most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and the heroism of those who understand it fully you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. to three thousand nine hundred forty five dollars on t.v. talk come. the now former head of the international monetary fund this is granted bail and placed under house arrest on charges of attempted rape there are fears the euro won't survive without him. regime replacement obama says he wants an immediate transition of power in syria is giving it in that speech on about it back his policies middle east. outrage in better ruseva the case of the opposition leader jailed for allegedly inciting others rest on the next day the supporters say it was a setup by the country's seen and president.

day here in the russian capital you're watching our table straight to our top story the former chief of the international monetary fund accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid almost a week ago has been granted bail of one million dollars but when he starts car now swap his prison cell twice gangland jail house arrest and manhattan apartments can also be tracked by g.p.s. and watch twenty four hours a day on. carnival is the driving force behind they are out to save the healing economies of greece portugal and ireland and now he's resigning some european states where efforts to protect the euro could finally be sunk so worsening economic downturn things that are no bushell has. no strobes no euro that's what bankers are whispering off to police charge the now i am of course with

the attempted rape of a hotel maid in very different me the possibility that some countries could decide to leave the euro could be pushed out of the euro and there we've got to understand such. belief that the euro could and should be saved it. in the face of nor still resistance from richest states strong scorned led this week's bailout of crippled portugal germany and france insist on oil and raises its low corporation tax d s k as he's known was the man arguing yes what is saving your rich economy these allegations are going to. work as an institution. going to be honest i think. strauss kahn even persuaded greece's leaders to stick with strict spending cuts despite an roi it's on the streets here.

to some of the heads of state governments made a difference he has good contacts for example to the greek prime minister on thursday greece for more loans on better terms but no heavyweights europhiles the s.k. has gone few back and not the bailouts. that we should leave the eurozone that has put under strain the joint is one of the i.m.s. top bikers contributing tens of billions of euro the reward it wants is an asian chief who is not likely to be as europe friendly as trolls he has been very personally very 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 markets when one of the world's biggest investment banks filled three years ago it triggered

a global recession we're still reeling from today but it's still the driving the euro to extinction will only make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher and that that was for instance as a bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with aig. economies that this is all this a team that toppling the world's leading comes of the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career calm was instrumental in risking the uro's of most troubled states is a risk to seem to threaten the end of the euro itself r.t. . for the resignation of comics nascar has put the global financial community in a spin economic sound geopolitics right adrian subletting says his downfall welding rel plans to use alternatives to u.s. daughter as reserve currencies is having left its international wallop to her if

she dramatic way shows that the powers that be were not very happy with mr stiles was promoting the special drawing rights which in a way part of the mechanism that would make the dollar suffer i think that we are going to see that whoever find we have a helm at the i.m.f. will keep away from him he struck 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 automatically on the 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 both. to see how 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. well coming up in

a few minutes we continue our series of reports nontoxic up in the sky why many tourists are told scared of the dangers of the cold continent. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charged up and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization. thomas discovers fault makes it so special the destruction for many. parts of. the frontal. expedition to the bottom of the earth. has hit was ships belong to colonel gadhafi his forces in a different. sense the vessels were trying to prevent them to be free of aid posed a threat since the strikes came as president obama was. risings and

the rest crossed the world saying time is working against gadhafi. also today britain ultimatum syria's president assad 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 it 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 and i think goes. up or the u.s.

is now involved in the civil war where he's clearly taking sides and getting full support for the opposition leader but you know largely the large portion of the leader in 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 the very heart of the arab world the closest ally in the region any consent shock waves throughout the whole region on the israeli palestinian issue and that part of the speech was very much anticipated obama pushed harder for these release to made. concessions to stop building settlements at least he suggested israel go back to pre nine hundred sixty seven border lines and that would mean. giving up completely the west bank is true slim and the gavel story. he was very careful to say that the

us is slowly an advisor here and cleared washington if basically of 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 balanced approach from washington. obama's comments on the israeli palestinian borders angered israel's prime minister and even netanyahu insisted that returning supreme nine hundred sixty seven lines would make it impossible to protect israel. near a professor of international relations at new york city says the u.s. presence lacks concrete proposals for the peace process 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 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 they need to to end the day expansion of settlement but he would not be able all be willing for that matter to draw any specific roadmap as to how to go about to achieve these objectives we have to be clear here you know when you see when the public still look at the whole arab world and see their counterpart rising against their own government they are asking themselves why should not realize a guess on occupation and i think this is exactly the rochelle behind it the day of israeli independence with the protocols called the nakba is a provided that momentum give the public policy in the opportunity to demonstrate they had enough i thought the patient and they want to bring it to an end but i'm fraid to say that this is maybe only the beginning i very concerned what will

happen say if in the next week two or month instead 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 big are good ways to bangor come from lebanon etc so this is a major problem for israel and israel is going to have to be prepared and better it must be willing to address these issues sooner than later. but more that assists in the middle east on our web site article called also. i take the stand on the for the arts in picture gallery see helplessness and christians are joining together to rally against the just wild things in egypt. plus what are the chances of a new independent state in europe scottish nationalists and so they've been using recent decades to get a breakaway nucleic. all the details about r.t.

dot com. to belorussian the presidential candidates facing a lengthy prison terms by speaking out against the corruption of their lives under the shanker described as europe's last tater intervals for almost two decades defying condemnation and sanctions opposition that will result in his alexia chef school reports challenging his reign at their siblings to a state one of the state's detention facilities. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars claims were given nuclei if it was among the organizers of election nights rest in minsk and rest which was dispersed by police pointless complaining for justice but does not have much faith that it will happen

. a little thing like you could ask having lived in belarus we've already got used to judges being told from above it was referred 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 the claims by the defense were denied by the judge. the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't represent over the way he rules. as for this opposition they will get hit in the 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 for the north forty two people who were charged with plotting a coup there are possible prison sentences varying from three to fifteen years. because of. these thousands or it's just take their revenge on those who criticize them during the election campaign they had their say and now as they go pay for

that as look as once again been brain state. but. these repressions caused uproar around europe most countries condemned the crackdown and even contemplated sanctions against minsk. the storage. firm charging against their will give them maximum prison terms of what they are they will use them to bargain with the european union this happened before the previous election mr because he was released from prison and contact with your resume. experts say the timing of these court cases could not be worse bellicose now faces a serious and konami 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 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 at power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home and even if the opposition leaders get short of 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. let's see russia ski odyssey reporting from minsk in belarus. there are some other stories making headlines around the world and first we have some live pictures from outer space two members of the international space station's crew occurring at the first space walk since the. trying to install this for a while on a screen the mission the system as well as. much maintenance. is expected to take some six hours. massive fire

broke out at an oil. well but dozens of fire crews battle an enormous woman flames was my life. isn't burned. through the grades last night friday is now. known as storm. of the storm a roadside bomb was detonated near the u.s. consulate. at last it killed a passing civilian. centers in one of the calls. and responsibility called it saying it will continue. member states nazis' cross-talk program. the focus is on the turbulent relationship between pakistan and. the united states is fighting the taliban and its associates gannets why pakistan and its army and intelligence service supports some of the groups who are killing americans that

are here and inside afghanistan and also from i think any people inside pakistan as well so what's important to destroy them is for both sides to align their interests and rethink their relationship because this is not sustainable. if. you want to. well we continue our special series of reports from earth's southernmost continent where one talks of her lacks the three resorts and still attracts so many people who are ready to spend thousands of dollars of the ten day trip there 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 archetype is an area to visit a young imagination i mean you can reach books look at t.v.

shows and try to be. but the experience every trip again once you take people down here they are only away 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 in 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 some charter flights from the tip of south america. are 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 i was up today here to metz with a was not planned but we developed a medical emergency last night and now we appreciate in the assistance of the chileans here that have an airfield in here and then a international association of arctic to operate us has developed in iraq ways and 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 antartica flight package from qatar industry lay costs around five thousand but the people who make this. joining 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 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 telling people that they should take something home that may change their life trying to be aware of how special this environment is in a global climate change and here. changes we're coming year 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 our team. all next week from brings us an update on the pistons.

thanks carol hello and welcome see business outside the south stream gas pipeline will be completed on schedule by the end of twenty fifteen according to its chief executive speaking at the european gas four and then moscow kramer says the project will go ahead this by problems getting agreement from turkey to allow the pipe fruits territory. with regard to the various countries participating or not this is a voluntary project and it'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 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 that there are one or two changes for the project in its totality

definitely take place in a schedule. also from the gas forum in berlin 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 a gas supply from also owning the means of transport companies such as gazprom playing this will undermine investment in the sector however philip low the head of the energy european commission says the intention is not to hinder russian companies. but the networks and pipelines in you are the in need to be managed. in a way which allows congress to come in the knowledge that new you can read for those who make the money or the other one but that includes very much russian companies who can really benefit throughout europe from being able to the town or ground up with a city of everywhere in europe five and said however that they must be prepared for any new investor to be ready to begin the reservation of the bigger so you are

going to market sounds the will light sweet is trading in the black after a one point seven percent slump on first him down the u.s. on the exit existing house sales and leading economic indicators right now it's over ninety nine dollars per barrel went up also seventy two cents over one hundred twelve dollars per barrel. in asia the markets closed mix in japan energy firms slipped in the red on overnight weakness and crude in hong kong stocks were up but gave them all sweetness and financial shares not a decline in some muscles and stocks will sway in the market. european stock stalls of the day on a positive note b.p. is up one point five percent of the year old company reached a settlement with no way short of the deepwater horizon disaster a restaurant operator michel's him but this we'll see is down six percent on disappointing results. and here's how the markets look in russia the aussie is a bizarre twenty six percent nice six point four percent second look at some of the

biggest movers. yes from is. actually point two percent the south after the company maintains a stance against the use of energy packets her bag is just not as near by just a notch up the volume a person approved the sale of seven point five eight percent of the state's share in the largest land and is in the need it's a point six percent. the merger of two main russian bosses the r.t.s. and a nice x. could be announced as soon as next week as the deal goes through it could result in a substantial payday for the major shareholders in the nice x. . the shareholders have come to a decision to pay three hundred thirty million dollars of dividends go whenever the biggest part of that money will be paid shareholder meetings of my selection our tears agree all nurture and the engine monopoly service accept these three again should be completely booked. and coffee prices have set

a thirty four year record high above three dollars a pound arabica coffee prices traded in new york have doubled in the past twelve months and robust the beans traded in london climbed eighty four percent higher coffee prices may encourage international film is the biggest output of next year's crop this could help make up for the drop in supplies from brazil the world's biggest grow up but before that can happen the price for green coffee is tipped to reach an all time high by mid summer according to the head of the russian coffee produces association. agree the core market growth of the crisis grows so intensely and we will radiate reach they're practically at the peak of pricing with seventy six seventy seven and by summer time we probably will be an all time high one of the major contribution to the increase in price first in practically every. many many years consumption is higher than for the

production in the world and this is mostly due to old markets can't use their produce or federal court they usually lose the record of the day the situation changed brazil for example which was country there for the very local level of consumption and now it's a set for the world of the us and the world we will overcome will be the largest consumer country say we can say about made producing countries it's a set of america it's countries in africa kenya and ethiopia they not only grow corn here but they started to drink it as well some staying awake has become more expensive. in the fifteen minutes time to the south he will be back with an update the headlines are starting.

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