and our former head of the international monetary fund this granted bail and placed under house arrest on charges of break but there are fears the euro went survive without him. beijing replacement obama warns that the u.s. will take action of assyria if there's no media transition the keynote speech outlining america's policies in middle east. outraging better ruseva case of an opposition leader jailed for the things citing unrest on election day the supporters say it was a setup like the country seemingly permanent residents. said

this is r.t. well these are not small welcome to the program the former chief of the international monetary fund he used of sexually assaulting a hotel maid almost a week has been granted bail of one million dollars but when the extras cano now saw his prison cell in the tourist gangland jail for house arrest in a manhattan apartment you know city trucks by g.p.s. watched twenty four hours a day line on dark strauss kahn that was the driving force behind played out to save the ailing economies of greece portugal and ireland and now he's resigned some european states efforts to protect the euro could finally be sunk some western economic downturn. i don't wish has not. no strobes called no

euro that's what because a whispering off the police charge the now ex i.m.f. course with the attempted rape of a hotel maid very differently the possibility that some countries could decide to leave the euro pushed out of the euro and then when you got to understand that. belief that the euro could and should be saved in the face of loss the resistance from richest states stross kong led this week's bailout of crippled portugal germany and france insist on oil and raises its low corporation tax k. as he's known was the man arguing it's what is saving euro she called to me these allegations are going to be. of the i.m.f. as an institution. is definitely going to be missed. stross call and even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts despite roy it's on the streets he has

a good card some of the heads of state governments are. different he has good contacts for example to the greek prime minister so on thursday resourced for more loans on better terms but no heavyweights europhile d s k has gone few back and not the bailouts. leave the eurozone that has put under strain the euro choice is one of the imus top bikers contributing tens of billions of euro ruled it wants is an asian chief who is not likely to be as europe friendly as trolls he has been very personally right important in getting the i.m.f. involved and assisting in designing the bailout packages but also coaxing and encouraging politicians to do the reforms necessary now you may not get the equivalent kind of person with the same kind of convictions coming from the emerging. when one of the world's biggest investment banks fell three years ago it

triggered a global recession we're still reeling from today but it's still the droid will be your road to extinction will only make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher in much that was for instance as the bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with e.u. economies at death's door is the teen warns that toppling the world's leading banker comes at the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career dominic's fourth column was instrumental in rescuing the eurozone most troubled states is a risk to seem to threaten the end of the euro itself the new bushell out paris or the resignation of dominic starr's current has put the global financial community in spain economic sense geopolitics right agency which he says he's down for a well de rail plans to use alternatives to the u.s. dollar as a reserve currency. he's being worth international monetary fund with socially

dramatic way shows that the powers that be were not very happy with him mr stows was promoting the special drawing rights which in a way are you make an ism that would make because of suffer i think that we are going to see that whoever find we are to solve a whole bunch of the i.m.f. will keep away from getting. too strongly participation in doing away with the us dollar in other words the u.s. dollar needs to be the key currency and anything which is seen as competition for automatically puts on warning lights anything that will trigger countries to sell off the u.s. treasury bond holdings is a sign of trouble for the united states because as i say those treasury bonds u.s. treasury bonds is what allows boehner lengthy to have his printing presses going on twenty four hours a day if that were to be stopped and if america were to stop printing currency well

i could at least financially collapse. coming up in a few minutes we continue our series of reports from one town to cut the sky white many tourists aren't at all scared of the dangers of the cold continent. more than a month. in 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 interactive from nearly a wildlife in antarctica is close if you live in russia. an expedition to the bottom of the earth our city. president obama has delivered an ultimatum to syria's president assad allow a transition of power or get out of the way in his keynote speech on america's position in the middle east he also talked of a palestinian state based on

a return to pre-one nine hundred sixty seven borders in israel it was a comment that israel's prime minister particularly chicken reports. it felt like he was talking from a position of a decision maker when it comes to syria hinting that the u.s. could get involved if president assad doesn't step down earlier the us is that if the syrian leader to their blacklist by imposing sanctions on him personally where it's all happening is unclear now there may be a debate within the obama administration between those who want to overthrow the syrian government and those who are afraid that whatever comes next after the assad government were to fall would be destabilized syria or perhaps an even more hostile syria but i think the logic of that position is united states personally shank's side with the government the president and his closest advisers and offered him the option of either leaving the transition to democracy or being swept aside while it

appears to be an alternative i think the organic tendency within the obama administration now is to carry out regime change in syria and i think those who favor regime change have gotten the upper hand the u.s. is now involved in the civil war where he clearly taking sides and getting full support for the opposition leader probably a large part a large portion of the leading population is very much opposed to any foreign intervention in washington's attempts to push certain people to power there could mean years of conflict ahead experts say foreign intervention could create a much worse conflict in syria which means the heart of the area which is in that period part of the arab world is iran's closest ally in the region and he could send shock waves throughout the whole region under israeli palestinian issue and that part of the speech was very much anticipated obama pushed harder for these release to make concessions and to stop building settlements or at least he suggested that israel go back to pre nine hundred sixty seven border line and that

would mean that what happens is giving up completely the west bank east jerusalem. mcgavin strain. but he was very careful to say that the u.s. is solely an advisor here and cleared washington and basically any responsibility to act there has been words before but never any action to really push for the two state solution a solution that president obama was talking about the fact that israel is the protectorate of the united states and israel lobby is very powerful here makes it even harder to extract a balanced approach from washington. on the been there is a professor of international relations at the university of new york he says that when president obama meets with him it still won't be any concrete proposals for peace between israel and palestinians sixty four percent of the american public support israel and in an election campaign year the president is going to ignore

what the american public wants and wants to see happen so he's not going to go into details about what is the what is going to grow but i think he would be caught in general terms about the need for a two state solution whereby they need to compromise on both sides there but they need to. be expansion of settlement but he would not be able all be willing for that matter to draw any specific road map as the how to go about to achieve these objectives. well the rest of the arab world has prompted the obama administration to review it sent to a policy for the region lottie's that people have heard his guests discuss what the future holds crosstalk is coming your way that's today. it's going on first of all is there were on the eve of an obama administration reset of american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east

so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but using the example of egypt shows how he wants to re gauge the leverage that the united states exerts over some of its military partners in this case namely egypt i think the stage is being set for this reset with a kind of a good cop bad cop routine within the the american administration. to the russian a presidential candidate saw facing lengthy prison terms and speaking out against the corruption of the the example. described as europe's last tater its rules for

almost two decades defying conservation sanctions and getting opposition will result. in reports challenging his brain with everything he needs to stay in one of the states detention facilities. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars authorities claim you can go for was among the organizers of election. to minsk unrest which was dispersed by police his wife was complaining for joe. this but does not have much faith that will happen on. the little thing with you could just let it live in belarus we've already got used to judges being told from above what i heard to them as deliberate in the first course hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor named no evidence no facts which could prove that there is guilt and on the claims by the defense gradually night by the judge they should meet the country's president has been dubbed europe's last

dictator but isn't right buttons over the way he rules. us for those of position they will get hit in the head all right if they start to stabilizing the situation in the country the clashes during which several journalists including our g.'s crew were injured by the police led to a number of arrests for no forty two people who were charged with plotting it cool their possible prison sentences varying from three to fifteen years. but. these housing authorities take their revenge on those who criticize them during the election campaign they had their say and now they go pay for that as a percentage as once again been brain stated that it will but like i'm buying into these repressions caused uproar around europe most countries condemned the crackdown and even contemplated sanctions against minsk the other was to would. stand firm in charging admission there will give them maximum prison terms with way

or it will use them to bargain with the european union but this happened before the previous election because it was released from prison and contact with europe because of what was your idea look at the experts say the timing of these court cases could not be worse bellerose know faces a serious economic crisis with its currency on the brink of total devaluation with the opposition trials being seen in the west as a strong evidence of human rights violations the export of belorussian goods to the european union has halted that along. international law has been the country's main revenue stream for the past two decades it is the first time in seventeen years that alexander lukashenko has been at work but he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and the whole anybody for the opposition leaders get shorter prison terms than initially planned many experts say that unless they're set free the public unrest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil

alexi russia skee r.t. reporting from minsk in girl rose. now some other stories making headlines around the world this hour at least thirty five people killed twelve others injured by insurgents who attacked a road construction site in southeastern afghanistan first a suicide car bomber tore through the gates of a housing workers some one hundred militants opened fire from the surrounding hills killing guards and neighbors and. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that sort of deadliest in months. ten people among them children gone missing in central colombia massive landslide or significant damage to dozens of houses burying some official say the mudslide was triggered by a president of heavy rains east didn't come to the guard since january from similar incidents. danish filmmaker lars von trier has been

turfed out film festival of the quality and nazi and the sympathizers this film on here means in competition for all prizes. ten closing ceremony on sunday. saying they were just a joke. now we continue our special series of reports from earth's southernmost continent. luxury resorts that attracts many people who are ready to spend thousands of dollars on a ten day trip sean thomas reveals via talk to tourism asperity. the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an article that is an area to visit for young imagination i mean you can reach folks look at t.v. shows and try to be prepared but be experienced every trick again once we take

people down here they are only way by the set up of nature nance cape and weather and whatever is out here in this environment so it's it's a voyage beyond imagination tourism in antarctica is a major business but because of the end charge a treaty system an international agreement that limits exploitation of a continent don't expect to see any luxury hotels down here any time soon excursions are mainly limited to cruise ships and small charter flights from the tip of south america. they're really coming down here to see something unique it's an ecosystem like no other. and also for the people who do come on these journeys i think they get spellbound because really it's it's a vision of the world before man had anything to do with it and passengers on board the national geographic explorer can truly get a one on one up close and personal experience with the scenery and wildlife of antarctica but keep in mind this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization i mean our stop today here to the next well day

was not planned but. a medical emergency last night and now we appreciate the assistance of c.g. names here that have an airfield in here and then a international association of r t two operators has developed an evacuation scheme for such a case because of the intense logistics involved in operating in such remote environments and antarctic experience can be quite costly and eleven night adventure on this ship can cost anywhere between ten and twenty thousand dollars and a day in antarctica a flight package from punta arenas chile costs around five thousand but the people who make this journey say the experience is worth it we just got back from being able to go look at look at some penguins look at some seals and you know they don't have like the real fear of humans that animals do in most parts of the world and as you can see there's a lot of just like stark natural beauty out here and it's interesting to see the you know the colonies out of popped up in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of

the earth. and those that facilitate these trips say there is more to the antarctic tourism industry then making a buck it is not only invented in adventure for everybody we are very careful actually also telling people that they should take something home that may change their life we try to be aware of how special this environment is in a global climate change and here via video link changes we are coming here down here for twenty years or even longer and we see those changes hopefully for reeling ambassadors that will spread the message about this important part of the world in antarctica shantanu as our team. rather than moscow has more creates a comfort for travelers want to spend some money sparkling department stores an ultra modern shopping centers more than willing to accept your cash with in today's edition of moscow outsmarting and just takes it. shopping in moscow doesn't have to

break the bank however political research can lead to some truly every channel and uniquely bush purchases it's a wonderfully exciting place to visit the colors the noise night is and also the smells. caught up with business and he's with me. thanks very much kerry hello and welcome to business things good to have your company in the south stream gas pipeline will be completed on shared july by the end of two thousand and fifteen according to its chief executive speaking at the european gas forum in berlin marcel kramer says the project will go ahead despite problems getting agreements from turkey to allow the pipe through its territory.

well with regard to fear yes countries participating are not well this is a voluntary project and it's a commercial project a number of countries have signed up. number of companies have signed up as well at least to come to a joint venture agreement that's what they're working on. i don't hear today of anyone dropping out or changing the schedule but of course you know the final decision will come when the actual final investment decision is made and it's always possible to want to change but the project in is still quality definitely take place and. also from the gas for new european rules on the pipe network have been greeted with vigorous objections from russia the so-called third energy package is intended to prevent gas supply from also opening the means of transportation companies such as gazprom claim this will undermine investments

in the sector however the president of the use natural gas industry says the intention is not russian companies. the networks and pipelines in you are the need to be managed in a way which allows congress or you to come to the knowledge of the news you can read just to make their money that's one of those existing ones but that includes very much russian companies who can really benefit throughout the world from being able to offer gas up with a history of everywhere in europe i've said however that there must be protection but anyway vested with me over the edge of the book and the resignation of hours of video. signal to the markets now we start with come out as these light sweet is trading marginally in the black that solves a one point seven percent slump on thursday on down the reports from the us and existing house sales and leading economic indicators brant is trading at just below one hundred twelve dollars per barrel like sweden is at ninety nine. and so

markets in asia japanese stilts are up with tech shares taking a ride on the slightly tweaked yang now among them hitachi and to sheba adding about job one in the hospital sense but energy slipped in the red overnight weakness in three japan petroleum corporation is down a one and a half percent in hong kong stocks are heading off with gains in the rules street a boost in financial stocks but a decline in some resource stocks is weighing on the market out of many corporations china is jumping around one point seven percent sell. their moscow the markets will start trading in two hours time this is the closing picture for fuzz they were closed in the black bouncing back from the losses because free weeks. and this is one of the for a strong rebound in russian markets up to several weeks of the klein may be in for disappointment that's at least the view over the counter must be today. the

markets will be somewhat stuck at the current levels for some time this relates to the fact that investors have to figure out several important global trends that we're currently witnessing one the commodity price environment the market is asking itself whether the oil price is overvalued as well as the other commodity names and most importantly the u.s. and chinese economies how they will feel in the next commodity environment they were going to see the third quarter. business out so we will be back in fifteen minutes time with not very kind of let's not see the headlines with carol.

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