this country. this is it. must have been. a speech an agenda. where did it take to. today's top stories in review of the week massive protests it was soaring unemployment threatens to put the country in life financially with greece ireland the portugal. now the former head of international monetary fund government stress can no longer at the top of fears the future of the lads could be in jeopardy. georgia's opposition leader tells r t a revolution has begun as the streets of tbilisi it turned into a battlefield by people demanding president saakashvili step down. and the question over to me to prevent its plans for another term in office remains unanswered as the russian president holds back during a two hour long queue when

a session. hello it's eleven pm sunday evening here in moscow you're watching the weekly from r t our roundup of the week's top stories with me kevin but first anti-government protesters are massing in spanish cities despite the official ban on political demonstrations ahead of elections there the country's finished casting ballots in regional polls with the ruling socialist party said to suffer major losses over thirty thousand people have occupied madrid central square to protest the government's economic policies and skyrocketing unemployment people also come out onto the streets in other cities too including passing loner valencia in seville as the country struggles were overcome the crippling recession and his auntie sara first reports next if the situation doesn't change suit spain could be next in line for an e.u. rescue package. first greece then. and now

portugal as the usa is bailouts growing number there are now serious concerns that spain could be the next to topple. playtest throughout europe and hammering to a place even more taxpayers' money being plowed into rescuing others now that you have that i don't think that. i think that. that is a government that. i don't think i might write about employment with forty three percent of under twenty five's out of what i didn't like the whole labor market opens a little sigh i do think i think that this is going to be inside this is only. the women we will win this thing with we will be millions and if the usa is problems weren't enough there is now talk of greece defaulting on its loans even

potentially exiting the year it will gather and portugal's recent bailout is reported to be worth around seventy eight billion. to spain is the euro is a full for largest economy the different challenge altogether if it fails. if the situation happens when the markets would not manage it 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 the scenario in any cost because spain is too big to fail. then you've got a computer the big question now is just how much longer can the aries a continue bankrolling going bust as the spiraling tech crisis continues to escalate there is a ministers is struggling to maintain a united front annoy. the financial survival for such countries a spain. seriously impinge of the year if it could lead to the use of two currency

zones in europe a strong group of countries using the euro and the rest not using it by the us government thinking to need to take down speculation that would be the next thanks for. this problems continue greece. and portugal possibly it is becoming an excuse you think you can remain a real and write your kid idea and the reality is that if the stakes are high. the dreaded. eurozone bailouts could be compromised by the arrest of the international monetary fund's chief on charges of sexual assault. since resigned as a new york awaiting trial french finance minister christine lagarde submerged as the front going to take his job now but as i says daniel bushell reports without the r s x chief europe's financial revival now hangs in the balance.

cold no euro that's what bankers a whispering off the police charge the now 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 in the euro could and should be saved in the face of north city resistance from richest states straw scorn this week's bailouts of crippled portugal germany and france insist boyland raises its low corporation tax d s k as he's known was the man arguing it's what is saving the irish economy these allegations are going to be. of the i.m.f. as an institution. going to be missed i think. stross call on even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts

despite roy it's on the streets but he has a good card to some of you had stated government so that 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 no heavyweights europhiles the s.k. has gone few back and not the bailouts again that should leave the eurozone that has put under strain the euro choice is one of the top bikers contributing tens of billions of euro the ruled it wants is an asian chief who is 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 these 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 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 driving the euro to extinction will only make matters worse the consequences probably would be higher and natural that was for instance as a bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with e.u. economies that death's door there's a team warns that toppling the world's leading banker comes at the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career dominic's fourth column was instrumental in rescuing the eurozone most troubled states is a risk to seem to threaten the end of the euro itself r.t. paris. in georgia riot police have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protests the opposition are valid for a second day in the capital tbilisi abounding president saakashvili steps down opposition leaders say hundreds of people have so far been arrested one of

georgia's opposition parties will be twenty fifth of may day of rage designed to force the government to resign on saturday thousands marched through georgian cities saying they've been robbed of their freedoms and that quote with his presence in power it's the whole movement risk according to opposition groups thirteen people were injured and several detained as police raided one of their offices in the middle of the night opposition leader nino burjanadze says the government's criminal action set the revolt emotion. even though she still did it going on and it's not up to us as a government to get revolution when government began to terrorize people when government erased it hundreds of absolutely innocent people in government that beat its very seriously. let's if people would say confiscate property of the citizens and it lasted sacred down four times peaceful but if this nation i

would like to remind you that this many stations sanctioned by the sake of the government and i would like to mention my thinking that we have fighting for democracy we decided that we are continuing rally tonight too so we are keeping this in our place if. we would be afraid be to model who will lead to a model if we will be ready the day after to model it the day after tomorrow it will be ready thank you if you will that twenty fifth but it will be not very long process so that they will act in your wrist your dates. a lot of fears now the situation in georgia could turn bloody if the government takes further action to suppress demonstrations. and to world economy and international relations told with the democracy of the country came to an end when secretary came to power i need to understand where these events are heading i have to look a few years back. people haven't followed the story might think that it's

a guess to describe. those riots started yesterday but actually the problem has been boiling since strange all forced into all five where saakashvili came to power his predecessor's them are not there and you know georgian public is increasingly dissatisfied with saakashvili because he is a way of cracking down on any kind of a position contra freedom in georgia was completely all for one such really came into power during the years of the opposition there was freedom of speech the political part is the different views both for internal and external policies of the contras but what saakashvili has been doing for the last several years is one position and actually he has managed to alienate not only all the political parties but most of the pollution of the conscious. but british military operations they

did after more than eight years in iraq with the last group of royal navy training staff have been pulled out the event took place is a series of terror attacks in the country's capital baghdad killing at least sixteen the u.k. joined the u.s. invasion of iraq in two thousand and three under the pretext of destroying set of a slave's weapons of mass destruction and when w m d's were never found the war fell out of favor with the british public even more so with the death of a hundred seventy nine soldiers during the conflict most of the u.k.'s military forces withdrew two years ago many experts say they failed to make america safer place terror attacks still regular bases i spoke to john podesta co-founder of the research project iraq body count some in the u.k. keeps ignoring the casualties of this war. commentators of whatever political persuasion work for or against this conflict are kind of united in the near and some even casual treatment of iraq the cost of this and we believe that this will

not be laid to rest properly until there is a fall in detail the inquiry into iraq sort of being caused whatever benefits may have accrued to some people in iraq and these are highly contested people who died are absolutely the ultimate losers of this conflict and we should know all we can understand also ensure that in any future of our military forces we do better in terms of human lives it's clear that britain considers itself a major player in the world and that means putting its troops in force and around the world we very much hope that in conflicts it's currently engaged in such that cause to libya pays more attention to civilian casualties which it claims particularly in libya that it's trying to avoid when it so far has shown itself to . or will he stay or will he go that's what many of been trying to us to be treated bed of as the twenty twelve presidential campaign here in russia draws closer and the president's latest q. and a session was

a perfect opportunity for him to throw that very question into the ring and he threw it back out again marty's catarina has got the story. one hundred thirty seven minutes eight hundred journalists seventy two questions and one man to answer and. russian president dmitry medvedev how this first major press conference on wednesday giving many a chance to voice their questions but while some were serious what would you say is there a chance to give to each of our veterans well deserved accommodation. and sound more light hearted. i know that your wife is to parking lots and i have no right to park my own car so maybe i could borrow one used education but if. it was the question of a possible second term that everyone including the president expected the most senior i do those with the decision over the presidential race is not made in this kind of format and should be made when the situation is right as well the greater

political impact and i will follow this principle serve i want to make a statement i will make it like a freak in the street of whether current president in the age of four former president clinton will run for office in twenty twelve has become moscow's most debated topic according to me david if the two men share a lot of views but also have their differences lesser pushing yes my relationship with my colleague and political part of either me or putin is not just something that people call a tandem and 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 of 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 than it was having sidestepped the most intriguing topic when it it still took time to focus on major domestic and international issues and archie's question about

syria contra to me a very strong statement he said as i proceed here yet i will not support it. solutions on syria frankly speaking they were 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 they don't democracy or thirty of the un but it shows according to some a growing unease with decisions made concerning the middle east. have 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 on these i think about what's going on in libya and more broadly in the middle east but i didn't detect

a sense from mr inventive that the security council wasn't the proper forum in which these things you can discuss with a lot of regional journalists present many questions focused on domestic matters but one subject of great interest to the media both in russia and abroad is the imprisonment of former oil tycoon who. he could of course he is released who he did injury to society that was a short question and the own son will be equally sure that no absolutely not the president's use however i'm likely to influence who got a sentence i don't think it means he's going to be released and after all it's not the president who put him in jail and i don't think it will be politically easy for an average of two to war parole. although he has such a possibility according to war you know these sort of things happens very rarely in any country in korean version so i think basically

a ward mediator wanted to say is that he doesn't dispute the decisions of the court but he doesn't consider this person at the angel. as the cross conference came to a close reporters repeated its success after nearly two and a half hours meeting and did have big press farewell and headed back to the kremlin but the question that remains unanswered is will he stay there after twenty twelve cashiers are artsy glasgow. what we call it would be to reduce press secretary straight after the conference nataly to work over explain why the president is taking his time to answer the questions on everyone's lips that interview coming up for you in an hour's time. in a speech to the pro israel lobbying group apac president obama said israel will face growing isolation without a credible middle east peace process he repeated his call to for the jewish state to return to pre-one thousand nine hundred sixty seven borders with the palestinians including mutual land swaps in order to reach peace in a conflict the idea that was flatly rejected by the israeli prime minister more on

this talk to john mearsheimer he's a political analyst an expert on u.s. israeli relations joining us on the line from chicago tonight it's a very good evening for marty's good of you on the program during today's speech president obama repeatedly expressed friendship again towards israel and commitment to its security but you know considering the recent disagreements we've seen is that rather a smokescreen hurting a growing rift in relations do you think these days. well ever since president obama took office in january two thousand and nine he has been fighting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over a number one settlement expansion and all were number two and two state solution the fact is that bibi netanyahu has no interest in two state solution for any has no interest in slowing down the building of settlements and president obama like his two predecessors was deeply committed to a two state solution so there's

a fundamental difference here agreement here and this is just the most recent example of that sure them following. despite stating that as i mentioned there they are wavering support for israel president obama also said that the state will be left in isolation if the peace process doesn't come in earnest so let's just listen to what president obama have a say for a second march to isolate israel internationally and the impulse of the palestinians to abandon the goetia actions will continue to gain momentum in the absence of a credible peace process and all turn we can't afford to wait another decade. or another two decades or another three decades. to achieve peace the world is moving too fast. the president said in pretty clear certainly the rhetoric spin ramped up do you think the us itself would withhold its support of israel

doesn't agree to pace all washington's terms these new terms being called for. for the foreseeable future and there's virtually no chance that the united states will stop supporting israel unconditionally the israel lobby is just too powerful in this country for any president to really get tough with israel but with president obama was same very clearly is that israel is being isolated around the world and insert gaining the upper hand in terms of world opinion and what's going to happen here is that it's going to be israel and the united states against the rest of the world this is just esther's for the united states and this is this mr israel and that's the message that it is sending to netanyahu but unfortunately the message is not getting through so there's not an element you think of the u.s. losing its patience a little bit here i mean after all it supported israel every every move for decades

maybe i'm thinking has grown so used to accept him that it's stuck in a man more than washington prepared to give you don't think that's the case no there's no question that the united states is well beyond losing patience with netanyahu and with israel more generally behind closed doors the united states is furious with this we're going to see israel is pursuing a policy that is not the american national interest this is disastrous for us and that's why obama wants a two state solution but the problem that obama faces like all american presidents face is that you can't put any pressure on israel because the lobby in this country has some powerful to do great damage to obama's political future and you know he's running for re-election next year in two thousand and twelve well it will be a store that breaks the camel's back as far as america's concern when it comes to israel. it's difficult to say i sometimes think that it's some point not

too distant future some americans. some prominent american politicians are going to stand up and say the emperor has no clothes and once this is out the open and people start talking about it there will be real trouble for israel but so far this not happen because basically american politicians have no backbone they're a spineless like their own willing to stand up for the american national interest and. israel it every because they all fear the years real lobby it's a quite remarkable phenomenon. listen expert on us israeli relations thanks for joining us on line from chicago appreciate it my pleasure. nato's aerial campaign in libya is showing no sign of backing down much like colonel gadhafi the u.s. is now operating without official consent from congress to which makes america's military action in the country constitutionally illegal we will tripoli officials

claim that the bombings have already triggered a humanitarian crisis accusing international forces of violating the u.n. resolution and putting civil is at risk representatives of the libyan rebels are expected to come to talks in the russian capital on monday moscow supporting the u.n. and african union's media in a mediating efforts right now eight hundred puffs is from the university of kent in the u.k. he says the diplomatic efforts to russia could be key to finding a solution. we haven't really seen enough evidence that the gadhafi regime is prepared to lay down its weapons and stop its own campaign and of course it's very difficult with claims and counterclaims but for the moment i think about the regime lacks any credibility no one in the regime. at the moment i think can be trusted and in that sense it's very hard to see how this can come about with more pressure though from countries like russia on because after perhaps things will be able to move in at the. but i would have thought that the rebels will want to visit moscow

in order to increase their own international legitimacy of course we know that the rebels have been seeking diplomatic recognition from around the world but just getting recognition from from the west from countries like france and others won't be enough they know they need the support of the security council permanent members like like russia and ultimately also china so to thought they have a strong interest in visiting moscow meeting with the russian foreign minister. from all the libyan crisis on the uprisings in the arab world check out our website our teeth all caught on here's what else is one of the few there right now hates reporters the newly appointed al qaeda leader is threatening to carry a terror attacks in london in revenge for some of the largest death saying that the u.k. is quote the backbone of europe and must be crushed you've got more now tonight online and find out how to wash your hair in zero gravity we caught up with an american astronaut gearing up for another mission into war with more of the challenges of daily life in space many things you'd never think of it's a dark secret. the company running japan's fukushima nuclear plant admitted that

the fuel rods one of the reactors there actually melted a few hours after the tsunami hit the facility in march and the shocking revelation has left many wondering what other information tepco has withheld radiation risk expert professor christopher busby told us a lot see the true extent of the damage as he sees it is yet to be established. a meltdown means that the fuel inside the reactor has got so hot that it's melted and there's a sort of raging radioactive inferno taking place inside the reactor we believe actually probably outside the reactor now because the reactor pressure vessel is certainly breached and in fact you may recall i was right from the beginning lots of indications that this was the case actually that although they've admitted this now the real situation is in fact far worse because there have been nuclear explosions we now know so we do know that it's very very radioactive particles are now appearing in the united states and certainly is

a lot of radioactivity appearing as far south as tokyo this is very serious not to be my feeling is that never really miscalculated anything it was just trying to cover everything up from the very beginning and the problem is that enough people are out there now measuring things where they're no longer to be able to sustain the idea that there's nothing happening which they presented from the beginning and i think yes of course it's time for the japanese government to take control but having said that it's very hard to know how you could take control of the situation the situation is essentially out of control. it's national news fear and grief elsewhere now iceland's imposed a local flight plan and closed its main airport after the country's most active volcano erupted soon covered nearby villages and farms and even reached the capital however experts say it's unlikely to cause widespread disruption to air traffic like last year when the eruption of another volcano led to the closure of a large section of european air space. iran says it's arrested thirty people

allegedly links to a spy network run by the u.s. central intelligence agency it said the network could operated out of american diplomatic missions in the u.a.e. malays here in turkey the report read on state t.v. didn't provide any further details but did claim that gaijin said been asked to spy in a random search institute's also their nuclear programs and to look at other sites there as well. the yemeni president has refused to accept the gulf nations plan to hand over power. said it would push the country toward civil war if that happened the document could mean his resignation now within thirty days in exchange for immunity around one hundred seventy protesters calling for political reforms of being killed in a wave of anti government demonstrations since the unrest began in january. in more world news from r t four people have been killed in

a terrorist attack in pakistan's largest city of karachi reports say several bus and gun shots were militants for troops at an aviation base an aircraft was also taught steering the attack militants in pakistan a promise further touched avenged was. eleven twenty eight here in moscow i did watch a special report about nobel prize winner and soviet nuclear physicist andrey suckle off coming up in a few minutes time i'll recap the headlines for a view of the week before that though here on r.t. this sunday evening in moscow the twenty second.

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