ratings high by violating and exploiting the vulnerable they hacked the private voice mails of families of dead soldiers and of murdered children assigned flee we've seen criminality and invasion of privacy on a staggering industrial scale not even the rich and powerful could escape then chancellor gordon brown's baby was splashed over the front page of the sun his illness a sick headline royal family phones were hacked the scandal even goes right to the heart of the police force senior police officers were bribed by journalists for tipoffs on sensitive investigations private lives were made public now we've got. to be some hacking into gordon brown's private life you have to you have to stop what else is in and of course it's the heart of it it's not just. the use of what we call blankets these are people to information what should be private

sources like medical records tax records it's taken thirty years for the worst fears about the british press to come true but come true they have murdoch may own successful newspapers in an ailing market but their papers which have lost their greatest asset the public's trust the u.k. has more c.c.t.v. cameras per person than anywhere else in the world i've counted eight just in this small car park so britain's always know big brother is watching but the question now is what's big brother watching for and more importantly who's trying to bribe him lower and it r.t. london. just what will this scandal mean for the global murdoch media empire. it looks like a proper police investigation for the first time in to this it could well mean that we see the rupert murdoch's empire in britain crumbling collapsing we spoke on the issue with the u.k. based investigative journalist tony gosling if you are check out our website our

team top com there you can get the full interview with. the eurozone debt crisis now focuses on italy where the senate has approved tough new austerity measures the package is set to receive final approval in the country's lower house on friday it comes amid concerns that italy the euro zone's third largest economy may become the next to ask for a helping hand it follows both are more trickle having their rating was downgraded to junk status if doing a serious he could have bailed out written euro bloc which struggle for profits weakest economies writer and editor patrick young says the response of the italian public to big budget cuts. so. there will be one significant difference between the people who take to the streets between greece and italy and that is that in greece at least thank goodness the taxi drivers don't go on strike where is nuclei expected almost everybody is going to end up on strike and it's going to be absolutely chaotic the only way they can slip this through is perhaps because we do

have this long lead in time until the cuts really start to make an impact in two thousand and thirteen but i think the problem is in the meantime a large amount of the sort of the leftist opposition in italy for see the fact that silvio berlusconi due to many of the reasons most of which are outside of the direct school reason are well i mean he's a wounded animal at this point in time and in some ways i think that he's going to be finding it very difficult to hold his government together and this is really a crisis because i mean greece is only what two and a half percent of the entire eurozone economy something like but it will be it's a serious heavy hitter as everybody who's ever bought a design or italian brand or an italian car or another italian engineering knows and it's ultimately. to be hugely difficult this is a fundamental debt crisis across the whole euro zone and in fact what's incredible is we haven't a talian my real draggy who's going to be the next head of the european central bank he's coming into office at the moment and he himself notes the sold them seat

of sovereign states is no longer to be taken for granted in other words at this point in time any possible shock could take place the difficulty is but all of the large economies along side most of the small ones have all the road too much money there are big problems in western europe the havens to be in are definitely to the east everyone martin fortunately expect further surprises because the epidemic the contagion seems to be spreading and we have new political leadership seeming to do with the. same credit rating agency that sparked fresh panic in the e.u. now threatens to review america's aaa credit score for a downgrade that's the first time in over ten years it says that there's a risk the u.s. could fail to resolve the deadlock in its budget negotiations and even if the package is approved it's unlikely to offer a solution to america's debt well that's according to investor and co-founder of the quantum fund jim rogers you know understates already has been downgraded in the world markets every hour not the only person who knows that the united states is

the largest debtor nation in the history of the world look at the value of the u.s. dollar is down fairly significantly over the past few years they have to increase the debt ceiling for the moment there's no question about that their choice though for the future is they've got to take an axe you know they've got to take a chainsaw to government spending and do something about it they're not going to do that though they might announce they're going to do it for this to get the budget ceiling passed put aside going to have any effect everybody sees that washington is not going to solve this problem and more and more people are looking for something to replace the u.s. dollars. and as the plague sweeping the e.u. spreads to italy to use max cards and the stakes you have discussed with other countries the gold reserves might make it an even bigger target that's in the cards report coming your way in about twenty five minutes time but for now a quick preview. italy's actual gold that the i.m.f. and the people who support the i.m.f.

the terrorists as i mentioned like eric cantor they are helping to facilitate the thieving of that twenty four hundred tons of gold because that is meaningful they need that gold because of course is the i.m.f. going to get the airport landing fees from naples or sicily. now. just not only ten minutes past the hour here in moscow you with arts here divers continue to retrieve bodies from the volga river the number confirmed dead after the pleasure cruise was sinking on sunday has now risen to one hundred thirteen meanwhile yet more details emerge of procedural violations that could have contributed to the tragedy the ball carrier is crew reportedly under state at the number of the passengers on board to obtain permission from river controllers to set sail they claim the number on board to be just twenty instead of two hundred bottom brings us the latest from the disaster site the first arrests have been made

and this is starting to move beyond just a disaster recovery operation for two people that have been arrested so far. she is the owner of the company that rented double daria for what would be its final voyage also yakov eva sure he is a state expert on shipping and some time before that voyage he said that the boat daria was fit to sail and so perhaps was negligent in that decision divers are still working in teams in our in our out on a platform out in the river over the sunken bowl gharyan it's now us to. maajid there are around a dozen bodies left to be recovered divers have explored most of the ship now there might be some places left where bodies could be but it is possible that some of those bodies may know may not be in the ship they may be in the water around the ship and in a worst case scenario current smale have carried some of the bodies up to two

hundred kilometers downstream there's also been revelations added to the case of the of the ball garia and was particularly concerning to ships just after the sinking but passed by and didn't pick a single person up there's been massive public fury over this and that has recently been perhaps somewhat tempered by the views of some experts saying that actually these two ships that arrived with people in the water and in the oil slick around them they weren't passenger ships they were barges and it would have actually been very difficult for them to pick people up and they may have actually hindered the third ship the arabella which came and did start to pick people up we earlier spoke to the captain in an exclusive interview the captain of the arabella saying what he found when his ship arrived at the scene of the disaster. it happened really fast of five to ten minutes after we heard the distress call and as

we approached it was hard to distinguish in the dark water people who were alive from the rubble that was floating around people were in panic when we rescued them in a state of shock with some suffering from other traumas they were all covered in oil fuel that was leaking from the sunken ship it was a terrifying picture i have to say. captain of the arabella also added his own views to those of those two other captains he was in the vicinity as they were and he gave his own views on the public fury and the experts saying well maybe it was they didn't do such an awful thing let's hear what he had to say about that. when we were approaching the position of the tragedy it was almost at the same time as a heavy cargo ship. i don't know why he didn't start maybe try to do that but the inertia of heavy cargo wouldn't let him but as we approached the site its presence could only hamper the risky work ration you know you asked him to proceed and not waste time so there's very mixed feelings now about the role of these two ships the rescue operation will shortly if they can recover the rest of these bodies be

moving into its next phase and that is for two ships specially equipped to try and raise the sun can both garia and then it will be known hopefully in a proper investigation can start as to why this ship sank sank so fast causing so much tragedy our reporting right there we've got more for you on our web site including footage of the recovery operation still underway in the volga river just log on to r.t. dot com for the first hand account. russia has less disagreement with the u.s. on the libyan crisis than with some european countries but the view of foreign minister . after talks with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. brings us more from our bureau in washington d.c. with regards to leave here both russia and the u.s. have the view that colonel gadhafi must step down and that the leaders should be able to choose their future leader it's the path towards those aims that moscow and washington disagree on the world russia criticizes the scope of the into the

foreign intervention in libya moscow sees the actions of the allied force forces there as a violation of the u.n. mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want for minister laugh it off was also asked about why russia is blocking a u. and they should have to condemn the syrian president assad he said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president all side of moscow sees it as sees it as the wrong attitude russia says it sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to build. that if they were main insistent in the situation keeps getting critical the west will come to help them the way it is happening in libya mr lavrov said it's unacceptable that the opposition resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and if actively turning them into a target for the police and security forces take a listen to deploy. diplomacy exists not to condemn and score political points

diplomacy exists to solve problems and naked condemnation without proposing any solution won't leaders to any breakthrough neither in syria nor in any other place there is a good example of how we are all dealing with the situation in yemen no one's tripos into condemning anyone or a doctor un security council resolution supporting one or another sign everyone is urging the two sides to see down and hold negotiations dance a responsible approach that we hope will prevail america's missile defense plans is one of the most irritating issues in the relations between the two countries president obama has scrapped the bush administration missile defense but they are going ahead with a new play for the lab rob said russians need for legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words in

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i. was. just. talking about you without a life from moscow where it's now where nearly twenty minutes past seven in the evening a wave of criticism is gathering momentum in israel over a new bill that outlaws the boycott of israel and jewish settlements on occupied palestinian territory opposition parties call the law in an attempt by

a weakened government to silence the people one peace movement has petitioned the supreme court against the bill meantime prime minister netanyahu faced a stormy session in the knesset on wednesday where he was himself forced to defend the middle some members even staging a protest walkout the legislation imposes fines on boycott organizers and allow settlers to sue them for compensation. from the boycott divestment and sanctions movement in ramallah says the bill will only make the pro palestinian action stronger. because right has never been a democracy and can never be a democracy so long as it's an apartheid state so long as it has tens of flaws discriminating between its jewish and none jewish citizens so long as it denies millions of palestinian refugees the right to return home and so long as it continues with its occupation of the west bank including his troops as well as gaza so a country committing such violations of international law of basic human rights cannot call itself

a democracy professor illan profit is free to his story and maybe if it had to to try. he said israel is ahead in full which is a democracy only for the master class not for everyone and if anything israel is going it's really pushing fast forward in digging the grave of its occupation and apartheid as long as palestinian rights are not respected by israel as long as the occupation continues apartheid continues then i look at refugee rights continues palestinians have no choice but to continue to resist to continue to struggle. and in a few minutes maureen is here with the business news but for now let's check out some other international headlines from around the world this hour victims of the three coordinated bombings in mumbai being laid to rest at least seventeen were killed and blasts struck three downtown locations during the evening rush hour police say the attacks were well prepared and the explosive devices were quite sophisticated investigators admit they've made it suspects but terror groups. a

suicide bomber has attacked a memorial service for the assassinated a half brother of afghan president hamid karzai four people were killed in the blast that rocked the mosque including a top cleric a day earlier two explosions shook the city of kandahar during the funeral ceremony for ahmed wali karzai that his brother was shot twice by his family friend and longtime head of security on tuesday. egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak has reportedly told interrogators that he didn't order the crackdown on protesters during february's across and that's after the country's ruling military council announced it will fire hundreds of police officers complicated in the killing of most of them strangers meanwhile protests carry on for the seventh day running in tahrir square the epicenter of the original uprising that ousted the former president. well the pentagon is reportedly preparing to launch a new strategy to defend itself from cyber attacks this comes as a media campaign warns against the threat of hacking by al qaeda in just about an

hour or so we're going to speak to the security software mogul. he says it's the so-called hacked that oppose the biggest threat. to the books where guys do for money is a less dangerous than others do just for fun or like protest and it's even more dangerous because they are getting more experienced more free to the they called the police is for jurists to employ these forces i am afraid that in the future of cyber terrorism. will. kidnap or force them. well that's not all the news for now we've got the latest from the world of business with marina that's coming your way next. hello and welcome to business here on araa t thank you for joining us now safe

haven assets such as gold are seemingly new demands over fears the u.s. could lose its top notch credit rating moody's investor service is threatening to downgrade the country due to political deadlock over raising the states that ceiling although still seen as unlikely by many analysts a downgrade could cause mayhem and the markets. many investment funds etc must only invest in aaa so therefore a lot of the would have to divest of their investments in u.s. treasuries and that would put a solid. pressure to the downside on the treasuries yields would go up become more expensive for the united states to borrow money from what is really a pretty pretty poor deficit situation at the moment so it would be quite grim and would harm the u.s. is a prospect for g.d.p. growth in the future but in the end the consequences of a default by the united states far too far even for these people to contemplate and

therefore i would probably suggest that they know will come to an agreement both sides will have to give way a little bit so they'll come to an agreement in the end. and let's take a look at the markets now and gold is shredding at a record high as investors look for a place to park cash silver is doing even better it's up three percent but it's still some way short of the record it's set a couple of months ago. wall street is seeing a mixed in the season after reports over three months low for jobless benefits applications conoco phillips is leading the gains among energy stocks after an announcement plans to spin off its refining unit on the losing side of the shares of hotel chain marriott international fell by four point eight percent after it said there is quarter earnings will be below expectations. and the european markets are about to close at the moment they are in the right bottom lowest banking group

as are known all over really percent bucking the trend in london and frankfurt metro a.g.n. point guards are down about three percent while carmakers b.m.w. the new and dime learned are strong. and sheer and rush hour markets close on the positive notes on bargain hunting and that's the spot concerns over debts in europe and the u.s. . though we didn't see big numbers there let's take a look at some individual movers on the my sags gas from last point three percent despite announcing the deal with r w e we have more on that in just a moment but sperm bank was a positive point seventy four percent and telecoms giant ross telecom has been found that for a bad start to the day and the session over a one percent overall the day straight could be described as nervous and then. the situation in europe was over in the earth's. stew of the

people we're going to happen to tell you they were the world people. in other countries new europe the euro zone the stress in the u.s. you have the situation where you know the. instance where you are sort of in the review which is also quite worrying. to roll through the strong. in. the basically. no opinion. problems for most of the slowing of the russian shares but lonely institutional funds. russia's biggest companies plug in into europe's power generating sector gas from and germany's are w e r to create a joint venture with plants across the continents earlier there are spiegel magazine reports that the russian gas monopoly could become a key stakeholder in r. w. e. and the best thing as much as fourteen billion dollars are w e needs cash as it

seeks to develop new sources of energy after the german government decided to abandon nuclear power. all about saw the business news for now and join us for an other update in about fifteen minutes in the meantime stating for the headlines for the fore.

wealthy british scientists i took some time to. find. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. with their end of the boer war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared from the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake especially of thousands of nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. but because of a difference to use it as

a threat all as an extra bit but you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of venture you're going to blow everybody up you've you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to no food or what. and so bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war and this. is the equivalent firepower of the world's nuclear arsenal today oh. india oh jeez availability in the movie the joint the hotel room. the gateway hotel the grand imperial trying to tell us the. new kind of let's go to socialism

see don't need to go and. read this and the colonel was her job as a retreat. a very warm welcome to you this is all too long from moscow a summary of our top stories fresh arrests over the u.k. phone hacking scandal rocked rupert murdoch's already shaken empire with the media mogul himself pressed into facing difficult questions meanwhile public fury over the case challenges the future of britain's newspaper industry. calls for the u.s. to cut spending and threats that the country's credit rating could be downgraded if will make his fail to raise america's debt ceiling as more e.u. states plunge deeper into economic crisis into becoming the latest country to possible start the measures. one hundred thirteen appointees have now been recovered from the water after sunday's

a pleasure cruise. continue efforts to find around twenty that are still there. and it's the cause report next. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. will. review the latest in science and technology from the realms or should. we go to the future or covered. kaiser this is the kaiser and for gold and a new eyes and euros and british pounds us dollars all across the world people want

to go all out o. the currency matrix thinks you have a tell me more well max the entire world's financial system is once again crumbling and part of the reason of course is the oligarchies that rule our world and have not faced justice for that because they are part of the all the kharkiv there's no differentiation between the heads of these banks and the heads of the government but also importantly the other important greedy and is propaganda and how propaganda confuses the populations in the west half of us social program re symbionts believe they have not used a government social program so this is from the united states and if you look at this chart of the top for demonstrating the most ignorance of being receptive audience of government welfare three out of four of them regard our referring to higher education that that is the five to.