it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today still ahead for you in this hour fueling debate hillary clinton visit india hoping to ramp up pressure on terror ran over its nuclear program find out whether the second biggest consumer of iranian crude is happy to make concessions. syrians have voted in the country's first multi-party elections in five decades the government paled the ballot as a major step towards reform however it was boycotted by the opposition which instead held protests but as r.t. sara for three ports many in the country are weary of the months old conflict and so they made their choice so as not to see the vote as a missed opportunity. it didn't get the stamp of approval from the opposition who had called for a boycott the people did turn out to vote in syria's parliament to elections the elections taking place against the backdrop of instability in the country and the credibility of the very it's being called into question with the opposition boycotting the vote so that their participation the real que

and r.t. is coming to you live from moscow where it's now or ten past the hour still to come for you that of the whistle blower's extradition julian assange and his legal team butt hole to keep him from being shipped off to sweden on sex crimes charges but fears he could then be passed on to washington. the people of ireland voting on the future of their finances and sovereignty if the majority says yes to the so-called e.u. fiscal pact power over the country's budget and the authority to impose penalties will largely lay in brussels reporting from dublin artie's laura smith. it's hope since choice ireland has two options as it goes out to vote on a fiscal pact with the e.u. to say yes to writing austerity into law and seat precious sovereignty to brussels say no and incur the wrath of the european central bank and potentially kissed goodbye to e.u. bailouts and it looks like it's going to be close the reason i'm voting yes this time is that we are in the e.u. now we have lost a veto and it wo

i know r.t. is coming to you live from moscow to stay or not to stay that is the question facing greece as political instability catapulted towards an exit from the euro zone however the leaders of some of the world's most powerful economies gathered for talks in the u.s. publicly declaring it should stay put other behind the smiles and handshakes analysts saw concern and desire to see greece go. is at the g eight summit at camp david was invaded by the europeans over the weekend or at least it seemed that way with almost all of the g eight talk touching the euro zone zone and there were new faces focus on the not so new an ever growing crisis and the million dollar question of good grief be corrupt loose and leave the eurozone practically every financial analyst think that greece will leave it has to be an orderly withdrawal from the euro anything else would be disaster if it's a marker from a new door to fear as to everything so big groups are able to stay in the euro zone . to remain in the eu

r.t. all more for israel. israeli law allows it to withhold funding from organizations that commemorate not by day but tel aviv university is allowing a memorial a memorial ceremony on its campus and that has angered the country's leaders later israeli arab t.v. tells r.t. that in order to bring change his people suffering must be acknowledged. the right thing to prevent me from saying that i am scared that my family was killed or deported or did they want us to dance in the street. then we can we have each human natural right to human feelings we knew we recognized to suffer all the other side you'll bridge the gap between you and him. who survived the holocaust. talked about the. indignities and i see. from the jewish people. in europe as a victim. to have empathy for the sufferer victims victim. watch the full interview with israeli arab t.v. in just over an hour here on r.t. . taking you around the world for more of this hour's. every port has emerged blaming nato for dozens of civilian killings during las

worldwide news live on r.t. . two massive bomb blasts have ripped through the syrian capital this during rush hour killing at least fifty five now and wounding up to four hundred the government and the opposition both being quick to blame each other for the attacks and russia says there could be a foreign hand in the bombings with the latest from damascus sara. well the russian foreign minister commented on the events today saying the foreign interference in syria is unacceptable now it is widely acknowledged that there are foreign nationals operating in the ground that all criminal it is a big dilemma for the syrian people pull the nation from the units of the mission and to mask as they went straight to the scene of these two explosions it was a huge huge explosion they really shook the entire city everyone here felt it and we've been speaking to people today we've just been down at the block site as the devastation is schools is just and mends at the moment the cleanup operations underway and we found the peopl

here on r.t. we've been airing his own exclusive series of programs both of this hour he meets members of the group behind some of the biggest protests going on in the world right now that of the occupy movement here's how they described their relations with the law. occupy sort of simmer for a while for the first week or ten days or something until it was forwards. well yes i mean one of the police more outspoken on the words we did not provoke like a smiley. or you can record speak we took a nonviolent direct action we went and we occupied the square so we could have a general assembly and starts talk about the world that we wanted to live in which we saw is completely antithetical to the world we're currently living in and the structures that governed it so yeah i mean i guess by being there by exercising directly democratic process we're posing a threat and so the police had to respond when there's nothing that terrifies the american government so much as the threat of democracy breaking out i

right here on r.t. and if you've missed the previous six you can always watch them online at a song dot altie dot com. to the protests in kind of the now and there's hope the standoff between students and authorities in quebec could soon come to an end with talks due to resume on monday thousand strong demonstrations against jewish and fee hikes have been taking place on a nightly basis for over a month but a new motion see laura's cause such anger cutting fees may no longer be enough to get a check on reports. it's not just about tuition hikes anymore even many of those who didn't care much about the problems facing students in care back have now joined the ranks of protesters. it is something that we should and have to do in this region. and we have to be there and we have to make noise you guys it's the end of the democracy if we keep on this way and the father of our own cool on the ground. for the future. of. the country. tens of thousands marching every day making a noise to express anger at what

and on screen this is r.t. live from central moscow with you twenty four hours a day the syrian government says the massacre of more than one hundred people in the syrian town of houla was the work of terrorists gangs this is the u.s. secretary of state admits military planning for action inside syria is happening moscow has vowed to block any moves for outside interference at the u.n. well let's get more from marina porte now and she is in new york with marina how worried should syria be by washington's latest stance. well clearly they're not mincing words words coming from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and also the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice first mrs clinton during her visit to denmark she was speaking about the situation in syria saying there is an increasing need for more international action in the country mrs clinton also said that russia's policy on syria a policy where russia does not support military intervention or sanctions on syria ms clinton said that is going to contribu

we'll get to the r.t. world update soon but for now we're scotland yard has received a tip about who might have murdered former russian security agent alexander litvinenko back in two thousand and six and it's a percent of british investigators living then because father blames exiled russian billionaire boris berezovsky and one of his associates so now reports on whether this new revelation will even affect the long running case. further twists in the story surrounding the poisoning. of former security official alexander litvinenko a live in your case has revealed in an interview the names of the people he says of the killers of his son other people he names of the russian billionaire boris a better result and alex told both former colleagues and friends of alexander litvinenko. it was berezovsky and gold for. energy how do you think alexander first became infected with polonium to turn why do you think this case has been dragging on for so long have been no court case because they don't have anything and

this is r.t. with me rory sushi welcome to the program wiki leaks founder julian assange now looks set to be extradited to sweden after losing an appeal in britain supreme court he's wanted in the scandinavian country for questioning of a sex crime accusations which the whistleblower himself strongly denies. the details from outside the courthouse in london. chilliness orange wasn't actually in court today when that judgment was passed rejecting his appeal against that extradition to sweden but it's not over yet he's being granted a fourteen day extradition stay with us while his legal team try to get an appeal to reopen cases now that is a key point told us some of the point that were made in the judgment that they say they haven't had time to respond to you say that's the immediate steps that you're going to see taken if that fails then you could see julian assange and then put on that plane to sweden but it's very likely that you are going to see his legal team taking this fight even further to

r.t. and this year's gathering is looking increasingly like a euro crisis summit with a german led focus on austerity likely to come under scrutiny this. sentiment is spreading fast across the whole of europe along with fears about greece leaving the euro a report on the gathering storm clouds in just a few. of the overly strong arm of the law and go rages in the u.s. over an alarming rise in police brutality cases find out more on that in just a few minutes. pro-government demonstrators have taken to the streets in iran to protest what they're calling a u.s. ploy to reshape the region tehran's unhappy about plans by two of washington's key allies bahrain and saudi arabia to cement a military and political alliance the islamic state fears washington's orchestrating the unity push to force it into a corner iran has summoned back or any different amounts for an explanation this sounds pro-democracy protests in bahrain have again been met with brute force as police dispersed the latest rally

talk show and and appear on r.t. using the platform as an international platform even to criticize the regime in bahrain and it's for this reason june last stanage things why he's been arrested basically by appearing on this. ranch out would indeed be risking a great deal but even so. he that he would be willing to pay any consequences that come of it because he says he would be fighting in the name of democracy this is what he had to say. but this is the struggle this is the freedom this is democracy that we are fighting for as a cost and we have to bid of course and of course might be very expensive as we have been caused by when we were willing to bid for the changes that we are fighting for now one of the other guests this week going to do now is another prominent activist in the in the arab spring his name is our abdel fattah he was he was highly influential figure in the uprising in egypt last year in tahrir square that like right up to has become a target of your thora sees the fact that even the sound is spea

r.t. reporting from northern lebanon. it's good of you to join us here on the program today still to come for you that of a biased backlash from mainstream news outlets in the u.s. are rapidly losing viewers to alternative sources as more people refuse to swallow the corporate spin. plus montreal boiling over people of all ages and walks of life joined local students venting their anger over to wish in the sand the authorities protest a crackdown. it's ten minutes past the hour here in moscow julian assange and the occupy movement a phenomenon much ignored and condemned by the mainstream media now though for the first time the two come together on our t.v. to discuss how the corporate alliance plans to change the world. now recognize that public policy outcomes on happening at the national level and the policy makers are actually the ones who are national parliaments they're elsewhere and the ones who are exciting policy on any way counts or not them that's what some steps in as a global p

r.t. omar for israel. certainly hope you can stay with us here are to you in just a few minutes we travel to a remote republican russia south renowned for its waterfalls canyons and of course local delicacies that will be in just a moment after the top story.

you watching r.t. i'm researcher welcome to the program two people have died in fresh overnight clashes in the lebanese capital beirut this between opponents and supporters of the assad regime in neighboring syria the violence was triggered by the killing of an assad sunni cleric in the north of the country political analyst our rula tal she says if the syrian regime falls the ripples we felt far beyond its borders the violence in syria or the violence in the north was expected and delayed for a while it seems that ever wanted to create this freezone in turkey and on the borders of turkey and syria or jordan and syria. have failed and is trying to build a free zone in northern lebanon in order to create the bridge between the fighters they related fighters who are coming from all over the world to fight against the syrian regime they want to create this freezone for them in the north and create the bridge between tripoli and. homs if assad is forced down. this will not resonate in lebanon. only it will

well we're closely following the situation in bahrain online head to our web site r.t. dot com for the latest updates. coming out the ruler of bahrain decides to abandon his kingdom torn by protest to attend the queen's jubilee lunch at buckingham palace. and fisherman for sale north korea demands two hundred thousand dollars for the return of twenty nine chinese men captured but see the details on those stories and plenty of other stories for you and r.t. dot com. a british banknote printing firm della rue has reportedly started preparation for drachma production this comes as billions of euros were drawn from greek banks this week as people grow increasingly worried over the safety of their savings let's talk to our correspondent laura smith she's in london so true this is quite a development isn't it of what stage is this printing. well it's really important to stress that this is only a contingency plan and i'm absolutely sure that no drachmas are currently rolling off the press at the lowry but all of this all of the same it's it is an interesting development the r

straight to china to kick off the r.t. world update for us now and chinese lawyer and activist chen guangcheng has left the u.s. embassy in beijing for medical treatment and to be reunited with his family he fled house arrest last week and was under u.s. protection for which china is demanding an apology before fleeing chen was being punished for exposing alleged abuses in official chinese family planning policies such as forced abortions the move comes as u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton visits beijing for high level strategic and economic talks. at least twelve syrian troops have died in clashes with the rebel fighters unconfirmed reports say five people have also been killed by government forces fighting continues despite the extended presence of u.n. observers in the country to monitor a mission that claims the cease fire in place for three weeks now has been violated by both sides in the conflict syria has seen a number of bomb blasts in recent days further undermine the u.s. backed peace plan. opposition leade

you're watching r.t. now coming up a look at how the mighty have fallen for trade as our goods and divisive which other nicolas sarkozy lost his presidential reelection bid in the socialist to the socialist francois long but can the winner reverse france's fortunes we try and gauge that fear a bit later also to talking about the russian businessman vig to boot ing out of the u.s. justice system describing his cases on which out of jail for twenty five years he speaks exclusively to us at r.t. . well it's been a truly for the violent anti austerity demos and political deadlock again casting doubts over the future of the euro in spain as many as hundreds of thousands marched in nationwide protests they chanted slogans and waved banners demanding an end to cut some painful austerity and it's lead to violent clashes erupted in the city of naples after yet another suicide apparently caused by an aggressive government taxation program but above all that it is of course the political will in greece that's a huge

also at r.t. dot com the old job thanks to a new top and fashion magazine which focuses on the trademark muslim headscarves check out the latest trends at r.t. dot com. in cairo at least eleven people were killed up to one hundred injured when unknown gunmen attacked a protest against egypt's ruling military council the army has since been deployed to try and the violence growing tensions ahead of egypt's presidential election have led israel to strengthen its southern border as well as reinforcing the north juicer syria's turmoil from tel aviv artie's paula slater. well it certainly is a massive mobilization what we're hearing from the israeli army is that they've given the approval for the call up of twenty two reserve battalions many of these are soldiers who've already completed their annual reserve duty what commanders are saying is that these troops are needed to deal with security threats that are coming from israel's borders with egypt and syria and also because of the growing instability

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today still to come for you in this hour that of law and disorder u.k. police protests in their thousands saying government cuts will leave them out of work and the public at risk. foreign mercenaries and al qaeda linked militants are fighting in the ranks of rebels inside syria according to government officials damascus has even released the names of alleged foreign terrorists it claims to have captured twenty are said to be arabs who have confessed to working for al qaeda at the list also includes french and british citizens meanwhile washington denies reports it's coordinating arms for the syrian opposition through qatar and saudi arabia yet syrian rebels say they've recently seen an influx of weapons from abroad and antiwar activist jim brown says the u.s. has a particular interest in making sure the opposition in syria is armed. clearly you have an opposition that is and there isn't a single opposition bloc and there are those voices that are clearly calling for foreign intervent

r.t. . israel. israel and law allows it to withhold funding from organizations that commemorate dark but day but tel aviv university is allowing a memorial site a ceremony on a discount. yes and that's angering the country's leaders later israeli arab t.v. tells r.t. that to bring about change his people suffering must be acknowledged. trying to prevent me from saying that i am sad that my family was killed or deported in one thousand nine hundred did they want us to dance in the story. as them we can we have eleven natural human feelings we knew we recognized the suffer of the other side you'll bridge the gap between you and him i have. four of those who survived the holocaust i have. talked about it here indignity. and i see it disappear from the jewish people. in europe as a victim. to have empathy for the sufferer victim victim. watch the full interview with israeli arabs are to be in ten minutes here on r.t. . take you around the world now for more of this hour's news a report has emerged of bl

now r.t. is coming to life in the heart of moscow is good to have you with us today we are going straight to breaking news here on the program in indonesia are searching for a russian built sukhoi superjet one hundred plane which has lost contact with the port support of there were forty four people on board the plane which has yet to go into service had been on a demonstration tour to a number of countries that have been returning to an airport when contact was lost we will bring you more on the story on this breaking news as soon as we get it here on are today. now ukraine's jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been moved from prison to a local hospital the opposition leader had been on a hunger strike for nineteen days claiming abuse in an earlier attempt to move a concern over her treatment has caused diplomatic tension with ukraine postponing a regional e.u. summit after several states pulled out in protest with the latest from kiev is r.t. is i like to ski. huge emotional uk

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today still ahead for you this hour that have guns votes syria now holding parliamentary election in decades after president assad adopted a new constitution but the opposition however val's to boycott the vote calling it a farce. francois hollande has defeated nicolas sarkozy in the french presidential runoff making him the latest e.u. leader to be swept aside by the crippling debt crisis. among the first steps the president elect is planning is to push back against german led austerity measures well let's get some more ideas on the outcome of that her and now speak to our load of analyst a former belgian m.p. an international consultant i thanks for coming on r.t. today how do you explain the success of the socialist candidate at these elections are people just desperate at this point for some alternative to drastic cuts and economic stagnation. you can or you can at least centered part of the french population on desperate. on the other hand we should do not forget that faulty nine

and as we heard earlier here on r.t. the occupy wall street movement is planning a general strike across the u.s. in order to protest against what it says is the corrupt global economic system and corporate injustice organizers are billing the event as a spring comeback since the group's encampments in the u.s. and beyond were dismantled by police last winter but activists in london say the movement is only gaining force. to do something about this unsustainable system and this is the movement for us to do that we are questioning what we see is a political system that seems to be working with profits before people it's intertwined with the corporations we also question the idea of regulated bodies being managed by the people they're meant to be regulating eventually the rest of this world will realize that they've been and that they are being put into subjugation it's very clear from the movement from the beginning that the economic system is on its last legs and what's happening in europe what's happening in greece is i

r.t. moscow. his return to the kremlin the same people turning out on the streets on mass with major anti-government rallies happening in moscow some of the most recent protests descended into clashes and hundreds of arrests that he's innocent and political analyst and he had been looking more closely at the aims and ambitions of the opposition movement. who is the russian opposition well of course it depends who you ask but also if you take a look for yourself what you'll see most often are a lot of different colors organizations and parties well to help us kind of decipher who's who in this i think we can call modern russian opposition is to me three bob which he's a political analyst for voice of russia radio thanks for being with us i want to start with alexis in the widely and surrogate so just because they're the most well known at the moment they're constantly getting arrested and being released just briefly tell us who they are and why they've become the prominent leaders of our name is no

you're watching r.t. live from moscow still much more ahead for you this hour including your memorial day violence israelis and palestinians clash during a rally to remember those who lost their homes in conflicts we meet a woman who crossed from one opposing side right to the other. a series of blasts took place in syria over the past week killing at least sixty four people causing widespread damage they were carried out by suicide bombers targeting security and military facilities now islamist militants from al qaeda have been blamed for the attacks and as sara further reports there's a growing suspicion in syria that third parties are helping to fuel the conflict. it was a little known terror group the al nusra front they claimed responsibility for last week's massive bombing in syria the blast carried out in a busy residential area designed to cause maximum damage damascus which the so long had been through and they sheltered from the conflict throughout the rest of the country has in recent months fo

on screen this is r.t. live from central moscow twenty four hours a day russia says both the syrian government and opposition government may have been involved in the deaths of more than one hundred civilians including over thirty children in the city of over the weekend speaking after a meeting with his british counterpart in moscow foreign minister sergey lavrov warned against assigning blame for the massacre. of as the details. russia is calling for an international investigation to be held looking into what happened in houla while the west including the united states and great britain are pointing their fingers at us sidewall the foreign minister elavil roth says that it's too early to make any conclusions since it's clearly the situation is not one sided at all. but to deal with the un security council on sunday the head of the international peace mission in syria confirm that in houla there was signs of artillery shelling but they will say mini cooper says we've had. violent close distance police on e

live from moscow this is r.t. around three thousand opposition activists have gathered in the ukrainian capital kiev many of them demanding the release of jailed ex prime minister yulia timoshenko the country's leadership is facing accusations at home and abroad that the former premier has been jailed for political reasons lithuania's president has warned kiev of a growing crisis of trust with the over the case this after visiting her in a hospital where she's recovering following almost a three week hunger strike she's currently serving seven years for abuse of power and office and is also being treated by doctors for chronic back pain to his hunger strike began after she said she had been beaten by prison staff something the authorities deny her critics of question whether her claims of physical abuse are poor health or simply an attempt to play political games. straight to syria now the start the world update and a militant group with alleged links to al qaida has claimed responsibility for double bombings in t

this is r.t. scotland yard has been handed a video in which the father of the late former russian security agent alexander litvinenko points the finger at he who he believes was behind the death six years ago live and died of radioactive poisoning in two thousand and six and a case which has caused major divisions between britain and russia and as sarah first now reports his new evidence may shed further light on the murder. further twists in the story surrounding the poisoning. of former security official alexander litvinenko a live in a case of a volt that has revealed in an interview the names of the people he says are the killers of his son now the people he names of the russian billionaire boris the better results and alex gold these were both former colleagues and friends of alexander litvinenko. knows all about. how do you think alexander first became infected with polonium to turn why do you think this case has been dragging on for so long have been no court case because they don't have an

or at a crossing over to dmitri he's standing by the r.t. business to bring us up today for this hour good to see you again investors though are yet again in a selling mode of jobs data incoming from the us that is absolutely true a.d.p. has reported that the private sector has increased one hundred nineteen thousand has added one hundred nineteen thousand jobs and this is the slowest pace of growth since the month of september and therefore we are seeing the dow jones the nasdaq down around half a percent but we will get the final figures from the labor department on friday is of course the crucial monthly report that we are expecting over in europe we are seeing the latest data showing that the unemployment rate in italy has reached a twelve year high in march in germany the jobless rate rose point one percent for the same period which was slightly higher than expected and of course in spain the highest unemployment rate new european union twenty four point four percent the number of job seekers has hit five point six million people. and e

it is good to have you with us here today on r.t. i'm sure live in moscow a lavish celebration has taken place at the kremlin where a lot of the putin has become the first russian president to be sworn in for a third time is now set to stay on for an unprecedented six years as putin took the oath he appealed for unity and reform to carve out a stronger russia in what he called a new stage of national development thousands of guests later joined the president at a private party to enjoy some fine cuisine and champagne let's get the details of the inauguration from our very. own who was in the midst of all of it and certainly you were enjoying it among all of those in attendance if you will take us deep behind the walls of the kremlin what was it like the first time i've ever witnessed the you know gratian of the russian president firsthand and we arrived at about ten o'clock am moscow time we did for a little less than two hours before the the whole inauguration process commenced and i was surprised that the whole process the whole ce

and a letter on r.t. uncrossed old people questions whether foreign intervention is the way to bring in . end to the vicious civil war ongoing in syria. of the day if there is going to be an intervention i would tend to think they will be along those lines it's not that we're not going to see rerun of iraq or not not even a rerun of libya ok. it is a rerun of iraq go ahead it's a rerun of iraq it's a rerun of york post original goal for you know no fly zones humanitarian corridors that kind of thing that or nowhere near as benign as they say mark do you want to jump in there. no i think i think that's it and we rock is a terrible example the only thing i would say is who knows the creative destruction us in washington may come up with an even newer and more disastrous unique form of chaos worse even than the syrians or iraqis will have to wait so long. it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today it is a scandal likely to fuel the longstanding tensions between washington and pyongyang a media afford a

r.t. as the us president hosts this year's g. eight summit he's expected to pressure eurozone members to apply a more expensive bandage to their open single currency wound but barack obama's admitted to having his hands tied on some issues as reelection worries dominate his thoughts and he said now he has more from washington. there are several challenges for this year's g. eight summit one is facing its host obama has his hands tied with an election coming up in november a lot of focus for him on trying to stay in the white house so he's going to have to balance domestic and international considerations at this camp david summit something that's never easy but even more so when you have voters to please and global leaders to reassure it's always a difficult thing to do even more difficult during the election he has in one sense to reassure american allies that america has remained strong and committed to the g eight and it has an important role to play at the same time he has to be sensit

online on screen this is r.t. live from central moscow twenty four hours a day m to bomb would say let's take a look at the news russia says both of the syrian government and opposition gunmen may have been involved in the deaths of more than one hundred civilians including over thirty children in the town of houla on friday speaking after meeting with his british counterpart in moscow foreign minister sergei lavrov one day games assigning blame for the massacre. got a piece going after has the details brushes calling for an international investigation to be held looking into what happened in poor while the west including the united states and great britain are pointing their fingers at our side while the foreign minister a while roth says that it's too early to make any conclusions since it's clearly the situation is not one sided at all again you're all but you do the un security council on sunday the head of the international peace mission in syria confirmed there were signs of artillery shelling but there were

watching the weekly with me kevin owen here on r.t. and surrounded by the day's made news on the top stories from us for the past seven days and first instinct day in france is tightest the most acrimonious presidential election in recent history millions accusing of polling stations across the country to decide between incumbent nicolas sarkozy and his socialist rival. our correspondent there is in paris. there's a lot of variables out there that could swing the the results one way or the other i'll just give you some early numbers according to the interior ministry at around noon thirty point six percent of of french voters have already turned out to cast their ballots now that is two percentage points higher than the first round however it is still much lower than the outcome of the two thousand and seven presidential elections again a very close a lot has been leading us throughout much of the campaign his lead between four and seven percent or whatever there is still that question of who are the voters that have voted for money lo

series coming to r.t. tuesday the whistleblowers already interviewed the head of hezbollah and then brought together two political extremes from both sides of the atlantic parties laura smith has a preview of what's up next. well this is the third episode of the program and the guest this week is the first president of the new president. of course is where the arab spring first really kicks off and the jasmine revolution as it's come to be known was ok but one of the most successful revelations that the arab spring has caused it was prompted of course and this is why this is this program is so interesting the revolution was prompted at least in part by revelations from wiki leaks the wiki leaks released some cables at the time about corruption in the choosing governments hold then president ben ali who's been in power since nine hundred eighty seven and that was the first really hard evidence in documentation that the people of tunisia had seen that their government was so corrupt in the government couldn'

at r.t. dot com our web site this morning in hot water rand slams google for leaving the persian gulf nameless on its online maps with the what about where you can find out what could be motivating me internet giant to do it or not do it at r.t. dot com and controversy surrounding giant pictures of stalin had been placed on public buses here in russia on the eve of victory day read all about. our web site . taking around the world in brief a small your senior al qaeda chief being killed in an air strike in yemen he was wanted for his role in the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in the year two thousand which resulted in the deaths of seventeen u.s. sailors at least one other man was also killed in the air raids in addition to being one of the most wanted terrorist in yemen the f.b.i. it offered a five million dollars reward for information leading to his capture u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton's arrived in india for diplomatic talks all oil is likely to be the focus of a visit after delhi p

r.t. moscow. say the survival of europe's single currency and the shock waves from his possible break up will inevitably dominate a meeting of the world's top eight political heavyweights the g eight leaders are gathering in the u.s. right now that's where they'll also discuss the situation in syria and pulling out troops from afghanistan and the host president obama will also be balancing the small matter of his ongoing election campaign. and he said now reports. there are several challenges for this year's g. eight summit one is facing its host obama has his hands tied with an election coming up in november a lot of focus for him on trying to stay in the white house so he's going to have to balance domestic and international considerations at this camp david summit something that's never easy but even more so when you have voters to please and global leaders to reassure it's always a difficult thing to do even more difficult during the election he has in one sense to reassure american al

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based on a list on a shabby told r.t. that al qaeda and some western powers have extended their ambitions for regime change from syria to lebanon there are some serious internal divisions not necessarily about who supports us against us and it's more and there are divisions between a group that is the sad how did a group of what's called the fourteenth march group that wants to overthrow the government because the government has taken a position a neutral position on the situation in syria these islamic fundamentalist groups some of them are affiliated to the movement or they are supporters of openly i mean no one can deny that and at the same time the united states and the west impossible for them which is really very close to. a political party that. interviewed many of these people and they have openly supported the movement. but just a few minutes here are three lessons in hate footage from that very feels right wing nationalists dressed in nazi uniforms using machine guns as if you raids for young children. early ele

is not a on the russian capital watching r.t. was we were in a joshua welcome to the program of voices from across russia's political spectrum are being heard on the streets of the country on may day communists liberals trade unions as well as nationalists are said to rally in moscow to protest a marked labor day which has seen demonstrations around the world for over a century and we can now cross live how it responds for more on what's going to be happening in the russian capital this morning to you kareena so tell us who exactly is going to be on the streets today moscow. while there will be more than a dozen various marches the demonstrations in the city today what the largest one of them planned for just starting in just about an hour and it's going to be. carried by the united russia party the largest in the country along with the coalition of the labor forces and moscow they're expecting around one hundred thousand people to march down one of the main streets in moscow the to sky street and it is known that russia's presid

coming up here on r.t. we've more another state where nato has intervened as well a human rights group wants the lines to be brought to justice civil claims that dozens of civilians in libya with killed after the military campaign that has come also coalition talks in greece big story tonight dragging on despite a total deadlock because he was doubtless months give voice to a future without maybe the greeks on board. but right now foreign ministers have slapped new economic sanctions on the syrian regime for the fifteenth time since the uprising there began they're urging damascus to implement a new un backed peace plan which is so far failed to provide any stability or this is violence and syria's now been spilling across the border into lebanon reports for. the clashes broke out between those who support the syrian presidency of bashar assad and those who are opposed to it it comes in the light of observers in this region expressing concern for quite some time now that the violence and instability in syri

thank you for joining us on r.t. today the remains of those killed in the sukhoi superjet crash in indonesia have been flown to jakarta for identification police experts say full recognition may take weeks because of how badly damaged the bodies are the plane crashed during a demonstration flight for potential buyers on wednesday there were forty five on board all of them are now feared dead search teams have found at least thirty two bodies near the wreckage but difficult mountainous terrain is hindering their efforts the airliner's manufacturer says there was no evidence of technical problems before the crash. now twenty two people an hour die in indian traffic is a country that's believed to have the world's most dangerous roads despite this unwanted image india still lacks even basic safety laws. found out some of the causes of the shocking death statistics. to outsiders it's complete chaos i think it's quite scary they need to do something about it to stop following the rules i think it's quite stupid really to.