their inadequacy decisions at their low quality education while flying this plane but some of the things they talked about were directly pointed out 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 definitely this case has been very heavily politicized from the very first moment and will probably have some continuation of this 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 published by the commission and the results are already triggering cracks among poland's politicians prime minister donald tusk accepted the findings about the brother of the late president kaczynski who leaves the country's opposition party he has it to maintain his rival.

prime minister two scares no courage to take up the responsibility for the plane crash and has shuffled it off on to his staff nevertheless he is responsible for all the games he played with the russians he's responsible that the poles were not conducting or even participating in the investigation he's responsible for not defending polish interests and polish on or at the international forum which will get to the bottom of this case as this is what we owe to those who died. paying cost between. russian control is in the polish report and aviation expert alex they're not told us here that final decision as always with the flight. the main thing is that poland admitted that the crew wasn't prepared enough for the flight 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 . and a retired american airlines pilot mark vi says the captain was under pressure from military officials or others on board before making the deadly decision. 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 the fact that they had other people going into the cockpit helping to make that decision putting the pressure on the 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. where across developments in this story and we'll bring you more coverage and expert opinion on the results of the investigation and also got the details of the plane crash including the first hand

accounts a witness says that's a. great rating agency moody's threatening to take spain's worrying status down and. reports from madrid on how it increases a massive bailout that's way heavy. in fact moody's has just announced that it wanted to downgrade spain's rating this of course is happening to the fourth largest economy in the eurozone and you would think it should be better off but spain has been plagued by some very serious economic problems there's of course the the very large outstanding debts as well as the arguer ganter and unemployment problems in fact spain has one of the highest unemployment rate ings in europe we're already used to hearing about the so-called big c. countries being in economic woes and that of course is for to go ireland greece spain and now italy is also looking at some major issues as far as their economy is concerned right now also the heavy drivers of the european economy the 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 been too optimistic about the valuation of its prognosis and actually may not be as well off as the french authorities have hoped the country to be 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 the problem is these are things that have 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 building ultimately you have to decide when to amputate it and the truth is. greece from the euro zone this is coming right when the voices of discontent among the eurozone criticsm on the euro skeptics are growing louder and

louder the rose and critics are saying that while initially the eurozone was created with the hope of pulling up the weaker economies quite the opposite is happening that weaker economies are going down and they're dragging down the stronger economies with them so this latest forecast from moody's is actually not good news but on the on quite in the opposite very bad news for the eurozone and for the euro as well. in the u.s. the clock ticks towards tuesday but schooling lawmakers still can't agree on how to stop america's massive debt from falling off a cliff and into default even so the military money machine is firing on all barrels to fund overseas campaigns former u.s. congresswoman in two thousand and eight presidential candidate seen there mckinney told r.t. that all presidents lead the war profiteers when leaving struggling citizens do for the bill. it is the same old story time and time again that the powers that be inside the united states can find money for war but they can't see the poor

unfortunately our president even announced nationally that the social security checks of our seniors who have worked all of their lives are on the table and made that go out as they are scheduled to on august third and yet the bombs and missiles that are being launched in thrown in not only. libya but also in somalia in yemen those war materials are not on the table the different values are the policy priorities of the republicans versus the democrats we have clear winners and we have clear losers but under both of the political parties the people are the clear losers the statistics that indicate the quality of life of the people of the united states are plummeting and they yet there are very real linares in this economic arrangement of the chairs the winners

happen to be the war profiteers and that is why war dollars have been taken off the table. and while us politicians battle it out who would be to blame of the american economy hit a brick wall i'm sure the economy's demanding a decision now and dr william anderson from frost about state university is one of them and he says it's time the politicians made up their minds. these folks in washington are delusional you know look me give the example of. you know you're at the end of world war two everybody who has 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 tonight that they can talk about short term solutions but they have allowed this thing to go on to we're either going to

have to admit defeat or defeat is going to be there for the. the lingering debt crisis in america is making china sea red america's biggest lender has blunted that the u.s. no make is saying that they dangerously responsible and investment analyst peter schiff says beijing's could grow tired of washington playing its internal game of chicken and dump the dollar as its main reason 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 is just not going to happen the especially 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 the 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 where the dollar collapses americans are going to see a big reduction in our standards of living. all right so we've heard from our experts now we want to know how you think about it to unfold in the u.s. at home and right now just about all of you assure the only thing america can do is raise that debt ceiling while slightly over believe that budget toughening will send everyone everyone else's economy into a spin and eleven percent of you at this hour think america's default is now inevitable but in our home so tell us what she would say. full coverage of our top stories is available at all to go home and here's what else is online right now if you gave a huge blast at a coal mine in ukraine killed seventeen with nine miners still thought to be trapped economies hundred around and report on that i'm forwarding disaster online

plans. it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's body guard. he's been sent to provide your security who's going to like that. so the nature and boy tells us he has concerns over the american missile defense program in europe and his exclusive interviews and. tens of thousands of demonstrators are back in cairo's tahrir square five months up to president mubarak was overthrown one of the largest days calling for the regime to be were plays by muslim states kind of were based journalist and blogger austin mackell says the arab spring has produced a strong and divisive islamist movement. the 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 but down in the square i was just down and before i came here there is a huge number oh. muslim brotherhood members but it's these 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 the sort of islamic nature of egypt which is cause some friction with the. secular forces who are down to it normally does it you know forces dominate entirely they're the ones who run the running is sitting there for a month since the clashes that happened at the end of june but today was the i'm on the bodies list but. that was cairo based journalist and bill galston mccallum the developing rallies in egypt they switch canned and there's a similar show unrest in neighboring israel thousands of young protesters have set

up a sprawling tent camps calling for social justice and to pull prime minister netanyahu to a more planned for saturday as the youths paris prepared to joining and punishing an israeli journalist. says israel is now one step closer to revolution. 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 israel students 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 and i think he is in danger especially that the process there's a growing while israel has been under building in tel aviv and haifa and all these major cities and 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 settlements rather than caring for the majority of the population who actually opposed to 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. well let's now try some other world headlines this hour the libyan rebels military command has been buried in been the opposition faces its most serious political crisis in the long campaign to oust colonel gadhafi general do you know this was killed by colleagues on thursday after being

arrested for treason by rebel leaders units who was the first to see naked to swap sides of course to be questioned over possible continuing family links to the regime. so when protesters in kosovo's north are blocking a convoy of native the calls from reaching their base hundreds have barricaded of the road in response to the alliance taking control of two border crossings on kosovo's border with serbia today nato moved in after kosovo and security forces sent special police to the checkpoints in this dominated area the serbs there don't recognize the kosovo government or the region's independence declaration three years ago. and of course more all of those stories that are up next it's time to see what st peter's about hostile fire with of course.

hello to you. on this week's program i'll be exploring the various hotels are restaurants in the city with new venues opening every single week it's certainly an exciting time to grow in 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. of hotels ranging from comfortable small hotels to. today i'm sure going into the fridge her towel when you arrive know that the hotel will take your passports and your fish registration for you. to do with if they keep for a few hours. very popular with tourists and business people from all over the world provide excellent service wonderful furnishings and the most up to date. staying here will be an experience you'll never forget. we have a very noisy mixture of course the most coming for all the summer. to manage 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 are for economy 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 on one count cheaper 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 kids from the seventy's 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 bose restaurant scene question national study domania features various quizzing. italian japanese and russian dishes you are vegetarian meals as well and also one hundred fifty steve util desirous to. booking is advised if you want to eat here soft sofas in pillows easy lounge music in ambience beautiful people and simply does beg school just sky this is the ideal place for dinner after a busy day of sightseeing. now it's time for me to try out a serious. gorgeous a burial and a good thing i love about the city is all the good 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 this and just by the down the road you can see the church of the skulls a lot of. solitaire that's absolutely like. wow. absolutely beautiful. a city known for its revolutions over the last ten years there's been a different type of uprising that of the restaurant and hotel scene times have changed in 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 cast. 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 in russia for four years but i came here in

china. i definitely think 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 the few feist store hold us in the morgue it but now we are getting more and more not only five star but they also also hold those in some other segments for ford 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 just the greatest actually knowing it's still a lot like going from from finland from hills and we have exactly the same thing but they have done so great job with the white nights here so so so i don't

understand that white people chose some petersburg instead of heels and it's just because of fame i say that but the great job well done great great great p.r. marketing acts and this is this is the time of the year to come here if you want to enjoy. with this beautiful. i'm regarding cultural activities it seems that the list is absolutely endless from pizza hoff to captains pilots to boat 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 experienced nightlife. they don't even need those excuses that there's a bus next to that next to the whole go to it 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 it's good for all worst most top so while it's wonderful it's 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 sim petersburg to backpackers there are some great places to stay in the north the capital which would burn a hole in your pocket location hostel situated in the heart of the city of his wonderful views a palace square from its windows in prices here just six hundred rubles that's roughly around twenty dollars and nights the concepts hostel as they call it also both contemplative zine and a friendly and international atmosphere not only will be given a bed for the night but as the hostel supports many artistic projects they also offer advice in the most keeping happening venusian events in the city. one of our projects is unlike asian hostel guide it's a nontraditional city featuring the most interesting places in the city you know how mil opinion 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 but the celebs i use. when visiting look around for many of the city jobs in 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 thirty inspired with traveling around the world it's jungle if you. can create a fashionable place to lunch and also cocktails after dark. the bombing at the venue make amazing drinks and there's also a sweet shop here ten macaroons the takeaway place. when we were writing on the interior is we wanted the venue to represent warmth and family comfort for example the silver was brought from the flagships and now boutique in paris it took a long time to proceed their owner to sell

a time she didn't understand what i needed the old one down so for what we believe in our energy and philosophy of furnishings but history. 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 well at night the venue turns into a loud and busy nightclub. next up when 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 called 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 called mix. it invites guests to enjoy telenor we must the pieces by linda casts the most of french cooking in the world records meant for the number of michelin stars in. st petersburg is amazing cultural historic and ground to try our best to harmonize the cuisine with the city's spirits through to be tough policy and at the same time reasonably priced the best dollars is that it does. the fullness of the north is a great city to 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 nice 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. that are. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the. wealthy british style.

markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy. again this is coming to you live picture of the headline. poland admits pilot error caused last year's crash that killed the nation's president and high level politicians near smolensk but the findings also tried to shift some blame on russia saying it contributed to the accident. the greek bailout burden macy's pain gets a credit rating downgrade moody's says it grows also among the key concerns of spreading the risk of contagion even further meanwhile germany is refusing to sign

blindly greece's junk bonds. to washington's house of representatives as the narrative passed the delayed vote to raise america's debt ceiling but the democratic majority in the senate is likely to put a block on the bill even if a decision must be made by choose day or america will default on its debt. plus miles in. protest against poor living conditions and some are already drawing comparisons with the top rate uprising that saw egypt's leader i'll sit in separate . those headlines time now for technology updates 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 caskets burn out by crummy old incandescent light bulbs but what if i could get you a lot more light and waste way less wattage in the process and up and coming russian company is just open a huge new production facility to help make that energy efficient dream a reality. doesn't meet my sleazy sales pitch the high tech brainchild of a trio of russian scientists was born abroad and has now returned to russia to cut ribbon on a shiny new factory at the outskirts of st petersburg aside from being a happy homecoming the assembly line launches a big step in russia's attempts to modernize its economy and go green at the same time. the capacity. is the highest in the business today in russia countries and in eastern europe we can produce.