coast us a doozy in the us press and professor of law at birkbeck university of london so the latest belo deal under the latest bailout deal greece will have to agree to make debt a top priority how democratic do you think a system is where foreign debt is repaid before the country can pay its own citizens. it is not democratic at all in did it is one in the list of measures that are destroying democracy both in greece and i think we're also seeing the future of our europe and when i was listening to your correspondent describe in the democratic festival in moscow today i felt really sad the but my country of birth live and least some of these measures that the destroying democracy in this era the german government and now is that going to appoint a commission of a god like that to run the clean economy the big economy that was a little insensitive of course because greece has been through a brutal now two york basin and accuse a system of movement started there that only came up with this idea that they create this basically what escrow technical term account where they live and money it

belo demands but brussels postpones its decision to release the second rescue package meanwhile many greeks feel the nation won't work cover for harsh austerity measures that harm their health care system while leaving the military unscathed. the fate of and dead in the country is just one of the issues being discussed now by gerald celeb the founder of the trends research institute who gives his point of view to marina puerto. in the autumn of two thousand and eleven a phenomenon a grassroots movement that we all know as occupy wall street became the growing face and voice of america but at the start of two thousand and eleven there was one man that predicted movement such as occupy wall street would be sweeping through the united states and that man is my current guest here to speak with r t gerald from leonti founder of the trends research institute and publisher of the trends journal thank you for saying time to speak with me again what do you think will happen with occupy wall street twenty twelve occupy wall street's gone global you know people keep looking to america for somet

struggling euro zone six nations get their debt ratings cut by moody's all while greece faces further belo hurdles from the e.u. despite the latest harsh austerity plan that caused public outrage and mass riots. russia's military predicts the west might decide on a wrong strike before summer anti-riot the rhetoric has been stepped up after israel accused me as a lawmaker state of being behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel and today's blast in bangkok. coming up a chance to learn more about the incredibly diverse spectrum of culture and religion in a rush hour special report this time from the republic of mariella where a community culture clash has been overcome through shared faith. this is how people of many ethnic groups prayed ancient times. today this is the sort of worship that can only be found in this russian region. we're not allowed to worship in soviet times but people like us who did were put on trial we hope prayers will avert floods quakes and manmade disasters. services like the use a rooted in ancient history these words were first spoken nearly a thousand years

star also focuses on greece's financial situation coming up in the next hour the hidden costs of the belorescue. changes clear in germany you give me the cash to survive given my debt however and i'll give you my star n.c. but will the public actually comply will they agree to accept the pain of this us dearly and will their greatest of men the most important sovereign aspects which is your first call your budget to technocrats in brussels that are not answerable to your population through and they're not managing the greek economy there's nothing that's right here meit's might be provocative here but that's always the best if you're dreaming of a monetary fund. population decline one of the toughest problems facing russia in the long term but the disturbing trend can be reversed according to the prime minister the latest campaign article in his bid to return is president vladimir putin is putting forward plans for social reforms he hopes will significantly improve the country's demographic situation for pros measures include better welfare for families with many children and smarter immi

more cash to come the hundred thirty billion euro belo was agreed in principle last week after months of heated discussions among euro zone leaders germany as europe's richest economy has to contribute the majority towards the deal but there is a sense of unease in berlin over have to keep coughing up cash to prevent a greek debt default this is the second bail out a little more than eighteen months and insurers athens can pay its debt as for top of the time being but investment advisor patrick young thinks the game may already be up. greece is truly a tragedy in every sense of the word and i did what we're not doing is they're not only cutting i mean they're cutting flesh in fact they're possibly cutting into their own arteries and let's face it what does this deal are actually do for greece well what it says is that essentially if you want to do another five or six years old total potential destitution in all stare at you might just stand off with one hundred times the debt that they basically how it was a moment in countries like germany or canada that's a totally unreasonable unbe

of power tax fraud and violating official secrets that greece has just agreed to another unpopular belo to avoid going broke but the deal is unpopular in the country because of the big cuts being demanded by the e.u. and i.m.f. in return our resident asked people in the streets of new york what they think about the latest rescue package for the economy in deep trouble. greece is getting another bailout one hundred thirty billion euros is that a good idea this week let's talk about that do you know what's going on in greece right now. you know idea you've got the wrong person greece. got more g.o.p. . greece their butts out so what's greece is going to do to us whether they bail or are there save that money matter of foreign is the third largest. g.d.b. in the world i mean got to worry about greece they only got good greek all of i'm from germany and we have a strong. new rule and the greens have a we can do or and so we should help to give your ok with that you don't feel like there should be responsible for themselves they should be less potent but we should hope that if it was coming

government already made to appease international creditors but the long delayed agreement on debt belo terms still failed to materialize and talks will continue until wednesday greece desperately needs one hundred thirty billion euros from international creditors to avoid default and large investment advisor patrick young says the e.u. politicians are beginning to realize that a euro exit scenario has become a very likely outcome of the deadlock one way the european union is certainly a dog to the politics of the insane because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things they suddenly realized that actually all greeks thought government figures are complete not your fiction the greek economy is based upon the complete not true disorganization world complete nobody has any incentive to pay their taxes etc the problem is for the greeks themselves if you're in northern germany you don't see why your local swimming coup should be closed on in order to pay for things that are happening right now in greece and that's why very interesting it should happen today we've got the deputy chairm

s belo demands but many greeks feel the nation won't recover from the austerity measures that harm their health consist health care system while leaving the military unscathed. capital account with lauren lyster coming up stay with us. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lister here in washington d.c. here are your headlines for february fifteenth two thousand and twelve europe is shrinking at least the economy is italy's things into recession the eurozone contract for the first time since the second quarter of two thousand and nine. is reportedly going to help with the bailout athens appears to be bowing to ministers additional demands over their bailout but at what cost for the country for europe and for democracy are we going to see a revolution you'll hear from european m.e.p. nigel farage on that and iran cuts crude to european nations preempting saying since we did they will they are they are conflicting reports as far confusion as oil prices have hit a six month high earlier today of a hundred and twenty dollar a barrel oil up until now there has been talk but

greek default this as lawmakers and get ready to vote through a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo preconditions as protesters gather outside the parliament costars dizziness a professor of law at birkbeck university of london says these cuts will need. further drain. money and live their lives which to destroy or you can push people on what a friend they leave the country if they can or they live off of the species as that was. the magic we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here was a huge increase in the holiest place in the count of the did knock out such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in suicide. how much more born and where will these where is it because we want to do some of these measures which have been implemented in order to take money from the germans and the fruits people to give them to join the friends is nothing to do with the greek people who want it is under these measures is precisely. sincere it is assumed that these problems. later today max keiser and stacy herbert in a unconventional discussion on the messy state

berlin may be losing patience with greece but the german parliament will also have to approve a second belo do you think they're proposing they're preparing for the public no for the public rather for a no vote. i think that if you put it to a referendum in germany i think we don't know what the result would be now i suspect that despite the dissatisfaction that is felt by many german politicians i think the german parliament just as the greek parliament did last sunday will continue to toe the line and continue to say that buy it out so the answer as far as i'm concerned it's rather like saving the cancer and not saving the patients now greek finance ministers have said some eurozone states one greece out of the monetary union accuse them of playing with fire how unified do you think are politicians in the union at this stage it's cracking it's cracking we saw one of the commissioners commissioners netty cruz said the other day that if greece left it wouldn't be a man overboard situation so even at the top there is now a crack beginning to appear and very interesting only what i've seen to

a greek default this as lawmakers in athens prepare to vote on a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo pre-conditions as protesters gather outside the parliament kostas doozy is a professor of law birkbeck university of london says only visa says that these cuts will only dream greece further. money and live got to live which to destroy or you push people all that way until they leave the country or they look for the obvious feels as though what . the mess we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here is a huge increase in corn let's listen to counter that did not have such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in suicide this cost more borne and way for these measures because we want you to solve these measures which have been implemented in order to take money from the germans and the fruits people to give them to the journal of the credit is nothing to do with the greek people who want it is under these measures is precisely. or essentially it is a small bet with these problems. later they max keiser and stacy herbert in a frank and unconventional

international headlines in brief first with the european union recalled all of its twenty seven ambassadors to belo roofs after minsk ordered the polish and envoy out of the country. made the move in retaliation to sanctions imposed by the e.u. over the country's rights record the sanctions date back to december two thousand and ten the presidential elections at that time in which more than seven hundred people were arrested after a massive protest against alleged vote fraud president president alexander to look at dubbed by some e.u. nations as europe's last dictator was declared the winner. and an r.p.g. of where all three judges involved in the case targeting a local ngo workers have resigned the defendants sixteen of them americans are accused of cooperating with foreign n.g.o.s in funding the unrest that's shaken the nation for over a year and the judges haven't indicated the exact reasons for pulling out only saying quote they felt uneasy this tackling the process the announcement comes just two days into the trial. all returning to our top story now here on our t.v. ongoing crisis in syria a

this fall the last of the belo demands but many greeks feel the nation won't work cover from austerity measures that harm their health care system but leave the military unscathed. nine pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story thai police say israeli diplomats were the target of a group of iranians arrested after prematurely setting off explosives in bangkok claims are expected to further fuel and rhetoric that tell of eve has stepped up after bomb attacks targeted israelis in georgia and india are reports from tel aviv . like the battle drones are growing louder and louder with israel continuing to issue all this really harsh rhetoric towards iran accusing them essentially of terrorizing the entire world community just today there was a harsh statement from tel aviv which called to impose paralyzing sanctions on tehran all this while iran has just made it clear that they are indeed ready to sit down for talks to continue talks on its nuclear program but the prime minister of israel has made a statement saying that iranian aggression should be stoppe

the struggling euro zone six nations get their debt ratings cut all the while greece faces further belo hurdles from the e.u. despite its latest harsh austerity plan. russian military predicts the west might decide on a military strike against iran before summer as clouds gather over to ron following israel's accusations the islamic state was behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel. eight pm in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's up or up position says the restive city of homs has come under some of its heaviest shelling yet from government forces rebels claim around four hundred people have been killed in several days of an intensified assault but syrian authorities blame violence on quote armed terrorists operating in the city with al-qaeda now adding to the increased turmoil in the country there are fears syria could soon plunge into sectarian chaos or sarah ferguson planes. the predominantly christian town of milly lies up in the syrian mountains yet even here in this hauntingly beautiful place and the signs of the polarizing conflict

greece's next belo could be creeping closer despite the use ever mounting demands while some euro free countries are proving to be the real winners. and we look at why one of the premier putin's harshest critics blogger alexei of all media is being showered with praise by foreign media despite some of his controversial views. eight pm in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.n. general assembly has adopted a non-binding resolution that turns up the heat on syrian president assad to step down russia was among twelve states voting against saying the draft fails to address the armed opposition moscow maintains the conflict should be solved by the syrian people without foreign pressure artie's marina portnoy has more from new york. this is very much a symbolic kind of message on the part of the international stage because you have an overwhelming majority of the u.n. members in the general assembly supporting a resolution that essentially endorses the arab league plan which calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step down it also condemns

prepare of a vote to vote through a nice pair to vote through a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo preconditions while protesters gather outside the parliament costars do xena's a professor. why birkbeck university of london says that these cuts will only drain police power. money and livelihoods got them like which to destroy or. push people on what they found the liver cancer if they can or they look for the obvious fix as the what. the mad we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here was a huge increase in the whole let's close in a counter that did not have such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in troops this cost more born and where a few of these measures because we wanted example these measures which have been implemented in order to take money from the germans and the fruits people to give them to the german the french is nothing to do with the greek people who want it is under these measures is precisely. or essentially it is a small bet with this problem. coming up max and stacey's take on the unconventional discussions and the me

greece's next belo could be creeping closer this by the e.u. is ever mounting demands while some countries who kept their national currencies are proving to be better all. libya marks a year since the revolt that eventually brought down colonel gadhafi but rival militias still run unchecked in the interim leadership is said to have no real power. up next the ongoing crisis in syria comes under scrutiny cross talk with peter lavelle coming up. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm curious about syria and the spiral of violence why does the west refuse to describe events being played out in syria as a civil war why is there such music since the finding of political settlement among the warring factions and will outside intervention eventual tear syria apart. you. get cross-talk the situation unfolding in syria i'm joined by kurt worth miller in washington he's a research fellow at the center for religious freedom at the hudson institute in london we have patrick case he's a journalist and political commentator and in cairo we go to rami gerar he is a

across the struggling euro zone six nations get their debt ratings cut all while greece faces further belo hurdles from the e.u. despite the latest harsh austerity plan. that austerity package and the outrage it caused at home all this on the table coming up in part one of the all of the show. welcome to the show where we get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can we live out of washington d.c. now it's an irony to host a monday panel talking about obama's budget see back and the g.o.p. race. who are going to be joining us then a grief was burning this week at protests and riots broke out after the parliament approved a strict austerity package so at the end of this we have to wonder if it's even going to help and admiral william mcraven is now asking for more off already to move special ops forces faster and outside of the normal pentagon channels so is that what we need or will it only allow for less accountability we have all that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look what the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so today the obama admi