to tie the knot we have contacts with other parties with your m.p. and we have contact with a socialist and it has been confirmed to us that's in case belgium would speed up then one would be welcome in france. 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 of a vice versa king albert feels 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 of the divorce of belgium the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving a great we're already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turning violent with guns getting paul to take just one big clash from brussels to

become. that conflict killing suffered in europe since world war two. turned toward each other as you go slow over your broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated fridge 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. how do you think the belgian separatists movement could influence the whole of europe well on to r.t. dot com to vote in zero zero. thirty five percent think the e.u. is strong enough to survive any challenges together. around thirty percent think the e.u. should have disintegrated a long time ago while i just seventeen percent believe any gratian is the major threat eighty percent and one. break up going to come to have us.

spy games of two titans china says offer less for collison is playing from there its borders demanding respect for its territory washington says the operation. we continue. to stream heat wave across russian regions causes wildfires with fear is that the smoke filled summer of twenty ten that could be repeated. financial crisis for some is an opportunity for others with money in short supply for companies in the west taking their operations dollars to the cheap east well to appreciate it 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 started as a 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 their guard down a modern suburb of new delhi everywhere you look there are opportunities of american companies at the sign of the importance the united states has placed on this country during the financial crisis according to reap an outsourcing report to american companies have been free production in this 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. based to just forty percent today we moving cautiously in that direction so the idea is to have a good balance it's not about being focused on one mark or together but having a good balance and obviously you know emerging 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 were. tear 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 there are more dollars to go to stimulate the economy here in america i think 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 diddly and i do think that is the wrong thing to do is. over think and it's not just manufacturing work american 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 end anytime soon within the markets we have a good old from the last most reports and that's last on the u.s. petition to be would like to double the 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 at a high level the debt limit tenth and 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 a potentially devastating default the presence of bombers concerned that a green reserving the cuts could affect with a vision of medical care and social security in the years ahead best turned 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 are 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 spin 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 the 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's the largest debtor nation in the history of the world it's just getting worse well uncovering those standards in the high finance auntie's economic

gurus max kaiser and stacy holmes make their own for cost of where the u.s. financial tensions are getting much the kaiser reporting from that side i'm thirty g.m.t. but hesitates to play let's look at these videos dizzy what america might look like the next threat the next time the deficit ceiling is hit here's india's parliament you see a nice brawl there. let's turn to the flu jab 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 in the floor of the afghan parliament so i think this is the next step that tea party female mud wrestling with michele bachmann and that other show once again with the glasses bachmann and sarah paling i get those doing the mud mud wrestling for votes so i vote for.

president has ordered the creation of a list of americans will be banned from entering it's in response to a u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on a group of russian officials with links to the death of the magnitsky for u.k. based financial houston texas. for more details on this let's cross live now to our . who's lucky to be included on these at that least. according to a source in the russian foreign ministry this list will include american officials were thought to hold the rights of russian citizens and is moscow's and search of the so-called black list previously enforced by the u.s. state department that list includes dozens of russian officials including some senior police officers agents of the federal security service lawyers doctors and others who the state department believes are linked to sort of give money excuse death and violated his rights all of them are now banned for it from entering the

united states the kremlin says it's puzzled by the situation since there are several investigations currently being held looking into the circumstances all the skees death and this blacklist which you can foresee before a court could make a decision on them previously the russian foreign ministry and also if you speak criticize this blacklist saying that it's an unfriendly act which may negatively affect the trust between. of the two countries also called it an old old school tribal tactic to intervene and upward pressure on these investigations and promised an adequate response just to remind us of magnitsky was all we were who worked with a large poor investment fund here in russia he was accused of organizing a huge money laundering scheme was arrested but died in prison before a court could make a decision on his case this caused a huge wave of criticism both in russia and among the international community so i will separate investigations were started including the one being held by the

president's commission on human rights. and i suppose no thank you for that. but you can always log on to our website at r.t. dot com for more stories and just a quick look now incentive pieces but the hot pants debate is heating up even the threat of fines for flushing a bit too much like also online a few today. in two russian cities on rated among the ten most polluted in the world considered even worse for people so. little side bar and more on their stories about the latest figures and books. america says it plans to continue

a constance missions near china it comes after two chinese fighter jets intercepted a u. two spy plane over taiwan which time it claims as its territory beijing has warned that the move could damage relations with washington china is demanding respect for its territorial sovereignty but the u.s. maintains the air and sea should be open for any country to navigate its all part of the superpowers competition for energy routes says khan helen from the american based foreign policy focus think tank. right here 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 moved by c. that you move through the streets of rome once which is controlled by the american fifth fleet oil emove. which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this they they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put its some on their energy juggler 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 a 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 that go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. now that we've got more stories coming your way this hour find out how often talks with first appeared in russian. orthodox believers in russia ukraine and belarus are celebrating

a thousand and twenty three years since this part of the world that the that orthodox christianity but the choice of the religion may well have been different joining me from pier for all the details. as the mercury heads for forty degrees celsius in moscow memories of last summer smoke covered city of blink as artie's di frisco discovered the extreme heat wave has already caused an outbreak of wildfires in the region. and with all the smoke and moscow is 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 bongs may look harmless with just tiny flames on the surface but in fact every square meter requires a ton of water to extinguish the fire burning deep underground before you get ever down why did it turn your small green peas beneath the surface may undermine all our work. the authorities insist 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 is made people worse by the bureaucrats instead of reacted swiftly it went all the time can see was their formation about fires and does make it more difficult to get the bill on time but it would cover

boards campaigners 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 out all of course the forest despite the ban introduced a month ago and there's only so much volunteers can do when i was driving into the forests there in syria for dating a guy you know there is a huge tax cart at the entrance of the record. 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 two actions were done 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 that 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 august still to go russians from the capital to the countryside hope the summer sun will be as deadly this time gary bush r.t. moscow region. saw that world headlines for you now. asiana airlines cargo plane that crashed into the sea about one hundred kilometers west of the south korean city of jesuits both the pilot and copilot were killed contact with the plane was lost shortly after the crew what a mechanical difficulties and speculation that strong wind and rain they of course the tragedy. israel is reinforcing the northern border of the occupied golan heights where it meets syria with a one hundred twenty kilometer long fence eight kilometers have already been built the move comes after last month's rest when hundreds of syrian and procrustean protesters stormed the border and israel is shutting all its contested borders ahead of a u.n. vote in september on the recognition of a palestinian state. libya's foreign minister has described britain's decision to

recognize the rebels and expel colonel gadhafi as diplomats as illegal and irresponsible the british government is also on freezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libya's oil assets to help fund the rebels position and pay and peace campaigner jeremy corbyn says the u.k. is trying to play the role of judge and jury in the future of the north. instead. he's involved ourselves 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 to market to reality on reality 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. now it's been more than a thousand years since ancient russia was christianized and to mark the occasion the top off a duck's officials and worship gathering in ukraine capital let's say our share

skis in kiev message started to spread and learn even. thousands have gathered in key of central monastery the key of the chest 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 celebration 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 believes all 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 monastery which you can see over there it 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 two or for their religion historians are still finding proper explanation why did not 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 of its base are celebrating this day. well business news is next and i would. allow and welcome to business here on our it see now the ruble has reached a three year high against the euro dollar baskets the growth of russia's currency is mainly 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 label. and let's take a look at the markets they're all precious metal prices are in the black as investors look for safe haven due to the uncertainty over the u.s. that resolution gold is gained in point three percent and silver is trading at around forty dollars per ounce. and oil prices are up this hour however there are still under pressure as the result was that ceiling debate chipped away at investor

confidence and down and light sweet is currently trading at ninety seven dollars per barrel while brines as at one hundred eighteen dollars. and in europe markets are in negative territory for a fourth day the financial sector is struggling after goldman sachs downgraded a number of european banks due to limited prospects for loan growth the dax is now down over one percent it's. and here in moscow the markets have bounced back from wednesday's losses in our rise there right now we can see that my sex is off half of his sights let's take a look at some individual moves on the my sucks energy majors are among the main gainers this hour with gas from up around two point eight percent russia's pharmaceutical giant form standard is also all supported by news that increased sales by sixty percent in the first half of the year meanwhile precious metal miner polymaths this point eight percent in the red and that's the spite stronger gold.

now markets have been treading water for days here in russia city case of it or from deutsche bank says even if the investor kinsa be involved there are not many growth stories right now investors who could grow stocks and grow stocks in russia to my regular go stocks like a retail us banks listen stocks might be interested in what i think are very inaccurate is what shortly after. investors. buy a long term perspective on the might be also offer to watch a sector maybe investor news flow that will see. most people jetting off on their holidays this week probably aren't heading for the north caucuses their political troubles russia is barely on the tourist map however the government hopes to change all that as much of explains the creation of new tourist destinations in the north

caucasus is the key strategy of the russian government to bring economic revival to the trouble to 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 region's specially dagestan ingushetia and finally from a known state 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 point the construction of hotels and other

infrastructure along its two hundred kilometers of caspian sea shore dunn claims it will attract many private investors but so far only russian billionaire for the month has expressed an interest meanwhile austria and front have also expressed their readiness to participate in the construction of this major project the development of the north caucasus alongside the twenty fourteen olympics as the most expansive projects taking by the russian government and that's all the business news for now another update is coming your way in about fifteen minutes from now but in the meantime as the headlines with carol.

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back the main stories we're covering for you this hour separatist movements and grow in the power vacuum of government the rest belgian skeptics saying the end is nigh for its future as a single nation states. president obama threatens to veto a republican debt ceiling that's ongoing debate threatens and reducing jobs to other countries. and washington know it due to exchange these are blacklists in a diplomatic round with the death of notice in that he works for u.k. financial used to fool in russia. takes you now to

a corner of the baltics and has spent the past two decades tackling its soviet legacy. to me as is the capital of live you am the city changed hands many times during the twentieth century the world war one the poles were in charge then during the second world war nazi germany took control when the soviet army drove the fascists out of the baltics the city became if you a nice capital most again of the country joined the soviet union. they like saying in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from that scene germany let's go to that i add the following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards it was. you that when perestroika go to underway in the late one nine hundred eighty s. it was one of the first soviet republics to demand independence. was far as we are

concerned felonious is the capital notes moscow that's the way it's has been on whale a b. in the future. the confrontation between the soviet empire is weakening senta of the rebellious baltic republic resulted in street clashes. fourteen people were crushed by tanks hundreds were it. means that the town came to hold to when my leg was called between the caterpillar tracks i realized then that there was no escape other than death and that. if you wanted to independence in one thousand nine hundred one small baltic republic then desperately try to join european structures and leave it soviet past behind as fast as possible.