we have to support yeltsin otherwise it would have been civil war. moscow prepares to greet the olympic torch is botanical or a ceremony in red square or will set the flame off on an epic journey across the twenty fourteen winter games host country. other stories that shape this week here in our t.v. and us government shutdown and a looming default threaten to severely damage the country's economy and send shivers down the spine of international lenders. and the netherlands demands that russia stop the prosecution of greenpeace activists for piracy while moscow insists the activists the tam to scale an oil rig or pose a threat to the crew and the environment.

this is already coming to you live from moscow i am marina joshie welcome to the program and the u.s. house of representatives has approved back pay for the eight hundred thousand federal workers laid off due to the government shutdown once it's over there is no sign however of a budget deal between the democrats and republicans over raising the country's debt ceiling to avoid a default all that's causing severe damage to the u.s. economy estimates suggest workers are losing nearly a billion dollars in wages weekly while the economy is being stripped of three hundred million dollars a day als believe the toll could be as much as fifty five billion dollars which will be almost equal to damage caused by hurricanes katrina and sandy economist max frog wolf says the dispute is sending shock waves across the world. the truth here is what the federal government of united states of congress and the white house have exhibited rather aggressively over the last several weeks including through

the shutdown is that there's literally nothing the u.s. government can't and won't do for unclear reasons sending whatever shock waves they feel like sending into the u.s. and global economies i can't imagine a recipe that would undermine confidence in the dollar of the u.s. or particularly the u.s. government faster or more effectively than what we see on every news channel in the world every day for a week and counting we're already starting to see hundreds of thousands of people get an involuntary unpaid vacation those hundreds of thousands of people are going out to dinner they're not going to the dry cleaner they are buying a new car or going to have trouble making house payments are going to have trouble making mortgage payments and rents and all the rest and we know the money they didn't get today and tomorrow and the next day is money that they're not spending now and even if they get paid later it will still be damaging to the economy well some americans cutting edge programs have also been disrupted by the shutdown considered to be non-essential most u.s. space agency staff have been sent home george abbey who used to oversee the

international space station for nasa told us repercussions are likely to follow. there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical motions or imagines that robotic rights that are going to the planets they have a launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are furloughed that work and being done and so there is going to be an effect on the line and i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to a mirror to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the work orders. working and we kept the work going on in the johnson space center and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have an impact but this time with about ninety seven percent of the workforce at the johnson space center laid off there will be an impact down the line but it's not the first time washington is holding its third us workers hostage

over a political discord in fact shutdowns are quite familiar to the american public in less than four decades there's been eighteen of them in some cases several times a year one based market strategist mike ingram told us washington will be looking for another thrill even when the current crisis is averted. makes them look like idiots quite frankly. i think previously detailed to the government just about managed to avoid a shutdown two and a half years ago and at that point in time credit agency standard poor's downgraded u.s. debt from its aaa status and one of the reasons they gave was they said all that you know that this country is becoming ungovernable there's no visibility on what your fiscal policy is with politicians you're just playing with fire a year after year and here we are again two thousand and thirteen in the same situation and i would have to say that even once the deal is finally thrashed out this time around and one was to actually happen we're probably going to be in the

same sort of situation next year nearly seventeen trillion dollars make the us a debtor too big to fail francis lui the managing director of an investment company warns that if the u.s. dollar plummets following the government shutdown a number of world economies are going down with it. if you as a show and the us dollar flaws shall be china enormous need because that is holding off on the change to deep speciate and the same problem goes japan and also you'll carry trees that whole huge amounts of us on the as says so even though maybe in twenty years time time may be over but right now you're still with the major currency reserve currency and for us the world and so if anything happened to you as is is going to cause chaos. across the globe china holds more than one trillion

us dollars so the risk of a man's death and if the us government for any reason failed to repay a child in china's finances who would be in that deep hole and it is something that nobody wants to see. much of our government must now shut down until congress funds it again. moscow is poised for the arrival of the olympic torch for the two thousand and fourteen winter games the flame is due to arrive in red square from athens for a ceremony that will kick start the russian leg of a record breaking really well let's find out more from our team is gonna. the moscow high there are gone now well we have seen a spectacular a farewell ceremony for the olympic flame in athens so do tell us what's in store for it here in moscow in the russian capital while marina before the olympic torch

makes its final destination sochi it will go through eighty three russian regions and two thousand and nine hundred ten thousand settlements will see it climb all the way up to mt elbrus the highest peak in europe will see a dive to the bottom of the russian lake by called the oldest in the deepest lake in the world who will even watch the olympic torch blast off to space on board the russian so used rocket that torch will do a lot of things it hasn't done before and as many work in russia hope it will shed light on what the country has to offer. literacy because you know if you want it is a very important event first of all for russia's in the nation and for its regions it is a chance to show their own cultural traditions and investment opportunities russia spent nearly forty billion dollars to get the resource city of sochi ready for the olympics it's a huge investment for the country thirty three years ago was the last time russia hosted the olympics you can be pretty sure it was not accompanied by the torch that

arrived that will arrive in moscow that you can pretty sure it would be pretty sure that back then it was not accompanied by bikers from the airport all the way to the red square and that's exactly what we're going to see today when the flame arrives here in moscow so from the hands of greek wave men dressed like like in the limpid goddess same to the hands of russian man in leather jackets on roaring motorcycles so a touch of spice to the classic ceremony. this was what is called last time dylan william was in russia was a lot of time to do good and we don't know when the next time will be that it's the right which is supposed to just look at the night when we can avoid it we don't believe it was because it's very honorable mission. of course for every single person who will carry the torch it will be a very special moment and it will change thousands thousand i think about fourteen thousand hands in russia before it arrives to the new olympic stadium right in time

for the opening ceremony of the twenty second olympic winter games on february the seventh in sochi. all right moscow is ready and raring as we can see for this olympic flame to arrive here and the spectacular ceremony that awaits the gun issue and thank you so much for bringing us the very latest on this from central moscow and of course we'll be bringing you every stage of the torch is journey today as well of course as to tackler ceremony in red square so do stay with us for that if you count. now there isn't new twist in the blame game over the deadly chemical attack near the syrian capital in august russian diplomatic sources have suggested this week that a saudi backed terror group was behind the assault which i am to provoke foreign intervention and the cons like in the pattern is that if there james corbat says it's no surprise foreign players are have only involved in what's widely seen as so

way civil war. mistaken assumption that's often purveyed in the media that what's happening in syria is some sort of civil war as some sort of internal conflict and a lot of the narrative has been framed around that that frame but i think it's fundamentally false to assert that i think we have to understand what's happening in syria as the planned result of a nearly decade long intervention foreign funded foreign armed foreign supplied foreign trained intervention in syria that has been arming and training syrian opposition groups on the record documented back to the bush administration as far back as two thousand and six they were starting to fund and train the opposition forces in syria so we have to understand that this is not some sort of spontaneous uprising and that as a result there are many different outside forces including the united states including the saudis qatar ease and others who are fight funding and financing their own fighters to go into this conflict and many of them are motivated for

different reasons and are there for different opportunities and some are motivated as mercenaries others are motivated by jihad jihad and the chance of establishing an islamic state but just because they all have the same end goal of overthrowing the assad government does not mean that they're there for the same needs and coming out for this hour the victim or the victor gyptian authorities continue their crackdown on the muslim brotherhood but that islam this movement appears to grow only stronger as a result. and that killing ellen are woman of would this week by police in washington comes under scrutiny as many claim the use of deadly force was unnecessary this and much more just ahead for you here on our team. i.

there's a medium leave us so we leave that maybe. i will see motions to the play your party there's a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with the gas that you deserve answers from it's all politics. mark t.

. welcome back here with our team of the no one's has filed a lawsuit against russia with the international maritime court claiming the detention of twenty eight greenpeace activists and two journalists was unlawful the activists were detained after they attempted to scale a russian oil rig last month they were arrested and board the dutch registered ship the arctic sunrise and face fifteen years in prison on piracy charges russia says it was acting within international law and repeatedly requested the vessel to hold its activities meanwhile greenpeace supporters staged vigils across the globe for tasking the actions of authorities authorities insist their actions posed a danger to the crew and environment a former greenpeace leader patrick moore believes the activists should have found

a better way to get their message across. you can't expect to have people allow you to continue to storm their oil rigs oil rigs are a very serious operation with really big safety issues and you start scaling the rig and then people have to come and try to get you off it puts them in danger and so i can certainly understand why they were apprehended and finally towed away from the site the other thing that's quite ironic is greenpeace is using a diesel powered ship to. occupy a or oil rig and so they you would they needed oil to get there if they had sailed there or rode there in a boat maybe it would make more sense i do tend to agree with president putin that they are not pirates it's pretty obvious i think their intentions were not to loot the rig or anything like that but they're still putting people in danger and it is a serious situation it's my understanding that this is the first oil platform that is done zines specifically to withstand ice the intention is to make it

a safer way of extracting oil my colleague bill dot spoke to bang with had of greenpeace arctic campaign and he says it's a gas from the oil platform that poses a threat to the fragile environment greenpeace has spent a lot of time in russia talking to the authorities talking to gazprom about the specific risks that this rig platform posed at every stage we've been ignored we've written letters we've sat down in conferences said you shouldn't do this time and time and time again we've been completely ignored this problem is about to start drilling they're about to start the pumps working this part of the a platform has been cobbled together from decommissioned oil rigs that rusting in amman shipyard finale two decades we haven't published a full oil spill response plans but isn't it reckless to storm an oil rig with all those safety issues at stake. well i think that if we did not storm

the platform we try to put a team of two climbers up the side of it to protest the work gazprom were doing and the threat that this region the platform itself poses to the the arctic region people were very well trained we have expert climate at no point was there any danger of anything happening to the platform police in washington d.c. will launch an investigation into the use of deadly force by officers who shot an armed woman miriam carey was killed on tuesday following a high speed chase through the heart of the u.s. capitol police went after her as she tried to ram our cars for barricades and the white house details now from artie's sam sachs. we're learning more about the suspect who led police on a high speed chase through washington d.c. her name is miriam carey thirty four years old from connecticut reportedly suffering from mental illnesses including postpartum depression she was recently laid off from her job as a dental hygienist she tried to gain access to a secure area near the white house here in washington d.c.

just really a block away from the studio here she was confronted by police she did a three point turn striking a police officer and sped off to the u.s. capitol where she was again confronted by police shots rang out she alluded police again where she drove another few blocks near senate office buildings the car was then crashed and police opened fire killing her only then realized killing her in front of her one year old child it's worth noting she was completely unarmed the only shots fired during this entire incident were from the police and some people are saying this could have been a misunderstanding if you know this area around d.c. there's constantly drills going on there security checkpoints going on. you know it's hard to drive around and figure out if someone made a wrong turn and were confronted by police someone who might have a history of mental illness could get confused and drive off it's tragic that it would end someone's death will be investigations into this i mean we're talking about the two most secure locations probably in the plain of the u.s.

capitol the white house which might be why police were quick to jump to lethal force but a lot of people be saying you know why he why didn't police try and shoot out the tires when they had the vehicle cornered why wasn't another police car brought in to further box in the suspect's vehicle and one of the suspects car was immobilised the third time why was she just shot dead and really on a week to week basis unfortunately in the united states where we're hearing stories of police shooting unarmed people who they perceive as a threat and weren't so this is just another tragic instance of that unfortunately here in the nation's capitol. well you can see how the chase unfolded throughout central washington by taking a look at this map starting at the white house the suspect advances all the way to the capitol building coming out of police fire and the pursuit and about three kilometers away from the white house where the driver was killed brian bakker

director of the answer coalition against war and racism says the u.s. police are too quick to reach for the gun there's five or six police officers just inches away from her head with guns drawn and that's when she starts to flee she runs from them she's running away and they start opening fire and they keep shooting and finally when she's when her car is immobilized she's riddled with bullets why the police now terry gainer who is the sergeant of arms of the u.s. senate formally the chief of capitol police he said there was no possibility at all that she could have gotten access to the capitol grounds because there are so many barricades so if her car is disabled and the police chief or the sergeant at arms says there's no possible way for her car to pose a danger to congress why then did they open fire i mean it's because they shoot first ask questions later the police in washington and around the country have a license to kill they know there's never a prosecution and as we saw in congress the congress members just cheered they

cheered over this slaughter and it really was the slaughter of an unarmed black woman in front of her baby. now we've got plenty of news online for you as well including coming over for a bite had to r.t. dot com to learn how one russian family reacted when a bear crashed into their house for some warm soup. plus our in motion section has stunning food it's from the mosque international life festival which is expected to attract over three million people and these stories and more are available for you on line r.t. dot com.

muslim brotherhood protests are expected in a job today on a major military holiday as the country remains highly volatile three months since the ousting of the islamist president mohamed morsi deadly clashes rocked the capital this week as riot police dispersed brotherhood protesters in cairo killing four people it was part of a government crackdown on the organization which saw its activities banned last week but as beltran reports the pressure only helps build cohesion within the group . egyptian security forces stormed to cairo incumbents for ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi back in august tents are torn down over six hundred people are killed a month on brotherhood activists like mr. say they have been driven underground. i have started to hide my identity every day i shave my beard i have a second phone number that has to be changing show it's not tracked now i can live in my apartment if i move from one place to another life has become very difficult

for over a month this was the site of one of cairo's main pro morsy sit ins after august body dispersal by security forces it's become just a busy street since that day for many missing but there are activists like mr furze they say they aren't able to attend rallies and their leaders are in jail or in hiding with last week's court order banning them as a brotherhood many fear this crackdown will just get worse. egyptian human rights organizations say the military led government is being too harsh. all of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. and it's. related to the muslim brotherhood this is a week of course so that as a collective punishment restrictions. muslim brotherhood also will not lead to anything but supporters of the interim government say there is documented evidence the brotherhood uses violence so silencing its membership they say is necessary to ensure stability and the transition to democracy to help with the ministry in the

thirtieth of june revolution which was the second wave of the twenty fifth of january revolution muslim brotherhood killed a lot of egyptians they had no problems killing innocent people they proved they were to push egypt into civil war morsi supporters maintain they are being prevented from peacefully protesting the brotherhood's newspaper was also shut down its website announced this week they had to move operations to london due to the escalating crackdown. but rather than stifling the movement's mystify and his fellow activists say it makes them more determined than ever the tension in pushing egypt further towards a bigger crisis. boccieri for r t cairo. and later today exam boy closes down with egyptian movie star and outspoken activist of the twenty one revolution to talk about the dramatic situation in the country here's a quick preview of worlds apart. if you think that getting rid of mohamed morsi and in this way is acceptable why would one piece supporters try to do

a similar thing i mean they can turn to the streets next year they are not they have the right to you do not for example you do not come and open a job for a man that comes to clean the office and you come tomorrow morning find him made himself the general manager and if you don't like it because you that's not democracy when you defend your political movement or political ideology through holding guns and pointing them at. army officers and soldiers and policemen then you know you are no longer have a political case you have a criminal case.

yes military forces have to duck to two raids abroad in somalia and levy a targeting senior terrorist leaders in the somalian town of u.s. navy seals stormed a villa the leader of the al shabaab militant group the terrorist cell was behind a deadly attack on their rabi shopping mall last month that took sixty seven lives the raid appears to have failed as troops was drew after coming under fire and did not capture their target. and another operation was carried out in the libyan capital tripoli the american military has seized libby a senior al qaida figure wanted for his alleged role in the one thousand nine hundred eighty u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania well he has been on washington's most wanted list since two thousand when a new york court indict a ham for his part in planning the attacks on us will now be brought to america for trial now

a quick look at some of the stories from around the world some five hundred pro british words have taken to the streets of belfast in northern ireland in the finance of an official ban protesters try to complete their july twelfth orange order parade that was blocked by local authorities a ban on the july march through areas separating loyalist and nationalist communities resulted in five nights of clashes dozens of injured policeman. to spain now where hundreds have rallied for an anti-corruption demonstration in madrid people voiced their anger over the ruling party's use of public money to repay debts incurred by private banks protesters also call for the nation's prime minister. to step down recent figures show the unemployment rate in the country has topped twenty six percent. plans for the construction of a new mosque in athens have brought city residents to boiling point with a country going through waves of hysteria measures the project is supposed to be funded from the taxpayers' pockets and as i was going off now reports it's not

something the greeks are eager to put up with. even in prayer one of the five daily spiritual rituals for muslims worldwide some prefer to do it at home others visit a mosque. this one looks more or less ordinary from the inside but there is one detail which makes it stand out from the rest in other parts of the globe this is literally another ground mosque set up inside the garage of an apartment building things and every day muslims from nearby neighborhoods come here to pray while in total there are around a hundred and twenty of similar unofficial mosques all across the city it's hard to tell the difference between unofficial and illegal but the makeshift facilities are the local muslim communities only choice there's simply no official mosque in athens we're talking about thousands of people that hold the greek passport. to

this country but now it's the time of their players greece is among the main points of entry for migrants to the e.u. and it's estimated around three hundred thousand muslims live in athens alone. so for the first time since gaining independence from the ottoman empire in the eighteenth century greek authorities are planning to build a mosque in the capital but as it turns out many of the crisis hit a traditional orthodox christian nation are not happy with the idea that the mosques price tag is one million euro plans to be paid from the state budget of the goods this money should be given to poor people pensioners who are starving in our collection trash in the streets so they can eat the government should give the one million euro's to these people and not build mosques for the turks to be again i've done if then we have debts and then there are thousands of unemployed sick poor starving people it's like telling me to build a house without even having money to eat can this happen no it can't be clearly

it's only a drop in the ocean for many greeks who once again dove into a wave of nationwide strikes. against fresh austerity measures. and while the government redirects anyone i'm happy with the mosques construction to the courts it seems that stories like this a reminder that the financial crisis isn't only about cash but it's exposing the most sensitive social problems that for many are becoming too expensive to tolerate . greece and coming up we're report on the medicine made affordable for those living in poverty in india. you know i'm old enough to remember reruns when gomer pyle used to cry citizen's arrest when he saw something wrong in mayberry and a new law in russia could.