didn't mean european wages if one bought stands now through another year of skeptics who wanted danger from the start they have become the unlikely hero in this tale just who the hell do you think you people are you are very very dangerous people indeed your obsession with creating this euro 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 to continue if you rob people of their identity you rob them of their democracy but they are left with is nationalism and by those countries are now waking up to the reality of the night man that says the euro is a political prison for poor 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 dominate continue to topple the year and it seems healthy no you happily ever after . i see athens. well fears of a looming default is forcing e.u. governments to cut spending a british you need a says people refuse to suffer for something then not responsible for later mark 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 realize the working people of 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 to make me come force 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 to syria 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 british trade union leader mark survive in just twenty minutes from now here on r.t. and meanwhile on the other side of the atlantic present a bomber's wall 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 when a bomb resurging the parties to ignore political differences and avert armageddon yukon an economics professor roderick trembly believes a deal would be struck on the debt limit will once again go up. the united states is not in the same position as and they are a country this is a country of currencies you know is internationally and therefore they can afford

to print more dollars than the euro can. guarantee but that debt level is very high they raise the debt ceiling each year they will be raised because the president obama has a tradition of caving in to the demands of the republicans it did that it did it twice before so the republicans. expecting that he will do the same it would take the fall of a few days or a few hours before the deadline of august second that could be a similar situation as that happened in one thousand nine hundred four when the representative going which closed the government for a few a few days or if you are nearly two weeks this held very much the president came down a bad 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. here with r t live here in

moscow still ahead for you this hour love of labor india's hard work ethic is the driving force behind the country's economic success leaving western countries like . from a russian orphanage to a golfing prodigy reported a young man's latest challenge of trying to trace his sibling. the story still to come but first 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 rapidly losing our eyes on both sides of the atlantic with his company under pressure from all angles journalist action returns he told me a little earlier of hell some people are set to benefit from the meltdown at murdoch's media empire the political class is here finally feel free to opt for the first time in decades and decades so i do think appeasing particularly work everyone is watching for tuesday's committee where rupert murdoch and his son james will appear

so it'll be interesting to see that but i think we should remember that the prime minister here and we could probably not today because it's saturday said the truth is we've all been in this together the press politicians and leaders of all parties and yes that includes me very sorry indictment for democracy in this country and coming through there i suppose one could say that it was multinationals who are using murdoch in a way so they're lobbying rupert murdoch good for big companies big multinationals and so forth seem to get things done by helping m.p.'s behind me perhaps not as bad as in washington but i don't think it's the end of outside influences outside undemocratic forces as regards influences on the parliamentarians behind me it is interesting that he owned these newspapers and they always say rupert murdoch loves newspapers he basically had newspapers so that he could manipulate monopoly concerns over his broadcast interests which actually did make money unlike the newspapers newspapers are just a tool of war he has loved the enemy. out there he probably

a lot of ammunition to go back at them though thanks to all the muckraking journalist who spent their time. looking at sex scandals really he does have lots of friends one should add but it looks at some m.p.'s have it unbelievable that he has the right to own any form of media in this country we're about the united states because that's where it gets really interesting the democratic party in congress is a full on party doesn't really have anything any hope left now that president obama has destroyed his reputation warmongering and and his sort of reaganites economic policies as he deals with the deficit the democrats have nothing much to do but they all hate one particular influential cable channel four news and i'm hearing that if if the nine eleven victims have been hacked by subsidiaries of news corp then fox news is finished it took it took the most curious cases of

hacking rather than any kind of regulator ie a body to be able to get murdoch to finally. finally overthrow him as it were is an amazing story we'll be. looking for the hollywood blockbuster. despite the scandal in the u.k. there remains a strong demand for got a journalism in the united states drawn in by hard hitting headlines and scarred scoops readers are still buying it in huge numbers and the stars. now reports. sex drugs cheating and lights. flashing dirty laundry. 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 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 them a source. of the source 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 murdoch's and 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 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 brad pitt has 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 and for me. 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 organization and then the news will happen to donate twenty thousand dollars to that terrible organization the culture of sensationalism in the press is putting teacher 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 rats continue to sell others have reached a breaking point and 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 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 newspaper gossip columns have become a reading habit for millions of people and laurie hoffman is telling new yorkers white digging around for 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 of

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 them are true and that's because. people. you know they like to end with you they like. to win. but that's not what journalism supposed to pay and what's true but never believe the media's. if you're 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 a huge garbage 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. cared for their own gentle to get. special floating cranes are preparing to lift the doomed ship which sank in russia's volga river last sunday the search operation for fifteen missing passengers continues in the area and on nearby islands two hundred eight people who are on the cruise are one hundred fourteen have been confirmed dead twenty eight of them children. on board one of the ships watching the recovery efforts the two enormous cranes behind me have begun the process of lowering two cables which will then be threaded underneath the ship and used to write it is currently leading on

its left side divers will then be able to go under to check for any of the remaining fifteen bodies that are yet to be found the shores are also being searched for any of those bodies and they'd also be able to search for the potential damage caused to the bog area to sink they will eventually find that damage as the ship is ready to be raised and not have to seal the hole but let all the water in and any other holes and then all the water inside the ball gary will be able to be pumped out making it's light enough to be raised the divers though i've got a difficult task ahead of them with me is. he's from the emergencies ministry under a could you just tell us a bit about the conditions that the divers are working in. divers are currently working on the river bed but it's really difficult because of poor visibility basically you can't see anything even if it's right in front of you that's why the divers are preparing to lift the ship up there barely able to see

what they're doing obviously this operation now everyone is waiting especially the relatives on the banks people who have yet to hear from those fifteen will be desperate for news of what has happened to their loved ones and increasingly investigators want to know what caused this ship to sink and sink so fast causing so much tragedy. and if you've missed anything we're covering here on screen you can head to teach dot com here's what else you'll find on the web site at the moment should you look on u.s. activists. to torture as it emerges that during the cold war america trained interrogators abused their brutal methods of home and abroad. and the ukrainian man launches on a wild experiment planning to spend over months living with a family of lions well blogging about his experience you can find out what he's planning to achieve it off dot com check out all of the best videos on you tube channel.

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that's what indian people are doing in their droves and it seems staying at work longer than their western counterparts is paying off. her way and to 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. it interferes what we're going to globalization on 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 said because i got a train to catch you know for many years in britain and you know there is that some people don't work in britain people don't work weekends it's 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. 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 it's. 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 i wasn't ready for seven. working i work on sunday or saturday i'm an office working because the order would be processed being organized. but may seem a fine example of dedication may actually be. in the office environment i think people are expected to do the job 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 us 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 or gun issue is 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 attributed to the divine help alone ninety five working hours just don't cut it here in the. hours of hard labor but at the end all of that hard work pays off in. new delhi. now to some international news in brief we're covering today in our world update in vienna thousands of mourners have joined the imperial style funeral of the last heir to the austrian garin empire people gathered to pay tribute to crown prince otto von habs birth of the son of austria the last emperor european royals and political leaders were in attendance prince habs book died earlier this month at the age of ninety eight has been buried in the imperial crypt. despite warnings from china u.s. president barack obama has held a private meeting with the exiled tibetan spiritual leader the dalai lama the chinese government earlier called on the united states to cancel the talks saying it would damage relations between the country's leaders are expected to discuss the

dalai lama's hopes for tibet to be autonomous china has accused him of pushing for full tibetan independence. and is one of president hugo chavez is to return to cuba for more cancer treatment including chemotherapy he's just been given approval from the national assembly for the trip as required by the constitution which of his return to venezuela after spending nearly a month in cuba where he had to choose from his poll that region removed his battle with cancer has raised doubts over his fitness to lead the country but officially he still plans to run for election next year. syrian opposition members have been holding meetings in damascus in istanbul to discuss ways of well sting president assad this comes 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 demanding president assad steps down. is

a russian born goal prodigy handed his chance in the game of to being adopted by american parents but for nick and i could let's see his biggest challenge isn't finding form on the fairways but finding the family he left behind back home marty's eagle has the story. he might have a smoother swing the trend 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 alaska was an eleven year old often when he was adopted by an american family you can never say that or think 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 emotion there he's an incredible young man he is someone who has 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 he was a seven 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 do want to try and i tried it and i headed straight for my first ball and he said your point. 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 a 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 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 marching. they're going to become 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 lose touch again but when you put it earlier. back in moscow nikolai 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 we 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. i'll be back over the summer of all my new stories in about three minutes from now in the meantime we ask a british trade union leader what workers should do in the face of the austerity

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if you just joined us a very warm welcome this is all t. live here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day top stories now eight out of nineteen european banks have failed stress tests based on a worst case economic scenario the majority of them are in spain italy is approved a tougher starting budget aimed at averting a full scale financial crisis. group of murdoch has made a public apology for phone hacking by the news of the world he's losing out eyes on both sides of the atlantic with his media empire trying to stop itself from self destructing the on grip his newspapers once held on british politicians as crumbled as they turned on him seeking new press regulation with public outrage now most powerful weapon in taming the tabloids.

and preparation work is on the way to lift a russian cruiser from the bottom of the volga river operation is aimed at shedding more light on why the vessel sank with the loss of around one hundred thirty lives . and i'll be back with more news for you in less than half an hour from now on meantime what governments cut back spending to tackle debts that refused to budge europeans themselves are less convinced that they should pay for the mistakes of banks and politicians next we'll be hearing from a u.k. trade union leader who says the public won't take this without a fight that's a special interview next. today i'm talking to mark hughes one of the brains behind the. nationwide strike in the u.k. he's head of the public and commercial services union minister thanks for talking

to r.t. today know this is possible to plan to cut public spending in this country just how drastic are these cuts going to be give us an impression of what they might mean for the cuts of the big. projected to mean half a million jobs lost in the public sector six hundred thousand jobs in the private sector as a direct result. in the delivery of. cuts in funding of education 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. cuts in social services everything that people have taken for granted as. you seem to see these cuts in terms of rights and wrongs almost a moral position but isn't there has to be respected for example they didn't reform and soon it looks like they might be able to afford teachers or nurses. in greece this is the fifth largest economy.