so now it's a government media conspiracy of law is the french demands know the truth about the conflicts that are involved in which threaten to ruin the country's international standing. also a game within a game r.t. explores the fighting in the middle east and north africa is actually part of an american strategy to slow the rise of china we report. of a sick russian prisoners request for a mercy killing prompts fresh debate on whether euthanasia should be legal.

this is r t my name is kevin o. and welcome if you just joined this it's now eight pm here in moscow and our top story tonight france is warned its nato allies that their campaign in libya could be doomed to failure unless ground troops are deployed to the country and that would be against the existing u.n. resolution and could be a major political blow for president nicolas sarkozy two french publics already unhappy with his performance leaving him in a fight for his future as daniel bushell reports now. france is now fighting in three wars the first four states to go into libya the last just force in ivory coast civil war and it's just sent more troops to afghanistan but what's the french media and this is what you get the americans are responsible for the rise in 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 at press conferences and we will not be cooperative with you when you see interviews but if you turn to the internet the view of president sarkozy's policies a much more critical french people are growing increasingly worried about their country being labeled as imperialist with little regard for its victims oppositions of the war centers on the rising number of casualties and the damage it does to france's reputation activists say france is media coverage is one sided but the real story will eventually get through after almost

a decade of war in afghanistan news of the dozens of french soldiers and thousands of civilians killed is finally hitting home born of god. treated. the invasion of iraq the biggest and she will rallies in history there were experts say libya could become so disease iraq and disappoints government's efforts the truth on france's current wars is also coming out the new bush will see paris. and russia's foreign minister joined the criticism of nato strategy in libya the alliance wants gadhafi out and is supporting the rebels with aid and airstrikes but so good lavrov says toppling gadhafi is not sanctioned by the united nations. the u.n. security council never aimed for regime change in libya or any other country 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 lift a weeks long siege by colonel gadhafi forces this thousands flee fighting in western cities italy's foreign minister says some ten thousand people have died since the beginning of the conflict their figures from the transitional national council of libya and syria meantime is lifting its nearly half a century old state of emergency giving into one of the main demands of protesters earlier in the day that the security forces opened fire to disperse and anti-government demonstration in the country's third largest city this video was taken on the streets of homs during heavy gunfire and tuesday human rights campaigners say more than two hundred people have died in the lethal crackdown since demonstrations began a new disclosures obtained by wiki leaks suggest the us has been secretly financing some syrian opposition groups intent on toppling president bashar al assad. well

many share the opinion that washington is pursuing a larger goal than just regime change across the arab world from the institute of world economy and international relations told us that if the uprisings are being instigated by washington to undermine china's influence in the region. ultimate goal of washington in the region is to change. regimes with flood insurance you know regime. change to. egypt and other contras they were quite quiet states but no obama administration even regimes and this situation many countries including russia including china first of all they feel interest are being threatened because of these it will be more a world with the united states and i'm not likely to fulfill. all the only ones 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 see now americans are trying to remove chinese competition through many regions of the rules south asia middle east and africa not only north africa but also central africa which is rich in resources so china has quite a lot of options to. first of all of course more she wants to know the church china is the major creditor of the united states and today their financial raging if you like it states was changed has been changed so i guess that china has quite a lot of levers still influence the situation both economic and political. journalism should return she says that libya is not the only area where bridging

washington's interests clash. many people say that china of course is going to be the new superpower chinese investment in iran totals some hundred billion dollars or so it is rapidly finding problems with un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing in washington's interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly hotting 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 to donald 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. russian returns explain to us their ok me over the program giving a tab on european aid cash while the union's been criticized over how it chooses to

spend its eleven billion euro aid that's coming up for you tonight plus these men who fought for their country say they're now being neglected and ignored because a report coming out from. the russian inmate who's suffering from severe diabetes is asked for a mercy killing a convicted murderer can't get the treatment he needs while he's in jail so far the judges of refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for euthanasia is a legal here in russia it is more if an option is got the story. you know out east forty five and he's dying and insulin dependent diabetic is like sixty killings in ten months. now own most blind he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail where his second sentence for murder his gun going is transparent and doctors forecasts he want the crutches for much longer he'll need

a wheelchair if. i can't live without pain killers will be here and i'm always on drugs but what if if i didn't take them i don't able to walk at all or because. your work they form a soldier and war veteran can argue no longer has the energy to fight for life when instead of his bitterly fighting for jeff. him that is how it 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 in other needs specialized treatment and care something he just cannot get here. to die or certainly what else do i need i used to be a man. now look at me with i'm not even heart of a man. a doctor to help him die is officially forbidden in russia this was when i starting who could kill you could facilitate

a suicide nobody even the most zealous euthanasia supporters villa said that they would do it themselves because they were the commercials if they did know it from the point of view of russian legislation from the point of view of international law or ethic moons can 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 on other themes even hopeless cases can sometimes be mere recklessly killed but a voice from behind bars where miracles rarely happen a change their perspective sure it will if they know better the rest of their lives will be suffering but the reason to prevent them from doing that especially of those sentenced to life in prison and that many letters from these people they ask for death as life becomes unbearable conditions there are awful so why not.

for unity 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 leave for all who fall. he's still alive but he's waiting wishing for death whether it's natural or mask. now to central russia. but russia's chechen republic says there are now fewer than seventy . militants left there and the values everything's been done to catch them. also told r t that people who chose to join extremist groups are usually unstable or

psychologically damaged now we've got a full interview coming up with ramzan kadyrov in twenty minutes from now is a quick taste of what's on offer. yes yes 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 you know i told him islam is encouraged in the chechen republic ritual are you not allowed to build mosques or to take the hardship or what are you banned from wearing the hijab serving the soldiers why do you come out and say i fight in the name of allah you didn't answer me and most of the people who chose to become suicide bombers are mentally retarded i think find these people completely disconnected from the outside world and use them. or veterans of traditionally honored with medals and respect to make community but in georgia many former soldiers say they've been neglected by the country they fought for and left to survive on a pittance for tbilisi outies scattering result of

a report. there are memorials like these all over the world set up to honor all those who 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 they went through war and highs in the one nine hundred ninety s. but to created officer he now has to survive just fifteen u.s. 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 big old got taken away in two thousand and five and i got fired in two thousand and three with no explanation whatsoever and lead 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. 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 does not alone is light more and more veterans in georgia killed a lack of support from their government when they try to draw attention to it by calling a hunger strike they were simply show. some or even arrested according to officials for refusing to comply with police orders and being under the influence of alcohol who caused 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 a 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 but 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 rick. it

largely ignores them are being drawn into this war that's going to be outstanding about it catherine is that of the r t b c ga. later in the program tonight we'll look at the dangerous lives of those in the black ghettos of california's fourth biggest city san francisco we've got the story of how people there are sucked in a place where gun crime rules it's an hour. to 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 in afghanistan or baghdad. one of the. least of. these. is to. procure the slum in the. street with the.

so look some other international news headlines now a protest against a proposed new career path by the west to buy that tester from police gunfire but i read more of opposing the government plans hurled stones at forces who charged them with battles activists have also blocked the roads to the side by dumping burning tires bringing traffic to a standstill opposition to the plants grown since japan's nuclear crisis as it's an area of high seismic activity. thousands of people are fleeing their homes after riots erupted after the presidential election in north material the red cross says many people were killed and hundreds injured when angry protesters burned homes churches and shops the riots escalated after the current president goodluck johnson usually electrically agree what's seen as a largely free and fair poll jonathan spain has appealed for an end to the violence

and imposed a twenty four hour curfew. cuba's former president fidel castro has made a rare public appearance during the country's communist party's congress in havana he finally resigned from his post as the long time party leader with his brother raul place of the meeting has proved sweeping konami completed all changes including limiting political positions to two five year decades old ban on private property deals such as the buying and selling of houses has also been lifted. workers that japan's quake hit a timely plant have begun removing highly radioactive water from the basement nuclear reactor building and should give workers access to carry out repair work to vital cooling systems that were knocked out by the march tsunami the plant operators said it expects to bring the crisis on control by the end of the year emergency workers have been unable to enter any of the damaged reactor buildings at the fukushima plant since the natural disaster. e.u.

is being criticised for failing to track oh it spends its aid money and it's accused of squandering billions of dollars of on necessary projects and corrupt regimes your m.p. david campbell ballymena told us that brussels incapable of controlling its own budget level of the money it sends a broad. clearly the system isn't working i think this report makes very clear. but it 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 account 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 certain country leaders sure leave after receiving this kind of the u.s. aid the whole thing is a mess it needs discipline and i think it's better done by nation states two thirds of the way she goes to non-chord 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 hamas 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. just take a minute outrage all the details the stories we're covering also on our web site plenty more to discover the problems while log on anytime soon exclusive video speeches. to tell the same inspiration see what's waiting on line for you right now check out the latest internet sensation what looks like a body of an a.t.m. discovered on the outskirts of a village in siberia i hope more online tonight are. also why iraqis hungry for an unlimited number of recalled q. cumbers from ukraine all the details on that. topic on.

choosing a sport said this. news of a crunch football match in newcastle which could go a long way she says to deciding who will win the english premier league title more than lately the latest business with the. thanks governor very much hello and welcome to business r.t. global markets are catching their breath after taking a big hit on monday night of the senate and poor's cut the u.s. economic outlook from stable to negative over the country's spiraling get things moving a fortnight has the 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 ruled war two that the u.s. long term credit outlook has been downgraded to negative now all of this is happening because the us and he says they are concerned over the u.s. government's ability to agree on 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 the u.s. dollar can lose its value which would pursue pretty another financial collapse in the u.s. and possibly that could spread throughout the world reporting from it's how many times. we are. on a warning about the u.s. credit not the brain for. capital investors in russia and the broader still most european problems. but the big key right now is spain visit very large economy and the markets are they are worried perhaps what's happening in portugal and greece is going to impact spain as well and if that happens there once again will be a big increase in risk perception and russia also russia in that sense in the sense that it's safe compared to what it 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 russian markets as being risk and. look at the markets now will have somewhat recovered from the losses prices did drop sharply overnight reverberation from news of america's sobering racing overall was the right now brant is a one hundred twenty one and a half dollars per barrel light sweet is just below one hundred eight and going up . u.s. markets are recovering after a sell off on monday go straight for the dow at least better than expected earnings from companies like johnson and johnson it's up two point seven percent helping investors regain confidence in europe stocks gaining after heavy selling in the previous trading session in germany car shares. of the new car registrations rose in march in germany and in the fronts. and the russian markets and to choose the session on a very positive note to my thanksgiving tune after sandy r.t.s.

two percent look at some individual shares banking stocks were on the rise but back up one point three percent holders up on reports this in talks with newmont mining and anglo gold ashanti on the possible merger option of the seven this deal could make the russian company one of the world's top called miners despite oil being down throughout most of the session jeff prices of russia's biggest crude producer while rock cross now was gaining four point eight percent profit closed monday from the bank says russian equity has already got just the downgrade of the u.s. right now. we had a very. sharp selloff in russian markets towards the end of the trading day yesterday after the price and p. downgrade of the u.s. . credit rating outlook that's right it's a russia time to absorb a lot of bad news yesterday so today this morning even though asian markets are trading down russia had a little bit of a rally. some of the losses yesterday so i think the market actually fell quite comfortable ultimately with a downgrade from the u.s.

so rossley of the biggest gain of the session seems to be preparing itself for share swap with b.p. the company has accumulated stock in one of its subsidiaries in the hope it could push the deal through the consolidation took place on the thirteenth of april that's the day before the initial deadline for the equity exchange with b.p. according to the proposed deal was met with expected to exchange nine and a half percent of its shares for a five percent stake could be peak but the deal has been blocked by d.p.s. russian partners in t.n. a b p the russian joint venture to claim the pact reaches their shareholders greed . is most widely respected businessman has picked russia's urals as a top manufacturing location they did far the head of industrial parts maker amazon says the region provides a unique mix of resources and human expertise and isn't 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 because he's coming back so we'll probably have a growing twenty plus 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 one of the top three what competitive advantages do rochelle for as i look at the process capability and capability the metal capability and this is one the best regions in the world i mean look at this region germany united states of the three the best in the world china doesn't have this capability and i think a lot of companies haven't seen that here we we ran across this so that's why i like this so much right here i think spain russia and all the emerging economies and 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 we have a hybrid of capital and people it's a mix and that's it from the business team this hour we will be back and around fifty five minutes time to bring you more the headlines are next with capital stay with us. the.

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