treating against the reform we have decided to montreux distance with no possibility of retreat we're here because we have resolved that we have an obligation to complete our planet with these protests miller convincing enough for a news broadcast but do the unions in france really hold any sway at the moment the only thing they've achieved is to cost the already struggling economy a shocking two hundred million euros a day. as the protests spread across the country they got out of control of the unions throughout october the unions had only one tactic left to lead the protests and try to tame them to avert widespread violence because of this the risk we face is greater than just the spread of violence which we face before now we have the blockade of production and disruption to the traffic because of lack of fuel and blocked access to gas stations and fuel. so what has changed between one thousand nine hundred five when the same unions managed to shelf the pension reform in one thousand nine hundred five the unions enjoyed

a lot more public support compared to now where only fifty percent of the people say they would support those on the streets but not go out themselves today only the two main train unions are united in their fight against the pension reform in one thousand nine hundred five most of the existing french trade unions were as one on the streets even prime minister was seen as a cold technocrat and despite the fact that the current french president nicolas sarkozy is not a popular figure in france his popularity ratings are still a lot higher than the former prime ministers but the main difference it seems is that the french people are tired of losing battles that drag on grinding life in the country to a halt. extremist there is an extremist populist radical current in france today that encourages violent actions and this time they went too far. with the people losing patience with not only the government but also the never ending protests it appears public opinion is changing and the trade unions may. well news not only the

battle but the war as well. r t pairs. and stay with us there's a lot more coming your way including. slashes but not the country's best minds are beginning to look elsewhere we speak to the office for the for the stark warning for the future. and a pakistani born american has been arrested for carrying out surveillance on the washington d.c. on the ground as part of a suspected terror plot that is accused of working with people he believed were members of al qaida who were actually f.b.i. agents a u.s. counterterrorism official said there is no indication that was ever in touch with real militants and as artie's marina found out critics say the f.b.i. is increasingly using tactics amounts to entrapment. may two thousand and nine according to the f.b.i. the four men intended to carry out their plan. for african-american muslims are

arrested we have to say sort of paraded in front of new york news cameras presented as the faces of homegrown terrorism even if it was a. jewish facilities here in the branch. of military aircraft. a terrifying plot the f.b.i. claims to have thwarted but suspects quickly dubbed the newburgh four are poor illiterate x. convicts with neither passports nor licenses direction foreign entity or real terrorist group instead direction came from shahid hussain a pakistani immigrant on the f.b.i. payroll reportedly paid nearly one hundred thousand dollars for his services f.b.i. operatives provided the fake c four and actually showed them a fake stinger missile fake weapons and a manufactured terror plot according to court testimony hussein recruited the economically strapped defendants by offering cars in cash to carry out the orchestrated op. then the agent provocateur or testified as the government's key

witness in this nine eleven america the f.b.i. has upped its ante against terrorism like the boiling pot surprise the country question is would there be any thoughts well with our government. to help free despite surprisingly little criticism from amnesty international and human rights watch others have expressed no more over what they term entrapments a prop just considered unacceptable and countries all throughout europe now think it is and nobody is tracking it aleesha macwilliams mccullum is the ont of twenty nine year old david williams one of the new book for she says her nephew is languishing behind bars for a fake terror attack grown in the home of the u.s. government they are out creating scenarios one manufacturing crimes that would not have occurred if you had not planned on. scene into

a community bin ladin is still out there your real terrorists are out there that we should be concerned about and they should use those resources. and those individuals in not sit back and rely on a woman's to make up crime well these are all people that we begin to identify attorney steve downs who tracks cases like newburgh for argues the u.s. government is systematically employing preemptive prosecution targeting those whom officials deem predisposed to committing crimes before an actual crime is committed or taking some really down and rather vulnerable individuals and not only implanting the ideology of jihad on them giving them all the things that they need all the material setting up the plan and doing all the research everything else and then grabbing them and then claiming that these were homegrown terrorists it's just a fiction downs created this ten foot wide visual listing the names of individuals . he believes were entrapped by the f.b.i.

government decides that for some reason your ideology is causes them concern because then they can come after you and they can manufacture crimes against you and they can make up a whole case and put you through the whole thing and eventually if they can persuade a jury that this manufactured case is valid you can go to jail for a very long time guilty verdicts for all four men as is the case of david williams and the other three who now face life in prison i don't have slaveholders i got the government owns the government that will so of me or for political gain. and this is a god damned shame as a son said to be a god damn larry king to date. are to new york and coming out of our interview with american professor and historian a norman markowitz who compares modern day america to an iconic movie with millions in the u.s. left home was due to foreclosures and millions more left without jobs. in the

united states. the people who are called the middle class the working class that's a very important point and the consciousness what happens if the working class is not working what are known as you know working class is not working and. then they become what in marxist terms would be the open proletariat the marginalized poor do you know the. utopian movie playground or if you're a world where you have a small group of enormously powerful super corporations and a world and the masses of people living in a kind of endless slum and the rich in that in that the whole the elites are planning to colonize outer space but if we are showing to the other planets that in speaking of you know the elite rolling the situation on the masses really being in terrible conditions many are saying that that is what's going on right now yeah

well so it's not it isn't it is yes yes no it's not a fantasy at all. and you can see the full interview and about twenty minutes time here on our team. they do that users across the globe can now have a sigh of relief after the man thought to be the world's biggest spammer was revealed thirty one year old igor gosa is accused of being behind a fifth of the world's junk e-mails and he's now on the run. you might not have noticed that there have been less spam messages churning around the internet every day in the past few weeks in fact fifty billion less spammers are a source for hard to find and how vast networks acquire is controlled computers to pass on emails but it seems that once you do start looking in the right place the results can be fast dramatic officials say the recent fall in spam emails is because the world's most prolific spammer has done a runner i hope we will be in

a cage. where it depends on on there he moved recently. although no pictures of him are available bigger goose of is suspected of flooding the web with bogus marketing. according to the law he might get as much as five years in prison for this kind of crime we can't tell at this point how much money he has an easy counts he's considered the biggest spam and based on his grabbing knees and the number of messages he was sending. goose effused the website spam it dot com and glove med dot com which supposedly paid spammers to promote fake versions of prescription drugs often quite new blee anyone who responded to the mails will be paying to further the scam rated as the internet's largest such operation but with the russian police investigation closing in on who serve who still to fled the country searches of the seven removable hard drives for flash

cards and three laptops found in his moscow apartment may bring charges related to his online empire which reportedly made him over a million dollars both to serve and his lawyer have denied he promotes spam but now that he's gone the amount of prescription drug related junk mail has dropped significantly amounting to a fifth less daily spam traffic worldwide spam itself is a big problem for everyone so from this point of view yet it is a pretty dangerous and currently the node is the. number of spot especially a pharmaceutical spare computer security companies however are being cautious warning that spam volumes could quickly spring back to the previously high levels tom watson r.t. . the obama administration has come in for heavy criticism after a computer glitch knocked fifty us in a continental ballistic missiles offline for a forty five minutes then i believe the white house is taking too much responsibility for global nuclear security rather than sorting it out sorting out

its own problems but the mistakes in computer systems is something which is ongoing in you know in the storage and deployment it's known and documented invariably the news doesn't get out. and. public opinion is that we don't inform i think that we are at the very dangerous crossroads. notwithstanding this this incident in wyoming because the united states and its allies nato have. nuclear weapons that not only are there rather but several other countries they have said that they can use these weapons all the preemptive basis political allies to michelle just ask is there an tan's kristensen from the federation of american scientists as washington's nuclear policy has to objectives but it's impossible to achieve them both. if you talk about the

importance of nuclear disarmament and how to get there are concrete steps. and at the same time also talk about the importance of maintaining a strong nuclear terror and for the indefinite future how are you going to square those two objectives which one is most important and how can you show and demonstrate that you're more making more progress on one of them than the other and so this is the big dilemma of course for policy like that of the obama administration so this is a big big unknown how are we going to move forward on this and get down to significantly lower numbers without bleachers like this and there is the expectation that some people in congress will try to who go on to this particular incident and use that as an excuse for why they should not ratify the new start treaty whether it comes to that. i don't know we'll have to see but i certainly hope not. their options of to volcanoes in russia's far east have caused an entire

town to be covered in ash more than five thousand people have been forced to stay at home with their windows shut do almost zero visibility most of the roads in the region are closed the volcano are still spewing ash and one of them also were up to the last year as more than two dozen active will cain. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world and the death toll from the double disasters of the tsunami ambuhl kaino in indonesia has reached a worth three hundred forty hundreds are still missing after of the tsunami triggered by a massive quake struck off western samoa over twenty thousand people have been forced to seek refuge in shelters and rescue workers couldn't reach victims for two days due to bad weather. solomon ladan is threatened france over the recent data veils and its support of the u.s. in afghanistan the comments were made in an audiotape which has been aired on al-jazeera and said that the ban of the burka justifies violence against french

people and this is the first time france has been specifically targeted by al qaida . in haiti international aid workers and the u.n. are trying to put a stop to the spread of cholera samples are being taken from the river near a nepalese peacekeeping base over fears ways from the side caused the deadly outbreak at least three hundred people have died so far and over four and a half thousand have been hospitalized. british prime minister david cameron has flown leaders of other nations urging them to reject a planned six percent rise in next year's budget it's believed the rise will cost the u.k. an additional nine hundred million pounds a year increasing the country's contribution at a time of domestic budget cuts cameron has already been criticised by the opposition labor party for failing to stand up for british interests. staying in britain where britain is already beginning to suffer from the drastic

consequences of the huge budget cuts announced last week the country's universities are among the sectors affected as artie's lore and found out top academics are starting to look abroad for better funded research positions. oxford city of dreaming spires and academic excellence but not for long according to some if the government refuses to support it professor brian foster loves oxford he's a particle physicist head of one of the leading research departments in the world but he's also a reluctant participant in a brain drain as scientists abandon the u.k. for better funding abroad everything about oxford is fantastic except that before getting to do our research from the government you know perpetually going down becomes a point when you can no longer even with the best people do what you need to do so professor foster's off to hamburg where the government will give him

a million euros a year to research into whatever he likes plus a generous salary that's a lot of money he says roughly half what he gets in oxford to run his entire department with thirty academic staff and all that entails for now britain has one of the best research reputations in the world held by prestigious universities like oxford but some academics believe that ranking could be undone within five years if funding is withdrawn and this is a time when other countries like singapore france and germany are increasing their budgets scientific research got off relatively lightly in the government's recent spending cuts it will see only nine percent of its money disappear due to inflation in the next four years instead of the feared twenty five percent hold coalition government has recognized the importance of science and research for the future of the british economy so even in these tough times when we have to save money we're

protecting the science and research budget in cash terms it's going to be stable for the next four years but it may be too little too late the u.k. has international agreements with institutes like cern in switch. and and it's already finding it difficult to meet its obligations in the past three years it's withdrawn from several such agreements since the time i've been here the amount of funding that we received in oxford which is one of the world's leading universities and this is one of the world's leading particle physics groups has dropped by approximately a factor of two sort of size of my department now is about one half of that in terms of support staff technicians engineers but it was when i arrived dreaming spires they may be but if the government continues to cut funding academics say the only thing they'll be trimming of is former glory nor am it artsy oxford. and looking ahead financial analyst max geyser and state herbert explore and new

possible cause of the financial crisis this time purely medical one what are these kinds of reported eleven thirty g.m.t. but here is a preview. they cause credit crisis for kicks bankers blew up the financial system for the thrill of it according to one british academic there's a masochistic element to dealing with the client some of them enjoy getting you know roughed up by the broker those are your best clients it's not about fraud so much it's about six psycho financial terrorist i've got a financial terrorist right here is to see that looks like lloyd blankfein to remax you know this lloyd blankfein c.e.o. of goldman sachs is a financial terrorist so now since these guys have been proven to be very ill and psychologically addicted to losing people's money what's happening in the foreclosure fraud stacey is knowledge is coming out now that for example a three hundred thousand dollar mortgage that they foreclosed on they get paid like

nine million dollars on a credit default swap because they're pathologically trying to kill people it's it's an extension it's a whole a cost so this man as a whole the cost perpetrator lloyd blankfein so i'm trying to think what would you do to him should we waterboard him how about waterboarding lloyd blankfein. and we terminated twitter account is again and the spotlight this time the russian presence posted a link to a clip from a popular t.v. show poking fun at he's summer holidays. typically doesn't she go yes just shocked me i'm relaxing here like an ordinary man i can do everything by myself and with no help stop sticking berries to the bushes still prefer this proof you too pretty to do dogs to make them unique likely to birds you just let you leave like you need to be. and russian president says he enjoyed the

program even though he was the bot of some of the jokes it as a well known fad of modern communications technology and his blog which he started in june during a visit to california as war than a hundred thousand followers. want to argue life for moscow and looking had will report on the things which helped build our civilization and still find innovative new applications today i have more in our technology update program in about two hours time here on r.t. . well. the feelings continue to bacteria strike let me just see a slight little trickle magic has better players in the sky seeds of hope to protect our hearts here so you know we can provide such accuracy to many forms. of technology. and. we've got the future covered.

and business update is coming your way with kareena so stay with us. hungry for the full stop we've got it's. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. and i welcome to business good to have you with us this hour took a dialogue has been in talks with both radio and this hour about the possibility of selling its stake in russian comic after the us troika ran oh and state holding

russian technology each on twenty five percent of after asked for a no see all colors gone spoke exclusively to business r.t. at the world economic forum for the middle east and north africa on wednesday and he explained the french and japanese firms position on the map. but we have a desire to buy choice a dialogue share and after vials and we are in negotiations however we have not come to any decision yet we are not in a hurry and have plenty of time however both renault and nissan are interested in buying troika dialog share. the heat wave in russia this summer has helped coca-cola put some visit in sales coca-cola headache bottling company says the weather coupled with improving economic conditions led to a thirty percent increase in sales the company has fourteen plans and seventy five distribution centers in russia. now let's take a look at the markets asian stock markets are mixed ahead of earnings from the

region's major companies shares of perms that have reported strong results for in the man canon jobs more than four percent after the company raised its full year operating profit forecast hong kong's hang seng its like you helped by strong earnings from the banking sector. and european stocks open high as investors digest earnings reports from some of the current continent's biggest firms in london the footsie is up half a percent as shares of royal dutch shell game one point four percent after the all john reported increases in quarterly profit after production. in russia markets are trading higher thursday the r.t.s. has reversed the rally against the my six is up almost half a percent most benchmark shares prices are gaining up two percent. greece may have a greater budget deficit for two thousand and ten than the eight point one percent agreed as part of a rescue package from the i.m.f. and the e.u. the new york times reports it may reach eight point nine percent of the country's

g.d.p. investors fear that greece will be unable to close the gap ten year bond yields have jumped to ten point three percent from a nine point three percent on the news. and stay with the e.u. the european commission plans to launch a legal proceedings against its own member states that pay over flight fees to russia the move is a roundabout measure by a commission to eliminate billions of dollars in fees that russia charges european airlines to fly over siberia germany france could move and austria will be the first to face proceedings but the other twenty three member states are also under investigation the commission says the deals with russia break rules that require all the e.u. citizens and companies be equally treated. ten k. b.p. could invest up to two billion dollars at a shell gas projects in ukraine studied screech and the russian british oil company says it could put in fifty million dollars in the first stage which involves drilling six test wells a tank a b.p.

warns the investment would be possible only once a memorandum has been signed with ukrainian government. russian biggest dairy producers when bill done has bought back eighteen percent of its shares from doug known for four hundred seventy million dollars the deal marks the end of the french food companies involvement in the been done which started eight years ago the transaction was able to proceed after the government approved the merger of donald's new production in russia with ukraine you know. about one fifth of russia's insurance companies are facing bankruptcy the insurance watchdog said out of seven hundred firms up to two hundred fifty are in financial difficulties however major market players say the industry is in need of some rationalization. though so not a very real bill joe sells a business or leaves a market people waiting for market. through the whole affair of the market of companies believe probably exceeds five for some small real cost the most will not

strongly be affected by. the market. russian state care flawed has entered into a sponsorship agreement with n.b.a. team the new jersey nets owned by russian billionaire mikhail prokhorov this is the first time an air force has supported a professional sports team in the united states the deal's been agreed for two years but team representatives hope it will be extended this is the second sponsorship contract stevens signed with the russian company it agreed to a five year alliance with style. earlier this month. that's all the business the finale but you can always read more stories on our website if you log onto our t dot com it's.

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the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome back with a look at the top stories here in our two how to make an alley the f.b.i. is facing a backlash over its approach to dealing with homegrown terror critics say agents help organize quads simply for the p.r. boost against one of the soils their. global jongg e-mail has fallen by a record fifty billion a day after the man thought to be the world's biggest spammer was tracked down. and frank gandy had out on the streets to protest against pension reform angry at the start of the new bill closer to becoming law. as they have eyes here in r.t.m. to discuss the differences between the way europeans americans are dealing with the economic downturn artie's on us as you talk in

a speech to professor at historian norman markowitz. or to sitting down with professor and historian norman markowitz sir thank you very much for joining us today you are welcome i'd like to be i'd like to kick start our conversation by drawing parallels and really. comparing the situation that is going on in europe right now and in the united states in europe and here we have a lot of people that are very disappointed with the consequences of economic crises that took place and in europe we're seeing dozens of cities filled with people rallying really disappointed expressing their outrage in the united states silence why is that why i wouldn't say they're silent at all. the political situations are very different the united states elected barack obama by no means a radical on.