from moscow is kevin owen here with you this hour with our top story in egypt's topos president hosni mubarak's been jailed for life itself to new and he's reportedly suffered a heart attack while on his way to prison he's been convicted over the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising his former interior minister is also be given life but six former security officials have been acquitted egyptian journalist miriam ashanti reports from outside the courthouse in cairo. but initially the reaction was obviously one of. relief at the sound of the word guilty but when. that verdict was read i think they realized they should the full extent of the outcome of the verdict had begun to sink in the realized ation that the majority of the defendants would be returning home free man and not be held responsible for their role in their involvement in the including the deaths of eight hundred fifty protesters last january as was corruption and mismanagement of the nation for the crew of the few crewmen of personal wealth. couples broke out in the courtroom almost immedi

just after what i am here in moscow my name is kevin owen vis is r t and these are our top stories the u.n. in its envoy to syria are looking for ways to put additional pressure on damascus to prevent the country from sliding into a full scale civil war kofi annan also urged the rebel forces to lay down their arms clashes between troops and rebel fighters as well as rallies against the ongoing violence have taken place across the country the opposition prime assad's troops of shoulder rebel controlled area in the city of homs this is teams of u.n. observers visiting the site of the latest massacre in the city of hama to try and establish who's to blame for the deaths of up to one hundred people at his riff notion of reports from syria. when hearing two different takes from the opposition and from the syrian government the opposition is claim is that the syrian army shelled to a peaceful farming village in central syria and after that alleged through assad militants came in they tied people out they.

hello again this is our team on is kevin owen and this is our news review of the week on a sunday our top stories moscow warns that the un human rights body is putting the syrian peace plan the risk by blaming the regime which accuses armed rebel gangs for the attack russia believes the condemnations premature because the investigation is still ongoing and that puts pressure on the security council. this is president putin's reaffirmed his stance on not taking sides during toplevel visits to paris and berlin he was speaking ahead of a meeting with the e.u. top brass which has launched in some papers. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life as part of killing eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising but thousands are enraged at what they see as a soft sentence. and the world's top whistleblower loses his extradition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault charges julian assange has legal team now have fourteen days to appeal the decision which they believe is politically motivated. next the grim legacy of america's war in vietnam with a generati

from moscow you're watching the weekly a roundup of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen and first to an observer is in syria still trying to determine just how many people were massacred there on wednesday and who's to blame top u.n. officials admit the peace plans being floated by both sides in the conflict dozens of reportedly been killed across the country in the past twenty four hours alone while foreign calls for intervention of being ramped up the saudi's briffa national reports duquesne body has lain side by side we mean children among them death was indiscriminate and bloody the pictures from syria this week have brought shock around the globe and also sands of deja vu just weeks before any other massacre came to light this time in the village of houla and the world was quick to pass judgment the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely in the.

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of course my name is kevin owen thanks for being with us we got the sport coming up in about ten minutes time as a save you want to catch up with more of what happened there. you can more details online from us at r.t. dot com. now american economist and nobel laureate eric mask in speaks to us now to find out what he thinks is on the horizon for the troubled world economy. ople are it in economics it's great to have you with us sara today it's a pleasure so i'll start with greece and the latest news we know that christie's public finance is practically paralyzed three cows that pensions and salaries won't be paid in june and then you have people and companies transferring their assets out of the country how much worse can actually be a cash crunch get well they won't be able to get to the seventeenth of june election we don't know the answer to that since since the election is. in the near future i suspect that they they can and will through to the election but things could deteriorate and get even worse and in the meantime i see the the greek situation as a tragedy because so much of w

hello there seven pm here in moscow it's kevin owen it out see this with your top stories and with just a week left for julian assange and his lawyers to challenge his extradition to sweden it seems u.s. authorities already have the knives for the strain in the wiki leaks founder program here on artie's apparently awaken the interest of the f.b.i. with one guest on the show even being stopped and interrogated by he's got a teacher can have the latest on the story. u.s. officials say there is no indictment against julian assange but apparently the u.s. is going after him after all in their quest for evidence they might hear watching the sunday shows here on our t.v. or else of how would several of the show's guests end up interrogated about the weekly leaks founder in this week's episode features one of them that's jeremy zimmerman an internet freedom advocate who's based in friends at the airport traveling from the united states to friends he was stopped by self identified f.b.i. agents and questioned about julian assange and the weekly leaks website says mr zimmerman was threatened wit

hello there a very good afternoon for me kevin owen here in moscow this is r.t. it's now six pm moscow time we're starting with more breaking news this hour we're hearing that the u.k. supreme court has rejected a request to reopen the extradition case of wiki leaks founder julian assange now earlier songes lawyers had challenged the validity of the court's judgment to send him to sweden you may recall where he's wanted over sex crime allegations while a son just last hope now than to avoid extradition is to appeal to the european court of human rights the world's best no whistleblower denies all the allegations against him he claims the case against him is a political one he fears his extradition to sweden will eventually see him handed over to the united states rees being investigated on the charges of espionage so he just joined us the the islam we're getting from now on the a.p. news agency breaking news u.k. supreme court has rejected a request to reopen the extradition case of wiki leaks founder julian assange he could therefore be one step closer to extrad

hello again this is r t moscow it's kevin owen here with me this hour with a headline update has the twists and turns of egypt's politics becoming ever more winding again today after the constitutional court dismissed the country's parliament in a move likely to bring protesters throw me back onto the streets. u.n. observers into the syrian town of haifa which has been shattered by a week of bloody fighting with an issue reports suggesting rebel scorch the area before a ban. on the world's top. could be extradited to sweden by the end of this month the u.k.'s top court rejected his bid to reopen the case amid fears talk of was just to stop over on route to the u.s. . up next part two of a report fear by a group of u.s. bounty hunters who reveal how they turned the wanted list into big bucks. but but by the rest all times of voting the weapon ok he would be on the stomach and then i got the weapon ok that's one now that was left handed i have to be prepared for either hand if it was his right hand if its right hand same thing if it's his right hand ok i push i grab turn don't fight it

we explore china's financial strength in our interview after a minder of the top stories with me kevin owen coming up. next. six to six. feet. above the looming to. subsist sleep. six. to. six subject. x. . wealthy british scientists. to explain the book. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. global financial headlines. a report. mission free cretaceous three. four judges free. range humans three. three stooges free. old free blog videos. free media. tom. this is the channel for. the news stories that made us interesting. information about the wiki leaks founder. moscow and beijing continue to cement their strong ties as day one of the visit to china reaffirms. the number of international issues. how does egypt braces for a billion strong protests calling from. the muslim brotherhood's accused of capitalizing on people's anger to sweep aside the presidential election. coming up next a former key economist of the i.m.f. gives his prediction about who will be holding the reins of power in the not too distant future. i'm sitting down with arvind subramanian leadi

you're watching the weekly here on our roundup of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen and first the russia eve summit kicks off later today in simply to. putin's already met some of europe's main players this last week on a trip taking in belarus germany and france he talked tough for nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans and moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria and he's really going to the details. but they're putting his first stop was in minsk which many saw as an indication that that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the supposedly plan of economic and eastern plot.

now for more on the story my colleague kevin owen spoke with glyn ford a former m.e.p. and a member of the anti nazi league he says the anti russia sentiment cultivated in poland played a major role in stirring up the tension in the country. clearly you've got football hooligans on both sides and you've got near nazi groups on both sides the difference seems to be that there are political elements in poland and parts of the media that seem to be whipping up these this is hatred this center phobia towards russia and towards russian supporters you've got a similar problems in ukraine with extreme nationalist neo nazi groups as well and it's led to a situation where for my viewing from afar of the matches many of the stadia. i mean how likely is it there will be progress is there that we're going to see further clashes there in ukraine. well i hope not. but i mean having seen some of the footage that was shown on panorama in the united kingdom of extreme right wing near nazi groups doing nazi salutes wearing r.c. symbols and the rest it's obviously a difficult territory fo

from moscow it's kevin owen here with a headline update for you head back to the polls for the second round of the presidential vote with many angry the choice they've been left at is a mistress facing off against a remnant of the old regime protest to say neither represents the revolution this is the ruling military takes over more making after parliament zax by mubarak era judges. could one day left to until a pivotal greek election we look at the feeling amongst voters and the choices they're faced with greeks are said to decide whether to continue with severe austerity a choice which will spell out the country's future in the euro zone. plus tens of thousands hit the streets of the capital of the euro zone's third economy to protest what they're calling the failing policies of the technocrat government record talking about italy this. just a few moments all going off interviews a u.n. representative for humanitarian affairs about the dial lives right now of civilians affected by the syrian unrest. hello again a welcome to the interview on party. my guest is. the yet unsettled poli

you're watching live from moscow with me kevin owen thanks for being with us now if you're watching the last hour you will know the president putin said that russia should implement to europe start legislation to regulate opposition mass rallies the statement came after a meeting with e.u. leaders and some petersburg which we brought you live let's get more on this and more thoughts about it a really good. in some previous but the issue of opposition rallies in russia has been in the spotlight since the country went through an election period recently that was talked about as well wasn't it. yes absolutely and of course that was one of the questions which was asked actually was the first question which was asked to during the press conference and they did look for a minute like the leaders looked uncomfortable well that is all of them except for budget was it was really quick to respond. to the question about the protests which are happening in russia sporadically from time to time his opinion of course is that it's a good thing that protests are happening he says that it's normal absol

hello there this is the r t news channel i'm kevin owen and these are our top stories the u.n. urges both the syrian regime and the rebels to lay down arms to prevent the country from sliding into a full scale civil war this comes as you and observers visit the site of the latest massacre in the city of qom a. big day for european football the euro twenty twelve told me kicks off but fair play has been dealt a blow with human rights abuses and claims of racism most recently from the dutch national team at a later school feel to russia right now finishing its game with the czech republic just about three minutes left the score for one. plus the euro zone on a knife edge experts predicts spain could ask for a bailout as soon as later this evening but. try to keep the single currency afloat when irish town is banking on the past to turn a profit we report on that in the next thirty minutes. between now than the top of the hour a weapon that endangers our very existence yet some countries choose to continue to boost their nuclear arsenals instead of fighting for peace. the nuclear

you're watching the weekly here on our round up of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen and first russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre risks the railing the peace plan moscow called it premature because the investigation's ongoing and that it's therefore putting pressure on the security council where russia is resisting foreign military action on sunday president assad insisted. his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blamed armed rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigating the conflict to trigger intervention washington which backs the syrian opposition and the push for regime change admits there are plans for military action let's get some thoughts on this and should we talk to a political journalist neil clark he's a contributor to britain's guardian newspaper is on the line now from walks with via skype hi there thanks for being on the program well.

in central moscow it's kevin owen here this with breaking news on our headlines the u.k.supreme court rejects a request from wiki leaks founder julian assange to reopen the case about his extradition his last chance then to escape being handed over to sweden is now appealing direct to the european court of human rights more on that in the coming hours. egypt's highest court this afternoon ordering the dissolution of the country's islamist dominated parliament after a ruling a third of m.p.'s were elected illegally and another court decision meantime allowing hosni mubarak's former premier to stay in the presidential race despite massive protests against it in the run off to take place this weekend. and a showdown between russia's top investigator and opposition journalists involving death threat accusations a bit of good news for a change is resolved peacefully the vote shaking hands the matter is closed. with egypt at the crossroads for its future now talks to a renowned middle east academic about how the arab spring saga. tariq ramadan you're a professor at the contempo

live from moscow is kevin owen here with me with our top story he ruled egypt for nearly three decades and now deposed president hosni mubarak is set to serve life in prison over the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising his former interior minister will also spend the rest of his life behind bars too but four of his senior aides have been acquitted egypt's state t.v. is reported mubarak has suffered a serious health problem upon arrival of prison egyptian journalist miriam a shiny is the latest from outside the courthouse in cairo. but initially the reaction was obviously one of. relief at the sound of the word guilty but when. that verdict was read i think the realize they showed the full extent of the outcome of the verdict had begun to sink in to realize ation that the majority of the defendants would be returning home free men and not be held responsible for their role and their involvement in the including the deaths of eight hundred fifty protesters last january as was corruption and mismanagement of the nation for the crew of the acumen of person

this is r t from moscow it's kevin owen with the headline update here russian opposition activists launch another mass rally in moscow today with a reported twenty thousand people taking part but a high nationalist turnout sparking fears the demo may not run as peacefully as intended with people across that story all afternoon for you also united nations observers report a sharp rise in rebel attacks on syrian forces as nato zone chief hints at a possible armed incursion regardless of u.n. backing. that israel begins implementing its plan to expel more than fifty thousand african refugees as what see there's a racist purging policy deepens in the self-styled oasis of democracy. next a renowned economist who predicted the two thousand and made global financial crisis speaks to us no real robina gives his forecast of what we can expect next whether europe can weather the storm. mr beattie thank you very much for your time in two thousand and six you predicted that there would be a deep economic crisis and six years later we're still in it now did you expect it to last so long that it would

seven days with me kevin owen and first russia's warning that a un human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre wristy railing the peace plan while still called it premature because the investigation's ongoing and that is putting pressure on the security council where russia is resisting for military action on sunday president assad insisted his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city he blamed armed rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces of instigating the conflict to trigger intervention washington which backs the syrian opposition and the push for regime change admits that there are plans for military action i spoke to neil clark a contributor to britain's guardian newspaper he told the western states using the recent tragedy in houla as a pretext for a possible intervention. from the very first we heard about this massacre that lives in the us and great was the syrian government was responsible for any evidence that had.

if you see very good afternoon for me kevin owen it's no half past four in the afternoon here in moscow and these are our top stories calls for fresh protests on the eve of the egyptian presidential runoff as the country's highest court dissolved parliament allows mubarak's prime minister to continue his election challenge the ruling fears the country sliding back into dictatorship. the u.s. steps up deadly drone attacks on pakistani territory leading to calls for investigation into the legality and made claims innocent civilians have been killed by the strikes officially targeting terrorists. and syria's government says there may be more suicide bomb attacks in the country's capital while warning follows the arrest of a man with ties to al-qaeda linked group. with the syrian conflict we stay next which is now being called a civil war it's the springboard therefore for a strong debate in cross talk with people of just half a minute away. sigrid laboratory in the curve was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything to submis

it's kevin owen here with you this hour with our top stories and a mass opposition rallies taking place this afternoon in moscow tens of thousands of people gathered for a demonstration in the center of the city paid for all of us following the protests and brings us more about the people taking part. what we have seen is groups from the far left the far right it everywhere in between coming out to voice their. unhappiness with the current government in russia one of the largest groups that would here were a group of nationalists i'd say when i was on the march coming from which it's got a square city's streets in central moscow i did see several people wearing what can only be described as variants of nazi uniforms including one woman wearing a take on the s.s. uniform fully equipped with a compound on wearing a russian nationalists symbol of the protests the demonstration on the march of both being very peaceful from all sides seeing as you say there there was worries about the the number of nationalists and the message that they were putting across but it doesn't seem like that's fla

hello again this is r t moscow it's kevin owen here with me this hour with a headline update the twists and turns of egypt's politics becoming ever more one of the constitutional court dismissed the country's parliament in a move likely to bring protesters throwing back onto the streets. here and observers enter the city which has been shattered by a week of bloody fighting with an issue reports suggesting rebel scorched before. the world. could be extradited to sweden. called project to reopen the case. was just a stopover on route to the u.s. . next part two of a report feel about a group of u.s. bounty hunters who reveal how they turn the wanted list into big bucks. by the. times of the weapon ok he would be on the stomach and then i got the weapon ok that's one now that was left handed i have to be prepared for either hand if it was his right hand if it's right hand same thing ok if it's his right hand ok i push i grab. this is a very special school in sacramento. here it takes just a few hours to train people into bounty hunters. what i'm wearing right now is exactly where we're wo

it's four pm here in moscow right now my name is kevin owen and first it's a tough decision for egyptians as they vote for the country's next president in the election runoff the choice is between was the brotherhood candidate mohamed mercy and feet to barracks last prime minister the ballot comes after the country's supreme court dissolved parliament saying the debate now face an assembly appointed earlier to draft a new constitution thousands of people chose to point hope and vote saying neither candidate represents the egypt that they were fighting for in last year's resolution kyra based human rights activist new ownership of the choices and inspired. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either pacifi or morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously which is a worse candidate simply because he represents the mubarak regime that that destroyed egypt for decades but there is the muslim brotherhood are also losing huge amounts of popularity with every day because of their political.

more on but in cross told very short in a few moments after wrap up of all top stories with me kevin owen in just under three minutes from now. the. cops say. look looks. good steve. she. asked her. look with the book. to sleep good to. see the book. just see. the. bottoming bellies. brightened moon and sun moon from friends to. t.v. dot com. live from moscow this is out see the top stories credit agency moody's tesla called the pristine ratings seven of germany's leading banks fears that not even europe's economic past you can withstand the euro crisis. breached the peace pay the price russia's parliament votes to target the wallets of protesters of break the law with thousands of dollars in fines and spend. america's defense chief cozies up to india's leadership as a string of bad luck leaves the u.s. short of bases ahead of its military move into the asia pacific. and syria allows humanitarian aid workers into the country for the first time amid an escalation of violence on the expulsion of its. and since the uprising broke out in neighboring syria sectarian violence between supporters

hello very good afternoon for me kevin owen it's now seven pm here in moscow this is the r t news channel and the breaking news i was talking about in the last hour or so the details coming out of britain the supreme court has rejected a request to reopen the extradition case of wiki leaks founder julian assange it brings him therefore one step closer to being sent to sweden where he's wanted for questioning about sex crime allegations a silence denies those allegations saying the politically motivated in london our correspondent sara firth is there to bring us up to date on these details of this state as a say are still coming out there on the surface in the last hour or so but today's decision then as have been mentioning moves to science closer to extradition where do his lawyers go from here. well his legal team haven't confirmed yet what their next step will be that of course that is the big question now just what comes next the case that freeing calls for jetted that appeal to reopen the case and now really there are a new three options we could see happening here one is that the le

for good afternoon for me kevin owen here in moscow you're watching r t it's two pm here now our top story syria's plunged into a full scale civil war so says the head of the u.n. peacekeeping operation there he added that fighting a grudge to previously unseen ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the rebels who had withdrawn from the internationally backed cease fire but important has more on the developments of the u.n. . the u.n. peacekeeping chief our a lot too who recently made those comments saying that the conflict in syria is now a civil war he is the first you want to fishel to have made that type of declaration following the fifteen months of violence taking place and escalating in syria now of course his words can carry a lot of political weight inside of the security council where the u.s. and its western allies are pushing for sanctions against the assad government now this is a campaign ongoing for months now the u.s. pretty much leaving it trying to get russia and china to agree on international sanctions against president bashar al ass

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hello from moscow it's kevin owen here with headlines from r.t. today syria's president decries the houla massacre blasts the perpetrators as monsters. to blame his regime a big labeled as part of a planned foreign military intervention. thousands of students protest against a dramatic hike in fees which will double the cost of third level education saying the government should stop copying it. and russia will follow in europe's footsteps when it comes to managing the. president meeting with e.u. leaders and some people's. stories with me in just under half an eye was time but with people of other news guest for another heated debate crosstalk is just about on the air in about fifteen seconds from now. and. lo and welcome to cross talk of people about after a decade of wars and then ongoing global financial crisis particularly in the eurozone just how attractive is the west when it comes to soft power is the west specifically the u.s. losing its ability to influence others through example and the power of ideas and values. in. rostock soft power i

hello this is r t it's four pm right now here in moscow my name's kevin owen with the top stories for you this hour and the eurozone debt crisis is getting dangerously close to the money tree unions powerhouse germany moody's has cut the ratings of several german banks including the country's second biggest lender austria is also affected let's get some thoughts of what all this means that with max kaiser our financial guru and host of course of the kaiser report max hello what's moody's worried about here how exposed is the euro zone's biggest economy to the problems of the struggling so. well first of all let's keep in mind that moonies is not an impartial judge in this they were caught picking sides during the two thousand and eight crisis or a publicly listed company with warren buffett as a huge shareholder they don't downgrade for example wells fargo a bank that buffett has an interest and they downgrade other countries and other banks that they are as commensurate with a pay for rating scheme that moody's itself is highly corrupt countries like germany russia they should have t

my name is kevin owen first this hour egypt's election transition is sliding deeper into turmoil as the country's left without a parliamentary head of this weekend's presidential runoff the supreme court's rulings effectively dissolve the islam is dominated body and allowed mubarak's last prime minister to stay in the presidential race and his artist paula slee a reports now from cairo more protests are on their way. mood here in cairo is volatile left wing activists as well as liberals the youth security gyptian and many in the muslim brotherhood are outraged earlier there were demonstrations in front of the constitutional court and now as we speak crowds are starting to gather in tahrir square the op wade is really because many egyptians feel that what has developed here is a carefully maneuvered plan by the supreme council of the armed forces scaf to remain in power looking at a decision that was announced yesterday just two days before an important presidential runoff and according to that decision the islamist dominated parliament has been dissolved in addition to that which i thin