tonight pushing for an unknown united kingdom stockland plans a referendum to go it alone from britain after nationalists win a majority in the devolved parliament. fresh u.s. sanctions against syria shifts attention of america's policy over why some arab uprising is there washington's punishment or not other. plus picking up the penguins r.t. heads as fast as you can go to investigate if humans are causing problems for our crazy feathered friends.

you're watching our teachers start right here in moscow it's covered with a top story for you and europe's swelling nationalism is now saying scotland consider an independent future the scottish parliament has a nationalist party with georgia for the first time it wants a vote on separation it's been part of britain for over three hundred years but many scots of long thought they'd be better off alone bolstered by offshore oil. as the story. think the starting pistol sounds in the race to independence for scotland the scottish national party now has a surprise majority in parliament and their hell bent on a referendum on breaking away from the u.k. . control of resources from responsibility for the problems with peace in our country and to be able to speak to the issues that matter to us. keeping 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 for 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 valuable oil and gas revenues and it could be the inspiration for historically less peaceful independence movements in europe like the basques 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 printer pendants including wales and northern ireland if they so choose for the people of those

countries to say what we want to do we would never support or condone violence in any shape or form clearly if other countries wish to pursue an agenda then they'll get the 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 system argument. it's not by the route you richard it's all about whether you feel as i do that we are scottish and british we want to be part of a union which i think it serves. well for. years the s.n.p. still has work to do if it wants 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 if you put all the oil is still going on this week you got money generally not.

to other people would. prefer. to work for scotland as much as opposed to be. for the feature of how well off your own shortly should i have mentioned appendage. the phrase that they're all very run. doing enough to do a lot of things that i could do it one way or the other the s.n.p. has time to bring the onshore grounds it's putting off a referendum until the second targets five year government it would be the beginning of a new era for scotland which has been independent since seventy seven but it's always retained a strong and distinction national identity something the s.n.p. will be playing on all its might and it's all a see. the scottish national

party's justice minister will be talking to us in r.t. he says scotland's all revenues will be better spent on people than on wars abroad . but one of the reasons people in scotland are skeptical about independence is that we're told. we can't manage we recognise that these are matters for negotiation but the matters that are fundamentally right to me country people. normally discover oil seed somebody a scot free from the desert as. it has billions in the bank as we've seen it was. we struggled in the cells weapons of mass destruction in the illegal wars so it's time for us to of ocean you can use the precise markets have to be dissolved and what it is over oil gas over new orleans. greece has been would pay back its massive aid load the terms agreed by the european

central bank athens is trying to convince finance ministers to make its emergency borrowing cheaper because it's struggling with its repayments but these c.b.c. says it will only make europe's debts worse in situations already triggered strong words from the german chancellor angela merkel she said the bailed out countries haven't done enough to pull themselves out of the dire financial straits market also demanding the greece reduces workers' vacations because of this michael ross told us that rescue in country shouldn't be done under any circumstances we are living in a so-called capitalism but this is ridiculous because the capitalism doesn't work anymore everything everywhere every country is being bailed odds are all we have something local banks socialism because as they're told us tell us i don't do it there's no other choice if we let go all greece or portugal vary in a capitalistic system this is normally a normal procedure then the banks will suffer and the banks will go bankrupt and as

a matter of fact here in germany and not on in germany also in france the banks are full of fear and some people already would say that maybe the politicians have been blackmailed by a differential community in order to give the money of the taxpayer to make the banks survive. on the way in the program russia's push to stop bloodshed in the arab world with dialogue instead of destruction. the first two ways to resolve the existing deadlock i mean the situation in libya which i believe can be settled only peaceful week through the renunciation of the use of military force by both sides but parallels drawn between america's approach to libya and syria president of says it's vital that talking takes over now. this is the purpose of the play in the first of all reports from the south pole would make their per plate penguins of antarctica. within

a month. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many life in antarctica. and from the. expedition to the bottom of the earth our team. polish and russian investigators have met to discuss closer cooperation in solving the air crash that killed president kaczynski and ninety five others over a year ago at the meeting here in moscow they also arranged for documents and other evidence to be handed over to warsaw i think katrina czar has been following the develop. 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 will help of course president former president here his wife and most of poland's political elite we know that the remains of that plane some parts out which were also entered into evidence are also expected to be handed over to the polish side as well as further of the documents concerning the investigations these various records and transcripts of records would initially was very much against the findings of the interstate aviation committee where there was quite a big outdoor air and i'll 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 include it that the crash was due to

highlight error mr catchin ski and many of his supporters and 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 bought as many officials in prostrate and all over the world aviation experts. say that air traffic controllers simply do not have that kind of authority 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. of the reporting. for older. really if you want more depth more perspective you want more news than we've got time to show you here including these stories of israeli attack kicked out of russia accused of spying and we've got the inside as we know it's investigation or online tonight and getting

a lot of interest also our team dog called russia's third man in charge is booted out find out why the speaker was just too loud for some. of. the. developing news story tonight president obama is about to deliver his major speech on the mideast in washington he's expected to announce american cash support for the revolutionary arab states the buzz words that are going to be supporting democracy or is going to shoot you can report that everyone's fight for freedom fits washington's plan. words could be about democracy actions are about interests as the wildfire of public rage spread throughout the middle east and north africa the beginning of this year and only say america's foreign policy in the region has seen

a major crisis this is the one where the polls is formally for fifty plus years out of this country is that we try to look for somebody we would like to see in power our 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 you came to egypt despite hosni mubarak's all three carrion and on democratic rule washington had been supporting him for decades many of those years possible for as. a leader or for the united states when millions of egyptians took to the streets he was swiftly shifted its policy as that are in washington hawks weakness brzezinski

explains if we conclude for example that the street is going to win there is no point abutting our head against the wall in order to save a government that's doomed 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. with ever happens over in yemen where the president is heavily backed by the you west or in bahrain which hosts the major u.s. fleet washington was very careful not to undermine bear leaders although they too have violently cracked down on peaceful protesters meanwhile in iraq people regularly protest against their u.s. backed government it but it's rarely been mentioned here these. case 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 declaring president assad's rule clear 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 get another conflict could further destabilize the region and add more red spots on this map. arche washington d.c. . economic weapons are being directed at syria's president over claims of human rights abuses in a violent crackdowns against anti-government protesters the measures include an asset freeze on preventing americans from dealing with european union also agreed to tell you it's too raising fears that the next step could be military action is

something russia strongly opposes citing the libyan scenario was a failure nato has heard anders fogh rasmussen said that the operation there will continue until the gadhafi regime falls but russian president dmitri medvedev believes a ceasefire is the only condition for pink's split. i believe that despite the fact we still have problems us two ways to resolve the existing deadlock i mean the situation in libya which i believe can be settled only peaceful week through the renunciation of the use of military force by bush signs. middle east expert so the impact of any sanctions is likely the words tony galli told r.t. that hitting the syrian leadership with restrictions will affect civilians rather than the elite. i don't think sanctions were i think they are essentially symbolic measure usually when sanctions are applied against a country the effect of poor people in that country more than the ruling elites as

we saw four years before the united states invaded iraq in two thousand and three we had imposed bloody sanctions regime which led to the loss of children's lives because medicines were prescribed and now they're saying that these sanctions apply largely to. the baathists functionaries where these people can still carry on i don't think they'll be too affected it will be an irritation but not till very recently they would negotiate very friendly terms with bashar assad trying to get him away to try to trim from iran drag him towards this and then possibly even use him in the baathist regime in syria against iran world that has now fallen by the wayside. wrapping up more world news feed not the

head of the international monetary fund resigned or being held for you from your prison and from suspicion of separately from the hotel maid. who is on suicide watch and i strongly denies those charges will make another attempt at getting bail on friday before equip a test is gathered in washington to join the growing global call for him to go. it's been a second day of empty nato demonstrations in northern afghanistan police opened fire straight is they threw stones and set a police station and the crowds were protesting against a nato overnight house raid that left four dead confirmed the killing of two men and two women said they were armed and fired up through. our special series of reports from antarctica for you r.t. shown thomas in the travel to the planet's southern most confident look into whether humans are putting the penguins there in a flood. the penguins of antarctica truly fascinating creatures to watch

but are they in trouble from a man made 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 but i think it's something that's why do you know months the topic but i think generally regarded a month anyone that knows anything about it is being 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 we spoke to claimed that this indeed was her job let's watch out to look for things and go over to see here they followed by many to get them up again and so some friends can be quite hard because they don't like the church but you can quickly really think we're much further look

into credentials that let 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 that job here with all of the controversy surrounding this rumor we decided to go to the source itself to see what byrne had to say about the airplane men. unfortunately the penguins were remaining silent on the topic but careful observation revealed that sometimes the penguins appear 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 could give you the penguins are actually very smart spurred sometimes when we come to be a tribute to see them peeking over looking for leopard seals if one gets too close

to another penguin will push them in as a sacrifice to taste 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. seems for now. see for. yourself for jobs with just the kids here ok sean thomas. there are probably what it's like a preview or something and i think five here in moscow with the legendary roy jones jr and dennis near with their votes could have short either. get across that thursday night business next.

thank you carol hello and welcome to our business bulletin prime minister person is in belarus as the country's economy faces its biggest crisis in decades its national currency is in a freefall having lost over half its value this week alone russia together with its partners in the form yet so former soviet states are preparing a three billion dollar rescue learn from minsk however limit void here from i.h.s. global insight believes this will only provide temporary relief. i think it will be useful only for short term and the long term it will not be able to. basically make the necessary changes necessary changes to the economy has to be done by the political leadership and the question is rude. to russian president and he's government have the political will to go through a restructuring of the economy. facing

a currency crisis it basically needs to get this liquidity levels up as soon as possible but is having trouble borrowing get. national bank of a decided and response to this crisis to remove change controls on the local currency plummeted in the past ten days it has lost about two thirds of its value so the crisis it seems to continue. russia's state run rosneft may seek compensation for the failed she is not with the deputy prime minister igor said so one of the main architects of the deal says the company's lawyers are studying the viability of a claim said and does not specify whether it is b.p. or its russian partners a that might be the target both rosneft and they are have previously threatened to seek compensation from b.p. under a gulf part managing partner of gold will be helping picks up the tension also has

solid grounds. for a sniffle should be cause it sounds like b.p. didn't disclose the call a month which. was a thing could be venture you should have told. before turned to many viewers and rushed to explore for us as a natural resource that i do believe that lawyers knew about the clause and the wars. but unfortunately sometimes in russia the people more rely on their relations with the government always the other there with officials rather on their war. times cause trouble. now let's take a look at the markets oil firstly light sweet is trading under one hundred dollars a barrel head present contrary to expectations of an increase and bring crude is around one hundred twelve dollars this hour u.s. stocks are flat at this hour after three straight days of losses technology stocks are up on strong earnings reports from dell but traders remain concerned that the

u.s. economic recovery is slowing time a corporation report of any news that piece expectations but unfortunately that stuff was flat. european stocks are continuing to trade in the blank helped in part by the news that germany strasse has resigned as head of the international monetary fund shares an air france tail in are up two percent after the airline swung back into profit in the latest financial year invensys p.l.c. is down. three point seven percent in london though and may have to lead the footsie one hundred index following the i.p.o. going for the world's largest commodities trader. and here in moscow the markets have closed in the black those they've got some back from the losses of the past three weeks now it's over look at an individual share moves on the my six gazprom is down despite the company increased its export forecast for this year beating analyst expectations and nestle mine a n l m k is out that says credit rating

agency fitch lifted its rating to triple be minus anteroom k b p is in the red it's continuing to suffer from the fallout of the collapse a deal between rosneft and between. russia's biggest airport domodedovo twenty percent of its shares in its planned i.p.o. in london that's according to sources close to the deal quoted in the on the internets news agency moscow's biggest it was reportedly valued at up to five and a half billion dollars its revenue in two thousand and ten grew to more than one billion dollars around twenty percent better than the previous year russia is battling to have its gas pipelines exempted from the e.u. use that energy package the document bans one company from becoming i guess supply and transport at the same time russian officials claim the legislation will damage investment in oil and gas infrastructure projects that will therefore be harmful to european energy security valery yazid from the russian gas society explains what

changes he'd like to see. this is complete. we think that certain amendments should be taken to the third elegy package position is that the energy package should come into legal force where our gas pipelines would you understand the difficulty of talks given the legislation has already come into force but we have to keep making steps towards finding a compromise but that brings you up to date the business for this hour we'll have more here in just under an hour's time stay with us now.

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