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athens on fire protesters march on the greek parliament in a violent display against deep austerity cuts which have to be approved to secure and even balance out and also. reconsider boller problem of real need very well prosecutors in the hague called on libyans to turn over colonel gadhafi for allegedly killing civilians we report from the coastal city of bragg recently razed to the ground by nato bombs. and activists say claims that a flock to one heading from gaza is carrying chemical weapons to use against soldiers are just israel's attempt to undermine the mission. my from our studios in central moscow you're watching are you with me and you see now way it's six pm here in the russian capital violent clashes have broken out in

greece during 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 cuts are needed to force the e.u. agrees to hand greece another cast ballots out it's considered to be the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first. fault but both the cots and the high interest bow out are deeply unpopular more than five thousand police have been deployed for the march on parliament young this. lecturer at the university of athens believes the greek crisis is a result of the glaring flaws in the euro. i don't believe the present is a. good. what has been pushed to the parliament and even worse than that. to our own politicians even those who are voting for those measures do not believe in them. were crossing themselves hoping for

a miracle bailout one was passed one 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 them better. and meanwhile i'm afraid much afraid the deficit is emerging a deficit of political legitimacy both in the service companies like germany and holland and in the deficit countries like greece and ireland the government is on borrowed time for 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 he's accused is that their hopes that he goes to sleep every night with that he will manage tool people holding together to push. through parliament today and tomorrow and then go to brussels secured a massive new loan come back i am completely saying that he seemed to get he got on the basic you're in the zone there can be no solution for the greek problem in the end and plea of a solution for the us system crisis which is that we should hand if you continue to

see the to see this as a good for them i'm a very much afraid that there will be no europe in the next year or so i think the choice we have is going to be and says between letting the euro go and they don't need their own currencies or fixing that you. that the struggle in athens to keep you here alive has some nations who have long wanted to do i leave you asking a new question is it worth it tom are the parts let you turkey is in asia minor not in europe turkey's place is not inside the european union turkey started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made a u. candidate in one nine hundred ninety nine but since then france and germany have remained opposed continually stalling negotiations turkey. and the european union have actually stalled the.

relationship for such a long time now that the turkish public is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want them immigration first well they come and steal our jobs like the polish plumber did. and second well they threaten us culturally but others see the real fair in paris and berlin as a loss of political power and this sort of fray german condominium is already under 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 delays 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 axis of turkish interest shifting from west to east it's pursued a no problems policy neighbors in recent years that's yielded impressive results boosting trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy and if we want to. combine our. power with others i think we should look at. the bosphorus 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 by looking west tamasin r.t. istanbul turkey. well in a few minutes we'll be discussing an unlikely savior from the east for europe stay with us for that. live from moscow bureau with r.t. we've got more news stories coming up for you this hour. regime is kind of authority to present a united states that hear that story who's taking democracy away from us citizens r.t. looks at how one american town has lost its elected officials. but first libya 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 year suing of arrest warrants for gadhafi and two of his confidants by the hague tribunal and many libyans believe nato leaders should also be held to account for their actions. the road from the

capital tripoli to bragg he's 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 hate. to say so it's only hitting the targets of military value well call say these telecommunications towers so. stop. destroyed. now this is a site. strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no electricity what used to be heaven this man says has become hell towards home now suzanne familiare. i have nine children and i send them all to my

relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother who is in such a condition. from the small poor not far from bread to live in gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send it to them and now see they destroy it all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time the closer you get to the frontline the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on nature's leaflets jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs has as you can see the reason sign here in arabic that nato is here to leave here to enforce and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying that nato can attack any place at any time. this any time happened three times over several hours while we were filming.

regular is made to all parties where the front line lies dividing the country into two parts into two swear one side is going to put one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point as to take the quotation it's in a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy. all facilities seem to be a red target that nato bombs never land on while it looks like the civilian population can hardly scape they were like my family not just going to the shop to buy some food and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it and this used to be a restaurant company staff where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues then there was a boom we knew what that was we ran we tried to help those who were strapped down the helicopters came to and started to shoot us as if they didn't want us to save

our friends. from one street to another the stories are repeated. really conserve our problem our real name in. every madam every day every day remembering a big killed our civilians. from this country this is from libya well those voices become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes drowns them. out t. tripoli. russia says the crisis in syria be resolved through dialogue and wants the violence to stop it comes as russia's president envoy to africa met with syrian activists here in moscow our peter oliver has the details. it's important to stress that this isn't an official visit from the syrian opposition although members of the group that do call themselves syrian opposition 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 on russia to put more pressure on president bashar al assad the syrian leader to stop violence in the country now they've spoken with me . by senior russian diplomats a very experienced member of 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 political dialogue is important for us we should put an end to all forms of violence and armed clashes a soon as possible the political crisis in syria should the results via political dialogue. say that russia would be vehemently opposed to 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 we're very

disappointed with the the way that foreign intervention has progressed they said that they did no circumstances will be backing any form of foreign intervention in syria they want to see peace coming through discussion and diplomacy. one unexpected friend could step in to help prop up the euro china is offering to open up its mammoth three trillion dollar foreign reserve to buy up european debt premier made the offer during his tour here up that's why they believe beijing which has been accumulating task faster than it can spend it has decided to diversify away from the u.s. debt but the move has prompted fears the economic sovereignty of the e.u. could be compromised some critics even think to ask the ongoing currency war between the u.s. and china is the real motivation. behind the offer of a more i'm just what's behind china's our first we're now two i live by is our france why do media president is the center think tank in paris does china even

with its mass reserves really have the financial capacity to pull the eurozone out of this. well probably be china china has to go pers it's here now are those that have the real will and can it really do it you know a very short amount of time d. and so it's probably no if you look at the reserves that china has of course it's we beyond what any country in the euro would need the china reserves currently are clues to being three thousand million three thousand billion u.s. dollars but of course sixty to seventy percent of them are in dollars and only twenty to twenty five percent are in euros but when we see. who will them to although in the form of european debt probably. sue our own this is already don't

know whether china would invest even more that would rather create an imbalance than in the comfort to do current situation because when you have a massive flu incoming as was mentioned this could of course create an imbalance between the euro and the u.s. dollar so you're not sure that this would cure different image or problems of the euro zone rather i think china has always done things gradually swedes are interesting that of course premier where he is once again tory europe in trying various ways of not helping europe but probably diversifying the set of china. right just briefly how will you do you think europeans will be to accept. bell out from china. well you know the usual sentence. should apply now of course we're good to new and to the surgeons.

indeed countries like greece to portugal to moral but all of the eurozone because we have to talk about all of the eurozone for two reasons one because it's very difficult to take it siegel decision in the euro zone or one country without referring to the other country and especially in the case of greece which is now run by you sort of troy because we see because you have the central european central bank together with the european. commissioners and the americans looking at what's happening in greece to no single country would take such a decision to do it all with china that's one obstacle for trying our you know to strike is the deal and the other reason is of course that these as much downside for trade are there is an upside to remember the. eight china was always very

prompt in the first stage at investing directly into this to see defend it'll sector but they did it probably too quickly so this is a really really really was very much for being with you i frayed we've run out of time thanks for being with us from your account by. israel's there's an international aid flotilla headed to gaza is carrying chemical weapons which could be used. the israeli defense force has been ordered to prevent the ten sets for making it to the palestinian territories the jewish state has warned it will thwart any attempts to breach of what kade of the palestinian territory previously israel was threatening thought to live reporters to be banned from entering the country for ten years later to now. this is an activist and two marks appear off from truth along with almost similar and last year he says israel suits indiscriminately at anyone who gets cross border. so it's

a very known trick you might say four of the israeli army and the israeli government to try to make the peaceful activists as a lethal and frightening as possible for the public in order to create public opinion against these people and keep on controlling the palestinians they will not let the gaza. come to gaza but will kidnap it and it's also what we know from the flotilla of the muslim or other ones before it and the one that i was on in the jewish boat we also were attacked we were only nine people and we were all israelis or jews and therefore they didn't use this kind of violence they used against him of the mama they used a different kind of violence a less lethal one it's the same blockade that is for us israelis or for internationals it's not as lethal and dangerous. as it is for the palestinians a palestinian fisherman that wants to go out to fish cannot pass the three miles

without getting shot about twenty five percent of the of the agricultural 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 a person fisherman. on the sea side or farmer in the land side killing people. but from our stories from r.t. you can always log on to our website that's our team dot com there you can read about the american party's presidential candidate who got egg on her face after mixing up a famous cowboy with a mass murderer that. was arrested scientists predict they'll find alyan civilizations within twenty years find out why the. they are so determined to seek out in t. r. t. . russia has partially lifted a ban on european vegetables belgium and the netherlands will be allowed to ship

their products as long as they have a special certificate moscow about all that stuff falls from europe after a deadly e. coli outbreak so far it's been confirmed forty eight people were killed by the virus and four thousand others across europe fell sick moscow's embargo in response to the outbreaks our relations with the e.u. the european commissioner for health and consumer policy says the two sides are now putting previous threats behind. you have to find a balance of what the certification would be. said the good in the be. but it to be so difficult every shipment that is made to russia and do for today would be good with over. the following a workable solution. requires. measures to keep the hygiene practices the biggest of. its twenty minutes

past the hour a look at some world news in brief for you iran state media footage of what appears to be a task a short and medium range missiles the images came amid ten day nationwide military exercises in the country iran's foreign ministry sent the drills are a purely defensive display in light of what he called israeli and u.s. aggression on monday tehran unveiled hidden underground missile launching pads ready to counter a possible attacks on the country's nuclear facilities. the international monetary fund is expected to pick its new director french finance minister christine lagarde is the clear favorite if chosen she will become the first female i am math 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 the many who resigned after being arrested on sexual assault allegations the guards opponent mexican carstens ran on the promise to give more say to emerging economies i felt to rally

enough support. for the u.s. state of michigan is giving up a prized asset to find a way out of its economic woes it decided democracy is too expensive on the elected financial managers have taken the place of elected officials and given a free hand to make decisions unchecked or just going to court takes a look. at the american state known for its great lakes has seen the middle class feed and automotive industry crumble in michigan's poor city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost all authority to government as an unprecedented democratic collapse plays out we believe that it's illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one person in this country have all that authority to prove the united states and that have that authority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently democracy by giving

unilateral authority to officials known as emergency financial managers 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 oligarchies and all that sort of thing i mean that's that's what it already is i think for 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 benton harbor facing financial distress in april benton harbor z.m. out stripped. the elected city council of a democratic power leaving a city of eleven thousand struggling americans under the rule of a man they didn't elect their hypocritical you know their ex trying to export

democracy for around the world but at home 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 is benton harbor today but it could be in new york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week bedsit harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the verge of collapse and economic desperation that can lead the way for financial martial law to spread throughout the state critics say that would lead to

a deepening demise of democratic rights the u.s. has always claimed to stand for. marina port ny r.t. michigan. well the latest business news is next with kareena stay with us. i welcome to business thanks for joining me at this hour 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 new austerity measures that being debated in parliament this week will run though from r.b.c. capital markets believes it's make or break time. the problem in greece is that we've had a lot of political difficulties we've had problems with the statistics which is misinformed. both the government and the international community to sort of a. living at the eleventh for quite some time but i think we really don't have the five minutes to midnight in there really is no alternative they do have to proceed

with this is thirteen there is a risk if you don't push through this historic you program we could see much more substantial impact on for them. with a negative reaction over there all contingency plans the question is covered review board to do operation quickly enough to save the financial markets. as the look at the markets now is extending gains in new york on speculation u.s. fuel demand will increase on monday crude prices fell to the 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 out the move it's hoped to counter the effect of halting exports from libya u.s. stocks are higher on tuesday tech stocks made solid gains after the opening bell following strong trades on the internet on stocks such as google and yahoo. european stocks are higher this hour as investors focus on this week's austerity evolved in greece the footsies in the black supported by gains for world bank of

scotland in london shares of prevention rose over two percent after goldman sachs upgraded it to buy from neutral shares of siemens cable and wireless worldwide and tom tom losing on cautious corporate pronouncements and here in moscow both the r.t.s. and the my six gaining in the last minute said tuesday's trade investors are hopeful that at the same time cautious over the situation in greece it's have a look at some individual channels on them isaac's energy majors are among the main gainers helped by strong or i'll have to is up almost over two percent the south electricity sector old u.k. five is edging higher all reports it has successfully placed three year bonds hydroelectric company rose hydros also all supported by news that the states will sell seventy percent of the farm by the year and. global. moscow to brainstorm their strategies for russia event is being held by renesas capital which has been investing in the country for twenty years this is art he caught up with

the company's c.e.o. stephen jennings to find out his feelings on investor sentiment towards russia there's still an enormous potential really across the board the natural resources there are a large scale assets that are still not being with the ball within corporate structures or being necessarily being managed well across all the so-called new sectors the economy whether that's financial services retail consumer like manufacturing so this is the highest return significant market in the world of the last ten years by very considerable margin it's a market that's been open to foreign investors for fifteen years by strategic and financial investors so there's ample opportunity the market is very liberal and in my view will continue to see strong returns and it brings you up to date that's our headlines the next.

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