ruled the future a good international good to cheap every green lower to. israel's political infighting cast a shadow on the international image as no one is sent to meet russia's president during his middle east visit thanks to a strike in the israeli foreign ministry. u.k. banks bailed out by taxpayer money preparing to hand out bumper bonuses for the morning of cuts and public pressure to limit the payouts. and as martin luther king's birthday is remembered worldwide some modern day political figures in the u.s. are accused of using the civil rights icon excuse for america's wars abroad. rules not pledges to invest millions of dollars into u.k. microchip plastic logic there is an effort by russia to diversify into promising to go into that and more coming up with the stuff that.

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie russia's president dmitry medvedev is set to visit the palestinian territories on a two day trip to the middle east he'll meet the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas but despite having to step onto israeli soil to get on to abbas he won't come face to face with any top israeli figures because of industrial action within the government there are looks whether that's just a coincidence. it's russian president dmitri medvedev first visit to israel but he's not meeting one israeli official because the jewish state's foreign ministry has gone on strike it insists the strike was not planned to coincide with made bit of a visit and was simply a call for higher wages but some say there's an arterial motor of the strike is

a little bit selective because the visit of russian president was canceled while the visit of the council of germany on the merkel wasn't and in a way i think that this is a result of the. opposition of the workers of ministry of foreign affairs to the minister mr liberal. foreign minister avigdor lieberman is pushing for closer ties with former soviet union states while his department is pushing for him to be asked to born in the u.s.s.r. in present day moldova the former bouncer never came up through the ranks of the foreign ministry his views are right wing and he's been accused on more than one occasion of putting his foot in it makes it very clear that is ideology esther. this medal or to achieve that it is very cleaver that it is to do with a racist idea as it is a desktop liberal put us under two years. but it's not the first time is really internal politics have soured the visits of foreign delegations last year just

before the us was president joe biden came to israel the israeli prime minister announced the start of settlement building that decision was a blow to be a bomb administration's peacekeeping efforts and cool down israeli american relations and many believe that such political embarrassments are weakening israel's position in the international arena it is not the government of those countries but drug of the people of those countries in the public opinion of those countries to public opinion israel is definitely unfortunately. doing its of these really foreign. history is the first to admit that made video visit is a missed opportunity particularly where. there will be. remembered ripper a. very good. record . but whatever the reason has made

a bit of meets with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and jordanian king abdullah israel will be sitting on the sidelines and watching. jerusalem and later this hour with speak to not bill schott who is a member of the fatah central committee in charge of international relations and a former palestinian foreign minister he says russia can play a big part in establishing peace in the middle east with the u.s. failing to influence the netanyahu government. they're trying to convince netanyahu to stop further occupation through building new settlements at the gaza blockade to stop taking in jerusalem the americans failed to do this. and now put more pressure on trying to bring us back to the negotiating table it's nice to know who uses the current government as an excuse saying you don't make a decision under this government russia recognize the independent palestinian state . with the one thousand nine hundred sixty seven borders. and never deny that

decision in other words many things show that russia is serious about its intentions keeps reminding the world about the decisions being made before but enough of gossip. and some of them may have been bailed out by the taxpayer about britain's biggest banks are letting that stop them giving their employees bumper bonuses it's a decision in defiance of political and public pressure to curb the payouts and the severe cuts being made elsewhere across the economy arches or am i asked london sneakiest what they think. this is all staring. the homeless and needy queue up the food handouts from charities all over london and the u.k. but just a few miles away it's a different world with different rules prime minister david cameron has shied away from regulating bankers' bonuses they might have to be a bit more open about them but pay won't because and there will be no windfall tax

there was a more. i think the period needs to be over and bankers have taken that to heart u.k. banks including some of those bailed out by taxpayers last year will be paying out eleven billion dollars to the staff. here on the streets where the needy live literally from home to mouth that's going down badly. and he's not the only one complaining last year saw thousands of students out on the streets demonstrating against austerity cuts about by global crisis triggered by reckless bankers now the right to work campaign is calling for a fresh wave of protests against what they're dumping the government surrender to the bankers and their huge paychecks are basically i think that they're mad about

is buying simply specially when their people struggling to even pay their rent to even feed and clothe their children when people are getting three pounds three million pounds bonuses that quite frankly excessive interest to and discussing my money taxpayer lobby group say they don't care what privately owned banks do but the ones that have been bailed out with taxpayer money have to show some restraint and can't possibly be expected to stomach at a time when the government making spending cuts to some of these enormous bonus payouts and to watch all this go on when these banks seem to forget. that it was the public's money that sank them but not everyone sees it that way daniel hoffman financial services says banks is still supporting economic recovery and they hate the best bankers will move elsewhere it's very crucial that the banking sectors around the world. economies are getting healthier.

but house on the streets those who depend on charity to put food in their mouths difficult to stomach with this latest backtracking on regulation it seems banks and the governments have learned very little from the financial crisis just a few miles away bank continues to fill left pockets and looks set to be able to go on unabated but this time they're doing it with taxpayer money which could have been used to help the needy. and i'm brussels eurozone finance ministers are meeting to discuss whether to boost the e.u. bailout fund which was only set up last year the european commission and european central bank want to widen the fund to give it more flexibility if larger eurozone members like spain need help belgium's finance minister wants the pod doubled to one point five trillion euro however germany of the biggest eurozone economy has so far ruled out any substantial increase a reflection of the major tensions within the union and morten messerschmidt of

denmark says the battle to save the euro by bailing out countries in trouble involves measures never agreed on when the single currency was created. you can only have a common euro a common currency if you have the same financial policy that's also why the commission has suggested or demanded that all of the euro countries now show have their. accepted in brussels before the national parliaments can discuss the budgets you can only have a common currency if you have a common economic policy that was never promised so much they were told to before. the introduction of the euro that was the first lie now is being demanded to greece portugal ireland italy and so on that they must strengthen their economy they must do whatever is done in germany and those countries who are paying them out well that's of course the southern european countries don't want to make that kind of reforms that's why you see the the riots in these countries and the germans are fed

up paying other people's bills that's why you see the riots there so the solution obviously is simply to stabilize some realities to say we have two different economical shown in you so we cannot have one currency we should at least have two different currencies in the euro zone maybe actually sixteen which we have to ten years ago. ally europe mauls over its economic woes china is offering its support to help the continent tackle its crisis and its latest program next kaiser a looks at why the state is doing it the kaiser report is coming your way next hour but here's a preview. well let me make this following prediction china is buying european bonds. why are they doing this i think it's because at some point they will demand payment in the form of gold you know in the european zone there are about eleven thousand tons of gold which would be the highest concentration of gold in the world higher than even the u.s.

is a thousand tons of gold china moving into europe buying those bonds of course europeans will never be able to pay off those bonds because their economies are in freefall and then china will turn around and pays back in euro's but will take the payment in gold. china's president hu jintao is due to arrive in washington on a high level four day visit and economics will dominate have the trip china's leader insisted the international currency system based on u.s. dollar is a product of the past but he also admitted it's not time for you want to step up as the world's dominant currency just yet and jim rogers who's a financial commentator agrees saying it needs to be more flexible. renminbi is not a freely exchangeable currency and likewise in india there were do with they have all a currency which is also blocked so it's very difficult to think about replacing or using other currencies now the chinese have been opening their currency pretty

steadily for the past two or three years of five years actually so he can't really challenge the u.s. dollar at the moment he can say we have to have major changes in the world no we will stop financing you and that will put pressure on the u.s. but the renminbi cannot replace the dollar not out as long as it's a blocked currency i happen to think that's a mistake the chinese are making i would open the currency sapped and if i were china but i'm not china and china they save and invest over thirty five percent of their income the way you build a successful economy if you build capital i mean every call marks and knew that you have to have capital in order to have a successful economy and the united states we've been saving and investing two percent of our income we've been borrowing in consuming they've been saving and investing what you have to live from moscow still has a use our a political opposition and your marks the first time it's been given power as a former president fleas and ticks on but some experts warn again rest there could

spread to the wider region. how in people across the globe joined together to our dr martin luther king on his birthday it showed the legacy of this moral crusade or in america's race war lives on but as our teams christine discovered some are also taking advantage of his name to gain support for u.s. wars abroad. those are our dreams. who are for little children. one day live in a nation on the web a we're not being heard baba called out about them but by the content of back character are our time. was it was a dream so powerful it eventually came true its impact so strong it fractured the foundation of our society my fellow americans. i'm about to sign into law. the civil rights act one thousand nine hundred sixty. my. right.

and so every year on this day to honor the birthday of dr martin luther king jr. people gather to pay tribute. so it is no surprise then that the name of this american hero is often invoked but once in a while that legacy gets hijacked i come to tell you now that the truth shall set you free. first there was the glenn beck rally on the mall on august twenty eighth the same day at the same location martin luther king jr gave his i have a dream speech ladies and gentlemen the selling of conservative talk show host message was one thing now his name is being used to drum up support for u.s. wars in a speech given last week dr j. johnson attorney at the pentagon said i believe that of dr king were alive today he

would recognize that we live in a complicated world and that our nation's military should not and cannot lay down its arms and leave the american people vulnerable to terrorist attack wait what that's funny because in addition to leading the civil rights movement dr martin luther king was one of the most outspoken critics of the viet. war i think he shot a misquote of the king and put him inside of a war that he would have been again there something strange made in going about a nation on a press that would praise you when you said be balanced killer jim clark but it will person damn you when you say be nice little brat. children his lessons are prominent in communities across the country but in particular in churches like this one in the southwest washington and although there are so many as one thing you seem to hear time and time again martin luther king promoted peace his message was simply this either we learned to live together as brothers and

sisters on this planet or we were terrorists to get this foolish foolish what many people thing of dr king's name being invoked for the wrong reasons i think that became would a march with many of us. from the very beginning on the needlessness over there it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction it was about all let's be real in this city where the struggle for civil rights lives on many gathered here say there is a vast difference between honoring history and revising it. in washington christine for sound r.t. and mark ryder is an anti-war activist who believes that under the influence of technology young people today are growing less empathetic towards others one comparative martin luther king generation. there's a general feeling that nothing can ever change which i think is wrong we have the advantage of the of the labor and civil rights movement to show us that what an

individual does can make a difference in it will in a movement so and we have the advantage of understanding the men seen in the methods and the growth of the labor civil rights and anti-war movement eventually now young people don't have that they don't have apathy i think they do they are somewhat defeated however i think that through studying history and through learning about. historical movements social movements in the united states they will be coming back to it i believe very strongly that their rationality wins out in the end over irrationality however just one more thing if i may i believe that people are too distracted now with entertainment. entertainment seems to be the the goal of life and that was not the case forty five years ago. and for any of the stories we're covering for you here in r.t.

can always log onto our website r.t. dot com here's a look at what's on line for you right now find out why a two year old possum germany has become a worldwide internet sensation with more than one hundred thousand fans on facebook . and a group of artists have built an entirely new community it's a place where guests can create a new identity using cardboard and all that and more at our website party dot com. and tunisia has formed a new national unity government to prepare the country for elections days after the former president went into exile following widespread violent protests the new administration led by the prime minister marks the first time the opposition has

been given a share and power president ben ali was ousted after a twenty three years in office and it's now in saudi arabia tunisia remaining stands with some protesters demanding radical changes in government faster all garnered from the american university of paris as well used to be a relatively stable country could now bring instability to the whole region. the main problem for most of the middle east countries and islamic countries in general is what i call the youth bulge of the youth a large percentage of young men entering the workforce who don't have opportunities for jobs and this is a problem for pakistan afghanistan throughout much of the middle east it needs more competition needs more investment it needs in the in some international encouragement if it doesn't get that then it could simmer it could begin to create fissures in the rest of the region but to these are highly educated they're very westernized they're. on the enter net young people all want to they identify with

the euro i really don't see them identifying of this law but if the economy doesn't pick up may see more turning toward towards islam if if you can't get the the new democracy on the move. and i will take a look at some other stories from around the world and a time prosecutors have accused prime minister silvio berlusconi of having sex with a number of under-age prosecutes they have requested to search the premier's home as part of an investigation has denied the allegations which follow a number of other sex scandals surrounding him the latest revelations come at a time when there are those counties government has been struggling to maintain its majority while prostitution is not illegal in the country exploiting or helping to arrange sex with minors is. rescue workers in the state of rio de janeiro have continued their efforts to recover bodies trapped under tons of mud and debris

the rain storms over the last week have left nearly seven hundred people dead and more than one hundred thousand displaced a downpour on least rob the raging torrents of water down the mountainside directly into towns news this weekend getaways the government has been happily criticized for failing to warn residents of the disaster. the former dictator of haiti. has returned to the country twenty six years after he was overthrown me to crowds of supporters but did not say why he had chosen to return or why he planned to do also known as baby doc he inherited power from his father at nineteen and presided over one of the darkest chapters in asian history is accused of torturing and killing political opponents really in an atmosphere of fear and repression. and he has been touted for more military ours and the nato commander in afghanistan general petraeus has even been tipped for you tilt at the two thousand and twelve

u.s. presidential elections investigative journalist ross baker says a military container for the white house will hardly bring about change to the country's backing for foreign wars. a person like betray us would be there primarily because of the attraction of his celebrity to the public it's sort of interesting that military again is considered to be a proper. in d.c. of leadership but certainly he would have behind him the same exact interest of financial banking interest a large industrial interested benefit so much from this state of perpetual war this is the largest industry this country has ever known it's the gravy train and they're not going to get off of it anytime soon without something drastic i don't think there's any chance that a military man like betray us put into the presidential race would possibly buck that establishment and win the us pouring so much money into help restore of data stand some locals say they're struggling to see any results after

a long spell of war and occupation corruption is taking a heavy toll later in the day our team along the afghanistan dollar trail. repairing a broken. construction and humanitarian aid. officials get to spoils of war it's the people who pay the price. profiteering is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan. and coming up and just a few minutes here on earth he has a look at russia's role in mediating the middle east peace talks in our exclusive interview before that they'll take a look at what's happening in the world of business with karina just a few moments. well

and welcome to business good to have you with us nano has pledged to invest up to six hundred fifty million dollars in the u.k. microchip from plastic logic now the state owned company will initially inject one hundred fifty million for a twenty five percent stake in the cheap plastic microchip maker if the venture becomes financially viable the russian government could take a controlling stake the deal is an effort by russia to diversify into promising to college the plastic logic hopes to generate one million dollars in annual sales by two thousand and sixteen. the board of brimblecombe has approved the purchase of telecom assets owned by egyptian billionaire najib so far is for a total of six hundred fifty billion dollars ignoring norwegian shareholder tele noise opposition to the deal was a second biggest mobile phone operator wants to take over so there is italian mobile operator when telecom when you get and is fifty one point seven percent

stake in egypt or us called the telecom holding this would create the world's sixth largest phone company to become signed a new agreement we're about to tell an all rejected earlier six point eight billion dollars proposal of course that it will fight it at the company shareholders meeting suggesting the deal may be headed for trouble and if you know from troika dollar believes this move will be met negatively by the market. tell you no more being against a deal might actually be. treated between two major shareholders and therefore they can be taken negatively by the market also in my view it increases chances big deal going through and therefore those investors who were betting on the deal been taken off the table might now start selling the stock. because of the markets asian markets are higher on tuesday japanese stocks are up with

a creative margin of the. property developers are gaining after the mua holdings and share price targets share modest gains. here in moscow the r.t.s. is well changed at this sort of the trading look paul declined was there a bank at ross never are bad thing. now ross now have shares swap announce what would be p. help who shares in both companies but analysts say the russian oil giant stands to gain the most jacob mail at the morgan stanley explains what the authorities are doing to help make russian ventures for foreign companies while profitable i think the russian government is giving tax breaks in the siberia in the caspian and in the arctic which are quite substantial and for this deal to work b.p. will have had some of those tax breaks i think the bigger question for the russian government is will it rebalance its petroleum tax system from the upstream to the downstream and will it move from taxing weapons to taxing profits both those

changes would make a great deal of difference to the attractiveness of all the gas as a sector to invest in. enter jeff mexico second largest airline has signed a six hundred fifty million dollars deal to buy fifteen sukhoi superjet one hundred planes out of the deal energy has the option to purchase five more planes first deliveries are to begin in late two thousand and twelve this is the first delivery contract for russia's new type of super jet airplanes to a latin american country sukhoi international a joint venture between russia's software company and italy's alania aeronautics currently has a hundred seventy orders for its super jet. now the creator of the terms bric countries has suggested that the group should now welcome mexico south korea turkey and indonesia to the fold he says the nine year old term is no longer helpful as it unites countries with too great a range of economic prospects jim only also said the term emerging market should

evolve into growth markets a new approach would take g.d.p. as the primary criteria currently china is the brics largest economy totaling nine point three percent of global g.d.p. while brazil india and russia combined provide eight percent. that's all for now i'll be back in less than one hour where more update here on business on.

repairing a broken wing should be. highway construction and humanitarian aid. but as shady officials market the spoils of war it's the people who pay the price the buffet hearing here is no longer just down to drug trafficking above callisto the dollars. to. wealthy british style now but on the tires. market why not. come then.