back here with r g here's a look at the top stories eight european banks have failed stress test on whether they could cope with another credit crunch italy meanwhile has approved a tough a spirity budget aimed at averting a full scale financial crisis the countries of europe zones third largest economy what some consider too big to bail out. for america loses lieutenant's on both sides of the atlantic as the screws tied on a media empire building telling sleaze and targeting victims is long serving

a ride man in america is resigning following friday's departure of the embattled back of groups at the used force u.k. arm murdoch's problem faces a probe for allegedly hacking the phones of nine eleven victims. and the biggest bank balance of power shifts as if u.s. joins dozens of its allies and recognizing a rebel sortie as a legitimate governing body it also gives them access to billions of dollars of gadhafi assets frozen by america but skeptics say it's a desperate effort against libyan leader nato airstrikes failed to make significant progress. even governments went back spending to tackle a dad that refuses to budge europeans themselves are less convinced it should suffer as services wages and jobs are pared back years from a union leader who says the public won't stand for bailing out others mistakes.

today i'm talking to mark so what he's one of the brains behind the thirtieth of june nationwide strikes in the u.k. he's head of the public and commercial services union he's three hundred thousand members are walking out the proposed reforms to the pension scheme mr walker thanks for talking to r.t. today now this is possible why do plan to cut public spending in this country just how drastic are these cuts going to be gives an impression of what they might mean for the cuts of the big that most people will have seen in their lifetime they are projected to mean half a million jobs lost in the public sector six hundred thousand jobs in the private sector as a direct result we're seeing changes in the delivery of welfare cuts in funding of education for for young people and also a tax on people's pensions in addition to that in many of the communities up and down the country will see libraries close cuts in social care services everything

that people have taken for granted over years is ultimately. you seem to see these cuts in terms of right and wrong almost a moral position but isn't there some line that has to be respected for example they didn't reform and see if it looks like they might be able to afford teachers or nurses. in greece this is the fifth largest economy in the world and if you look at historically the british economy for fifty consecutive years from one thousand nine hundred on words our debt as a proportion of our g.d.p. was double what it is now then we built the millions of houses schools hospitals well first recognizing actually economically these cuts will make it worse far better to cut the deficit by employing people who pay tax and insurance rather than throw them on to wealth where actually they depress the economy and we think my friends worse you've said that the government cuts just attack working people. but how do you think that strikes. the ruling class is what having three quarters of

a million people from four different unions on strike is something in this country for decades it's a start to finish masters to the government is we'll come back in the autumn and we may well see millions of people on strike so the idea is to build pressure so the government realise that working people the length and breadth of the u.k. i'm not just going to let them get away with what they're doing and we believe that pressure ultimately can force them to change direction the government's bill for pensions at the moment is around thirty billion pounds which does seem excessive a lot of money how do you suggest that they would use it. i don't think they should reduce it i'm quite clear that retirement of dignity and old age where you don't have to struggle to make ends meet should be what we aspire for in the fifth richest country in the world and so my view is public sector pensions and or pension provision is important and instead of a risk to the bottom where we see the worst pension provision in the private sector

becoming the model i'd like to see a rise in the pension provision and saying it's a priority for people to have a decent retirement and i could be done in many ways cutting the renewal of trident for example would save us enough money to pay for those pensions for three or four years the tax gap where the richest people in britain avoid paying over one hundred billion a year we actually mean these pensions look fairly cheap in comparison and you mentioned the private sector and private sector workers say that actually the public sector has a very good deal when it comes to a lot better than a lot of private sector provision do you think there's really public support for what you're doing poorly opinion polls seem to tell us already a majority of people actually believe the public sector pensions are important to arrive at the right level of should even be higher that's incredible when you think of the propaganda we've had over the last two years from politicians in the media telling everybody the public sector pensions are the cause of people's problems my message to prime. sector workers because they are being exploited by their shareholders and by the company chiefs not by public sector workers pensions and we

should have a campaign that seeks to drive or pension levels up not to cut down to the worst possible light what would you accept in terms of pension reform well i personally believe that it is not acceptable to make anyone to pay a penny more for their pension when the valuation of public sector pension schemes say they cost in the last because that's not about pensions it's about raising taxes to solve the deficit i don't believe people should be forced to work longer i don't believe people should have the levers of their pension slashed so where we are in the talks at the moment unless the government fundamentally accepts they have to talk about those things then i believe the industrial action is going to take place you have said in fact that the government doesn't look like it's prepared to negotiate so what's the point of striking. when the point is to change their mind and saying you won't negotiate just when they're having a chat with a few people in a room is one thing so you want to go see it when there could be millions of people taking strike action is entirely another and we actually believe that the six

million trade unionists plus the thousands and thousands or hundreds of thousands of pensioners and students all becoming a joint campaign is going to be prolifically very powerful already seen in a march of one hundred or five hundred thousand people three months ago transform the political mood in this country really from march can be however it is a work of strikes actually how exactly do you think that march change the political needs is transformed with on the front page of the newspapers it was on every t.v. station it gave people a confidence that however small the community and i have a small they seemed for example keeping alive they understood they were part of a much much wider problem and i think that's given us confidence to move from a march to now for unions balloting members or members voting overwhelmingly for a strike so it's clearly transforming not. people's confidence but the opinion polls clearly are shifting whereas

a majority before strikes now in the most recent polls a majority says they are sympathetic to the crisis that we're seeing a. reckless financial services sector do you think there is political will to create a more responsible banking community. where i would always question whether the exists when the carbon twenty three multimillionaires and when they have members themselves who have benefited in the past by playing fast and loose with paying their taxes although you go clearly not moral therefore i don't actually believe there is a political will of this government to actually ensure that the rich should pay for the problems that the rich coursed but the banking sector should pay for the problems the banking sector cost and as we're doing this interview members on fifteen thousand pounds a year struggling to make ends meet they don't have holidays facing having their pensions slashed when they see bankers who are already millionaires trousering millions more in bonuses that's going to be fundamentally unfair since the crisis.

has entered into a new war in a foreign country and recently. just said that he needed more money to sustain. and also enough got it started keeping a moral vacuum in westminster that causes these kinds of things to happen that the government would cut spending and to enjoy another war. but i think there isn't any politico consistency quite clearly we have been told there were. everything that we hold dear has to be slashed and yet we can still talk about renewing trident i'm fighting wars overseas irrespective of the cost my own view is that the war in afghanistan and the current war in libya wrong they misjudged what people claim they are about and we should actually find a way out of those pretty quickly and not make the situation in those countries worse as well as the same time to chronicle resources. could go into schools and hospitals and finally you opposite number at unison the country's biggest union is

stressing this wave of industrial action that carries on zip into the or are you prepared to join us if we want more and more people to be involved not because we want to be on strike or because we want the government to step up and take notice so i very much welcome the comments unfair practices you know send them along to work very closely with him and all the other trade unions in britain to ensure that when working people are making a protest the protest is hard hitting as possible because it's designed to get the government to change their minds not so welcome thank you very much like you. were at the end of the boer war and going the way of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons basically it keeps the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake special it sounds the nuclear weapons on hair trigger

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hundred forty five goals. a european banks of bail stressed asked on whether they could cope with another credit crunch italy meanwhile has approved a tough budget aimed to add a full scale financial crisis in the country is the euro zone's third largest economy which some consider too big to bail out. rupert murdoch loses lieutenants on both sides of the atlantic as a media empire built on peddling sleaze and targeting victims his long serving right hand man in america is resigning following friday's apart european battle for back a group. faces

a probe for allegedly hacking the phones of nine eleven victims. and levy has banned balance of power shifts as the u.s. joins dozens of its allies in recognizing rebels already as a legitimate government body it also gives them access to billions of dollars of gadhafi assets frozen by america but skeptics say it's a desperate effort against leave your ass nato airstrikes failed to make significant progress. and some headlines here in our d.n.a. andrew's axwell latest board sceptic. hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up holding off the park darren clarke and lucas blubber lead the open championship by single shot at the halfway stage. plus viking victory norway stall who shot when stage thirteen of the tour de france

a local hero to most but he's on to the lead his yellow jersey. and cancer battle russian tennis star lisa kleybanova reveals she's fighting the disease on a twenty second birthday. but first aaron clarke shares the lead with lukas clever at the halfway stage of the open championship the norden firing a second straight two under par round of sixty eight a time with the american although the world number one luke donald and number two lead westwood have both missed the part american glover was aiming to build on his only round of sixty six and could have ended the day as the right leader if you'd sung this eagle but he carded to seventy to leave him at four under par and joining him at the top of the leaderboard is clarke the northern irishman had an eagle and five birdies until this one post another sixty eight there off. a shot back including marking time as seen here in his study round of sixty nine translated from the field along with chad campbell also tried in second place and

so you think it's funny angle him in at the sun this long and part at the six before finishing on three on the. well i'm at a time lewis around the headlines men who lead on me i am although he slid down the field he still only three shots. and in contention. did well yesterday that's for the shot of the day five time open champion trouble and lay down. marca the holy one of the six sixty one year old said he didn't see it fall into the cup from the table but could tell from the crowds chair is vice scholz back at the headline belong to a club i. keep great distribution made a. pretty good but

long way to go so we got to work and you know. controlled conditions. could be any anything can happen i'm going to go to. work when the weather now i memorable rides the world road race champion tall who shall claim his first stage win it this year's tour de france it was the second day in the pyrenees yesterday in a norwegian decided to attack during this hundred fifty kilometer route from lord's but as they went up the first time of the day he was passed by jeremy and try to open up a big lead on the cold up the scale he was the first man to get to the top of the mountain and had nearly a three minute lead but who shot david long county hadn't given up hope and despite encouragement from prods team bosses here. caught up with the french for me with a round so you can go before. one point he also passed by literally teased by the end but he does get the pulse of the jersey mark cavendish still holds the spring to strange easy thomas for play good enough to keep the yellow jersey

whether he will keep that today though is doubtful the five big mountains to climb stage yesterday but the shop. now some sad news russian tennis player has revealed she has cancer the world number twenty eight choosing to make the announcement on the twenty second birthday she has not played a match since may i missed the french open and wimbledon in a message on the website kleybanova said she's being treated for hodgkin's lymphoma i was hopeful. you may have a chance to return to playing tennis if the treatment is success over the next few months. wish you well and a full recovery meanwhile the former men's number one cause for there though has reached the semifinals of the mercedes cup in stuttgart that arrow has slipped to eighty five in the world rankings since his two thousand and three french open triumph but thirty one year old is in his first semifinal this season after beating fellow spaniard marcel going to roads leading just to set just one and

a half to complete the when he play argent i qualified but of eco tell bonus next. post well god who bought is also in the semi's grinding out a three set victory over the twenty three c. colombian santiago good elbow place planes have blow for a place in the final. i . follow and you are making the last four cup with an easy win himself beating germany cedric marcel stead sixty six one in just over an hour or the remaining players fans in their chances after the top eight seats failed to make even the quarter finals. football now until time for the russian champions that have been cause than have been drawn against ukraine runners up in army for the third qualifying round of the champions league which is

a double header and the first match is g. later this month the draw was announced that you wait for headquarters in geneva bidding against each other the two top clubs from the former soviet union for the second time in three years the routine and in are also met twice in the group stages in two thousand and nine the ukrainian outfit won the home tie three one holding mental goldrush strong is than either of the two sides progress they losing out to greet with his barcelona and eventual champions into milan. the last stage of the still. why a rally from moscow to sochi has been cancelled because of heavy rain meaning russia is but as could be it off wins the truck section and poland's clifftop hall of chits tops the car category came third during the four hundred twenty five kilometer read yesterday from old to michael and that was enough to keep him on top of the standings by a minute and fourteen seconds from the hands of barca get off he came twelve during the stage which was won by the way the russian that they are about was still enough

or could be out of to keep the overall lead and to be crying champion the competitors will go to help the sort you know molests though using main roads this time for the fisher price given. now it just two years to go before russia's first summer university games the ancient city of his than has landed another major coup and also staged the world championships in twenty fifteen the capital of it are designed republic built of competition from hundreds home. however the mexican city will take up the baton from khazan two years later it will be his addition is all set to kick off in shanghai and saturday it certainly is no real sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and double ice hockey champions act bars providing domestic glory for the region because that is also getting to be one of the who spend years during russia's twenty eight team football world cup. any road be found knows new zealand are the team who play in black and their prime minister has branded england one of these after they've revealed they too will wear

black for at least one of their games at the upcoming world cup england a block away strip for their clash with argentina on september tenth and it has raised some eyebrows after all the kiwi seen here have made black their color since eight hundred seventy four the english rugby union say they can still go with their new zealand counterparts before making the decision the all blacks and still say they're not so you bothered but new zealand prime minister isn't too happy. i think it's a bunch of one of these actually it's only one thing that we will broaden it's the . surprise that maybe it's just the good news is they probably are going to play ball gigs was with the home side but here because that to what degree and how much further would you go to make your dreams come true well for one man that seemed to be no limits at all as world champion kayaker some certain has taken this city extreme and explored the remote parts of the globe including siberia risking his life on the deadliest rivers we could actually as the story.

all is calm and quiet it's it looks like paradise on earth but seas like these are rather an exception for life was a kayaker grueling rapids and plunge waterfalls are what these adrenaline junkies are after and the best of them all the young and very new zealander sam sutton has been looking for the ultimate challenge the twenty two he's the reigning extreme kayaking bowl champion and he sets out on a global johnny to find the toughest waterway the reason the so-called river gods the world renowned biographer could spell certain death for so sense quest began in siberia russia were just faced with huge amounts of water you're looking down these rivers and you face the wall of water you can't even see where you're going you can't see any of your teammates because you're down in the hollow and it's just like pedaling against god's hand you know it's just out there trying to take it down to the disco to be strong and get through it and not want to settle for

anything in between salmon coach was arguably the most modern river in russia called the bus cars filled with obstacles it has a dark history of claiming people's lives but luckily for sam jones on the bus callous meant only a life changing experience a critical moment for the whole expression you're looking down at the river all of these emotions come up from within and you're just thinking about friends that you'd lost in the river and what's really important to you in life you know it at that stage you just see life clarity with all the treacherous terms negotiated in the old him out and since moved on to iceland geysers are the first thing that we put into mines but after these three waterfall should be the other one some of them higher than an eight story building so freefall off them and heating the water again is not dissimilar to car crash and survive in is what gives these man this softer thrills what survives coming through in your brains receive and all those

emotions that you just conquered that goal come through it's. just you know the risk differently was smaller than the reward just so you could write a basic worthwhile if that wasn't an obscene ventured further into the mexican jungle and it is there that the new zealander found his river gods the shocking blue waters of the ark was sued provided the cascades of his dreams some even discovered a waterfall that had never been carved from before and should be happy at least for now but more defined adventures are sure to come and build a show for our team. amazing stuff that is the finance more of it later. hungry for the full story we've got it for us the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the party.

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