the country accusing viktor bit of our feeling now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide picked up a future want to be a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena point nine r.t. . right now let's go to some of the other world's news stories making headlines this hour al qaeda has appointed a new leader egyptian i am an hour here he was osama bin laden's deputy now leads the terrorist organization a statement from the group said it would continue its fight against the u.s. and israel over here is thought to have been the operational mastermind of the nine eleven attacks and warned last week that bin laden would terrify the united states for. beyond the grave. a strong blast has struck nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital and has left at least three people witnesses report seeing bodies at the scene and cars on fire sending a thick pillar of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber the attack follows two blasts at a police station and a church in northeast nigeria a w

and the record will hear the next round in the ongoing legal battle over viktor bought the russian man america accuses of being an international arms dealer he's a lawyer and the prosecution will discuss the case with the judge buddhas awaiting trial in a u.s. prison but as marine import now reports the legality of proceedings is being questioned every step of the way. he is the russian citizen america for relentlessly to adopt victor boot was secretly and swiftly extradited to the u.s. seven months ago and this may be where he stays indefinitely if found guilty on arms smuggling and terrorism related charges could be. he's looking at law there's no parole there's no early release in the federal system really only was in the federal system to get a reduction in your sentence. a significant reduction is if you cooperate with the united states government some have argued mr bush needs to be on captain america's team however captain america is being accused of playing dirty and illegally to remove the air cargo business man from thailand according to documents released by wiki leaks all l

want to get their hands on alleged russian arms dealer viktor booth well the answer is just a wiki leaks cable away we'll have more on that case. out just a day in the life of a new york city bicyclist so what is with the happy find there anyway should the police be protecting citizens and not to mention bikers instead. good evening it's thursday june sixteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lister in you're watching our t.v. well take a look at the big news coming from capitol hill today if you haven't already seen it let's roll that tape. maybe this is a theory is right now anthony weiner about to announce his resignation so today i'm announcing my resignation spoil lot of anger in that room totally for the warning for almost exactly four minutes he has hit rock bottom or there are seeds of a potential if he were to come back in that maybe this was just the beginning of the healing but not the end of his political career for minutes it's been driving the twenty four hour news cycle and believe it or not we know his resignation may not be the most important news you need to

thailand's new york judge cast doubt on the legality of extraditing him pledge russian arms dealer viktor boot to the states. and the very mystery keeps moving over whether the president will run for a second term as he rounds off the international economic forum and some pages. hello and welcome you watching r.t. from moscow and our round up of the week's top stories with me kevin and it's just after midnight here now and first mate who admits that it may be responsible for sunday's strike that killed seven civilians including two babies in a residential area in tripoli. nato is looking into reports of civilian casualties following nato airstrikes in the early hours of this morning well the instant spot widespread public outrage is being seized on by gadhafi loyalists who have long painted name two as a ruthless force that is out to destroy libya even so the western military alliance launched more strikes on the capital just hours later as the intervention and as its fourth month now with little to show except deadlock on his roof an emotional reports next from the capital tripoli you ma

the lawyers for alleged international arms dealer viktor boot prepare to challenge a new york court on the legality of his extradition to america the russians been awaiting trial since his arrest in thailand over three years ago. called just hours after the iranian president's pledge not to pursue a nuclear deterrent r.t. spoke with iran's envoy to the un's atomic watchdog he told me that there's no question that his country's nuclear program is peaceful discussion is coming your way right now. now iran is promising transparency constructive interaction with the un's nuclear watchdog a few days ago the e.u.'s foreign policy chief baroness ashton called on tehran to prove its peaceful atomic intentions in an exclusive interview with us here at r.c. and we can now talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency ali as got of soltani thank you for joining us today the russian of foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in our stand that president recognizes the importance of talks for resulting tension around your nuclear program as it does it mark a more positive

prosecuted and beliefs this this case is completely political and is being orchestrated by president viktor yanukovych well this time we understand that you are too ashamed but he is being charged with many different things with many different financial crimes but the most important one as we understand according to the prosecution is that she is charged with striking unlawful gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the prosecution says that due to those unlawful contracts in ukraine lost more than four hundred million u.s. dollars there are also several charges to you are too much and go. the unlawful usage of ambulance cars and money and corruption and all different charges like that it clearly is not the first time that something like this happens with a little machine gun. back in two thousand and nine she was already charged with smuggling russian gas into ukraine she was put in prison back then and that caused a huge public and outcry in the society here in ukraine so you are. in some way experienced. in trials and we are waiting to see what the reactions for the controversial

makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president viktor you have a quote which it is not the first time that you are to a shadow is that it is on the trial in two thousand and one she will. charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly about the supporters of you to assemble are ready to besiege the court building until the hear any news coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public on the rescue this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it. right there well still ahead for you in the program hear about from top brass to top spy u.s. army general patrol is set to become the next chief but opponents question if they are going come on duty in afghanistan is for the job. and what scares me what issues that are brought leaders of the nation to the world's oldest continent all those details in just a few minutes right here on c. it's cheaper effective and highly toxic endosulfan is a pesticide banned in most coun

the country accusing viktor bit of our dealing now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide picked up a future want to pay our political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena for nine artsy. just on in quarter past the hour here in moscow now let's check out some other headlines now from around the world al qaeda has appointed a new leader egyptian our hearing who was osama bin laden's deputy now leads the terrorist organization a statement from the group said it would continue its fight against the u.s. and israel al-zawahiri is a thought to have been the operational mastermind of the nine eleven attacks and warned last week the bin laden would terrify. the united states from beyond the grave. a strong blast has struck nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital it's left at least two people dead when he says reports seeing bodies at the scene and cars on fire sending a thick plume of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber the attack follows two blasts the police station and a ch

reporting there and still have for you this hour a question of justice as alleged russian government viktor abroad faces a new round of us court battle we put there with reality of the whole case under scrutiny. and find out how nationalities cast aside by explorers surviving in the freezing waters of the world's coolest continent. the u.s. will now have to readjust its missile defense plan for you were after the czech republic announces dropping out of the project prague said it was frustrated it's now a minor role in the system the country was originally supposed to host a regular base but president obama proposed stationing less important facility there washington claims the scheme aims to protect you work from potential threats from iran or north korea but there has been strong opposition from russia which is concerned it is the target the czech republic has also seen massive protests activists thomas who took part in the rally says the system will only fuel international tension. check people don't want such a thing here in this country we feel that this will actually undermine the sec

the country accusing viktor bit of our feeling now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide if the future want to be a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena part nine artsy new york. says it has a new leader and the u.s. has a new fear figurehead among. some of bin laden's deputy and is now heading the terrorist organization and terrorism expert phil reese's told me that it doesn't matter who leads are qaeda as long as washington uses a perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action. i think the west was. was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently he used al-qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then he used those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states going to attack drone attacks in certai

makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president viktor you have a quote which it is not the first time that you're getting a shadow is is on the trial in two thousand and one she. charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly a lot of the supporters of your tymoshenko are ready to besiege the court building until they hear pain use coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public under arrest due to this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it. and. the reporting right now the russian president is delivering on his promise to decentralize power in the country giving the region's a greater say in politics dmitri medvedev wants to appoint the current governor of some petersburg as the new head of the upper house of the russian parliament he's peter all of us has details on this. valentino. guaranteed to be the next speaker of the federation council the upper house of russian parliament but these members of the f

the country accusing viktor bit of arms dealing now finds itself accused of political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide if the boot future walk to a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena point nine artsy new york and if you want to furnish yourself with more background and analysis about this long running story head to our call there we got the data at the time one of the old vic to boot case you can see how it all unfolded. with one of the highest teen suicide rates in the world russia is now being jolted into action to try to reverse a worrying trend but experts say it's not that simple because there are several causes that can lead to tragedy if left i've noticed results is exam a boy to reports no compassion is a cure but sadly it's a remedy that all too often is too hard to come by. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for the adult lives that lay ahead of them the teachers pointed to bullying or the broader student who it seemed had her future figured out wish it were a stage i want to bec

the country accusing viktor bit of arms dealing now finds itself accused of political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide picked a future wanted a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the or her in a fortnight artsy new york. recap of the stories that shape the way kids are coming your way in just a few words. through a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow is encroaching upon the earth to. leave early twenty first century military bases a network of military bases all around the forms of the empire that the united states is trying something that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have foreign bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in cross our bases are fine as are the noises our nor

the country accusing viktor route of arms dealing now finds itself accused of political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide if the group future today our political pressure after size by the us remains evidently the arena point nine artsy new york . for more background and analysis head toward t. dot com where we outlined the data and timeline of the victor boot case and there you can watch how the story unfolded. the elections in egypt might be postponed as the country's current prime minister says a new constitution must be drafted first or the country continues under military rule during which seven thousand people have been arrested since february's revolution activist david king says the uprising to install democracy has so far changed very little. some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government others have been brought up on spirits charges of quote unquote insulting the military but increasingly and certainly given the incredible high number of attentions to pensions of civilians not pensions of people who have you know tried to undermine the reg

the country accusing viktor bit of arms dealing now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide if there be a future to a political pressure at surfside by the u.s. army evidently the arena point nine artsy new york. just about twenty minutes past the hour here at moscow katrin or be here shortly with business news but for our some headlines from around the world al qaeda is second in command has become its and this according to a statement allegedly issued by the organization or here he is believed to have been the operational brains behind the nine eleven attacks we could go he said that osama bin laden would continue to terrify the united states from beyond the grave the former leader with skill. by american special forces in pakistan last month. u.s. a congresswoman shot in the head in january has been released from the hospital after recovering enough to walk and talk again gabrielle giffords still faces daily intensive therapy and may never be able to return to work six people were killed and twelve others injured in the arizona shooting that t

the country accusing viktor bit of are dealing now finds itself accused of political harm first come october an american jury will decide picture of the future to say our political pressure after side by the us remains evidence that they are very important i r.t. we'll. be back in a couple of minutes with headlines here to stay with us. if . russia would be soo much brighter if you knew about someone from focused impressions. from stone totty dot com. we'll. bring you the latest inside systems technology from the realm for sure. we've got the future covered hungry for the full story we've got it firsthand.

the country accusing viktor bit of our feeling now finds itself a political arm twisted come october an american jury will decide it to be a future wanted a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army evidently we are far enough apart nine artsy new york. told not up to some of the world's other big stories at the moment in our day to a strong destruct nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital and left at least five people dead this is. the scene in cars on fire sending a thick pillar of smoke into the sky police say the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber. in the country's northwest has also been hit by a blast that left three children dead and several injured authorities blame radical muslims for the attack. after organization claims its temporarily knocked the cia's public website off line the group known as security also opened a phone line for people to suggest who it should hack next previously targeted major firms which it says work against people's interests and is down to public sites ranging from the us senate to sony pictures grinds the web pages to

approval to a chunk of calls a trial a farce claiming it's orchestrated by her political rival president viktor yana college if convicted she faces up to ten years in jail. it's cheap effective and highly toxic and a cell phone as a pesticide banned in most countries but still widely embraced by farmers in india however its use carries grave consequences with a whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems and while the government claims there is no affordable alternative to the chemical ordinary families are paying the price well you might find some of the images i'm pretty sure there's reports disturbing. this girl's body is the size of a baby but in reality she's five years old in her short life syria has endured an operation to reduce the size of her abnormally large head and she's not the only one suffering like this the doctors who have to put it into our child's hand otherwise there would be complications. and serious mother thinks she knows what's caused it here in the cashew plantations in india southern state of carola the government sprayed a highly controversial

the country accusing viktor booth of arms dealing now finds itself accused of political harm was to come october an american jury will decide picked up a future want to be a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army and evidently the arena fortnight artsy new york. well for more background and law says head to our team dot com where we outlined the data and time live in the victor boot case and there you can also watch how the story unfolded. if. elections in egypt might be postponed as the country's current prime minister says a new constitution must be drafted first while the country continues to be under military rule very rich around seven thousand people have been arrested since february revolution activists david king says the uprising to install democracy has so far changed very little some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government but others have been brought up on periods charges of insulting the military but increasingly and certainly given the incredible high number of detentions detentions of civilians not conscience of people who have you know tried to un

the country accusing viktor bit of arms dealing now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide picture of the future wanted a political pressure at your side by the u.s. army evidently the arena part nine artsy new york just turning twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you without say the greek prime minister is set to announce the makeup of his new government and seek a vote of confidence in parliament all of this after coalition talks with opposition parties fail george papandreou has been trying to push through more cuts to secure billions of euros in a second you and i m f bailout the plan it sent over twenty five thousand angry people onto the streets of athens on wednesday while unions held the generals. protesters clashed with police who fired tear gas at the demonstrators also threw rocks and petrol bombs there were a number of arrests on interest some of the protesters are trying to block off the parliament to stop m.p.'s from getting in so they can vote on the new austerity plan british m.p. for raj believes the bailout

court as a farce orchestrated by her political rival president viktor yanukovych and convicted she faces up to ten years in jail. egypt's fragile in terms of leadership is facing the strain with renewed violence on the streets officials have ordered a probe into clashes in cairo which have left more than a thousand people injured during today's approach asked riot police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators and pelted officers with stones and firebombs arrest began over the slow pace of prosecution of senior officials and police officers accused of brutality during the mass uprising in february activists are also calling for the speedy implementation. of reforms demanded during the republic toppled president mubarak analyst pepe escobar says many are frustrated by the lack of change. the regime is still in place and the political parties and the political forces who articulating for the next elections they don't care about this they are just what we can i sing to grab political power later on and do it young generation the connected deal employed young intellectuals of egypt now they'

makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president viktor going to approach it is not the first time that you're getting a stand go is is under trial in two thousand and one she was. charged with smuggling russian gas clearly of the supporters of you to a central r. rated to besiege the court building until the year ended us coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public on the rest of this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it makes you know just good reporting that the russian president is the liberal on his promise to decentralize power in the country giving the regions a grace the same politics and the commitment of wants to appoint the current government simply does but it is the new head of the upper house of the russian parliament all teams peace all of them has more first. problem to. guarantee to be the next speaker of the federation council the upper house of russian solomons these and members of the federation c

makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president viktor you have a quote which it is not the first time that you have to a shadow is. on the trial in two thousand and one she. charged with smuggling the russian gas into your brain clearly a lot of the supporters of you it was so go are rated to besiege the court building until they hear any news coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public under wraps due to this in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it . reporting there from ukraine and now to some international news in brief before you leave joins us with the latest business news tens of thousands of gathered in the yemeni capital after friday prayers calling for president ali abdullah saleh to go the country been stuck in a political impasse since february which has claimed one hundred sixty seven lives currently still recovering in saudi arabia from injuries sustained in an attack on his compound earlier this month meanwhi

and the lawyers for alleged international arms dealer viktor boot prepare to challenge a new york court on the legality of his extradition to america the russians been awaiting trial since his arrest in thailand over three years ago. well those are the headlines here on r.t. and in half an hour's time my colleague bill daughter will be here for now though our financial guru max kaiser takes a look behind the arab spring and why he thinks the i.m.f. and world bank loans would just create new dictators and north african countries thanks for watching. for the full story we've got it for the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. first . this is the kaiser important money is getting tight i'm reading that the state of ireland is actually scavenging the sea floor looking for a copper left by the telecommunications industry to sell for scrap their drudging their own seabed first scrap copper that's how bad it is in ireland and around the world let's get all the updates from steve so you heard max actually you know that story reminds me of the seventy's when inflat

prosecuted and believes this this case is completely political and is being orchestrated by president viktor yushchenko of each so we are following all the developments clearly this trial will not last for one day this will be a long process for several maybe for several weeks even months maybe months and we of course waiting for any developments on this story and what the judge and the court has to say about whether you get a machine go is really involved in money in money back. well meant and. tax evasion as it's been said by the prosecution. all right well it's not the first time the expert here is accused over the misuse of funds tell us more. well this time we understand that you had too much employees being charged with many different things with many different financial crimes but the most important one as we understand according to the prosecution is that she is charged with striking unlawful gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine the prosecution says that due to those unlawful contracts ukraine lost more than four hundred million u.s. dollars there are also several charges t

want to get their hands on alleged russian arms dealer viktor well the answer is just to wiki leaks cables away we'll have more on that case. good afternoon it's thursday june sixteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our team take a look at the big news coming from capitol hill today. we're waiting for anthony weiner to walk through that door go up to the microphone and announce that he is resigning from the u.s. house of representatives and this is congressman anthony weiner about to announce his resignation let's listen and so today i'm announcing my resignation from congress. so there you have it he's almost exactly four minutes for a lot of anger in that room for the hackling are there seeds of a potential if he were to come back in that. believe it or not winner's resignation is not the most important news you need to know coming from the nation's capital as united states continues its military intervention in libya the two branches of government are now battling it out as a result ten members of congress are suing the president in an attempt to

the country accusing viktor bit of our feeling now finds itself a political arm twisting come october an american jury will decide picked a future to be a political pressure at their side by the u.s. army evidently the arena part nine artsy new york. times on top of the world's other big stories at the moment on the world cup they destroy the strike nigeria's police headquarters in the country's capital leaving at least two people this is report seen bodies at the scene in cars on something a thick plume of smoke into the sky and he said the explosion was caused by a suicide bomb attack on his two blasts at a police station and a church in northeast nigeria a week ago which killed eleven people. have. organization claims it temporarily knocked the cia's public web site offline the group known as security also opened a phone line for people to suggest who it should connect to previously targeted major firms which it says work against people's interests and it's down public sites ranging from the us senate to sony pictures it grinds the web pages to a halt by bombarding them with reques

makes this case political and she describes it as the one being orchestrated personally by president viktor you have a quote which it is not the first time that you have to a sham go is. the trial in two thousand and one she was. charged with smuggling the russian gas into ukraine clearly the supporters of you to assemble are ready to besieged the court building until they hear any news coming from inside and will clearly be seeing more public and rescue to this case in the next several weeks or maybe even months but we'll be following all the details and bringing you the latest details as soon as we get it. we'll be back with some of our top stories we just have five minutes but off of the business with you to stay with us life in moscow. hello that's right time for your business update and oil prices have stabilized after dropping almost five percent on thursday that was on the back of a surprise announcement by the international energy agency that sixty million barrels of oil would be released from strategic reserves is all of the thirteen in history the he has sanctioned the release of