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the man who exposed the news of the world phone hacking scandal is found dead at his home and i said revelations and resignations keep coming. europe's largest economy and looks to russia for new opportunities commission exhibit anger them back or prepared to talk business in germany. but i'm sure both these lobbying grow greeks are shelling the cities of plough their way out of plight.
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they are watching r t well live from moscow welcome to the program the whistleblower who exposed the news of the world phone hacking scandal has been found dead sean hoare was a journalist at the same newspaper and claimed editors knew what was happening and encourage reporters to do it he was found dead at his home in london police are treating it as unexplained suspicious directory named his former editor and a cool simple knowing about illegal cracking which many nights later on tuesday murdoch his son james and his former u.k. executive director brooks face the wrath of perdition piece will be asked to explain the scandal that shaken your press release and political establishment to its core fact police are enjoying the worst crisis in years they see office is resigning everything intertwined with implicating news corp stuff or emmett expects . ian tomlinson died in london's g. twenty pretty. yes in two thousand and nine after being pushed to the ground by
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p.c. simon harwood howard said he'd been prevented from giving first date by a baying bottle throwing more but he later admitted that happened john charles de minerva's shot by police in a london underground station in two thousand and five officers allegedly leaked a report saying he'd fled from police c.c.t.v. images they just showed this wasn't true. less well known is michael daugherty a man who went to the police for help only for it to turn into a cafe the s where both allegedly false statements and mistreatment. i obviously have no protection from this country i think. he told police he suspected his thirteen year old daughter was being groomed by a paedophile concerned they referred it to his local station sex crime unit then nothing after two weeks talk as he phoned the unit secretary that's when the
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trouble started. just recently asked mcknight are you at my house. police came to talk with his house in order to arrest him for her writing the police. shortly after his arrest i mean the investigation into your daughter's grooming had been dropped i can easily say they haven't looked at any of the evidence the police secretary has since admitted she had a hazy recollection of the telephone call she said upset her so much but only when presented with the tapes of the conversations daugherty had luckily recorded the officers involved in his arrest were found to be at fault and sent over the training courses but dawson believes that's not enough i don't think anything different or. i think this is this is normal. they need to be held. in accord with these account of lies and harassed. by the police is going
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. but the phone hacking scandal has brought stories like his into the public eye revealing bribery and corruption at the heart of the police force its amazing focus has tended to be on the journalists themselves and not on the allegedly corrupt police officers who have been receiving money to provide protected information but it does show that this is an inventive corruption and a failure. two of the country's most senior police officers have resigned this week and two more are under investigation after relations between news corp and the police were revealed to have been far too cozy senior police officers were wining and dining with members of the murdoch empire and they were they were meeting them for drinks privately one even hired them at a thousand pounds a day to work for him so you know what does this tell us about the relationship between the police and the news corp employees well it's very very serious and if this can happen at the top of the police look at the example that gives the
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officers on down the lines the same secretary has announced a review into the workings of the police to rebuild public trust that's a little comfort to michael daugherty he says he's traumatized by his experience at the hands of the people he turned to for help the phone hacking scandal has many reaching implications from the potential breakup of the media empire to a loss of faith in the british press but it's also pushed into the spotlight once again police schools that appears only to tell the truth when its course out in a lot many are now asking how to justice can prevail laurette it r.t. . international got a taste of its own medicine after one of its most popular newspapers was hacked a fake story appeared on the sun's website which falsely claimed. before directing . twitter page. previously a time. cia homepages
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a life called one of us has also been active. down at times website which is another murder case as the claims that swirl from the press to the top of the establishment saying these robbery allegations could only a staycation. there's been reports of about one hundred thirty thousand pounds worth of bribes that were given to the police in learned but at the moment they are telling queries going on on every level within the police outside the police with some communities with the judge as well in all every kind of domain in this situation so we'll have to wait and see what this investigation will bring according to biographers of the. murdoch rupert murdoch says that it's likely that they will speak more than he should or that they're not exactly prepared for these kind of meetings and the last one in two thousand and three i believe they have become groups already stated that there was corruption that he paid police officer
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walls to get information about a public it is even said that the news of the world. and cian to pat down people the other mobile phone is that only the police would have to there are lots of our question of will probably be asked and if you answer there's likely that the mayor and then you agree might see something explosive there could be extraordinary demolitions and more resignations and we can only hope with an inquiry is going on the time that the government will be able to come we will be able to get answers from the government and a police force. to come here and r.t. including arguably america's most exclusive campsite and go down to the woods today in the morning on the most wealthy and powerful draft in the country's policies we have the details. now there's definitely an energy around the tools between russia and germany which are carrying rates on tuesday another merkel is expected
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to seek support for countries away from nuclear power and. for russian gas there's a lot of other problems to tackle too from international security to western nations crossing the line on the u.n. mandate in libya. as in germany for us. germany is russia's biggest trading partner and the announcement by the country that it plans to shelter all its nuclear stations in the light of the fukushima accident in japan gives an opportunity to russia's gazprom which is hoping to tie up big deals here and how to get from really seeing germany as a stepping stone to the whole e.u. market there also hopes to be progress on russia's fish and bid finally to the world trade organization and germany and hopes to tap into the noise asian program of russia nels by bit from the data with tying up various club tracks we also know that there are problems with the economy throughout the european union which really makes germany look to the east for new deals the greek and portuguese
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crises which have seen angular moco facing a lot of criticism here in germany for potentially having to bail out those countries especially in the light of the news that the crisis may be spreading to italy and spain germany is the european union's biggest creditor that means it gives more money to the european union than anyone else so there are fears that germany will have to foot the bill russia hopes germany can bring nato round to the point of view of a joint missile defense system in other words that they can avoid the fear of. they were all fears that the system could be aimed at russia or libya or germany or russia or both abstained from the vote authorizing nato action in libya and they both want to stop further escalation of the war and that's the only report that nato countries all being libya's rebels so both countries will be looking to
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strengthen their already strong relationship while the range of issues on which they share a common position. nato is a new commander in afghanistan is warning of tough times ahead for the war effort general john allen has taken over from david petraeus as alliance begins withdrawing combat troops from the country. comes amid a fresh assault out of town about the decade long nato campaign just trying to contain three of foreign troops and seven afghan officers were killed in two seconds attacks on monday president karzai is half brother and one of his top advisers were also assassinated last week antiwar activist brownback thinks the surge in violence highlights the failings of the u.s. led campaign. they can't win by staying in fact their presence is becoming the main catalyst for the armed insurgency not only the telegram but maybe one hundred forty armed groups and they can't leave either because of paid leave there will be a perception that the u.s. and nato were defeated by an armed insurgency but this dilemma must be solved some
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way so ultimately the united states cannot prevail the assassination of karzai is brother and his inner circle shows that the edifice of the karzai regime necessary at least to give an afghan face to the nato occupation that itself is now crumbling these armed attacks these assassination attempts are designed to create panic and i think in all likelihood they are creating panic within a very hard to foundation of the karzai government the u.s. is losing grown steadily its spending one hundred twenty billion dollars a year that's an increasing amount from a treasury that's already drained based on huge budget deficits here a number of casualties on the afghan and american side is is is increasing not decreasing and yet they're no closer to victory in fact they're losing control of the country and the government that they sponsor is is in fact in danger of crumbling i would say the u.s. hasn't gained anything i think the u.s. is losing ground it's spite of what david petraeus and the obama administration say
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this is a bad situation possibly a catastrophe for the united states. the way a look at an urban exodus vanguard one increasing number of weeks getting back to the groups and putting the cities. there are some of the world's other stories now u.s. officials have met representatives of colonel gadhafi government telling them that the libyan leader must go a spokesman for the regime several meeting will step examinations with us but insists that libyans will decide their own future while authority continues to work in eastern oil town of brega where rebels have declared they have taken the city and its. state t.v. a clear idea was to show the live coverage of the corruption trial that you served under president mubarak for my nation minister in your previous head of state
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television accused of losing the country at least two million dollars right right broadcasting rights decision to screen the shah was afraid to try and quell fresh protests and true turned amid anger over a slew from. the grab for gold has seen the precious metal reach a record sixteen hundred dollars an ounce the scramble for bullion has a letter price rises eleven consecutive days as investors see it as stable the currencies in europe and u.s. . leaders knowing it's winning thursday to try and settle the markets in stemming the thing that's spain. police have detained the captain of a vessel which sailed past a sinking pleasure cruise and without helping us the gators contradictory reports as to white belts the start of the bulgarian went down the killing one hundred fourteen earlier the director of the firm that rented the ships very strong
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arrested recovery crews are now working on lifting the crews despite bad weather experts. saying it could play a crucial role in finding answers as to why the ship went down in just three minutes next task is to search the riverbed for fifteen missing. about gary disaster has become one of the russians worst tragedy it's possible it's one thing serious questions about countries with a fleet. it seems no one wants to see repeated russia still in shock over the sinking of the river cruise ship ball carrier killed one hundred twenty nine. but the tension now turns to the safety of the rest of russia's river plate the sea for ourselves we traveled upstream to the city of yours love it like the vast majority of vessels on the river of this rock was broken salvia tides and in the last twenty years that spring. as each one of them has used that
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relentlessly most passenger ships of its war operate at a loss vessel service in remote areas all subsidized will take it's costing as little as fifty cents a piece but tourists craft up to get city funding to there is no money for a place once. we are just a small company we could never afford to build our all ships i think we could carry . can be used for another fifty years. this is the ships of the latest technical spec sions but so too did the bulgaria and our ships and situated emergency law was partly blame for the fight. some are calling for stricter regulations including the subletting of old ships the small operators what is called make up on a large respectable company sees that a ship is getting too expensive to repair instead of writing it off they pass it on to a small room for a truck and these smaller regional often scrupulous not how they approach
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maintenance i have no money for autonomy for that not everyone agrees. that if we simply start planning shapes we will lose rivers transportable. any such measures must go hand in hand with redeveloping the river shipping industry in. the middle name of the lebanese. is hoping to do just that yet here it's the oldest clear hurtles have declined dramatically falling the economic difficulties of the last few years. ago so this industry is not going to pull itself out of the current crisis. as for ganso happening the government must take the first step. toward but even if it does happen it will take years for the new ships to come on stream in the me. if they're going to stop using it because of safety concerns. well he can be scared of everything so i will carry on going on these ever buy
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a hat once. you go the road where. you're flogging. now in an age when most populations in the cities in search of jobs and money are in greece it seems that the countryside is where fortunes come before it. will be out of the metropolis to try and find ways to survive the national crisis the country is facing his country has our report. the birthplace of civilization greece is famous for its ancient ruins among other things it was very ruins and tourists they attract are today almost the only profitable thing in greece as the country charters on the brink of financial ruin. people here are losing all hope of making it through even the ones living in the capital athens. remember your solution is simple leave city life behind. greece's reverting to an agricultural economy farming is one of the few remaining profitable industries with apple great
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olive and cherry orchard practically everywhere there were a life is bountiful as a say girl i could never imagine leaving behind that urban lifestyle or moving to a remote village but after seeing and tasting all the great countryside has to offer it becomes pretty clear for the desperate people of athens this is a land of opportunities right for the taking. everyone has known this for decades she picks around fruit and uses them for jelly business her workshop is practically a big kitchen and the work is like cooking for a big family something she does anyway with their house right about the shop she can never be late for work and i wouldn't change this for anything a city could offer. and many people tired of bottling up their frustrations in the city and making the same choice i think that since i was living.
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everybody wants to do the same but. they didn't have the money to go since we have a crisis there's a million people that leave and they go back to their houses that they have. to sign. because the education marmalades have given after a chance to raise her kids and live her life the way she wants but most critics are simply energy over a very large percentage of or. people who have lost their jobs especially young people who are almost first broke i mean i think it's young to become architects and i'm afraid but i cannot. tell them what the truth will be that they will not harm job almost or symptoms of ninety to ninety something percent
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statistics show that nearly one million people have lost their jobs in the figures are only expected to rise with over forty percent of people under the age of twenty four out of work any job is in demand and quite a few injuries like a year are rapidly becoming the proverbial silver lining of the dark getting around the use of reprints casuarinas are our team groups. so it seems that america's big decisions are less likely to be hammered out in the boardroom. i'm only like and we cultivated in the woods for more than a century the wealthy and influential have used california's countryside for some colluding ortiz christopher's out trying to stake pitch i suppose is just playing too much important work is being decided there. it is nestled among the redwoods twenty seven hundred acres of pristine land broken down into dozens of
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camps and for two weeks every july since the eight hundred eighty s. they've been filled with some of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world. many of them arrive on their corporate jets at the nearby sonoma county airport. others arrive in fancy cars which will fill the onsite parking lot at its height there is said to be more than two thousand men who attend and as you can imagine they are well protected by a trove of police private yeah i know we go through we're all covering the protests and we just wanted to see if there was i would like us to get off the property because there's no way we know it is not in our story all of the police come and arrest you if you don't ok that access is by invitation only and most pay more than fifteen thousand dollars to attend. and for more than thirty five years protesters have stood at the entrance gates our concern is not what's going on
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inside of the grove but what's happening outside of the grove with the people that are in here according to several reports and this is where the idea for the manhattan project was conceived back in one nine hundred forty two it's also where every republican president since the sixty's has spent time before actually becoming the nominee we know for sure that richard nixon and ronald reagan sat down and had a conversation about who was going to run for president well and i mean they made a deal peter phillips wrote his dissertation on the bohemian club in one thousand nine hundred four and was invited to attend for four days he witnessed firsthand the opening of that the cremation of care where the power elite leave their cares behind in a symbolic ceremony anything moloch the owl seen in this photo judge says he was a paid employee of the grove and drove the horse and buggy it carried the casket in the ceremony the casket represented bricklayers and they were actually. burnet and
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there is a long lake with music this is a place filled with secrets that only those who go inside and perhaps the tree will ever really know but i was able to get my hands on some photograph i want to show you just to give you a sense on what it looks like on the inside here's a much younger dick cheney at the grove and henry kissinger having a little fun i was also able to get my hands on several programs from previous years outlining the schedule of talks and their topics and what we have here on my july twenty second two thousand and eight is the lakeside talk given by a c.f.r. member and trilateral commission member fred starr he gave it all called afghanistan the unexpected upside there are other connections to be made as well between the lakeside talks and public policy that this was a man that was involved in the. oil business george one quits the persian gulf
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crisis this is nine hundred eighty caspar weinberger who was the secretary of defense in the reagan administration on rearming america and that's easily documented the arms build up came in around eighty eight eighty one eighty two. there are rumors of extreme drunkenness of prostitutes and of homosexual activities by members but for the most part it is the secret backroom agreements critics say should be brought to light that agreement can be you know occupying the middle east . fighting terrorism. and circling china politically and militarily for mary moore who's been researching bohemian grove for more than three decades what happens inside is symptomatic of a much larger problem we've all grown up taking sceptics trying to understand how the world works and we're all told that we elect representatives they go to washington we have total influence over them and they make this issue that are in
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the best interests of us then we start growing up and if we pay any kind of attention we find out that none of that is true in one to real california christine for south r.t. . well it's nice you know here dottie. hello and welcome this here and we start this hour with the high tech projects skulk of which is consuming tracking companies russia's answer to silicon valley has unveiled a for the third thing firms have signed up and the project's operating officer says investment is coming from big and small players. on one level we've already attracted commitments from for example cisco of one doing those of us in chicago on a smaller level one of the big pharma we've also attracted forty million dollars to invest in venture funds plus one hundred million dollars to invest in setting up an r. and d. center for clinical trials at skolkovo and then on another level in the venture
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capital we've attracted four funds collectively which have committed financing to go finance with us about forty million dollars as well so give you a range of the type of partners we're working with from the very large commitments to very important commitments on the venture side as well our goal is to match one hundred percent potentially twenty percent of the finance that we receive from the russian government and i think we're on track do we not have to keep in mind schools that was about thirteen months old and i think we made some very decent progress so far. well the skolkovo c.e.o. also said that collaboration with a sperm bank which is one of the projects major partners was more than just a financial one or one of the keys that they're hoping is to provide financing for the project itself which is very important it takes money to achieve these other things book also we are working together on developing a very interesting data center and advanced technology got a center that i believe certainly russia has no equal and so we're very excited or
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cluster i choose to go out together which is very frank so it's a multi level relationship with them. now let's take a look at the markets now crude is on the rise as investors wait for courts to morrow that may show us evidence or is the client for a seventh week our concerns about the prospects of global economic recovery are limits and again. and asian shares are lower without uncertainty about their resolution of the u.s. and european debt problems putting pressure on the markets financials are the first to suffer and then you know no more holdings is losing more than two and a half percent a stronger again is also weighing in on importers exporters rather and the same story goes and home kong where heavyweight h.s.b.c. is there on the ground half a percent. and it's two hours ahead of the opening bell in moscow the russian markets ended monday into red by over one and a half percent because they were affected by law or oil prices. and looking ahead
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to the rest of the week's trade flabbier braggin of alpha capital believes the negative mood is likely to continue and more red numbers will be posted on the board. i don't think your vote today will see some changes in order all around and sure because the key event when markets will bomb closely when you look young leaders will try to decide what the result of stop. twelve is still i think markets all likely to drift in their own words maybe we'll see summer hols might feel this is going to be a song my neighbor answering that we're not spoiled or well figure. that's all the business news for now the headlines are next to carry.
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