the family of the late polish president killed in a plane crash last april claims he perished in an assassination plot by moscow but experts say the tragedy is being used to gain political points. progress in the middle east peace talks is put at risk by israel's political infighting the country's officials failed to meet russian president during his visit to the palestinian territories. thanks by the same seem especially when the people stopping to pay their rent even feed. in the u.k. banks bailed out by money. billions in bonuses despite. the rest of the country. british billionaire inversion founder richard branson is in

talks with alexander lebedev choir staking his low cost carrier red wings i'll have more on that in about twenty minutes time in. global news twenty four seven this is our welcome to the program the family of the late polish president has blamed russia for his death denying the results of the official investigation lech kaczynski son in law claims the plane crash that killed him was a planned assassination in revenge for russian views and to prevent his reelection . brother of the late president and leader of the polish opposition lower and justice party the country's prime minister for accepting the findings of the official. best occasion in supporting clue day reconstruction of the flight's last

minutes as recorded by the planes of black boxes it suggested the crash was caused by the errors of an inexperienced polish crew bad weather and pressure from high ranking passengers can retrieve ballots a political analyst from the news agency says the claims of the family are just a part of a cynical political game the political aim is to keep war and justice party l. live after the defeat in the elections if it had not been for this investigation the war and just to spite you would have been forgotten actually now and your ass off kaczynski and his people for for their reminding people that disaster and blame in russia is just a way of political survival it's mostly a struggle for power they want to delete the mice the civic platform the party which is knowing all is just politically very expedient and it has fortunately in

quite a strong reaction inside. meantime. from the center for international relations in brussels says that those in poland who support the accusations are unable to break away from the old stereotype of seeing russia as an enemy. in the political side only in political life there is a notion of two who are they also people who cannot leave without having an enemy in the polish contests one with germany and one with russia and it is very difficult technologically people to adapt to a new situation when you actually try to change and you mustn't and i gratian into cooperation and this is what this company but if you have a very young man who is not an elected representative who is just a private person he just out of we have a vote of the daughter of the late president cheat who are trying to make a name for himself and driving some crazy extravagant. it doesn't get political

significance you all with r.t. and in just a few minutes a look at whether a big a bailout is a good way out. i think what we're doing here is they're reinforcing failure when experts view on the future of the eurozone as e.u. finance chiefs meet in brussels to consider the bailout fund. and people across the u.s. paying tribute to talk to martin luther king on his birthday find out how some are using the name of the civil rights icon to excuse america's water broke. the middle east peace process stalled since september could get a jolt forward with the visit of russian president dmitri medvedev to the palestinian territories the plan was to hold talks with israel as well but this was spoiled when his officials went on strike leading to the visits cancellation now some say it's more than just coincidence paula investigates. it's russian president

dmitri medvedev first visit to palestine 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 videos visit and was simply a call for higher wages but some say visit alterian motive there strike is a little bit selective because the visit of russian president was canceled while the visit of the council of germany on the miracle was and but it's not the first time israeli internal politics have soured the visits are following delegations last year just before the u.s. vice president joe biden came to israel the israeli prime minister announced the start of settlement building that decision was a blow to be obama 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 ministries the first to admit that made videos cancel visit is a missed opportunity particularly where. there will be we discussed about a corporate remember group are proud. to be larry the. third . dog like it all but whatever the reason as medvedev meets with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and jordanian king abdullah israel will be sitting on the sidelines and watching policy r t jerusalem meantime more stuff about a good secretary general of the palestinian national initiative party says that there's no excuse for israel's cancellation of the russian president's visit. the

issue of the strike of the foreign ministry is not a justification by any means the prime minister of israel could have arranged a visit. the security apparatus is so big and is that this would not be a problem today surely it is that about. a feeling of. unity and is that a feeling of guns and impunity to international law that makes israel behave in such a manner with a leader of one of the most important countries in the world and i think that is the reason here which is a political one way or the israeli government knows that its policy is counterproductive devalue needed many european countries that are leading most countries of the world devalue need to invest in american companies. many people even inside the united states so that also applies but i share with you seeking to have a more active role in. the quartet and this is a once a bluff and russia is the only country in the court that has that equal denies the

palestinian state back in one thousand eighty eight so there is no reason why russia for the accept to be paralyzed and put on the shelf for more than two years is that within the party it's because the united states is monopolizing the process and then i think states policy is totally subjected to the israeli manipulation and i think things have reached a point where their israeli policies inherited the american strategic and that's why mr obama tried to make some connection when he spoke about settlements and so on but he failed. you all with r.t. and around in about twenty minutes time we speak to a top palestinian diplomat who says that russia's effort can make a difference in the situation in the middle east after america's failure. they tried to convince netanyahu to stop further occupation through building new settlements the gaza blockade to stop the measures they're taking in jerusalem and the americans failed to do this they admitted and now put more pressure on us

trying to bring us back to the negotiating table in it and you know who uses the current government as an excuse saying he cannot make a decision under this government russia recognize the independent palestinian state in one thousand eight hundred eight with the nine hundred sixty seven borders with its capital in jerusalem and it never denied that decision in other words many things show that russia is serious about its intentions it keeps reminding the world about the decisions that have been made before but enough forgotten. now our public theory is growing in the u.k. where the biggest banks there are planning to pay out billions of dollars in bonuses to some staff the cash but adds a comes after many banks were bailed out by taxpayers' money and severe public sector cuts across the crisis hit economy artie's lower and it has more. this is all staring. the homeless and needy queue up for 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 because and there will be no windfall tax there was more. needs to be 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 their staff this year here on the streets where the needy live literally from hand 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 by a global crisis triggered by reckless bankers now the right to work campaign is

calling for a fresh wave of protests against what they're dubbing the government surrender to the bankers and their huge paychecks but basically i think they're mad about his bonus seem especially when they're people struggling to even pay their rent to even feed and clothe their children when people are getting three pounds three million pounds bonus is quite frankly excessive just 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 we can't possibly be expected to stomach at a time when the government's making spending cuts to stomach 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 saved them but not everyone. sees it that way daniel hoffman from financial services says banks is still vital in supporting economic recovery

and if bonuses paid the best bankers will move elsewhere it's very crucial that the banking sectors around the world mainly need. are getting healthier and can support economic growth but house on the streets those who depend on charity to put food in their mouths find that difficult to stomach with this latest backtracking on its regulation it seems banks and their governments have learned very little from the financial crisis just a few miles away bankers continue to feel left pockets and looks set to be able to go on. but this time they're doing it with taxpayer money which could have been used to help the needy you are having tea. and in brussels eurozone finance ministers are meeting to discuss whether to boost the e.u. bailout fund which was only set up just last year the european commission european central bank one so why did the fund if struggling eurozone members like spain need help belgium's a finance minister wants the doubled to one point five trillion

a year i was quick to just however germany the biggest eurozone economy ruled out any substantial increase. a member of the european parliament and leader of the u.k. independence party says the whole idea of the euro zone was wrong from the very beginning . i think what they're doing here is they're reinforcing failure at the end of the day countries like greece portugal ireland and possibly we. should never have joined the euro in the first place trapped inside of economic prison with a whole set of policies that don't suit their circumstances and i think the more we build up. the more in effect we're pouring. i'm this really is a tragedy because these people. you know greece we have man. we have had people actually killed on the streets. if they hold the eurozone together then the conditions in those countries are going to get worse and what it

really needs is a frank assessment which is there is an argument. with germany and holland and a few countries possibly france as well but there is an optimal. but can work together for the north and south of europe to be stuck inside a monetary union is never ever going to work but nobody inside these institutions wants to face up to the e.c.b. buying up its debt and now with this with this agreement in brussels that the stability of doing the same thing you know you begin to ask a year or eighteen months down the track will the european central bank itself actually be. a liquid functioning. all we are doing here we're reinforcing failure decision is quite extraordinary i mean it's rather like boarding the titanic after it hit the iceberg it is the most incredible. look what you've got here behind this whole european project when we talk about the union

itself or whether we talk about the current say we have a political class who want this you know even countries like switzerland who very sensibly have stayed outside the union who have. free trade agreements with it even in those countries a majority of politicians would sign them up for all of this stuff so that's the great battle that is going on in europe it's a battle between the political leaders and public opinion which increasingly is saying we don't want this there in the end public opinion is going to win because you can't build a state and that's what we're engaged in here without having the consent of the peoples and that has never been asked for. now as the e.u. comes to grips with its financial mayhem china is offering to lend the troubled euro bloc a helping hand in his latest program max keiser looks at just why beijing is doing it because report is coming your way later but here's a quick preview. but 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 eight 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 say ok you can pay it back in euros but we'll take the payment in gold. this is r.t. live from moscow now let's take a brief look at some other major headlines from around the world and into news here tensions remain police fired tear gas and angry crowds just a day after the country announced a new unity government unhappy with leftovers from the old regime many protesters

demand a continuation of the revolution to force radical changes in government. ministers and their experience necessary to newsier to make the transition into a free society but the country remains in turmoil and the aftershocks of its revolution being felt across the region. suicide blast at an iraqi police compound has killed at least fifty people and left hundreds injured witnesses said the attack. was recruits were queuing to enter the center of the blast was the deadliest since the back that church siege in october that left some fifty three people dead the attacks while common have declined substantially since u.s. forces began to withdraw from iraq. and has testified nineteen a surface to air and missiles the first to be held in full view of the media for most a decade the country's president who attended the test said he was not satisfied

with the results as a quarter of the missiles missed their intended targets experts say the exercise comes as a response to last week's successful. of china's twenty stealth aircraft. three and a half thousand people have fled their homes in southeastern australia with fifty one towns affected by rising flood waters sweeping through victoria officials warn that the waters will reach their peak in the northwest of the state later in the day the warning follows weeks of flooding in the worst affected queensland that killed at least thirty. people missing. well as the international community invests billions of dollars to help rebuild afghanistan the war torn country is lagging far behind on its path to development critics say rampant corruption undermines reconstruction efforts and further instability with afghans it did lose with the government's ability to restore peace later today he will guide you along the afghanistan dollar trail to find out where the aid money is

really flowing. repairing a broken. highway construction and humanitarian aid. officials. it's the people who pay the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. when people across the globe are joined together to on a dr martin luther king jr on his birthday show the legacy of this moral crusade in america's war that it still lives on but as our christine discovered some are also taking advantage of his name to gain support for u.s. wars abroad. those are our three. who are. one day live and on the web a while not being heard by

a crowd of about them but by the content of back our our time. it was a dream so powerful it eventually came true its impact so strong it fractured the foundation of a society my fellow americans. i am about to sign into law. the civil rights act one thousand nine hundred sixty. my. 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. and put him inside of a war that he would have been against there something strange made in going about a nation on a pretty bad would praise you when you said be balance or general clark but it will

person damn you when you say be nonviolent killed little brat vietnamese children his lessons are prominent in communities across the country but in particular in shirts like this one in the southwest washington and although there are so many words one thing you seem to hear time and time again martin luther king promoted peace his message was simply this either we turn to live together as brothers and sisters on this planet we want to perish together is 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 of going over there it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction it was about or 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 well in about ten minutes time we'll be discussing the middle east peace process with a top palestinian negotiator but first it's time to talk about the world of business with sharon. welcome to our business program. russia's interested in buying bonds to be issued by the european financial stability fund next week that's according to finance minister alexis. the e.u. is currently preparing a five year bond size between three and five billion euros in order to help protect the euro and sovereign market stability however dismissed the idea that russia would be interested in buying spanish sovereign bonds. andrew snow has pledged to invest up to six hundred fifty million dollars into u.k. microchip firm plastic logic the state owned high tech company will initially inject one hundred fifty million for a twenty five percent stake in

a cheap plastic micro chip 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 a promising technology while plastic logic hopes to generate one billion dollars in annual sales five two thousand and sixteen. and to go she asians for russia's entry to the world trade organization could be completed this april so says maxine medved cause of head of the country's delegation to the talks he also addressed existing doubts that a session will have a positive impact on small business in russia there could be progress some companies because it's true is its position. conditions to. be changed to respect to the. marketplace but it's. to prepare for. this new situation is there no going home to

bad terms of in for many years and eventually. the board of impled com has approved the purchase of telecom assets owned by egypt in billionaire no good so where it's for a total of six and a half billion dollars this despite opposition from norwegian shareholder tele norm . russia's second big. russian second biggest mobile phone operator was to take over so where is the talian mobile operator wind telecommute and his five point one . rather fifty one point seven percent stake in egypt's telecom holding this would create the world's sixth largest phone company it's simple calm side a new agreement after telling all rejected an earlier six point eight billion dollars proposal tell nor said it will fight it at the company's shareholders meeting suggesting the deal may be headed for trouble and a leopard to clean up the dialogue believes this move will be met negatively by the

markets. or. do you want to actually. treat. between two major shareholders and therefore these can be taken negatively by the market also in my view. through and therefore those investors who are betting. been taken off the table right now start selling the stock. and let's have a look at the markets now the european stocks rise with banks and mining shares stronger across the board burberry is one of the top gainers on the footsie advancing point nine percent after a strong third quarter sales report miners and xstrata up over two and a half percent on the downside as star energy fell four percent after announcing a convertible bond issue. and here in moscow the markets are trading down on the

day the r.t.s. is down point seventeen percent and the my sex is down close to two thirds this hour. was enough is the biggest winner so far up over one hundred thirty percent on the r.t.s. shares are trading higher after rosneft agreed to swap shares with b.p. on tuesday of last night also said it was selling russia's so-called oil to shell from march loading. british billionaire and virgin founder richard branson is in talks with russian businessman and media tycoon alexander lebedev to acquire a stake in his low cost carrier redwings that's according to r.b.c. daily the talks are pulling narry with both parties interested in striking some kind of cooperation in two thousand and eight branson claimed he would create a russian airline as a way to enter the country's aviation market however all investment programs were halted during the financial crisis. and mitsui has acquired an almost fifteen

percent share in q.e. russia's biggest operator of self-service payment terminals the japanese company aims to move into the field of electronic payments which is fast developing in russia kiwi share of the payment service market in russia totals forty five percent with around eighty million users every month. and that's all the business news for this hour but you can always find more stories on our website that's r t dot com slash business stay with us.

very first verses of the bible all human beings are created. in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with deterrents doing what we call making our presence felt we go out should some bozo the hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner invade another. religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed a few one. thousand four hundred people in a month and you want to expect that this will have no effect until the feet you have to be either.