ok we'll switch which branch pacific resort and spa. in this real beauty is available in some of the tilt of the areas in hotels a recent. party tonight million dollar bail for the chief accused of sexual assault but this concern is downfalls already because the represent all financial damage to the eurozone as we report. all eyes also on israeli u.s. relations as prime minister netanyahu rise for talks with president obama after rounding out his comments on his backing of palestinian borders. the prison term instead of a presidential one two opposition leaders in better risk jail sentences for inciting election and arrest but supporters say they're being punished for standing up for the country's one time leader. was cruising to the edge of civilization we

look at what lewis tuberous to the call the student windiest consequent. and in business to kill russian companies is lining up to hold i.p.o.'s in the foreign markets will be damning what's pushing the demand in our business partner. hello this is r t it's no nine pm in moscow money kevin owen and first of 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 from extras can will now swap his cell in a tough new york prison for house arrest in a luxury manhattan apartment every truck by g.p.s. and guarded twenty four hours a day to stop him seeking refuge at the french embassy scan was the driving force behind the bailouts to save the intended greece portugal and ireland some

economists now fear his resignation will put the rescue of ailing economies under question and even put the euro currency on the blog pushed explains. i think we're out. evaluating. cold no euro that's what bankers the whispering of the police charge the now ex i.m.f. course with the attempted rape of a hotel maid very differently the possibility that some countries could decide to leave the euro pushed out of the euro their way you've got to understand that don't . believe that the euro could and should be saved in the face of nor still resistance from richer states straw's call and let this week's bailout of cripple portugal germany and france insist on oil and raises its low corporation tax t.s.k. as he's known was the man all doing it's what is saving your issue calling me think these allegations are going to be. of the i.m.f.

as an institution. is definitely going to be missed i think. stross can even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts despite royals on the streets but he has. some of the new heads of state in government so that 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 top backers contributing tens of billions of euro the ruled it wants is an asian chief who's not likely to be as europe friendly. 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 behind a person with the same kind of convict. coming from the emerging markets when one of the world's biggest investment banks bill three years ago it triggered a global recession we're still reeling from today but it's filled with troy being the euro to extinction will only make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher and much oil that was for instance as the 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 up the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career dominick first call was instrumental in risking the eurozone as most troubled states is the risk does seem to threaten the end of the euro itself and i know bush will see paris well daniels tracking developments in france you can

follow what he finds an artist twitter is strained he says they have authority of french people believe the former i.m.f. chief the rest was a set up according to a poll name stay on top of the story about bonus adultery and the school. and strange definitely showing us israeli relations right now after president obama called for a palestinian state within one nine hundred sixty seven borders in his middle east policy speech that comments angered israel's prime minister who said it would make

it impossible for his country to protect itself back in september the issue of the israeli settlements on the disputed territories stalled peace talks with the palestinians but even if we are who is at the white house right now to meet president obama is going to future can stop more from our washington bureau. this thursday obama said something that many israelis would find unacceptable is suggest that israel go back to its pre nine hundred sixty seven borders and according to president obama that could be the starting point to then 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 jerusalem and the gas of st these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu triply this agreed with the us 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 hold 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 this obama was nonetheless very very careful to say that the u.s. is slowly an advisor here that it is not going to force any decisions on israel because it is up to these release and palestinians to decide and so on and so forth so he basically cleared last you don't have 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 me words but never any action until we leave for the true 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 of a city even harder who expect a balanced approach from washington. what is going to she can there will be whether barack obama could make good on his wish list for israel and the palestinians it could well be decided by his less than enthusiastic colleagues on capitol hill foreign policy expert con helen and told me that u.s. senators are preparing to rein in any further moves by the president 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 candidate for president in two thousand and twelve said that obama had thrown israel under a bus how he drew their conclusion to certain mazing over the years nevertheless i think the republicans are going to hound him and the democrats will probably run scared on this issue so i think this will unfortunately just be a statement. across the atlantic to palestinian factions fatah and hamas are due to

come together for talks here in moscow on solving another year's long conflict in the region the former political rivals have been touching things up as they prepare to plead for u.n. recognition later this year i think sarah firth reports. the representatives of the rivals. along with. palestinian factions represent a rising in most gay continue the into palestinian dialogue now after four years as the hostilities between fatah and hamas. organizations signed a reconciliation agreement at the beginning of the month and the plan now is to them to establish an interim government and 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 case that's

neat welcome it well it was later rushed along with egypt in particular had been instrumental in their efforts to bring about the signing of agreement and so it's. really is a constable environment at these objectives very important tools to be held. first reporting for us now coming up in a few minutes on the program with me kevin tourists with a passion for the pope. 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.g.p. we explore why some people are willing to pay big bucks to make it down here also we invite you to make the siberian cast motherhood knows no bounds find out why you just figure it's baby.

next the president of his restated his concerns about america to native mode plans for a missile defense system russia's borders it follows is an earlier statement of russia intends to take action if the u.s. and nato plan ahead with their initiative without taking moscow's views on the. as well the u.s. is currently moving ahead with plans to build a missile base in romania saying the shield will protect you from countries like iran in the career of moscow sees it as a security threat to the international legal formation petersburg makes a valid call on the west to avoid a return should cold war style your relations. with this but. if you will with lots of intervention twenty 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. much more the present space online from us now you get more of

what he had to say when she also warns against abusing international law and in countries interfering where they're not wanted that's not politics section at r.t. . and using a presidential election southerner for the candidates in belarus it can even land you in jail to opposition leaders who've been handed prison sentences for causing election day unrest verdicts on two others have been postponed the next kind of insane challenging the country's president to be shamed as cost of their freedom alexia's rescue reports next from mints. he was running for president in belarus but ended up behind bars or authorities claim vladimir nuclei if it was among the organizers of election night street unrest in minsk unrest which was brutally dispersed by police his wife was complaining for justice but does not have much faith that will happen so you have. had a little valorous we've already got teased the judges being told from above what

they must deliver in the first court hearings of my husband's case the prosecutor made no evidence no facts which could prove guilt and all the claims by the difference 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 our d.c. crew were injured by the police led to a number of arrests and. that is how this story to take their revenge and those who criticize them during the election campaign they had their say and now they will pay for that as look at who 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 belew snow faces a serious or 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 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 a power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home and even if the opposition leaders get short of prison terms that initially planned many experts say that unless they're set free but the. the rest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. ski r.t. reporting from minsk in belarus. elsewhere tonight north korean leader kim jong il's in china according to south korean news agency reports suggested that his son and there traveled to the north key allies to discuss the pressures from face of the nuclear program conflicts abroad usually kept secret which we'd speculation

about his health. to american astronauts had a six hour space walk cut short but not before completing a few experiments and repairs were called back inside the international space station after a carbon dioxide america failed in one of the after most protective suits the mission's part of the shuttle's final journey before retirement. the operator of japan's crisis in fukushima nuclear plants made a record loss of fifteen billion dollars it's the country's biggest ever corporate loss which forced the firm directive to quit and the nuclear campaign of philip white told us changes at the top what made a big difference if you look at teen years two thousand and two there's a big scandal involving. all three of the top executives who resigned but it made no difference his resignation will make no significant difference a symbolic thing in fact if anything he's escaping responsibility rather than

taking responsibility i think it's essential that the company does not supply. if it is allowed to survive in its current form the. nuclear industry will continue to repeat this sort of problem so that it's actually easy to take away that monopoly. from. just like you know five o'clock g.m.t. our focus is on another major catastrophe but this time it's manmade a year on from the biggest all spill and human history we examined on people's lives in our latest report. you didn't start all of a sudden. long story of destroying the living under. there are. leaks down here when they get done like that it's just that if you took every fisherman out of the water and you don't do something about water. protecting the habitat the fisheries. it's going to

nature's steps making way for the function as you look around to see the solar. obviously your most well off income. road systems theory number that's true. and you have billions of dollars oil and gas state. real baby drill. there are problems and longer life pressure to consider potential areas for development in south atlantic and the gulf. coast. programs and i just over to have a nice time tonight in fact here on out. that may lack the luxury resort so palm

strewn beaches but on top that has frozen barren lands are still a hot spot for the next report from the southern most tip of the earth sean thomas meets those spending thousands of dollars to swap five star frost. the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an arctic a is an area to visit a young imagination i mean you can read books 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 of the 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 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 charities 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 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 the international association of arctic to operators 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 antarctica flight can get from point out in a chilly costs around five thousand but the people who. his journey say the experience is worth it we just got back from being able to go look at look at some penguins look at some seals and you know they don't have like the real fear of humans that animals do in most parts of the world and as you can see there's a lot of just like stark natural beauty out here and it's interesting to see the you know the colonies out of popped 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 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 of how special this environment is in

a global climate change and here via of it in a sync changes we're coming year down here 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 sean thomas our t.v. i was more thrills and chills from marty's on talking expedition here tomorrow sean fails his final report for us. within a mile of. one of the most extreme environments on the flyers 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 many the wildlife in antarctica. and for the. expedition to the bottom of the earth party. tomorrow night story

pictures need to wrap this news bulletin a story of a highly unusual story of motherly love this feline take an abandoned baby to heart the cupboard being rejected by its actual mother shortly after youthfulness i'll be really for the desperate zookeepers then their last hope was this four legged wetnurse close their hand now the canine cub thinks his mom is the cat's whiskers lovely pictures there with the post of well. i. just had time for big money issues to make sport of the friday night business bulletin here on r.t. from moscow.

i don't welcome to. a host of russian companies are lining up to hold i.p.o.'s on for knock it's dead of an airport and russian company are calling for london change again next will list on the nasdaq in new york next week however the recent track record for russian i.p.o.'s has not been great with several having to cancel due to low demand but some like well from consultancy and communications russia says these are exceptions not the rule. i think the issue is less with a fundamental problem of the russian i.p.o. story in fact post crisis a lot of the growth is back whoever it is much lower than it was and 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 you have to make a severe assess what you have certainly seen over the last couple of years this investors have been less receptive to stories where the i.p.o. has been driven by a stronger primarily a secondary component was rather selling down and i think the tension 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 it wasn't an obvious group of peers that investors could value them against i wouldn't exclude the possibility of them coming to a much more receptive market if you call says they've had more time to see the benefits of consolidation and the synergies that have been derived from that process. look at the market's performance. rating agency fitch downgraded greece prompting more worry that the country's debt trouble could stand. up and i think retailers signs that consumer demand is weakening. fifteen percent after the clothing chain reported a twenty three percent for profit in the first quarter in europe stocks posted a loss for the week and again greece downgrade is to blame in london the footsies down as shares of lloyds banking group dropped three percent after being downgraded to neutral from buy goldman sachs shares of b.p.

gains over two and a half percent said it's reached a settlement with offshore two thousand and seven. percent over. here in most of the markets close in the red on friday asked commodities eased on worries about global demand let's take a look at some individual share moves along the losers while there was talk stockholm morning down two point two percent after the company maintained its stance against the energy package. burbank closed over two and a half percent lower after they reported the sale of seven and a half percent of the state's share of the largest land grant castella caught up over. the successful sale of fifty billion rubles of euro bonds has been hailed by the finance minister alex they couldn't as a step to making the russian ruble i was of can see russia now has ninety billion rubles of euro bonds placed in a market that's lower than three billion dollars making it one of the world's

largest place at a local currency so now you have to have two main russian versus the r.t.s. and allies x. can be announced as soon as next week if the day of the falls through it could result in a substantial payday for the major shareholders and. the shareholders have come to a decision to pay three hundred thirty million dollars of dividends however the biggest part of that money we paid shareholder meetings with my selection years agree on merger and the engine monopoly service except that these three men should be completed by. and a new european rules of the pipeline network up and create isn't the biggest objections from russia the so-called third energy package is intended to prevent a gas supplier and also only means of transport companies such as gas conclave this will undermine investments in the sector however could a blowy the head of energy at the european commission says the intention is not to

hinder russian companies. the networks and pipelines in you are of need to be managed in a way that we should allow the competition to come in and i'm now as you've you can bet your so you make the money if it's one of the interesting one but that includes very much the russian companies who can really benefit throughout europe from being able to offer gas up but they disappeared everywhere in europe that i've said however that there must be protection for any new investor the failure of the tech and the reservation of our city to. have the latest we have for you i'll be back with more in less than one hour john.

you didn't start all of a sudden. it's a long story of destroying the living under hama chops. there are constant or spills something or leaks out here when they get done like that it's just something if you took every fisherman out of the water and we tell you something about that word wallaby and have attacked protecting their habitat the fish roost means it's going to collapse nature's steps making way for the bunch of guys are

busy look around museum and see all in all the solar system versus embodiments well all incomes be road systems bigger number that's true. and you have billions of dollars oil and gas state. real baby drill. money from there to close some sun and one of my bills freshman consider potential areas for development mid and south atlantic and the gulf of mexico. and the big. the abuse.