before asians are rooted. in the. day out for remembrance one year on from the tragedy poland and russia remember the late president lech kaczynski and the ninety five other victims of a fatal plane crash near smolensk. nato is accused of letting libyan rebels ignore the no fly zone after reports two opposition helicopters were downed by gadhafi forces. also this week a finnish priest is charged with and signing racial hatred after an interview with r.t. in which he speaks out against the man behind deadly terror attacks in moscow. here

with our t.v. live from moscow our top story poland is marking a national tragedy a year since the presidential plane crashed in heavy fog in western russia killing everyone on board including head of state records at the time the sarod sense of shock saw moscow and warsaw experience a thaw and historically frosty relations commemoration of events have been held in russia and are still going on in poland archies alexy yourself ski is in warsaw. the scenes which i see today remind me of what happened twelve months ago an endless crowds of people having arriving here since early morning and i would say that in the past several hours the number of the people has dramatically increased i would say maybe somewhere closer between two and three thousand people are now in this very same spot but we are expecting at least one hundred thousand people to

take part in the commemoration ceremony across the city and to take part in fact in a commemoration march across the streets of warsaw now at exactly eight forty one am local time a million minutes of silence was observed because we understand that it was the time exact minutes when the presidential plane went down in the russian city of smolensk a year ago services and vigils are being held everywhere across the polish capital in different churches and even the central control is having a very colorful vigil right now as we speak i witnessed this service on a large l.c.d. screen just about a hundred meters from where i'm standing right now politicians are speaking to the crowd here trying to find words to explain the loss of the relatives of those people who died in the plane crash a year ago right here to lay flowers in regency that's what they've been doing in fact old route the day at different cemeteries across war so because most of the people who died in that plane crash where buried everywhere across the polish

capital indeed this is all about emotions today the polls have been very emotional and very mindful of what happened a year ago what is happening now it is in poland some experts just try to describe it as a disgrace because some of the political forces are using this tragedy in their means to gain electorate in the political runoff in the presidential campaign last year in particular saying using very strong anti russian rhetoric using some conspiracy theories like the death of the polish president was in fact a mysterious plan by warsaw by the ruling pause a war set and the ones in moscow something which of course only five to seven percent of the population believe in but definitely today it's all about the tragedy all about the commemoration and i have the feeling that the people who have gathered here in the central city square war so have that on their mind instead of any political discourse. it's disaster has also been remembered in the smiley creature not the actual site where the plane went down or she's always had her it has been keeping across developments there. ten fool she one am local time that's

a exact line that the plane crashed down a small remembrance service was held just behind me at the actual suddenly solve the crash to see throughout the day more days here in smolensk both russian and polish have been coming here to pay their respects in the russian capital moscow the russian first lady said land in the dead of the late her own flowers and paid her room respects outside the polish embassy and this of course follows on from yesterday's events when the wife of the british president and the comet also came here with the families of the victims to attend a memorial service here at the smith's airfield before moving on to the memorial site a very similar timetable for that would be followed by president's move it is uncommon all see on monday to help these very united them public help or does a brief from both the russian and polish sides we do want to sound some in poland

how to states press their concern at the news that the memorial plaque at the crash site behind me was replaced on friday nights we have now heard from the russian foreign ministry on this and we understand that locals lead school authorities changed up because they say permission was granted for the original plan and they also wanted a plaque enclosed russian and polish the old plaque that was up the side was worse and clearly in coalition i do say made to the canteen a memorial to which that kitchen ski was flying on that fateful day this new plaque is in both english and russian as ministers here they say they want people from both countries to feel welcome to mourn here and it makes no reference to new cat scene but let's costal minds back now remember the details that led to that plane crashing on april the ten twenty ten.

the final moments within seconds all ninety six on board flight one zero one dead. the time was ten forty one am april tenth. gone from i was outside when i heard the plane it was flying really well with one of its wings pointing down it crashed into the trees and burst into a ball of fire it was obvious that no one was going to survive before names were as high as a five story house. ground control star for there were no conditions to lance bass the request was still made to attempt a trial approach transcripts from the plane's black box flight recorder reveal the crew were acutely aware of the rapidly increasing visibility but also a pressure to land as soon as possible to go crazy yeah we don't know who he is what we do know is that a senior minister periodic we enter the cockpit throughout the flight and that the

chief of the air force himself was present at the time of the crash under these conditions the pilots continue their approach well having passed the point of no return the president's plane began its final descent but the dense faulted poor visibility meant that the crew had in fact already missed their targets were coming into land some fifty meters below the runway or the base of the aircraft began to graze the tops of these trees and one particularly tool a huge hole out of the left wing causing the aircraft to roll and within just five seconds that those that supply one five four had hit the ground hard at first we didn't know about there was a crash. as sounding wrong so from coppin so here we are and we came here as. was possible none of that believe we were talking about the.

but it was. incredible that sense of shock and disbelief reverberated around the world is the news that began to spread that in a single moment poland had suffered what its prime minister would later done its worst tragedy since world war i listed it r.t. . many of the wounds of the tragedy have yet to heal and in poland there is still debate about the circumstances of the crash but even an expert david mere man from flight international magazine says the main facts are clear and praise the integrity of the investigation. the m a k is a very very good agency which. didn't merely do a good investigation of this accident it always does very thorough investigations of accidents this was an accident of a type which are unfortunately has blighted aviation history and we could see more in the future it's very simple the pilots broke the procedural rules that they

should have stuck to for safety they went lower than they knew they should have done probably because they felt under such high pressure to deliver these very important people to such an important event it's such a tragedy for poland that people literally don't want to see the truth and it's an absolute gold mine for conspiracy theorists. when we continue our special coverage of the commemoration ceremonies remembering how the fatal crash happened taking you through the subsequent investigation. when the news is not enough. when something really crucial. when you want to get down to brass tacks we bring you our special coverage here on in a place already synonymous with tragedy the world witnessed another disaster that left the country devastated. and united two nations in grief.

question more on. now to developments in libya where government officials say its forces have shot down to rebel helicopters in the east of the country it's up to questions over the if activists of nato as un mandated no fly zone adopted last month meanwhile the key city of this nato forces bombarded because after his army has been trying to retake the area from the opposition doctors say at least eight rebels have been killed that's as nato announces it's destroyed a significant amount of government and the capital tripoli takes around misrata and in other parts of the country however there is growing rebel disillusionment out the level of may there were some students at the scale of friendly fire casualties since the alliance took over the no fly zone twenty ad to gadhafi fighters have

been killed and dozens injured by their raids are seen as you can often spoken to some of the rebels in benghazi. a veteran of the libyan army moved any service all the way into retirement but now he's fighting for the revolution and is there more than a few rebels at the front with military training and experience. forces for not even we are ready to fight to the jets but these weapons we can stand a chance against gadhafi since needing to control the north was on operation explains it meaning more than one thousand sorties intermediate the u.n. screens around of proof of that at least forces have now been destroyed despite the help from the skerries on the ground the rebels are still taking a barrel me look good lead to his field there are civilians in a strike and we do really have to mean you more interest.

just know we could go get gas it was the revolution me here it seems the entire seat worries nato for its support because the front line could still be bad for this stuff goes missing everything it seems. to me all the us is pretty tactics it's crazy as well protests like this one are becoming common seen i mean you are accusing nato of feeling to protect civilians they are asking for help anymore. demanding it. i don't get their way you see fit for gadhafi to kill a still we demand a new u.n. resolution which would allow us. to say arming the rebels alone wouldn't helps when the war with the rebels needed is not so much and using arms training means that the forces are now servicing that the u.s.

and egypt are training and even if your forces going beyond the mandate will be going to solution that established. you going off towards the. idea. elsewhere in the region syria yemen and egypt have seen another outbreak of protests this weekend as nato forces are bogged down in libya some experts suggest destabilization in the arab world as part of a strategy led by the u.s. to weaken iran and win more clout in the region parties guy needs to can finds out who might be next on the list. as waves of public rage sweep through north africa and the middle east world powers jump on them as many analysts say in an attempt to direct the waves of unrest in a way that's most favorable for them in libya forging relationship with the opposition so that it could not be goes there are people there to do business with as syria a popular raft gather steam some experts say western powers might see the advantages

of getting. involved there too these three countries. are the main countries that will not align themselves or the manically to the global power elite or the western powers interested objectives in more power for good in the middle east as for example egypt will do or you see do with hosni mubarak and definitely kuwait and saudi arabia syria is iran's closest ally in the region and the cost to support the remark in syria after income with mentions of iran's syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in need in the region and without syria iran loses their their bridge their land bridge to lebanon and their hit has the one force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefits and even call american forces some expert even believe that this stabilize ation is part of a strategy the west perceives in the region we are seeing reflect

a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran leaving very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will believe iraq pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary caught up with the syrian army to quote empower and revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. enter and iran america's list and some point. you just the way in libya many say iran's would be a tough call and no matter how much washington would want the regime there too far for now it's seen as a mission in. i'm sure that there are some in the u.s.

who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mossad there back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that libya being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests any momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . still to come on the program for your searching for solutions best financial advice gather to discuss the future of the global economy but will emerging markets be the driver of the monocle coverage. and find out how the new crew at the

international space station plans to mark the inspiring orbital odyssey of your garden fifty years on. now in most countries it's standard practice to denounce terror but it seems not and semblant their priest is facing charges of inciting racial hatred after he spoke out against the man behind the moscow metro and airport panix r.t. if you consider international reports from helsinki. these may be the last days these man whereas he's pastas color you hum waller faces being defrocked for speaking out against i use the word would appear east to use words but it didn't look to morrow and his international peace could come century such was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the taxi claims. and also a matter of war means and most recently the day my dear dinner was attack the website is banned in russia but in finland it enjoy. why is

a comfortable standing and not only on the internet but also in downtown how sinking the priest was the first openly say this was an outrage and the reaction was quick to follow. this guy email it's one hundred percent. what does the letters say you slow if i don't spot to fight. their. way out of a wife on wheels you home all are we want to police that in stands and are being prosecuted himself been sued for criticizing what finland calls illegally operating organization and the same people who are promoting. against russia they are promoting public opinion like. mori is a racist who is. racist. or causes people of the

chechens which is of course not the truth because more recently the same thing internationally a quality. as an international terrorist people walking down these quiet and prosperous streets may be unaware of the disturbing case of you harm or the rate there used to thinking of their country as fair and politically correct but it would be remain just as neutral if tragedy knocks on their door here in helsinki people travel on public transport without fear of their neighbors in russia only four hundred people on tours away aren't quite so lucky. after all it's only a step from extremist rhetoric to action and there is seldom a warning call with providing a good for minority drop minority who want to be terrible. if. iraq. you know where. there is quite

a team after the pasta now finland's prosecutors office the church and some of the world's most determined terrorists you home all the way has already changed her dress and divorced his wife to avoid putting your and his children at risk is now considering a move to russia exceeding aggression over our tea house in cape finland. we spoke to pastor you hollering after he was questioned by finnish police can watch the full interview with him as well as many other stories on our website r.t. dot com. the financial dominance of europe and america is coming to an end with developing economies now taking the leading role as one of the main themes of a summit being hosted by billionaire tycoon george soros in the american town of bretton woods artist norm lester of reports from there. if these hills could talk. the economic theory they would expound upon.

ladies and gentlemen please welcome ideas that could change the world of futures god. or at least billionaire george soros bringing together ph d.'s and nobel prize winners with the backdrop of historical bretton woods would suggest someone is hoping they will but it was here allied nations came during world war two in crisis searching for stability they form the international monetary fund the world bank and established the us dollar is the global reserve currency. it's here that decades later in the wake of the natural crisis a group of influential economists and former policymakers have brought together to try to rethink that very framework to reflect a different world we've got to have a serious plan to restructure the international reconstruct the international institutions for the times that we were in and not for the past times that have

gone by gone time says brown are the centuries of american and european dominance with a brick nations of brazil russia india and china fueling more of global growth they need a bigger seat at the table critics say in with the new should mean outwith the old orthodoxy have threatened woods the i.m.f. for one i think i am. has mostly played a very destructive role by promoting financial liberalization in many parts of the world which contributed tremendously to the financial meltdown and the handling of that meltdown in the us with the billions to bail out banks that are still too big to fail is just one reason some of these critics give for questioning the u.s. dollar as the global reserve currency if you have capitalism and you lose confidence in us institutions which is happened to some degree since two thousand the quality of the dollar and the quality of new york as a financial center could deteriorate very markedly and deterioration in political

will for tucker banking reform has some concern we may be headed for another crisis the terms on which one says about prices but i have to say the concentration of power in finance is greater today than it was before this crisis but here it's mostly western academics talking shop a new road map won't be drawn up this time it's right woods according to the man who still has obama's ear his former top economic aide no one is going to run to washington to pass legislation next week but over time these kinds of ideas in steer after steer have had very important effect effects hard for some to see at this point in this fair. where's the political will for reshaping the world economy who has a proposal that is actually workable there's plenty of conversations particularly around the role of the dollar a little bit of color but no consensus at all i just consensus on the need for change they hope will reverberate beyond these hills lauren lyster r.t. your hampshire. take

a brief look now at some other stories making headlines around the world in iceland taxpayers have rejected a government plan to cover the loss of state by bankers during the two thousand and eight financial crisis in a national referendum sixty percent of voters chose not to repay some three billion dollars in lost assets to british and dutch investors many of the respondents voiced opposition to having to pay for the mistakes of bankers the issue will now be decided in european courts. a senior hamas government official has taken the unusual step of appearing on israeli radio to appeal for a halt to recent hostilities it was an outburst of fighting between the two sides with israeli armed forces bombarding gaza and hamas responding with walking strikes if you're still promised and all hostile activity if the jewish state agree to do the same. in his first interview since being ousted from the egyptian president hosni mubarak has hit back at accusations he illegally amassed

a personal fortune while in office because opposed leader also offered to cooperate with investigators in tracking down lost state assets because amid a growing protest movement calling for the prosecution of mubarak and his inner circle staff there's billions of dollars from the state. to the international space station now where a russian spacecraft has brought three new crew members outpost mission was dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight and set off from the same launch pad as a year ago guarin did in one thousand and sixty one after already for today. he's around the planet at the science rocket docked at the i.s.o.'s complimenting the crew of three with two cosmonauts and an american astronaut they're due to stay at the space station in time for tambour and then tasked with conducting for the scientific experiments as part of a hundred billion dollar program parties tests are silly i was at the baikonur launch pad as the mission was preparing to settle. every astronaut spend most of

their lives preparing for the possibility of going to space the russian cosmonaut for example takes about two hundred fifty exams we're about for this and to walk training they have to go through all the hard work with men and women put into their professions one of the things they fear is something a little more romantic and that's an unwavering childhood dream of literally reaching for something big aspiring cosmonaut sergei the retire was just intently as a so you see i'm a twenty one spacecraft is poised to its vertical position at only fourteen he's so certain about his future that he's already made headway he went to the u.s. and became the first youngster to spend fifteen minutes floating in the zero gravity environment house without straining the summer look it was doing i thought the food weight of my body i could hardly move my hands this early start is something the first man in space you regarding could himself have related to and his fate fifty years ago marked the beginning of

a long list of achievements in manned space exploration. i am. for walking on the group. to building the massive international space station. but it doesn't stop there next possibly a hotel in orbit yet another space dream which you for this hotel project will be forums at the station with enough food for seven people there will be tribute illuminatus so that everyone can observe the stars i've always wanted to become a cosmonaut that didn't happen. but i'm sure that one day i'll travel to space a tourist price tag is a hefty thirty five to forty billion dollars but there is a cheaper alternative another project aims to send space tourists to lower earth orbit where they'll spend five minutes of zero gravity and see the planet in its entirety for two hundred thousand dollars to do this they plan to use the ability

of this plane to carry cargo on its body the plane will take off with a small space shuttle which will be released at a certain altitude but arguably the most ambitious of space projects is the mars five hundred experiment simulating a voyage to the rest planet in the event this global ambitions becomes reality and when that time comes young sergei is certain he'll be ready to take on the challenge no mars be able to leave i want to be the first to travel to mars and to other planets as well they say you can leave there in future. and like many space men and women he believes it will only be a matter of time that's are still your r.t. baikonur in kazakhstan. for a short break here on our team and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories.

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