didn't seen it looks like they might be able to afford. the u.k. economy is 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 millions of houses schools hospitals welfare 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 onto wealth where actually they depress the economy and we think the things worse you've said that the government cuts just attack working people but how do you think the strikes you're proposing affects the. ruling class is what having three quarters of a million people from four different unions on strike is something that hasn't happened in this country for decades it's the start not the finish to the

government is will 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 realize that working people the length and breadth of the u.k. are not just going to let them get away with what they're doing and we believe that pressure forced 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 you say. i don't think they should reduce 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 first richest country in the world and so my view is public sector pensions and all 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 raw using the pension provision and saying it's a priority for people to have a decent retirement could be done in many ways cutting the renewal of trident for.

sample 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 would actually mean these pensions look fairly cheap in comparison and you mentioned the private sector and private sector workers say that see the public sector has a very good deal when it comes to pensions a lot better than a lot of private sector provision do you think there's really public support for what you are doing well the opinion polls seem to tell us already a majority of people actually believe the public sector pensions are important arriving at the right level 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 problem my master's to private sector workers because they're 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 all pension levels up not down to the worst. what would you accept in terms of pension reform what 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're costing less 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 and i don't believe people should have the levers of their pensions slashed so where we are in the talks at the moment unless the government fundamentally except 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 saying you won't negotiate when there could be millions of people taking strike action is entirely another 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. it's going to be prolifically very powerful we've already seen

a march of one hundred five hundred thousand people three months ago transformed the political mood in this country from march can be. strikes actually how exactly do you think that change the political me is transformed in that it was 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 see for example. they understood they were part of a much much wider problem and i think that's given us confidence to move from amman . to now for unions balloting members and members voting overwhelmingly for a strike so it's clearly transforming not just people's confidence but the opinion polls clearly are shifting whereas a majority before said they oppose strikes now in the most recent polls a majority says they are sympathetic to the crisis that we're seeing in the main it was called. reckless financial services sector do you think there is political will

now to create a more responsible banking community. or i would always question whether the exists when the. twenty three multimillionaires in that 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 morrow therefore i don't actually believe there is a political will of this government to actually ensure that the rich should pay for the problem is that the rich coursed that 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 million as trousering millions more in bonuses that's got to be fundamentally unfair since the crisis began. into a new war in a foreign country recently that. said he needed more money to sustain.

do you think there is a moral vacuum in westminster that causes these kinds of things to happen that the government would cut spending and to enjoy another war while i think there isn't any politico consistency quite clearly we have been told that. everything that we hold dear has to be slashed and yet we can still talk about renewing trident and fighting wars overseas irrespective of the cost my own view is that the war in afghanistan and the current war in libya are all wrong they misjudged what people claim they are about and we should actually find a way out of those pretty quickly not make the situation in those countries worse as well as the same time take valuable resources that could go into schools and hospitals and finally you opposite number. the country's biggest union is stressing this wave of industrial action. are you prepared to join us we want more and more people to be involved because we want to be on strike because we want the government to sit up and take notice so i very much welcome the comments of. how we

want 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 this possible because it's designed to get the government to change their minds thank you very much. for war and going the way of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake especially. weapons on hair trigger a lot. of it and use it as a threat as an extra bit but you know if you keep spinning a trillion dollars a. weapons of benchley you're going to blow everybody up you

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eight european banks have failed stress test on whether they could cope with another credit crunch italy meanwhile has approved a tough budget aimed at full scale financial crisis and 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 the screws on a media empire built on peddling sleaze and targeting victims his long serving right hand man in america is resigning following friday's departure of the embattled rebecca brooks. faces a probe for allegedly hacking the phones of nine eleven victims. and leaving his bank balance of power shifts as the u.s. joins dozens of its allies in recognizing rebels already as the 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 nato airstrikes fail to make significant progress. so they have lines here in our c.n.n. andrews next to the latest ford sceptic. hello there thanks for watching the sport on this what is coming up holding off the pack darren clarke and lucas glover lead the open championship by single shot at the halfway stage. plus viking victory norway store who shot when stage thirteen of the tour de france a local hero almost hangs on to the lead his yellow jersey. and cancer battle russian tennis star lisa kleybanova reveals she's fighting the disease on her twenty second birthday. but first darren clarke shares the lead with lukas

clever at the halfway stage of the open championship the northern irishman following 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 believe west would have both missed the cut american glover was aiming to build on his opening round of sixty six and could have ended the day as the right lead if it sunk this eagle but he carded is seventy thirty from a four under par and joining him at the top of the leaderboard is clark the northern irishman hit an eagle and five birdies into this one post another sixty eight so there are four plays a shot back including martin carr missing here he hit a steady round of sixty nine friendly to talk of the all along with chad but also tied in second place and so too with angle him in it. this long and in part the six before finishing on three. what i meant to

lewis grab the headlines when who would lead only a day and although he slid down the field he still only three shots off. and in contention. did well yesterday but as for the shot of the day five time open champion todd watson laid down. the marker with 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 vive shows back of the headlines belong to a club i. write the stuff dreams are made of but. pretty good but i'm going to go with look for work after we got to work and then i got thirty six holes in contrast conditions. could be any prove anything can happen i'm going to get to. work when the weather and now i memorable ride so world road

race champion toll who shove claimed his first stage win it this year's tour de france it was the second day in the pyrenees yesterday in the norwegian decided to attack during this hundred fifty two kilometer route from lord's but as they went up the first time of the day he was passed by jeremy tried to open up a big lead on the called up the sky he was the first man to get to the top of the mountain and had nearly a three minute lead but who shot david monk county hadn't given up hope and despite encouragement from prior bosses here. caught up with the frenchman with a round to kilometers to go before. one point he also passed by literally teased by the un but he does get the polka dot jersey mark cavendish to host the sprint is green jersey or thomas for play good enough to keep the yellow jersey whether he will keep that today though it's doubtful the five big mountains to climb what it states yesterday. 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 the french open and wimbledon in a message on the website said she's being treated for hodgkin's lymphoma but was hopeful. you may have a chance to return to playing tennis if the treatment is success over the next few months. we wish you well and a full recovery meanwhile the former men's number one one college fair though has reached the semifinals of the mercedes cup in stuttgart farrow 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 of the season after beating fellow spaniard marcel going over those needing just two sets and just done one and a hard to complete the win and he they are just trying to follow that of eco well born this next. post wildcard new car school board is also in the semi's

grinding at a three set victory over the twenty three seed colombian santiago good elbow place spain's pablo for a place in the final. i will follow and you are making the last four of them say cup with an easy win himself beating germany cedric marcel stead six two six one in just over an hour or the remaining players fans in their chances after the top a ceasefire to make even the quarterfinals. football now and two time former russian champions that have been khazan have been drawn against ukrainian runners up in army kiev for the third qualifying round of the champions league which is a double header and the first match is june later this month the draw was announced at u.a. for headquarters in geneva pitting against each other the two top clubs from the former soviet union for the second time in three years through benin dinar also met

twice in the group stages in two thousand and nine the ukrainian outfit won the home toy three one while holding kabamba daves men to a gold a strong cause than either of the two sides progress they losing out to greet with his barcelona and eventual champions into milan. but our stage of the still. a rally from moscow to sort she has been canceled because of heavy rain meaning rushes but ask a bit of winter the truck section and poland's clifftop haul of chits tops the car category cain third during the four hundred twenty five kilometer read yesterday from stanford a pole to michael and that was enough to keep him on top of the standings by a minute and fourteen seconds from her hands the walk a bit of a came twelve during the stage which was won by thought a russian that they have but that was still enough a good bit off to keep the overall lead and to be crying champion the competitors will go to hell to sort you know molest they using main roads this time for the official prize giving. now with just two years to go before russia's first summer

university games the ancient city of cause them has landed another major coup and also stage the world aquatics championships in twenty fifty the capital of the tarzan republic beat of competition from hong kong and one of the larger however the mexican city will take up the baton from chris and two years later it will be his addition is all set to kick off in shanghai and saturday is and is now a real sporting stronghold with the likes of football side rubin and double ice hockey champions act bars providing domestic glory for the region because iran is also bidding to be one of the how you spend news during russia's twenty eighteen football world cup. now any rugby fan knows new zealand are the team who play in black and their prime minister has branded england wannabes after they've revealed they too will wear black for at least one of their games at the upcoming world cup england where a block away strip for their clash with argentina or september the tenth and it has raised some eyebrows after all the kiwis seen here have made black their color

since eight hundred seventy four the english rugby union say they did consult with their new zealand counterparts before making the decision the all blacks and selves they were not so you bothered but new zealand prime minister isn't too happy. i'm going. to want to be easy actually there's only one team that we split but broaden it's the. surprise that maybe. the good news is they care but we've looked when the play would legs was with the home side but here people just stick to to watch you know how much further would you go to make your dreams come true well for one man that seemed to be no limits a tall as world champion kayaker some certain has taken this to the extreme and explore the remotest parts of the globe including siberia risking his life on the deadliest rivers on because it has the story. all is calm and quiet it looks like paradise on earth but seems like these are rather an exception for whites want to. drool in rapids and plunge waterfalls these

adrenaline junkies are after and the best of them all the young and very new zealander 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 journey to find the toughest waterway the reason the so-called river god the world renowned niagara falls could spell certain death for so sense quest began in siberia russia were just faced with huge amounts of water and you're looking down these rivers in your face or 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 hair and you know it's just out there trying to take it down and you just got to be strong and get through it not to want to settle for anything in between sam and coach arguably the most modern river in russia called the bosh house filled with obstacles it has a dark history of claim in people's lives but luckily for sam going down the bash

talismans only a life changing experience a pinnacle moment for the whole expression you're looking down at the river and 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 and at that stage you just see life in pure clarity with all the treacherous turns negotiated in the. sand moved on to iceland geysers are the first thing that may pop into mind but after these three waterfalls should be the other one some of them higher than an eight story building so free falling off them and heating the water again is not dissimilar to a car crash and survive in is what gives these men this sort off to thrills minds come to in your brains reset and all those emotions that you've just conquered. all come through it's just worth it you know the risk it differently was smaller than the rewards and the ruble this just so great it may seem worthwhile if that wasn't

enough some ventured further into the mexican jungle and it is there that the new zealander found his river god the shocking blue waters of the ark was to provide in the cascades of his dreams semi even discovered a waterfall that had never been carved on before and should be happy at least for now but more defined adventures are sure to come. on t.v. . and by using stuff that is the sport fanatic more a bit later. 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.

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said the colonel was hoto as used to retreat. a groupie of banks fail stress task for not being water tight enough to withstand another financial hammering while in the us time's running out in dealing with the swelling debt. rupert murdoch loses lieutenants on both sides of the atlantic as the screws tied nine media empire building peddling sleaze and targeting victims. and libya's bank balance of power shifts as the west joins others in recognizing rebels already and allows them access to good obvious cash. is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r.t.m. arena joshua welcome to the program eight out of ninety european banks a failed stress task on whether they could withstand another financial crisis nine

were in italy which it hopes might help the country fand off spiraling debt costs along with the seventy billion euro cuts which parliament passed on friday but as r.t. sara first reports there's only so much that can be done before the people take power into their own hands. as the clouds gather. in the greek bad luck battle continues dark times could now lie ahead. what everybody here. is afraid for the future if you are saying countries like italy looking on increasingly unstable ground can the euro write out this financial storm this is really something quite frightening if indeed italy really goes into big trouble on the financial markets this is certainly a totally new face of this euro crisis new dimension theory fairy tale was

all too appealing countries trip save themselves for a bite of the g.c. apple but now many are left regretting taking the bait with that amount. not bad i mean the product. of this hallowed. high after more than a decade of growth businesses like badasses have been hit hard was the center shopping street in athens is still bustling the problems with the economy means that many businesses here in greece has simply gone and joining the euro in many european prices but for many of the members we were kind of nice it didn't mean european wages with one botched bailout after another year of skeptics who wanted danger from the start may have become the unlikely heroes of this tale just who the hell do you think you people are you are very very dangerous people indeed europe.