tonight sell out t. million dollar bail for the ex i.m.f. chief accused of sexual assault but this concern is downfalls already called the reparable financial damage to the eurozone as we report. also all eyes on israeli us for late night with prime minister netanyahu due to meet president obama after running on his comments on his backing of palestinian borders. a prison term instead of a presidential one two opposition leaders in jail sentences for inciting election unrest but supporters say they're being punished for standing up to the country's long time leader. plus cruising to the edge of civilization we look

at what there was to restore the coldest windiest confident on. this is r.t. welcome it's eight pm here in moscow now this friday evening my name is kevin owen and first the former i.m.f. chief who's been officially charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid is to be released on bail of a million dollars dominic strauss card will now stop his cell in a tough new york prison for house arrest in a luxury manhattan apartment that he tried to buy a g.p.s. and guarded twenty four hours a day to stop him seeking refuge at the french embassy straus car was the driving force behind the bailouts to save the indebted greece portugal and ireland for some economists now fear is resignation will put the rescue of ailing economy is under question and even put the euro currency on the floor as that is the new bush will explain. no strong cold no euro that's what pain because

a 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 north steel resistance for britches states stross can lead this week's bailout of crippled portugal germany and france insist on oil and raises its lower corporation tax d s k as he's known was the man arguing it's what is saving your issue calling me these allegations are going to. be i am as an institution. going to be honest. straws call on even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts despite royals on the streets but he has

a good card to some of you had 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 europhile the 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 euro the reward it wants is an asian chief who's not likely to be as europe friendly strolls can 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 pile 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 still the troika the euro to extinction will only make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher and much oil that was for instance as a bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with e.u. economies that this tour is the team goals that toppling the world's leading banker comes at the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career dominic's was calm was instrumental in risking the eurozone as most troubled states is a risk to seem to threaten the end of the euro itself valuable show see paris. all the news tracking developments in france for us new can follow what defines an artist puts a strain the right now is saying that the majority of french people believe the former i.m.f. chief the rest was a set up according to our polling stand top of the story the following as the

underscore called. well strain is definitely showing in the us israeli relations after president obama called for a palestinian state within one hundred sixty seven borders in his mideast policy speech that comments angered the israel's prime minister who said it would make it impossible for his country to protect itself back in september issue of the israeli settlements on the disputed territories stalled the peace talks with the palestinians but even at yahoo meeting president obama at the white house right now in fact but is going to teach you can. good move from our washington bureau. this

thursday obama said something that many israelis would find unacceptable he suggested israel go back to its pretty nine hundred sixty seven borders and according to president obama that could be the starting point today negotiate land swaps with the palestinians to create new borders going back to nine hundred sixty seven would mean giving up the west bank is drusilla when they get as a straight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be meeting president obama later this afternoon sharply disagreed with the u.s. president and said he wanted to see washington's commitment to the decision by congress and president bush in two thousand and four that israel would not have to give up the occupied territories after the speech that obama gave yesterday it could be hard for him to feel such commitment at least publicly by the way he's the first u.s. president who has explicitly supported the idea of going back to the nine hundred sixty seven borders as the key to the peace process in the middle east having said

all of this obama was nonetheless very very careful to say that the u.s. is sorely an advisor here that it is not going to force any of this is on israel because it is up to these release and palestinians to decide and so on and so forth so he basically cleared washington of any responsibility to act experts say washington's policy of nonintervention in the middle east peace process looks even more inconsistent considering america's willingness to intervene in other places in the region making demands to the leaders pushing them to feel those demands and occasionally bombing those who don't but when it comes to israelis and palestinians there have been words before meaning of words but never any action to really struggle with a coup state solution that president obama was talking about the fact that israel is the protectorate of the united states and that the israeli lobby is very powerful here base it even harder to expect of balanced approach from washington. going to come reporting now all those emotions now that meeting between president

obama. mr netanyahu has just been on the way tonight to discuss what we might expect his column and contributing editor of the think tank foreign policy in focus and joining us from california tonight very good evening from las vegas alan thanks for being with us one o'clock by to support we all recall the end of the u.s. failed to make israel stop settlement building and the palestinians move through from the peace talks to the same time obama's latest words we heard yesterday help now as the u.s. missed its opportunity could completely to mediate israeli palestinian peace to think well i think the united states has to it can play this kind of neutral role that their president is talking about because you know states gives israel three billion dollars a year in aid a lot of which goes to military stuff and of course a lot of money frees up money for the israelis to extend settlements in chile occupied territories i think the united states is going to have to try to put

a good deal more pressure on them that now they do have one lever of pressure in the areas there if this subject comes up in september the general assembly of the united nations were overwhelmingly indorse the existence of palestinian state based on the nine hundred sixty seven borders and that's not a subject that can be vetoed in the security council because it's a matter for the general assembly now isolate the united states and israel so essentially they will stand alone in the world and i think that neither one of them wants that so there's a possibility there could be leverage some of this in the direction of negotiations but i don't have a lot of faith with netanyahu as the prime minister how far do you think a partner is willing to push when he said yesterday it doesn't look like he's willing to push very hard i think part of the problem certainly is the republicans forty jumped on this and mitt romney who's the republican candidates. for president

in two thousand and twelve said that obama had thrown israel under a bus how he drew that conclusion is certain mazing but nevertheless i think the republicans are going to pound him and the democrats will probably run scared on decisions so i think that this will unfortunately just be a statement which doesn't mean to say that making a statement doesn't have some importance putting nine hundred sixty seven out here and also calling for a phased withdrawal completely our of israeli troops from power part from a counter sign which would mean that they would israeli troops would have to withdraw from the jordan valley those are big things and it sounds like he's talking about splitting jerusalem i was going to reflect on president obama is due to speak to at apec the american israeli lobby gathering this coming weekend we've before that speech yes they were that i headed send an e-mail the contents of puns

there article not the bow. it looks like he's going to have an even tougher i know that after the speech yesterday from oh you know i think it probably will be booed i think one thing that is there atack doesn't represent the vast majority of american jews and most polls show that american jews are far more critical of the election on the government they're critical of the of the settlements and they want to resolution in a two state solution so i think what you're seeing is this kind of division and the division between the leadership of the sort of the stablished jewish organizations and the rank and file and that gap is widening they may goo him at apac it doesn't mean that american jews are not going to vote for him in two thousand and twelve but if he were to think of gone with run again by taking that very public stance yesterday i do think he has a whole lot of choice i think that if he had not. you made the statement about the

nine hundred sixty seven that he simply would have no credibility whatsoever in the middle east i mean this is very tattered at this point their world is not happy about what's going on in libya they see a lot of hypocrisy they see you know the latest statement about the invite her a that they should not throw people in jail he never said a word about the fact that saudi arabia indeed did not arrange to put down those demonstrations so i think what you've got is you've got him trying to sort of get back to the atmosphere of the cairo speech that followed the cairo speech i don't know if that's possible to do it but i think at this point that they don't really have a choice and these military is also told him unless there is some kind of resolution of the palestinian israeli question that we're going to lose more and more influence in the middle east and so naturally have a choice called our own contributing editor of the foreign policy in focus from

california thank you thank you for having me now in his speech obama also said colonel gadhafi has no control over libya hours later nato hits eight in washington sank in a number of the country's ports the alliance says the vessels were trying to prevent the delivery of aid into libya and pose a threat to ally forces even official demands barack obama's claim saying it's the libyan people who should decide who their fees fate but are also delivered an ultimatum to syria's president assad telling him to allow transitional get out brian becker from the antiwar and circulation told us it looks like the american is pushing for regime change in syria 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 the stabilized syria or perhaps an even more

hostile. serious so there's a debate within the administration but i think the logic of that position is united states personally sanctioned by. the government but the president and his closest advisors and offered him the option of either leading 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 the carry out regime change in syria and i think those who favor regime change have gotten the upper hand within the administration. is what to go for porter videos of the world's biggest stories this is what we've got online for you right now the fight was linford christie in the egypt joined together to try and put a lid on the religious violence that's flaring up in the wake of the country's revolution there we've got more details more reports online tonight at r.t. dot com. it's.

present relatives restated his concerns about american and nato led plans for a missile defense system on russia's borders it follows his earlier statement that russia intends to take action if the u.s. and nato plan ahead with their initiative without taking moscow's views on board the us is currently moving ahead with plans to build a missile base in romania saying the shield will protect europe from countries like iran or north korea but moscow sees it as a security threat to the international legal forum and some petersburg could lead to medvedev called on the west to was void a return to a cold war style relationship because. it was lots of them in twenty twenty new missile defense system will appear in europe let us agree no on voted 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 a europe i hope but neither do you. if you like to see more of the russian president's speech in which he also warns against abusing international war and turning national legislation global it's in our politics section of r.t. dot com. and here in moscow palestinian factions fatah and hamas will come together for talks following the historic reconciliation rush is hosting discussions between palestinian political forces as they prepared a bid for u.n. recognition later this year out in syria first got the details. representatives of the rivals hamas and fatah along with a number of other palestinian factions represented a rising in most gay continue the into palestinian dialogue now after four years as the hostilities between fatah and hamas the two organizations signed

a reconciliation agreement at the beginning of the month and the plan now is for them to establish an interim government to try and hold elections and to appeal to the un for recognition of an independent palestinian state now there are still a number of very serious hurdles at the school that could happen the situation does remain complicated when the reconciliation agreement was signed most cases it's need welcome the welcome said it was noted that russia along with egypt in particular had been instrumental in their efforts to bring about the signing of that agreement and so it's the most gave it is comes to pull in fireman's of these objectives very important tools to be held. coming up here in a few minutes on this channel the tourists with the passion for the pole. the beauty of antarctica is something that not many people on this earth will get the opportunity to see which is why it's one of the world's most exotic tourist

destinations i'm sean thomas in antarctica and coming up on r.t.e. we explore why some people are willing to pay big bucks to make it down here. and also make the siberian cats brotherhood knows no bounds follow why. just love wolfing up a baby but short your ninety two. it was a presidential election southerner for the big count that it's an invalid and even land you in jail to opposition leaders have been handed prison sentences for causing election day and arrest verdicts on. the ex-con they did say challenging the country's president is costing them their freedom alexia a jet ski reports now from him. he was running for president in bellerose split ended up behind bars authorities claim but you can go for was among the organizers of election night to minsk and rest which was promptly dispersed by police his wife is complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen so you can

be a little thing with how little bellerose we've already got used to judges being children involved which third it's the monster in the first cause hearings of my husband's case a prosecutor named new evidence new facts which could prove the dimmers guilt and all the claims by the transfer denied by the giants the country's president has been dubbed europe's last dictator but isn't represented over the way he rules the us for this opposition they will get him a little 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 because. that is how the storage is take their attention to see criticize them during the election campaign. they had their say and now they will pay for that. has once again been reinstated these repressions caused uproar around europe most countries condemned the crackdown and even contemplated sanctions against minsk experts say the timing of these court cases could not be worse.

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 the russian goods to the european union has halved 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 in power but 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 there's free public unrest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. ski r.t. reporting from minsk in belarus well use a brief north korean leader kim jong il's in china according to south seas early reports suggested that his son an arab travel to the mosque. discuss the pressures

company faces over its nuclear program kim's trips abroad are usually kept secret which speculation about his health. for these two american astronauts six space cut short but not before completing a few experiments and. after a carbon dioxide monitor failed in one of the astronauts protective fence their mission is part of the shuttle's final journey now before. it may like. beaches but i'm dr because frozen barren lands are still a hotspot for so and in our next report from the southernmost tip of the earth actually showing thomas weeds those spending thousands of dollars to swap. for frost. the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an article that is an area to visit a young imagination i mean you can meet cops look at t.v.

shows and try to be compared to the experience every trip again once we take people down here they are only away by the set up of nature landscapes 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 and 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 are really coming down here to see something unique it's an ecosystem right no other. and also for the people who come on the chair is 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 stock today here to maxwell date was not planned but a medical emergency last night and now we appreciating the assistance of the james here that have an airfield in here and then a international association of arctic to operators has developed in iraq 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 antarctica flight package from two thousand is chilling costs around five thousand people who. 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 that you know the colonies that have popped up in the middle of nowhere at the bottom of the earth and those that facilitate these trips and 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 lives we try and be aware of how special this environment is in a global climate change and here via video changes we are coming here telling you for twenty years or even longer and we see those changes hopefully creating ambassadors that will spread the message about this important part of the world in antarctica shantanu us our t.v. . thrills and chills from artie's on talk to get swedish in fear again tomorrow here on out say yes the last four reports and thoughts hope you can join us for.

the most. 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 far to make sense arctic is so special that the trucks of the many wildlife in antarctica is. the. expedition to the bottom of the earth. finally the soft and highly unusual title of mother may love for you this feline. has taken in about the baby one of the correct to the heart of the actual national sport. for the desperate zookeepers the last hope indeed was the only four legged nurse close to hand now this. is the cat's whiskers lovely picture. this is a serious cuts of the falling out of business. and

a welcome for our business desk welcome to business news a host of russian companies are lining up to hold i.p.o.'s on foreign markets going to get to the airport and russian couple company i are going for london while search engine yandex will list on the nasdaq in new york next week however the recent track record. has not been great but several having to cancel due to low demand but blackwell from consultancy and communications russia says these are exceptions not the rule. i think the issue is less with the fundamental problem of the russian i.p.o. story in fact post-crisis a lot of the growth is back with average is much lower than it was some a lot of the fundamentals look good so perhaps in some of the recent cases it's more helpful to look at some of the specific company or industry issues that played a role in those particular deals apps in the case if you're a set what you have certainly seen over the last couple of years this investors have been less receptive to stories where the i.p.o.'s been driven by

a strong growth primarily a secondary component was shareholders selling down and i think potentially in the reset case that may have played a role with russian helicopters was a very different story you had a company that was coming there were no helicopter companies that had previously gone to market in anywhere in the world and so when they were going to market i wasn't in the. group of peers that investors could value them against i wouldn't exclude the possibility of them coming to a much more receptive market in due course as they had more time to see the benefits of consolidation and the synergies that have been that the right from that process. that's what the market's performance us stocks are on friday after rating agency fitch. promising more worried that the country's debt problem could stay beyond its borders and other retailers think on signs that consumers have office weakening is down fifteen percent off the clothing chain reported a twenty three percent fall in profit in the first quarter. of stocks post a loss for the week and the gang this downgrade is to blame the end longer than the footsie slipped point one percent as shares of noise banking group dropped two

point nine percent after being downgraded to neutral from by goldman sachs shares of b.p. again two point seven percent of the world reached a settlement with more itself short in two thousand and seven. percent on the docks. here in moscow the markets close in the red on friday as commodities ease on worries about global to markets let's take a look at some individual channels now among the losers why it was tops talk all morning down two point two percent of the company maintained its downside. in the energy package spare bankers down over two percent and a half up to one person approved the sale of seven point five percent of the state's share in the largest lender but in a frank was balsamic almost doubled up over half a percent. and that's all the time we have in this edition of the business bulletin but i'll be back in less than one hour with one.

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