more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations around the day. the now former head of the international monetary fund is granted bail and placed under house arrest on charges of attempted rape but there are fears the bureau won't survive without him. regime replacement obama says he wants an immediate transition of power in syria he's leaving it in a speech outlining america's policies in the middle east. outraging better ruseva the case of an opposition leader jailed for allegedly inciting on a rest on election day the supporters say it was a setup by the country's seemingly lemon president. and russia vs the e.u.

is the third energy package against russian gas companies find out more business out in twenty minutes time. so you're watching r.t. broadcasting live from moscow welcome to the program and the former chief for the international monetary fund accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid almost a week ago has been granted bail of one million dollars to me strauss kahn his prison cell taurus gangland jail house arrest and i got an apartment and also be tracked by g.p.s. watch twenty four hours a day by armed guard strauss kahn that was the driving force behind bailouts to save the ailing economies of greece portugal and ireland the signal has resigned and some european states efforts to protect the euro could finally be sunk so

worsening economic downturn. i know bush has more. called no euro that's what bankers are whispering off the police charged 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 norse the resistance from richard states stross called live this week's bailout of portugal germany and france insist boyland raises its low corporation tax the s.k. as he's known was the man arguing it's what is saving euro she called to me. are going to be. of the i.m.f. as an institution. is definitely going to be missed i think.

strauss kahn even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts disappointing riots on the streets but he. says some of you had stated governments made a difference he has good contacts for example to the greek prime minister so on thursday greece for more loans on better terms but no heavyweights europhile d s k has gone few back another bailout. should leave the euro zone that has put under strain the euro china is one of the imus top backers contributing tens of billions of euros the reward it wants is an asian chief who's not likely to be as europe friendly strolls because he has been very personally very important in getting the i.m.f. involved and assisting in designing these bailout packages but also coaxing and encouraging politicians to do the reforms necessary now you may not get the

equivalent of person with the same kind of convictions coming from the emerging markets. 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 filled the driving the euro to extinction will only make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher in that choice that was for instance as a bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with e.u. economies that death's door this thirteen 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 first call was instrumental in rescuing the eurozone most troubled states is a risk does seem to threaten the end of the euro itself i know bushell r.t. paris. the resignation of dominic straus card has put the label financial community in spain economics and geopolitics rite aid in salvaging says his downfall may well

be rail plans to use alternatives to the u.s. dollar as a reserve currency. is how we left its international monetary fund so she dramatic way shows that the powers that be were not very happy with mr starr's car was promoting the special drawing rights which in a way are the mechanism that would make the dollar suffer i think that we are going to see that whoever find we do so with the whole i v i m f will keep away from it in the street 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 all about it we put 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 us further ones is what allows both. to have his printing presses going on twenty four

hours a day if that were to be stopped and if america were to start printing currency well our very good could at least financially collapse coming up in a few minutes we continue our series of reports from antartica discover why 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 attractive for nearly the wildlife in antarctica is both if you live and runs an. expedition to the bottom of the earth or if. they tell you has hit eight warships along to handle the darkness forces in a number of different ports. says

vessels trying to prevent to be free of aiding libya and threat to forces the strikes came as president barack obama was out there on the rise and some rest across the world saying gadhafi must leave or it will be forced to the. center of everything else ratings of syria's president telling him to allow a transition of power get out of the way. it felt like he was talking from a position of a decision maker when it comes to syria painting that the u.s. could get involved if president assad doesn't step down earlier the u.s. has added the syrian leader to their blacklist by imposing sanctions on him personally where it's all heading is unclear now there may be a debate within the obama administration over 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 stabilized syria or perhaps an even more hostile syria but i think the logic of the position is united states personally sanctioned assad the government the president and his or closest advisors and offer 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 is the 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's clearly keeping the sides and giving full support for the opposition leader but you know a large part a large portion of the leader population is very much opposed to any foreign intervention and 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 is the heart of the area which is in the very

heart of the arab world in iran's closest ally in the weekend and he could send shock waves throughout the whole region on the israeli palestinian issue and that part of the speech was very much into separate obama pushed harder for these release to make concessions and to stop building settlements at least he suggested 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 is truthful him and he gathers free. he was very careful to say that the u.s. is solely an advisor here and cleared washington and basically have any responsibility to act there has been words before but never any action to really push for the two state solution solution that president obama was talking about the fact that israel is the protectorate of the united states and the israeli lobby is very powerful here makes it even harder to extract a balanced approach from washington. and there is

a professor of international relations at york university he says when persons of color meet spinnin that. any concrete proposals for peace between israel and the palestinians. sixty four percent of the american public support israel and in an election year in a campaign year no 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 required what is or is going to go but i think he would be talking in general terms about the need for a two state solution but they need to compromise on both sides but they need to to end the expiration of settlement but he would not be able or would be willing for that matter to draw any specific roadmap as to how to go back to achieve these objectives we have to be clear here you know when he says when the palestinians look at the whole arab world and see their counterpart rising against their own

government they are asking themselves why should not we rise against an occupation and i think this is exactly the russian l behind it the day of israeli independence was there with a policy a call the knockabout is a provided that momentum to give the president was seen in the opportunity to demonstrate that they had enough of occupation and they want to bring it to an end but i am free to say that this is maybe only the beginning i very concerned what will happen say in the next week two or month a state of one thousand or two thousand marching from each side. how about if there are fifty or sixty or one hundred thousand marching from the syrian side will be recalled west bengal from or from lebanon or etc so this is a major problem for is rather israel's going to have to be prepared and better be willing to address these issues the sooner than later. well the rest of the arab

world has a problem to the obama administration to review its policy for the region all to the people of iowa and his guests discuss about the future holds crosstalk is coming your way they said today. what'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 read the 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. if

you will. to russian that presidential candidates are facing lengthy prison terms of speaking out against the corruption of the. described as europe's last dictator these rules for almost two decades defying conservations sanctions and yanking opposition will . reports challenging his reign never to be the thing one of the state's detention facilities he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars. nuclei if it was among the organizers of election night street unrest in minsk unrest which was brutally dispersed by police his wife is complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen. a lot of thing with having

lived 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 the dimmers guilt and all the claims by the defense were denied by the judge. the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't represented over the way he rules procedures for this opposition little bit hit my head all right at the start of 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 all no three two people were charged with plotting a coup there are possible prison sentences varying from three to fifteen years. but. these thousands more it is take their revenge on those who criticize them during the election campaign they had their scene and now as they go pay for that

as an example has once again been green stated it will but they can't buy these repressions caused uproar around europe most countries condemned the crackdown and even contemplated sanctions against minsk the world. the story. will stand firm charging against their will give them maximum prison terms with later it will use them to bargain with the european union this happened before the previous election because it was released from prison and contract with europe resume. experts say the timing of these court cases could not be worse well there is no face is 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 the russian goods to the european union has halt that along with international loans 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 a power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home anybody if the opposition leaders get shorter prison terms that initially planned many experts say that unless they're set free the public unrest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil alexi rush of ski r.t. reporting from minsk in belarus. there are some other stories making headlines around the world this hour. at least four people were killed hundreds of others injured by what my quake and western. majority of injuries were caused by. seeing. disaster also left the entire area without electricity no serious material that we can put aftershocks. filmmaker contreras been turfed out of the town film festival after calling himself

a nazi sympathizer. film. titian. i think. about ten closing ceremony on sunday and i said he regretted the remarks saying they were just a joke. massive fire broke out all for sure industry and city know dozens of fire crews battle rooms with a phrase used by one hundred thousand leads is a really beautiful battle with the blaze lasted a whole night before running out in a mist but. now we continue our special series of reports from the southernmost continents they want article lacks the luxury resorts that still attracts many people who are ready to spend thousands of dollars on a ten day trip that. sean thomas reveals why antarctic tourism is flourishing.

the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an arche cut is an area to visit beyond imagination i mean you can meet. look at t.v. shows and try to be prepared but we experience every trip again once we take people down here they are only way by the set up of nature and landscape 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 antarctic treaty system an international agreement that limits exploitation of the 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. to 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 mexico day was not planned but we developed a medical emergency last night and now we appreciating the assistance of the chileans here that have an airfield in here and then a international association of arctic to operators has developed in iraq way she scheme for such a case because of the intense logistics involved in operating in such remote environments and antarctica 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 flight package from points out in his chilly 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 is interesting to see that you know the colonies out of popped out 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 and then making a buck it is not only invented in adventure for everybody we are very careful actually also and telling people that they should take something home that may change their life we try him to be aware how special this environment is in a global climate change and here via video changes we are coming here down here for twenty years or even longer and receive those changes hopefully creating ambassadors that will spread the message about this important part of the world in

antarctica sean thomas archie. moscow has more creature comforts travelers like to spend some money and everything from ultra modern shopping malls to humble fruit and veg stalls and more than willing to accept cash today's. right now just takes a look next town it's a. sure thing in moscow just to break the bank however a little research for me to some truly original and unique leave mission purchases it's a wonderfully exciting place to visit the colors the noise right is and also the smells. i think moments to me truly bring us the basis of these states.

well i'm glad you can join us you're watching business with. the south stream gas pipeline will be completed on said by the end of twenty fifteen now according to its chief executive speaking at the european gas forum in berlin also cramer says the project will go ahead despite problems getting agreement from turkey to allow the pipe fruits territory but with regard to various countries participating or not but this is a voluntary project that's a commercial project a number of countries have signed up. a 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 their 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 throw want to change the project and still culloty will definitely take place and the schedule. also from the gas forum and new european rules on the pipeline network have been greeted with vigorous objections from russia the so-called third energy package is intended to prevent gas supply from also owning the means of transport companies such as gas from clay this will undermine investment in the sector however the presence of the natural gas industry says the intention is not in the russian companies. the networks and the pipelines in you are the we need to be managed that we are in a way which allows the competition with the knowledge that the new you can read as you make the money or whether it is one of them but that includes very much russian

companies who can really benefit throughout the earth and being able to use an offshore gas up with acres of the everywhere in your neighborhood said however that there must be protection meaning you invested with me because of the break in the reservation of the video. so you look at the markets now is dealt with commodities light sweet the strafing marginally in the black and that softer one point seven percent slump on thursday on down being forced from us on the existing house sales and leading economic indicators lights we deserve below ninety nine dollars per barrel however brant is at one hundred eleven and a half. move to stock markets in asia japanese stocks are up with the tech shares taking a ride slightly weak kids then the now over the nikkei went down this zero point one percent despite this rally in tech shares it's also into she adding around up a cent this l. and g. from slipped in the red whether or not overnights weakness in crude japan for the

corporation is down around two point six percent in the hong kong stocks are heading mas in the up with the gains in real street to see financial stocks decline and some resources stocks is also weighing on the markets so admin incorporation of trying to instill in the round two percent the sell. rush in the markets will start trading in one hour's time his first day's closing picture was the all see as m i six added point thought of them point two percent respectively off the strong gains of the previous session. investors hoping for a strong rebound in russian market suffer several weeks of the klein may be in for disappointments at least that's the view of the good god from us going to see a bank. the markets will be somewhat stuck at the current levels for some time this release 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 was 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 in the third quarter. or a business out so we will be back in thirty minutes time whether or not they are carries next with headlines. the.

engine started all of a sudden. it's a long story of destroying the living and there how much out. there are constantly or spills something or leaks down here when they get done with it it's just if you took every fisherman out of the water and you do something about that word already and the habitat protecting the habitat the fisheries means it's going to collapse nature's steps making way for the ciancia guster the sea look around museum and see all in all the solar system dissolute everybody here must be well off and incomes must be road systems great number that's true. and you have billions of dollars going against the state. real baby drill.

money from there to cause some sun and one of my blood pressure to consider potential areas for development in the mid south atlantic and the gulf of mexico. the big . more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet as this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers flight makes us so special and instructive for many of the wildlife. and the friends of. expedition to the bottom of the earth our team. culture is that so much of him and

there's a huge music history of our time to time the market for a loveless marriage or a dangerous and raise take your case but pakistani american relations probably can't get any worse barring a complete. wealthy british sign on the sign rolls from time to time. for the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our. morning news today violence is once again flared up the front in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are rooted a clue.