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dancing to a different bead fifty years since the u.s. imposed a crippling trade embargo on cuba some say the policy isn't working and a major rethink is required. meeting of minds the leaders of russia germany and france put their heads together as they try to find a common vision for the future of european security. and russia's green car crash the district's braun calls for a better driver education is a legal racket of selling why systems hampers government efforts to make growth safer. you're watching i see it coming to you live from moscow nine am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now it's fifty years since the

u.s. imposing economic embargo on cuba prohibiting most trade with the island recently there have been some minor policy changes under the obama administration but the main restrictions are still in place costing the u.s. economy over a billion dollars a year parties ganesh reports of the emergence of new factors which could cause a rethink of the blockade. politics aside americans miss cuba at this club in washington d.c. they make most of probably the only thing americans can legally import from the communist island the rhythm. while the love for cuba flourishes on the dance floor it goes cold when the revision of the fifty year old embargo is up for discussion wait a minute. why should we give them after all these years benefits of trade relationships more tourism everything like that when they basically say they're not going to change their system whatsoever but that doesn't stop the u.s.

from dealing with china the same standard that applies for china does not apply for cuba cuba has a communist regime that has a state and dynamic model that is is is sort of very weak and china has a big economic engine in other words you were represented everything were against us it's a totalitarian repressive communist state but oh my china ant land of money and cuba is criticized for violating human rights not without a reason and the harshest criticism comes from a nation that slammed worldwide for preaching human rights at its kuantan of obey prison which it runs in cuba the embargo was the way the us punished the castro regime for seizing power in nine hundred fifty nine directly really really and we've that wiping out the vast share america's had in the cuban economy arguably the idea behind the embargo was to let castro's regime wear out and prompt people

to revolt against it it's been fifty years and it never happened let's lift the embargo will sell more products there more americans will be able to spread their influence there i think it's our best hope for having influence in cuba when that wonderful day comes when the castro regime falls the embargo has been largely seen as in fact if it's given the castro regime a handy excuse for the failures of its socialist experiment it's hurting the very cuban people that we claim to be helping cuba now hosts businesses from here i can about latin america and mainly leaves off its beautiful resorts but booming tourism does not seem to make life easier for every day cubans they're set to make four cents of every dollar a foreign company pays that the government takes the rest but. where has recently taken steps to modernize its economy now over half a million people are allowed to engage in small private enterprises but for the us

to lift the embargo there needs to be a pragmatic reason ideological ones have proved unsustainable there's a really strong and i think economic interest people are seeing there are markets tend to be exploited and if we don't take care of them. or we don't jump in europe is just going to feel it for us and that's not nor interest and then there's the question of oil and that's a new thing as well moreover russian and spanish companies are queuing up to help cuba exploited supposedly huge offshore oil reserves the opposition over the embargoed here in washington has long been down to this question will trade with cuba make the castro regime stronger or will it eventually help bring them down but some would argue the regime is not the biggest issue here the u.s. bills with china all right one thing that could make the u.s. really care about cuba is what it can get from it self wrong thing garzon beaches maybe not strong enough oil on the other hand could have

a bigger potential going to check on our t. washington d.c. . still i have three this hour here in our non jews not happy about pledging loyalty to israel. this country defines itself as a jewish and democratic state but if you ask just about any arabs they'll tell you it's heavy on the jewish and draw the line on the democratic find out how the recently adopted loyalty oaths bill is straining uneasy israeli palestinian relations even further plus. trouble drivers are supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a close course like this one that we're on right now as well as study the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow. we look at what puts russia on top of the list when it comes to road deaths. or european security is under scrutiny as the leaders of france germany and russia

meet in the french resort of divel president would be at office to push his proposal yet again for a new security framework to replace the current system which he says is outdated. has more. they're going to be some very serious issues of course on the table as the three leaders tackle various issues relevant not only to the european community but also to the international agenda issues such as stability and the middle east the ongoing situation in afghanistan and iran nuclear agenda those are all going to be discussed by the means of a defined his colleagues from france and germany but it's also the issues of course that are relevant to europe specifically and they are expected to dominate the talks here and specifically the issue of european security proposed by the russian president a little earlier russia's cooperation with the north atlantic treaty organization is also going to be discussed of course and that will be dove tailing into the new proposal for european security plan and various other aspects of european

corporation of course the aftermath of the global financial crisis and the various effects that it has had on bilateral trade on european trade on russia's relations with those members of the e.u. the negotiations to have a visa free regime for russian citizens wishing to travel to europe right now of course we know that russian citizens are obliged to get a visa in order to enter the european union that's according to the shang an agreement that is currently enforced for a number of years of officials have been talking all over the possibility of removing the visa regime and making travel for russians into europe visa free and that is yet another issue that media data for certain to raise with nicolas sarkozy and angela merkel and of course many russians are keeping their fingers crossed that something definitive will come out of those talks as soon as our reporting there now thomas clough from the european council on foreign relations told r.t. that it's improved ties between moscow and poland which is paving the way to

a new era in russia relations. there have been indeed great evidence within the e.u. about how to manage the relationship with russia what we've seen over the last few weeks and months is a narrowing of these divisions and in particular the the very important fact of the polish russian rapprochement has really engineered a whole new dynamic and i think the u. today is much less divided than it was two or three years ago and this is the background against which this meeting has taken place and i would almost argue that it couldn't take place without the background being what it is now i think that's an absolutely crucial fact there was a big split between berlin and also especially about how to manage the relationship with moscow that was a source of strain in the proto tram relationship that is now gone and we are seeing a much more positive than i make overall. german president christian wolf is in turkey while back home the immigration debate is raging his visit comes just days after chancellor merkel admitted multiculturalism has failed in germany next hour

we'll bring you an interview was a journalist and author from berlin no says the problem of integration stamps from religion. as a believer as a muslim you should not learn from an unbeliever you should obey to islam and to the muslims so we have saudi percent of muslims of turkish muslims in germany leaving schools without learning anything they don't have a diploma or anything because their religion tells them to pull have to obey to what the unbelievers tell you this is going to cost conflicts this is going to cause big problems so what i believe that there is a place for muslims in this world and for their culture and there is a place for european and western culture to live in what i don't believe. they will live peacefully together.

israel is facing criticism all rebuild their requires non jewish citizens to swear allegiance to the state governments as a loyalty oath is a necessary step for peace but arabs are refusing to pledge themselves to a country they say is snatching their holy land are to spotlessly or reports this photograph is all that remains from some near the family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago in the middle of the. i started to have problems with the settlers ten years ago they wanted to take all of my own land do you took one house and then they wanted to take this house since then he started rebuilding the only. thing god the supreme court is discovered that documents they changed in. my grandfather papers. but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's

learned a family of israeli settlers now lives on property samir insists is his and his story only one of many. in the two hours we spend here therefore a wrist and the usual round of tear gas rubber bullets and blame and they are because they knew and shouldn't complain about anything they should say thank you israel thank you that we are still here. and they'll be saying a lot more than that if the country's foreign minister avigdor lieberman gets his way he wants all one million arab israeli citizens to pledge loyalty to the jewish state the arab world if they want us to give concessions for peace if they want us to give some sacrifices for peace they should start looking at the us is legitimate state so lieberman has his supporters those who believe there's reason to be suspicious of israeli arabs whoever talks about peace as to who knows us.

but he's also got his detractors arabs and many israeli jews are up in arms this country defines itself as a jewish and democratic state but if you ask just about any arab here they'll tell you it's heavy on the jewish and rather light on the democratic. angry demonstrators take to the streets claiming the next step transferring arab israelis to a palestinian state but the government is doing its best to accommodate lieberman's demands and recently approved the loyalty bill by a twenty two eight majority and the government decided upon it because it wants to make sure that lieberman sparky is a manger is a government it's a lot component of the coalition and. the government under american pressure to freeze settlement building and needs lieberman support but arab citizens like the

windy will never give in all or most of the hell that argument i'm a muslim i'm not allowed to swirl the world you two are jewish the world should i use word two in the first word to them what do i think them for. and those jerusalem announces preliminary plans for two hundred thirty eight new secure homes seems like there's so much more likely than arabs pledging allegiance to an israel that keeps them under the thumb policy r t to level of. and if you have any thoughts on that story in our always go to our website r.t. dot com and leave us your views and we've also got something a bit liar for you and here's a taster of what's online right now. r.t. and ales the secrets behind the russian terminator cocktail tipple to activate your mind and boost your physical power. any probably heard of the red sea and the waxy but what do you know about russia's white sea.

what you know there is a new weekly sled scandal brewing the last the latest allegations suggest a tie in troops have been carrying out secret raids on afghan villages resulting in civilian deaths and those charges come as a country announced plans to withdraw its forces from afghanistan by two thousand and fourteen although before that it intends to join the u.s. led surge and boost the number of italian troops to four thousand by the end of the year journalist from brito miranda says the recent problems stem from the fabby talian government has no idea what it is doing there. it really is part in a war in denial in afghanistan what's happening is that we are there are officially on the. peace keeping rebuilding our reconstruction mission

because that was the way the governments. of the political establishment in general not just the government also the opposition parties sought to detail in public opinion our engagement in afghanistan which is an engagement which is not well seen but a part of the public opinion being very costly in terms of money of course but also in terms of risks and in all. of the lives of our soldiers the problem is that we're not there because our government or our establishment in general is concerned about the situation in afghanistan so we're not really there for strategic calculation if one we are there because it's a way two hundred and differentiate that we have with the united states. also take a look at some other stories from around the world and strikes in france hit the fuel supply hard forcing some powerful stations to close in airlines to cancel a large number of flight street action continues as protesters fight the

government's plans to raise the retirement age from sixty to sixty two students of workers have blockaded schools transport depos and oil refineries doing anything in an attempt to affect the coming vote in parliament this wednesday. a passenger bus in mexico has crashed into an industrial trailer truck catching fire and killing nineteen police say all the passengers and both drivers perished in the accident the bus was heading north from mexico city wanted to hit the vehicle transporting industrial waste authorities say maybe weeks before all the victims can be identified. a wave of model and debris has swept through the south east room to room forcing dozens of families to flee their homes in the middle of the night at the nearby river burst its banks of delusion of muddy water suspecting residents at least fifty homes have been destroyed by the torn so far. russia is infamous for

its bad roads and reckless driving almost thirty thousand people lose their lives in traffic accidents every year and as artie's sean thomas found out the problems start with learning drivers bribing their way behind the wheel. welcome to russia where the roads are notoriously bad driver safety seemingly optional and the traffic notorious there were doing it. with very busy traffic which has been poorly organized and which requires improvement interchanges have been made inefficiently of traffic lights haven't been working properly and road signs are located in such a way that drivers often can't see them all this results in numerous accidents. in two thousand and nine alone there were nearly two hundred four thousand car accidents the human cost was twenty six thousand deaths and more than a quarter of a million people seriously injured the international transportation forum lists russia as having the most traffic deaths per capita in the world many believe

corruption and general lack of knowledge are to blame do you know the traffic signs . i do what does this one mean. i don't know really i don't know oh isn't this amazing temporal drivers are supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a quote of course like this one that we're on right now as well as study the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow. there are two problems with fake driving licenses the first is that criminal groups issue fake licenses of such a high quality that only a specialist can see it's fake people buy a fake license and think it's real the other problem is bribes and driving schools to pass driving tests this girl wishes to remain anonymous but for the purposes of television we will call her cunt yet like many russian drivers she's purchased her license illegally so how much did it cost or well the actual amount is eight

hundred years dollars but there was that money i think should be from a driving school i was supposed to attend classes and so on but i was living in st petersburg at the time so i couldn't shop at the school. but as a country i learned learning how to drive properly isn't as essential as having the proper pay off some of my father's definitions would blackmail me for money and that is why there was no need for me to obtain my license in a traditional way it's easier to buy it he took me to some distant metro station in moscow suburb they are they invited me to a room the issued my driving license to me and took my photograph i was so ashamed i said i am sorry i will really learn how to drive the answer doesn't matter to us . and now even thinks she may be a threat on the road you know yes i have a feeling that i'm a threat to pedestrians a few days ago i feel to see a bicycle rider in the dark i think that can serve as just prompting many to call

for a complete overhaul of russia's driver's education system at this is that it's not enough to fire a bribe taker it's necessary to change the entire system as long as there is demand there will be supply we need real changes at the high level in the interior ministry and probably even at the state management level hopefully making russia's roads a safer place to be sean thomas r t moscow. and we've got some breaking news just in and worse even reports from a fax news agency of shooting either in or around the parliament of russia's republic of chechnya it's being reported there may have been a number of people killed well of course keep you posted here on r.t. as we get more information on this well that brings us up to date for now we'll get some business news from you here in just a few moments don't go away hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get

a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us our technology update on our g. hello and a very warm welcome time to have a look at the world of business the russian government has a fifty dollar reason to improve the country's investment climate it has an extensive program of privatizations it wants to get to the market but is in a different vision reports it's a plan that needs the help of foreign capital. hundred billion dollars has flowed

into the russian economy as foreign investment but it could have been more if not for administrative barriers about access to infrastructure and labor difficulties in the regions it's inadequate training of the workforce number two its difficulties for accessing financing number three its high levels of corruption and number for unfair competition from the grey market the prime minister to nude of the criticism and assured there semblant investors and business people he understood their problems however he was keen to point out the progress that had been made the red tape that had been slashed the fight against corruption and the opening up of the russian market reforms would continue he said pledging that foreign investors could count on getting the same treatment from the officers of state as domestic companies which is in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of investors it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for

those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. the russian government has a strong incentive to quickly improve investor sentiment it has an extensive program of privatization to get away with this many as twenty of the country's biggest state run companies marked for possible sale the finance ministry wants to raise around fifty billion dollars from the assets over the next five years to help cover the budget deficit it's an ambition that will be hard to achieve if i wanted my knees afraid to come here you know when we were business r.t. . let's have a look at how the markets are faring this hour asian stock markets are high on tuesday with indices gaining more than half percent sentiment in the markets quarter left from wall street's rise held by citigroup strong earnings and an improved measure of us have unveiled a confidence in hong kong resource stocks are also high. i also strongly commodity

prices. that we want to rush of the r.t.s. in the miser's have closed in positive territory while there was a last minute rally at the end of the session meeting most of the major players were up on the r.t.s. meeting the gates were spare a bank which climbed more than two percent off to a strong plyometric or to a rebound in oil helped lift energy producers stats from climb to more than one percent. well to report and has approved a plan to give companies working in. a tax holiday the government is keen to encourage gas production in the region which is rich in resources but his heart took sest the plan includes exemption from the resource extraction tax and zero exports juju for liquefied natural gas as well as local tax breaks the terms of tax holidays will be agreed to before the end of the year but will not exceed twelve years. b.p. has agreed to sell assets in venezuela and vietnam to its russian joint venture to

. one point eight billion dollars the deal includes b.p. stakes in three joint ventures in venezuela and two gas fields in vietnam the sale is spot of b.p.'s plan to raise up to set eight billion dollars by the end of twenty eleven to help the company meet its financial obligations after the gulf of mexico oil spill their positions will be financed from team k.b.p.s. own resources and won't require additional debt. versus old projects for global expansion plans to turn k.p. . has adopted for itself in an internet term to diversify and so far out of russia can become a truly global company. so as a starting point i think the first step towards that goal. growth to the modest sized market modestly sized acquisition might be just the right thing. car production in russia has almost doubled in the first three quarters here on here

more than eight hundred thousand to be coals rolled off the assembly line within the period russia's economic ministry said it expected any cop production to nearly doubled by twenty thirteen. and american lowballed phone make a motorola is leaving russia it will close its offices at the beginning twenty eleven and will no longer officially market or distribute its handsets in the country company first came to russia in one thousand one to three and gained a leading position but since two thousand and three it's in its market share steadily declining while now accounts for just one percent of mobile phones sold in the country motorola has set out a number of cost cutting measures this year including plans to close offices in africa and eastern europe. and finally apple has broken its own records with its profits beating analysts forecasts the high tech empire reports net income of full point three billion dollars in the fourth fiscal quarter up seventeen percent from

the same period last year but the main driver is i phone with sales nearly double in the reporting period whether sales of i pad fell short of expectations with analysts still laying hopes on apple's tablet. that's all we have time for we know what you can get more store a small website our two dot com slash business.