the biggest party in the northern half wants the split to experts say belgium's 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's fears bill jim's 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 will spark of the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving britain were already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turned violent with guns getting pulled it takes just one big clash for brussels to become serial that's conflicts or a mass killing not suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you can slove a broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated

french 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 the new bush will see brussels. now later in the program we look at a part of eastern europe where separation brought anything but peace and stability . of course i've always thought the session is three problems so in other words the serbs tore down of course all still believe themselves to be part of serbia as fresh violence flares up the disputed disputed border between serbia and kosovo we talked to balkans experts as a un closed session. now it's the germany's finance ministers not at all happy and one of the key points in the greek rescue decided by e.u. leaders last week he says the eurozone fund didn't agree to blank checks for buying greek bonds and then another development the i.m.f. is warning fronts that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis or help us put these two news lines in perspective let's talk to thomas

t.v. signals from a c b merchant banking joining us on the line from copenhagen tonight thanks for being on the program let's talk about france first if we can what might happen if europe second biggest powerhouse economy hits the buffers do you think well if air france cross the same way as we've seen other countries in europe in that case it's the end of the line for the european bailout experiment which would be clear course that france is not bankrupt fundamentally in any way that's similar to greece but if markets decide to cut them off from funds then even healthy governments can go parsing that i guess is the risk that we're faced with here what. is being warned is not to put holmes in a bit to try and tighten the pallies even further move france is being told it does need to bring in these cuts to avoid this worst case scenario there's already deep resentment of course among the french to a higher retirement days i'm talking about last year a lot of trouble over that kind of sarkozy risk angering the public so close to the election with any more tightening of a belt. well i i think there's obviously

a political risk if he decides to do so but more importantly i don't think it's the right way to go right now those step problems that are being pointed out by the i.m.f. they could potentially be resolved over a period of five or ten years you do not want to go in a weakening economy and more downside risks to growth right now and i don't think that the case for doing that is so pressing but obviously if bob gates decides that this is what they want in order to keep funding the french government then we might come into a situation where sacrifice is necessary after all let's look at other news lloyd now that submerged today a thomas if we can brief respite for the e.u. last week when it agreed on a greece is the latest rescue but now from the city's finance minister is anxious that the idea of having to buy about greek bonds isn't a well what does this tell us about a high level faith in greece being able to ever pay its debt. well i think there are situation or impression that two or three years down the loan down the line

some kind of restructuring would be necessary regardless of what we're doing right now i don't think the illusion that we can fix that problem is out there the question is how you apply enough time to do this in an orderly fashion and i think it's deeply worrisome that the bigger countries in the eurozone apparently do not have enough faith to put up their money in order to just buy two or three years stemming the hemorrhaging of capital from greece and giving them time to buy some longer term solutions or find some longer term solutions so i guess to clearly hear what the euro zone again this is telling markets they don't even really stand behind their own plans i mean more from the german finance minister whose words carry some weight of course he said the crisis of trust in the euro can't be sorted out within a single summit like we saw last week but can it be repaired at all more people are asking now. we're clearly agree that you cannot create a new nation state over a weekend summit if you look to see history countries like the united states or the

russian federation they were they did not create a nation states they were in a meeting that lasted a week and so it is something where you need a lot of time. i guess that this could be fixed and i think everybody in europe would probably be better off if a broader eurozone is kept together but this is politics and the lack of confidence that you can hear from the statement suggests that while the things might come to a point earlier than when the politicians are ready if you held the strings if you pulled the lever what would you like to see the eurozone do as a way forward. well i think because these are very important very political decisions you need to buy the necessary time to get to the borders and the populations of europe on board the only way you can do that is in fact by issuing that blank check that you will be prying whatever it takes to keep french italian and spanish yields from rising in the same way as they did increase if you're not willing to back up with capital like that then i guess there's no solution in sight thomas to get some good of your expert opinion on the program from s c b banking

joining us there from copenhagen tonight thank you thank you. the u.s. military says it will continue airborne reconnaissance missions near china despite beijing's protests last month after two chinese fighter jets intercepted a u. two spy plane over taiwan which china claims as its territory called holland from the american based foreign policy in focus think tank says the rift is part of competition for energy routes in the region. right on the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and china is the number two and chinese oriel eighty percent of chinese energy supplies who moved by c. they either move through the streets or for months which is controlled by the american system eat well in move to lex traits which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this and they they worry about the fact that the united states could sort of put it on their energy john miller again this

is start a worldwide competition for energy resources between the normal 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 bases that go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. and a few minutes of the program the scorches strikes back the side that thought helped in russia's heat wave right now but the real danger is on the ground in favor of small over and bombs could spark another cho and smoking some of the ports as the only. light with diplomacy between washington and moscow as the u.s. bans travel from russian officials thought to be linked to a lawyer is deaf in jail even though the probe is not yet complete god thing fails on that. 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 and dollars to the cheap east prostrated 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 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 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 the country as much as cabin nine in the past three year. carrier 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 us 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 mark or 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 are mine dollars to go to stimulate the economy here in america i think are 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 they don't. do to me and i do think that is the wrong thing to do is. over thirty 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 that 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 years as almost where people in this last three years put additional if you would like to double the business to five names

a confidence not often found among their colleagues in the west preassure either r t new delhi india. other than a lot more praise reports from inside india online on a website it out called the clear link how to dial out the catch of the day good story this from india told of crude proves it found that mobile phones are transformed the livelihoods of a different kind of network to illustrate the point. section draws on the story for inspiration check that out if you don't see that already. the u.n. security council is holding an urgent meeting it's said to be his request into the flaring violence in northern coast of fresh clashes began when kosovo police seized two disputed border checkpoints to prevent the transit of goods from. which dominate northern possible were outraged by the movie reviews destroying one of the checkpoints nato peacekeepers moved in to stop the violence but the situation

remains tense political analyst exact a public should belgrade says shouldn't be treated as an infringing minority on that they still regard it as their of. their trying to they're trying to enforce some unilateral moves in order to change the reality on the ground to change the reality as it was as it is under u.n. resolution security council resolution twelve forty four always still with the session is through public so in other words the serbs or down in kosovo still believe themselves to be part of serbia and they're acting in that capacity now the western states mostly nato states to recognize course or treating them as a minority on the other hand states that have not recognized of course or independence and not treating serves as a minority but are seeing them as having equal rights as all of the citizens of serbia but we must remember that the key to the situation in kosovo was really in nato hands they control militarily the entire province so really

whatever happens down there is under their control and it's something that they will tolerate or not tolerate. we must also remember what happened yesterday with the burning of the border checkpoint we still don't know who actually did it these were masked men and they really could have been any nationality we don't know whether they were serb albanian or french shorey very american we just still don't know that a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured it follows a string of attacks on the killing of president karzai rather and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces from cia intelligence officer michael told us to see that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate and we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have

been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when they go leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdrawal in defeat really ultimately what we have after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission which was to destroy the taliban and to destroy al qaeda and quite frankly we haven't killed enough of the enemy and their supporters to make any difference we instead tried to build a western democracy in a country that's conservatively islamic and deeply islamic and so we've failed to do that and the situation is going to remain violent and probably. detrimental certainly very detrimental to pakistan as long as we stay there as long

as the ally and stays in afghanistan. former cia intelligence officer michael sure talked to us there about earlier and he was indeed one of the masterminds of the raid to kill bin ladin and he shares his experience about fighting international terrorism on our website also talking to r.t. dot com today bolivia's president about fighting against being framed. charging us with illegal activities with drug smuggling or terrorism for instance to ultimately destroy us that's their plan and i believe evan rolley as outlined why he feels the threat from the u.s. right now plus. can take incredibly posters appear across moscow with president medvedev for traders superhero captain america check out the authorities reaction to the comic book make over at r.t. dot com.

and president but it was older than a list of americans will be banned from entering russia this in response to u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on a group of russian officials linked to the case of lawyer said game of netsky who died in jail while awaiting trial for tax evasion not easy got piskun offers got more. 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 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 skis death all of them are now banned 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 the ski's 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 school tactic to intervene and apply pressure on these investigations and promised an adequate response just to remind you said you. worked with a large foreign 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 in russia and among the international community so separate investigations were started including the one being held by the president's commission on human rights. news we're covering this hour

a double bombing states and iraqi side the policeman collecting paychecks and over and trying to create twelve people have been killed and dozens injured in the attack but it remains unclear how many officers were among them. the fourth major attack on iraqi security forces this year you know and you have. police reading this for the bodies of those killed in the massacre on a. your island sixty eight people are now confirmed dead from that shooting rampage people are visiting a memorial to the tragedy at the closest point to a toy itself remains closed as the investigation continues. rescue efforts are underway in south korea after heavy rainfalls claimed at least forty four lives near the country's capital emergency teams are using heavy machinery and shovels to search for survivors flooding has forced thousands from their homes destroyed many buildings twenty five centimeters of rain is expected to fall on friday. opposite

end of the stick here in russia the mercury is not forty degrees here in moscow today but memories of last summer's smoke covered city living a bit of a chill in the air pushed over reports on how the wildfires are back spreading fear as well as flames. and whiff of smoke and moscow's in panic again the toxic cocktail of big smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still the lead 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 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 moke 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 peed 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. why did it turn a small green peas beneath the surface may undermine or work the authorities insist the situation is under control and most of the flies in moscow region have been successful extinguished however campaign is saying officials are under reporting the extent of the problem both around moscow and across the country. after the situation has made it worse but the bureaucrats instead of reacted swiftly spend all their time concealing the information about fires and does make it more difficult to get the bill in 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 is only so much tears can you do when i was driving into the

forest there in seeing you for that english guy using there is a huge placard at the entrance the record breaking heat of summer two thousand and ten resulted in devastating forest fires that killed sixty people destroyed one hundred ninety nine towns and reduced city to hundred houses two actions were done but 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 weltering and the fires are raging once more large a reserve 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 the summer sun won't be as dead league this time. archie moscow region so up to a twenty five pm here in moscow this thursday night got sport for just over twenty

one it's time you know he's got news of a gold medal day for russia of the world something championship that's got the business of first christmas here. and i welcome to business with maker in america they're all has a reset three year high against the euro dollar basket fears over the debt situation in europe and us are contributing to the rally but as again a system of financial cooperation explains the currency is many being driven by technical factors. it looks like the local private capital outflow has decreased in the second july and the high oil prices pushed total bull. dog out of the boss could speak about consumers when we speak about short term definitely it's good because a lot of consumer goods are being important when you buy your field if you fill those up yourself more comfortable in the longer term if local businesses will not be able to sustain expensive food will be smooth result into high levels of

unemployment unfortunately this may affect local output and these may result into a less comfortable situation for consumers so. let's take a look at the markets now precious metal prices are down the gold has slipped ministers are still looking for safe haven future uncertainty over the u.s. debt resolution prices are in the black this hour light sweet has bounced back from earlier losses through. brands trading at one hundred seventeen dollars a barrel prices are under pressure as the others on u.s. debt ceiling debate chipped away best confidence. and a strong report on jobs is sending u.s. stocks high even as a stalemate continues over the u.s. debt limit government reported that the first time applications for unemployment benefits fell below four hundred thousand first time in four moms that's a sign that fires fuel workers. markets in europe are mixed this

hour the puts a quarter of a percent of the dax point eight percent lower voice banking group and being the systems are supporting the forty but for major b.p.'s weighing on the index b.p. shares have lost more than three percent this week after results posted on tuesday showed profits missed best. here in moscow stocks rose at the end of the trading session rebounded from a one week low closing point four percent and the black let's take a look at some individual move my six energy majors are among the main game is with point nine percent. but us policy the cold time bomb standard was also op supported by news that has increased sales by sixty percent in the first half of the year meanwhile precious metal mine appalling metal last point six percent. despite strong occult. pressures biggest search engine yandex has reported a fifty seven percent rise in second quarter revenue to one hundred sixty five

million dollars the company now predicts similar growth for the full year from a sustained boom in internet advertising yeah the shares have risen more than fifty percent since listing in new york in a. that's it for the i join me to forty five minutes from our.

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on the r.t. . keep. the first picked. pm thursday evening here in moscow thanks for watching wherever you're watching around the world this is our. top stories washington's refusing to stop its reconnaissance flights in a china despite beijing's outrage over violating chinese sovereignty experts say the asian countries rapid military rise is a headache for the pentagon which fears losing its will dominance. the kremlin responding to the u.s. travel ban on officials linked to the death of a lawyer in custody with a list of americans who would be barred from entering russia moscow's angry at

washington's move saying the investigation into these deaths is still ongoing. the heat wave is baking russia right now and it's raising fears that deadly small might return to the capital a wildfire season is underway along with underground peat fires which calls choking smoke and blanket moscow. programs continue next we talked exclusively to iran's foreign minister about the country's nuclear program and the possible ways out of the deadlock right now. you know why 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 of any kind being the only international body that has the authority to evaluate our activities. and no 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 his 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 this is why we have no faith in america's intentions as history shows cannot be trusted.