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 one would be welcome in france the biggest party in the northern half want to 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 jim's national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every belgian but european integration itself continue or the e.u. is scared that the divorce of belgium was part of the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving and britain were already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turned violent with guns getting called to take just one big clash from brussels to become sir. that's conflicts or

a mass killing not suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you can slow via 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 eighth region all that's left are the details the new bush will see brussels. becoming a bit later in the program tonight we look at a part of eastern europe where separation brought anything but peace and stability . call for always store secessionist republics so in other words a service or down in costs or still believe themselves to be part of serbia as fresh violence flares up in the disputed border between serbia and kosovo we talked of balkans experts as a un closed session continues tonight. next though the u.s. military says it will continue airborne reconnaissance missions near china first 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 and helen from the american based foreign policy in focus think tank says the rift is part of the competition for energy routes in the reach him. prey on the united states is the number one user of energy in the world and china is the number two and chinese oil eighty percent of chinese energy supplies who move by sea the move through the streets of rome once which is controlled by the american system eat well in move to the election rates which controlled by the american seventh fleet chinese are very sensitive to this and they tell you they worry about the fact that if 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 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 nieces that go all the way from central asia to the north pacific that's the context in which this takes place. and how the coming up in a few minutes on r.t. with me kevin zero in the scorches strikes back the sons of elton brushes heat wave right now but the real danger is on the ground the fate of the smoldering pink box but spark another choking smoke in some of the report on that for you also this one too. like lifting closely between washington and moscow as the u.s. bans travel from russian officials thought to be linked to a boy of death in jail even though the probes are not yet complete. germany's finance minister is not happy at one of the key points in the greek rescue decided by e.u. leaders last week he says the eurozone fund did not agree to a blank check for buying greek bonds and in another development the i.m.f. is warning france that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the

debt crisis i spoke during european economist thomas take us and he said if france struggles too much future bailouts won't happen. francisco is 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 we should be clear course that france is not bankrupt fundamentally in any way that similar to greece but of maggots decide to cut them off from funds than even healthy governments can cope us and that i guess is the reason that we are faced with here you need to buy the necessary time to get the voters and the populations of europe the only way you can do that is in fact by his ring 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 cause the financial crisis was an opportunity for others with money in short supply companies in the west that taking the operations and dollars to the cheap east is pretty straight looks at how the american great news for india

. 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 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 the country during the financial crisis according to rethink sourcing reports american companies have been free production in that country as much as that many times 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 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 together but having a good balance and all this me you know i'm 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 more 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 too many

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 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 forty years as almost three people in this last three years put additional if you 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. many many more of previous reports from inside india on line it out. website including it tonight how to dial up the catch of the day india troll of crucifying phones transform their livelihood to the different kind of network and to illustrate the point section drolls of the story for inspiration check it out reading it out. even security council is holder going to be is requested to the flaring violence in northern cos of a fresh clashes began when kosovo police seems to disputed the checkpoints to prevent the transfer of goods from sabbath services dominate over in kosovo are outraged by the move with destroying one of the checkpoints nato peacekeepers moved in to stop the violence but the situation remains tense there tonight political analyst an exam to publish in belgrade told us said should be treated as an infringing minority on land based still in god is there. they're 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 course of always to a 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 that have recognized kosovo or treating them as a minority on the other hand states that have not recognized kosovo independence and not treating it 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 to take 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 and 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 who really could have been any nationality we don't know whether they were serb albanian or french or even 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 is half brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces former cia intelligence officer michael show a total say that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate and we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put 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 tribally when we are gone when nato 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 but 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 but earlier than he was indeed part of

a long running efforts to eliminate osama bin laden and he shares his experience of fighting international terrorism on our website also talking to r.t. dot com bolivia's president on fighting against being framed. try charging us with illegal activities with drug smuggling or terrorism for instance to ultimately destroy us that's their plan i believe over us allies why he feels that the threat from the u.s. right now also. counting kremlin posters appear across moscow with president medvedev portrayed as superhero captain america check out the authorities reaction to the comic book make over at r.t. dot com exclusively from.

thursday sees the marking of a special bond between russia ukraine and belarus which goes back more than a millennium orthodox church leaders are in kiev marking the conversion to christianity they helped exactly one thousand and twenty three years ago when ukraine's capital used to be the center of the ancient state of ross and his leg series yes. 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 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 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 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 joked 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 nevertheless this was a historical decision and believes all across the post office space are celebrating this day. now artie's eye catching video reports lined up few online on the you tube channel where we have now reached were very pleased to say we're not about

stone of five hundred million views thank you if you contributed to reaching out milestone for us r.t. is the first ever twenty four hour international news channel to reach that high number only in march artie's video materials on the japanese quake and the tsunami collected more than a hundred million views in total you can log on to youtube dot com slash see for the latest news and best footage from all over the world and thank you for help making us such a success. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of kandahar. operation to rule the day.

you're watching out. president medvedev has ordered a list of americans to be banned from entering russia or it's in response to a u.s. decision to impose travel restrictions on a group of russian officials linked to the case of lawyer sergei magnitsky who died in jail while awaiting trial for tax evasion and he's a good person off as the details of the story. 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 to these 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 need skis death and this

blacklist was inforced before a court could make a decision on them previously the russian foreign ministry 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 it was all we were who 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 several separate investigations were started including the one being held by the president's commission on human rights will use a brief recovering few tonight a double bombings hit an iraqi banquet police were collecting paychecks in the

northern town of to crete twelve people were killed and dozens injured in that attack but it remains unclear how many offices remember them the last month the fourth major was on iraqi security forces this year with no. responsibility. norwegian police have ended the search for the bodies of those killed in the massacre on a toy island sixty eight people in the confirmed dead shooting rampage people are visiting a memorial to the tragedy at the closest mainland point toyah the un itself remains closed as the investigation continues. in a moscow thank you they haven't voted in the last couple of hours to dampen down what is a sweltering heat wave temperatures hit nearly forty degrees today in the capital memories of last summer's smoke covered city that left a bit of a chill in the air pushed kobe reports next on how russia's wildfires are back spreading fear as well as flames. a 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 valid in people's memory intense being book fires and the record heat waves 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 mode 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 before you ever wanted 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 state officials are under reporting the extent of the problem both around moscow and across the country. after the situation is made to win wars by the bureaucrats instead of written swiftly it spent all the time concealing the information about fires and thus 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's only so much monte is can do when i was driving into the forest that in seeing it from getting a sign at all there is a huge track heart at the entrance the record breaking heat of summer two thousand and ten resulted in devastating forest fire is. it killed sixty two people destroyed one hundred ninety nine towns and reduced thirty two hundred houses to

ashes. the fire was literally coming towards us we could hear the trees crackling they were burning and then who's the wind blew it the other way. this year most of the countries against well trained 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 dead league this time. r.t. moscow region looking ahead just a bit for you in terms of its time were seeing how lithuania's coping twenty years after the collapse of the soviet era special report coming up for you but it's business before that with kareena after this quick break. hungry for the fall we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

soon which brightened if you newly found sound from finest impressionists. teeth don't come. to business here at r.t. thanks for joining me our top story today the ruble has reset three year high against the euro dollar basket fears over the debt situation in europe the u.s. are contributing to the rally but as you gain of the ocean from systemic financial

corporation explains the karsies maybe 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 a little bull. dog out of the boss could you 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 cheap or you are feeling if you fill those up yourself more comfortable in the longer term you focal 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 dismay resulting to a less comfortable situation for consumers. to look at the markets now precious metal prices are down the saw gold has slipped so a silver investors are still looking to take havens utah certainty over the u.s. debt resolution now or prices are slightly lower this hour. light sweet is down twenty nine cents and trading at ninety seven dollars

a barrel brant is trading at one hundred seventeen dollars a barrel prices are under pressure the result of u.s. debt ceiling debate chipped away at investor confidence and down. u.s. stocks are high and strong report on jobs even a stalemate continues in washington over how to avoid a u.s. debt default government said for the first time the applications for unemployment benefits fell below four hundred thousand for the first time in four months that's a sign that employers are laying off fewer workers and european markets closed makes with the footsie opera quarter of a percent on the dax point eight percent and the red lloyds banking group and be a nice systems were supporting equity in london but while major b.p. was weighing on the brakes b.p. shares have lost more than three percent this week after results posted on tuesday so profits that. i'm doing here in russia stocks rose of the end of the trading session the r.t.s. rebounded from a one week low closing point four percent in the black on thursday now let's take

a look at some individual moves on the markets. energy majors among the main game is with gazprom up ground point eight point eight percent russia's pharmaceutical giant palm standardless also off supported by news it has increased sales by sixty percent in the press conference you absent me a precious metal mine upon my polis half a percent in the red despite strong gold. rush and biggest search engine yandex has reported that 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 yannick shares have risen more than fifty percent since listing in new york in april. while that's an update for this hour but i'll be back with more in forty five minutes.

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this is r t international monitors kevin owen in moscow tonight on our top stories for you the u.n. security council is holding an emergency closed meeting of a fresh violence in the disputed border area between serbia and kosovo serbs claim the kosovo authorities are imposing unilateral moves to stoking ethnic tensions. washington is refusing to stop its reconnaissance flights near china despite beijing's outrage over violating chinese sovereignty experts say the asian countries rapid military advisors are heading for the pentagon which is losing its will don't. plan

a heat waves breaking russia right now and it's raising fears that deadly small might return to the capital the wildfire season is underway along with underground fires which cause choking smoke to blanket moscow last year. the baltics that spent the last two decades tackling its legacy. the news is the capital of live you am the city changed hands many times during the twentieth century after 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 competent once again in the country join the soviet union. they like saying in russia we liberated the lithuanian people from that see germany let's go to that i add the following yes you did but you didn't bother to leave afterwards to do

with. it 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 is the way as 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 wounded. 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. if you a new one at independence in one thousand nine hundred one the small baltic republics then desperately trying to join european structures and leave it soviet past behind as fast as possible.