inadequate decisions at their low qualification while flying this plane but some of the things they talked about were directly pointed at to russia that the air traffic controllers were reportedly misleading the pilots and the airfield in smolensk was reportedly not suitable for such landings some experts already say that this report represents something of an attempt to please everybody both in poland and in moscow so different definitely this case has been very heavily politicized from the very first moment and will probably have some continuation of the story and in the latest news we've heard is that the country's defense minister has stepped down from his position after this report was was made published by the commission the thirty's correspondent jeff ski well the results were already triggering cracks among poland's leading politicians prime minister donald tusk accepted the findings but the brother of the late president kaczynski who leads the country's opposition party used it to lay into his rival. prime minister

has no courage to take up the responsibility for the plane crash it has shuffled off on to his staff know who he is responsible for the games he played with the russians he is responsible that the balls were not conducting or even put in the investigation he is responsible for not defending polish interests and polish honor at the international forum we shall get to the bottom of this case as this is what we owe to those who died. doubts are being cast on the links being made to russian air controllers in the polish report aviation expert. told r.t. the final decision is always with the flight crew. it's not. the main thing is that poland admitted that the crew wasn't prepared enough for the flights the claims concerning the airport all controllers they have nothing to do with the crash i've been a pilot for over thirty years and i know a simple rule if you don't see the runway or its likes of the decision height you

have no other choice than to raise the landing gear and go to your reserve airport . well let's get some industry insight showy from avice's a former american airlines pilot is now a consultant with the spectrum groups civil aviation team mike thanks ever so much for being with us so it's good to have your insight on the program as a former pilot yourself for a major world airline what are your thoughts about the polish investigation now you've seen that report. well thank you very much for having me back on i appreciate the opportunity. you know it seems as though politics is playing a very vital position in the dissemination of information that's coming out of these reports but as the last report said when it comes down to it the decision to land an airplane is basically in the hands of the flight crew and the captain in particular but we get on to that in just a minute i. guess are you going to say it was a bit of

a delay there. the. again this is becoming a politicized issue and really what it. should boil down to is the safety aspect of it and what lessons should you learn from this to take away to prevent incidents and accidents like this from happening again i mean picking apart that report a lot was revealed today mark as you know including claims that the the russian airport wasn't prepared enough to accept the plane i got if it wasn't prepared why then choose to land the plane carrying the country's top officials there in the first place as appears to have happened. where you know first i. i can't believe that a top military crew was not trained properly to deal with the type of approaches that were available to them at the time of landing the other part of that is that airport and those runways were capable of handling that aircraft now the

difficulty was with the weather conditions did not permit or should not have permitted according to what we see in this report should not have permitted the continuation of the flight beyond what you call the missed approach point you continue an approach come down the approach path from the descent to the runway to make that landing and at that point at the approach point where you do not see the runway you need to go around to an alternate airport the first officer the copilot on that flight. and captain the person in charge of that flight elected to continue on and obviously with disastrous results let's focus in on something else that came out of the room report today the polish commission also saying that high trains could have prevented the plane from safely landing and how likely is that a factor in the plane's final approach. had the airplane been on the correct

flight path the trees were not really the factor the fact was that it appears as though the aircraft descended below the authorized and prescribed altitude the minimum altitude for that approach more were a bit pushed for time this is the one i want to get right into earlier on when interrupted you unfortunately i mean when that crushes how pilots everywhere get briefed to learn from the mistakes that the head of the commission the today worryingly had mentioned about quote the main passenger deciding on landing on of the pay flight like this not a commercial one now does that tally with normal industry pride. this. will show you let's be honest in a commercial aircraft you're not going to have somebody in the cockpit telling you whether you should land or not land the fact that they had other people going into the cockpit helping to make that decision putting the pressure on that pilot where

normally they may have decided and elected to go around to an alternate airport they decided to land at that airport it seems like based on the political pressure never would have happened in a commercial airliner around the world anywhere you surprise about that admission today from the head of the commission. so that again please are you surprised about that admission today from the head of the commission. yes to even admit that somebody was up there in that there's an implied suspicion of pressure to land doesn't alleviate the fact that the pilot was the one that made that final decision what you really do wonder who made that pilot make that decision and there had to be an enormous amount of pressure on that person to do what he did it is normally not not the case where this retired american airlines pilot and aviation expert much appreciated but of course we are across all these latest developments

as they coming through bringing more reaction to that report that's through expert opinion on the results of the investigation for you we've also if you are a freshness of those terrible events over a year ago got firsthand accounts of eyewitnesses on our website at www dot com. one of the big credit rating agencies is warning that it's reviewing spain's status among the main reasons is the pressure there over the bailouts for greece. as more now from madrid. today it has just announced that it wanted to downgrade spain's rating spain's bonds have already fallen by several percent and the euro has fallen as well now this of course is happening to the fore. just economy in the eurozone and you would think it should be better off but spain has been flagged by some very serious economic problems there's of course the the very large outstanding debts as well as the unemployment and we're already used to hearing about the so-called big

c. countries. in economic woes and that of course is portugal ireland greece and spain and now italy is also looking at some major issues as far as their economy is concerned by now also the the heavy drivers of the european economy for france and germany are also finding themselves in sort of hot water because just recently in the i.m.f. has said that france has somewhat been too optimistic about the evaluation of its prognosis and actually may not be as well off as the french authorities have hoped that have helped the country to be the problem these are so you sort of just happened suddenly i mean the french budget deficit has been in a deficit the french budget since nine hundred seventy four typical of contagion we've been talking about it for weeks we you know when you get some degree of goes through the boulder ultimately you have to decide when to amputate it and the truth

is. greece from the euro zone so that leaves germany and germany is already bearing the brunt of basically pulling the entire european economic structure out of the sinking hole that is that it's finding itself in recently this is coming right when the voices of discontent among the eurozone critics among the euro skeptics are growing louder and louder in fact they're saying that the euro. zone critics are saying that while initially the eurozone was created with the hope of pulling up the weaker economies quite the opposite is happening there weaker economies are going down and they're dragging down the stronger economies with them so this latest forecast from moody's. actually very bad news for the eurozone and for the euro as well. he's really talking about big money troubles in the u.s. the clock of course ticking towards choose day but squabbling lawmakers still can't agree on how to stop america's massive debt from falling off a cliff and into default totally madison's associate professor of economics of

frostburg state university told it is time for american politicians to make up their minds now these folks in washington are delusional you know let me give the example of. you know if you're at the end of world war two everybody in hillary's bunker thought they could still win the war when the russians were outside you know and already in the streets of berlin i mean we have to understand this is a situation is not sustainable and the night that they can talk about short term solutions but they have allowed this thing to go on to a point where they either are going to have to admit defeat or defeat is going to be there for them and the greek debt crisis in america is making china see red america's biggest lender thinks the u.s. is being dangerously irresponsible investment analyst peter schiff told us we could see china dump the dollar as its main reserve currency. we can't afford bad

relations with china see beijing holds the cards you know we're dancing to the tune that they play the real problem for china is that there's no way that america can pay back the money that the chinese have already loaned us politically it's just not going to happen is specially when interest rates rise i'm surprised it's taken the chinese so long to figure out that they've been throwing a lot of good money after bad i don't think we're going to default i think we're going to inflate which is just as bad but you know we're going to raise the debt ceiling problem is the debt not the ceiling this sooner the chinese start to stop enabling this phony economy that we have the sooner we as americans can begin to repair the damage and what's going to happen is when the dollar collapses americans are going to see a big reduction in our standards of living. next to the crowds a back in cairo's tahrir square five months after the ousting of president mubarak thousands of people there in what is one of the largest demonstrations since the february uprising cairo based journalist and blogger alston michael says that the

arab spring has produced a strong and divisive is in the midst movement. protest planned for today was originally billed as the day of unity and it was a sign that liberal and islam as forces were going to come together to continue their push for sort of basic democratic rights down in the square i was just down and before i came here this is a huge number zero. muslim brotherhood members is deadly to most just like me to where has been. the time that i've been here and they there's many chance of. islamic identity and this is the islamic nature of egypt which is cause some friction with the. secular forces who are down but normally it isn't you know forces dominate entirely they're the ones who run the been running a sit in there for a month since the clashes that happened at the end of june but today because they have mounted by the islamists. and there's

a similar show of unrest in neighboring israel public squares and i was see of demonstrators camping out calling for social justice and for prime minister netanyahu to go bigger protests planned for saturday palestinian israeli journalist as he said the similarities with egypt a clear. two thirds of the poor in israel are working poor people who are working every day people who have a great jobs and still are not able to go above the poverty level so that's a reason that people are coming out of the street if you look at how the protesters started it's almost identical to how it started in egypt and internees and other places started through facebook somebody who made a post on facebook through social media that's how people organize or was organized completely in the beginning by the young people in his old student people who feel that they have no future people who feel who can't afford living here and it and i was realizing that this is not the way to go forward and he's trying to figure out ways to deal with it because the government could definitely fall in israel and

these are ground then i think he is in danger especially that the process there is a growing while israel has been under a building in tel aviv in haifa and all these major cities in israel is all have been overbuilding in the west bank focus of the israeli government at the moment is more sustaining the occupation and more sustaining the settlement rather than caring for the majority of the population who actually opposed that the lands and oppose occupation and israel proper so that the problem here though is a still many israelis have not been able to make that connection and the more and the sooner israelis make the connection realize that declaration affects their daily life affects the pennies that the government spending the money the government spending in the west bank verses and i think you will see a real revolution in israel. without international from moscow i've got an update story in the news in about twelve minutes again for you in seoul that's out of martin and this is shown as the best petersburg's got to offer.

hello to you. on this week's program i'll be exploring the burials hotels are

restaurants in the city with new venues opening every single week it's certainly an exciting time. growing the glorious summer where i'm a late evening life and it's one true party town it's time for me to check into my hotel. depending on your budget. tells ranging from comfortable small hotels to. today i'm checking into the bridge her towel when you arrive at the hotel we'll take your passports and do your fish registration for you this is standard practice to do if they keep for a few hours. very popular with tourists and business people from all over the world provides. wonderful furnishings and the most up to date. staying here will be an experience you will never forget. we have a very noisy make sure. the summer. runs

of international companies plenty of tourists from. all over europe. if you're visiting the capital on a budget but she does hotel accommodation in st petersburg can be found at older soviet era hotels some of which to me class rooms as well as more comfortable renovated interior is. for me to go to my room even though such rooms are more expensive sometimes. apartments or suites can work out cheaper especially when charged a room instead of a person wherever you decide to stay do your math research for deals and office on the internet. expensive breakfast buffets and how many times you might need taxis for example because often you'd be surprised the high end hotels come cheap in the long run. out of more than three hundred rooms there are various luxury apartments and suites like this one here perfect for families and celebrity entourages they

come with several connecting bedrooms and a large living room with kitchen facilities so whenever you're bored of eating out don't worry as you can always make the good old trusted carry. time to eat and we've arrived at. opened in two thousand and seven this one teacher is one of the brightest newcomers insipidus most restaurant scene questioning national study domania features very squeezing. in tallinn japanese and russian dishes you know vegetarian meals as well and also wide variety of tasty beautiful disinteresting. booking is advised if you want to eat here soft sofas in pillows easy lounge music an ambience beach for people and simply does bag school just sky this is the ideal place for dinner after a busy day of sightseeing. now it's time for me to travel through it. gorgeous a burial the thing i love about the city is all the hidden locations if you do your

research take a look on the internet all the local guys you'll find some incredible places new restaurants popping up every week and teressa here i think has the best location in the city just look at the stunning because i could be behind us and just by the down the road you can see the church of the spilt blood of. solitaire at subzero temps like. wow. absolutely beautiful. a city known for its revolutions over the last ten years there's been a different type of uprising that's on the restaurant and hotel same times have changed and the former capital now offer some of the best food and lodgings in russia and to discuss the western influence and development of simply dispense cultural scene let's meet this week's guest. you can love it to me very nice to me

so you are the general manager here at the hotel yes being here like since january . in some petersburg and from in russia you know for four years but i came here in . a different of the things that this is my thing so so so every every morning when i wake up i can't wait to. start my day so it seems that the different hotels and restaurants are opening every single week in the city at the moment you know this is just booming because like when i came here like four years ago they were basically just a few feist store hold us in the morgue it but now we are getting more and more not only for a start but also also hold those in some other segments for for for all the old of travelers who wants to come to be this so now it's currently white nights and surely you must see a huge influx of tourists coming to the city. the greatest actually knowing

it's still a lot like going from from finland from hills in exactly the same thing but they have done so great job with the white knights here so so so i don't understand that white people chose some petersburg instead of heels and it's just because of form theme i say that but the great job well done great great great p.r. marketing oxen's this is this is the time of the year to come here if you want to enjoy. it was disputed. so i regarding cultural activities it seems that the list is absolutely endless from the hoff to palace to barry trips it's amazing yes that's true but on the other hand i would love to say that the there are no younger generation who comes to experience life here experience like life. they don't even need those excuses that there's a palace next to that next to the whole don't they just want to see how the life goes here they rather go for clapping you know this is the great city also for that

to be for all worst most all so while it's wonderful it was great to meet you all the best of luck with your time here at the top thank you it was nice to meet you too. moving on and what other hotels and restaurants i was mentioning in sin petersburg the backpackers there are some great places to stay in the north the capital which would burn a hole in your pocket location hostile situated in the heart of the city of his wonderful views a palace square from its windows when prices here in just six hundred roubles that's roughly around twenty dollars and night the concepts hostel as they call it also boasts contempt design and a friendly and international atmosphere not only will be given a bed for the night but as the hostel supports many other sea projects they also offer advice to the mostly been happening venusian events in the city. and one of

our projects is unlike asian hostel guide it's a nontraditional city featuring the most interesting places in the city in our humble opinion and includes information on where to downs eat or shop and there are all kinds of places from flea markets to concepts stores from two to five star places so let's buy yes. when visiting look around for many of the city's yards and many of them you'll find cozy restaurants diplo meeting wolf is a so-called living room restaurant. interiors of it several holes in terrace are indeed very homey and if you're traveling with children there's even a special room for them. next up the new ball cooled twenty two thirteen inspired with travelling around the world it's jungle if you just owners can create a fashionable place to lunches and also cocktails after dark. the bombing at the venue make amazing drinks and there's also a sweet shop here ten microbrew the takeaway place.

when we were ranking on the interior is we wanted the venue to represent warm and family comfort for example the sofa was brought from the flagships now boutique in paris it took a long time to proceed the owner to sell a time she didn't understand what i needed the old one down so far for what we believe in our energy and philosophy of furnishings but history of the dorm we too bought and cafe is located in a soviet building of the same name meaning consumer services center its interiors with old furniture resembles the atmosphere of an apartment in the times of the u.s.s.r. during the day there are dishes of russian and european cuisine on the menu while at night the venue turns into a loud and busy nightclub. next up and we've arrived at our final location the w. hotel. launched in one thousand nine hundred eight the brand has since expanded with over fifty hotels and resorts around the world. if you're looking for stylish

accommodation find better than the trust to double your best hotel recently and already it's packed full of the who's who of st petersburg jetsetting tourists with just one hundred thirty seven rooms the service is. if you do stay here but i do recommend that you bring your credit card. as well as a spectacular rooftop bar and the pool and spa the hotel boasts a restaurant cool mix. it invites guests to enjoy killing every muscle pieces by linda casts the most french cooking in the world records men for the number of michelin stars in. st petersburg is amazing cultural historic and grand and we should try our best to harmonize the cuisine with the city's spirits through to be tough policy and at the same time reasonably priced to be the best dollars restated that the of. the business of the north is a great city for dining out with restaurants to suit every pocket from humble

backpack is to a list celebrities as for accommodation simplest most hotels range from grand historic properties to budget many hotels and wherever that may be in st petersburg it's ultimately the wealth of culture and history that will amaze you and most of that is for free. very light so wherever you sleep eat all visit here in st petersburg this is you will never fail to disappoint and that's all the time we have on this week's program sal see you again at the same time next week for more adventures around the former russian capital until then for me and the rest of the crew from the beautiful and balance of the never read. but our.

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rival parties in the u.s. continue to wrestle over the debt deadlock as the choose day deadline looms washington's biggest lender china is rapidly losing its patience. and thousands camp out in israel in protest against poor living conditions some are already drawing comparisons with the town of the uprising that saw egypt's leader ousted in february. it's midnight thirty one time now for our technology update from moscow to shine a light on the science that affects you and me. hello and welcome to technology update are you tired of paying those overblown electric bills at the end of each month this could be the answer you've been waiting for a lot of the energy and with it a lot of the harder and cash gets burned by crummy old incandescent light bulbs but

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