u.s. officials tried to force him into admitting to all the smuggling charges while being extradited from bank called to. moscow says it will continue providing all necessary support to victor boot but does not proclaim whether the russian citizen is innocent or guilty. news for russia and iran the world this is all see with me thanks for joining us for the first time russia box u.n. sanctions against iran president medvedev has met with the iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad medvedev said russia will continue helping tehran develop a peaceful atomic program the two were meeting at a summit of the five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom have claims to the seas boss and there's your resources he's got this going off now reports. well a meeting between the presidents of russia and iran is surely one of the biggest highlights of the summit since it's the first time that they've met since russia back to the latest set off during sanctions on iran and also cancel the shipment of the

the u.s. embassy in the capital by students. thousands of students gathered outside the site of the former u.s. embassy in tehran on thursday. they chanted "down with america." in a speech the head of iran's state television network, zaragami, referred to the defeat of the democratic party in tuesday's midterm elections in the united states. he added that iran will continue to be the biggest power in the region and that the u.s. will fail to drive iran into a corner. in june the u.s. government implemented additional sanctions against iran for defying international calls to give up its nuclear ambitions. >>> russian president dmitry medvedev has sent a personal letter to prime minister naoto kan saying he will attend next week's apec summit in yokohama. on thursday the russian presidential palace said medvedev sent the message to thank kan for inviting him to the meetings, which will be held on november 13th and 14th. in the letter the russian president emphasized the importance of apec's role

and the u.s. supreme court has or is as is found that even if mr boot or illegally returned to the united states that that is not the basis to have the federal charges against mr boot dropped now are you at all surprised with me he's been in thailand for two years right this pressure has been going on between the u.s. and russia for you know years months you could say but then it all happened so quickly once they did decide to extradite him to the u.s. it happened within a matter of hours victor but its own wife said that she wasn't able to get to the prison in time to even say good bye to him so is that of a clear sign here that there was a lot of political pressure. that's a clear sign to me that the u.s. law enforcement wanted mr boot by to the u.s. as quickly as possible in our extradition cases it's not unusual that if the u.s. government wants someone to be returned to the u.s. that they're going to act as quickly as possible in order to make sure that that individual is returned to the u.s.

was probably a u.s. agent for a long time him self and i'm sure this whole story was instigated by the american secret service the two presidents are working to restart relations and some people are obviously against the timing of this scandal was picked perfectly. it puts another name in the frame for the russian intelligence service that's still trying to establish how a massive decades long secret operation could fall port so easily seemingly at the hands of one man you've got this going on moscow just out on in quarter past the hour here in the russian capital this is r.t. and in a few minutes the girls who were snatched from the street and forced marriage in a bride is known as an ancient custom in russia's chechen republic we'll tell you what the authorities are doing to stamp it out. while human rights activists working with palestinians say they're under pressure from israel which claims that stoking the conflict there the interior ministry has stopped issuing permits to many forcing them to work

u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton no just the senate to ratify a nuclear deal with russia as republicans threaten to block its progress. forty years ago the soviet union paved the way for today's satellites shuttles and space tourists with its revolutionary movements. twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. here in moscow good to have you with us russian businessman victim has gone before a u.s. federal court for the first time just a day after being extradited from thailand during a brief appearance he was told the list of charges he is facing the merchant of death for allegedly trafficking weapons around the world who go on trial over allegations he terrorists says the decision to hand him over to the u.s. is extreme justice and promised to support him by all means but he is being held in a high security prison in new york from where marina portnoy joins me live now so what happened when boot faced the court today. well bill it was a very quick proc

the u.s. led war in afghanistan has now been waged for longer than the soviet campaign in the country already close to a decade the u.s. presence is set to last for another four years with combat troops not withdrawing until twenty fourteen but as all of these military contributor colonel is going to khrushchev says the situation is only getting more complicated. u.s. military campaign in afghanistan. has beaten this of its record. duration well naturally based on your american record has triggered lots of questions regarding to what extent is it possible even to compare the size of it and nato campaigns in the same country well what most experts and analysts have totally missed is that it is not correct to compare at all that then saw it and now american military presence in afghanistan paradoxically for no other reason that it these steel the same thirty years plus war that had been triggered by a bank in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine it started as the cia proxy war against this som

top u.s. officials have urged the outgoing satta to ratify the latest nuclear cuts treaty with russia in the next six weeks democrats fear republican gains in the midterm elections will hamper america's reset with russia if it's left until the new year military experts say america's national security depends on prompt ratification by the us artie's guy next to count reports many republicans are banned on scrapping the deal. obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense part is going game going on here in washington on the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the five is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader h

the u.s. is accused of fear mongering as critics say china and russia are being badmouthed to divert attention from domestic failings new york's mayor michael bloomberg says washington is playing on people's ignorance and listing a free born route b.j. . global pressure mounts on ease rail to tear down that seven hundred kilometer barrier in the west bank israel says it's for security but palestinians claim they're living under upper third as others cash in on the segregation. of the vietnam war may have officially ended over thirty five years ago but the suffering rages on for hundreds of thousands of vietnamese children born with defects now these are the effects of agent orange a poisonous riverside which the u.s. used to destroy i can call to learn. more dues coming up in less than fifteen minutes after the sports update with kate. and i thank you for joining me for the sports news and here's what's coming up. title decider senator and for wednesday's crunch top of the table battle in the

the u.s. reset of relations with russia has brought nato to moscow once the great enemy but now courted as a keep potential ally together we've worked hard to reset the relations between the united states and russia which is led to concrete benefits for both our nations now we're also resetting the nato russia relationship we see russia as a partner not an adversary russia and nato have reiterated common challenges to be fought from the spread of weapons of mass destruction to terrorism what's most significant is what's not on the list each other. russia has pledged more help to nato in afghanistan with transport access and more resources to fight narcotics there and for the first time in pakistan despite all the warm words there are still differences notably over the south as such in conflict over two years ago nato backed georgia which russian forces were forced to fight after the civilian population came under attack and while nato seeks new purpose and allies others say the alliance belong

u.s. officials have leveraged against him a marine a point night in new york with that story coming up a little u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton joins a growing chorus of officials are urging the senate to ratify the start nuclear cuts treaty before republicans gain the upper and in the legislative body. the. european finance ministers start work on a possible aid package for debt stricken ireland in an effort to restore confidence in the euro zone. to am in moscow i met treasurer good to be with you here on r t our top story russian diplomats are waiting to gain access to viktor bhutto who has just appeared in court in new york over charges of gun running moscow has been pushing for the businessman to be allowed to meet consular staff but was extradited from thailand on tuesday without the russian consulate being informed during his brief court appearance in new york he was told a list of charges that he's facing. the merchant of death allegedly trafficking weapons around the world

u.s. federal court for the first time just a day after being extradited from time and during a brief appearance he was told the list of challenges he's facing dealt the merchant of death for allegedly trafficking weapons around the world he'll go on trial of allegations he own terrorists moscow says the decision to hand him over to the u.s. is extreme injustice and promised to support him by all means but it is being held in a high security prison in new york the report brings us the latest. shortly before mr boot appeared before that federal judge u.s. prosecutors had held a press conference in lower manhattan outlining detailing all the charges against the picture but now stands charged in this district the southern district of new york with four charges. one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark and at the

u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before a new members are sworn in and may have a different agenda. human rights activists demand transparency new as a tantrum practices in afghanistan to ensure washington is cleaned up and out following claims of detainee torture and abuse. and brought on mass murder that shocked russia the world he's arrested gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region across the dar we are at the scene. and eleven am the russian capital you watching r t. welcome to the program first off the alleged russian arms trafficker viktor board has left thailand after being handed over to u.s. authorities it follows the thai government's decision to approve his extradition washington accuses the businessman of a number of crimes including trying to sell weapons to rubbles in colombia. and will bring of course more on this case as we get it in the meantime let's take a look at other stories that

be u.s. attorney said quote he's innocent till proven given guilty so lots of mixed messages there but there are many experts that believe that the real reason victor boot is someone that the u.s. has been so aggressively pursuing for this action is because mr boot is a former soviet military officer with what some people believe has extensive top intelligence possibly and some believe that is what u.s. officials are really after nobody proved he was there truly embolden the old is due to dealings. sure he's accused of them. some kind of here. which of course. for we know basically. bringing him to the united states it was the u.s. attorney in new york that filed the charges initially when it was arrested in two thousand and eight and a new indictment in two thousand and ten some believe. it was set up in new york city because new york city about. you know. where terrorism actually took. many believe that it is serves as a good way for prosecutors to advance their story when it comes to accus

a major embarrassment for the u.s. state department thousands of classified diplomatic files have been released by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks i'll be back with more from washington d.c. in just a few moments. to senior iranian nuclear scientists targeted in bomb attacks around blames israel saying it's an attempt to probe the country's nuclear program. keeping tensions. with a regional joint naval exercise with the u.s. coming dangerously close to directly provoking conflict. could have you with this is. the russian capital here twenty four hours a day so unflattering assessments of world leaders by u.s. diplomats and spying on the u.n. secretary general that's information anyone has now access to classified documents from u.s. embassies across the globe were revealed by online whistleblower wiki leaks well for more on this i can now. choose in washington the falls could tell us foreign policy secrets as the leaks expose anything surprising or perhaps even explosive. well below a lot of people are saying n

u.s. corporation president obama presses for the reduction deal to be given the green light in congress. president obama is trying to push his arguably major foreign policy through the senate. in washington d.c. i'll be back with more in just a few moments. russian businessman victim who says u.s. authorities offered him a deal but only if you confess to crimes he insists he did not commit. moscow says it will continue providing all necessary support victor boot but does not proclaim whether the russian citizen is innocent or guilty. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. in moscow for the first time since backing u.n. sanctions against iran over its nuclear program russia's president has met iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad and it was those suspected atomic ambitions which were the focus of the talks held in azerbaijan the two work meeting at a summit of the five nations bordering the caspian sea all of whom have claims to the fast energy resources

u.s. china it was everywhere a lot of attack ads featured china as the source of america's problems as a country that stolen americans jobs so something close to hatred was being promoted toward china here some other countries as well but china in particular a new york city mayor michael bloomberg a very influential political figure here in the united states said enough is enough and here is a quote i think in america we've got to stop blaming the chinese and blaming everybody else and take a look at ourselves and of quote elected officials in the us are pretty much in the habit of making scapegoats out of anything in foreign countries if we do a very few americans really know something about seemed to have become a great target but michael bloomberg and the have it can backfire badly he said i quote if you look at the us you look at who we are electing to congress to the senate they can't repeat i'll bet you a bunch of these people don't have passports we're back to start a trade war with

senate and the u.s. congress should be going along with and following the leadership of their president . still happily this hour here in our cockroaches fleas and roam which is all gary are pushed out into the streets find out why they're building was a health hazard and why no one's interested in where they go next. the energy rich caspian sea is up for grabs at the summit in azerbaijan the host joined russia and other skateboarder in the waters which are abundant oil and gas to discuss securing the area safety is going off reports in the caspian five and its objectives. the caspian sea is often referred to as the natural marking point between europe and asia and it is extremely rich in natural resources wake me nearly twenty billion tons of oil and gas continue on its bottom which is comparable with a deposit in the persian gulf or sturgeon up to ninety percent of the world sturgeon catch is done here but legal speed of the sea still has not been decided and one of the main goals of the caspian nation

then force the u.s. to change its practices there but those languishing within the walls of bug room were less lucky the detention facility at guantanamo is that is the most transparent we're talking to in history bob graham detention facility and afghanistan do they have the same standards for litigation process in a wartime theater to an act of war zone it would be an precedent to have such access the original bob graham detention facility may have been renamed relocated but it will take more than a fresh coat of paint to ease the fear afghans associate with the prison reports of a prison with an imprisoned persist with afghan president hamid karzai recently demanding greater afghan insight into the prisons affairs and greater legal recourse for its detainees which is why human rights advocates insist the billions of dollars sent to afghanistan does little to buffer and sign an image of america has already been tarnished by places like bob graham and that of the. human rights policies seem hypocritical

i've been in a tug of war over this extradition the u.s. believes is evolved russia says because of this lot of accusations that the u.s. has hung upon boot and all the negative hype that there is allowed him really doubt that good has it has a chance to stand a fair trial in the u.s. actually boots lawyers and some intelligence actors claim that the reason the u.s. so wanted to have him in custody is his allegedly extensive knowledge of russian military and intelligence operations it's really unclear to what extent victor boot is knowledgeable in all those things. all serious my call they got their nose out of it with more on why americans wanting so badly all people on the planet hollywood florida who are there over five hundred fifty million firearms in the world wide circulation that's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. the only question is. how do we arm the other eleven and his legs do realize prototype russian businessmen victor boot nicknamed the merchant of death denied to all like he's a sions and laughed off paral

activists in the u.s. for abusing prisoners in afghanistan's a secret detention center with more cases of torture to be made. worldwide news around the clock with r.t. moscow has dubbed thailand's extradition russian businessman victor boot to the u.s. as illegal washington is accused of using unprecedented political pressure to have him handed over america says the man nicknamed the merchant of death traffic. zones around the world that's not the latest from. who's waiting for us live in washington have any idea of the latest news what's his location where is victor right now. well according to some reports victor the board is expected to land in new york at nine pm local time following a very contentious extradition procedure that uproots lawyers family in the russian embassy in thailand said they had no information of that coming it was apparently just put on the plane in a very speedy manner and sent to face trial in the u.s. we contacted the f.b.i. for more commas they did not comment but they said th

the u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before new members are sworn in bringing a whole different agenda. georgia releases us spy film based on an alleged russian network we try to separate fact from fiction. if europe's single currency fails so with the union itself the warning comes from the e.u. president who was speaking ahead of the meeting of the eurozone finance ministers portugal has warned it could be forced out of the eurozone and ireland is also being urged to use european bailout money to prevent bankruptcy but financial analyst max kaiser says going to the international monetary fund for help would even worsen the situation. the e.u. right now is investigating criminal activity over there at the anglo irish bank four hundred fifty one million dollars of illegal loans that are now parked in offshore accounts implicated in our john fitzpatrick david drama shown quinn the financial terrorists that are taking ireland down in less ire

that any news crews detained in the u.s. as they failed to rally near a military training academy in ga plus. two israeli soldiers accused of using a palestinian child as a human shield might seem to match the end of the finance groups and the international community. hello base eleven pm sunday night here in moscow you're watching the news channel with me kevin zero in on the stories making the headlines from this past week and first russia is open to discussion over its participation in european missile defense but oh. only if it's offered a fair and equal role president dmitri medvedev emphasize the point at the nato summit in lisbon hailed as historic for ending a once hostile relationship between russia and the alliance results these lower enlisted reports next tonight there still remain issues on which they get to see eye to eye. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its borough and russian president dmitry medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welco

but the credit for the extension of the u.s. forces was drawl to general petraeus and the u.s. commander in afghanistan the whole idea of the artificial deadline for the u.s. pullout cut both ways on the other side it was a good idea to provide the sense of urgency for the abdullah leadership to clean up their act together and to take full responsibility for the future of the country starting from providing the security all across afghanistan but since there is no leadership in afghanistan regarding the afghan government which is completely paralyzed by the corruption and incompetence while soaked in drug trafficking business no doubt it was a smashing tactical success for general betray us to. call the us counter-narcotics offensive in afghanistan as. initiative only afghani yourself that well coming up in two hours time here nazi special report looks at the red on the operation which freed europe with its the form of the nazis. were so this is just a parliament building in. sixty five so it. was the final target. a major concern for the army. its country became the symbol on

behind the u.s. . military exercises that have been already the fourth military exercise in the last eight months i believe that you will see is to make sure the koreans and their manes. along with japan in this region well trained well prepared needs more weapons. probably the provide the needed books and finally that north korea is weakened or annoyed. intimidated the problem is the political damage in this war games is that china which is just sharing the same. the west in a sea of blue is also the yellow sea of china and people who are probably china is getting very nervous along with north korea every time those drills staged in the spirit of the korean war which started in one thousand and fifty has never ended the arms disagreement which was concluded in one thousand nine hundred sixty three simply stops the. exchange between the parties so whoever starts the fire on either side of the demilitarized zone or the normally limited line may be named as an aggressor of course staging military exercis

and in the u.s. democrats are struggling to get a key arms deal with moscow ratified in the senate by the end of the year the new strategic arms reduction treaty sealed in april should slash the number of russian and u.s. nukes by a third but the republicans in washington seem determined to stall the deal as artie's guided to count now reports. it's getting pretty tense here the informal republican leader on the new start senator jon kyl said the treaty should not be considered until next year he is saying there are other important things so the senator talk about the economy and that's bad news for the treaty the administration is making a last ditch effort to appeal to the secretary of state hillary clinton defense secretary robert gates leading security experts in the country they're all saying the failure to pass the new start treaty this year would endanger the u.s. national security they give two reasons for that first americans can no longer track russia's strategic nuclear arsenal the other m

the u.s. federal reserve announced that it was buying treasury bonds worth six hundred billion dollars and this was on top of the previous purchase of treasury bonds worth one point seven billion dollars i mean what do you pay for that stuff with you know you know paid for by writing a check you pay for it ultimately in the end you paid for by cash and this cash starts to the world markets some markets are more volatile than others and obviously it's going to have an effect but it was a shock and. i recall you know there are some people who are not quite as critical to us as others but i don't recall anybody applauding the u.s. move i don't recall anybody saying oh it's smart move i don't i don't think i don't think anybody said that there was some people who were not critical but they didn't they didn't they were not in favor either you know. and you can watch that interview with author and journalist donald kirk and for here in our team just over an hour's time. some world news in brief this

but the credit for the extension of the u.s. forces was drawled to general petraeus and the u.s. commander in afghanistan the whole idea of the artificial deadline for the u.s. pullout cut both ways on the other side it was a good idea to provide the sense of urgency for the abdomen leadership to clean up their act together and to take full responsibility for the future of the country starting from providing the security all across the van and stand but since there is no leadership you know again it stands regarding the afghan government which is completely paralyzed by the corruption and incompetence while soaked in drug trafficking business no doubt it was a smashing tactical success for general. family circle the u.s. counter a context offensive in afghanistan as. initiative. without the some of the international news in brief the u.n. has made an appeal more than one hundred sixty million dollars to the cholera outbreak in haiti is now twenty seven hundred twenty four lives aid agencies are battling to contain the epidemic it feels it will spread of the water supply was conta

the u.s. was really looking for the g. twenty to be a forum to continue to pressure china and to have you know more unified front against china and asian currencies current account surplus countries. from from the rest of the world and what it actually ended up turning into was that the u.s. had to go in there and do the tables were turned that the u.s. actually had to explain its own behavior to a whole host of countries and the chinese i think were pretty adept at turning this around and there were a lot of other countries who didn't mind actually turning the tables a little bit on the u.s. and saying ok well why don't you guys explain what you're doing with with the fed before and your currency before you start kind of throwing stones at us well that still to come in the program including. the theme of capitalism is in pick a point. socialist ideas are seeing a revival cost the world define the top of this regime shaken by the economic downturn. but after this summer's sweltering heat temperatures in russia breaking rec

well the u.s. and afghanistan are trying to downplay rumors of a dispute brewing between the two of them and follows president hamid karzai as criticism of washington's water in afghanistan because i demanded the u.s. led coalition to reduce military operations and night raids against suspected taliban commanders which often result in civilian casualties but the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says the strikes are crucial to fight insurgents all this is just days before a crucial nato summit where the alliance will unveil its new combat strategy up until two thousand and fourteen but as our teaser jihad office reports rules of engagement are the only thing troubling afghanistan. thirty eight billion dollars have been poured into afghanistan by the u.s. since the two thousand and one invasion to bolster security and economic development a significant chunk of that money humanitarian aid to provide food build health clinics schools and one of the poorest countries in the world all part of the

u.s. officials seek to control the damage as wikileaks exposes classified diplomatic cables. >> a billion year route bailout for ireland fails to impress global equity markets. >> omar khaddafi demands more assistance from europe at the start of the you africa summit. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin in washington, where u.s. officials are attempting to limit the damage from a massive release of classified diplomatic cables revealed by the whistle- blower in website wikileaks. a short while ago, secretary of state hillary clinton refused to comment on what she called stolen u.s. classified information, but did issue an apology to american partners and allies around the world. >> the united states deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential, including private discussions between counterparts, or our diplomats' personal assessments and observations. i want to make clear that our official foreign-policy is

in this operation was illegal it was done after lobbying from the u.s. this russian citizen it was shipped to the united states as if he was just not chipped without his documents and with the russian embassy being uninformed and during his transfer to new york who claims that u.s. officials attempted to force a confession from him as part of a possible plea bargain. according to victor boot during the extradition there were attempts to convince him to make a confession of the crimes he had never committed promising some privileges in return but mr boot rejected these offers in new york federal court on wednesday the forty three year old cargo dealer denied all charges but is being held in solitary confinement at a federal prison in lower manhattan with legal assistance from the russian consul a top kremlin official stressed that moscow is demanding fair treatment for its citizens while not getting involved in the allegations it faces but you will put your which i want to stress to the u.s. authorities of course in very serious and profound challenges ag

the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates say ratifying the new start to agreement is vital for the russia us reset processed as well as for world peace but with a republican majority in the house of representatives some skeptics say the good will feeling of the reset process may be running out in washington to such fears held water i hope they exist director of the nixon center also tourist who asked the question. the u.s. leadership is trying hard to push through the new start treaty through the congress president obama has been meeting with republican leaders and he says they too want to get the treaty signed but inside the g.o.p. not everyone appears to be in agreement some republicans have held up the voting saying they still have questions about the treaty if no action is taken soon new hearings will be required to treat the wretched occasion for at least two years and with the new start treaty becoming the plank ship for the whole reset process wo

foreign takeovers all the time of u.s. companies but their european takeovers or their takeovers by friendly's so obviously america views china as a potential enemy which is what it is on the pentagon's list of strategic anime's so why should china finance america's military spending around it that's what the dollars are worth are being thrown off american storing all of these dollars in iraq in iraq in afghanistan in japan in its bases around the world that's what the deficit is and that's what the u.s. isn't talking about that's what they're talking about in china because when i go to china and talk to the officials there so we talk about is the u.s. hypocritical in its dealings with china when it doesn't even talk about quantitative easing well it's printing trillions of dollars the u.s. is benefited from what is in effect a double standard because of the dollar standard the u.s. debt is other people's asset when you. when you spend more than you. get than other countries end up with the dollars the united states is the

time but u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before the new members are sworn in to have a different. mass murder that has shocked russia. following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region. we are at the same . a very warm welcome to you this is the life from moscow a striking injustice russia has called thailand's extradition of businessman victor boot to the u.s. moscow says the move was the result of unprecedented political pressure by washington the u.s. accuses bood all of a number of crime trying to sell weapons to rebels in colombia journalists brings us the latest from time. after the thai cabinet made its decision this morning mr byrd was rushed immediately to the airport by about fifty elite special forces including police snipers and handed straight over to u.s. drug enforcement agencies who took off and headed straight to america but really it's in retrospect it's no surprise that they did this ever since mr bird was arres

and so the u.s. dollar's value falls, you're going to have serious problems about where these exports go. for emerging markets, there's a left money flowing to them, they're getting higher inflation the currency values are rising, and they're getting these big asset market bubbles because of all the money coming in. they dot like what the u.s. is doing. >> woodruff: zanny beddoes, are all these countries angry at the united states at this policy? and who is angrier than everybody else? >> i think they're not all that angry. the more sane part of the argument and people who have done a lot of rhetoric before this big meeting in seoul and there's a lot of people who are relefd, particularly the chinese and germans that they're no longer the focus of everybody's attention thashs the u.s. is, i think what president obama said is right. that the world economy would be much much worse off if the u.s. was stag nabt or let alone in deflation. i think the way most policy makers around the world do this is, th

the u.s. solution stop solution is to sell the treasury six hundred billion dollars worth of the treasury bonds which is a fancy way of printing more money and this goes on world markets and the dollar's appreciates more so the chinese position is well you're depreciating the dollar why should we really value the the the chinese currency which the u.s. keeps on insisting on so it's really a standoff nobody today is talking about a consensus they're not going to reach a consensus on currency here but they are going to talk about. you can have a lot of fun playing with words like that but. after the wordplay is done and. there will be no deal you're really. going to have to leave it there thank you very much for your input again. the priority at this g. twenty summit whether they find a consensus or not is going to be those currency wars the high stakes battle for the. fences and defenses over the bop. reporting there are much more coverage to come of course throughout the day. and while most le

u.s. to stand trial for trafficking are the world's wars are. a blow to the very foundation something used its president warned failing currency could drag down the union itself. and out of their aid and human rights policies seem cheap but critical lending can say stand back to the u.s. for abusing prisoners and the secret detention centers with claims there are more cases of torture to be made public and. very well welcome to you this is r.t. moscow has dubbed the thailand's extradition no russian businessman viktor boot to the u.s. as illegal washington is accused of using unprecedented political pressure to have him handed over america says the man nicknamed the merchant of death trafficked dictators on conflict zones around the world let's not get the latest details from our to use a gun if you can what washington d.c. so bring us up to date if you will where is victor boot right now. well already some reports are saying he landed in new york at nine am local time though it's quite a

the u.s., the president has sought to rebrand his stop in india as a jobs and trade mission. mr. obama pointed to deals between american and indian firms he said would support the creation of more than 53,000 jobs in the u.s. even as both leaders looked forward, relations between india and its arch rival pakistan were never far from the surface. the two nuclear powers have fought three wars over the last 60 years. and the flash points between them are many. from the fate of the disputed region of cash mere to cross- border terrorism. on saturday in mumbai mr. obama spoke in memorial of the terror attacks in the city launched by pakistani extremists. yesterday at a town hall meeting, mr. obama took a particularly direct question about pakistan, which is a lynch pin of the u.s. campaign in afghanistan. >> why is pakistan so important an ally to america so far as america has never called it a terrorist state? >> that's a good question. i must admit i was expecting it. >> suarez: the president sou

dollar is the u.s. banking system solvent can the u.s. restructure and reenergize its economy and if we look at china let's look at what chinese doing in relationship to what is called currency swaps prince's trust with russia with turkey with african countries with brazil we're looking to the diminishing of the dollar so when the g eight whether it's consensus are not the i.m.f. and the dollar is yesterday's news there will be a compromise of one thousand four to five has been overtaken by a new international situation what we need is a new financial architecture none of the persons were speaking today will speak to this what will that architecture look like will it prop what banks bankers and those or involved in speculation or will it prop up real human beings who produce wealth who plant food who build homes who go to schools that's a question about the new international financial architecture whether they support profits for corporations or for real human beings who want health decent environment and education for their children and

and dubai u.s. officials are now going to yemen to check security practices and holes in the system. mount merapi volcano is once again spewing ash down its slopes. many people had returned home to collect possessions following a low in activity no casualties have been reported as of yet thirty eight people died last week when the volcano began to erupt and at least fifty three thousand have been moved to safety. mere paean union is facing a shake up after leaders indorsed plans to enforce tougher budget rules on friday the deal which amends the controversial lisbon treaty was spearheaded by germany and france alterations include reining in the excesses of overspending nations it's all an attempt to shore up the euro after it came close to collapse last year the new system will be in place by two thousand and thirteen but n.e.p. says the single currency should be scrapped to save europe's economy. their problem is always that there isn't enough european union not that there's too much of it but they

u.s. president barack obama stressed that the fed's easing was aimed at supporting economic growth and avoiding deflation and not to weaken the dollar. >> from everything i can see, this decision was not one designed to have an impact on the currency, on the dollar. it was designed to grow the economy. >> reporter: after the meeting, south korean president lee myung bak, who was the g-20 chair, expressed hopes for a global economic recovery. for many participants of the g-20 summit, it's going to be a busy weekend, because they are heading for yokohama, japan, to attend the apec summit. that's all from the g-20 media center in seoul, back to you in the studio. >> yonggi kang reporting from seoul. >>> the leaders of japan and the european union are planning to work toward an economic partnership agreement in the new year. prime minister naoto kan met eu council president herman van rompuy and european commission president jose-manuel barroso on the sidelines of the summit in seoul on friday

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