significance. of the. government and media conspiracy of the friends the montenegrin the truth about the conflicts and the cold dead which threatened to ruin the country is that enough still standing. the game within the gate all see it still was for the flies in the middle east or is that actually part of american strategy to slow the rise of something or. the sick russian prisoners request for a mercy killing from the fresh debate on whether you should believe in. the global markets are recovering slightly after a massive selloff in the previous session this is as impressed as are assessing the

importance of but downgrade of the us economic outlook by. law that around twenty five a. very warm welcome to this is all see line from us and france as want its nato allies that their campaign in libya could be deemed to failure on the scrounging for the poit to the country where that would be against the existing un resolution could be a major political play for president nicolas sarkozy the french public is aware they are happy with his performance leaving him in a fine thank the new partial reports france is known for its against sri was a first for a state to go into libya the. rico civil war and this just sent more troops to afghanistan. but watch the french media and this is what she gets the americans are

responsible for the rising civilian death toll and there's no mention of the french contingency the locals welcomed their western liberators with open arms. we're being for propaganda relations today truth we're told the community is behind us but france just wants africa's resources. this reporter explains how the french government dictates national coverage you will basically follow our editorial line on foreign policy or you will not be invited or included to come back and ask questions or press conferences and we will not be cooperate with you when you seek interviews but if you turn to the internet the view of president sarkozy's policies are much more critical fridge people are growing increasingly worried about their country being labeled as imperialist with little record for its

victims opposition to the war centers on the rising number of casualties and the damage it does to france's reputation activists say france's media coverage is one sided but the real story will eventually get through after almost a decade of war in afghanistan news of the thousands of french soldiers and thousands of civilians killed is finally hitting home war in afghanistan is unpopular. although the media treated. quite positive. the invasion of iraq the biggest and she will really is in history there were experts say libya could become so disease iraq and disappoints government efforts the truth on france's current wars is also coming out. paris. russia's foreign minister has joined the criticism of building the strategy in libya the alliance wants colonel gadhafi out and supporting the rebels with aid

and sort of a love for all of this talk is not sanctioned by the united nations. the u.n. security council never aimed for regime change in libya or any other country in the forces that are now using the security council resolution to justify regime change are clearly violating the u.n. mandate. the opposition is struggling to me after a week's long siege by kellogg it happens as thousands flee in reston cities russia's foreign minister says some ten thousand people died since the beginning of the conflict bethink is in the transitional national council of libya and in syria security forces are very high are thousands of protesters who have refused to leave the main square this is a hug for the president stepped down human rights campaigners say two hundred people died of a lethal crackdowns since a demonstration is began how far from his gibraltar quantum intersection of the

nation's told r.t. the arab uprisings are being instigated by the u.s. to undermine china's influence with pre-check. ultimate goal of force into the region is to change. the regime even more applying for the six year old regime. fortunately in egypt and other countries that were quite quiet or world to the united states but now obama's administration wants to feel even more plant regimes and this striation many countries including russia including china first of all they feel very interest are being threatened because of these are going to be more loyal to the united states and i'm not likely to fulfill. all the political ads to talk about policy of china towards the whole situation china has always advocated no involvement policy but what we see now is

a general change of china's policy china is going to play a more active role and as we've seen are americans trying to. remove chinese competition from regions of south asia. east and africa and africa bottles of central african nations region resources. china has quite a lot of options. and. of course. charlie china is the major creditor of the united states and today their financial rating for a few lighted states was chain has been changed so i guess that is quite a lot of lever storm drain field situation both economic and political. he says libya is not the only area where beijing and washington. and there is part of this equation that worrying washington i would say rather more than the european

union leaders but definitely one only has to look at khartoum to see chinese investment in africa and get after it was one person who for all its privatization and later suddenly coming back to the western fold he still didn't like africa calmly american defense network. in germany regarding africa and many people say that china of course is going to be the new. chinese investment in iran totals some one hundred sixty five billion dollars or so it is rapidly finding problems of un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing and washington's interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly arching up but the state department the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency advisor donnelly he

said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to get out of it could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. journalist asked in return see that coming up kid gets all of the european aids going down why union has been criticized they were how it chooses to spend it's an eleven billion euro budget. is bad for their country said it now they neglected other ignored that report from georgia coming up . a russian inmate who suffering from severe diabetes is ours for killing convicted murderer again now the organs cannot get the treatment he needs while in jail so far the judges have refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for euthanasia is illegal in russia where the national house. in our east valley five and he's dying and it's an

independent static is not sixty killings in ten months now own most blind he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail where he's serving his sentence for murder his gangrenous transparent and doctor's forecasts he want he crushed trees for much longer in need of wheelchair. your but i can't live without pain killers. i'm always on drugs. if i didn't take them i'd be able to be good all. but you're a former soldier and war veteran in our geno longer has the energy to fight for life when. he's supposedly fighting for just. him as his health has not always been so bad it deteriorated rapidly after he was behind bars in two thousand and seven he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison cannot he needs specialized treatment and care something he just cannot get here. to die

or in what else do i need i used to be a man. now look at me you go i'm not even hotter than them. doctor to help him die is officially forbidden in russia. but when i start going who could kill you can facilitate a suicide nobody even the most zealous you've made you support is very sad that they would do it themselves because they would become murderers of a good order from the point of view of russian legislation from the point of view of international law all ethnic norms in euthanasia be justified. there is a huge debate on whether terminal patients have the rights to and their own life to escape chronic pain those against euthanasia and they are the majority claim among other things that even hopeless cases can sometimes be the recklessly healed but

a voice from behind bars where miracles rarely happen a change their perspective. if they know that the rest of their lives will be suffering but the reason to prevent them from doing that especially those sentenced to life in prison and a good many letters from these people they ask for death as life becomes unbearable conditions there are after all so why not. a strong orthodox deliver euthanasia has been a hard decision and it won't be without its victims on the other side of the prison bars. no i will not allow him to die or i will not. enough his mother can understand what's pushed her son to sick death that she country can sell herself with the reality of that decision. if he dies i'll die with him what would i live for who for. histon

a life that is waiting wishing for death whether it's natural all right ask. me if not to central russia. the head of russia's chechen republic says there are now fewer than say. everything is being done to catch them but as i'm going to have also told r.t. that people choose joining streamer screams are usually on stable or psychologically damaged watches for interview and hours time but here's. i spoke to a man who was to become a suicide bomber to sacrifice his life i asked why he wanted to do it he didn't understand i told him islam is encouraged in the chechen republic actually are you not allowed to build mosques would you take. from where we do you job serving the soldiers but you come out and say in the name of allah you didn't answer me and we are both of the people who chose to become suicide bombers are mentally retarded

they find these people completely disconnected from the outside world and use them . transit on a with medals and respect in their community but in georgia many former soldiers say they've been neglected by the country they fought for and that to survive on the phone company now is that of a report. there are memorials like these all over the world set up to honor all those and fought for their countries a sign of respect and remembrance but many of the veterans here in georgia feel that they have been completely forgotten captain davidson sansa went through the war and has in the one nine hundred ninety s. and decorated officer he now has to survive for just fifteen dollars a month so i don't get a pension now and i won't until i'm sixty five but will i live to see that money we

used to have some sort of support the hospital the free treatment social benefits but they've all got taken away in two thousand and five and i got fired in two thousand and three with no explanation whatsoever. lives in a house that he claims is unfit to live in yet to send his family away because he can't provide them with food. my house has no gas no running water i can't pay for any of it i can't get a job the only reason i'm still alive is because of my friends i live in what they can. and their needs is not alone is like more and more veterans in georgia feel the lack of support from their government but when they try to draw attention to it by calling a hunger strike it was simply the way some were even arrested according to officials for refusing to comply with police orders and being under the influence of alcohol who cause the most outrage among veterans and the international media was the fact those detained got slapped with

a two hundred twenty five dollar fine not one of them has that kind of money. for the police came of break up our protest the president drove by he stopped lowered his window looked at us one hour later we were pushed out of the way like we were nothing of a dozen n.g.o.s and human rights groups demanded an official investigation into the actions of the police and that arinze who have already sacrificed so much for the. treat it largely ignores them are being drawn into this war as with or without our attorney about health care screeners or about r t v c ga. when i say we look at the dangerous lines of those in the black places in california is forth because in the south francisco we've got the story of how painful there are traps in a place where gun crime rules that's here on our team throughout the day. live in a country that don't understand that there's more violence in the streets of this country than there are in the streets of baghdad.

one discouraging. racial. mystique. you're the only real pleased. with the. let's take a look now at some other international news making headlines this hour and a helicopter carrying twenty people has crashed in northeast india near the border with china seventeen people have died and six others have been taken to a local hospital for treatment. the helicopter hit a wall and burst into flames minutes before it was meant to learn the chopper was on a regular flight between

a popular book of its size and the capital of the state of. families of people fleeing their homes are why it's a rock did follow the presidential election rules by cheerier the red cross says many people were killed and hundreds injured when angry protesters homes churches and shops the riots escalated after the current president goodluck jonathan was reelected as leader and it was seen as a largely free and public jonathan has appealed for an end to the violence and imposed a twenty four hour curfew. he was the former president fidel castro was finally resigned from his posts the long time leader of the country's communist party the announcement was made of the ruling party approved sweeping economic changes and elected new leadership ballot its first congress for fourteen years now top political positions will be limited to follow to its terms a decades old ban on private deals such as the buying and selling of horses has

also been lifted. workers at japan's quake hit tomic plants have begun removing highly radioactive water from the basement of the nuclear reactor building this should give workers access to carry out repair work to vital cooling systems not south by the modern army but lat operate a has said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year emergency workers have been unable to answer any of the damage reactor buildings. plant since the natural disasters. now the e.u. is being criticized for failing to track how it spends its aid money and is accused of squandering billions of dollars on all necessary projects and corrupt regimes davis campbell brown and then there's brussels i think capable of controlling as a party it better legnani sense approach. to the system isn't working i think this report makes very clear. but there is no surprise i mean from our point of view

here you have the european union for sixteen years in a row they haven't signed off their own accounts because of auditor's you know so much fraud in their cars they can't even sign them off so it's not a surprise that you know there's a allegations of private jets being bought by. a country leaders surely that after receiving this kind of the aid the whole thing is a mess it needs discipline i think it's better done by nation states. or. actually goes to non poor countries i mean the biggest recipient is turkey which is doing pretty well economically and a lot goes missing i mean some is going to terrorist groups like. in palestine. you've got incredible figures like in mali where job creation scheme is costing one point five million pounds for each individual they actually find a job for so there's a huge amount of waste here. all the details on the stories we're covering over on

our web site there's plenty more to discover card as well do you know on any time for these videos his opinion and more his quick taste of what's pleasing by. a long stretch from the polls rush. towards it all the medieval blackheads for an adrenalin pumping up for. long the presidential election is fast approaching here in russia over the next needed season seven on precedented six year time the stakes are high and we're bringing even reaches these opinions on these tests for the top job find out. the.

agriculture recovering from last year's record heat wave and forest stay with us for the latest in business had to be. thanks very much i was alone welcome to business global markets are catching their breath after taking a big hit on monday that's after standard and poor's cut the u.s. economic outlook from stable to negative over the country's spiraling that's about a guy has a story from new york. here in midtown manhattan is possibly the best view of america's ugliest economic state right back there is the u.s. debt clock ticking away above fourteen point five trillion dollars and that is the reason why leading credit agency standard and poor's has downgraded america's government debt from stable to negative the first time since world war two the u.s.

long term credit outlook has been downgraded to negative now all of this is top name because us and he says they are concerned over the u.s. government's ability to agree on a cause consolidated plan to reduce the u.s. budget deficit now all parties agree that the u.s. is spending too much money they just can't agree on where to cut their spending from now we've seen in europe how austerity measures have been put in place social programs have been cut taxes have been increased markets continue to be concerned if they remain concerned if that concern gets even deeper there's a chance that the u.s. dollar can lose its value which would pursue protégé another financial collapse in the u.s. and possibly that could spread throughout the world reporting from midtown manhattan . new york. and want to know about the u.s.

is not the main focus for global markets. still most european debt problems. and the big key right now is spain which is a very large economy and the markets are bear i worry that what's happening in portugal and greece is going to impact spain as well and if that happens then once again will be a big increase in risk perception and russia will sell russia in that sense in the bad sense is it is safe compared to compared to a lot of other places but a lot of the money that's been coming into russian markets over the last three or four months has been quite short and whenever there's an increase in risk people tend to sell risky assets and the world still views russian equity markets as being risk and. so the markets are performing a vis our around six minutes before u.s. markets open it's a positive picture in europe this is the heavy selling in the previous trading session luxury groups are in focus following the same some trading updates bribery

is up more than six percent of two hundred thirty percent rise in second half revenue and a positive for the year. in germany car shares are high after a new car registrations rose in march here in germany and for. russian markets also trading in the black gaining pace actually on this positive movement to seeing my six getting one point seven percent the r.t.s. one hundred percent safe look at them individually stocks. energy shares are gaining the most from last navigating almost walker said that's on reports that its managed to consolidate nine and a half percent of its stock within one of its companies within its structure therefore rumor has it it's preparing for the share swap deal with b.p. also banks are quite strong burbank is up one percent bt b. is also not far way behind and poorly installed is up one point three percent on

the my sex let's take a look at why this is happening this is because police called an angle mining ashanti close to reaching a deal which would make all. it's called one of the biggest companies in the gold mining sector. russian stock exchanges r.t.s. and the my stocks are going to merge in two years' time that's according to the president of nice x. the boss will acquire a rival for more than one billion dollars deal is part of russia's planting establish a new financial center in moscow. coming back to the markets gold prices have sex a new record high reaching almost one thousand four hundred ninety eight dollars per ounce but it slipped back slightly now just point one percent now to inflation around the globe and concerns of the us that are sending investors to look at assets like gold and silver therefore we are seeing the levels very close to record highs for silver that's three decade high. but loyal for example is

declining for a second session in a row light sweet as low one hundred six dollars per barrel brant below one hundred twenty dollars per barrel prices dropped sharply overnight to reverberating from the news of america's sovereign ratings. and other news one of america's most widely respected businessman has picked russia's urals as a top manufacturing location david farley head of the industrial parts maker amazon says the region provides a unique mix of resources and even expertise amazon plans to double the size of its operations in russia. our goal is to double our business to almost three quarters a billion dollars here in the next five years and you know i feel with investments we're making we will do that we're going to bring more production here and more capabilities. we're growing in russia quite rapidly right now the commies coming back so we'll probably get

a brawling twenty percent in russia this year this will be one of our largest growth this year our largest growth will be in latin america and russia will probably be one the top three what competitive advantages do you think rochelle for i look at the process capability and capability the metal capability and this is one the best regions in the world i mean i look at this region germany united states of the three the best the world china doesn't have this capability and i think a lot of companies haven't seen it here and we we ran across this so that's why i like this so much right here i'm going to spain russia and all the emerging economies as long as the level of cheating and wages are low wages are one thing but over time wages go up and so everything becomes equal and then it's productivity and technology and so every country over time will evolve and we see that we've we've operated on the world so you know china is going through a phase right now with the trying to increase wages and then we'll spend more capital and use less labor and more productivity and india will do the same thing

down the road and so here you know we have a hybrid of capital and people it's a mix and we will be back in less than one hour's time with an update of the latest business news stay with us before that lines with alice.

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