formore you xander up obama's new term kicks off with a tougher a foreign policy slapping new sanctions on iran and authorizing drone strikes in yemen. syrian president bashar the loss of pledges to stay in his war torn homeland no matter what it costs exclusively to our team. and security protesting greece turned violent as the country's parliament backs a new round of stinging spending cuts. china's current leadership prepares to step down to let younger leaders belive the country's powerhouse connally and a once in a decade power transfer.

it's am in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program and after the most expensive election campaign in u.s. history barack obama was reelected this week as u.s. president being his republican rival mitt romney and though many picked obama over romney because of his softer talk on foreign policy he doesn't quite walk the walk as artie's got it she can now reports. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly out of touch with middle class america we are on american family and we rise or fall together as one nation out of the fiscal cliff thing for him right after reelection is the so-called fiscal cliff

a combination of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts all we need is action from the house. and i've got the pen ready to sign the bill right away. but averting the fiscal cliff is probably not the first issue addressed by the president. he also rise the drone strike targeting a group of al qaeda militants in yemen on wednesday the u.n. has raised concerns about the legality of such strikes due to reported heavy civilian casualties on the lack of transparency on the u.s. part we're in uncharted waters when it comes to policy american policy related to drones this week the administration imposed financial sanctions against iranian officials with the u.s. planes but jamming satellite broadcasts and blocking internet access if you read that comes on top of a whole lot of other sanctions that have been put in place by the u.s. which proved to be crippling for the iranian economy the goal is not to change the iranian government's decision making it's actually leverage ordinary civilians

against the iranian government and to threaten to topple the government by inciting you know food riots or you know people who are on happy because they can you know their grandparents are dying and can't get medicine and on friday despite president obama's claims the u.s. should move away from the cold war thinking in the laces with russia the white house launched its first permanent military presence on polish soil this issue has been a constant sword in the side of relations between moscow and washington as the u.s. also plans to install missile interceptors in poland but the president every other democrat that i'm aware of is also made it clear that if it needs russia is still opposed to it still sees it as as a we're just going to go ahead with the president's actions so far have shown while he may be talking soft he's acting tough looking at some of president obama's first moves after reelection one could say he picks the idea of america being the wall police very seriously but the question is who can hold that world police itself

accountable in washington i'm going to check on. america's foreign policy remains consistent no matter wad who is at the helm says london based author and journalist . there'd be very little difference between a republican or a democrat as we can see from president obama's policy of covertly funding syrian rebels and do you know about assassinations in tehran on tehran streets of academics we don't know what is obama promising except this kind of vague idea of constructive engagement while all the time supporting. terrorists we know president obama has been actively courting along with his secretary of state. in the rebellion in syria and of course supporting those who developments in libya so how so many of you will be hoodwinked into thinking that president obama or president romney would be different when it came to foreign policy i don't know where they

get that from while some may criticize the results of the election questions arise over the integrity of the voting process and america's electronic ballot boxes are accused of being easy to camberwell art investigates and then things being done to fix the problem a little later in the program. here is president insists he will not leave his country in the exclusive interview with r.t. bashar asad said only the ballot box can determine his future and he also said western powers have picked him as one of their bogeyman and warned against foreign intervention in syria r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to the embattled leader in damascus. we had a chance to speak about fifteen minutes before the interview very educated very down to unst earth definitely not go manic but contrary to what people like people train him in the media very well informed he feels like i think that this

whole thing that's happening is like a cancer that either he has to beat or he has to die of it but there is no other way out when one would talk about his western leaders telling him to step down it sounds ridiculous because he really has no where to go like you and he were to step down where would you go and we asked in that interview the broad vision if you're going. two week old wood came before because if you have a problem if you drop the flow through. the. ability in the region and coexistence. it will have a domino effect would be to the pacific you know because you know. it's going. to go but. nobody can hear what's next i think is very well aware that he definitely isn't in a position in which it was like two years ago or air and

a half ago 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 i believe it's not about staying in power for him and i do believe in start about. for his family because his kids still go to public school in damascus and his wife is still there and he told me no i'm a younger man i love sports i love life i could have just picked up and left like been a leader for example the thing that really marked me the most is how really how much more complicated situation insight series that from what we see in the media because i talk to people yes the country is divided but even the people who didn't like us before this conflict started are now so scared that fundamentalists will come to par 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 or always or christians so they're really scared that if our

side goes the army will fall apart and then you know you'd have this extremist muslims coming to them and asking them to basically be just like them 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 i mean that the terror attacks will continue and the funded. those will come to power so they're very scared of that bashar al assad regime that are to exclusive friday through sunday and r.t. dot com while deadly bombings ripped through the syrian city of there on saturday killing twenty soldiers the opposition is still trying to consolidate its alliance against president asad in qatar it came after the syrian national council the main opposition group came under western pressure to accept a unity plan and a growing frustration from other dissident groups artist but with leader has the details. this essentially is a meeting that has been called because many of the international backers of the syrian opposition particularly the united states are unhappy with the deep

divisions within the syrian opposition and at this stage it seems as if those divisions are going to prevent the syrian opposition from coming forward with any kind of a viable new opposition body the whole idea of the this meeting in doha was essentially to establish some kind of group within the syrian opposition in exile that would have more direction links with the opposition with inside the country that would be able to distribute aid and funding that the group is being accused of not being representative enough this despite the fact that the main opposition by the the syrian national council did elect a new head and they were also critics to complain that the new legislative body being put forward is not representative enough or does not have enough women in it so he does not have enough minorities between syrian army which is the main armed opposition group in the country meanwhile has threatened the syrian president bashar assad that he'll follow the fate of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi

the first as assad said in an exclusive interview to r.t. that he has no plans to leave office the state media department had said that assad is doomed in his statement to your channel he said he would not leave syria we know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria and his people not managed to leave the country for free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria alive you'll be lucky if you use the same fate as market guffey so what we're witnessing is an increase on the ground in terms of the violence inside syria while the syrian opposition really struggling to try and force for united group to try and deal with the situation. meanwhile the opposition's local coordination committee in syria has announced they are withdrawing from the sea and c s n c rather which operates in exile the president of the arab lawyers association says western backed efforts to create a revolution in syria from outside have failed. because the only credibility it had

was with the western powers we all remember when the us forced many countries to attend a meeting in turkey to recognize this as the legitimate representative of syria which was part of the political gimmick that the u.s. and the western powers nato france britain were following because what they wanted is the change of three g. but this is a unique case where there is a true revolution within syria but those who are recognized by the u.s. and others have absolutely nothing to do with it and so most of them have never been there and most of them have been out of the country for tens of years and the u.s. knew that and the west knew that but they were still nevertheless recognized as the representative of the people now they're come to realize that actually that evolution is going on in syria there is the i mean there is the people who are revolting in syria and they have no links with the external. people who are

claiming to represent them so i don't think they credibility before i don't think it would have credibility at the present moment because this is an attempt to create a group of you ssion ordovician everybody in the west created this something outside and they called it a present that. now this week anger and violence once again spilled over into the streets of athens police used tear gas and water cannon against greeks protesting for budget cuts demonstrators hurled petrol bombs and stun grenades with more than a hundred detain as the country's parliament passed in a staring package aimed at securing the latest bailout the neil sturdy package which includes tax rises and pension cuts is said to be the worst so far in three years of the greek debt crisis journalist charlie mcgrath says the cuts will keep further suffering on the greeks and that's the situation won't change for the better until evidence of knowledge of its bankrupt. we are the people killing

themselves in front of greece you have people that are losing everything using. the last thing to go i think is going to be you know their sense that they have anybody representing them with so far whatsoever you have this tyranny of the technocrat majority inside reason hundred fifty three out of three hundred vote more austerity on the people i think it is they continue to lose all hope that they have any control of their own financial destiny whatsoever how can it do anything but you know digress into but potentially civil war the financial health of the country is not going to change for the better until they realize that they are in default they're bankrupt and they tell the banks that are holding their debt and the european union and the e.c.b. and the trail that they are going to default this is what happens in the market their their prospects for a return to a healthy economy has to start with them realizing that they are completely and utterly broke and start over from scratch.

as london and the e.u. continue bickering over the budget many in britain believe the u.k. will be better off on it so. i'll bring you more analysis on why in london is staying worlds apart from plans later in the program. a risky place to spam holiday or honeymoon weeks after the deadly siege of bani walid tour operators and by be able to travel to media but details just that. i once a decade power transfer is under way in china with the communist party congress now reviewing the list of candidates the new leadership will have to tackle the growing challenges of the world's second largest economy as artie's loose a couple of reports beijing is promising to increase its global influence. lighting the flame on the international stage building to new heights on this world. and

soaring 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 where cheap economic goods have translated into massive profits for china as well as criticism no list 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 get your property right for 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 have 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 the castle in the 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 effort . to buy influence through investments have been met with an intense public

backlash and countries like pakistan that building infrastructure instead of military bases has made china the preferred superpower among locals. born into thier ok. other countries it does not like. it or that like america. still it has 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 the word what is america what is china so america is using which is water 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 chinese theaters understand the

importance of soft power. and yet understand that you come. to some extent and mated a certain to be studied if not to be followed completely for now a growing red dragon means that china's version of a new world order is here to stay you see captain of r.t. moscow. the senior fellow at the time green said here john way way chinese model has proved successful and more resistant to financial turmoil. china has a successfully avoided the major crises like nine hundred ninety seven asian find these required says or two thousand and eight to wall street united states. china's economy has been growing for three decades running roughly ten percent

a year so i think this leadership world segment. ascend to a leading power. ten years from now in the world you have a large economy going the united states economy on like united states well north. of. all of the laws of we have been largely successful or more do which is working for us but i think if this more there is really a success its impact will go well beyond the chinese border. should not worry that much in china's rise to be a lot of opportunities for the united states as well. meanwhile the countries are also looking to rise above the stratosphere in the summer long i learned more about china's manned space mission set for takeoff this year. and trigger happy president obama's reelection promise americans to stock up on towns and

ammunition find out why online. several high ranking russian officials lost their jobs this week in the wake of corruption allegations shaking the country's military the defense minister his first deputy and joint chief of staff where replaced after the ministry was drawn into the scandal over the alleged selling off of assets at well below market value meanwhile russia's space industry is also in the throes of a corruption scandal as it was revealed that around two hundred million dollars were allegedly embezzled by the management of a company. developing russian satellite navigation system dubbed. president putin as well as he's british assessor dmitry medvedev named countering corruption in russia as one of their main goals. i'll take a look at some other stories from around the world israeli tank fire has killed four palestinians and injured at least thirty six and the gaza strip all of them

civilians officials claim the attack comes as a response to militants blowing up and israeli border patrol with an anti-tank missile hamas has promised to retaliate for the violence. in pakistan a series of violent attacks across garage you have claimed the lives of seventeen people and injured dozens of others gunmen on motorcycles carried out several targeted killings with a magazine editor and five seminary students said to be among the victims the motives for the attacks are not yet known sectarian political and violence in the city resulted in nearly two thousand deaths this year. the b.b.c.'s reputation has taken a huge hit we're reporting scandal forcing its head george and whistle to resign the broadcasters flagship programme newsnight has falsely accused a conservative lord of child sexual abuse to force him to admits he could no longer

hold the position admitting ignorance of the broadcast and media reaction to the false report. his fifty four day ten year is b.b.c. chief was the shortest in company's history. julian a son just mental health is in jeopardy after staying inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for nearly five months that's according to the lawyer of the we can leaks founder who says his client should not remain confined the whistleblower faces arrest on rape allegations and extradition to sweden as soon as he steps outside the building. he is not avoiding trial but fears he could be extradited to the u.s. and charged with espionage. the u.k. appears to be standing firm after each new budget talks collapsed earlier this week britain is opposed to any hikes and spending trying to push for cuts prime minister david cameron and the german chancellor angela merkel held

a warm and friendly talks and wanted leaving the issue unresolved but roger helmer m.e.p. from the united kingdom independence party says the u.k. should go further than seeking budget cuts and should leave the all together. of the poorest states welcome the funding they get from from brussels but of course from a british point of view we are and have been for very many years a net contributor to the e.u. and we are not getting any benefits let's be quite clear there are no benefits of membership that we could not get from a simple free trade arrangement many countries around the world have free trade deals with the european union mexico korea india as a negotiating one they have a much better deal than we have as members without all the trading there is no reason to suppose that britain would do any less trade with europe in fact we're already members of the free trade area which preceded the european union and if we believe the european union we would still be in the free trade area the germans

would still want to service b.m.w.'s analogies and mercs and we'd still want to sell them. while the libyan town of bani walid is still struggling to heal the scars of the siege which took place less than a month ago bibi astounding itself as a new travel hotspot artists our first visit of the world travel market london to find out why tour operators remain silent on the tragedy. we're here at the world travel market a trade taking place in london or people can consulates their holiday inspiration that scouts exotic spot for honey may one country you probably wouldn't expect to see being touted as a tourist destination and that's libya the places where the tourist interesting the site is a political sideshow it's completely safe like a reminder for anybody to come there i can guarantee you that's got to be saved more than even dollars breakdowns like london or new york but there's somewhere

that is not mentioned in the guidebook bani walid a desert town this remain loyal to formally to colonel gadhafi it's just a few hours try southeast of the traditional tourist destination tripoli but it's a world away from the safe environment the two guides of pitching. the town's become the scene of some of the fiercest fighting since the libyan uprising last year but despite reports of indiscriminate shelling and gas attacks on the local population at the hands of the libyan army it's been an almost total media blackout in the. r.t. one story for more than a fortnight before anyone else picked it up back in london and despite libya being shake aced it seems that bani walid has once again being conveniently left out of the conversation when i saw this. it was a goes with surprise and i came to to others of feedback of the situation at the moment in libya and if we have so many people it means our situation is that it

becoming more stable and we can think for next season to do something with libya and it's a wonderful country so we would about what's happening at the moment i knew you were lead do but do you mean what's happened was been happening there's been fighting do you know about that no. you haven't heard about that i haven't heard you work for a travel company way and they haven't told you what's happening in burnie whiling. you know what happens and when a lot of fighting in the past couple of weeks now we went to confront the tour operator you know you're promoting terrorism in libya. and i saw you speaking some people eat telling them about what's been happening in bani walid at the moment. this is. what it's done for the future. because the silence on the subjects perhaps not surprising for tour operator trying to drum up much needed business the sites of bodies and homes burned to the ground and

selling points was deeply disturbing is that despite a growing body of evidence about crimes against civilians and increasingly vocal concerns from human rights organizations he came media and government remain resolutely silent they've got to sort of package nish it's very important for nato where when a to intervene to what the reality is they've got to promote it as a success so we have the speed of these countries have been liberated in inverted commas great places to go great places to invest and the reality for the everyday person in these countries is a living hell really pick up one of the travel information then you will be given reasons to visit libya and undoubtedly there are many there's a concerning silence here this in a case by the u.k. media a seeming refusal to talk about what's been happening in places like bani walid the reality is that the new government is struggling to control its militias and bridge

the deep divides that remain in the country none of that you're going to read about in the. surf artsy london a multibillion dollar arms deal between russia and iraq is up in the air do corruption concerns in baghdad but there could be more to the problem as one expert tells our team their party might be point the strings. twenty three years after. the fall the berlin wall we look out the changes the nearest abroad can cure many of the fellas after the show for. wealthy british style such. as not on the telephone. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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