you are very very dangerous people indeed your obsession with creating this your right state means that you're happy to destroy democracy you appear to be happy for millions and millions of people to be unemployed and to be poor untold millions must suffer so that your euro dream could continue if you rob people of their identity if you rob them of their democracy but all they are left with is nationalism and violence countries are now waking up to the reality of the nightmare that traps and. the euro is a political prison for for countries such as greece and spain and they need to be liberated from that prison recreate their own currencies have devaluation make their exports cheaper make it easier for tourists to visit their countries and they'll get back on their feet greece ireland portugal italy spain it dominates continue to topple the year and it seems there will be no happily ever after. i see athens. and i while fears of

a looming default is forcing e.u. governments to cut spending a british union leader says people refuse to suffer for something they're not responsible for later marcus' so what tells us how he thinks governments will be made to listen once hundreds of thousands strike back. the idea is to build pressure so the government realise the 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 to make me cum forced them to change direction 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 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 poetically very powerful.

and you can watch the full interview with a british trade union leader in just over an hour's time here on now on the other side of the atlantic president obama has warned the u.s. is quickly running out of time to deal with its own financial troubles congress must raise the current fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling once again while obama is urging the parties to ignore political differences and avert armageddon for more and what's awaiting the u.s. we can all talk to a professor of economics at the university of montreal thank you for joining us today in your article you you rightly point out that the u.s. is actually the country with the highest debt not greece why isn't washington washington then in line for a bailout i mean surely the i.m.f. could step in and offer some kind of help of course of the united states is not in the same position as other countries because their currency is i lost them. but i believe i believe we're still ahead can you can you hear me mr tremblay yes

but i don't see anything yeah i can hear you yeah ok would you mind carrying on carrying on with the question why isn't washington in line for a bailout then well because the united states is not in the same position as and they are a country this is the country you know was a parent sees you as internationally and therefore and they can afford to print more dollars than the euro can and the outer currency but they have debt level is very high from fourteen trillion dollars and their main problem in the u.s. is that there seems there's no one but nobody in charge in washington nobody is it is it is is captain in the ship and the president president obama is a lame duck president and he doesn't control the government and the republicans who control most of the congress especially the house of representatives are very

divided between the travel channel conservatives and the tea baggers who are really extremist and nearly i finally if i may just jump in for a moment forgive me for interrupting here but how can the u.s. repeatedly get away with raising the debt ceiling and why constructing yours and then was just just do the same. well because this is a stupid stick system that the united states as this has been in place since one thousand seventeen they raise the debt ceiling each year and they have done it four hundred and two times and under george w. bush they raised that eight times most countries don't run die governments that are way there when they the vote to project an expenditure then the they they finally unsetting it or by raising taxes or by having by borrowing by increasing the deficit but in the us congress people have to vote twice as they vote on the project and then they vote on the way to finance it they are going to tax those

sort through borrowing or as the prefer some prefer to be lowering arder explained so it's always a mess let's talk about the endgame here many republicans are unhappy with obama's plan to reduce the budget deficit and what will happen to both the u.s. and the world economy if the debt ceiling is not raised and the u.s. defaults. what it will raise that they will be raised because the president obama has a tradition of caving in to the demands of the republicans it did that he did it twice before so the republicans are. expecting that he will do the same he would take the fall of a few days or a few hours before the deadline of august the second so i don't i don't doubt for a minute that they would be. followed that could be a similar situation as that happened in one thousand nine hundred four when the representative getting rich chose the government for a few days social if you are nearly two weeks held very much to president clinton at that time to be re-elected in one thousand nine hundred six

that's what president obama is hoping now that the republicans will be so extremist than they in two thousand and twelve next year he may be re-elected while there is a there is a lot of a political infighting going back and forth a bit but tell us why the republicans so keen to oppose president obama and his democrats on display in the situation now too serious for these party political games and please on separate who are very low on time here because they are sixteen new members of the republican party in the house of representatives of representatives and these out tea baggers a member of the tea party and they are not really a red republicans they are really are not good so they don't want to add any tax increase for it whatsoever although they vote for warrants but what do they like to have wars but the the fine is the war is on credit but they don't want to raise taxes so that's the main reason that republicans out there biden mr boehner is the president of the republican. party and they have in the house it cannot control

this very small group but very important group of the tea baggers and that's the reason why that is there's a stay at stalemate. we didn't they republican party and within congress roderigo tremblay a professor of economics at the university of montreal thank you thank you very much. well you with all it's me it's good to have your company today and still ahead of you there's our love of labor how india is hard working ethic is the driving force behind the country's economic success leaving western countries lagging behind. and from a russian orphanage to a golfing prodigy report on a young man's the latest challenge of trying to trace his siblings. rupert murdoch has made a public apology for the phone hacking scandal that he called serious wrongdoing by the news of the world he's a rapidly losing allies on both sides of the atlantic with his media empire crumbling on all sides but it's also used on a star trek and i reports from new york it seems there's still

a strong market for tabloid titillation sex drugs cheating and lies phony political scandal flashing dirty laundry brings the made up celebrity gossip and crime stories almost beyond human imagination. all this is served on a platter and sold for a couple of quarters by tabloids headless man in a topless bar or something to kids moms in the freezer. like i bought it veteran journalist michael musto is one of millions falling for the bait of catchy headlines even though he knows the business inside out in america we don't break the law per se but they do have sleazy tactics i mean they will slant a story they probably make up sources i mean when you read in a source. or said well who is it many times they can just make up the quote themselves and they say joe smith from queen said blah blah blah a lot of times i feel they're just inventing these quotes to back up the thesis of

the story fascination with scandal is almost religiously observed in the u.s. and great britain we are both countries in both media environments where gossip sells and there's a tremendous interest in celebrity both countries are a buzz after rupert murdoch's news of the world newspaper phone hacking shocker broke in london his empire stretches far and wide across the u.s. as well let's not forget he owns the new york post the wall street journal and the daily at a protest outside rupert murdoch's big apple pad protesters demanded an investigation into his publications that whole we know what murdoch does in england because he was caught and we want congress to investigate what he's doing here in the united states we don't know if newspapers are backing other people in this country yet but i see no reason to put it past them so how far from potential public embarrassment do american newspapers stand but the ones that are owned by rupert murdoch without

question the new york post. is one of the most hideous deceitful. tools of the criminals that there could be when it comes to getting scandal sold in the u.s. counting on the readers short attention span is a common publishing trick jennifer aniston and brad pitt have gotten together about forty two times so far this year and i haven't seen in part a graph together since two thousand and six they're able to keep selling and repackaging the same story that isn't even a story no publication would admit to paying for. information but that's also often a technicality what a lot of mainstream news publications can get away with doing is even though they won't explicitly give someone money in exchange for an interview someone might set up a terrible organisation and then the news will happen to donate twenty thousand dollars to that terrible organisation the culture of sensationalism in the press is putting the future of journalism on the line the anglo-american style is it's trashy it's ribald and there's just sort of this snickering tone that is very american you know

we're a juvenile society where young society i don't really know what the brits excuses i mean they've been around a long time but hey we blame it on them because we're their children while some will always remain fascinated by tabloids as rags continue to sell others have reached a breaking point i don't have that great of a sense of what happens in britain but i know it's pretty bad here and there are a lot of people who are really upset about the culture of news in america and just how little information seems to get out there between all the gossip the press has to be vigilant and in the united states the press has fallen asleep and r.t. new york. well a newspaper gossip columns have become a reading habit for millions of people laurie huff and us now new yorkers why digging around for a sleaze seems to be taking over the news. how has tabloid journalism become so influential and so popular in today's world this

week let's talk about that i mean people like to read about other people's business . you know. newspapers have to try to compete with the internet. with up to date you know. dirt i think it's absolute trash there's no space in this world for it at all i hope they'll go in there but they're not going under they're increasing in power i don't believe that this is going to be the biggest takedown ever rupert murdoch is going down i think it's more a pop culture based audience and so the journalists kind of cater to that and in turn it's kind of fun for them to be secret detectives but isn't it terrible i mean it might be fun but it's still criminal acts it's horrible i hate journalists you know whatever that whatever it takes to get the story and her whoever they want you know and do you ever do you have that attitude at your job no not at all so what makes journalists special and they're not special they're the opposite of special

they have no scruples we have of the mark two because. people. you know they like to end with you they like. to win. but that's not what journalism specifically what's true but never believe the media is. it just going to keep getting worse probably do you think journalism like that is bound to spread around the world and become as rampant as it is in britain i do unfortunately and it really isn't journalism i mean there is there is no logical reason that your gaar reach the bottom line is that if the rampant popularity of tabloid journalism in the u.k. is any indication the rest of the world should be. for their own general. thank

you for joining us you with r.t. there are heavy clashes between libyan rebels and gadhafi forces in the west of the country as insurgents try to push towards the capital tripoli rebel leaders have been boosted in the campaign to oust gadhafi when more than thirty countries including the u.s. recognized as the legitimate government western and arab members of the libya contact group and else they would deal with the opposition until an interim authority is in place the decision came after four months of fighting against gadhafi and gives the rebels access to billions of dollars of the leaders in u.s. banks but mideast peace activist dr franklin told us that nato was running out of options in its campaign against gadhafi. there's a lot of questions about who these different factions who are arguably now fighting among themselves for power in the in the east what will ultimately be their relationship with the americans who have a long history you know judging their allies and getting themselves involved but i

think all of this is because nato cannot accept or afford a defeat nor can the white house so they're using this conference to mock some eyes mark some eyes pressure on the government. for the latest news on. what else you'll find on our web site right now u.s. activists demanding an end to torture and set of mergers that during the cold war america trained interrogators and used their brutal methods at home. while the experiment planning to spend over a month living with a whole family of lions about his experience find out what he's planning to achieve that are to dot com and of course check out the best videos on our you tube channel . is.

twenty minutes past the hour now here in moscow special floating cranes are preparing to lift the doomed ship bulgaria which sank in russia's volga river last sunday the search operation for fifteen passengers continues in the area and on nearby islands. eight people on board one hundred fourteen. twenty eight children two people have been arrested meantime in connection with the disaster. the head of the company which operated by the inspector who certified it is both face charges of negligence that led to the deaths arrest warrants have been issued rather for the captains of two cargo vessels which passed the sinking ship without stopping to help. let's get some other international news for you in our world update here on

our syrian opposition members have been holding meetings in damascus to discuss ways of president assad. after a massive nationwide protest rocked the country on friday evening at least thirty two people dead hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators poured into the streets of the capital and other cities before facing a crackdown by security forces the government has launched a national dialogue the protesters are demanding president assad steps down. a gunman wearing an army uniform is shot dead a nato soldier in the south of afghanistan he then fled leaving questions over whether he was a member of the afghan army or a militant in disguise. of this kind over the last two years the shooting comes as nato led forces prepared to hand over control of some security operations to local troops. venezuelan president hugo chavez is to return to cuba for more cancer treatment including chemotherapy he recently asked the national assembly to

authorize his trip as required by the constitution returned to venezuela after spending nearly a month in cuba. to move his battle with cancer has raised doubts over his fitness to lead the country but officially he still plans to run for reelection next year. a japanese nuclear reactors being closed down because of problems with an emergency cooling system there was a sudden drop in pressure of the safety tank at the oh he plunged just west of tokyo pressure return to normal after an hour meaning there was no radiation leakage but engineers have decided not to take any chances the closure will lead to power problems in areas still struggling to get back on line after the earthquake and tsunami. if you want to achieve your dreams you've got to be ready to work for them and that's what indian people are doing in their droves and it seems staying at work longer than their western counterparts is paying off. elbowed her way into reveal the reality of life in the new delhi rat race. it's

a busy city with busy people india is a rising economic locomotive so what's the driving force behind its success it could very well be that people like. both are co-directors of a small one import company called divine and is indians have developed a strong liking for french and spanish mintages young men are working overtime to fill their glasses you have to be very flexible with your working hours. in today's world to go to globalization and because of oh you know you're interacting with so many people from abroad especially america or you know europe so. we can't be fixed by means where we can say we're only going to work from nine to five but people in britain for example can and do say that seven spent years working as a business consultant in the u.k. and he says brits watch that clock closely in britain people leave a five o'clock and they won't start i says because i got a train to catch i mean for many years in britain and you're there is that some

people don't work in britain people don't work weekends is changing a little bit now particularly in periods of economic recession. but generally it's a monday to friday as recently as just two years ago india had a six day long week the government has put in strict regulations regarding labor hours but that doesn't stop people from spending more time in the office than needed notice of the most significant difference between the kind of work culture in india and in britain is the pressure of people around to work above and beyond their contracted hours. everyone will do this irrespective of really if there's work to be done if there is a small enterprise to run then all state regulations go out of the window if sacrifices equal success then you have to make them by working twenty four seventh's. working at another level. i work on sunday that it is an office working

because they're all been processed that these things that are being organized so are. it is nonexistent but what may seem a fine example of did occasion may actually be a drawback in the office environment i think people are expected to do the job of two or three people. even though the contract to those might say one thing which isn't always such a good thing because if you work such long hours it's going to affect your performance while europe and the u.s. spend their money on fighting wars and their time on trying to figure out a way to get out of economic slump india is busy getting things done the indian way lord garnishes probably the most popular god in the entire hindu pantheon in india he is supposed to bring prosperity and success to those who worship him but the success of indian businessmen should not be a trip to the divine help alone nine to five working hours just don't cut it here indians put in hours of hard labor but at the end all of that hard work pays off in

. new delhi. he's a russian born and gulf prodigy that is chance in the game after being adopted by american parents but for nikolai a couple of his biggest challenges in finding form on the fairways but rather finding the family he left behind back. to the store. he might have a smoother swing but from the outside nicholai looks no different to the pampered junior players in this hyper exclusive moscow golf club but this couldn't be further from the truth nikolai come alecky was an eleven year old when he was adopted by an american family you can never say that orphan his life is easy you know and basically they're the they make you feel like it's nothing you're nothing to me when i came to united states i had a lot of problems emotionally he's an incredible young man he's someone who's taken on many challenges in his life and he's always overcome then came the gulf one day

i just saw my desk going in a golf club in the backyard and. i don't remember exactly but i had no idea what it was i just was a piece of metal and i asked him what it was and he told me it was golf and then he asked me to he said you want to head want to try and i tried it and i headed straight for my first ball and he said you're playing. despite making headway in sport was one thing nicholai could not get over when he moved to the united states nikolai was separated from his younger sister and brother i'm lost track of them he rejected several sports scholarship offers at top years colleges to play for the russian national golf team so he could search for his siblings. this year during a top junior tournament heard news about his sister my whole life. my dad and we have paid a lot of money to different companies to try to find her and then i met a family out of nowhere and they found there in less than two weeks so to me i

never thought that i was ever going to see her again. reunited at last nicholai sister understood was never adopted she's about to graduate from a school in southern russia. knew when they heard about my brother and i thought it was a prank my friend played on me i don't remember much of. well they're going to come close. she just listening i'm going to buy her a computer so that we can talk to each other all the time so that we never use it again but when you put it. back in moscow nicholai has won the prestigious filed zero series tournament and will compete against europe stop young players later this year but he says now his priority is finding his brother were can only wish nicholai the best in his dream to become a professional golfer but what he's had to overcome whatever happens next he is already a winner either overawed now. in moscow. all right in just

a few minutes or r.t. we talk to one of the most notable soviet poets of the nine hundred sixty s. but i'll be after a recap of the headlines in just a moment. is

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well you without so you luck from moscow now headlines out of european banks to fail that stress test based on a worst case economic scenario the majority of them were in spain to be next in line. rupert murdoch has made a public apology for phone hacking by the news of the world he is rapidly losing allies on both sides of the atlantic with his media empire. and the libyan rebels are now officially recognized by more than thirty other countries including . recognition potentially the opposition access to billions of dollars of assets

frozen in american. time but for now it's spotlight. today is renowned russian. who had a controversial relationship with soviet leaders during the cold war thanks for watching. we shall think. today. he's one of the most. of the sixty's a time. many of his verses were

a revelation to people who had been fed propaganda. no you get much of his time in the united states what is the culture here about it from the poet himself to. stand as one of the most well known contemporary russian poets the world's best universities welcomes the lecturing poets. nominee but every year on his birthday. to moscow to read from the stage of one of the moscow universities this is the place where half a century ago he read his freedom. and what was a severely restricted country. obviously is to to show.