number one, absolutely partner with the iranian opposition, wondering why washington or brussels fort matter, not supporting the arab kind of spring for iran and iranian spring, that would help us a lot and of course coordinate sanctions not just with the europeans, but the arab countries very concerned about the iranian-- >> a very good point, but people have done uprising there for overthrowing the iranian government in tehran and been met with such brutal force, and an arab spring there would be almost nearly impossible to do there right now, wouldn't it. >> that's not what the iranian leadership of the opposition are telling us or posting all over the world. if we had the right word at the right time as we did for egypt, libya, maybe and knowing that the naunl community is with them. >> kelly: always good to have you share your insights and one country we'll be watching very closely is our greatest ally over there, israel in the middle east, watching the developments in iran very closely. walid phares, thank you. >> thank you. >> patti ann: a major shake-up on the campaign trail.

you think washington and he really are ready to turn a new page with the nor i don't think washington or brussels play any role in the current situation. we can see more about that maybe five six months from now when this situation has become hopefully more stable and more clear in north korea right now i think the parties that really matter are china as a potential supporter and also south korea because a lot depends on the how. south korea will be able to maintain security at the border. and it is a new leader if he takes over he might be more reform oriented you know so little about it it's very hard to tell at this point and of course one of the main sticking points in north korea's relations with the rest of the world is its controversial nuclear program how do you see this developing now do you think you can expect any sort of a change. again that depends on one of those three scenarios if kim jong un takes over i think north korea will continue to play the nuclear card as a bargaining chip in negotiations if a collective leadership along the chinese example will be installed there are chan

brussels. also washington's ride to extradite people from the u.k. without offering evidence of the or guilty leave british m.p.'s to call for the abolition of a controversial treaty. coming up next is a story of profits before hundreds of lives that's part two of our special report on the oil companies destroying the indigenous population and nature of the amazon . why do you believe the locals were affected by cancer when it's letters. hygiene conditions are terrible actually all the drinking water in eastern ecuador is. we have analysis results that show the water contains excrement residues meaning that it comes from the native stepha cations that is what causes cancer and all other illnesses if you constantly drink water with feces that it since you were a child let's see if that doesn't cause you some serious illness. and all those stomach cancer is definitely. another cause of cancer is the lack of protection. against sexual relations around the age of eleven or twelve but there is no control or hygiene. or. that is why there are so much cancer amongst women. i would like to tel

brussels. also washington's right to extradite people from the u.k. without offering evidence of the or guilt leaves british m.p.'s to call for the abolition of the controversial treaty. now many in the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie russia has seen a post-election frenzy this week many of those dissatisfied with the results two to venting their anger on the streets this culminated into the biggest opposition rally in the country's recent history but the spy ominous predictions it passed peacefully. cross live to a correspondent in duluth of us more on this so rita tell us more about the week's rallies. well this is this is probably the biggest rally russia has seen in the past twenty years according to the police estimates twenty five thousand people have gathered in most goes this square to express their protest and what they say were fraudulent elections they did not agree with the force that was the. the preliminary results of the polls which took place last sunday they say that they demand a recount just as one of their major requests again the rally of co

or talked to our correspondent in moscow on the rallies a little later in the program. now the russian foreign minister has also reacted to washington's criticism of the election he's on his way to brussels for russia a nato summit has asked city is there. foreign minister sergey lavrov had said that by using the always seen as a platform to express those grievances referring to the russian elections was a disrespect to the o. a c. simply because that wasn't for him that wasn't the place for such opinions to be expressed so he did question the intentions of hillary clinton but. regrettably some of my colleagues prefer to use this platform to make statements which have nothing to do with. this was exactly the case with hillary clinton who apparently came here for the sole purpose of scoring points with voters in america she left after making her speech and many other ministers last early as well which only underlines the critical condition. but it's also made reference to be a protest in moscow comparing that kind of action up you know with the o.e.c.d. is not a place for rallies like the places in moscow where people came out to voice their grievances and then walk away he also said that

. >>> if you're used to watching gridlock in washington, you might be pretty impressed by what happened today in brussels. the latest in a series of do-or-die summits aimed at saving the euro and ending the european debt crisis could have been just another photo-op. instead, at least 23 of the 27 countries that make up the european union, including the 17 countries that use the euro, agreed to strict and enforceable new caps on deficits. three other countries said they'd think about it. britain is not on board but the deal is done and the markets are relieved. european shares are up sharply. wall street, too, is bouncing back from yesterday's sell-off, up 159 points on the dow. my colleague richard quest had a front row seat for the ear bending and arm twisting. so richard, who wins, who loses in this agreement? >> in the short term, the mere fact that they managed to do a deal to have stricter rules on deficit, the way they're going to do their budgetary conditions, all that sort of stuff. there's no question, the your row zone has made good progress today. but they're not going to be able to do it in the way they wanted to, and that's