really happening to the global economy with mike's concert a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to congress report on our. real concern about the problem of rebuilding and interfered well prosecutors in the hague called on libyans to turn over colonel gadhafi for allegedly killing civilians we report from the coastal city of brega recently razed to the ground by nato bombs. verging on the brink of default greeks go on strike and live pictures here from athens where hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets to march against austerity cuts but an unexpected friend has that help also . person in this country have that authority pretty united states in that you have

had thirty who is taking democracy away from us citizens are still looks at how one american town how small states elected officials. and business resume cut its budget deficit and return to the black for the next three years but analysts warn that high oil prices accordingly long term financial stability at risk join me for a full business pulls out in about twenty minutes from now. it's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live on the news now with our top story this hour libya's says the international criminal court is just a cover for nato attempts to kill colonel gadhafi and refuses to recognize its legitimacy this came in response to the issuing of arrest warrants for gadhafi in two of his confidants either hate crimes you know and many living. believe nato

leaders should also be held accountable be held to account i should say for their actions. he rose from the capital tripoli to greg is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hit. later is based on it's only hitting the target of military value but across a base telecommunications tower so next to the bus stop there. that's been destroyed in a time gary this is a site they've been to strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians and there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the night has also been disrupted. there is no water and no to. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell what was home now

suzanne for me here. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother in such a condition but. from least small paul not far from greg even gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send it to them you know see they destroy it all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time. the closer you get to the front line the more you feel it you can hear the war even read it on. jobs just survive. this run you can see the reason here in arabic nato is here to leave it all in force and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another side also in arabic saying the nato can attack any place any time. any time happened three times over

several hours while we were feeling. really good neighbors major is where the frontline rise divided the country into two parts into to see. is the first one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point a strategic location that's in the film this town would mean taking control over the country's economy. both seem to be a rare target of nato bombs. while it looks like the civilian population can hardly scale. they were like my family not just going to the shops to buy some food and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it and this used to be a restaurant or old company staff where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues and there was a boom we knew what that was we run we tried to help those who were strapped then

the helicopters came to and still object to shoot us as if they didn't want us to save our friends. from one street to another the stories of a key to. reconstruct are a problem of real name in blame and so there's a man every day i'm going to be begging a big kid our civilians. from this country this is from libya well those voices become more and more frequent as the sound exploding bombs and warplanes a drowns them. out she treated me rag. the chief prosecutor in the hague has admitted that nato forces have no mandate to a rascal daffy and call on his inner circle to assist russia says that it's unclear what impact the court's actions will have on peacemaking efforts in libya.

the international commission which visited libya found that war crimes were committed by government forces as well as some of the opposition fighters so we hope that the investigation will be fair nonpolitical and lawful on the political side of the matter i hope this will negatively affect the efforts to bring a peaceful solution to this conflict going to shoot them from a decision to indict dappy has outraged critics and claim the i.c.c. is being used as a political tool patrick haynes a london based reporter for the on my magazine says it's up to the people of libya to decide what punishment their leader deserves. and this guy is actually in many ways actually shut off any possible escape routes for him so it means that really he's in a place where he's going to have to fight to the very end now and live up to his promise to fight and die on libyan soil so i don't think it helps matters and it certainly doesn't help matters for the libyan people when the international criminal court comes in and basically presumes the authority of the libyan people for taking you know for a meeting of justice on gadhafi this shouldn't be any business of the international

criminal courts they should be for the libyan people to resolve their affairs with the international criminal court is the place where the west judge is the rest at this particular point so i think it's very important for the future of democracy in libya that the rebels are able to tell us and deal justice to the former leader of their free and in not have to be put in the hands of international lawyers to make decisions for them. russia says the crisis in syria should be resolved through dialogue and once the violence to stop it comes out as russia's presidential envoy to africa met with a syrian activist in moscow's artist peter all over the details. it's important to stress that this isn't any fishel visit from the syrian opposition although members of the group that do call themselves syrian opposition party in attendance here in moscow's also people from n.g.o.s and human rights groups know they've come to the russian capital to call in russia to put more pressure on president bashar al assad

the syrian leader to stop violence in the country they've spoken with me help me get all of my senior russian diplomats a very experienced member of the the foreign ministry when it comes to this part of the world and he put forward russia's opinion on this because it's in our interests that there are forums announced by the syrian government are put into action by the little dialogue is important for us we should put an end to all forms of violence and armed militias as soon as possible there's a little crisis in syria should the results when a political dialogue. say that russia would be vehemently opposed any form of foreign intervention into the situation ongoing in syria they definitely do not want to see a repeat of the violence that we have in libya at the moment and were very disappointed with the way that foreign intervention has progressed they said that they russia and no circumstances will be backing any form of foreign intervention

in syria they want to see peace coming to discussion and diplomacy. by from moscow here with r.t. still to come this hour fighters or activists israel says the latest aid flights heading for coffee is harmful chemical weapons and crimes and plans to use them against israeli soldiers. while in clashes have broken out in greece starring massive nationwide strikes hundreds of thousands of workers are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on a harsh set of tax hikes and spending cuts twenty eight billion euro worth of cars . are you needed before that you agree and greece another caspar out it's considered to be the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first eurozone nation to default but the cards are empty high interest fell out are deeply unpopular more than five thousand police have been deployed for the marks on parliament you can now cross live to young this work for us who joins us live from

athens thanks for being with us as a lecturer at the university of athens we're seeing violence scenes in athens as we speak give us an idea of just how unpopular at these latest austerity cuts are. going to be presented as a relation. being pushed through parliament and even worse than through does the dishes even those who are voting for those measures you know believe in them. believe piecework grossing themselves who can put a beautiful so why is this happening you say there are government officials who don't believe in what they're doing that people are against it why is this happening. it is a shadow great what is happening in athens today is no more than a lawyer because he did the lies they miss america the child the german chancellor in order to manage managed to push through her own federal parliament in berlin

a massive new loan for greece the members of parliament in berlin do not buy these strategy either because they've seen the being applied before bailout marc maron was passed on a year ago in may of two thousand and ten and it failed spectacularly its logic was false and its application made the problem worse for the better so mrs merkel feels that she needs to exact some pounds of flesh from the greek people you know order to. any resistance that surely they have in the bill in parliament and so now what we have is we have governments both in berlin and enough and that are pushing for policies that they don't even believe in them just not to buy time to find out what on earth they're going to do with regular system prices. meanwhile i'm of very much afraid the deficit is emerging a deficit the political legitimacy both in the surplus countries like germany and holland i mean the deficit countries like greece and ireland do you think that the

government buys what the people are saying that they will continue to protest when are they going to take that into account. the government isn't playing god forgive this is a prime minister who only about ten days ago tried to fall on his sword and missed he was prepared to resign. if you see his that the hopes that he goes to sleep every night with that he will manage to keep the whole thing together because he's a steady through parliament today and tomorrow then go to brussels secured a massive new loan come back i am completely saying that he's either going to get going to me by securing this loan and hoping that then it breaks summer and extreme heat that happens here but you have been doing it all goes is going to send everybody could be choose for the people weeks before the political there are more guns and supply bit of. there than to loosen as you see it ending is greece ready for a default what other austerity measures do you think we can see. there can be no solution

for the problem and i'm really over a solution for the euro system crises which is the issue at hand if you will continue to see that you see this as a great problem i'm a very much afraid it will be no europe in the next year or so but i think the choice we have is europeans these people mean letting the euro go and the returning to our own currencies or fixing the you're. right janice one for joining us live from athens thank you very much for your analysis is our thank you very much. well the struggle in athens to keep bigger alive as some nations who wanted to join the e.u. questioning whether it's worth it pump our explains ship it don't even think it through he is in asia minor or not in your thirty's race is not a european union turkey started seeking integration of europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made me you can see it in one thousand knowing that since then from some

germany have remained opposed continue story to go she ations turkey. and european union. have actually stalled. the relationship for such a long time that the public is tired of the main reason turks think the europeans don't want them immigration. first will they come and steal our jobs like the polish plumber did. and second well they threaten us culturally but others see the real fear in paris and berlin as a loss of political power and this sort of. for a german condominium is already a challenge but with the inclusion of turkey in the european union it would be

totally impossible to sustain now embroiled in economic crisis the e.u. isn't as strong as it once seemed turks are starting to view the dollar lays in joining less with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state of the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions the euro's fragile situation the rising racism and islamophobia in many countries. it's it's becoming less and less attractive turkey is no longer waiting for europe to change its mind instead many speak of the access of turkish interest shifting from west to east it's pursued a no problems policy its neighbors in recent years that sealed impressive results busting trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy if we want to. combine our.

power with others i think we should look at eurasia that was first behind me has long been seen as a bridge between east and west but with turkey increasingly pushed away by europe over here and pull towards the middle east and asia over here turks no longer see all their hopes but looking west tom watson r.t. istanbul turkey. israel says an international aid thought is carrying chemical weapons which could be used on soldiers attempting to stop it reaching gaza the israeli defense forces been ordered to prevent the ten ships from making it to the palestinian territories for more on this for i now live by our superior from jerusalem who was on a similar aid last year did you believe israel's claims that there are dangerous chemicals on board. in oh i'm positive there is no.

tool against israeli soldiers that are about to attack a. few friends including my brother over there. of course to come peacefully into the gaza shores. really authorities are looking for and surely will be the ones that. that's a very. humane. israeli army in the israeli government to try to make the peaceful activists as frightening as possible for the public in order to create public opinion against these people in cuba and controlling the palestinians you sound very sorry that you do believe that these will be attacked of course last year there was pretty harsh international criticism when those israeli commandos attack those for tailers why do you think that they didn't learn from that last and why do you think those photos will in fact be attacked again. this is very wide open the said by the israeli army and the israeli government they

will not let. the killer come to gaza but will kidnap it and it's also what we know. of them of the marmora are the ones before it and the one that i was on. we also were attacked we were only nine people and we were all israelis or jews and therefore they didn't use these kind of violence that used against them ok mama they used a different kind of violence less lethal one. but it's all the same they are saying it openly and they will do that it's the same located. for us israelis or for internationals it's not as lethal and dangerous. as it is for the palestinians or the syrian fisherman that wants to go out to fish cannot pass the three miles without getting shot. about twenty five percent of the cultural land of gaza has been taken by a death zone around gaza strip from the israeli border of gaza into gaza

strip killing every culture of person fishermen. seaside or farmer in. killing people on a weekly basis on a monthly basis killed there and there have been reported that one of the family was actually sabotaged docked at a greek port how possible do you think that is this kind of preparation before the event. this is very possible since we. we know that the people the secret israeli police there or the mossad. my brother is seen very very strange fisherman fishermen like that they don't have any fish or fishing equipment. just by the boat in the middle of the night from also it's possible but this is not really the issue israel is trying to sabotage that the

issue is that we have million have been under a blockade inhumane for more than of five years and we have forty four year of occupation of the palestinian people. and the issue that israel is trying to make the flotilla people being seen as the pile and this is crazy because israel is going to attack that the lesson to learn from them are minor this is what they see does having more snipers. killing more people smarter pair of eyes start interacting thank you very much for being with us from. the u.s. state of michigan is giving up a prized asset to find a way out of its economic woes it's decided democracy is too expensive unelected financial managers have taken the place of elected officials and given a free hand to make decisions on checked margins were important to look. the american state known for its great lakes has seen the middle class feet and

automotive industry crumble in michigan's poorest city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost all authority to govern as an unprecedented democratic collapse plays out we believe that it's illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one person in this country have a three to prove the united states and that have that authority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently reshaped democracy by giving the unilateral authority to officials known as emergency financial manager the amounts have independent authority to fire elected officials close schools void union contracts sell public property and privatized assets residents like scott elliott say his city could be the start of a changing landscape in american politics people throw around words like oligarchs he and all that sort of thing well i mean that's that's what it already is i think

that the average citizen is going to have less and less to say about what is done with public assets these decision makers are appointed by the governor to oversee school districts and cities like budget harbor facing financial distress in april pension harper's young mouth stripped the elected city council of its democratic power leaving a city of eleven thousand struggling americans under the rule of a man they didn't elect their hypocritic to you know their ex trying to export democracy for around the world. you know they're trying to suppress the citizens of this country at least four other cities including detroit have an emergency manager in the motor city the e.m.f. laid off some six thousand teachers and it's pioneering plans for corporations to privately run schools funded by public tax dollars well dr martin luther king. said injustice anywhere is

a threat to justice everywhere so it's good to harbor today but it could be no york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week benton harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the verge of fiscal. and economic desperation that would be the way for financial martial law to spread throughout the states critics say that would lead to a deepening demise of democratic rights the u.s. has always claimed to stand for. artsy michigan. some other headlines from around the world this hour iran state media so footage of what appears to be a task of short and medium range missiles the images came amid ten day nationwide military exercises iran's foreign ministry is that the drills are a purely defensive display in light of what he called israeli and u.s.

aggression on monday to iran unveiled hidden underground missile launching pads ready to counter a possible attacks on the country's nuclear facilities. monetary fund is expected to pay its new director french finance minister christine lagarde is the clear favorite if chosen she will be called to first female i.m.f. director in history she has the backing of european members who account for nearly a third of the votes and also russia and china to replace them unique strauss kahn who resigned after being arrested on sexual assault allegations regards opponent max again august seemed carson's ran on the promise to give more say to emerging economies felt to rally enough support. up next is the business news here in our kareen. hello welcome to all business fellows that's all thanks for joining me the clock's

ticking down on greece's judgment day the country will default in july if the e.u. doesn't provide a new bailout you'll study measures are being debated in parliament this week will randall from r.b.c. capital markets believes it's make or break time. problem in greece is that we've had a lot of political difficulties we've had problems with the statistics which have misinformed both the government and the international community so they are living at the eleventh for quite some time but i think we really dives for five minutes to midnight and there really is no alternative they do have to proceed with this is thirteen there is a risk if they don't push through this the storage program we could see a much more substantial impact on financial markets with a negative reaction obviously there are contingency plans but the question is can they be will portions of operation quickly enough to save the financial markets. russia's eyes way towards cutting its budget deficit and returning to the black in the next three years or in crude prices could also help reduce that three point six

percent gap in the budget to one percent by the end of the year but analysts warn that haiku prices are putting in long term financial stability at risk. it's a good thing for russia that the rules come down it was heading up two hundred twenty hundred thirty dollars on brehm's in the longer run this will be a boom and bust cycle we saw in two thousand and eight you do not want to see this again in russia much more sustainable for the world economy if the if the oil prices say averaging once you one hundred dollars this is perhaps a global economy grows stronger it's a more sustainable story i'm not so that's how you can make proper plans for the for the future. let's take a look at how the markets are doing all it stands gains in new york on speculation u.s. fuel demand will increase on monday to prices fell to their lowest in four months the drop came on the heels of last week's announcement by the international energy agency it will release sixty million barrels of oil to move this hope to counter the effects of hold that exports from the. european stocks are higher this hour as

investors focus on the week's on this week's austerity vote in greece the footsies and the black supported by gains for world bank of scotland in london shares of prudential rose over two percent up to goldman sachs upgraded to quiet from neutral cultures that siemens cable and wireless worldwide bank tom-tom are losing on cautious corporate pronouncements and in moscow both b r c s n m i z x are trading high at coming back from monday's losses investors are hopeful but slightly cautious key to the concern the situation in greece now let's have a look at some individual share moves on to my sex energy majors are among the main gainers helped by strong go or oil well snap is up almost two percent this hour and electricity sector old u.k. fiber is edging high on reports it has successfully placed three year bonds hydroelectric company moves hydro is also out supported by news that the states will sell seven percent of the farm by the year. now russia's

electricity expert monopoly into raw is about to pull the plug on its supplies to belarus minsk has failed to pay its bills on time and missed an extended deadline. the supplies will be called for by midnight if the los doesn't pay its debts of about fifty million dollars says they come across as a country have sparked a problems over payments about ten percent of the electricity is used this comes from russia. so for now they're back in less than one of.

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