never told. nobody will shout image of an air force. from some mysterious sloviansk gun in soldier's historical who tells of its skin cancer in the city. because most . elegant up until close is strength or less to to become a good job. pushing a call on the only united kingdom scotland plans a referendum to go sailing off the nationalists win a majority and they're just cold. pressure u.s. sanctions against syria since attention on america's policy people why some are about rising as does a washington college friend i'm not stopping. whilst picking up the penguins aussie heads it's all sound is. to best the gate is a few minutes of causing problems across the reason for the spread. of the bellows

the economy is in freefall so what in russia do to help out find out more in business around twenty minutes time. our very warm welcomes you this is i'll see live from moscow europe's swelling nationalism is now seeing scotland consider an independent. parliament has a nationalist party majority for the first time and it wants a vote on separation has been part of britain for over three hundred years but many scots of law thought they'd be better off alone bolstad i also will. nor i miss how small. this starting pistol sounds in the race to independence for scotland the scottish national party now has a surprise majority in parliament and they're hell bent on

a referendum on breaking away from the u.k. gained control of resources responsibility for the problems of country people to stand up and speak to the issues that matter to us. taking charge at home and making sure that we have a voice abroad revenues from oil and gas in the north sea are worth an estimated twenty one billion dollars to the u.k. treasury every year scotland says the reserves are in their waters it's hard to imagine the u.k. would let the oilfields go without a fight particularly as westminster wouldn't be legally obliged to honor a yes vote of the scottish people the union jacks days flying outside the scottish parliament could be numbers scotland's ditching the united kingdom would mean the u.k. treasury lost value of all oil and gas revenues and it could be the inspiration for historically less peaceful independence movements in europe like the past six and the northern irish to follow suit and further destabilize an already weak e.u.

the s.n.p. would support other european movements in their own struggles for independence including wales and northern ireland if they so choose its people over those countries to say what they want to do we would never support or condone violence in any shape or form clearly a father countries wish to pursue an agenda then they'll get a great deal of sympathy from losses. and even those who don't want the u.k. to break up say it's a sense of wanting to reclaim individual nationhood that striping the movement so this is an argument. it's taught by the rupee richard. whether you feel as i do that we are scottish and british we want to be part of a union which i think was served. well flew for three hundred years the s.n.p. still has work to do it won't scotland separate away even the most optimistic polls show only around forty percent of scots would vote yes and on the streets of

edinburgh people are divided the oil industry and you know say you'll get. all the oil because they don't want this we don't got money generally a day will not. be a day to other people well the school in itself. is always a school and as much as. it's over the feature of our off your own short when he had mentioned that image. would be playing out all day one way. to go even offered to do a lot of things like a good one way or the other the s.n.p. has time to bring the onshore ground it's putting off a referendum until the second half of its five year government it would be the beginning of a new era for scotland which hasn't been independent since seventeen zero seven but it's always retain just strong and distinct national identity something the s.n.p.

will be playing on with all its might newer and it's all its. own legs our the national justice minister talks to me he says. that people will then was of course. one of the reasons that people in scotland are skeptical about the independence was that we. were to we can't manage we recognise that these are matters for negotiation for the matters that are fundamentally right to make our country people better. norrie discover oil the seed tell you something it is a scot from the top of the food deserts but it's transformed society and it's a quantity that has billions in the pipe because we see those. he's to go to the cells weapons of mass destruction and illegal wars so it's time for us to of ocean you can use the precise marcus part of it is often what boat but it's over oil and

gas over new limbs in. the charts finance minister is warning that a worsening situation in greece will cause the domino effect across the euro zone he you is piling pressure on our hands which is struggling to meet the terms of last year's aid package i mean even walk has to avoid a worst case scenario the situation has already trickett strong words from the german chancellor angela merkel said countries that received made haven't done enough to pull themselves out of their dire financial straits was also demanding athens reduced workers' vacations will look like a hollow publishes the analysis on shifts in european business trends says greece would be better equipped to just well. there is a way you can solve the problems a little birch. leave the greek with their privileges greek could leave the euro area without any big problems and there would lie the third way of solving this

problems by giving the greeks back and they can return to an international reliable standard where. greek will be competitive within the euro area but within the world. on the way russia's push to stop bloodshed in the arab wells were dialogue instead of just. the rest two ways to resolve the existing deadlock i mean the situation in libya which i believe can be settled only peaceful we are through there enunciation of the use of military force by both sides. or with parallels drawn retreat america's approach to nabi on syria president of the rebels says it's talking at stake. and is it a but is it a plane with us or of course from the south pole we mean the pup let's have winds.

for. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is opposing you live in the flood zone. expedition to the bottom of the earth. polish and russian investigators have met to discuss closer cooperation solving the air crash which killed president kaczynski i ninety five dollars so you've got a year ago other musing in moscow for you also a range of documents and other evidence to be handed over to warsaw katherina as that of course is following developments for us the interstate aviation committee has completed its report and handed it over to the polish side earlier this year

but the investigation isn't actually fully completed we do know according to the russian prosecutor general that forty three case files have been handed over to the polish side eleven just last month but that still isn't the complete case load of course concerning the investigation into the crash of the presidential plane which you know the force president former president yes but you speak with his wife and most of poland's political elite we know that the remains of that plane some hard sell which were also entered into evidence are also expected to be handed over to the polish side as well as further documents concerning the investigations use various records and transcripts of records would initially was very much against the findings of the interstate aviation committee and there was quite a big uproar in the area and now let of course by the former president's twin

brother actually it was completely refused flat out to accept the findings of the interstate aviation community which of course completed that the crash was due to pilot error mr chin ski and many of the supporters in poland chose instead to blame russia for the crash especially russian air traffic controllers who according to some in poland should not have allowed that plane to land thought as many officials in russia and all over the world aviation experts say that air traffic controllers simply took up half of that kind of a thorough. over the pilots of a presidential plane both sides working very hard to make sure that everybody is satisfied with the work that is being carried out with the progress that is taking place and with the investigation results well if you don't holmes the place to go to for more we're told that we're covering here today we've been developing news and analysis as well how this really it's who stays out of russia are accused of

spying you've got the inside espen all is investigation online. in russia as the good man in charge is booted out find out why the alcohol speed though was just too mild. for. when presidents of all my kids here is a major middle east speech all day he's expected to announce american cash support for the revolutionary arab states the buzz words are likely to be about supporting democracy passes get if you can reports not everyone's fight for freedom fits washington's plan. words could be about democracy actions are about interests as the wildfire of public rage spreads throughout the middle east and north africa the

beginning of this year analysts say america's foreign policy in the region has seen a major crisis this is been the way he calls it the formula for testing plus years out of this country is that we try to look for somebody we would like to see in power back down to washington's old policies could now be seen unfolding in libya a large portion of the leading population is opposing any foreign meddling in their affairs and analysts say washington's efforts to propel its man into power in libya could result in infighting that's going to last years the inconsistency between what america's says and what america does seem obvious when it came to egypt despite hoskin words all three terry and then on democratic rule washington had been supporting him for decades and many of those years president or as. a leader never cost more than a friend to the united states but one millions of egyptians took to the streets he

was swiftly shifted its policy as that are in washington hawks we've never brzezinski explains if we conclude for example that the street is going to win it's no point but i think our head against the wall in order to save a government that's doing on the other hand if we are convinced that the street is going to fail there's no point massively antagonizing the government with which we have to deal. whatever happens over in yemen where the president is heavily backed by. the west or in bahrain which hosts the major u.s. fleet washington was very careful not to undermine their leaders although they too have violently cracked down on peaceful protesters meanwhile in iraq people regularly protest against their u.s. backed government to what is real even mentioned here these days in saudi arabia one of the u.s. key allies in the region scores of dissidents have been arrested and the u.s. seems to be ok with all of that but one state that is coming close to being on

washington's blacklist is syria iran's closest ally in the region there is strong condemnation of the syrian leadership and the white house source said the administration is close to the clearing president assad's rule there illegitimate action might follow syria is much more dangerous a situation than libya as far as global issues are concerned it is a crucial player in the balance of power in that region with the situation in the middle east as unstable as it is analysts say the u.s. involvement in yet another conflict could further destabilize the region and add more red spots on this map. are t. washington d.c. . and economic weapons are being directed at syria's president of the killings of human rights abuses in the violent crackdowns against antigovernment protesters the

measures included asset freeze invented americans from dealing with our funds the european union also agreed to tighten it sanctions raising sea is the next step to the military action it's something russia strongly opposes size of the libyan scenario as a failure and it is heads and those rasmussen said that the operation there will continue until because the regime of president there have been a ceasefire is only just focus. i believed. despite the fact we still have problems yes two ways to resolve the existing deadlock i mean the situation in libya which i believe can discern only peaceful week through the renunciation of the use of military force by both sides. the impact of any sanctions is likely to kick downwards. the syrian leadership with restrictions but affects the unions rather than. i don't think

sanctions. i think they are essentially symbolic measure usually when sanctions are applied against a country. the poor people in the country more than the rudely new leads as we saw four years before the united states invaded iraq in two thousand and three ve had imposed bloody sanctions regime which led to the loss of children's lives those medicines were prescribed now they're saying that these sanctions apply largely to . functionaries for these people can still carry on i don't think they would be too affected it would be an irritation but not. recently they were negotiating on very friendly terms with bashar assad trying to get him away. from iran drag him towards it and then possibly even use him and the baathist regime in syria

against iran world that has now fallen by the wayside. thank you and some other world news this hour now and al qaida these two were apparently made by us on a good lot and shortly before his death the message which was released to jihad his web sites praises the middle east are rising and predicts more of rest in the region than laughton was killed by u.s. forces on the second of may these names are recorded many of his thoughts and tapes seized during the operation in pakistan are being examined by u.s. intelligence officers. the head of the international monetary fund has resigned while being held them in a tourist new york prison on suspicion of sexually assaulting a hotel maid dominic's the whole family's on suicide web strongly denies the charges on the lake another it's have to get him bail tomorrow hours before he

quits or protesters gathered in washington to join the growing group of marines to go. trickle. through this country and indeed schools. in the north the country has been routed the ethnic strife. vying for control of the louvre chair. ok now to our special series of reports from our. home a salvage team travels to the planet's most constant to look into whether humans are getting the penguins into a flop. the penguins of antarctica truly fascinating creatures to watch but are they in trouble from a manmade threat. back in one thousand nine hundred two british pilots in the falklands discovered a phenomenon as they flew over penguin colonies they said the birds would topple

over as they lifted their heads to watch the planes fly by then penguins by the thousands were left on their backs on able to write themselves but is this story true well i think it's something that's why do you know monks the public i think generally regarded it wants anyone that knows anything about as big a bit of a myth to be honest and i thought it was me. as for the second part of the tale a special person had to be employed to turn the birds right side up after they fell otherwise they would die one german ornithologist spoke to claimed that this indeed was her dry place lets out to look something like this and go every day to see where they followed i may need to get up again and so some friends can be quite hard to kiss played like a church but you can't put the ruddy thank you very much further look into uncle credentials left some doubt as well as a check with the chief of russia's billings house and station a base located in a unique place between an airstrip and a penguin colony. no no we don't have

anyone who does not show up here with all of the controversy surrounding this rumor we decided to go to the source itself to see what problem had to say about the airplane men. unfortunately the penguins were remaining silent on the topic but careful observation revealed that sometimes the penguins appeared to have special dances in a hurry they could be clumsy and often slipped and we even found evidence that they were highly intelligent and divisive creatures. they were to preview the penguins are actually very smart spurts sometimes when it comes to be a trivia issues even peeking over looking for leopard seals if one gets too close to the edge another penguin will push him in as a sacrifice to test the water. snopes dot com an internet busting site says that a british science team actually did research to see if the claims were true they

found that the penguins only scattered from the noise of the airplanes and not one single penguin had toppled backwards but with no real evidence for ourselves we decided to do a final test with a little help from the chilean air force our mission to see if we could put this myth to rest once and for all. and it seems for now the penguins are safe and no one should be moving south for jobs with just exist in antarctica sean thomas or tear ok recap of our top stories coming your way in just a couple of. territory that's all the bases that's just a few moments away. zerg love to talk the international film festival in russia from may twenty third to twenty ninth featuring two hundred films from forty eight countries thirty five

russian premiers and fifty tries winners from the burley chance venice film festival appearances by ray fines hundred parvin don't get dozens of forums discussions of workshops the circle of international film festival fine cinema for a demanding audience. alone a very warm welcome to our teas business but us and prime minister putin has arrived in balad rose as the country's economy faces its biggest crisis in decades its national currency is in freefall having lost over hof its value this week alone but it is there to meet the heads of former soviet states but it's also thought he will discuss a rescue package ferments alexy era shots he has all the details. there have been several reasons for this situation first of all of course the poor and accordingly which paid almost the same from the soviet era and the mistakes of the government

in the previous several years have led to this crisis and is buying more than in excess and that's also one of the reasons for this currency crisis also many experts say that the fact that during the presidential campaign in the back half of last year that president raised state salaries by thirty percent this is also one of the reasons why the country is in serious need of any currency right now we certainly heard several indications that moscow would be helping minsk in that sense we've heard both assurances from the russian leader that there will be receiving almost six billion dollars loan from russia we also heard some indication from the russian financial minister who also said that this alone the possibility of this loan would be discussed during this summit in. so far we've had no official confirmation from either the prime minister of russia vladimir putin or any ministers. would be provided anytime soon but we're understand that russia

would be able to provide. this loan only of managed to reform its economy and launch of the privatization which russia could take part in as well. russia's state run rosneft may seek compensation for the failed shares what was the deputy prime minister igor section one of the main architects of the deal says the company's lawyers are studying the viability of a clane section does not specify whether it's b.p. or its russian partners. that might be the target both rosneft and they are of previously threatened to seek compensation from b.p. i'm greg gutfeld managing partner of god he thinks a potential lawsuit has solid grounds. ross near full should be close it sounds like he didn't disclose to a caller. that included you should have told.

before to answer many deals in russia to explore for us as a natural resources i do believe that lawyers knew about that clause under lor's in for b.p. but unfortunately sometimes in russia the people more rely on the relations with the government or with the other little of officials rose on the war. times may cause trouble. take a look at the markets now oil firstly light sweet is trading at just under one hundred dollars a barrel at present contrary to expectations of an increase with brant crude around a hundred twelve dollars a barrel european stocks are trading in positive territory kept in touch by the news that dominique strauss kahn has resigned as head of the international monetary fund shares an air france k l n are up two percent after the airlines run back into profit in the latest financial year invensys p.l.c. is down three point seven percent in london after the engineering group reported

a drop in its all the books and is a quick picture in moscow the markets have moved further into positive territory this hour balancing back from the losses of the past three weeks with the r.t.s. over one percent of that. let's take a look at some individual share moves on the nice x. gazprom is up after the company increased its export forecast for this year beating analyst expectations metal mining n l m k is also gaining that is credit rating agency fitch lifted its rating to triple been minus bucking the trend though is t n k d p which is continuing to suffer from the fallout of the collapse of the deal between rosneft and bt. the biggest i.p.o. of the year is underway in london commodity group link or has priced its float at five hundred thirty pence per share that's after the eleven billion dollar issue was four times oversubscribed analysts say the deal was priced to go and they're not surprised demand was so high. russia's biggest airport germany out of

a place twenty percent of its shares in its planned i.p.o. in london that's according to sources close to the deal quoted on the interfax news agency moscow's biggest airport is reportedly valued at up to seven and a half billion dollars its revenue grew around twenty percent to more than one billion dollars in two thousand and ten compared to the previous year russia is battling to have its gas pipelines exempted from the e.u. third energy package the document bans one company from being a gas supplier and transporter at the same time russian officials claim the legislation will damage investment in oil and gas infrastructure projects it will therefore be harmful to european energy security very young from the russian gas society explains what changes he'd like to see. is for. we think we should be taking to the third package position is that the energy

package should come into legal force or guns pipelines we do understand the difficulty of talks given the legislation has already come into force but we have to keep making steps to watch for a compromise. and that's all the business for this hour we'll have more for you around fifteen minutes time stay with us now. led. her. to.

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