the biggest party in the northern half wants a split two experts say bill james already divided people don't know any more about the other half of the country the flemish people don't know who are the popular singers or writers today in the french speaking part and vice versa king albert fears bill james national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every belgian but european integration itself. the e.u. is scared that the divorce of belgium was quiet of the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving a great and we're already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turned violent with guns getting to take just one big clash from brussels to become syria that's conflict mass killing suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you can slow your broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated frige unionists say they have the

flag and everything else worked out to become france's twenty eight region all that's left are the details the new bush will see brussels. so to govern the program the spy games of two titans china chase is often less for playing its borders demanding respect for its territory washington says the operations will continue. and tripoli is good by britain's decision to expel colonel gaddafi its diplomats replace them with rebels. financial crisis for some is an opportunity for others and with money in short supply for companies in the west they're taking their operations in dollars to the cheaper east. looks at how the american financial downturn has been great news for the indian economy. it's the great recession of the twenty first century what's. and it is the collapse

in the housing market in the united states has led to unemployment hunger and debt crises around the world and while countries are struggling to protect their interests increasingly western businesses are shifting their work east to cut costs welcome to go down a modern suburb of new delhi everywhere you look there offices of american companies at the sign of the importance the united states has placed on this country during the financial crisis according to recent outsourcing reports american companies have been free production in that country as much as that many times in the past three years. care of corporations is a multi-billion dollar american heating and ventilation company they say that over the past decade their business has shifted from being seventy percent u.s. base to just forty percent today we moving cautiously in that direction so the idea is to have a good balance. being focused on one marker together but having a good balance and all this me you know when merging markets like india china and

asia such continue to be called areas for us globally. and carrier isn't alone according to the u.s. department of commerce the same number of jobs that have been cut from the united states in the last decade have been added to these companies overseas operations it's a phenomenon that angers many americans who are struggling to make ends meet i think it's despicable disgusting and we have people here that have worked here all of their lives in a losing jobs left and right because somebody on top wants to make a buck and pay the cheapest possible deal or more dollars to go to stimulate the economy. i think the american companies should hire american workers. because of the shrinking middle class and the fact that middle class wages are decreasing over the last thirty years so many people here don't. do to me and i do think that is the wrong thing to do is. the things and it's not just manufacturing work american i. i t.

companies and innovation jobs are also moving here in droves as well as huge savings on wages many companies say india's fast growing economy and young workforce make it a desirable place to find staff there are amazingly talented people here in that part of the workforce and you know it's a matter of helping other other markets understand you know there are very talented people here who can do a lot of great work and it's not just about outsourcing and it's growth that these american companies don't anticipate will add anytime soon. within the markets we have a growth from the last four years ago and most people's and the laws are being asked british military would like to double their business to five use a confidence not often found among their colleagues in the west preassure either r t new delhi india the white house is threatening to veto the republicans plan to put a limit on u.s.

debt congress speaker john boehner is willing to allow a high level of debt though in return for massive cuts in public spending. less than a week left to raise the country's multi trillion dollar debt ceiling if it wants to avoid the potentially devastating default of president obama is concerned that agreeing to spending cuts could affect the provision of medical care and social security in the years ahead but bester and author jim rogers says the political games are driving the country into a deep recession. they are not going to do anything serious they're going to announce something either the day before the day of the day after and they're going to say everything is ok but in six months from now a year from now america is going to be in worse shape than it is now they're going to continue to spend and drive us all deeper into debt we've been doing this for forty years it's not going to go anywhere stocking shay's it out you know that does your leverage is near its all time high what kind of crisis is that when the financial markets are all fat and happy and most people well i mean yes there are

people that are better despondent and suffering right now but that's not a crisis america is the largest debtor nation in the history of the world it's just getting worst on covering a low standards in high finance auntie's economic boom as max keiser and stacy have its make their own full cost about with us financial tensions i think what's the cause of porting full time t.g. and has a taste. but look at these videos to see what america might look like the next the next time the deficit ceiling is hit here's india's parliament you see a nice brawl there. let's turn to the punjab parliament. and then just for a little diversity here max we're going to turn to afghanistan and here's two women busting it out on the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step now tea party female mud wrestling with michele bachmann and that other show

once again with the glue bachmann and sarah paling i get those two in the mud money rustling for votes so i vote for that. president medvedev has ordered the creation of a list of americans will be banned from entering russia is in response to u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on a group of russian officials linked to the case of. who died in jail when i went to trial for tax evasion. details on this. in what way do you think the magnitsky case is start to take over. well this is quite an interesting developing story specially in the context of the issues between moscow and washington is blacklists now being forced on both sides according to your russia's press secretary off your president. the kremlin.

by this blacklist the so-called blacklist earlier forced by state. which reported around sixty russian citizens including some senior police officials the federal security service. and others the state department. to see my kids kids be. his rights while the kremlin says that it's possible because there are currently several investigations going on if you're looking into the circumstances of money it's nice that there haven't yet been any court decisions on them and neither have any of the people on the american black list been found guilty of any human rights violations are actually going to be wards of the russian the blacklist will include american officials for thought to have. forethought to have. hammered the rights of russian citizens

in the united states this is really turning into some sort of a conflict just east of the russian foreign minister said that this was a friendly act by the american side which could negatively affect trust between the united states and russia and did promise an adequate reaction so i guess this is the reaction that libyan leader for since wednesday just to remind you city market east it was a war of words for the lawyers for best known for and here in washington he was accused of organizing a money laundering scheme was arrested but died in prison before the court made that decision on his case has caused a huge reaction both here in washington and all the international community several investigations began including one which is being held by the president's commission on human rights the president of the media just as personally monitoring

the force of this investigation and since it hasn't come to an end yet and there hasn't yet been a court decision on this case and it's really not clear why the american side thinks that all these people are directly related to what's the money is that. there is to come no doubt of his no fact thank you very much for that update. well there's a lot more to discover on our website as well as r.t. dot com despite the extreme hate shorts going out of fashion in russia's northern capital it is called status meeting up even the threat of fines for flashy but too much leg but also in line. to russian cities are rated among the ten most polluted in the world considered even worse for people's health in general but on to our website on our stories along with the latest figures and blogs.

for. america says it plans to continue a constant missions next china this comes out of two chinese fighter jets intercepted a u. two spy plane over taiwan which china claims as its territory beijing is wal-mart the move could damage relations with washington china's demanding respect for its territorial sovereignty while the u.s. maintains the air and sea should be open for any country to navigate. part of the superpowers competition for energy routes so says conn hallinan from the american based on policy in focus think tank. right now in the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and china is the number two and chinese or oil eighty percent of chinese energy supplies who've by sea they you move through the

straits of for months which is controlled by the american sixty eight oil imu food aleck's traits which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they tell us they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put it on their energy john miller vein and so they're they're very kind of tense and they're concerned about keeping those sea lanes open that's why they are so. pushy about the south china sea i think that mistake on the part of the chinese a band is that they've been a little overly pushy with some of the smaller countries in the region and that has allowed the united states to get a foot in the door with this is part of a worldwide competition for energy resources between the number one and the number two powers now energy users in the world and the fact that the united states has pretty much surrounded most of china with maces they go all the way from central

asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. whether that we've got more stories that coming our way this hour find out how orthodox with subpoenaed in russia. in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating at thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world adopted orthodox christianity but this choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from kiev for all the details. as the mccurry heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow and winds of last summer smoke covered city a looming. over discovered extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires in the region. and whiff of a smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of beat smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still buried in people's memory intense bebop fires and the record heat waves were blamed for the dense smog

that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold and was thought to have contributed to tens of thousands of deaths in the capital the authorities swore they would be prepared this year to find a place like this you don't have to go far from the capital this smoke is familiar to everyone who was in moscow last summer back then doctors said breathing in the smoke that covered the city was equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes every hour now the question on everyone's mind is whether the smog misery is back again pede bombs may look harmless with just tiny flames on the surface but in fact every square meter requires a ton of fuel to extinguish the fire burning deep underground the value of whatever down why did it turn your small green peas beneath the surface may undermine all your work and you would feel towards insists the situation is under control and most of the flies in the moscow region have been successfully extinguished however campaign is state officials are under reporting the extent of the problem both

around moscow and across the country. and the situation has made it worse by the bureaucrats instead of reacted swiftly and bent all the time conceal as their formation the board fires and does make it more difficult to get the bill on time but it would cover a board campaign and say part of the problem is that the forests are being mistreated they say more needs to be done to prevent fires by better management with summer at its peak remnants of camp fires are full of course the forest despite a ban introduced him to go and there's only so much bunting is going to develop when i was driving into the forest that in seeing it from getting a car you know there is a huge tax cart at the entrance there i could. taking heat of summer two thousand and ten resulted in devastating forest fires that killed sixty two people destroyed one hundred ninety nine towns and reduced thirty two hundred houses to ashes down but i am sure that the fire was literally coming towards us we could hear the trees

crackling as they were burning and then who's the wind blew it the other way you know this year most of the countries against words rain and the fires are raging once more large a reason forest have already been destroyed in russia's far east while parts of the north are already choking on small and with all the still to go russians from the capital to the countryside hope this summer sun won't be as deadly this time gary bush r.t. moscow region. are some of the international top stories for you this hour and i see our airlines cargo plane has crashed into the sea about one hundred kilometers west of the south korean city judging the pilot and copilot killed contact with the plane was lost shortly after the crew reported mechanical difficulties and speculation that strong wind and rain may have caused the tragedy. israel is reinforcing the northern border the occupied golan heights where it meets syria

with one hundred twenty kilometer long fence eight kilometers already been built the move comes after last months of arrests when hundreds of syrian palestinian protesters stormed the border as well as checking all its contested borders ahead of a u.n. vote in september on the recognition of palestinian state. libya's foreign minister has described britain's decision to recognize the rebels expel the death is due to that as illegal and irresponsible for this government is also freezing a hundred fifty billion dollars of libya's oil assets to help fund the rebels opposition m.p. and peace campaigner jeremy corbyn system in place trying to play the role of judge and jury in the future of the north african state. he's involved selves in a civil war between the government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect this is going to run for a very long time and incredibly nasty and bloody and there are human rights abuses

being reported on both sides including the treatment of african people by the transitional government as well as the treatment for position people by the government of market f.a. the reality on reality we have is a war for regime change and this is now been successful and i think this is going to be subject to a lot of legal argument it's a very strange situation all round because britain formally recognized the government of gadhafi indeed we were providing arms and training for his forces until march of this year huge amount of trade with libya and indeed a vast amount of libyan investment in britain then when the war started in libya britain and france joined in nato jointly and they persuaded the u.n. to pass one nine seven three which is allegedly a no fly zone and now they've decided they're going to switch horses and expel the diplomats from tripoli and replace them with the people from benghazi will seems to me that we are now deeply involved in the civil war in effectively trying to play

judge and jury on the future of libya surely the future of libya is for the libyan people the source not western arms. it's been more than a thousand years since ancient russia was christianized and occasion top orthodox officials and worshippers are gathering in ukraine capital let's say. message started to spread and anybody. thousands have gathered in key of central monastery the q. of a just a lot of the one you can see over there behind me to attend the biggest liturgy the biggest service held by the head of the russian orthodox church but they have to deal came over to the ukrainian capital to mark the celebrations of the christianization of ancient russia indeed a thousand and twenty three years ago. who was back then reigning in the key of adopted christianity he took several citizens of the key of to the waters of the river here in kiev and turned them into orthodox christians this is the biggest

religious holiday for the believe years old across the post soviet space indeed russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating this holiday and today it's thursday is the final day of the celebrations were understand that services and liturgy will be held everywhere across these countries and also this will become a native with bright colorful concerts later in the evening now indeed of course this is a very important for the history of russia that the country adopted orthodox christianity but that choice may well have been different and the beautiful mona she which you can see over there may have easily been a mosque because back then in the year nine hundred eighty eight delegates from all religions came over to key of two of the tool for their religion historians are still finding proper explanation why did lead even to choose orthodox christianity some even joke that just choice because the orthodox christianity in fact allowed

people to drink wine well maybe this is a joke this is being debated by historians more likely that the choice for the orthodox christianity was more geopolitical because. even wanted to have closer ties with the other european powers nevertheless this was a historical decision and it was believed as all across the post office space are celebrating this day. business news is next hour in a closer. hello and welcome to business here on r.t.l. we start this hour with the ruble which has reached a three year high against the euro dollar baskets the growth of russia's currency is maybe due to uncertainty over the u.s. that ceiling and problems in the eurozone analysts also say strong oil prices and lower capital outflow are the factors supporting the google. and let's take

a look at the markets now precious metal prices are in the black this hour as investors look for safe haven due to uncertainty over the u.s. that resolution gold is getting in point zero seven percent and silver is solved by over a half a percent trading at around forty dollars per ounce. and oil prices are up this hour however there is still on the pressure as the on resolved u.s. that ceiling debate chipped away at investor confidence and down who demand the light sweet is currently trading at ninety seven dollars per barrel while brant is at one hundred and eighteen let's take a look at asian markets they are now closed and they closed mixed japanese nikkei closed strongly down exporters were among the worst performers in tokyo as the yen firm against the dollar carmaker honda lost one point eight percent small panasonic and that almost two percent in the red meanwhile hang sunday and point thirty percent by the end of the trading day. and in europe markets are in negative

territory for a fourth day now the financial sector is struggling after goldman sachs downgraded and the birth of european banks due to the limits of prospects for loan growth. and here in moscow the markets bounced back from earlier losses and are gaining this hour the artsy as is almost a third of a precise and my stock says up. and forty four percent there let's take a look at some individual names on the why sex all majors bounce back from once those losses go to frost left up around point seven percent russia's pharmaceutical giant farm standard is also supported by music has increased sales by sixty percent in the first half of the year precious metal my no problem at all is point eight percent in the red this by stronger gold. most people don't off on their all of those this week probably aren't heading for the north caucasus the politically

troubled russian region is barely on the tourist map however the government hopes to change all that's as much of a explains the creation of new tourist destinations in the north caucasus is a key strategy of the russian government to bring economic revival to the troubled region the sums involved have been raised several times but now it's predicted that over one hundred thirty billion dollars will be needed to build five major resorts now government owned corporation resorts off of the north caucasus is running the project and it promises that the construction will be finished by twenty twenty five now france will come from three different sources first from the federal budget than from the regions specially. done in english as and finally from a known sources such as international and domestic investors it's not only new resources that will be involved but also some saw holiday destinations will get a new lease of life now the republic of dagestan will receive one third of overall

investment most of it will be sponsor a point the construction of hotels and other infrastructure along its two hundred kilometers of caspian sea shore now douglas dunn claims it will attract many private investors but so far only russian billionaire through the month has expressed an interest meanwhile austria and front. have also expressed their readiness to participate and the construction of this major project the development of the north caucuses stand alongside the twenty fourteen olympics as the most expensive projects on tour taking by the russian government and that's all that is a status for now for more stories you can always check out our websites our two dot com slash business but in the meantime stay tuned for the headlines with carrie.

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about the main stories we're covering for you this hour. separatist movements grow in the palace vacuum of government arrests belgium and skeptics saying the end is nigh for its future as a single nation state. president obama threatens to veto a republican debt ceiling that's ongoing debate threatens an economy already losing jobs to other countries. moscow and washington exchanged travel bans and a diplomatic round of russian sending magnitsky died in jail awaiting trial

tax evasion. but coming up next talks to iran's foreign minister about the country's nuclear program and russia's role as a mediator between tehran and the international community. the worst the suspicious of iran's nuclear program while you insist that you have peaceful intentions around doing to convince the west that you nuclear program is intended to serve peaceful purposes but when you come home. the only international body that has the authority to evaluate our activities is that i be a new state is allowed to accuse iran regarding its nuclear program bedside i.e. a bank to raise or to initiate any international action against iran this is why we pay no attention to the west claims regarding our nuclear research iran is

a member of the i.a.e.a. and a party to the nonproliferation treaty iran is going to respect that treaty says nuclear nonproliferation is in our interests as well i confirm that iran has made its intentions quite clear with regard to its nuclear program proving that it is peaceful this is further reaffirmed by the fact that the i.a.e.a. did not state in any of his reports that there is any military activity going on in iran's nuclear sector as for their intentions how come the united states accuse us of pursuing non peaceful purposes while america itself was the first nation ever to use nuclear weapons killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and. this is why we have no faith in america's intentions as history shows cannot be trusted during our war with iraq saddam's regime used chemical weapons against iran but we did not respond in kind since iran's policy is based on shari'a law which forbids us from producing storing or.