markets. i know what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. is a report. poland and russia hold a memorial service is one year on from the polish presidential plane crash near smolensk which killed president lech kaczynski end of ninety five others a tragedy which has however abroad both countries closer together. colonel gadhafi has agreed to an african union plan to end eight weeks of conflict in libya allowing humanitarian aid and political talks but rebels are expected to reject the proposals which keep him in power. also this week a finnish priest is charged with inciting racial hatred and faces expulsion of from the church after an interview with r t in which he spoke out against one of the

world's most wanted terrorists. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our team we're certainly glad to have you with us one year on and poland is remembering the victims of the presidential plane crash in western russia in which many of the country's political elite perished including the head of state president lech kaczynski commemoration of events have been held in russia and poland where more take place this week and tragedy however ignited a warming and historically frosty relations between moscow and warsaw but as the reports some politicians are trying to politicize the tragedy. well it certainly has been one a very emotional and very tragic day for poland just like exactly twelve months ago when i was here at the very same spot i saw crowds of people gathered here and. so

is the story still has been the story of today also being thousands of thousands have been coming here to the square in front of the presidential palace in warsaw to commemorate those who died in that tragic plane crash near by the russian city of smolensk where most of the polish political elite perished alongside with the country's president and his wife indeed we have seen lots of different services and vigils held across the city at the cemeteries where the people who died in the in the plane crash were buried a year ago their relatives came there to lay flowers in reach certainly the vigils that the most important cathedrals and churches across the capital and indeed across the whole country as well that's also was broadcasted on l.c.d. screens across the central polish capital even there it was even as a vigil held on the runway of the id airport from where the presidential plane to call for twelve months ago and never returned now of the rally here of the mass rally at the central square has had different colors all throughout the day first

it was all about mourning the dead then it became like a religious gathering with a vigil held right here in front of the presidential palace and now this rally has turned political with the remaining several thousand people here in the square chanting some political slogans in fact asking for the government for the prime minister's head and for the president's head believing that there have been inadequate in investigating this story many experts note that this has been the sentiment of the last several months in poland with the radical nationalist forces saying using very harsh and side russian rhetoric and even going as far as creating conspiracy theories that the death of the polish president lech kaczynski was in fact according to them how close between the power circles in warsaw and the ones in moscow something of course very few in poland actually believe in and nevertheless it has been all about emotion today. and i had the five has the

feeling that the people who gathered here there were still more about mourning the death of it rather than going into the political discourse and having been walking through the crowd all throughout the day i seem to years in the eyes of the people that were holding photographs and candles trying to remember what exactly happened twelve months ago and how difficult this loss has been for this central rypien country like here shasta reporting there from warsaw commemoration services have also taken place at the side of the disaster. was there for us. ten fool she one am local time that's the exact line that the plane crashed down and a small remembrance service was held just behind me at the actual suddenly solve the crash through throughout the day mortars 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 nan in the dead of the late her own flowers and page

her room respects outside the polish embassy and this of course follows on from yesterday's events when the wife of the previous president get on a comatose came here with the families of the victims to attend a memorial service here at these were near the scaffold before moving on to the county memorial site a very similar timetable to that would be followed by prisoners who did if at all ski on monday evening to help these united and public help portions of grief from both the russian and polish sides we do understand that some in poland have stakes press their concern at the news that the memorial plaque at the crash site behind me was replaced on friday nights we have heard from the russian foreign ministry on this and we understand that locals med school authorities changed up because they say permission was not granted for the original plan and they also wanted a plaque in both russian and polish the old plug that was up the side was worse and

purely in polish i'd also made dress moves into the canteen a memorial to which that could chimpsky was flying on that fateful day this new package 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 katsina but let's call style minds back now remember the details that led to that plane crashing on a ten twenty ten. the final moments within seconds all ninety six on board flight one i won the date. the time with ten forty one am on april tenth. i was outside when i heard the plane it was flying really low 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 the flames were as high as a five story house. ground control star there were no conditions to land mass requests with still made to attempt a trial approach transcripts from the plane's a black box flight recorder reveal the crew were acutely aware of the rapidly decreasing visibility but also of the 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 the crash under these conditions the pilots continued their approach well having passed the point of no return the president's plane began its final descent but the dense fog and poor visibility meant that the crew had in fact already missed their targets and were coming into land some fifty meters below the runway where the base of the aircraft

began to graze the tops of these trees and one particularly tall birch rich a huge hole out of the left wing causing the aircraft to roll and within just five seconds the nose about one five four had hit the ground hard at first we didn't know there was a crash. as. something wrong so from here we took it back and we came here as soon as it was possible none of that believe it happened we were talking about that it was. incredible that sense of shock and disbelief reverberated around the world as the news began to spread that in a single moment poland had suffered what its prime minister would later down it's a worst tragedy since world war two alice had it r.t. silence creature many of the wounds of that tragedy have yet to heal and in poland

there is still debate about the circumstances of the crash provision journalist david murrell says it would be hard for poland to contest the findings by the russian investigators. facts of this case are a fairly unequivocal you can say it would take a fairly elaborate reinterpretation of an awful lot of hard factual data to come up with an alternative to what the in-state aviation committee has already published i mean there may be minor differences in in what happened there's always room for a certain amount of interpretation and i think it depends on whether the president wants to start with evidence and finish with a conclusion or whether it wants to start with a conclusion and cherry pick the evidence. when the news is not enough. when it's something really crucial. when you want to get down to brass tacks we bring you our special coverage here. in

a place already seen all of this with tragedy the world witnessed clever disaster that left the country devastate. that united nations in grief. question more on. moving on to libya now where colonel gadhafi has agreed to a ceasefire proposal by visiting african union officials now a way to provoke from rebel forces but they say there can be no negotiations as long as gadhafi remains in power african union president jacob zuma says gadhafi has also agreed to let humanitarian aid into the country under the plan the libyan leader's forces have been trying to retake the frontline city of daraa from the opposition who have been recovering positions with the help of nato airstrikes but while the western alliance says it has destroyed significant stockpiles of gadhafi nations across the country rebels are growing disillusioned over the rising to all

of friendly fire casualties since nato took control of the no fly zone and its air strikes have killed at least twenty and i could often fighters and injured dozens more like she's you got a piece of another has spoken to rebels inside the city of benghazi. after the libyan army moved any sort of his current all the way into retirement but now he's fighting for the revolution and is among a few rubles crunch with military training and experience with their forces for not even we are ready to fight to the death but with these weapons we don't stand a chance against gadhafi since needing to control the north winds on operation it's going to need more than one thousand sorties intermediate the u.n. screens around the good of going to have these forces have now been destroyed we displayed help from the skerries on the ground the rebels are still keeping a pounding. retailers feel there are civilians in the strikes are only daily

here remaining meritorious. but. just a week ago he was ready to be married seems the entire seek peace need to support the proclaim he still. listed as missing. everybody it seems to read. for us is like this is crazy as well. this one are becoming a crime and seen i mean you are accusing me to all feeling to protect civilians they are asking for help anymore the are demanding it. i do think it will all they way to full for gadhafi secure still we demand a new u.n. resolution which would allow us. but experts say arming the rebels alone wouldn't helps when the war with the rebels need is not so much arms they can use in arms

training in order to be reinforced servicing the u.s. and egypt. forces going beyond the un resolution that established. you want this kind of. media unrest has also been flooding through syria yemen and egypt this week and with nato forces stuck deep in libya there's speculation of the destabilization in the region is the real agenda of the west now he's gonna try to can explains how the us is involved in this strategy. as waves of public rage sweep through north africa and the middle east world powers jump on that 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 if gadhafi goes their people there to do business with as syria popular raf gather steam some experts say western powers might see the advantages

of getting involved there to these three countries iran syria libya are the main countries that will not align themselves automatically to the global power elite or the western powers interested objectives in north africa in the middle east as for example egypt will do or used to do with hosni moved. and definitely kuwait and saudi arabia syria is iran's closest ally in the region and the cost to support the remark in syria our fun come with mentions of you ran syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses there and there are a bridge their land bridge to lebanon and they're here it has the one force and so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would destabilize iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some experts even believe that this stabilize ation is part of a strategy the west perceives in the region we are seeing with

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 be pretty much a lot at least in the arab world and will facilitate further turmoil inside it although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary card for the syrian army to quote empower arab revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. enter and iran america's list is some point they were. just the way in libya many say iran's would be a tough card and no matter how much washington would want the regime there too far

for now it's seen as a mission impossible 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. the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mosul there back in one hundred fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that with libya being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check our reporting for washing our teeth still to come on the program searching for solutions. the best financial minds gathered to discuss the future of the global economy but will the emerging markets be the driver of economic recovery. and find out how the new

crew of the international space station plans to mark you're a good little adventure of fifteen years ago. to finland now where a priest there is facing criminal charges for failing ethnic hatred after speaking out against the door of one of the world's most wanted terrorists morry could actually be fraud and has already received death threats because you know grandchildren versus. these may be the last days these man where is his pastas color and you hum lawlor faces being defrocked priest speaking out against our use of words would appear east. president to morrow and his internet mouthpiece become center the site was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the attacks he claims the nap ski express and also come natural warming sea and most recently the dim idea divert water tank the website is banned in russia but in finland it enjoys quite

a comfortable standing and not only on the internet but also in downtown housing. the priest was the first openly say this was an outrage and the reaction was quick to follow. this guy be aware it's a hundred percent to eight good guess the c.p.i. this what does the letter say. you slow the evil i don't. know five ok you. got my. promise on the heels you home all are we want to police that in stand and being prosecuted himself been sued for criticizing what finland calls a legally operating organization and the same people who are promoting the. show they are promoting public opinion labels moral claim of a morally he's a racist or he's a. racist the. people of the church and which is of course not the truth

because maurice only consenting the internationally a college opinion of. some international tourist people walking down these quiet and prosperous streets may be unaware of the disturbing case of you harm or the they're used to thinking of their country as fair and politically correct but would they 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 kilometers 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 by doing good for a minority drop minority who want to do terrible things. if. there are so many. who were

but. there is quite a team after the pastor now finland's prosecutor's office the church and some of the world's most determined terrorists he home all the way has already changed address and divorced his wife to avoid putting hurin and his children at risk his now considering a move to russia. exceeding aggression over our tea house in cape finland. and we spoke to pastor you harm a lorry after he was questioned by the finnish police you can watch that interview as well as many other stories on our website r.t. dot com. with emerging commies are taking a new leading role a new era could be dawning in the world of global economics that's one of the main topics on the table bretton woods conference hosted by billionaire philanthropist george soros ortiz or lister is that the government. if these hills could talk the economic theory they would expound upon. ladies and

gentlemen please welcome ideas they could change the world of futures. 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 agree 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 financial 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 problem 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 the bric nations of brazil russia india and china fueling more of global growth and they need a bigger seat at the table critics say in with the new should mean outwith the old orthodoxy of bretton woods the i.m.f. for one i think the guy. 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 u.s. 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 is the global reserve currency if you have any capitalism or you lose confidence in us institutions which is happening to some degree since two thousand the quality of the dollar and the quality of new yorkers are for their interests or could deter very very markedly and deterioration in political will for tougher banking reform has some concerned we may be headed for another crisis turns on what

one says about a crisis but i have to say yes 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 at bretton woods according to the man who still has obama's ear his former top economic aide and no one is going to run to washington to pass legislation next week but over time these kinds of ideas in skier after severe have had very important effect effects hard for some to see at this point and this fear. where's the political will for reshaping the world economy who has a proposal that's actually workable there's plenty of conversations particularly around the role of the dollar and with what we're calling good but no consensus at all on. just consensus on a need for change they hope will reverberate beyond details during mr r.t. new hampshire moving on to some other international news making headlines around the world now. people wise men have rejected

a government proposal to use their taxes to repay bank losses from the two thousand and eight financial crash which sunk the country's financial sector around sixty percent voted no in a referendum opposing the payment of five billion u.s. dollars to the british and dutch governments both compensated their citizens who lost money in icelandic accounts the two governments are now to sue iceland in an international court after the no vote. in his first speech since being ousted from the egyptian president hosni mubarak has hit back at accusations he illegally amassed a personal fortune while in office a statement from a tape recording was broadcast on al-arabiya t.v. it comes as public pressure intensifies for the prosecution of the former leader and his inner circle over the alleged theft of billions of dollars from the state egyptian authorities have stepped up investigations into corruption by the former regime with the former prime minister and mr mubarak's two sons being summoned for

questioning. next to the international space station where a russian soyuz rocket has brought three new crew members doubling the size of the team in orbit the mission set off from the same launch pad as a your again in nine hundred sixty one just days before the fiftieth anniversary of that historic flight the new crew will spend five months in space and have been tasked with conducting the scientific experiments as part of a one hundred billion dollars program what he says are silly reports. astronauts spend most of their lives preparing for the possibility of going to space now roughened calls. for example takes about two hundred fifty exams we're about to descend the wall of physical training we have to go through all the hard man and woman put into their professions one of the thing they fear is something a little more about and that's an unwavering childhood dream of literally reach for something big aspiring cosmonauts surrogate of a tire watches intently as a so you see i'm a twenty one spacecraft is hoarse due 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 cosmonauts train in somalia when the plane was going up i thought the food my body i could hardly move my hands this early start is something the first man in space you to god in could himself have related to and his feet fifty years ago marked the beginning of a long list of achievements in manned space exploration. from walking on the mood. 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 there will be full rooms at the station with enough room for seven people there will be to be illuminated so that everyone can observe the earth and stars i've always

wanted to become a cosmonaut that didn't happen but now i'm sure that one day i'll travel to space tourist price tag is a hefty thirty five to forty million 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 that plane will take off with a small space shuttle. which will be released at a certain altitude but arguably the most a bishes of space projects is the mars five hundred experiment simulating a voyage to the red planet in the event this global ambition becomes reality and when that time comes young sergei is certain he'll be ready to take on the challenge not mark i want to be the first to travel to mars and to other planets as well they see can live there in future. and like many space men and women he

believes it will only be a matter of time that's our sylvia r.t. baikonur in kazakhstan. after a short break an update of today's and of the week's top stories right here on our team broadcast here live from moscow. all. the.

cultures that so much of an oldish musician is a person on the market opening the door to tear the al qaeda franchise has been largely absent the arab awakening oh boy got up to a job. when the news is not enough. when it's something really crucial. when you want to get down to brass tacks we bring you our special coverage years of research and construction all to hear the famous. for the first human blasting off into space. and returning as they hear a. question more on the odyssey. is the heat.