free. for your. free card. in a nazi exclusive interview the syrian president says he wants that foreign intervention will spark a global disaster. just thirty protests in athens lead to unprecedented violence as parliament approves a new set of cuts in a bid to keep greece solvent and in the euro zone. president calls on china's new leaders to turn the country into a major naval forces beijing begins a once in a decade power transfer. this is r.t. from july from the new center here in central moscow we've gained exclusive access to the syrian president who continues to govern from damascus in defiance of

foreign calls to step down but. those calls and warned against outside intervention in syria. and these are now we spoke to r.t. so if you have an answer who interviewed the embattled leader in his capital. who had a chance to speak about fifteen minutes before the interview very educated very down to a definitely not. contrary to what people like people praise him in the media very well informed he feels like i think that this whole thing that's happening it's like a cancer that either has to beat or he has to die of it but there is no other way out when what we're talking about western leaders telling him to step down i mean it kind of sounds ridiculous because he really has nowhere to go like when he were to step down where would you go and we asked in that interview. that interview so for. speaking to him about the push for foreign intervention i think the price

of this invasion if you is going. to be more than the whole world came before because if you have a problem in syria and you've got this last stronghold of secularism and stability in the region and coexistence it's it will have a domain or fate that affect the world from the atlantic to the pacific and you know the implication or put it. i don't think. it's going. to go but. nobody can tell you what's next. did you feel like you were sitting in speaking to a man who was losing power losing control of this country i think is very well aware that he definitely isn't in a position in which he was like two years ago and a half ago or he's not crazy i understand he's still going about his business i think it's more about the fact that he knows that he has no choice he has made

a choice of having no choice and. he has no other way than to fight till the end and i believe it's not about staying in power for him and i do believe it's not about. his family because these kids still go to public school in damascus and his wife is still there and he told me you know i'm a young man i love sports i love life i could have just picked up and left like been a leader for example you know this is no fee for example and the thing that really mark moves is how really how much more complicated situation inside syria from what we see in the media because i talk to people yes the country is divided and even the people who didn't like assad before this conflict started are now so scared that fundamentalists will come to power the fundamentalists who are fighting on the side of the free syrian army and syrian people are not about that i mean this is like the only secular are that had a lot of different religious groups always living in peace with each other whether it's sunni or shia

a wired to or the east or christians so they're really scared that if the army will fall apart and you know you'd have to be sixteen this must respond to them and asking them to basically be just like them basically they're targeting also famous people who don't want fundamental fundamentalists in power so it's not just about assad i think people feel like whether he goes or stays. it's only can get worse if it goes because it will get to terror attacks will continue and the fundamentalists will come to play so they're very scared of that. of bashar al assad didn't r.t. exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. r t dot com. meanwhile fresh clashes have reportedly erupted in northern syria just across its border with turkey placing its forces on a high state of alert and now wants to deploy surface to air missiles from its nato

allies and a new wave of calls for a no fly zone over syria the escalation of border tension comes as the political leaders of the syrian opposition forge a new cabinet which they keep to present as a government in waiting but the syrian national council meeting cattle fall from the syrian front lines where thousands of people were reportedly killed on thursday and the rebel factions remain split with some refusing to recognize the authority of the s. and c. the middle east expert jeremy salt says damascus is being provoked from abroad. that turkey wants to do more it's in that this country wants to be more rich dissolved and therefore we have to negotiations or talks to the missiles of all the east of the border now. upgrading and installations it's russian music some sense of this interest in coalition and that's includes big. just on saudi arabia not the street from the prime aim of destroying the syrian government's what is the cost of syria and. its dismissed ignored sidestepped undermined interest in.

the negotiation in this process began to shake as really would be imposed. in syria and then the. us presence and we have to respond. a new package of billions of euros in cuts and austerity measures squeeze through the greek parliament to be met by violent protests outside frustration over the disintegrating economy led to street battles between far bomb world and demonstrators and police on with. all of a reports from athens. well the greek people of continue to vent their anger against what they see as unfair. is being placed upon them by the government in this day evening here in athens we saw those tensions boil over into a nother round of violence a crowd of around one hundred thousand people had gathered here it's just in front of the building and. very quickly we saw police and protesters fight running

battles through the square itself in the streets surrounding it. thrown rocks throwing the police responding with flash bang grenades and of course the tear gas it's become so synonymous with the violent demonstrations and violent clashes we see in athens in recent times now over one hundred just over one hundred people were detained by police the majority of those were released straightaway five people being arrested involved in last night's violence and also hearing that there were some injuries on both sides both the protesters and to the police well the reason that this took place on wednesday evening was because the pall of and just behind me was voting on the latest round of austerity measures now that passed and it's being written into greek law by the soonest of majorities one hundred

fifty three m.p.'s go to yes one hundred twenty eight saying no eighteen stanchions that what that means for the greek people is they will have to team point five billion euros worth of savings forced upon them now the savings will take the form of raising the retirement age going to see some people seeing as much as fifteen percent cut from their pensions they'll also be cut to wages both in the public sector and the minimum wage as well being cuts and it's also going to be new laws that will make it easier for employers to fire them for. all of this of course causing great anger in greece they say that this is being dictated to them because this thirteen point five billion euros worth of savings was demanded of greece its three main creditors the so-called troika and the reason they demanded that the reason it greece is push this through is because if they didn't they were told they wouldn't get the next round of the bailout money doesn't get that money essentially

out of the eurozone and it faces an incredibly painful the fault. told me that he believes there's no end in sight for us in greece. it's not just the four stare at the packet it's all children we hear leaseback is going to be the last one. there is like every single pretty strong there is a huge problem the problem is at least back it is a moving into the entirely different entirely wrong direction. in time it according to it insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is what's happening right now. after which the country's g.d.p. is going to go in debt actually it could be countries national debt is going to go up from one hundred seventy five percent to one hundred ninety percent it's a fundamental question of this government and this is the troika interest already

serving this is one of the most kind of times of all examples and proof for this government is not that it's. all and it's not going to work in very favorite. meanwhile greece is mediterranean neighbor cyprus is on a quest for foreign financial aid and as we'll find out in full from our business host katie pilbeam in just over an hour but kate in the meantime the on and could face some hurdles on the way couldn't absolutely is that she in danger of isolation bill from europe thing can just as a last ditch the island's popularity with robson's i'm going to be in the studio at eight thirty g.m.t. to explain all the d.c. details. thanks a lot kitty now to some other world news this hour here on r.t. at least eighteen people have been killed in a separate orange i should say three separate bomb attacks in afghanistan the deadliest blast was in the southern helmand province when a minibus hit a roadside bomb killing ten civilians including four women and two children the second attack killed three policemen we did two others in the southern city

kandahar and in the east a military convoy struck a mine killing five local troops. a court in bahrain has denied the release request for a prominent human rights activist not be able to jump his case has been adjourned until next month he's serving time for tweeting and participating in illegal gatherings and hopes to appeal his three year prison sentence the country's crackdown on the opposition has been going on for nearly two years with up to eighty people killed and thousands arrested. just a few minutes here on r t heads clash over billions with good health puzzles for the european union's new budget is deepening the cracks in london berlin relations . china's communist party begins a weeklong change of leadership covered calls to root out corruption make the state a major on the high seas more on this and other stories after the break.

recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and buck rein a curfew as if you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter wow a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and holds you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me i bet nato is already fueling up ready to take action bombs and freedom into warmer eight well not really if nato really cared about spreading democracy you'd think they'd be more consistent with their targets but that's just my opinion.

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any time. r.t. life here in moscow with twenty four hours a day a major transfer of power has begun in china the country set to appoint its new top leaders next week as part of the communist party congress which is now underway president hu jintao is called on the nation to fight corruption improve its military and keep the economy growing beijing based journalist henry morton reports . president hu jintao begins to hand over the reins of power to the next generation of chinese leaders vice president xi jinping widely expected to become the next head of state now president hu he's going to stand down as general secretary at the end of this week paving the way as i say for she to take over as general secretary

and then as head of states in march two thousand and thirteen reform has been a buzz word around this congress it's been mentioned a lot in state media in the build up to you this week and experts and analysts saying that china if it wants to continue its economic growth its economic engine it really needs to start implementing long stalled reforms you speak to people on the streets they're extremely concerned about the economy as well and people around the world generally will also be watching what the new leadership is doing in china of course a growing economic power is now the second biggest economy in the world and also turning into something more of a world superpower. now reports. lighting the flame on the international stage building to new heights on this world. and throwing beyond its limits whether it outer space the arctic outer continental shelf or on your local

store shelves china is making its ambitions known let's see this is made in china. made in china china will cheaper than on the goods of translated into massive profits for china as well as criticism you know this comes amid growing concern that china is using its economic clout for political leverage. different. try not is a very promising country i'm sure you pointed your top with your i think twenty try less than five the i.m.f. says china could surpass the us economically in real terms by twenty sixteen it may not help the countless chinese who live in poverty but it sure makes rivals nervous china's economic clout has grown it is now the second largest economy in the world it's the second largest manufacturing exporter in the rimini the trainees currency is playing an increasingly important role in the world economy so there is

a shift in relative economic might in the world that might has been threatened by the economic slowdown and it will be up to china's new leaders to try to reverse the trend for now they seem to be getting their way china is inching into europe to snap up ailing businesses this french vineyard is just one of the casualties. with these people they come here and leave by learned just like to buy it but castle jewelry on iran u.s. sanctions against oil trading with the islamic republic don't apply when you're america's largest banker. in africa china is using cash to buy clout beating western rivals in the race to exploit the continent's vast resources in its efforts to buy influence through investments have been met with an intense public backlash in countries like pakistan and building infrastructure instead of military bases has made china the preferred superpower among locals. going into

feel ok and other countries that does not like america. and. that like america. and their data were. still it has been abandoned its military the country's new leaders are expected to continue to pour billions into its defense budget the second largest in the world this may worry pentagon planners and beijing's asian neighbors but so far china's economic might has proven more powerful than the sword the other two nations which are fighting in their words what is america what is china so america is using which is why our and there is a lot of losses and china is using up peacefully and civilized the it is no loss and if the strategy is working why change it time use feeders understand the even portions of soft power. and yet understand. people.

to some extent and mated certain to be studied if not to be followed completely for now a growing red dragon means that china's version of the new world order is here to stay you see captain of r t moscow. economic research the author of myths lies and oil wars says the new chinese leadership will have some serious challenges ahead. the corruption issue and that's a huge issue among the chinese population i've talked with students as recently as three weeks ago when i was in beijing. and i asked them what they considered the greatest weaknesses and this is a pervasive sense among young people that the party leadership is not. in touch with the aspirations of the younger generation or the people generally in this this is a question of the very legitimacy of the party and that i think is a huge challenge that they're going to have to address the chinese are very

concerned about these so-called obama pivot the asian pivot which is really a china pivot obama announced earlier this year south trying to see the provocations there with the in the eastern part of that with the islands next to taiwan where the japanese government made an extremely provocative move no doubt at the behest of washington to claim that those islands are japanese islands because private investors sold them to the japanese government that those islands are a security necessity for the chinese in their long term defense as they see it and historically the chinese have. quite a strong right to claim moses as chinese territory so it's a very provocative kind of game that's going on between japan and australia and the chinese with the us very much in the background. with a mental talking a little earlier london remains worlds apart from the paymaster only debated seven year budget after crunch downing street talk to the german counterpart the british

prime minister reaffirmed he would not accept any proposed hike in spending for the deeper look at britain's widening rift with europe and the support for a splitter. prime minister david cameron and german chancellor angela merkel are probably feeling pretty food today after the downing street dinner last night on the menu is mushroom and spinach tart venison finished off with a traditional german putting beneath the smiles and the friendly handshake you can imagine that probably have been quite awkward in a conversation in the surface of it the german chancellor is here to discuss with the prime minister the upcoming budget meeting that will be taking place in brussels but of course there are a much bigger issue at stake most importantly the discussion about britain's position within the european union itself now the end of their meeting bayside says said that they were on the same end of the spectrum but is that really the story because of course in recent weeks here in britain we've seen the talk of

a possible referendum in or around referendum to whether britain should remain within the european union really kicking up again you wouldn't have been the one to want to break that needs to anglo american she doesn't look like a woman who suffers food gladly unfortunately the prime minister hasn't looked like the strongest leader in recent weeks we feel that humiliating defeat in the house of commons with tory backbenches calling for real term cuts to the budget now we know when these meetings take place britain is going to be asked to contribute even more to the point there's going to be some tough negotiating taking place what you have here at the moment very much is a big perception problem when it comes to the european union at a time of austerity in the midst of a double dip recession many british people feel that for the european union to be asking for even more money is simply unreasonable and you seen a very very strong reaction to that here in the coming weeks ahead of that meeting

of the topic of britain's role within the european union itself is very much going to be on the top of the menu. more news for you in thirty five minutes from now in the meantime. takes on the world of big business in the latest keyser up for us. which is soften enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that you're soft as

a horse breeder on the island of horn at the heart of bike all his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and his horses work there sometimes it gets lonely here but horses have become part of me now i've fallen off so many times sometimes that bites as well it's part of my everyday life. i holmes been home to a rats local just laugh for centuries most still live off the land of cattle and fish every evening local villagers place their nets and in the morning the catch is always good. we always have enough here. or. if by coal is often called the pearl of siberia and horn is said to be the pearl of by call it's

a land of think forests. and vast staps. it's also a place of action to borat's traditions risk. directed by locals and travelers the like. an economist turned adventurer has crisscrossed by called shores and learned its customs well. you see this and thought to have supernatural powers every traveler who comes here asks the spirits to make the journey easier give them strength and fulfill their dearest wishes i knew virtually undiscovered by tourists until some twenty years ago i was cornish quickly becoming a magnet for nature lovers and the real seekers but those used to five star pampering maybe in for a surprise the island's infrastructure has yet to catch up with the growing demand here quite some way from civilization here accommodation on the island is very

basic so you can forget about it or even run in water for most people a tent is the on the eruption but for those who come here it's exactly what they're looking for. a journey to buy coal can be unique trip of a lifetime and the locals say once you've seen it you'll be coming back again and again. max kaiser welcome to the kaiser report george osborne chancellor of the exchequer

you know the stuff of nightmares economically firstly and literally yes george porgie you got fat on bubble and fraud by. why and now you're scaring the population to death stacey yes max i find this an interesting headline to start as we have a obama reelected to the white house and you know in america it's very partisan and every side claims to be terrified of the other side's presidents winning but here people know you look at the treasury nobody in america is afraid of timothy geithner other than a few people in our audience so u.k. finance minister tops british nightmares finance minister george osborne is the public figure that most often appears in british nightmares a recent study has found gordon brown is number two max why not nightmare number eleven downing street next door to them or ten downing street where the chancellor hangs out this could be a fantastic horror film if you do it as

a tax dodge right here in the u.k. you make a really lousy film of george osborne play himself in this film and give the people of legitimate nightmare because i understand also that watching scary movies as you can lose weight and obesity here like elsewhere is a problem so you can kill two birds with one stone give the people exorcism away from the chancellor while losing weight at the same time what a great deal. well the killer med who is a spokeswoman for travelodge said suffering from nightmares that involve the chancellor money and losing a job are a true reflection of how the credit crunch and the double dip recession has affected our well being as well as our money it's a budgetary chainsaw massacre people over there eating old beings out of a can have a nightmare as a george osborne carrot are you just going to sit there let this mug devour their cocks just of your notion. they may.