that was being shown a lot in texas and dallas and houston and they kept arresting and charging the

people with misdemeanor obscenity and they finally charged him with. possessing a criminal instrument a movie projector obviously in this case the police officers were the only one i want involved in the incipient behavior that the that the statute is supposed to apply to. they're the ones that purchased the materials designed the things manufactured them supplied them to live or to the kids so. infiltrating dangerous groups certainly you would want the police to indulge in there but when they start provoking not dangerous groups like the occupy people provoking them into doing something that will marginalize them incriminate them and to chill their activity it's always been there it's always been a part of. waging wars and and snuffing out dissent. greg client one of the defendants in the case when he goes there also spoke to a t.v. says he believes it was

a setup from the start one intended to send the message it seems that it was it was a set up from the beginning because as obscure as this law is for some reason one of the arresting officers knew it was a felony and while we were out there on the road this was this was a arrest they made under a tent they brought out of a larger attention covered this before they actually arrested us but before they brought out the ten before i was under the tent already knew i had a felony charge because the officer in the road telling felony felony to everyone who was out on the road it's more strange that they were so ready and so knowledgeable of this law that the unit judge was unaware when it came to the court definitely feeling like they are repressing our free speech. and they're and they're really just wasting our time our our money and our time going through the court process and it's not it's not fair it's not justified and they're lying about

it the whole way through as far as after the fact they're trying to cover their tracks. from what we from what we believe it's simply meant to be a long standing chilling effect in taxes and for occupy to be involved in direct action and other civil disobedience. around the world a brief one at least twelve people have been killed by a car bomb explosion of a crowded market tribal area of northwest pakistan the attack apparently targeted a convoy passing security forces all of the deadly shia muslims the shiite dominated area that clip lives close to the afghan borders going to history of sectarian violence. one of the co-founders of the pirate bay file sharing portals being deported from cambodia to sweden. been living in the southeast asian country for years apparently avoiding a jail sentence handed to him in a controversial trial of the website the circumstances of his arrest were the subject of much debate and was followed by sweden granting cambodia sixty billion dollars in aid. the u.s.

is formally transferred control of bag prison to afghan authorities that facility holds more than three thousand taliban insurgents and suspected terrorists analysts believe the handover is largely symbolic those the u.s. will keep a contingent there and screen any incoming prisoners especially those not from afghanistan the prisons already labeled afghanistan's guantanamo and former u.s. air force officer current says washington is already turning it into a replacement for that infamous facility. this is our our second guantanamo i mean we we use this facility sure. you know for our national purposes and i think the intent is to continue to be able to have that the american people are paying a lot of attention to what goes on in afghanistan guantanamo however being closer does get more attention so what we've been doing is relieving ourselves of these foreign prisoners in guantanamo slowly there's still low over one hundred there i think but we're leaving ourselves with those in guantanamo and using baghran as the

alternative so it is a very useful facility i think for the people in washington that are making this false. business to this natasha's that touch wall street said he would try to do so what's going on there well the big story of the day on wall street is the u.s. treasury deciding to sell up to eighteen billion dollars worth of stocks shares of the embattled insurance company and down on the news of old the rest of wall street is also feeling the pinch as well let's see the actual numbers at the moment this hour i should say actually the dow has slipped into red and it's now widening its losses now back to more than three quarters of a percent and investors are mostly on the sidelines just like they were and here are let's see european closing hours where they are traders are waiting for the q key events that will help them decide on their strategy going forward on wednesday

germany's constitutional court will rule one of them with galatea of the euro zone's going to rescue fund you know there's the european stability mechanism and on thursday the u.s. fed reserve world needs to investors are expecting more easing otherwise known as money for onto the currency market the euro is lowered to the dollar of the russian ruble and it's trading. session higher she returned the basket crude one of the main factors supporting russia has bounced back into a walk here in russia the employees ended monday's session above the line of around a third of a percent each and to the best in the pentagon's producing new tax was under pressure on the news that gazprom will stop buying gas from independent producers a lukoil reportedly managed to convince the gas monopoly to honor the gas purchase

and contract between the two companies according to better misty do you believe the rest of the independents will have their contracts severed as gazprom is trying to support its own production light of falling demand but independent firms will still be able to use gallons problems pipelines and sell downs to its subsidiaries to the international business elite who are all in blood of a stroke over the weekend for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit became clear pretty early on that russia is now focusing on asia when it comes to deals damage amended denko wraps up the business side of the event. the apec summit here in la symbolizes the wind of change not just for russia but for the global economy to avoid yet another crisis of growth are needed and they need it quickly china's outgoing president hu jintao says he's 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 to twenty one percent overall but the e.u. remains its main trade partner accounting for fifty one percent present but in a person wants to very much lloyd trade was. concerned with the recent investigation into gas dominance. and. i think the main reason for this investigation is the difficult economic situation in the euro zone are mainly talking about eastern european countries and the problem is that back in the days when they joined the european union the liabilities to subsidise 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 forum president vladimir putin held negotiations with new zealand 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 fresh member pledges to boost transparency cut tariffs and fight protectionist. and that's all from us in business you can always find a lot more stories that are t. dot com slash best of the stuff thanks to a recap of our top stories on a short in the headlines they were the less than three minutes from now live from moscow. you're.

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