i would. like to cheat every green. to date top stories and a review of the weave amounts of protest he made was soaring unemployment threatens to move the country in line financially with greece ireland and portugal. now with the former head of the international monetary fund dominique down no longer to talk turkey in the future we believe bailouts will be in jeopardy. and george is over the family to tell doctors he ever pollution has begun and the chief of police it turns into something else by demanding the president saakashvili step down. on the question over three trillion credit lines for another time an officer may not answer the russian president obama during a two hour long q.

and a session. and a very well welcome to the program this is weekly review. on to government protests have been intensifying across spain just by the official ban on political demonstrations have the country went to the polls in local elections the ruling socialist party has suffered a bruising defeat seemingly in response to its handling of spain's mounting economic crisis with ninety one percent of the votes counted in municipal elections a rival conservative popular party is almost ten percentage points ahead at least thirty thousand people have been occupying the treat central square for days over the government's economic policies and soaring unemployment and there have been nationwide demonstrations to all with the crippling recession. wonders of the

center for three fourths of these small change seen spank the big necks the lifeline to rescue. first greece then ireland and now portugal as the year is aims bailouts grow in number there are now serious concerns that spain could be the next to topple the protesters throughout europe occurring to a case even more taxpayers' money being plowed into rescuing others. that god had done that i. think again. that this government. i don't migrate to that employee with forty three the kinds of under twenty five that is why i didn't like the whole labor market. thing this guy was i think that there's going to be inside this is only. the women we were listening when we were millions in the year is

a problems weren't enough there is now talk of greece defaulting on its loans even potentially accepting the gether and portugal's recent bailout is reported to be worth around seventy eight billion year spain is the euro zone's fulfill largest economy a different challenge altogether if it fails. if the situation happened the markets would not manage it lying out of spins ditches the most catastrophic scenario for the e.u. what will the e.u. do i think in many experts share my opinion that the e.u. will do the utmost to avoid the scenario would any cost because spain is too big to fail you believe that a computer the big question now is just how much longer can the year is a continued bankrolling there is going bust as the spiraling debt crisis continues to escalate there is a ministers are struggling to. maintaining

a united front noid. financial survival for such countries a spain would seriously injure the euro 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. thinking to the break down speculation that it will be the next one seeds i asked her. this problems continuing greece. portugal the possibility of a mix i've been experiencing the teeth of remains a very real threat and right now you're ok like the reality this seems so far there. are talks on the eurozone bailouts could be called prized by the rest of the international monetary fund's chief on charges of sexual assault against a hotel worker in new york dominique strauss kahn has resigned over the scandal and is on six million dollar bail awaiting trial and french finance minister christine

legarde has emerged as the frontrunner for his job but as r.t. is daniel bushell reports strauss contacts with e.u. leaders were key to helping save the ailing euro so far. who knows called no euro zone because the whispering of the police charged the now 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. belief that the euro could and should be saved in the face of north steel resistance from richer states stroll scorned led this week's bailout of crippled portugal germany and france insist on oil and raises its low corporation tax p.s.k. as he's known was the man or doing it's what is saving your issue calling me these allegations are going to be. of the i.m.f.

as an institution. is definitely going to be missed. strobes call and even persuaded greece's leader to stick with strict spending cuts despite royals on the streets he has a good card some of you had stated governments 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 and not the bailout. greece should leave the euro zone that has put under strain the china is one of the i.m.s. top bikers contributing tens of billions of euro ruled it wants is an asian chief who is not likely to be as europe friendly strolls because 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 person with the same kind of convictions coming from the emerging markets when. all 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 that's higher where for instance as a bankruptcy of lehman in two thousand and eight with e.u. economies it death's door this city warns that toppling the world's leading banker comes at the worst possible time this is not just the end of a career domenic first call was instrumental in rescuing the euro zone's most troubled states is a risk disinterest threatened the end of the euro itself and a bushel r.t. paris. this is all see and still ahead in the program revolution rest hosni

mubarak's regime made known but are egyptians a really big joy seeing him live post revolution. georgian opposition groups have called on supporters to remain overnight in the capital tbilisi for a third day around to government protests they want president saakashvili to step down and have vowed to keep on demonstrations until he resigns there are three thousand attended the rally outside the television channel have called the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at one stage to dispose of them as straight as armed with sticks there's been a call for a day of rage on wednesday to force our big government and for early elections opposition leader you know who denies this what she described as criminal actions by the regime to accept a report in russia. evolution is already going on and it's not up to us as

a government to be generalization when governments begin to terrorize people when governments erase the hundred still absolutely innocent people when a government that beats very seriously. oh lots of people would say confiscate property of the citizens and at last was a rebel and blood ties peaceful money because they should know i would like to remind you that this many of his patients are sumption by the side of the government and i would like to mention once again that we have fighting for democracy we decided that we are continuing rally tonight too so we have to keep exist in our place if. we will be ready for tomorrow we will like to model it will be ready the day after tomorrow will exist the day after tomorrow he will be rightly trying to pierce will next twenty five years it's but it will be not a very long process so that is the we will exit in the wrist few dates. and we go

we all did a world economy and international relations there's been no freedom or democracy. really. the problem has been boiling the sea in strange all thoughts all five where it came to power. about another georgian public is increasingly dissatisfied with saakashvili if he is away all for taking down any kind of a position crunch freedom in georgia was. all for one side actually came into power during the as the opposition there was freedom of speech political party is the difference to use calls for internal and external policies of the contras but. has been doing for the last seven years he's created any opposition and then surely he has managed to alienate not only all the political parties but most of the

pollution they can chew. the british moocher operation in iraq has come to a close after more than eight years with the last remaining royal navy training to start having pulled out came the same day as multiple bombings had baghdad killing at least sixteen people the u.k. joined the american invasion of iraq in two thousand and three supposedly to destroy saddam hussein's alleged plotters of mass destruction which turned out to be no let's spend opposition to outside groups significantly in britain as a result one hundred seventy nine british military personnel died in the conflict and was drawn of most of u.k. forces got under way almost two years ago critics say british involvement failed to make iraq a faithful place with terror time still a regular occurrence and john lippert darby rather body counts research projects the k. has tended to ignore the casualties of this war. commentators of whatever political persuasion were for or against this conflict are kind of united in the. cultural

treatment of iraq the cost of this and we believe that this will not be laid to rest properly until there is a fall and detailed inquiry into iraq you both sort of been caused whatever benefits may have accrued to some people in iraq and the it's a highly contested the people who died are absolutely the ultimate losers of this conflict and we should know all we can about that understand that and try and ensure that in any future engagement of our military forces we do better in terms of saving human lives it's clear that britain considers itself a major player in the world and that means putting its troops and foursomes around the world we very much hope that in the conflicts it's currently engaged in such as afghanistan and libya it pays more attention to the civilian casualties which it claims particularly in libya that it's trying to avoid but it so far has shown itself willing to do. in

a speech there are because main. group apac president obama has savagery a state increasing isolation if it fails to engage in the peace prices clarified his call for a return to have free nine hundred sixty seven borders explaining that the final boundaries of days are a day and in need palestinian state would be determined after agreed land swaps not be exact times prime minister binyamin netanyahu reject a bad idea and a political arm as children and their child as america's getting tired of israel's stubbornness there's no question that the united states is well beyond patience with netanyahu and with israel more generally behind closed doors the united states is serious with israel because israel is pursuing a policy that is not we american national interest this is disastrous for us and that's why obama wants a two state solution to 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 is so powerful that it wouldn't do great damage to obama's political future and president obama was saying very clearly is that israel is being isolated around the world and the palestinians are gaining the upper hand in terms of world opinion and what's going to happen year is that it's going to be israel and the united states against the rest of the world this is just is just the united states and disastrous for israel and that's the message that obama is sending to netanyahu but unfortunately the message is not getting through. and for more than be israeli palestinian peace process check out our website. and here's what time lines up for you right now. it's reporting you appointed al qaida leader he's threatening to carry out terror attacks in london in revenge for osama bin laden's death saying

the u.k. is they've bought a boat over europe and must be rushed and also and also to hold. lines out how to wash your hands of gravity we caught up with an american astronaut gearing out put another mission into orbit so more of the challenges of daily life in space at all t. don't call. well you stay awhile you go that's what many have been trying to. explain to you twelve presidential campaign in russia draws closer and the president's latest q. and a session was a perfect opportunity to throw the question into the ring but he's through it straight back out again. one hundred thirty seven minutes eight hundred journalists seventy two questions and one man to answer and the president even invaded how this first major press conference on wednesday giving many a chance to voice their questions but while some are serious which is is there

a chance to give to each of our actions well deserved accommodations and sound more light hearted. i know that your wife has to parking lots of an hour to park my own car so maybe i could borrow one is that his leadership question of if. it was a question of a possible second term that everyone including the president expected the most a share in your i.q. those ideals the decision over the presidential race is not made in this kind of format it it should be made when the situation is right and it is will have a greater political impact and i will follow this principle but i want to make a statement i will make it easy to pick the fishing industry of whether current president ridge or for former president clinton will run for office in twenty twelve has become moscow's most debated topic according to a minute if the two men share a lot of views but also have their differences national question yes my name my

relationship with my colleague and political partner blood we have put in is north just something that people call a tandem but it is actually we have been working together for over twenty years and we know each other well that's why we think alike and all views on key issues in our country's development are very close we could this doesn't mean we always think the same way we have different views on modernization and i think this process but could be much faster because it was getting sidestepped the most intriguing topic it it 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 support. lucian's on syria but frankly speaking they were disregarded by the actions that some states took the most even though initially russia supported the first resolution and didn't veto the second what happened afterwards demonstrated these kinds of resolutions but it can be manipulated this is deplorable because it undermines the all thirty of the un it shows according to

some a growing unease with decisions made concerning the middle east this comment that have appeared somewhat regret russia's support of the resolution on libya was quite strong in saying that. the actions are currently going beyond what he thought he was voting for. so i think internationally people's i came out of that because it will signify russia's increasing our knees 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 medvedev that the security council wasn't the proper forum in which these things should be discussed with a lot of regional journalists present many questions focused on domestic matters but one subject of great interest in egypt both in russia and abroad is the imprisonment of former well take their course he could of course released who he'd be a danger to society that was assured that it was true and the old some of the people

believed she was no absolutely not the president you saw other times likely to influence her sentence i don't think it means she is 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 me to. put all their scheme although he has possibility according to war but you know these sort of things i can swear we read in any country in korean version so i think basically award mediator wanted to say is that he doesn't dispute the decisions of the court might he doesn't consider this person a danger. as the press conference reporters its success after nearly two and a half hours meeting in the days of bade the press farewell and headed back to the kremlin but the question that remains unanswered is will he stay there after twenty twelfth's. artsy moscow. drama she calls time with dmitri medvedev

suppressed secretary's trade and with a conference. call where explained why the president is staking his time to answer the question on everyone's lips that interview is a. nato is showing no sign of backing down on its aerial bombing campaign in libya with the u.s. now operating for more than sixty days only via without official consent from congress critics say the military action is constitutionally illegal and the breaches the war powers act in while tripoli officials claim the bombings have already triggered a humanitarian crisis accusing international forces of violating the u.n. resolution and pushing for billions of christmas presents to observe the need and rebels are expected for talks in the russian capital on monday and also supporting the u.n. an african union that mediating aphids and adrian perhaps from the university of kent in the u.k. says that diplomatic efforts from russia could be key to finding a solution. we haven't really seen enough evidence that the gadhafi regime is

prepared to go 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 the gadhafi 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 from something like russia on that are saying will be able to move in the direction of thought that the rebels will want to visit moscow in order to increase their own international legitimacy of course we know 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 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. age

is fragile interim leadership is being tested by september when violence people become tree on the edge since the popular uprising toppled hosni mubarak's regime christians have been targeted in several times by muslim radicals with churches torched and dozens killed and there's not even going to finish the reports many egyptians are disillusioned would be change their revolution has brought so far. president mubarak is gone but there is little satisfaction in the data for egypt. previously unified on the floor of square three a common enemy barracks resignation so egyptian muslims and christians turn on each other. we want justice we want equal rights. in institutions in businesses only an organ in politics. for centuries the coptic christian minority has failed discriminated in a country dominated by eighteen million muslims the revolutionary euphoria has

brought a desire for change. people have to say that 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 brick thrown during sectarian clashes in baghdad and all the flashpoint as years of syrian religious tension or love or. how can we know when 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 miss the old regime. others glorified january revolution among them the muslim brotherhood banned under

mubarak today to the country's only well organized political group with a president they moved from jail cells to his luxury building in central cairo the revolution given them a long awaited voice at. the radicals are triggering the transitions they saw how the revolution united people and they want to ruin their. i don't want to see egypt strong and independent but i'm sure it will disappear after the parliamentary election comes. in batteries chiros poorest district is home to millions of people surviving on just a couple of dollars a day for in the syrian revolution egypt's immune system has been weakened dramatically economies in critical condition the army is ruling the country when this happens the symptoms strive most vulnerable first and the question now is just how far the damage might spread and what egypt can ever recover. from original.

cairo. and let's not check some other stories from around the world iceland closed the local fleet find close its main airport after the country's most active volcano erupted action covered nearby villages and farms and even reached the capital however experts say found likely to cause widespread disruption to traffic like last year when the rupture were not able kaino lead to the closure of a large section of the european air space. iran says it has arrested thirty people allegedly linked to a spy network run by the u.s. central intelligence agency if they haven't i want her to operated out of american diplomatic missions in the u.a.e. malaysia and turkey the report read on state t.v. didn't provide any further details but claimed the agents had been asked to spy on iran's research institutes nuclear programs and other sites. to drive the e.u.

and i hope state and yemen's political crisis has collapsed after president ali abdullah saleh refused to sign a deal to step down western backed taters said the plan which would see him leave power within thirty days and grant immunity would lead to civil war the american and several european and arab and bassett is a hard one to him to accept to do you have to be freed after the. trucked ours in under siege by an armed mob around a hundred seventy people have died since january. with more protests protests today . american called that sense soviet era volga is where the kings of the road in all scope are classic car rally and race but for their owners the magnificent machines are not just a means of transport they are way of life because you know grandchildren now reports. let's examine these cars on the country's shopping streets we have an almost irresistible combination of.

people together and these sunday in afghanistan truck most of the u.k. shot plastic we can't rally but this has become an annual event all going to have the best systems all the watchmaking and you're a company for fast cars from us cadillacs i'm sure about still some of it made bulbous together they're saying in this rally some of the participants of the rally are true being to each car and exams collectors like you didn't tell you there they were the what is it or is it it's a shady camaro ninety sixty nine three ninety six the engine almost four hundred horsepower upgraded to almost five hundred. well it's one of the cars in moscow since moscow is not really a muscle car city not like los angeles dispose. how did you get it what's the story the purchase this story goes through the early two thousand the car was boarded and

from then we upgraded the court with the ration and this is kind of the car moscow most of us are not really used to see so once you get on the streets get hundreds and hundreds of people actually looking taking pictures so if you want to be a superstar this is the car you need to get from moscow. thank you. these cars are useful pieces of art and history of our driving that is actually quite a challenge but an equipment rivals and growth is what makes this rally so particularly interesting a manual gear boxes actually improved quite a challenge for those used to automatics both course this rally is not about who comes first i will come second it's all about who has the rarest been to each car the most expansive cheating and whose lives are actually compact soup with those obvious car. kloner it's i'm coming out but

a few minutes when i heard whether missing money went in war ravaged afghanistan in a special report for the. more than a month. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is it and charge it up and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization.