ok to great businesses like that this is being hit hard both the center shopping street and athens is still bustling the problems with the economy means that many businesses here in greece is simply gone and during the year in many european prices many of the members with we quickly i mean it didn't mean european wages it's one but after another year of skeptics he wanted danger from the start they 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 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 robbed them of their democracy but they are left with is nationalism and violence countries are now waking up to the reality of the nightmare that chap 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 there will be no you happily ever after. i see things. while fears of a looming default are forcing e.u. governments to cut spending a british union leader says people refuse to suffer for something they're not responsible for but either marx or walker 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 that working people the length. to 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 calm 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 see it when they 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. you can watch the full interview with a british trade union leader marks waka next hour right here on r t. as the eurozone debt crisis shock waves spread a ratings agencies have put the us in the firing line as well america is on the verge of reaching its fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling which means obama and his republican opponents need to strike a swift deal before the government runs out of cash in theory at any rate but

economics professor roderick tremblay believes that the debt limit will once again go up as it always has done in american history the united states is not in the same position as an a out of country this is the country karen see this year was internationally and therefore nobody can afford to print more dollars than the euro. currency but that debt level is very. they raise the debt ceiling each year they will be raised because the president obama has a tradition of giving 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 second that could be a similar situation as that. been in one thousand nine hundred four when their

representative getting rich chose the government for a few days or so if you are nearly two weeks this held very much the president came down at that time to be re-elected in one thousand nine hundred six that's what president obama is hoping that the republicans will be a story extremist than they in two thousand and twelve next year it may be reelected and later on in the program of the formula for prosperity we look at the driving force of boosting india's economy to make it the tenth largest in the world . and in another story of success this time a russian orphan who's become a golf prodigy after being adopted by american parents but his biggest challenge is not in the world of sports but in finding the family he left behind. rupert murdoch has apologized for the news of the world phone hacking scandal with full page ads in seven british national newspapers the media mogul is it now

working with a team of top p.r. experts before a grilling from british m.p.'s on tuesday amid public outrage over illegal accessing of the mobiles of murder and terrorism victims and to dead soldiers families the crisis has already forced him to shutter the one hundred sixty eight year old newspaper scuttled his bid of four b. sky b. and claimed two of his top executives journalist afshin rattansi says however some are set to benefit from the meltdown at murdoch's media empire. the political classes here finally feel freed up for the first time in decades and decades so i don't think appeasing would 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. and we will probably know it 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 coming through

that i suppose one could say that it was multinationals who are using murdoch in a way so they're lobbying rupert murdoch gets the big companies big multinationals and so forth that seem to get things done by helping m.p.'s behind me perhaps not as bad as in washington but i do think it's the end of outside influences outside on democratic 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 lots of enemies out there he probably a lot of ammunition to go back at them though thanks to all the muckraking journalists 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 to talk about 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 had been hacked by subsidiaries of news corp then fox news is finished it took it took the most curious cases of hacking for 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. he will be sure will be looking forward to the hollywood

blockbuster. and as we've just heard there the scandal in britain is now starting to spill over to the u.s. where even bigger trouble could lie ahead for murdoch with reports that phones of victims of the nine eleven terrorist attacks were hacked charges could also result in the u.s. over bribing of british police by staff corruption abroad is illegal for american based companies but as an associate the reports the tabloids keep flying off the shelves thirty 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 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. a 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 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 by 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 brad pitt have gotten together about forty two times so far this year and i haven't seen import 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 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 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 of news in america and just how little information seems to get out in 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. as reading a newspaper gossip columns has become a daily habit for millions more harshness to ask people in new york of the phone hacking scandal surrounding murdoch's media will make them change. how it tabloid journalism becomes 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 there are the opposite of special they have no scruples we have within the mark too because. people. you know they like to end with you they like. to win. but that's not what journalism supposed to be 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 is that journalism i mean. is logic or reason to 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 prepared for their own general to get a lot dirtier. emergency crews are to use a special crane boats and lifting equipment to raise the bulgaria cruise ship from the bottom of the volga river after it sunk on sunday killing one hundred twenty nine people twenty eight of them children the search operation for fifteen missing bodies continues artie's reports from the site. 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 right 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 sink they will eventually find that damage as the ship is ready to be raised and they'll have to seal the hole to let all the water in and any other holes and then all the water inside the bulgari will be able to be pumped out making it's light enough to be raised the divers though have got a difficult task ahead of them with me is. he's from the emergencies ministry 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 timers 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. you 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. reporting for us there now let's turn to some other international news in brief we're covering for you today. syrian opposition members have been holding meetings in damascus and it's down ball to discuss ways of ousting president assad this comes after a massive nationwide protest rocked the country on friday leaving at least thirty two people dead hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators poured on to the streets of the capital and other cities before facing a crackdown by security forces the government has launched a national dialogue but protesters are demanding president assad step down. venezuelan leader hugo chavez has transferred part of his presidential power to the

vice president and minister of finance as he travels to cuba for a new round of cancer treatment he's been given unanimous approval from the national assembly for the trip even from the opposition. battle with cancer has raised doubts over his fitness to lead the country but he insists he still plans to run for re-election next year. 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 countries the leaders were expected to discuss the dalai lama's hopes for tibet to be semi-autonomous china has accused him of pushing for full tibetan independence. india has recently become one of the top ten largest economies of the world a key driving force is the willingness of indians to work long hours for low pay

now doing their western counterparts reports. 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. bulls 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 all you know you're interacting with so many people from abroad especially america or you know europe so. we can keep expanding is where we can say we're only going to go from ninety 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've got a train to catch you know for many years in britain and yet there is that some people. 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 stricter regulations regarding labor hours but that doesn't stop people from spending more time in the office than needed noticeable more significant difference between the kind of work culture in india and in britain is the pressure of people around to work above and beyond the 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 on working twenty four seven.

working at another level off. i work on sunday. i'm an office working because they all do with me processed the things that are being organized so out. it is nonexistent but what may seem a fine example of dedication may actually not be a drawback in the office environment i think people are expected to do the job for 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 lord ganesh 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 a trip to the divine help alone nine to five working hours just don't cut it here

in the long hours of hard labor but at the end all of that hard work pays off. new delhi. for more exciting stories and videos check out our t.v. dot com here's some of what you'll find on our website. the ukrainian man goes truly wild planning to spend over a mom living with a family of lyons while blogging about his experience. also online and more than half a ton of radioactive blueberries have been found in moscow stores and find out more on the story and similar cases a. young russian boy has become a golf prodigy after being adopted by american parents but the biggest challenge for nikolai. lies and not in the world of sports but in his quest to find his birth family. 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 alecky was an eleven year old often when he was adopted by an american family and you can never say that orphanage 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 that 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 he was a seven iron 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 you're playing golf despite making headway in sport

because 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. then 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. when they heard about my brother and i thought it was a prank my friend played on me i don't remember much of what we're going to become

close. she just listening i'm going to buy her 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 faldo 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 see moscow. and a recap of our top stories is coming your way in just a few minutes stay with us right here on our to.

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bringing you the top news and headlines from around the world this is our team i'm sean thomas let's get right to those headlines the debt crisis rages on both sides of the atlantic as a european banks failed stress tests for their vulnerability to financial troubles while america nears its fourteen point three trillion dollar debt ceiling and. rupert murdoch floods the british media with i'm sorry messages days before a grilling by m.p.'s over the news of the world phone hacking scandal meanwhile the fear moves across the atlantic with the reports nine eleven victims of phones were targeted as continuing outrage and disgrace engulfs is once impregnable media

empire. and preparation work is underway to lift a russian cruiser from the bottom of the volga river the operation is aimed at shedding more light on why the vessel sank within the last of the one hundred thirty one. next watch the first part of our special report about anti-nuclear activists who are trying to open the world's eyes to the danger of atomic disaster . the nuclear age is the first sixty years oh. i can describe exactly how an underground test was done. there were three two one zero almost you couldn't hear anything about there was no noise at all and in the ground lifted up. we live under the threat of increasingly sophisticated weapons. in two thousand one hundred eighty eight states parties to the one proliferation treaty signed onto

a statement providing for an unequivocal undertaking to the total elimination of nuclear weapons it has been set back by principally the united states but not alone russia france china the u.k. all have their share responsibility. disarmament agreements are not being honored. what is happening now it is that their role is intact the trees are able to write a draft shod over international and all because there is insufficient body of protest from within that country ordering them to these basic principles. things ponies are thrust into the midst of the nuclear test. and when we accompany them to ground zero with guns pointed ready to fire who are we going to fire at i wonder the issue clearly crabs. yep we're going to be there was a russian or american invasion no i don't know.