presidential front runner marine le pen last week said she would with the southern half of belgium with president sarkozy's ruling party and the opposition are already in talks to tie the knot we have contacts with other parties with you m.p. and we have contacted the socialist it has been confirmed to us that's in case belgium would speed up then we would be welcome in france. the biggest party in the northern half want to split to experts say build gyms 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 jim's national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every belgian but european integration itself because. the e.u. is scared that the divorce of belgium will spark of the rest of europe catalonia

leaving spain scotland leaving britain we're already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turn violent with guns getting pulled it takes just one big clash for brussels to become. that conflicts or a mass killing not 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 eighth region all that's left are the details of the new bush you'll see brussels or we want to know if you think the belgian people desire to end their unhappy marriage will affect. here's how your voting at home. is another thing that's divided here on whether you ninety your days are numbered as you can see there from the child forty two percent of. you have been

stuck together for far too long while around a quarter nations the two in exchange be linked to goes on loan the rest say that a global economic slump or excessive immigration what we want spelled the end of the block or do add your voice in the debate now at heart and dot com. now the u.s. military says it will continue airborne reconnaissance missions near china announced despite beijing's protests last month after two chinese fighter jets intercepted a year to spy plane over taiwan which china claims as its territory calling on and from the american base to foreign policy in focus think tank says the rest is up on the competition for energy routes in the region prey on the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and trade is the number two. chinese or oil eighty percent of chinese energy suppliers who move by sea that you move through

the streets of four months which is controlled by the americans who sleep well in movie deluxe traits which controls the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this be they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put it on their energy on the again this is start a worldwide competition for energy resources between the number one or two powers now energy users in the world and the fact that the united states has pretty much surrounded most of china because this is they go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. but livia's president says he fears us all forward he's might plant narcotics on his plane and link him with drug traffickers and even that all of these attending the u.n. general assembly in new york has been sharing his concerns with. the information is coming from the us i think there is some kind of

a system some preparations being done by secret agents it's a little way of undermining the authority of the bolivian president and of the government do you remember this news from wiki leaks what was america's goal was it to capture me or neutralize me or overthrow me but they failed what can they do now try charging us with illegal activities with drug smuggling or terrorism for instance to ultimately destroy us that's their plan i believe. the highlights on the raid that bolivian president evo morales is available feel towards our right now. if you. could take three to support you three. three. three. three. three vote. for your media project free media r t v dot com.

president medvedev has ordered a list of americans to be banned from entering russia it's in response to a u.s. decision to travel restrictions on officials linked to the case of. he died in jail while awaiting trial for tax evasion that you go to the office for. according to a source in the russian foreign ministry this list will include american officials who are thought to all violated the rights of russian citizens and is moscow's answer to 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 skis death all of them are now banned for it from entering the united states the kremlin says it's possible to buy the situation since there are several investigations

currently being held looking into the circumstances of money skis death and this blacklist was again forced before a court could make a decision on them previously the russian foreign ministry would also if you speak criticize this blacklist saying that it's an unfriendly act which may negatively affect the trust between the two countries also called it an old old school tactic to intervene and up why pressure on these investigations and promised an adequate response just to remind us that was all we were who worked with a large foreign investment fund here in russia who 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 several separate investigations were started including the one being held by the president's commission on human rights. in just

a few minutes here are the scorched earth strikes back songs that pull up health in the wave but the real danger. with fear is that smoldering. shakiness. congratulating christiane i see where in kiev where all put on leaders from russia ukraine and the rest the side. of worship. iran's nuclear program has passed a point of no return according to its foreign minister in about twenty minutes he explains exclusively why the country called atomic plans. iran has reached a point in its nuclear research where it is impossible to stop it or go back over the nuclear technologies or develop into a domestic industry becoming a fact of life for many iranians now that we have educated and trained thousands of nuclear scientists who can the wish for the entire world stop us from enriching

uranium so as for how the situation is going to do that there is no limit discussion dialogue and negotiation we see it as a test for ourselves for our patients and and throughout our history of minor sort of prove to the world to do run for does not give up in the face of suppression and to still if we are ready to put any price and withstand anything there is no point in being in reserve the right the more these threaten and pushes the more determined we become to move out of school and. find out a crisis first some is an opportunity for all those with money in short supply for companies in the west they're taking their operations and dollars to the cheap. preassure to look 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 crisis. around the world and while countries are struggling to

protect their interest increasingly western businesses are shifting their work east to cut costs welcome to guard down a modern suburb of new delhi everywhere you look there are officers of american companies at the sign of the importance the united states has placed on this country during the financial crisis according to rethink sourcing reports american companies have been free production in that country as much as seventy nine 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 removing consciously in that direction so the idea is to have a good balance it's not about being focused on one market or the other but having a good balance and obviously you know when merging markets like india china and asia as 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 mine 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 who don't. do to me and i do think that is the wrong thing to do is. the thing and it's not just manufacturing work american i t. companies in 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 the 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 and any time soon within the markets we have a good old from the last forty of those almost three people in this last i think yes petition to be would like to double the business forty five mins a confidence not often found among their colleagues in the west preassure either r t new delhi india more reports from inside india are online for us whether the don't call including counted. the day india true or crucifying find

strong livelihoods with a different kind of network to get a real inspiration called c section a big. welcome to the. what makes a big splash in the world of high tech business what turns it vs science into i can't use products they don't understand all these these guys we follow russian invaders to e.g. bidders abroad and their big breakthrough back home spotlight on start up on technology update here on our. we've got the future covered. last time the close of team was in the cool gum region where men flock from all over the world to add a few centimeters to their self-confidence. this time archie goes to the amore each

of the folks for the gold rush still gets people like ducks or an ancient tribe likes to save its culture. where cranes are protected in the first and dumped on official nature reserve. to the armoire egypt russia close up on the r.t. . carries knotting forty degrees in mosque a bit memories of last song as vogue cover city are leaving a show in their art is a diverse caper report on how wildfires are back spreading fear as well as play. a whiff of the smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of beads smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still the lead in people's memory intense speed book fires and the record heat wave were blamed

for the dense smoke that sent pollution levels soaring ten fold 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 wanting it during a small greenpeace beneath the surface may undermine or 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 c 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 written swiftly it's opened all the time concealing the information about fires and does make it more difficult to get the bill on time but it would. 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 are all across the forest despite a ban introduced a month ago and there's only so much he is can do when i was driving into the forests there in syria forgetting is going to need there is a huge tac heart at the entrance the record breaking 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 city two hundred houses to actions. the fire was literally coming towards us we could hear the trees crackling they

were burning and then hoosh the wind blew it the other way you know this year most of the country's advance well drained and the fires are raging once more large areas of forest have already been destroyed in russia's far east while parts of the north are already choking on smog and with all the still to go russians from the capital to the countryside hope the summer sun won't be as deadly this time. archie moscow region. look at some more world news we're covering a sour now and libyan rebel. western town near a key supply road not far from the border say it's the biggest rebel push in recent weeks on wednesday britain expelled all diplomats loyal to the data his regime officially recognizing libya's opposition group the legitimate government. china's five minister has vowed to investigate a high speed train crash that killed at least hurting nine people and injured

almost two hundred others six carriages derailed and four plunged from the via dot on saturday after a train crashed into another near the eastern city. a senior real way officials are design flaws and human error caused the tragedy. rescue efforts are underway in self to her. the rainfall claimed at least forty four lives near the country's capital emergency teams are using heavy machinery and sharples to search for survivors flooding has forced thousands from their homes destroyed many buildings another twenty five centimeters of rain is expected to fall on friday. now thursday's these the marking of a special bond between russia ukraine and belarus which goes back more than a millennium altered church leaders are in kiev marking in the conversion to christianity it happened exactly one thousand and twenty three years ago when ukraine's capital used to be the center of the ancient state of truce assays cesky

is that. 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 with 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 liturgies 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 priests to offer 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 want to do have closer ties with the other european powers nevertheless this was a historical decision and believes all across the post of its base are celebrating

this day. now on the way around foreign minister about how it's resolved western concerns about its nuclear program first though its business update with how do you know. how and welcome to our business report here in r.t. thanks for joining me who will has reached a three year high against the euro dollar basket growth of russia mainly due to on such as the over the u.s. debt ceiling and problems in the eurozone and also say strong oil prices and lower capital. to supporting the ruble now let's take a look at the markets so precious metal prices are makes this are going to slip into the red but gold is gaining as aggressors took for safe haven due to uncertainty over the u.s. resolution oil prices are in the black light sweet from early losses but it's still quite flat brant is trading at one hundred and eighteen dollars

a barrel prices under pressure the result u.s. debt ceiling debate chipped away at investor confidence and down. in europe markets are in negative territory for the fourth day now the financial sector is struggling after goldman sachs downgraded a number of european banks to limited prospects for loan growth the dax is down one point seven percent this hour and here in moscow the markets are mixed the r.t.s. has slipped into the red after earlier gains but the still higher now let's take a look at some individual. energy majors among the main game is with gazprom up around point eight percent russia's pharmaceutical giant farm standard is also supported by news it has increased sales by sixty percent in the first half of the year meanwhile the precious metal miner polymath who is half a percent in the red despite strong to gold. well the markets have been trading

at treating water for days here in russia sergei so they're from deutsche bank says even for the investor keen to be involved there are not many quote stories like versus all good all stocks and growth stocks in russia to my regular growth stocks like everything else and banks listen stocks might be interesting but i think curve of trading activity is what shortly after. investors. to buy a long term perspective on the maybe also for the wisest sector you might be interested in the news flow of it we've seen. most people jetting off on their holidays this week probably aren't heading for the north caucuses the political trouble russian region is barely on the tourist map however the government hopes to change all that admitting a caution 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

tree 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 funds 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 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 sulu monkey

has expressed an interest meanwhile austria and fronts 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 expensive projects are taking by the russian government that's all the business is for knowledge only for more updates in about forty five minutes from now.

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and. this is washington this refusing to stop his reconnaissance plane like say a china despite its beijing's outbreak in juba violation chinese solvency eggs but say the asian countries rapid military rawlings is a headache for the pentagon which he is losing its. the kremlin's responding to a u.s. travel ban on officials and the death of a lawyer causes of it with a nest of americans fall from entering russia is angry at washington's reagan

saying the investigation into the city making his death is still. a heat wave is baking rush hour right now it is raising fears the deadly smalled might return to the wall because it's on the way along with on the ground ball which calls choking smoke to blanket moscow last year. he announced since delusive beats you around for a minister about the country's nuclear program and the possible ways out of the death lol. 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. a new state is allowed to accuse iran regarding its nuclear program i'd say i.a.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 since 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 its reports that there is any military activity going on in iran's nuclear sector as for their intentions how can 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 in japan.