around his home while that investigation is ongoing no confirmation of the name yet and my colleague kevin owen spoke to our correspondent and he for now about the ups and downs of berezovsky relations with the kremlin and his recent appeal to return to russia. top of the russian government you could say basically it came out that he was involved in numerous scandals that would say he's a convicted criminal here in russia to put it simply not so much a controversial figure in the sense of of scandal surrounding him but controversal because it's flat out he does not get along with the kremlin sarah touched on this a little bit it was no secret he was an outspoken critic of the kremlin about the system in russia and i think that britain gave him didn't go what a rush rather it did it and it hampered british russian relationship so it went straight to the top it's very unclear to russia to this day why the u.k. so protective bitters of ski lots of talk in past years that it had to do with his investments with his money which makes it even more interesting because it's swaying that this is most lik

for the morning of just joined us kevin owen here at r.t. this morning tired after midnight now here in moscow and our top story than cyprus and international lenders have managed in the last few hours to strike a long awaited agreement on taxing bank deposits of over one hundred thousand euros held with the country's biggest bank customers who keep large sums of money in other banks will also be forced to sacrifice part of their savings or not so much to the country sending economy. has got the latest details. what we have now is an agreement for twenty percent cuts for the positive above one hundred thousand euros in the back of cyprus that's the country's biggest lender and four percent on the positive about two thousand in other banks so this has been an important information piece of information that people here have been waiting for and this is a good part of that package the cyprus is trying to put together before that sunday meeting in brussels where they will decide the entirety of it to deploy them hoping to get approval of what th

monthlong presidency of the un security council the country's envoy to the world body told my colleague kevin owenwhat moscow plans to bring to the agenda. it's looking like a very crowded month of march the highlight of our presidency is going to be a ministerial debate on afghanistan the mandate of the u.n. mission in afghanistan is going to be extended for another year and that of course is going to be very important for afghanistan with the upcoming presidential elections in april of two thousand and fourteen also of course the big important decision or talks to be had about what to do with syria next a big schism amongst a very she remembers about what is the best thing to do how is russia going to try and bring people together than over the next month our position is very simple we believe that the violence must stop and for that dialogue must be established without precondition and the government to saying that they have outlined their negotiating team and their outline their proposals for dialogue unfortunately in the past few days the opposition seems to have been backtracking from the or

center tonight it's kevin owen here in moscow tonight in our top story the disputed full clint islands are voting on a second day of a referendum on whether or not to remain a british territory but a loyal pro british sentiment among many islanders leaves little doubt as to what the outcome is going to be later while argentina who still lays claim to the islands has called the vote a sham polyploid a report on the toxic miss mix of nationalism politics and oil. these are some very far flung islands from britain a tiny territory now nevertheless the islanders are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of remaining a british overseas territory but this isn't just a question of national identity we know that the argentinian government's already dismissed the vote as a propaganda exercise cooked up in london but there's the prospect of all that a lot of people are talking about now there's speculation surrounding how much oil there is an estimated sixty billion barrels of oil potentially to be found in the falklands basin and that's worth about one hundred sixty seven billion dollars to

good evening if you just joined this it's kevin owen here at r.t. tonight our top story egypt's opposition has lashed out at washington for meddling in the country's affairs its leaders are refusing to meet secretary of state john kerry has arrived in cairo they accuse america of siding with the ruling was lim brotherhood despite egypt's sharp political divisions looks at what the u.s. chief diplomats intentions could be. he says that the purpose of his visit is essentially to discuss regional and international issues have a wide spectrum of egyptian leadership that is refusing to meet with him the criticism is coming from liberal and secular leaders and they accuse kerry and the united states of siding with the muslim brotherhood and they accuse its leader mohamed morsi of the same should be stepping into the same role as the ousted dictator hosni mubarak now it is true that the united states has maintained close ties with morsi but the criticism is that he is failing to implement reforms and at the same time he is turning the country into a more r

over again even if you just joined us for a viewer watching around the world kevin owen here tonight from moscow with a round of the big stories from r.t. for the last seven days in our weekly program and first avoiding bankruptcy has come at a steep price for cyprus while the wealthiest save his face losing up to sixty percent of the deposits ordinary residents have also been subjected to and president of capital controls daily cash withdrawals are limited to three hundred euros per person now per bank no checks can be cashed payments and transfers outside cyprus are limited to five thousand euros a month and those traveling abroad won't be able to take more than a thousand euros with them the restrictions have been imposed for an indefinite period two and a tester is still a found out families are already feeling the pinch. like many in cyprus later leaders agreed this is simply stunned at the speed and manner will finish the banking crisis in his country seems to be spiraling out of control he shows us his wallet yo cash a lean lottery tickets a single parent unemployed and caring

there are a good evening to you this is r t it's kevin owen here tonight levon pm now moscow time first the u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning could get twenty years in prison for it described as an attempt to reveal the blood lust and disregard for human life in the american military manning pleaded guilty to ten lesser charges out of twenty two he's facing for the biggest leak of state secrets in u.s. history it could help him escape the most serious charge of aiding the enemy that carries a life sentence america's andrew blake was in the courtroom. there's been over one thousand days of detainment since he was first picked up in may two thousand and ten and charged with releasing all this material and since then he's had to undergo so much just completely agree just treatment nonetheless yesterday there he was is a small man only five foot two you know of one hundred and some odd pounds sitting very calm very collectively very cool right in front of the judge and read a thirty five page statement pretty much owning up to every single fact that the government has accused him of f

well over a good evening to which is joined us it's kevin owen here the new center tonight our top story the u.s. army was bradley manning could get twenty years in prison for what he describes as an attempt to reveal the blood lust and disregard for human life in the american military manning pleaded guilty to ten lesser charges out of twenty two he's facing for the biggest leak of state secrets in u.s. history now andrew blake is from the american newsroom and revealing to you you saw the young soldier in the courtroom the weight of the world on his shoulders describe. you know for that for the conditions that private manning is had to suffer during the last almost three years what he did yesterday is his statement his testimony his admission was something way more powerful than i think most people would have expected given what he's had to endure it's been over one thousand days it was detainment since he was first picked up in may two thousand and ten and charged with releasing all this material and since then he's had to undergo so much just completely agree just treatment nonethele

good morning if you just joined us is kevin owen here this is the weekly live from moscow a roundup of the big stories of the last seven days on r.t. and first we focus on venezuela again it's set the date now to pick the successor to the late president hugo chavez who died from a heart attack after the two year battle against cancer and choose day the election will take place on april the fourteenth and will determine whether his revolutionary vision will live on less the feeling from artie's ruptly video agencies closely watching the political situation in caracas this is a latest report. vice president nicolas maduro sworn in as the president and so. take place some voices in the opposition notably the man who. is the main opposition. who have called the swearing in. hugo chavez personally appointed. the man that he wanted to succeed him and of course hugo chavez the late president has immense popularity and by the way the russian f.m. said that he hopes that continues to deepen the ties between russia and venezuela and he's also said that he hopes that russia will respect the outco

very good have you with us who just joined us kevin owen at the center tonight our top story than the world has got to hear the voice of whistle blowing u.s. soldier bradley manning for the first time since his imprisonment back in two thousand and ten in a recording leaked despite a call by and he explains why he released classified military data he says he wanted the world to see the true cost of war accusing troops of not valuing human life and comparing them to quote children torturing ants with a magnifying glass. as more of the case. he used emotive language as especially as he worked through this over an hour of audiophiles statement to the court describing his feelings we've taken a couple of edited excerpts of that one of them concerns this video from the cockpit of an apache attack helicopter over iraq the two pilots very eager to engage a group of what turned out to be civilians on the ground killing twelve of them including two reuters journalists men come to try and help those shot in the first burst of firing and the helicopter then engages that van as well let's have a

around but the big stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen and first egypt has given the visiting u.s. secretary of state a fiery reception with a show of public anger against american support for the muslim brotherhood the opposition accuses the ruling is amiss of stifling democracy and sees the u.s. role as unwelcome interference in their country's affairs is artie's bell true. there was a lot of anger from the people here in egypt but we saw with protests outside the foreign ministry and people actually burning pictures of john kerry saying that he was supporting the muslim brotherhood and u.s. interests here in egypt on a full political level opposition leaders including hamdeen sabbahi mohamed el baradei failed to attend the meeting on saturday yesterday six of the eleven opposition figures used to attend the sit by himself who of course is part of the national salvation front the leading opposition coalition here he said that he wouldn't open dialogue with john kerry as the u.s. continues to pursue their interests here and the interest here at a domestic level. for his part

good evening this is r t it's kevin owen here along with you just after eleven pm now here in moscow our top story the israeli police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse palestinian protesters at a border crossing with the west bank thousands of palestinians throughout the region are rallying today against israel's occupation of the territories there marking the land day which commemorates the seizure of a large slice of arab territories by israel almost three decades ago. when i was at a checkpoint during some of the scuffles their. detention actually is running high it seemed for a while like it had it has been subsiding here at the kalandia checkpoint between ramallah and is jerusalem but now even though the israeli military has pushed back slightly towards the checkpoint the demonstrators never the second team doing their advancement on them they have been kept began burning tires just very recently earlier there have been exchanges. they get between the protesters and the border police so when the protesters are throwing rocks at the israeli forces and the israeli f

she just joined us let me have you with this it's now we're just after one am here in moscow it's kevin owen here in r.t. this morning and first as you've just been hearing egypt's been plunged into chaos three people have reportedly been killed in cairo with the local media indicating an eighteen year old child was among the victims the unrest follows a court verdict in the case of last year's football riots which confirmed earlier death sentences and gave a new present terms artie's bell true as the latest. clashes rage on in downtown cairo between anti-government protesters largely led by football fans and the security forces are the verdict in this contentious point saeed's football riot trial at least three confirmed dead after kyrie based football fans set fire to a football federation building and the police club kyra football fans also known as there are chairs are last week said they will not stop this level of violence as they are actually unhappy with this verdict which saw twenty one points i had residents facing the death penalty and find at least five others getting life senten

it's kevin owen here live with me from moscow our top story tonight twenty three people have been killed in a wave of suicide attacks on mosques in iraq the latest in a bloody campaign that's playing on sectarian divisions a regional iraqi election candidate narrowly escapes an attempt on his life after a bomb found in his home was disarmed but five other candidates were killed in assassinations bombings and raids this month believed to be the work of al qaeda cells. just returned from the country in fact and described to my top my colleague a bit earlier tabby might say the atmosphere there right now. the iraq that we saw it really felt like a country that was still in some ways a war zone and on one hand you do have relative stability in the sense that there aren't tanks shooting there aren't soldiers with guns fighting but almost anywhere you go the first thing you see is massive blast walls all around the streets to protect various buildings from suicide attacks such as the ones that took place today iraqis daily lives our lives were guided by checkpoints that are set up almost every

stay with us i'm kevin owen more news in just a minute's time after the break on r.t. . wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report on our. get more grim statistics fifty six people have been killed over two hundred wounded in a series of bombings across baghdad those attacks struck mostly shiite neighborhoods the city officials say they've been at least ten separate incidents including suicide car and roadside explosions in busy areas all within just an hour one of the deadliest attacks struck near the heavily fortified green zone the seat of many government buildings and embassies no one has officially claimed responsibility but sunni militants have been stepping up their attacks in the country aiming to destabilize the government there so it's come as a rock marks ten years since a coalition now led by the u.s. and britain invaded the country for the consequences of the occupation with john glaser in washington d.c. is the editor of the anti

however again even eight pm live at the r t new center tonight kevins kevin owens here with you could have your company our top story then as you've just heard seems of relief from celebration greeted the cyprus parliament's rejection of a tax on bank deposits the one off levy linked to an e.u. bailout deal would have saved millions of account holders lose up to a tenth of the savings of being condemned by officials and the public alike but the country now of course finds itself on the brink of bankruptcy and having rejected the terms it may have to turn to russia for assistance can off has more. right now cyprus is in a very difficult position because it's rejected the proposal by the european union and the troika to tax private bank accounts and now frankly there are not many places for cyprus to turn for help and actually one of these places is russia and the site bid finance minister has been in the russian capital the entire day he's met with his russian counterpart and would be the first the deputy prime minister there is speculation that cyprus is asking russia for a loan so fa

hello this is r t is kevin owen here this morning with a round of the big stories from us for the last seven days in our program called the weekly first of all than avoiding bankruptcy it's current a steep price for cyprus where the wealthiest savers face losing up to sixty percent of the deposits ordinary residents have also been subjected to one president at capital controls daily cash withdrawals are limited to three hundred euros per person per bank no checks can be cashed payments and transfers outside cyprus limited to five thousand euros a month there we go and those traveling abroad won't be able to take more than one thousand euros with the great if you're planning on a big spend the restrictions have been imposed for an indefinite period two and a test of siller found out families are really feeling the pinch now. like many in cyprus later leaders agreed this is simply stunned at the speed and manner with which the banking crisis in his country seems to be spiraling out of control he shows us his wallet no cash only lottery tickets a single parent unemployed and caring for hi

this is our kevin owen had to my with a round of the big stories for the last seven days in our weekly program and first avoiding bankruptcy has come at a steep price for cyprus then while the wealthiest savers face losing up to sixty percent of the deposits ordinary residents have also been subjected to unprecedented capital controls daily cash withdrawals a limited no to three hundred euros per person per bank no checks could be cashed payments and transfers outside cyprus a limited to five thousand euros a month of people travelling abroad won't even be able to take more than a thousand euros with the restrictions have been imposed for an indefinite period to those tests reseller found out families already feeling the pinch. like many in cyprus need us as didas is simply stunned at the speed and manner with which the banking crisis in his country seems to be spiraling out of control he shows us his wallet your cash a little lot of the tickets a single parent unemployed and caring for a sick mother in raveling of cyprus's financial woes couldn't have come at a worse time by finishing

in moscow eleven pm it's kevin owen here the breaking news that we've been bringing you in the last hour the cypriot parliament in the last hour has rejected that savers tax to payroll banks demanded by the european union as a precondition to the future bailout there the proposed levy caused outrage in the mediterranean island over the last couple of days with cypriots starting to lose up to ten percent of their life savings. reports now from the square right in front of the parliament to nicosia. right in front of the cypriot parliament to the parliamentarians just stepping out here and as far as we know they had rejected the one time bank deposit tax that was imposed by the e.u. find us ministers of the i.m.f. over the weekend now according to the a parliamentarian i spoke with there were thirty six nos nineteen abstained abstentions and zero yes s. and therefore you can see that to really the opposition in the country to what is being required of them to get that ten billion euro bailout is very very strong emotions running high here on the street behind me you can see to my left and

twenty two forty moscow time more stories ahead fuse me kevin owen including a bolshoi theatre ballet soloist in custody tonight for plotting an attack on his boss which he claims was more violent than expected we follow that up also to foreclosed on his head to the polls to vote on whether to remain a british ruled territory with argentina view that was meaningless in a published at least we've got opinion of a u.k. m.p. and his right after this break. these children. they're serving a search. just like their mother. little ones born in prison. now almost for the crimes committed by their parents. kill babies on our teeth. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images from world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. well again this is artane of people for condolence holding a two day referendum on whether to remain a british overseas territory the u.k. is hoping for international backing in its dispute with the islands with argentina should the majority say yes one is areas that opposes the polls saying it's got no valid

good evening live from moscow this is our to international it's kevin owen here with very good to have your company while the top story again tonight cypriots of filling the screens with angry crowds now pressing in on parliament announcing a nationwide bank shutdown and potential job cuts to thousands have been cut off from their life savings and many may see them vanish completely off the e threaten to cut cyprus off from emergency funds that the island nation rejected an unprecedented brussels tax on bank deposits. is the parliament for us now. emotions are really running high i saw several people who were hysterical the police were handing somewhat bottles of water to them because they really really were very angry at the chanting that they're saying they're saying leave the bank alone now that's one of the two biggest bands of cyprus that is in trouble at the center of this whole of financial crisis here in cyprus and they are staff members and family members of the leaky bank staff and there are afraid that the government may decide to close down the back altogether or resort to

by their very good have you with us is kevin owen here at r.t. tonight so the big news this hour the russian tycoon and kremlin critic boris berezovsky has reportedly died in london news of his death was first broken in a post on a social media web site apparently by his son in law as sarah first she's in london for a series of the details only been coming through literally in the last sixty minutes or so what more do we know at the moment. well confirmation the moment coming for a former. ski lawyer he said he received a phone call from london it's also thought his son in law the information about the death on facebook the police here haven't confirmed that yet but it looks like. died today at his home in sorry no circumstances and details of the circumstances of the death remain unknown at this time some reports saying that it's thought he died in the past. of the moment as he said no information from the police on exactly what happened but of course lots of questions being raised and lots of speculation about exactly what happened course a ver

over again if you just joined us it's kevin owen here at r.t. tonight very good to have your company now first off and as you just heard protesting against abuse most of them of a prisoners on hunger strike tonight according to lawyers for some inmates several prisoners is said to be so sick they're coughing up blood while others are being hospitalized and force fed through choosing this stomach as scotto artie's at report for more on what's happening how the marina joining us on the line there from new york what more do we know about this it sounds extremely disturbing what are the details. here's what we know so far more than one hundred on top of the detainees at the camp six prison there reportedly began their hunger strike approximately three weeks ago to protest what their lawyers say are conditions of confinement and the alleged confiscation and desecration of their personal items including the koran now the prisoners more of how for whom have been cleared for release told their attorneys that since early february get most already have be

hello very good evening if you just joined us kevin owen here live at the new center tonight at eight pm moscow time as you just heard in our top story nineteen people have been killed a suicide attack struck several mosques in iraq the latest in a bloody campaign this playing on sectarian divisions regional iraqi election candidate narrowly escaped an attempt on his life after a bomb found in his home was disarmed five other candidates though i've been linked to in assassinations of bombings and raids this month and they're believed to be the work of al-qaeda cells catherine off just returned from the country indeed she described to my colleague ted we must say the atmosphere there right now. the iraq that we saw it really felt like a country that was still in some ways a war zone and on one hand you do have relative stability in the sense that there aren't tanks shooting there aren't soldiers with guns fighting but almost anywhere you go the first thing you see is massive blast walls all around the streets to protect various buildings from suicide attacks such as the ones that took

if you just joined us for a good evening it's kevin owen here at r.t. tonight our top story that as you just heard protesting against abuse most of them a bay prisoners or on hunger strike according to lawyers for some inmates there several prisoners is said to be so sick indeed that coughing up blood while others are being hospitalized and force fed through chews in this stomachs authorities are downplaying the strike however saying no incidents of abuse have been recorded but jip political analyst ryan dawson who's written extensively on the guantanamo says these are the first strikes of this type they really have very little other recourse other than i wonder strike is not the first hunger strike they had it before in two thousand and five when the u.s. is denying that this strike is as large as it is in downplaying the strike saying it's only a few inmates by they've had at least five are being force fed through tubes in their stomachs it could be far worse than that however the irrational way they're. we're going to just force feed these people and

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