next to war and peace in the middle east israel's vice prime minister spotlight on the north the inside track on the country's long term plans growing presence of promise call for the country to roll back to its one hundred sixty seven borders that's coming up just ahead. hungry for the full story we've got it from. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the info you shall have on our team i'm ready to play my guest on the show is more shit. president obama called on israel to roll back to the heart central borders and start peace talks with the palestinians but this offer infuriates in the jewish state tel of the of is their guiding its territorial gains and blaming other regimes for the instability in the region so what's israel's long term policy here's the israeli vice prime minister moshe ya'alon the. israeli policy towards the palestinians has long been criticized in the world as inhumane but the country's politicians seem determined to stick to the tough line they've taken before coming to moscow vice prime min

syria is on a ras threatens to spread across the middle east israel is increasing security at its borders mclachlan on after report says but why is moving weapons there in case it's our president also is overthrown. now the georgian opposition leader new no burjanadze has been in brussels recently as part of a round europe trip because it was aimed at giving an inside account of last month's violent police crackdown on protesters burjanadze told r.t. the georgians costly p.r. campaigns can't hide the truth about president saakashvili that interview is next. week of protests ousting georgian president saakashvili ended in violent dispersal of protesters by their eyes police joining us now to talk of more about that particular circumstance in instances and georgian politics in general is the recognized leader of georgian opposition you know. mr jones you think you very much for joining us today the first question unfortunately will be a somewhat sad one we will have to ask you about that which are attributed to your supporters on the on the night of the protests first so could you tell us m

next war and peace in the middle east israel's vice prime minister give spotlight holes al gore know the inside track of the country's long term plans calling president obama's call for the country to roll back its one nine hundred sixty seven borders that's next. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the info plan i think. today my guess is the hour. president obama called on israel to roll back to the half century old borders and start peace talks with the palestinians that this offer infuriates to the jewish state tell of the it is that guiding its territorial gains and blaming other regimes for the instability in the region its self what israel's long term policy here's the israeli vice prime minister moshe ya'alon. the israeli policy towards the palestinians has long been criticized in the world as inhumane but the country's politicians seem determined to stick to the tough line. before coming to moscow vice prime minister of israel moshe ya'alon says he didn't see any use for a peace agreement with the palestinians he blames the palestinian authority for not being responsible enoug

syria's unrest threatens to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that has been laws moving weapons to love and not just in case president assad is overthrown. and orphans in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing means some have to live in rundown homes with little help. now the georgian opposition leader nino bush would not say has been in brussels recently as part of a round trip but a visit was aimed at giving an inside account of last month's violent police crackdown on protesters and what it also told r.t. that georgia is a costly p.r. campaigns can't hide the truth about president saakashvili but that's today's interview. our georgian president saakashvili ended in violent dispersal of protesters by the riot police joining us now to talk more about that particular circumstance in instances and georgian politics in general is the recognized leader of georgian opposition. thank you very much for joining us today the first question unfortunately will be a somewhat sad one we will have to ask you about that which are attributed to y

and serious this right across the middle east israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapon still love just in case president assad is overthrown. and next the latest in our series of reports on life in a former soviet republics twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. that's coming up next. independence from the u.s.s.r. . standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. dependents but it resulted in much blood in the struction. the civil war broke out in georgia to susie. to this day the nation has been able to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people have fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years have passed but people here enjoy less freedom and they did during the soviet period. back in one thousand nine hundred eighty. really was just a student. hunger strike outside government headquarters. the country was still cool the georgian soviet socialist republic. that hunger strike which lasted eight

as a bloc and they're looking to break that apart and create a new middle east israel likes to say you know. greater middle east but tempered with that but that's just looking from an historic perspective that don't post attempts to spread democracy in parts of the world suggest future success is very likely with this initiative. i have to agree with you i think the go ability of the population extreme there's no doubt that people have good intentions there's no doubt they want things to be more democratic but what they don't realize is that the i.m.f. is going to come in and restructure their economy to suit the world bank and be the ministers of finance and this is this is not something that they understand it. and so as long as the united states continue to settle a feel good idea without any real substance then i think people are going to continue to fall for it and that's that's a shame because we're certainly hoping. that the people get something real something that actually will change their lives for the better and not just fall for. what we call. advertising slogans like we di

serious unrest threatens to spread across the middle east israel is increasing security at its borders with a lot going on after reports hezbollah is moving weapons there in case its ally president assad is overthrown. all next the latest in our series of reports on life in former soviet republics twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . on april ninth one thousand nine hundred one george are achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . before the standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. but we did get independence but it resulted in much blood in the structure. of the civil war broke out in georgia he has to susie insolvency to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people have fled the country in the fall of the soviet union georgia was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years of past but people here enjoy less freedom and they did during the soviet period. back in the one hundred eighty eight kids mellish really

rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to have been playing a role in in the crackdown in syria now let's take a look at some other international news for you in brief. five people have been killed and four others wounded in yemen's main port city of ogden after a car packed with explosives was detonated at an army post no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack that came hours after tens of thousands gathered in the yemeni capital calling for president ali abdullah saleh to step down one hundred sixty seven have been killed since the uprising started in february is currently recovering in saudi arabia from injuries sustained in an attack on his compound earlier this month. a former minister has been sentenced to life for genocide rape and crimes against humanity pauline muscle who the country's former minister for families and women's affairs and her son and militia leader were both found guilty of ordering and

but syria's on brass threats to spread across the middle east israel is increasing security of its borders with lebanon after reports from but is moving weapons there in case its ally president also spoke with. the israel is also reading itself for more trouble as a new humanitarian flights tiller sells for gaza will see a repeat will we see a repeat i should say of last year's deadly raid that's the question in focus in today's edition of cross talk next on our city. if you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle freedom flotilla two point zero over a thousand pro palestinian activists from twenty two countries are said to join the freedom flotilla two in a bid to break israel's five year blockade on gaza where one point five million palestinians live what remains to be seen is whether they'll be a violent repeat of last year's photo look to gaza. strip. to cross off the second freedom flotilla i'm joined by cots in jerusalem he's a military correspondent and defense analyst for the jerusalem post also in jerusalem we have chris gunness he is a spokesperson for the united

syria's unrest threatens to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapons to lebanon just in case assad is overthrown. and or post in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided. some have to live in a run down home with little help. just after eight pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and staving off a default but furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote with battles between police and demonstrators continuing just meters from parliament all scenes from downtown athens resemble a war zone as protesters fight with riot squads amid volleys of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide walked off their jobs for a two day strike against the hysterically cuts they say a drowning the country and death in for. has failed once and it will fail again well there are worrying reports of escalating violence in constitut

syria's unrest references spread across the middle east israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving. just in case president assad is overthrown. is also ready gets trouble as a humanitarian flotilla sails for gaza well will we see a repeat of last year's deadly raid well that's a question in focus in today's edition of cross talk that's up next. if you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle freedom flotilla two point zero over a thousand pro palestinian activists from twenty two countries are said to join the freedom flotilla two in a bid to break israel's five year blockade on gaza where one point five million palestinians will what remains to be seen is whether there will be a violent repeat of last year's photo look at the gaza. strip. to cross off the second freedom flotilla i'm joined by cots in jerusalem he's a military correspondent and defense analyst for the jerusalem post also in jerusalem we have chris gunness he is a spokesperson for the united nations relief and works agency a neutral humanitarian organization with over ten thousand workers on the ground

rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to her be playing a role in the crackdown in syria. more stories for you online of course in addition to what you see here on screen just go to our website dot com has some of what we have for you to date should you log on russian surgeons give hope to thousands of patients around the world suffering from an irregular heartbeat by successfully carrying out a breakthrough surgery. in moscow international film festival is a full throttle running cultures and languages together on the silver screen on the ati dot com for the full read all in this case the green carpet experience. and also online parties new twenty four seven documentary channels received the top presidential launch learn more about it at all t v dot altie dot com. and. now to some international news in brief in our world update this hour tens of thousands are gathered in the yemeni capital friday prayers calling for pres

series on rast grants to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that his goal line is moving weapons to lebanon just in case president asad is overthrown. and orphans in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing means some time to live in rundown homes they'll. buy from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he's not like it's four pm here in the russian capital three pm in athens where it's make or break today in greece as the government sits down to vote on tax hikes and spending cuts most viewed as the country's last chance to stave off default something that could have ruinous consequences for the euro as you can see in these live shots from athens public opposition has turned violent flames there lots of tear gas being thrown scenes from downtown athens resemble a war zone really as protesters clashed with police amid volleys of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide walked off their jobs. a strike against austerity they say drowning the country into a crippling interest rates has failed once a

syria's unrest breton's to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that has belies moving weapons to loven on a just in case president assad is overthrown. and orphans in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing some how to live in a run down homes with little help. just after midnight in the russian capital you're watching our teeth thanks for joining us and now to what top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and staving off a default but furious protesters reacted violently to the vote with police and demonstrators engaged in running battles well scenes from downtown up as resembled a war zone with protesters and riot squads amid all these and tear gas hundreds of thousands of people walked off their jobs for a two day strike against these sturdy cuts well they say drowning the country to death at crippling interest rates has failed once and it will fail again there were reports of escalating violence in constitution square with dozens

syria's unrest threatens to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that has a lot is moving weapons to leaven on just in case assad is overthrown. and or friends in russia have continued to struggle in adulthood a lot of government provided housing means some have to live in a rundown homes with a little help. also russia is coming to use social time small business while increasing the fiscal burden on the energy sector and the increasing excise labels for alcohol and tobacco find out more about the economic impact of this movement as opposed to the twentieth time. just after nine pm here in the russian capital you're watching our t.v. thanks for joining us and now to our top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts securing the next a multi-billion installment of cash from the e.u. and the staving off a default but furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote with battles between police and demonstrators continuing at just meters from parliament all scenes from downtown athens resemble a war zone as protesters fight with riot s

series on ras threats to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that his dog is moving weapons from lebannon just in case president assad is overthrown. and or printed russian continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing in some have to live in rundown homes with little help. also in business as greece approves new austerity measures russia along with other markets was rallying on wednesday with the obvious and they got one percent of a cent more and that's in our business woes on twenty minutes. at seven pm in moscow this is r g coming to you by now with our top story this hour the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity comp securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and staving off a default but furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote with battles between police and demonstrators continuing just meters from parliament all scenes from downtown athens resemble a war zone as protesters fight with riot squads amidst all these of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide walked off th

rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to her playing a role in the crackdown in syria so sorry to interrupt just just what you don't so therefore what you're saying is if assad does go he's the one who really is in this some effect holding the country together with regards to stability in the region but if he does that regime does collapse it could lead to civil war and then what's . well i think the international community the western end the obama administration in particular has an interest in maintaining our side in power is faced by a dilemma because american interest in the region are yet again the challenge of course. it would i mean it would be it would welcome president alaska to go if somebody else could colleen that we would sustain and indeed maintain americans interest in the region where there is unlikely to happen because when the moment you have a democratic or you introduce democracy in a country then the

but syria's on ras threats to spread across the middle east israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapons to lebanon just in case president also is overthrown. and or friends in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing means some have to live in rundown homes with little help. from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he says now it's six pm here in the russian capital our top story this hour the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts to curing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and staving off a default but as you can see in live pictures here from athens furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote. with battles between police and demonstrators continuing just meters away from the part of the men there well scenes from our athens this afternoon resembled a war zone protesters fought with riot squads and made volleys of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide walked off their jobs for a two day strike against the austerity cuts they say drownin

rather cautious in its reaction towards syria because of its crucial strategic position in the middle east israel is of course one of its near neighbors and close friends include countries like iran and iran is said to her be playing a role in in the crackdown in syria. more stories for you online of course just go to our website dot com here's some of what we have for you today addition of what you see here on the screen we got a story concerning russian surgeons giving hope to thousands of patients around the world suffering from an irregular heartbeat and successfully carrying out a break through surgery. what's going to national film festival is at full throttle now bringing cultures and languages together on the silver screen you can log onto the website r.t. dot com for the full read all cases you see green carpet experience and also online all t's new twenty four seven documentary channel has received a top launching presidential one learn more about it on. t.v. dot com. the former prime minister of ukraine is going on trial for abusing power during her term in office in two thousand and n

serious on preferences spread across the middle east peace israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapons to love but on just in case president assad is overthrown. more than a thousand people have been injured in clashes with police be egyptian capital of cairo demonstrators are demanding the prosecution of security forces accused of brutality during the uprising it led to the ousting of president mubarak in february. just after one of the morning here in the russian capital you're watching our thanks for joining us and now to our top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of a stare any cuts securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and a staving off a default but furious protesters reacted violently to the vote with police and demonstrators engaged in running battles all scenes from downtown athens resembled a war zone with protesters fighting riot squads and made to follow. tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide a walked off their jobs for a two day strike against the yesterday cuts well they say drowning the country in

middle east you. mean used already i mean in the middle east you have israel who has nuclear weapons and more than two hundred seats were refuses to be deemed a treaty of nonproliferation and refuses to inspection nobody speaks of that everybody speaks about iran who doesn't have nuclear weapons who signed a treaty accepting inspection and so this is just to take people food to have a pretext to demoralize a country and to me to people in public i can't briefly i want to go back to a possible u.n. resolution on syria if the security council path is that what will happen as you see it. well it depends because the aggression against libya is not successful they already repeated. he had to go are some. accept that there will be a negotiation so i don't know our weeks we'll i kind of say how we'll do it. in the evolution but the fact is that you've got now a big offensive of the united states and the saudi arabia do not forget that so dear india it is financing paramilitary groups in syria to provoke tensions and do not forget that dozens of policemen have been killed by these kind of groups saudi arabia

thousands of marched to the frontier to mark the anniversary of the nine hundred sixty seven middle east war when israel sees the golan heights from syria israeli officials claim president bashar last gave the green light for the protests to divert international attention from these bloody quashing of a revolt against his rule. thousands of people in yemen have been celebrating the news the president has left the country ali abdullah saleh has traveled to saudi arabia for treatment to injuries received in an attack on his presidential compound on friday it's unclear where he plans to return home protests against his rule have been raging since january killing hundreds of people. to portugal the opposition social democrats have won the general election and they are expected to form a majority government with the conservatives next prime minister and socialist party leader joseph secretary stepped down from running the country in march that's after he failed to win parliamentary support for steering measures in a move that led portugal into a political crisis the new government must implemented manic prog

thousands have marched to the border to mark the anniversary of the nine hundred sixty seven middle east war when israel sees the golan heights from syria. thousands of people in yemen have been celebrating the news that the president has left the country dollar salary has traveled to saudi arabia for treatment injuries received in an attack on his presidential compound friday it's unclear why and plans to return home protests against his rule have been raging since january killing hundreds of people. in portugal the opposition social democrats have won the general election and they are now expected to form a majority government with the conservatives x prime minister and socialist party of years or so crowded trigger to your action one step down from a running the country in march that's after parliament failed. back his forces charity package in less than a year a new government must implemented the man program of cuts as a condition for. chilean volcano that caused the thirty five hundred people to flee their homes has reportedly called down the eruption started on saturday and the authorities quickl

thousands have marched to the border to mark the anniversary of the nine hundred sixty seven middle east war. what israel sees the golan heights from syria. a suicide car bomb has exploded in the central iraqi city of to create killing at least thirteen people and injuring nineteen the blast occurred at the entrance to a complex of palaces in the city one hundred fifty kilometers north of baghdad the buildings have previously been used by saddam hussein police say many of the victims were security personnel last week at least twenty one people were killed and more than seventy injured in two bomb attacks in the same city the hometown of former dictator. violence in yemen has claimed six more lives amid the celebrations dedicated to the temporary absence of president ali abdullah saleh from the country man were shot dead in the capital during clashes of protesters with government forces the president has traveled to saudi arabia for a treatment to injuries received in an attack on his presidential compound on friday it's unclear when he plans to return home protest against his rule have been raging since

thousands have marched to the border to mark the anniversary of the nine hundred sixty seven middle east war but israel sees the golan heights from syria israel blame very zeman damascus for the violence. thousands of people in yemen have been celebrating the news that the president has left the country ali abdullah saleh has traveled to saudi arabia for treatment to injuries received in an attack on his presidential compound on friday it's unclear when he plans to return home protests against his rule have been raging since january killing hundreds of. portugal the opposition social democrats have won the general election they are now expected to form a majority government with conservatives and acts prime minister and socialist party leaders was a surprise triggered the election when stepped down from running the country in march that's after parliament failed to back its forces terry package in less than any year the new government must implement a demanding programme of cuts as a condition for him to bail out. the former i.m.f. chief is due appear in new york supreme court to plead not guilty over

israel/syrian border. kai jackson has more on the proteas at the frontier. protestt -- -- protest at the frontier. >> reporter: a march was to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the 1967 middle east war when israel captured the compound at that time. the officials say that the death toll includes women and children. three weeks ago, israeli soldier where is -- soldiers killed several. >>> israel accused the president of the area to allow the rule. >>> rick santorum says he's in it to win it. he jumped into the race for the republican presidency today. >>> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum made his presidential run official in front of a hometown crowd. following the footsteps of his rivals, he attacks president obama. >> what are you, mr. president, to say that you and your administration should take 40 cents out of every dollar and borrow it from future generations. >> reporter: he's considered a favorite. he's strongly opposed of several controversial issues. >> they want to hook you. >> they don't want to free you. >> reporter: he has to take on more than president obama's policies. herb's been out of the spotlight since 2007 and lacks the star power and fund raising o

support the jews, it's their fault if only israel would give more land and even give up the nuclear program some say they would like a nuclear-free middle eastif only israel would cease to defend itself then we would have peace and the islamists would leave us alone when islam ruled out of the arabian peninsula until the year 1948 when israel was miraculously i believe reestablished 1400 years, we saw a wave after wave of islamist conquests in she hot against the west. israel did not exist in this period come in yet we saw spain, sicily, greece, the balkans, romania conquered by islamists. we saw them try to central france and get to the gates of yemen twice. this had nothing to do with israel and nothing to do with shoes. israel is the canary in the coal mine in this fight, the first line of defense for the western civilization. >> host: let's talk of the defense and you and this book and i want to end the interview this week. a lot of people are going to read this and say what can i do as a citizen, what can my government do? gives us some suggestions to what somebody to picks this book up and goes oh my god what my role in this? >> guest: