the. today's top stories in a review of the week spain's highest unemployment rate in the european union sparks a nationwide protest amid the years the country could fall over the steps of greece ireland portugal. the future of e.u. bailouts could be put in jeopardy with dominique strauss god no longer the driving wheel of the international monetary fund. thousands of angry georgians on the streets of tbilisi demanding freedom and president saakashvili said resignation but are greeted by tear gas and rubber bullets instead. and russian president dmitry medvedev has plans for a second term in office remained here as he sidestepped the issue during

a two hour long you were in a session. here with r.t. coming to you live from moscow thanks for joining us anti-government protesters are massing in spanish cities despite the official ban on political demonstrations ahead of elections while the country is casting ballots in regional polls with the ruling socialist party set to suffer a major losses over thirty thousand people have occupied madrid suttle square to protest the government's economic policies and a skyrocketing unemployment people have also come out onto the streets in other cities including barcelona valencia and seville as a country struggles to overcome a crippling recession and does archie sarraf earth reports if the situation doesn't change soon spain could be next in line for an e.u.

rescue package. first greece then ireland and now portugal as the year as things bailouts go the number there are now serious concerns that spain could be the next to topple and protest this throughout europe clamoring to a case even more taxpayers' money being plowed into rescuing others. that could have done that i. think. that they got it right i don't think that vibrates about employment with forty three percent of under twenty five that is why i didn't like the whole labor market problem in this side was that i think there's going to be. this is only. the women we will listen we will be millions and the year is a problems weren't enough there is now talk of greece defaulting on its loans even

potentially exiting the year i gather and portugal's recent bailout is reported to be worth around seventy eight billion years but spain is the euro saint paul for largest economy the different challenge altogether if it fails. if the situation happened in the markets would not management buying out of spain's debt is the most catastrophic scenario for the e.u. what will the e.u. do i think and many experts share my opinion that the e.u. will do the utmost to avoid a scenario in any cost because spain is too big to fail. then we've got to. the big question now is just how much longer can the usa continue bankrolling going bust as the spiraling debt crisis continues to escalate there is a ministers are struggling to maintain a united front noid. financial survival for such countries

a spain would seriously injured. it could lead to the use of two currencies in europe a strong group of countries using the euro and the rest not using it. thinking the play down speculation meaning next month see. how this problems continue. i did not point to possibly it is becoming the next thing countries that remain very real and right now. the reality is. that is so far apart. that. the future of euro zone bailouts could have been compromised by the arrest of the international monetary fund's chief on charges of sexual assault the money star scott has since resigned and is now awaiting trial after being released on bail and placed under house arrest in new york and artie's dido bushell reports without

a star scott at the top of the i.m.f. europe's for national survival now hangs in the balance. call no euro that's what because the whispering off 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 and there were you got to understand that. belief that the euro could and should be saved in the face of north steel resistance from richer states stross can lead this week's bailout of crippled called siegal germany and france insist on oil and raises its low corporation tax years k. as he's known was the man arguing it's what is saving your rich economy allegations are going to. be i am as an institution and. going to be honest i think. strauss kahn 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 heads of state in government so that made it made a difference he has good contacts for example to the greek prime minister 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 choi is one of the imus top backers contributing tens of billions of euro he ruled 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 these bailout packages but also coaxing i'm encouraging politicians to do the reforms necessary now you may not get the

equivalent behind a person with the same kind of convictions coming from the emerging markets when one of the. biggest investment bank spills three years ago it triggered a global recession with still reeling from today but it's still the driving extinction will you make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher in national year so it was for instance as a bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with a unit called the music this is the team the top billing the world's leading cause at the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career doubling source code was instrumental in growth securing the eurozone most troubled states is a risk of britain the end of the euro itself the new bush will see paris. and still have in the program a revolution on the rest hosni mubarak's regime may be gone but are interruptions really rejoicing in light post revolution. and find out if britain can resist the

strong scottish calls for freedom. by the british military operation in iraq has ended after more than eight years with the last group of royal navy training staff now having pulled out the u.k. joining the us invasion of iraq in two thousand and three under the pretext of destroying saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction but one w. enemies were never of proud of the war fell out of favor with the british public and even more so with the death of one hundred seventy nine soldiers during the conflict most of the u.k.'s military forces withdrew two years ago some experts say they failed to make iraq a safer place with terror attacks still happening there on a regular basis let's get more on this from the british antiwar activist drawn to recent joining us from london the mysteries just paying tribute to be a one hundred seventy nine british personnel who died in iraq the u.k. defense secretary said they were fighting for security and stability in the country

but with all due respect to their memory was a war really worth the casualties and money spent. no i don't think it was and i think it's a tragedy that those people lost their lives from the british armed forces and it's . called numerically much greater tragedy that the iraqis that they killed a lost their lives as well so i think that many people in this country will be profoundly glad that there are no longer any british personnel left in iraq because they believed from the very beginning that they shouldn't be there at all. now most of the military forces as i mentioned earlier withdrew two years ago but a former british prime minister gordon brown naming the operation a success story and now it's the u.k. leaving a better iraq and the one it found. no i don't think it is profoundly unstable and of course it still takes tens of thousands of u.s. troops to hold the puppet government in place we're still as the arab

spring has unfolded and how does it impact on iraq the green demonstrations for great democracy and for a change of direction for enter corruption in iraq itself and this government the government which the u.s. occupation keeps in place has been shooting down its own people so i don't see quite the progress that the british and american leaders are claiming is taking place on another point now do you think the timing of this apparent withdrawal owes more to what's right for iraq or what's right for the u.k. you know with its campaign in libya in afghanistan struggling to win public support . yes i think you have to take this final withdrawal. of troops from iraq. with the. policy of drawing from afghanistan and by the time of the next election i think david cameron has no stomach for going into the next election with british troops fighting unpopular

wars he didn't do his two predecessors any good i think he rightly calculates it won't do him any good and therefore i think that you are beginning to see the rattling of british foreign policy in its alliance with the united states over the afghan and iraq conflicts. and this has been a recurring issue where no weapons of mass destruction were ever found in iraq how should british officials be held accountable for invading on false grounds. yes of course i think it's one of the worst political crimes that you can commit to take your country to war on the basis of lies to say one hundred seventy nine people to that that's. is a gross crime which should be treated in the same way that we would treat any other head of state or any other group of government officials who lost their lives of their own citizens when there was no truth in the story that we were told about why

they should go to war in the first place. there you have it thank you very much for your inside recent british antiwar activists. now for more on the events unfolding in georgia we can we have a guest and can talk to. the riots right now in georgia police are using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protests or the opposition have rallied for a second day in the capital tbilisi demanding president saakashvili steps down. now we will have we have a guest on the line we have no you know bush should not say are you there let's just check he's here on the line with us thank you now can you just tell us what is happening in tbilisi right now are the authorities taking measures to quash the demonstration. partner. as we call. them are very very in apart from. the harbor are people are very furious

grandma you know are thrilled to be in the morning or are they are putting down the money race didn't even run for the very slim no you didn't you know be repeated why do you think yes i think. where you are. it's very very clear on the results and it's not going to be gauged. by. people people are really very brave people are really ready for fight for democracy and they're right for why we. really are special for. yesterday there were tens of thousand people in the center of it if you didn't want it or taken a sheet of paper in purposely. presidential and parliamentary elections. we continue. to achieve our results to be

a way to keep information. and. those are the three joint people said simply you have to be very. many take a little during. our pain day and i would like to mention these. hearings the. year of the period because i'm an arabic speaker. for i think our purposes they. think. is that people. people have been arrested. and it is like the time of the people because they have been kidnapped by terms of brigades which are under control of midfield. supposing

asuka's really does need to demand. a power vacuum that could eventually lead to instability as we have seen in other places. it should be repeated. doesn't meet your demand that he does step down both that leave a power vacuum that could lead to instability. what is that what would a president stepping down lead to instability in georgia can you hear me. unfortunately we have lost our connection and will try to get her back on the life of the program now to our next story will he stay or will he go that's what many have been trying to as the mission of that of as a twenty top presidential campaign in russia draws closer and the president's latest q. and a session was a perfect opportunity to throw that question into the ring but it threw it straight back out again art is a company that has a lot of our as

a dieter. one hundred thirty seven minutes eight hundred journalists seventy two questions and one man to answer the. question president dmitry medvedev how this first major press conference on wednesday giving many a chance to voice their questions but while some were serious was reduced is there a chance to give to each of our actions well deserved accommodations and some more light hearted national rushes and i know that your wife and two parking lots are not even i want to park my own car so maybe i could borrow one of these drugs in this machine machine but. it was the question of the possible second turn that everyone including the president expected the most any senior i do those with the decision over the presidential race is not made in this calling to format it should be made when the situation is right and it will have a greater political impact and i will follow this principle so if i want to make a statement i will make it ok. the mystery of whether current president reagan four

former president clinton will run for office in twenty twelve has become moscow's most debated topic according to many diminutive the two men share a lot of views but also have their differences. yes my name my relationship with my colleague and political partner putin is not just something the people call a tandem actually we have been working together for over twenty years and we know each other well we think alike and all views on key issues in our country's development are very close but this doesn't mean we always think the same way we have different views on modernization and i think this process can be much faster because it was getting sidestepped the most intriguing topic related still took time to focus on major domestic and international issues and archie's question about syria competent to make a very strong statement he said as if a serious yes i will not support resolutions on syria frankly speaking they would

disregarded by the actions that some states took even though initially russia supported the first resolution and didn't veto the second what happened afterwards demonstrated that these kinds of resolutions can be manipulated this is deplorable because it undermines the or thirty of the un but it shows according to some a growing unease with decisions made concerning the middle east is the medvedev appeared somewhat to regret russia's support of the resolution on libya was quite strong in saying that. the actions are going beyond what he thought he was voting for. so i think internationally people take note of that because it will signify russia's increasing think about what's going on in libya and more broadly in the list but i didn't detect a sense from mr medvedev that the security council wasn't the proper forum in which these things discussed with

a lot of regional journalist. present many questions focused on domestic matters but once are just of great interest to the media both in russia and abroad is the imprisonment of former oil tycoon who. is released who he did danger to society that was assured question and he owns and will be equally sure that no absolutely not the president's views whoever i'm likely to influence how difficult a sentence i don't think is going to be released and after all it's not the president who would feel in jail and i don't think it will be politically easy for me to be of two to their all. although he has such a possibility according to war you know these sort of things happens very rarely in any country including russia so i think basically the award mediator wanted to say is that he doesn't dispute the decisions of the court but he doesn't consider this

person but there. is the press conference came to close reporters repeated its success after nearly two and a half hours meeting with the good of bade the first farewell and headed back to the kremlin but the question that remains unanswered is will he stay there after twenty twelve gas reserves are to moscow. now r.t. caught up with the mission medvedev was press secretary straight out of the conference but at the mccall explained why the president is taking his time to answer the question on everyone's lips but we'll have that interview for you later in the program. now egypt's fragile interim leadership is being tested by sectarian violence keeping the country on the edge as the popular uprising toppled hosni mubarak's regime and christians have been targeted in several attacks by was the radicals which churches torched and dozens killed as artie's media financial reports many egyptians are disillusioned with the change the revolution has brought so far. president mubarak is gone but there is legal satisfaction

indicate a free egypt. previously unified on the theory of square three become an enemy of barak's resignation so egypt and muslims and christians turn on each other. that we want justice we want equal rights come in institutions in businesses police and army and politics they have what for centuries the coptic christian minority has felt discriminated in the country john images by eighteen million muslims the revolutionary euphoria has brought their desire for change. people have tasted freedom and they like it now we are kind of fed up of the situation. tensions in the past month have left dozens killed scores injured and several churches burned his muslim woman and her entire family had been welcome in liberation until her twenty four year old son was killed in the street by

a greek thrown during sectarian clashes in baghdad and northern flashpoint as years of simmering religious tension boil over. how we now on barak was a dictator maybe he was corrupt but at least we have been able to sleep and our children were alive we never saw the before we couldn't have even imagine something like this happening yes from this point of view i mean the old regime and the others glorify the kenya revolution among them the muslim brotherhood banned under mubarak days the country's only well organized political group with the president gone they moved from jail cells to this luxury building in central cairo the revolution given them a long awaited voice the. radicals are triggering the transition and they saw how the revolution united people and they want to ruin their own want to see egypt

strong and. but i'm sure the rules disappear after the parliamentary election returns. in barry's kairos poorest district is home to millions of people surviving on just a couple of dollars a day following the fear of revolution egypt's immune system has been weakened dramatically economy isn't really good condition young is ruling the country when this happens the symptoms strive the most vulnerable first and the question now is just how far the damage rights and whether egypt can ever recover. rich russian arts cairo. independence is something many in edinburgh have been dreaming of for a very long time or now with the recent election victory of the sky the country's scottish national party this may become a reality artie's the war and with looks at what sovereignty would mean for the celtic nation. the starting pistol sounds in the race for independence for

scotland the scottish national party now has a surprise majority in parliament and their hell bent on a referendum on breaking away from the u.k. . control over a resource responsibility for the problems for peace in our country and to be able to stand up and speak to the issues that matter to us. taking charge of all making sure that we have a voice abroad revenues from oil and gas in the north sea are worth an estimated twenty one billion dollars to the u.k. treasury every year scotland says the reserves are in their waters it's hard to imagine the u.k. would let the oilfields go without a fight particularly as westminster wouldn't be legally obliged to honor a yes vote of the scottish people the union jacks days flying outside the scottish parliament could be numbers scotland's ditching the united kingdom would mean the u.k. treasury lost valuable oil and gas revenues and it could be the inspiration for a historically less peaceful in. dependency in europe like the basques and the

northern irish to follow suit and further destabilize an already weak you the s.n.p. would support other european movements in their own struggles for independence including wales and northern ireland if they so choose it's for the people of those countries to say what we want to do we would never support violence in any shape or form clearly if other countries wish to pursue an agenda then they'll get a great deal of sympathy from others and even those who don't want the u.k. to break up say it's a sense of wanting to reclaim individual nationhood that striving the movement is just an argument to poke i think it's the root you richard it's all about whether you feel as i do that we are scottish and british but we want to be and have been part of a union which i think. through for. years the s.n.p. still has work to do it want scotland to break away even the most optimistic polls

show only around forty percent of scots would vote yes and on the streets of edinburgh people are divided the oil industry and you know say you'll get. all the oil because they don't want this we've got. generally not. the date to other people well the school itself. is a very different school and as much as close to be. because of the feature of how well off your own short when you're going to have actually an appendage. to be playing out all day one way. of doing another going to get to do a lot of things that i could put one way or the other the s.n.p. has time to bring the on shore ground it's putting off a referendum until the second half of its five year government it would be the beginning of a new era for scotland which hasn't been independent since seventeen. seven but

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