well you learn this or tilton ambassador it's like the coach of the points pushers and i would print certain discipline the fictional entire truth wins if it's only taught you it's a good or a good how would international flood achieve every green leafy chill in tokyo. 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 that the euro will survive without. regime replacement obama says he wants an immediate transition of power in syria he was given a keynote speech outlining america's policies in the middle east. outraged the bell abuse over the case of opposition leaders jailed for allegedly incited on the rest of election day but their supporters saying it was a set off by the country's seemingly permanent president. and russia versus the

e.u. is the third energy package directed against russian gas companies find out on business l.t.e. in twenty minutes time. you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program now 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 so many extra khan will mouse walk his prison cell in a lab jail for house arrest in a manhattan apartment and also be trapped by g.p.s. watch twenty four hours a day by an armed guard strauss kahn was the driving force behind the bailouts to save the ailing economies of greece portugal and ireland but now that he's resigned some european states fear efforts to protect the euro. and finally be sucked so

worsening economic downturn but martin's dad will push out has more. no straus call no euro that's what bankers the whispering off the police charged and now i am of 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 there we've got to understand that. belief that the euro could and should be saved in the face of north steel resistance from richest states stross called this week's bailout of portugal germany and france insist orland raises its low corporation tax t.s.k. as he's known was the man saving the irish economy i think these allegations are going to be. of the i.m.f. as an institution and he is definitely going to be missed i think.

strauss kahn even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts despite roy it's on the streets that he has a good card to some of you had stated government so that made it made a difference he has good contacts for example to the greek prime minister so on thursday greece asked for more loans on better terms but now heavyweights europhile d s k has gone few back another bailout. should leave the euro zone that has put under strain the euro joiner is one of the i.m.f. top backers contributing tens of billions of euros to reward it once is an asian chief is not likely to be used to your friendly distrust he has been very personally very important in getting the i.m.f. and bold. and assisting in designing the bailout packages but also coaxing i think courage in 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 bill three years ago triggered a global recession we're still reeling from today but it will put troy being the euro to extinction we make matters worse as a consequence probably would be higher and higher so it was for instance as a bankruptcy of fleeman in two thousand and eight with e.u. economies at this door this is a team that toppling the world's leading ponca comes at the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career was instrumental in the uro's of most troubled states is a risk to seem to threaten the end of the euro itself r.t. . while the resignation of germany strauss kahn has the global financial community in a span economics and politics writer adrian salvucci says that his downfall may well

differ in our plans to use alternatives to the u.s. dollar as for serve currency. he is having left the international monetary fund a dramatic way shows that the powers that be were not very happy with mr sterling was promoting the special drawing rights which in a way are the mechanism that would make but the other suffer i think that we are going to see that whoever finally takes over the helm of the i.m.f. will keep away from it. too strongly participation in doing away with us dollar in other words the u.s. dollar needs to be in a key currency and anything which is seen as competition automatically puts on a 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 treasury bonds is one of ours boehner lengthy to see how 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 america could at least financially collapse. well coming up in a few minutes we continue our series of reports from antarctica and discover why many tourists are not all scared of the dangers of the cold concert that. to them won't. be 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 that a trucker for many the wildlife in antarctica is ablaze if you live in the front of the. expedition to the bottom of the earth are trees. now nato has hit eight warships belonging to colonel gadhafi forces in a number of different ports the alliance says the vessels were trying to prevent

the delivery of aid in libya and posed a threat to allied forces with the strikes came as president barack obama was outlining america's stance on the uprisings across the arab world saying time is working against gadhafi and he has no control over libya because also delivered an ultimatum to syria's president assad telling him to allow a transition of power or get out of the way out he's going to has. 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 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

a view stabilized syria or perhaps an even more hostile 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 it is clearly kicking aside and getting full support for the opposition leader going to a large but a large portion of the levy on 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 the 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 and iran's closest ally in the weekend and he could send shock waves throughout the whole region under israeli palestinian issue and our part of the speech was very much anticipated obama pushed harder for these release to make concessions to stop building settlements and. you suggested that israel go back to pre nine hundred sixty seven border lines and that would mean what happens is giving up completely the west bank is true slim and the gavels free. he was very

careful to say that the us is slowly an advisor here and cleared washington and basically of any responsibility to act there has been words before but never any action to really push forward 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. well obama's comments will be israeli palestinian borders angered israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists that returning to pre-one nine hundred sixty seven war allies would make it impossible to protect israel i'll bet mary a professor of international relations at new york university says the u.s. president lacks concrete proposals for the peace process sixty four percent of the american public support israel and in an election 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 whereby they need to compromise on both sides the need to to end the exploration of settlement but he would not be able i would be willing for that matter to draw any specific road map as the how to go about to achieve these objectives we have to be clear here you know when you 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 our occupation and i think this is exactly the russian behind it the day of israeli independence was there with a close call the knockabout is a provided the momentum to give the program seen in the opportunity to demonstrate

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 am very concerned what will happen say if in the next week two or none and 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 be we're going to bang the crown from lebanon so this is a major problem for israel and israel is going to have to be prepared and. be willing to address these issues sooner than later. it is really a diplomat expelled from moscow for alleged spying was attempting to gather information on russia's military dealings with other countries well that's the accusation from the federal security service let's get the latest from our correspondent sara fur is in moscow for us now sara can just tell us exactly what accusations what the retirement is facing it from russia. well the russian federal

security services has said that they have all of the documents and materials that prove that israel's military apache kind of. was engaged and does feel espionage now russia's foreign ministry has released a statement saying he was called red handed trying to illegally obtain information sensitive information about bilateral cooperation military cooperation between russia and some arab and c.i.s. states and they have the documents as we said that he was working in most cases two thousand and eight was arrested may twelfth while he was sitting in a cafe and israel's defense forces deny the spying allegations but as he said federal security services have said they have got evidence and laid him and has since been expelled from russia all right thank you very much for that update the sarra for reporting from moscow. well if you're still hungry for more news and

tough videos log on to our web site that's our dot com and here's a taste of what you'll find there right now sticking his teeth in this gummy russian could it flips a table over his head with nothing more than his own talk. to the cashier of an illegal exchange booth in the center of moscow went to extreme measures to cover her crimes by burning hundreds of dollars. president dmitri medvedev has called on western nations to consider russia's interests when it comes to missile defense project in europe well speaking at a forum in st petersburg he said that would help avoid

a return to cold war style relations. he did lots of big work with lots of them got into a new missile defense system will appear in europe let us agree now on what it should be like in this case in twenty twenty we will have a modern europe well adjusted to life but if we do not agree what we will get will be the europe of the early nineteen eighties i don't want to live in such europe i hope neither do you. but washington has been leading efforts for the missile shield in europe saying it will help protect the continent from nuclear strikes from the likes of iran and north korea but russia sees the project as a threat to its national security this insisting on equal say in the project however there has been little progress so far in reaching a compromise. now two belorussian presidential candidates are facing a lengthy prison terms for speaking out against the corrupt corruption of leader

alexander lukashenko described as europe's last tater his rule for almost two decades to find condemnation and sanctions while dragging the opposition out well. the reports challenging his reign and that inevitably leads to a state of one of the state's attention facilities. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars or thirties claimed demjanjuk life was among the organizers of election night street unrest in minsk and rest which was brutally dispersed by police his wife was complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen. so you. haven't lived in belarus we've already got used to judges being told from above what birds need them as delivered in the first court hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor named no evidence no facts which could prove lead to miss 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

represent over the way he rules the us 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 artie's crew were injured by the police led to a number of arrests all the north forty two people were charged with plotting a coup there possible prison sentences varying from three to fifteen years. these housing authorities take their revenge on those who criticize them during the election campaign they had their say and now is their go pay for that as looking center has once again been reinstated. these repressions caused uproar around europe most countries condemned the crackdown and even contemplated sanctions against minsk. will stand firm charging against their will give them maximum frozen terms with leader that will use them to

bargain with the european union this happened before the previous election because lula was released from prison and contact with europe was resumed. experts say the timing of these 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 heart 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 and even if the opposition leaders get shorter prison terms than initially planned many experts say that unless they are set free the public unrest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. let's hear a shot ski r.t.

reporting from minsk in belarus now to some other stories making headlines around the world members of the international space station's crew are carrying out their first spacewalks as the docking docking of the shuttle endeavor well they're trying to install a new antennas for a wireless communication system as well as carrying out other much needed maintenance well the risky walk is expected to take. six hours in total and earlier the crew successfully set up a two billion dollar device decide to help scientists discover the origin of the universe. a massive fire broke out of an oil factory in the australian city of melbourne dozens of far crews battles an enormous wall of flames caused by five hundred thousand liters of burning motor or of the battle with the blaze lasted the whole night before finally being put out the early morning no one is thought to have been. in pakistan

a car bomb was detonated near two armored you rest consular vehicles as they passed by the blast killed a passing civilian and wounded several passengers in one of the cars or the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack saying they will come to be targeted diplomats from nato member states parties cross-talk coming your way about ten minutes time focuses on the turbulent relationship between pakistan and washington . do you know if it is fighting the taliban al qaida and its atsushi it's a i've gained as to why pakistan and its army and intelligence service support some of the groups who are killing americans that i have. inside afghanistan out also victimizing the partisan the people inside pakistan as well so what's important in the this time is for both sides to align their interests and rethink their relationship because this is not sustainable.

and now we continue our special series of reports from earth southern most continent although i talk to collapse a luxury resorts tracks many people who are ready to spend thousands of dollars on a ten day trip there r.t. shaun thomas reveals why am topic tourism is flourishing. with guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an article that is an area to visit. imagination i mean you can meet folks look at t.v. shows and try to be prepared but the 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 in an international agreement that limits exploitation of the continent i 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 are really coming down here to see something unique it's an ecosystem like no other. and also for the people who 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 maxwell bay 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 got hoped in iraq ration

scheme for such a case because of the intense logistics involved in operating in such remote environments in 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 point out is chilling costs around five thousand but the people who make this journey say they. perience 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 that 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 and telling people that they should take something home that may

change their life we try and be aware of how special this environment is in that it will get climate change in the v.f. it isn't changes we're coming down here for twenty years or even longer and b.c. votes changes hopefully creating ambassadors that will spread the message about this important part of the world in antarctica sean thomas our team. on the back of the headlines shortly but first the business news had to me terry. i don't know when welcome to the program new european rules on the pipeline network have been greece and was vigorous objections from russia the so-called first energy package is intended to prevent a gas supply from opening the means of transport companies such as gas paul claim this will undermine investment in the sector however often it low the head of the european commission says the intention is not so hidden that russian companies.

works in the pipelines in you or the need to be managed in a way we should allow the congress to come in the now as you compare it to make the money or whether there's one but that includes very much russian companies who can really benefit throughout the earth from being able to offer grants and opening the everywhere in europe i've said however that there must be protection for any new investor the made it into the indian reservation to be a. second look at the markets now we start with europe and european stocks started today on a positive note the morning gains have now been mostly a raise the investors are trading cautiously amid lack of economic data the footsies up point two percent the dax is down by the say the maps. here in moscow the markets have reversed into the red up to trading half a day in positive territory commodities ease on worries about global demand if we

take a look at the main game is now on losers on the my six gas promise completely shifted from top to bottom it's now leading among the losers while it was still cold morning it's down one percent one point two actually at this hour as the company maintains its stance against the energy packages and as burbank is down zero point six percent of those information approve the sale of seven point six percent of the state's share and the largest lender. remains one of the top gaining stocks it's up point six percent despite the change of trend. the successful sale of fifty billion rubles worth of euro bonds has been hailed by the finance minister of seclusion as a step to making the russian ruble a reserve currency russia now has ninety billion rubles of your bones placed on the market that's more than three billion dollars making it one of the world's largest placements in a local currency. the merger of two main russian boards as the r.t.s.

on the my six could be announced as soon as next week if the deal goes through it could result in a substantial payday for the major shareholders in the ninety six. the shareholders have come to a decision to pay three hundred thirty million dollars of dividends however the biggest part of that money will be paid if the shareholder meetings of my six and r.t.s. agree on merger and if the federal and the monopoly service except these three i mean should be completed by october. finally staying awake is becoming costly coffee prices upset of thirty four year high above three dollars a pound arabica coffee prices traded in new york have doubled in the past twelve months and robust again straight in london have climbed eighty four percent higher coffee prices may encourage international farmers to boost output for next year's crop this could help to make up for a drop in supplies from brazil the world's biggest 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 russian cotton for these associations. the green coffee market growth of the prices grows so intensely and with it will radiate reach here practically at their peak of pricing since seventy six seventy seven and by summer time we probably will be an all time high one of the major contribution to the increasing rise. in practical use their use and maybe even years consumption is higher than for the production in the world and this is mostly due to all the markets currently. produced or rule for they usually wrinkle the day the situation changed brazil for example their choice to continue to play a little level of consumption now it's a second in the world of the us and probably will overcome believe the largest

consumer country say we can say about meaning producing countries it's a central america it's countries in africa in kenya you know dear they not only grow corn here where they started to drink it as well all right that's it for me too and i call you kareena millie cabs will be here in fifteen minutes time with nothing of late and business news next for the headlines to stay with us.

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