decisions at their low quality cation 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 that 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 have already triggering cracks among politicians the prime minister donald accepted by the brother of the late president kaczynski the country's opposition party. to his. tools. prime minister

two squares no courage to take up the responsibility for the plane crash and has shuffled it off under 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. it's been cast on the links being made to russian controllers in the polish report and aviation expert legs were not told r.t. the final decision is always with the flight crew. is some of. 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 it's like of the decision height you

have no other choice than to raise the landing gear and go to your reserve airport . and retired american airlines pilot mark vi says the polish 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. across the 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 of witnesses that are. going on now credit rating agency moody's is threatening to take spain's boring status down a notch ati's rina going to reports now from a treat on how it's greece's massive bailout burden that's way. in fact woods 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 again shown unemployment problems in fact spain has one of the highest unemployment rate ings in europe we are already used to hearing about the so-called big c. countries being an economic woes and that of course is for to go ireland greece and 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 somewhat 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 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 building ultimately you have to decide when to amputate it and the truth is. to greece from the euro zone this is all coming right when the voices of discontent among the eurozone critics among the euro skeptics are growing louder

and louder the rows on 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 choose day but washington has once again demonstrated a deep split between the lawmakers the democrat controlled senate has torpedoed the republican plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending which was narrowly passed by the house just two hours earlier in a while and made the political wrangling the military money machine is firing on all barrels to fund overseas campaigns and former u.s. congresswoman into thousand and eight presidential candidates mccain he told r.t. that all presidents lead the war profiteers when leaving the struggling citizens to

foot 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 feed 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 and thrown in not only. libya but also in somalia and yemen those war materials are not on the table the different values or 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 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 economist mark fried will from the new school university new york says it makes no difference whether the debt ceiling is raised or not the u.s. reputation has already been strained. the situation is desperate even if the this whole crisis started as an opportunity of political theater these guys couldn't even choreograph success out of their fake crisis and so now we have a huge international failure that looms on the horizon which has already gone possibly lasting and certainly serious damage to the standing and reputation of the united states of america the debt reduction plan that president obama has endorsed

does make massive cuts in spending more than two point five trillion dollars over ten years so these plans do reduce spending in ways that will be painful and for many communities in the united states transformative but it's worthy of note and somehow hasn't much been mentioned that not a single plant out there reduces the national debt they just change the speed by which it grows a downgrade which i think is quite possible and the sheer spectacular public failure of the american political system will take a while to figure out and so as the unbelievably worse case scenario moves closer it gets harder to retain your faith that we will avoid the worst outcome. that was financial analyst i'm not trying to pull from the new school investing. while u.s. politicians battle it out of it who would be to blame if the american economy brick wall from the trends office sent simple solutions to deficit but says the political elite would hardly fun of them. the country is going bankrupt just look

at the numbers the numbers don't lie the politicians but let's look at the bigger picture first of all the devaluing the dollar and we've been saying it all along gold in the last month is gained one hundred fifteen dollars an ounce what they're not talking about in all these deficit reduction hey how about the military budget try that one on. how about slashing foreign aid fifty seven billion dollars a year how about companies like general electric that made. billion dollars last year paying no taxes look there's plenty of room out there to start raining this thing in and turning it around what you see we do not have a representative form of government we have a government that represents all of the very powerful and the very rich and that's all this is about letting them keeping their perks and full coverage of our top

stories as always available at home and here's what else is online for you right now a huge bluntest at a coal mine in ukraine killed seventeen nine mine is still full today trying to kill me start the ground and report on that unfolding disaster on line plus. it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's body called sitting in your bedroom he's been sent to provide security he's going to like that so targets of russia's nature and avoid tells all to his concerns over the american missile defense program in europe a case explicit into kings and for that policy. tens of thousands of demonstrators out back in cairo's tahrir square five months after president mubarak was overthrown one of the largest crowds that is calling for the

regime to be replaced by a muslim state kyra based journalist and blogger austin mackell says the arab spring has produced a strong and divisive islamist movement the protests 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 basic democratic rights but down in the square i was just before i came here is a huge number zero. muslim brotherhood members but it's these deadly to most just let me just where has been. the time that i've been here and they there's many chance of. islamic identity this is likely nature of egypt which is cause some friction with the. secular forces who are down there that normally it isn't you know forces dominating toughly 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 to day. by these

lists. it was cairo based journalist and blogger austin mccallum the developing rallies in egypt they swear can't and there's a similar show unrest in neighboring dozens of young protesters have set up sprawling tent camps calling for social justice and for prime minister netanyahu to go and more planned for saturday as the youths parents prepare to joining in palestinian israeli journalist as he's a boy sara says israel is now one step closer to a 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 student people who feel

that they have no future people who feel who can't afford living here in that 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 declarations affect 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. today to have the stories in about twelve minutes time

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hello to you i welcome to st petersburg on this week's program i'll be exploring the various hotels are restaurants in the city of new venues opening every single week it's certainly an exciting time to come here grow in the glorious summer weather i'm a late evening life and it's one crew party town about that it's time for me to check into my hotel. depending on your budget the city offers a boss choice of her tells ranging from comfortable small hotels to reach five star . today and she's going into the circus plus bridge hotel when you arrive no doubt the hotel will take your passports and your fish registration for you this is standard practice to do worry if they keep your documents for a few hours. very popular with tourists and business people from all over the world

provides excellent service wonderful furnishings and the most up to date communities. staying here will be an experience you will never forget. we have a very nice. make sure of course the most common throughout the summer. is. their management of international companies plenty of tourists from russia finland all over europe. if you're visiting the former capital on a budget but she has hotel accommodation insipidus but can be found at older soviet era hotels some of which offer economy class rooms as well as more comfortable renovated interiors. and it's time for me to go up 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 cheaper in the long run. out of more than three hundred rooms there are various luxury apartments and suites like this one 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 petersburg's restaurant scene. national study domania features various quizzing. italian japanese and russian dishes there are vegetarian meals as well and also a wide variety of tasty beautiful desirous of. 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 travel through it. oh just a burial the 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'm cathedral behind us and despite the down the road you can see the church of the stealth blood. and swath of south solitaire it's not see what it tastes like. while. 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 so you're the general manager here at the hotel yes been here like since january. in some petersburg and in russia now 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 the few feist store hold us in the morgue it but now we are getting more and more not only for the store but they also also hold those in some other segments or for for

all the old of travelers who wants to come to be this period so now it's currently white nights and surely you must see a huge influx. of tourists coming to the city. greatest actually yeah. i come from from finland from 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 just because of the theme. say that but the great job well done great great great p.r. marketing this is the time of the year to come here if you want to enjoy something with this beautiful. and regarding cultural activities. absolutely endless from. trips it's amazing yes that's true but on the other hand i would love to say that

there are no younger generation who comes to experience life here and experience 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 cool for clapping you know this is the great city also for the twenty four hours most top so it's wonderful it's great to meet you. thank you it's nice to meet you too. moving on and what other hotels and restaurants i was mentioning in sim petersburg to bangkok is there are some great places to stay in 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 prices here just six hundred roubles that's roughly around twenty don't miss. the concepts hostel as they call it also both contemporary design and a friendly and international atmosphere not only will be given

a bed for the night but i suppose many interesting projects they also offer advice in the most keeping happening venusian events in the city. one of our projects is a like asian hostel guide it's a nontraditional city guide featuring the most interesting places in the city in our humble opinion and includes information on where to downs eat our shop and there are all kinds of places from flea markets to concepts stores from two to five star places so i'd say yes. when visiting look around for many of the city shards and many of them you'll find cozy restaurants diplo meeting wolf is a so-called living room restaurant here is about several halls and 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 junk and if you're just an onus to 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 micrograms the takeaway place. when we were writing on the interior is if you wanted the venue to represent 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 for what we believe in our energy and philosophy 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 while at nights the venue turns into a loud and busy nightclub. next up and we've arrived at all final

location the w. hotel. 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 call fine better than the trust to double your best hotel recently and already it's packed full of the who's who of st petersburg high as jets will tourists with just one hundred thirty seven rooms the service is impeccable. if you do stay here but i do recommend that you bring your credit card. as well as a spectacular rooftop bar and the bliss pool and spa the hotel boasts a restaurant cool makes it invites guests to enjoy killing every muscle pieces by linda cass the master of french cooking in the world records man for the number of michelin stars. 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 top quality and at the same time reasonably priced to be the best the only rooster to. the finish 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 inside 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 city 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.

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welcome back this is all see a quick check of the headlines at half past the hour. part and admits pilot error because last year's crash that killed the nation's president and high level positions near smolensk but the findings also try to shift some blame on russia saying aid contributed to the accident. but macy's paid to get a credit rating downgrade moody's says we growth is also among the key concerns spreading the risk of contagion even that germany is refusing to sign checks on

increases drunk. and across the pond in washington the democrat controlled senate has rejected the republican bill to increase the nation's poor and limit being approved by the house of representatives in the wake of must reach a compromise by tuesday all america will default on its debt. thousands in israel in protest against poor living conditions and some are already drawing comparisons with a top state of why isn't that so egypt's need to us to entrap early. as the headline right now you know of talks to one of the greatest tenets of all time has been recently on it in russia for his contribution to music domingo is in the spotlight right now.

on r.t. i'm out today my guest on the program is domingo. all of his concerts are always sold out music around the world is a wonderful voice at the age of seventy. not only continues to perform sings but also helps promote and launch careers of the talented singers with his prestige. competition this year is told in moscow. on the spot. when. the auditions for the mexico national as a baritone.