huge protests and a general strike. even. economic turmoil becomes the first challenge for a new chief christine lagarde faces the tough task of the perception that the organization is in favor of western countries. syria. has a long weapons it's still. threatening to stoke up further trouble in the region. as a push to help orphans make their way in the world as we reveal. the states of the .

international news twenty four hour. to day this is our table come to the program budget cuts bankruptcy tough choice for the greek parliament which is facing a crucial austerity vote european leaders have already warned that things there are no other options of protest as old many flocking to the parliament thousands of them are again venting their fury over the planned measures at least forty six people were injured as violent clashes in strikes paralyze the country even though it's hundreds of thousands were on the streets with these using tear gas to disperse them. a lot of people as. well the e.u. is demanding twenty eight billion euros worth of cuts before releasing more funds to be used journalist. as being part of the e.u. these greeks are living under occupation. unfortunately the government isn't giving anyone any real options and that's the problem. popular widely unpopular amongst everyone in this in this country but at the same time they're not giving us any

real solution they're just giving us threats i think people are becoming more for the time the drachma said the drachma is going to solve the problems here but at least with the drag my view you eat up the debt with inflation if you can't control the government spending which is what we were hoping we would achieve with the introduction of the euro we would have low inflation low government spending so we had low inflation and high government spending so we had massive amounts of debt. i think i think that people are fed up with you here in general that's the major major feeling and they want a return to something some sort of national economy where they can implement a policy that benefits them because right now they understand they're under financial occupation. well the e.u. is trying to blackmail greece delivering an austerity ultimatum said you have a pet constantino columnist for the athens based newspaper. george papandreou has lost legitimacy and agrees and as a prime minister he is

a dead man walking at the moment and the pressure from the european union is tremendous we would talk about the blackmail i guess the greek government because they say that listen you vote for this outrageous there will be no more annoyance and greece who will be left before my trial opinion is the this is a bluff from the european union because if we agree to goes before then it will have a domino afraid i guess the euro. will be a disaster for european union at large but unfortunately our government has not been there all of them and this is the difficult part of the story because you see the memorandum sent there was very the package is the result is the. gold that eggs of development and this is unsustainable for the greek turmoil is one of the first problems in the in trail the new head of the international monetary fund french finance minister christine lagarde she might have won overwhelming support

in the i.m.f. but honestly another european boss means more favorable treatment for some countries over others is going to counterparts. christine lagarde appointment keeps a european at the head of the world's top lender keeping the long held tradition intact and in a debt crisis having one of its own chairing the international monetary fund could be more important than ever for europe i think that. intimate knowledge of those mechanisms. of the european community and the eurozone of its many leaders can help the guards main competitor was augustine carstens from mexico who argued her appointment would only add to the perception of i.m.f. bias there could be some conflict of interest i mean up in those a bit they know their main borel's institution with the europe so we'll have to see

to asia where they will roll or stormin eighteen to create thirty institutional emerging economies the engine of global growth in recent years are vastly under represented in the organization with the u.s. and europe holding half of the votes and veto power karsten said he knew he had lost even before he announced he was running the fooling myself i mean it's like starting a soccer game with the five to see evil score and always suggest i am have by as has had a negative effect on the world's economy they would use their monopoly over credit . to force certain policies. on countries in policies there were not in their national interest the i.m.f. lends money monitors the global economy and in theory at least prevents crises its credibility has been shattered by the financial collapse in the advanced economies which it definitely did not spot they missed the two big hit biggest asset bubbles

in the history of the world and the i.m.f. you know which publishes its world economic outlook every six months and is really in charge of monitoring these kinds of things just missed completely i think they didn't want to go against all their friends on wall street and others that were making a fortune at the time some experts see the intimacy between the i.m.f. and u.s. corporations as a matter of concern all of the big decisions that the i.m.f. are made by the u.s. treasury department then you had of the i.m.f. . he's more than familiar with the u.s. corporate world for years she worked at a major american law firm representing the interests of big business and is a member of the u.s. poland defense industry working group advanced the interests of aviation giants like boeing and lockheed martin helping them to seal who to billion dollar deals the u.s. and europe found christine lagarde the best fit for the job so did several emerging

markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past rise and will struggle not to cement even further the perception that the i.m.f. exists only for the benefit of its creditors i'm going to check our reporting from washington our. place to go to our website you can see more analysis of what's christine legarde support winter could made in terms of global finance there's expert opinion on that turned up more on the challenges that lie ahead faces or the r t dot com. well nato has extended its operation in libya for three more months but it's not going to scale down its mission of daily airstrikes but says opposition to the operation continues with more protests in london and more activists. the demonstration comes amid reports of growing civilian casualties escalating

costs and the end in sight to the bloody conflict shipley says more than eight hundred civilians have been killed as a result of the airstrikes in kane's really point to more than two hundred million dollars into the campaign and risks doubling down to the operation drags on throughout the summer peace activists say it's time nato was brought to account. and the people are suffering more people here and at the very least. in. this intervention and should be calling for an end to it now and calling for serious political negotiations. besides george bush. in afghanistan. professor of international studies at the trinity college in hartford told me of

his belief that the nato operation is aimed at weaken in libya. you know. to me you know all was going to begin to be a storm a u.n. resolution within a few hours of the war beginning with the french and american striking libya had already violated the narrative that you would. look like libya is simply being there being a hundred years of attacks twenty four thousand sorties you know there is a very gradually being a point of reading of libya to the extent where. and then. being made into what he wants giant somalia. israel has deployed new missile defense systems and its border with lebanon fearing strikes from his beloved islamist group doesn't want it's known time ally syrian president bashar al assad to be toppled there's also speculation it might be willing to divert western

pressure away from him by launching an attack against his well welty support us live reports now on how the delicate balance in the region could spill further out of control. things are quiet on the israel lebanon border but many suspect it's a lull before the storm everything hinges on what happens in neighboring syria and what hizbollah decides to do with its stockpiles there and the opposition group that might take over in syria. will definitely consider these belies an enemy is a spirit so for hizbullah it's the mass the most logical thing to do all to transfer the weapon they put in syria. to to to to lebanon for years has been found an ally in syrian president bashar assad and so it's no surprise they want him to stay in power but if he goes and those who pressurising him to do so would do well to remember this the regional impact could

be terrifying syria are like libya is part of an alliance and that alliance is very wide it begins in iran some elements in iraq's government are part of it the syrian regime hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza western intelligence reports suggest hizbullah has already started moving some of its advanced weaponry from its warehouses in syria to its forces in lebanon for fear that assad will be toppled but getting rid of him is one thing dealing with the consequences quite another situation in syria very volatile dangerous collapse of syrian government gender group regional stability that could include a new war between lebanon and israel already the weapons hizbullah has in its position are able to strike almost any corner of the jewish state the new stockpiles in lebanon would only aggravate an already tense situation as far as we

know hizbullah has now accumulated around forty five thousand missiles of various ranges. there is one of all part of them that in fact the range goes beyond three hundred and about three hundred fifty kilometers which according to them at least they can reach the whole of israel until a lot in the south of the country which is something israelis know these missiles originated in syria they found their way to lebanon and then they were fired by hizbollah onto the true state back in two thousand and six this museum was set up about a decade ago so that the i.d.f. could display weapons ammunition and items that are captured from israel's enemies on the ground and almost ominous threat the lebanese palestinian and his bill of flags flying on the israeli border the message is clear here no country is immune to what happens to its neighbor and it won't take much to turn the region's precarious peace into all out war policy r.t. israel. israel is also readying itself for trouble on the other side of the country

as a new humanitarian for terrorists preparing to sail for gaza the israeli military saying it will block any attempt to breach it simply okayed over the palestinian territory when the latest edition of crosstalk people develop his guests debate this with a rising issue that's coming up later in the day but here's a preview. there is a chance that they are carrying weapons that they are carrying terrorists we saw that in last year's flotilla there were armed mercenaries aboard the turkish baths and your ship mavi marmara which lynch to try silly israeli soldiers and israel holding a lot of. service in front of the frame to give this man because it's journalism israel's.

the level of social networking that's spreading among russia's top officials has now passed on to hold government departments the foreign ministry has just launched its own twitter feed in english and russian official the country's foreign policy the government's twitter finance instigated by the russian president himself is an avid blog and his followers are often the first to learn the news about the country's leader. shavit explains why the foreign ministry has decided to keep up with the trend. there will be much more information on international about major international events and some previews of their teachers so the ministry and with the speed of the leadership including the minister of course and the first place. well let's check now on some other international headlines. at least ten people reported killed and eight wounded in a suicide and gun attack on a hotel in the afghan capital kabul reports say militants wearing civilian clothes

burst into the intercontinental guests were having dinner at least one militant himself and several others took positions on the roof of the shootout with police a four hour standoff was ended by an airstrike from a nato helicopter the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. this is a fresh arrest in cairo where at least fifty protesters have been injured in clashes with police dozens were also injured on tuesday as hundreds of protesters took to be human history and shift a two to three square at the center of the revolution. the testers are angry about the slow process of prosecuting security officers accused of in the deaths of eight hundred people really uprights tell them about. cuban state television has aired footage and photos of venezuela and president chavez with their trust trip to underwent surgery on the island two weeks ago and appeared on t.v. since rumors that the staunchly anti washington leader was in

a critical condition or had cancer report on future t.v. didn't say when charges might return to venezuela. but i just ahead on our tour the last month's violent dispersed the protests in georgia and our exclusive interview with the opposition leader in the bush announce that she's been in the very heart of the unrest and gives the first time the count of the severe crackdown is a taste of what's to come in about twenty minutes. international communities they know are real face of that country quite well of course the diplomacy means that they will never say it in public that countries play. lots of nearly thirty year. low beast and p.r. companies. but nevertheless if this is quite a lot was said to. him by many. was the way to stop us from spanking was something that surprised by everything going to every planet

a lie for a short time till everyone but your can't lie for ever tell everybody. their lies are often blighted by a troubled childhood the russian orphans are finding that their problems are often extended into other it to mean they're entitled to free housing from the government or as they care but as peter all of the reports of any of them aren't getting the support they need down dark and dilapidated this plant looks more like a prime candidate for demolition than a family home bird's twenty two year old mother of two lena has been told by social services that she's stuck here. perhaps they haven't seen this place inside they keep telling us true parents somehow leave here they showed me a paper on how to build a house i told them that i had no phones i have no job i have to take care of kids

and they ended up renting the place they said it's not top problem lino grew up in an orphanage in the city of under russian law she should have received state housing once she left the institution this flat was given to lena's mother by the state and despite having no money she's been told. but this is generation absolutely desperate they didn't give me work because i don't have a profession for them i don't exist perhaps hanging myself would be the best thing to do. without even the most basic of a mean ities there's no way that lena family can leave here however here is exactly where the thirties of told her that she should bring up children lena's case isn't unusual those who work with oftens in russia say that it's when they leave the care homes that they need the most help the problem is orphans our kids are of smaller

you know when they're little and everybody loves to help them and they're small but presents that santa clause and whereas in actual fact they've got a bigger enemy but they get bigger and that's really where we need to be standing beside them housing is one of those big in need for all things leading care it's also in short supply and jordan and we made certain calculations for one region and found out that if a child is number ten thousand in the queue for housing it would take them some three and a half thousand years to actually get a flat how can they live like this they're not pharaohs you know we can't bring them back from the dead and give them an apartment what you're currently only administrative penalties can be imposed on anyone standing in the way of those leaving care getting housing alexander gears a loaf form often himself as a campaigner for orphans rights he wants to see the courts more involved he was at the human side and we need to change the law in a way to make sure that someone can be held responsible in court in this case the

orphanage this will make sure that there is no way a graduating orphan would have to go and live in a rundown home and a change in the law might help people in the future but lena needs to find a solution right now. i missed them the mother said given hames to raise the children why can't i have that easy because i didn't know the answer because i'm not allowed to live because it's hidden from me to family some people are trying to help me but to feel their efforts have been in vain. to reach. better roosts has vowed to repay its debts for russia's electricity and missed its payments due overnight and moscow has now cut off supplies the country. is suffering one of its worst economic crises with prices rising and the currency plummeting lottie's thomas has more details on this show what lies behind

all of this just how bad things about to receive it struggling to pay its bills will carry it certainly is an interesting situation inside the country just to give you an idea of the economic minister nicholai actually made some very disparaging comments earlier today in a press conference and meant he said that he is sorry that he did not shoot himself and that he feels personally responsible for the economic situation in belarus at this moment in time now those could have been off the cuff dark humor type of comment but still if someone of that elevated status inside the country is saying such comments it does give you an indication as to what's happening on the ground let me paint a little bit of a picture of that for you people are lining up to try and get their hands on u.s. dollars or russian rubles because the ruble inside dollars has devalued to such a great extent that people are trying to buy basic commodities like salt t.v. sets food things that they can use for a trade and barter system things that they can use that to devalue that they can

trade among themselves that will work better than the currency itself also the energy prices are so high gasoline is so price pricey inside the country the taxi drivers are saying that it costs them more to pay for gas and then the fares that are coming in so basically. they're doing a public service job as opposed to a job that will earn them any sort of income on that now one of the speculations about this is that there were elections in december of course got a credible percentage of book the vote to the point where people around the world criticize those elections and say that they were rigged but just before that election in october one of the things that the leadership did to possibly buy the vote of the people is to raise the wages of the everyone in the country to fall that means everybody was making a twice as much as they were there is speculation that this move is being exactly what was what devalued the ruble inside the country causing the current economic

situation so right now people living in belarus they don't have a lot of money in fact the money that they do have isn't really worth anything so they're trying to go to a trade and barter system at this moment time just to make ends meet. ok sean thomas live from moscow thank you. and i will have more on the recent electricity. and upcoming business bulletin in a few minutes. well welcome to business here in our top story today russia's electricity expert monopoly into russia has pulled the plug on that supplies to belarus that's after

many failed to pay bills on time and missed an extended deadline the outstanding debt amounts to around fifteen million dollars well who says it's the economic crisis in the country that sparked the problems with payment rushes into real says supplies will resume once the money is paid out a tenth of the supply comes from russia. russia has given the nod to imports of vegetables from the netherlands and belgium the two countries make up a considerable share of russia's vegetable imports such products account for about a third of the two and a half billion euros russia spends on european vegetables but a ban on imports from poland denmark and other members is still under review moscow imposed embargo in early june after a deadly outbreak in germany. the nuclear disaster in japan has shattered confidence in what was one of the most promising forms of alternative energy italy has decided not to so we started a program called germany and switzerland have decided to stop using the term however the former head of the international atomic energy agency wants the world

can't afford to follow their example. right now there's twenty nine countries at it lying on your side energy and the impact of north carolina going nuclear and you have huge energy deficits increase in prices over gas and oil revenue a bill is not yet out on the corner energy for gas will increase forty percent by twenty thirty years so we are between that all come out of the race you know we have to understand that it was ever new technology that is it is what we have to maximize the benefit and minimize that is what we need to do it all the way we are working out of the nuclear energy is just try to focus on safety. let's take a look at the markets now oil is moving between small gains and losses with investors taking appalls out to pushing all the shop gains on tuesday night sweetest trading ninety three dollars a barrel and granted around one hundred nine dollars about. now most asian markets trading higher and you can sneak you finish the day want to have percent and the

black south korea's cost be climbed on point six percent but hong kong's hang seng country trading in the red resource sector is off on an overnight boost to commodity prices stocks and energy sector rose across the region after crude oil prices jumped overnight in new york chairs to tepco climbed two point two percent after the company's shareholders on tuesday rejected a motion to abandon nuclear power. now let's cross over to europe where markets open higher as investors await a key vote in the greek parliament on additional sturdy measures to later incest you case footsie about six point eight percent germany's dax is up zero point nine percent here in russia markets started wednesday's trading session in the black the out tests at a point nine percent and the wise it is up over a percent this hour now let's have a look at some individuals have moved my six energy majors among the main gainers as oil rebounded from a four month slow frost nafta is up around one point four percent in the mining

sector. the company has almost quadrupled its net profit in the first quarter of the year we three hundred nine million dollars that's above precious expectations previous expectations now banking stocks are also advancing would be to be up over one percent. i mean prices have fallen around ten percent since may the metal is currently trading at around twenty five hundred dollars per ton and that is laughs all of y'all from outlines the main factors that have been affecting the price. on the one pound we see the strong physical democracy and the china and other groups contras continue developing but the government in china trying to slow down this process at the same time the u.s. government trying to witness hold on the process of confidence is doing and you see the situation in europe from fortune for smokes and going well all of that difference in some of them up give us the

a lot of optimism of the should rise quickly in the long term different the old promote surprises and put them in a particular different positions rising should be stable but the medium term i could predict at that level should be stable as it is now. that's our update for this hour other back with more and less than one hour from now thanks for watching .