and supporters of the move say every verse of a friendly policies is needed to protect locals are just as are so he reports ahead of sunday's controversial referendum two years ago twenty two year old life was brutally cut short we know that 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 on the head beat him until he fell and then started kicking him on the beat him to death for no reason no reason at all they did it 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 people with a. heavy criminal currier there is no place for them its roots are that is the idea we have. a growing powerful criminality in switzerland raping. killing people and so on and for heavy it's for against heavy cream you know they cannot longer stay in switzerland. 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 counter proposal 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 a drug dealer who was from nigeria from russia 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. what language you speak for the father of the the debate is a personal one he prefers not to divulge his vote but does say this because those who come to switzerland if they don't become delinquent or violent then there will be no 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 cilia r.t. zurich switzerland. 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 warned some groups may organize riots and cause trouble earlier in the vampire violence broke out during student protests in dublin 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 email so need a bailout german economist marcus kerber told r.t. that europe's biggest economies won't be able to pay for other stats 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 and germany is economically not able to. bail out. the german taxpayer who has a word to say in all that is no longer willing to do saying something like that and that is marcus kerber professor of political economy in berlin. financial troubles

have spread far beyond the e.u. the republic of georgia is trying to model itself after the united states in any way can and tbilisi can now celebrate just like washington it's a mass spiralling foreign debt money is being born but where is it all going first investigates. anyone who's ever received a hefty credit card bill you know the pain of having to pay off. well judy could face an eight hundred million dollars bill in interest payments by twenty thirty she 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 at over 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 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 the new bridge for starters which kashdan 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 chance parents government now seen as grimly ironic. to spend this money. this is really say this is really for. the city in carrying such large debts for the country has also done little to improve the conditions of the population.

such. as being. healthy 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 children. also have a sour let's talk about sex. certain kind of condom are you i'm sorry what kind of condom are you were asking everyone today on them. to be no. idea

what. about how this bedroom banter is helping save lives in the u.s. capitol. now moscow's new mayor has promised that tackling the city's dire traffic problems will be his first priority daily gridlock cost the city over a billion dollars annually and there is also a huge cost to human health but as our school reports mosque advisor still hopeful as solution can be found. the time when mosque is streets was this empty is long gone nowadays the city's traffic jams on a tourist being the world's longest the city has become so congested the problem has been given a 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 bound to be fewer traffic jams that could save a cabbie like yaroslav 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's several times a day for many i was at that 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 you're in most 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 early g.p.s. glow now set a wide 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 protests from their drivers. should be for sleeping not working all the

people everest at night so should be. 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 bans 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. his name will shine in moscow's history for making scenes like this one history. artsy moscow. i've got an opinion on any of our stories have over and have your say with

the close of coverage videos and features plenty to keep you busy here's a quick taste of what's on the line right now. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad doesn't even acknowledge israel's right to exist but find out how some have made themselves a new home state. plus the story behind why a russian naval base start appearing around the world and foreign citizens could begin serving in the russian armed forces all the details. take a look at some other stories from around the world and south korea has reported a second round of artillery fire near one of its islands in the yellow sea this falls earlier reports of smoke and gunfire officials suspect was

a north korean training exercise the news comes as pyongyang warns that u.s. south korean naval drills planned for this weekend are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war and a show of solidarity a top u.s. military commander visited the island which was the side of the previous artillery exchange between the countries earlier this week. and the u.s. has briefed a number of foreign governments about the expected to release of diplomatic files by the whistleblower website wiki leaks the cables are thought to include private assessments of foreign leaders and could erode trust in the u.s. as a diplomatic partner the website says the publication will be seven times larger than the pentagon files related to the iraq war published in a tobar the white house can dam the release of warns it will put lives at risk. police leaders in a row have secured control over a full bell after days of violent clashes with drugs gangs the brazilian army was deployed to help police restore order in one of the city's forest areas thirty five

people are reported to have been killed in the past six days residuals trying to reduce violent crime ahead of hosting the football world cup in twenty fourteen. 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 albo to the mouth during a friendly match on thanksgiving obama was pictured nursing is one with an ice pack an injury required twelve stitches but the president's doctor says he'll make a full recovery. and in france a famous confectionery has created a giant chocolate christmas tree to raise funds for a nationwide charity event it took a month to create a tan meter high tree that will be decorated with chocolate deer and santas pieces of chocolate will go to people who donate money for research and they were muscular diseases. now with sexually transmitted diseases on the rise the

government in the us has come up with an action plan tackle that to tackle the problem it's launched a crusade against it by encouraging greater use of contraceptives but artie's christine for reports the biggest hurdle can be helping people get over 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 what kind of condom are you. that's kind of personal. the 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 on what kind of what kind of condom are you on them. before he protect the condom you know 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 simply 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 and words i think that people think that will spoil the moment in 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 impulse 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. now the appearance of an armored vehicle on the streets of lot of a stop 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 victor punk bought the decommissioned military monster three months ago and it's now registered as a tractor and see how much the seven ton vehicle cost him one call for has already pimped his ride it now has leather seats at a sound first cabin the happy owner says a personal carrier will last a lifetime. how the art of drinking and serving tea plays a major cultural role in china that influence has spread all over the world a margin andrews has been learning all about it in this week's moscow out. welcome to the club. culture you know open sixty years ago in the venue is more than one hundred t.v. righties depending on the heart of the season but the focus is on chinese traditions and relaxation and the adverts to serve me take of the two hours. and there's no smoking drinking or mobile phones allowed inside here. to go in the

purple to. smoke. now the perfect in an hour's time here in our team before that will take a look at what's happening in business with kareena. welcome to our business program good to have you with us policies to stimulate growth are the best way to ensure the economic recovery doesn't falter 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 mean for dominance what you're 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 that the u.s. 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 motion players to play a more active role and here i'm thinking of the. shouldn't they have agreed to. the key financial and. the i.m.f. and world 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 of it 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 traditions you'd never find us head of the secretary general of the u.n. other institutions are safe 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 vote in 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 on the mises calls over a quarter of a percent lower most of the blue chips finished in the red bucking the trend with gas pump and 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. euro on concerns that island is experiencing serious problems and europe will have to help them with would be sufficient but then we saw the growth wednesday just before thanksgiving day in just russian market full dates in general suspicion is changing that's for sure we saw someone so money entering russian markets and we saw the bias probably first time in many many months i would say industrial which is very very important guest room looks very interesting i think the board who study to thoughts complex next year by ten percent which was taken by the markets 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 that was one of the highlights of the week but you can always find most always if you log on to a website that's r.t. dot com slash business banks want. to.

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