serious crimes including everything from rape to drug dealing the idea is being put to a public vote in a country with one of europe's largest immigration population supporters of the move say a reversal of friendly policies is needed to protect locals are to test our silly reports ahead of sunday's controversial referendum two years ago twenty two year old dummy on his life was brutally cut short we look at my son was at the carnival with his friend he was just standing and having a conversation when three young men came towards him and started beating him with their fists. beat him until he fell and then started kicking him to death for no reason no reason at all to do there just for fun. details then emerged the victim was swiss the attackers were from the balkans and immigration sentiment rose giving traction to a referendum proposal to make it mandatory for foreign criminals with heavy crimes such as murder and rape to be kicked out of the country just

a year after voting in favor of a law banning the building of new minarets on mosques the swiss are set to return to the polls on sunday with another yes or no decision to make. sure a member of the swiss people's party which initiated this referendum is adamant that the answer should be yes eighty percent of the prisoners in this race prisons are foreigners it's a very high average you see our attitude in these foreigners we have a lot of foreigners into it who behave within the law who respect the law who look for themselves they are welcome here in other words out with a black sheep a sensitive statement to make in a country with more than a fifth of its population made up of immigrants one of the largest in europe wary of a backlash from the e.u. and the world this response and released a counterproposal with amendments to the list of crimes and provisions stating that

deportations must fall within both swiss and international law still either version is seen by some as another anti immigration move adding on to what's been dubbed as a rising wave and immigration sentiment sweeping across the country and the whole of europe can you make a difference between drug dealer who was from nigeria from russia or from india or is a swiss is a drug dealer drug dealer a better one so i don't make a difference between someone who is doing something wrong the law should look whether he's white black or whatever what language you speak for the father of them jani the debate is a personal one he prefers not to divulge his vote. but does say this. who come to. become dilute the violence will be a new problem on the one hand the very idea of a proposed law targeting immigrants has raised accusations of racism and

intolerance but could also be a way of saying that even tolerance has its limits the amount of the outcome of this referendum vote many european nations will continue to face such tough questions the answers to which may keep boiling down to a yes or a no just or silly r t x with. ireland is preparing for massive protests in the capital dublin against government plans to cut spending and slash public sector jobs the country's police have war and some groups may organize riots and cause trouble earlier in the vampire violence broke out during student protests and the e.u. and the i.m.f. are expected to announce a massive bailout for ireland's crippled economy worth more than one hundred billion u.s. dollars portugal and spain insist they could handle their debt problems without external help amid fears they may also need a bailout german economist marcus kerber told r.t. that europe's biggest economies won't be able to pay for others debts forever. the german taxpayer is no longer willing to lease is very very becoming very reluctant

to bail out countries like greece we have the example of very bad governance and we are no longer willing as an either to bail out ireland to fuel an ailing the banking sector i think this is a general incentive this umbrella which the. heads of government have created in under the minutes of the president of the european central bank this is so large that everybody wants to be protected and the more it's raining cats and dogs the more they want to be protected and the portuguese. prime minister and the finance minister pushed island to put themselves under the umbrella to be under the umbrella themselves as quickly as possible this is an inflation of claims to be bailout which will ruin of the eurozone sooner or later germany is economically nor the able to. bailout. the german taxpayer who has a word to say in all that is no longer willing to do saying something like that and

that was marcus kerber professor of political economy in berlin well financial troubles have spread far beyond the e.u. and the republic of georgia is trying to model itself after the united states and anyway can at least you can now celebrate just like washington it's amassed spiraling foreign debt money is being born but where is it all going are you sarah ferguson estimates. anyone who's ever received a hefty credit card bill you know the pain of having to pay off what you well judy could face an eight hundred million dollars in interest payments by twenty thirty. to spiralling foreign debts. basically the level of debt has doubled over three years there is an international norm saying that if a country's external debt which is sixty percent of g.d.p. then the country is considered bankrupt we're currently on top of the forty percent mark if georgia continues this it is entirely possible that we will find ourselves

in that situation. external debt is now a major concern for the country and the government has come under heavy criticism for borrowing so extensively one of the main criticisms has been the government's heavy investment in construction projects such as the freedom bridge which many people have said was completely unnecessary but it was built just a couple of hundred meters away from the bridge that withstood on. with the foreign debt growing the country's economic potential needed to be growing to. that with wine one of its only strong export products and a lack of investment in areas that would generate money government will have no way of paying back what they. think it will be very difficult to cover such a large amount of payment from the state budget and the country may have to refinance the dead meaning that the country will have to take still more money from the international organization and partner countries so just what have they been

spending all that money on. well a new bridge for starters which cash down at an estimated six million dollars. then there's the presidential palaces snazzy new glass dame which guess is between twenty one. million dollars. and a number of other controversial projects including a glass monument and a raid which totaled two hundred nine million dollars. the glass buildings which were symbols dreamed up by president saakashvili to portray a new transparent government now seen as grimly ironic. to spend this money beautification projects this is really say this is a relief. for the. city in carrying such large debts to the country has also done little to improve

the conditions of the population. such. as. expenditure so. economists say this foreign debt is now one of the most serious problems facing the country the georgian government say they've used the money to rebuild the country and forge a bright future but for taxpayers that future it seems carries a multi-million pound price tag that they'll be paying off for a long time to come so fast georgia. and so i had for you this hour here in r.t. let's talk about sex. surfer what kind of condom are you i'm sorry what kind of

condom are you were asking everyone to harm them. he had no idea what it. might have how his bedroom banter is helping save lives in the u.s. capitol. moscow's new mayor has promised that tapping the city's dire traffic problems will be his first priority daily gridlock cost the city over a billion dollars annually and there's also a huge cost to human health but as diapers cover reports moskovitz are still hopeful a solution can be found. the time when moscow streets was bass empty is long gone nowadays the city's traffic jams on a tory as being the world's longest this city has become so congested the problem has been given top priority at a top level the ministers of the miss plan has some good points if at least half of them realize they have found to be fewer traffic jams. that could save

a cabbie like jaroslav up to three hours per day going nowhere the time he would no longer spend breathing in exhaust fumes. of course you won't get a heart attack from one traffic jam co-edit if it several times a day for many air i was at that to other adverse factors and your body will wear out so much faster the problem was born in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's when many of moscow's major roads were planned back then hardly anyone imagined a moscow family owning two or even three cars. despite all recent efforts the speed of traffic has been dropping year on year experts blame it primarily on a severe shortage of space your butt will not over the past fifty years the amount of road building was far from fast enough can you believe that we have three times fuel rods than in paris. the lack of car parking forces drivers to ditch their cars on the sides of the already congested roads and this is the old way of tackling

a problem the new mayor promises a different approach his draft plan suggests among others road widening tolls and removing most ground level pedestrian crossings public transport also faces a major overhaul slower trolleybuses will be chased out of the city center by faster alternatives russia's very g.p.s. glow now satellite system will also be used to monitor jams while traffic cops will be replaced by automatic eyes all these cameras and monitors only cover forty percent of the city far from enough say the police the system needs updating and modernizing none of which can happen without a serious injection of cold hard cash the mayor is now looking for ways to raise the billions of rubles needed for the changes not everyone though is happy with the scheme a suggestion to ban trucks from the city during daylight has sparked protest from

their drivers not that big of a night time should be for sleeping networking all the people who have rested night so should we. ironically the time saving move could end up costing people more retail companies in moscow claimed it would be impossible to deliver goods at night while replacing large cargo trucks with many smaller bands would trigger a surge in prices other. guys don't drive through the city on their own will burn the nerves and petrol to provide for moscow's every day life we hope they don't think being trucks will mean heaven as follows cause it won't. but most traffic experts agree the mayor's proposals are reasonable as long as it's not just a publicity stunt and the money is found to solve the problem. and in succeeds his name will shine in moscow's history making scenes like this one history.

artsy moscow. and if you've got any opinion on any of our stories had a comment have your say with exclusive coverage video features there's plenty to keep you busy here's a quick taste of what's online right now if. there were any of president mahmoud ahmadinejad doesn't even acknowledge israel's right to exist but find out how some jews have made themselves a new home in the islamic state. in plus the story behind why russian naval bases could soon start appearing around the world and foreign citizens could begin serving in the russian armed forces all the details. now more international stories in brief for you this hour. south korea has reported

a second round of artillery fire near one of its islands in the yellow sea this follows earlier reports of smoking gun fire officials suspect was a north korean training exercise and the news comes as pyongyang warns that u.s. south korean naval drills planned for this weekend are pushing it in slow to the brink of war and a show of solidarity a top u.s. military commander visited the island which was the side of a previous artillery change between the countries earlier this week. senior afghan official has reportedly blamed british secret services for bringing a fake taliban commander into peace talks with u.s. officials and president hamid karzai the u.k. has refused to comment on the reports of a man who claimed to be a high ranking militant milan soor is thought to be a shopkeeper from pakistan the real identity of the fake remains a mystery and the scandal has left the u.s. led coalition red faced after large sums of cash were handed over to the fraudster . a government has opened fire in

a campaign rally in taiwan killing one and critically wounding the son of a former taiwanese vice president the shooting took place at an elementary school a comes on the eve of the local elections were mayors and local officials will be allowed to the five major cities the suspect is in police custody. after receiving a bit of a beating in the midterm elections president obama suffered a pain of a different kind during a basketball game he was elbowed in the mouth during a friendly match on thanksgiving obama was pictured nursing his one with an ice pack injury require twelve stitches but the president's doctor says he'll make a full recovery. perry's confectionery has created a giant chocolate christmas tree to raise funds for charity it took a month to craft a ten metre high tree that will be decorated with chocolate deer and santas pieces of it will go to people who donate money for research into neuromuscular disease. with sexually transmitted diseases on the rise the government in the us has come up

with an action plan to tackle a problem it's launched a crusade against s t d's by encouraging greater use of contraceptives but as artie's christine reports the biggest hurdle can be helping people get to were feeling awkward about the subject. it's a simple question really sir what kind of condom are you i'm sorry what kind of condom are you were asking everyone today on them. to be i've no idea. what it what kind of condom are you. that's kind of personal. but washington d.c. department of health is trying to make it well not so personal so they've launched a campaign they're calling the rubber revolution through her hear the word revolution they think change. in a city where three percent of people are hiv positive higher rate than any other city in the country dr none to come on to elias says change is needed we are having

ads on t.v. on the radio media mixed media facebook twitter on the side of buses we have text messaging people can text and ask where free condoms are they can go get it their website uses bold in your face seventy's style lettering you can even take the quiz to see what kind of condom you are that is if you don't already know what kind of condom are you. small one what kind of what kind of condom are you on the. floor of the technicolor. no but as the washington d.c. health department urges people to have as many condoms as possible the police department here well there are different story several accounts of people arrested for being fact workers in this city the police told them they think we have too many of these on their person to be just another average person looking to get lucky. in this city with the big phallic symbol in the sky at its center many here

are just far too awkward to talk about sex and condoms and what kind of condom are you but some have already submitted videos that have been posted on the website. so why then when everyone knows why people should have safe sex aren't they people think that they're too big commas will be tight the word dressing that people think that'll spoil the moment and our ads address that as well people think that it shows that they don't trust their partner and we try to address that as well this is a bill fact remains when the situation gets dire as it has here local government hopes a few of these will make all the difference in washington christine for sound r t. the appearance of an armored vehicle on the streets a lot of us talk in russia's far east had some locals fearing world war three have

begun but it turned out the owner had simply rolled into town for a little shopping. decommissioned military monster three months ago and it's now registered as a tractor he did say how much the seven ton will cost him cough has already pimped his ride it now has leather seats and so improve cabin a happy owner says the personal carrier will last a lifetime. now the art of drinking and serving tea plays a major cultural role in china the influence has spread all over the world and martin andrews has been learning all about it in this week's moscow out. welcome to the club of culture it opened sixty years ago when the venue is more than four hundred t.v. arises depending on the time of the season but the focus is on chinese traditions a relaxation of the adverts to so many take of the two hours.

and there's no smoking drinking or mobile phones allowed inside here. to avoid the pople to reach. out a perfect way out of moscow out of about ten minutes here in our team before that will take a look at the weekend business update with kareena. hello welcome to our business program good to have you with us policies to stimulate growth are the best way to ensure the economic recovery. according to the president of the world bank it's a view that appears shoplifts odds with the austerity measures being brought in across europe correspondent pool caught up with robert zoellick in st petersburg

this week to discuss the recovery trade. much of the debate is talked about the current account imbalances and sort of rebalancing aggregate demand that has a worthwhile role but i think it needs to be combined with a growth agenda so not only talking about shifting the existing growth but how do you build future growth this is a lot of focus is on infrastructure development where we saw with china in the ninety's ever seen in other developing countries investment infrastructure today can create jobs but also bottlenecks for future productivity growth but this is going to be true for the developed countries too they're also going to have to have their structural reforms in the in the currency area i think you're moving towards a system where the dollar dominance which are going to have the role of. the euro sterling and over time the chinese currency agreement be that isn't ready yet because it's not open capital account and over time the question is how will they move to that issue so the currency issues i think reflects some of the lack of

confidence in the nature of the overall economic recovery and again to put that on the right track i personally think the pro growth solutions are the most important do you believe the us is actively devaluing its currency no i don't think it is now the currency may go down but i don't believe that's the government policy if the traditional developed economies in the west want to machine players to play a more active role here i'm thinking of the. shouldn't they have agreed to. the key financial and. the i.m.f. and the bank i think that's a natural course of development of this new system that we just talked about i mean so part of this is you're moving from a g seven g eight world to a g twenty world which has those countries at the table another part is that over the past couple years we've been able to shift some of the voting shares so the developing in transition countries at the world bank now represent about forty

seven point two percent of the vote we added another chair on our board for sub-saharan africa just as important and that is the staffing so for the first time in the bank's history the level right below mine the three managing directors are all from developing countries our chief economist is from china so i think these are part of the evolution at the same time is developing countries play a larger role they also have to assume responsibilities and that's part of the tension you see whether it be climate change trade growth currencies do you think you'll be the last american to leave the world bank first off those are questions obviously for the shareholders to decide i'm just trying to do the best in my term second it was very interesting how you stated it if you open it up to broader process i hope you're not precluding but if you say i'm the last american that would preclude it but i think that's an important point because just from my own perspective you know while i've served the u.s. government at the state department treasury i personally believe the united states

needs to engage in the international community to engage in multilateral institutions my worry is more sometimes the trends towards isolationism so i think it's healthy when the united states has a role in these institutions now their tradition she would never find a u.s. head of the secretary general of the un other institutions or say for regional authorities so this is what international politics will be about i do believe from my point of view i've tried to strengthen the role of the emerging countries both in senior management and in terms of the voting power and equally important treating them as clients so the age of sort of trying to tell countries what to do is gone. and russian forces close in the red on friday have to advancing on thursday to its highest level in more than two weeks the r.t. has been is down nearly a percent in the my six calls over a quarter of a percent lower most of the blue chips finished in the red bucking the trend with gas problem that at one point two percent higher. now the week has been volatile

for the russian markets with investors worried by debt problems in europe it's thought it's with decent growth in international markets but. tuesday we saw a sharp decline in all markets and actually that was driven by korean problems and second. you wrote on concerns that island is experiencing serious problems and europe will have to help them with with the situation but then we saw the growth wednesday just before thanksgiving day in just a russian market followed because in general suspicion is changing and that's for sure we saw some one to money entering russian markets and we saw the buyers probably first time in many many months i would say industrial which is very very important because from looks very interesting i think the board is saudi to thoughts complex next year by ten percent which was taken by the market very positively and the market also expects that block of about three point five percent

which i would buy to come by and that's also very positive for the market. were very well beat this week and that gives me. hope that said december will be stronger and i think the markets will be expecting the budget expenditures growing in december and that's will cause the markets move further up at least it will give them a good very good support. and those were the highlights of the week but you can always buy most toys if you log on to a website that started out last business thanks for watching.

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welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow here's a look at the top stories a vote for intolerance a crime crackdown switzerland for paris for a referendum on whether to deplore the immigrants caught committing serious crimes this comes after the murder of a local man who was beaten to death by a group from the balkans that led to calls to kick for a nurse who have committed crimes such as murder or rape out of the country. biting off more than you can shoot george of flirts with bankruptcy as the government is plunged into debt partly due to a series of large scale vanity projects charged to the taxpayer georgians want the president to focus on improving living conditions instead. it's all about the money in moscow as the mayor seeks ways to span the city out of traffic gridlock but not everyone is happy with his suggestions as plans include road.