dema beach on trial activists in austria awaits a verdict after being accused of inciting hatred or critical lectures on islam and sure leader of the. twin blasts rocked russia's fall told the public of the good stuff on killing two policemen and injuring over twenty others. suicide bullet strike killed russia so the republic of dagestan join me in a few moments for all the latest. and putting differences aside on monday hope to overcome diplomatic tensions as russia's foreign minister visits the luke eight.

eleven am here in moscow this is r t thanks for joining us now after decades of mass immigration into europe major leaders are lining up to say a multicultural society is not working but in austria free speech activists is on trial for say more or less the same thing elizabeth somebody each will face as three years in prison for inciting religious hatred after she criticized islam and shari'a law got that he'd a direction reports from vienna it was just a night. a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a multicultural country like full stream but it's a tall peak not always discussed in such gentle fashion by you not to burn the koran out about your you. leave out studying what islam said we learn. to.

know your enemy elizabeth supper teacher has been on trial in a vienna court on charges of making what is described as a hate speech against islam a left wing all strand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of her seminars landing here in port i have nothing against people who want to practice their faith. but i would like them to do this in the privacy of their own homes your ideas she says are nothing new and when europe's political elite express them they are not prosecuted for the same views multiculturalism has failed this is nothing new and my group and i have been saying this for years now all of a sudden. and others come out of hiding and agree with us i don't know why but elizabeth subjects wolf opponents say she crossed the line here a speech is outraged not only the muslim community but also made streams it's not

a matter of free speech that i can spread hatred about large groups of society now we have to respect individuals in our society and we have to ask them to integrate and we have to help them to integrate yet european leaders such as german chancellor angela merkel french president nicolas sarkozy and british prime minister david cameron say multiculturalism in europe isn't working there are huge muslim communities but frequently such as in all strata they leave in their own areas a physical sign of non integration district in vienna is known as the little people here speak their native language they prepare their national dishes and wear the clothes which they are used to and this is exactly what elizabeth subaverage wall found here a fellow like sounds taking a stance against self segregation at top which. is now at the top of the

european political agenda with multiculturalism now open to multi criticism from some of the continent's most influential political leaders we've yet to see how their views might fully influence debate on the ground and the future shape. exceeding of our children our team from vienna danish writer and columnist nick says europe's push for political correctness has gone too far and it's not limiting citizens freedom we've allowed that too much multiculturalists to. it being represented in the public sphere and now we've gone even further to practice legislation against hate speech against the defamation and limiting the free speech and and the soul which is european heritage that that we should really care about so we've gone far to too far it with with all these soft spoken tolerance basically it's a fall of the government's not facing the facts standing up to reality standing up

to the social phenomena is popping up in belgium and holland and germany and in throughout a few throughout europe in sweden and denmark as well you can you can't blame a whole. group of people for not doing this or that but you can you can blame the politicians for not dealing with the problems not not turning them into subjects can be criticized and and be paid which is exactly what they're trying to do now. a twin suicide bombers have rocked russia's southern republic of dagestan the explosions happened two hours apart at the village of yen two people were killed and another twenty injured all of the policemen artie's peter all over has the details. around eight pm moscow time on monday a female suicide bomber she turned out approached a police station in the village of good day and in the southern russian republic of dagestan she threw objects kindly at the police station at offices to to draw

attention to herself when one of those offices approached her she detonated the device that she was carrying that this device is believed to be in hock to a small particles pieces of metal that have resulted in shrapnel injuries that attack caused police to step up security security interests in the area and the village of dead in dagestan and later on for a few hours later that's a police checkpoint police pulled over a car that was then another explosion was detonated from within one car killing a nother policeman so that's the situation at the moment as a stunt two policemen are being killed in dagestan many other wounded in the wake of the suicide bombing on the dollar dead of the airports president dmitri medvedev was very forthcoming in saying that security would be the main watchword that he was wanting to completely revamp the security system here in russia to make sure the terror attacks wouldn't be allowed to happen now he's being very dissatisfied

with the current level of security that has been in place he was scathing in his criticism of airport security chiefs. blast occurred me less than a month ago and just recently he visited a metro station and a major train station here in moscow and was equally left as early dissatisfied with walker was in place to try and stop terror attacks now he's promised that this will be addressed we're expecting very shortly to see a major overhaul of. the laws in russia and the police say russia as well as being put on high alert and told based operations are now their main goal to over the day that their main goal is to try and make sure that no further terror attacks can take place here in russia. and still to come in the program martial law after test forces out of the military are filling the power vacuum left by hosni mubarak but

for how long. and when buying influence fails by a military base we take a look at how washington has spread its military might about the world. now moscow and london will be hoping to turn a page in their factions relations as russia's foreign minister visits the british capital well events over the last few years have cost diplomatic tension but with a relatively new government in london there is hope for a fresh start artie's lore and reports. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting the u.k. at a difficult time for the two countries relations earlier this month the guardian correspondent lu causing was expelled from russia he maintains it was because of his work with wiki leaks russia maintained he breached accreditation requirements is now back in moscow after what's widely seen here in britain as a climb down by the russian authorities but that's just the latest affair and what hasn't been an easy relationship for some years most notably the murder of former

russian security officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six disrupted relations in a way that hasn't been overcome yet the u.k.'s chief suspect in the case is russian parliament deputy and that i lugovoy and the two countries can't see eye to eye on that's the u.k.'s also bringing people who are wanted criminals in russia tycoon buddies but is still ski and chechen akhmed zakayev person so far refused to extradite them despite repeated requests despite difficulties they russia remains one of britain's most important trading partners with more than a thousand british companies working in russia recently we store a huge deal signed between b.p. and state oil giant ross nest and trade between the two countries is estimated to run at seventeen billion dollars. that's always a positive that can focus when he meets foreign secretary william hague he's also said chill to see prime minister david cameron and make a speech at the london school of economics on the agenda or european security

cooperation in europe's missile defense project russia e.u. and russia nato relations and the situation in the middle east and afghanistan together with iran's nuclear program those last two points russia has allowed allied forces to use its transport routes for troops and supplies crucial for the war in afghanistan and it's also led fruitful negotiations with iran on its nuclear program the fact remains however that while russia has good relations with other european countries and the reset button on russia u.s. relations has been pressed and appears to be working visit to the u.k. may not be an easy one however slowly progress is being made in particular with person expressing interest in resuming cooperation with russia on security and the fight against terrorism that's expected to be officially voice during last visit egypt has been gripped by fresh strikes with thousands of workers demanding better

pay and conditions it comes as the new opposition is trying to build bridges with the supreme military council which is an interim control following the departure of president mubarak and the military which has dissolved parliament says it ordered a new draft constitution which will be put to a referendum within two months the army is calling for an end to protest by threatening to impose an outright ban gatherings and strikes but while the general seems to be moving to the country on the path to civilian rule middle east expert all of a while says the military's plans for egypt are still unclear. we know from bitter experience that revolutions terribly wrong and the fact is that egypt is a poorly problem. the same problems essentially that it was facing in the mubarak the same problem all the countries in the region. also facing economic problems over rising food prices unemployment underemployment and so on problems of corruption problems of ingrained habits of brutality in the security forces all

these things can perhaps be put right but they can't be put right overnight now the army in egypt to the secretive and probably nobody outside the egyptian army knows exactly what their intentions are of course of plenty of other examples where revolutions have been hijacked by the military what we need is to see which way the military are going to take egypt and that for the moment we don't know. well the impact of the uprising in egypt continues to be felt throughout the middle east at least one person was reportedly shot dead in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in there police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators in what is iraq's first such blast for over a year now opposition groups say dozens were arrested the protesters were chanting death to dictator referring to president did a job who they believe was fraudulently reelected in two thousand and nine the u.s. has expressed firm support for the thousands of anti-government demonstrators well

r.t. contributor wayne madsen says the american backing of ukrainian opposition groups is only giving the current government a good reason to crack down on that. the problem is with the so-called green revolution it had too many u.s. fingerprints on it from soros to usa id international down in for democracy so the regime in iran can always point to that and say this is the united states behind this whether we're we are behind some of the groups but legitimate opposition is suppressed because of that mantra that's put over all the opposition by the iranian government iran is a little bit different although there's a stirring from morocco all the way across the what we used to call the the islamic crescent into asia. is under economic embargo from the u.s. and u.n. it's also facing us straight as u.s. troops in afghanistan and iraq so the regime there can point to the fact that

they're under siege and also under the threat of a military attack by politicians in israel the united states they can point to that and say you can't be you can oppose the regime or under siege that's because we have basically frozen iran out there was probably a mistake on our part to by doing that were suppressing the legitimate democratic opposition in iran well remember there is much more in the. that story at r.t. dot com and there's plenty for you to explore including news coverage and now also blogs and here's what's on my right now early release of magic use of training be two thousand and five london bombers walks free from a us prison of find out why he's out after less than five years. in virtual reality for the first time astronauts but of the surface of the red planet as created by russian scientists will find out more in our dot com or watch all the best videos at w.w.w. dot youtube dot com slash russia today.

the u.s. is cutting its next deficit budget with president obama saying tough choices and sacrifices have to be made but there's one place the administration does not want to make major cuts to its defense spending now with numerous u.s. military bases located far beyond its territory artes do not go softly found out where american taxpayers' money is really growing.

they are signs of american power and might. military bases spread all over the world just how many apparently too many to count what i've read of which there are there are no votes. and. there is. we just can't be sure but what we can be sure about is that the u.s. to. fense budget is now about the same as no terry spending in all other countries combined and since nine eleven military and security expenditures have soared by one hundred and nineteen percent military expenditures in faraway places like new zealand colombia and japan and have you ever heard of the marshall islands khwaja an atoll specifically well the united states is there too and some locations serve dual purposes like kuantan i'm obey and they're all sustained by hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money just how much money i don't.

know. and speaking of those miscellaneous expenses. i think i'd rather. golf courses and see large scale largess. that's a little bit extra isn't it and brian becker of the answer coalition says it's not just the golf courses that are extra clearly there is no need and from the point of view of self-defense for the us to have military installations all over the world it's really part of maintaining a far flung global empire it's place the us has a military base the us has political power economic power and it's a matter of coersion a corps and that isn't always welcome in fact it usually breeds more anti-american sentiment for example in kyrgyzstan. we are living here and raising our children would we need this us or an aco now where locals have to give up ten to twenty

percent of the island to the united states for a military base that they associate with noise crime and pollution and take a look at this in the wake of demonstrations in arkansas will last year activists place this ad in the washington post trying to tell the obama administration that they don't want to base in their hometown all of the proxy governments that accept u.s. military bases in. their country become vulnerable once the people actually start to rise up and mobilize which they almost always do rising up against a double standard the u.s. would never tolerate china having military bases in canada in mexico in haiti in the dominican republic in other words in the countries that ring the united states the united states is the seven hundred pound gorilla it's wherever it chooses to sit and choosing to sit down wherever usually means that those most affected by these bases both here at home and abroad don't have a place at the table for our tea. chaika point burger from the

future freedom foundation says the huge defense budget is taking money out of the lives of ordinary americans the military is just like a part of the government it doesn't have free money in order to fund this enormous military empire and you've got to take the money from the american taxpayer people families are having trouble making ends meet they're having trouble seeing their kids to college they can't pay their health care costs april fifteenth is coming up income tax day and all to fund what this dominant military role around the world that's really does create nothing but problems for us i mean they have they have some of the nicer resorts in the military that you can imagine and you've got generals and admirals flying around in private jets anywhere they want in the world i mean it's a higher lifestyle and it's a very expensive lifestyle it's a huge burden and this nonsense that the department of defense can't be put on the cutting board is just absolutely ridiculous the country is going broke we're

spending more what one and a half trillion dollars more than what the government's bringing in the national debt. and a large part of this is the u.s. military and the military industrial complex that's what this is all about power and money. now for a brief look at some other world headlines there is more tension on the streets of yemen following four straight days of a rest which have seen thousands of people taking part in demonstrations or pro reform marchers clash with police echoing similar events across the arab world the demonstrations in the capital sanaa are aimed at removing president ali abdullah saleh who was ruled the country for thirty years meanwhile in nearby bombing security forces fired tear gas and attempt to disperse thousands who joined the funeral of a man killed in a rally on monday groups demanding more political freedoms from the ruling monarchy had previously clashed with police in the capital. and italian court is you

to give its decision on the weather prime minister silvio berlusconi will face an immediate trial prosecutors want to indict him on charges of abuse of power and sleeping with an underage prostitute well pressure is mounting on the about the leader with hundreds of thousands marching in protest at his alleged behavior on sunday or berlusconi has denied all allegations disgraceful. a small commercial airliner has crashed near the hundred capital killing all fourteen people on board among the passengers was a former government official and a union leader because of the crash is being investigated but it's no that there was fog in the area at the time it happened south of an airport considered dangerous because of its short runway and surrounding hills. or caltex trafficking submarine has been discovered by authorities in colombia it's

believed the vessel is able to travel for colombia to the coast of mexico the submarine was found in a river in the state of about four hundred kilometers southwest of the capital authorities found weapons nearby but said no one was arrested and no drugs were found when they've made the discovery. now preparations for the twenty fourteen winter olympics in russia city of sochi are well advance and it's part of that process the slopes of the brand new ski resort will be hosting the european cup in alpine skiing and that begins today well the c.e.o. of the sochi organizing committee dimitri charity shackle told r.t. there's a lot riding on getting this event right. this will be the first international exam. with the presence of international olympic committee and i know that. both from the. club kili the great

will come to check the slopes and how well we have again i said the first test about the proper planning is the key factor of the success and that is why we have to be ready for any unpredictable things like remember what happened in whistler the region the which was secured for the snow for one hundred thirty years suddenly was suffering with the local snow so we have to predict everything and to be ready to deliver what we promised. well you can catch the full interview in just over an hour here on r.t. and in a few minutes we check the index of one rest in north africa in the kaiser report but first though your years here with the business news.

that's right time to get the latest from the business news russia's state owned bank be which saw a successful prime is ation of a ten percent stake in the company on monday has decided to go below one of its rivals bank of moscow for you to be wants to buy out one hundred percent of what a russian stock five banks in the first half of the year currently the biggest shareholder of bank of moscow the moscow city government estimates the bank at six billion dollars hole whether some minority shareholders estimated up to nine in the heart in. and the unemployment rate in russia is showing signs of job or so which ones have been gunned down by one percentage point in the past year but despite a trend president better still sees it as one of the country's top problems data

compiled by the international labor organization says the number of russians without a job has falling to five point two million people in twenty eleven from six point two million a year ago as it stands there are currently about seventy five million working people and russian president medvedev urged the government to shift from edge of crisis measures to more long term actions when tech going on employment. let's have a look at the markets now asian stocks a mixed at the moment japan's nikkei average held me and nine month high isn't used a hong kong's hang seng is almost half a percent down at the moment investors are concerned that china may further increase its interest rates in the first quarter because of pressure from rising consumer prices which world's four point nine percent in general from the year earlier more of the chinese producer price index which measures wholesale inflation rose a faster than expected six point six percent. moving on and let's have

a little qatar the markets are fair here in russia the r.t.s. and the maya sids. oh high in the trade as you can see from the graphics shares a mixed last of a look at some figures corliss point six percent below what and gazprom was not far behind its shares are losing half a percent and this is as oil declines to asia six dollars another day it's jazz continue to perform well and one point five percent and a trading. figure which was a ready under pressure by events in the eurozone continued falling this week and lists fear those will fall into tendency to join one still devis from where i am with capital asset management says analysts stick to emerging markets currency it's which show stable growth at the moment but unlike the euro we don't like the dollar either we don't like g seven slow growth low rate currencies safehaven currencies like swiss franc or pound sterling we are actually very active in effects crosser

trades and we like as you'd expect you know high growth commodity centric inflationary emerging market currencies like korean one ruble seeing dollar type bottom dollar etc etc. that's wraps up the business bulletin but to get most torah small website dot com slash business.

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