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road as the colonel was slow to retreat. as a meteoric. towards america. forty eight hours to find the solution before the impact is felt. washington china criticizes the u.s. for jeopardizing the world economy. a polish probe reluctantly knowledge is part of last year's presidential crash in western russia amid concerns politics played a pivotal role. in arab spring turns into israeli summer tens of thousands flood streets and squares in major israeli cities demanding prime minister benjamin netanyahu undertake economic reforms.

you're watching weekly news review welcome to the program there's still no consensus between us no makers on tackling the country's debt crisis as the senate fails to agree on a deal proposed by the democratic party on friday a proposal to raise the debt ceiling was passed in the house of representatives but the senate killed it hours later the u.s. capitol remains in deadlock as they try to avoid default ahead of tuesday's deadline washington. says the government needs to act. fast to avoid investment exodus. obama and the democrats in congress just want to keep on spending. and so they would like to see the debt ceiling raised so that they can continue to give rewards to their supporters among the labor unions and

the various political organizations that are sympathetic to the democratic party's cause the u.s. is able to keep raising its debt ceiling because people investors around the world have confidence in the united states they believe that the u.s. government will honor its outstanding obligations and so as long as people have faith in the investors have faith in the u.s. government in its credit worthiness then the u.s. could keep raising its debt ceiling the problem right now is that the debt is so high that that in itself is starting to become a negative factor that could lead to a credit rating downgrade of the united states government the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton rushed to reassure asian leaders this week that the debt debate would be settled on time beijing as america's biggest creditor seems to be losing patience with washington's financial mess basement on this beat

the shit says that china could even 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 and 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 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 the problem is the debt not the ceiling this sooner the chinese start to stop enabling by 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. later now and take a closer look at other struggling economies who've been next to fall in europe and

spaniards demand their government takes action france gets a warning its economy suffered too. in the light of the economic woes separatist movements are getting lent to me talking fares of a chain reaction across the. also refuses to shoulder full responsibility for the polish presidential plane crash in western russia saying russian traffic controllers also contributed to the aviation disaster the crash killed the late president elect kaczynski dozens of the country's ruling elite last spring as are. reports many in poland are unhappy that a national tragedy has become a political weapon. another day another blame game poland's very own probe into last year's presidential plane crash all but confirmed the findings of russia's investigation that the crew was almost solely responsible for the tragedy. at this

point there is an obstacle a tree that the aircraft collides with a fragment of the left wing is detached the aircraft begins the rotation but let me emphasize it's not that the tree was too high the aircraft had simply been at a location where it shouldn't have been it seems the very things that got in the way of the plane are now getting in the way of warsaw taking full responsibility and trees are not the only thing rooted in poland failing to see eye to eye with moscow but. here's where the approach controller two thousand metres away should have told the crew to stop descending the horizon command should have been issued exactly at this moment this shows that the landing zone controller was performing his duty. on tuesday. such statements come as little surprise to experts with some of them saying acceptance of total responsibility would be impossible for. society they've been given the truth and the truth is on bearable they can't take it now i

don't think that the polish investigators think they can pin the blame on anybody else but i do think that they are looking to pin some of the blame on somebody else aviation experts echoed this opinion calling the swipes against the russian side and substantial some 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 the initial russian led investigation was greeted by a novel launch of criticism from some movements in poland they expressed doubts about the reliability of the report often based on anti russian sentiment and some experts say it is not pure emotion driving this but well thought tactics computer pretty scary i think we're now witnessing simple it's called games to shift the

blame from the polish side of i was an expert in this commission and i was surprised to learn to the crew was chosen immediately before the flight such a poor preparation for such a high profile flight publication of this report had been delayed for several months and was very much anticipated in poland it was meant to put paid to all speculation regarding the smolensk plane crash but instead it could once again be used as a political tool experts say the timing of the publication is not coincidental this could be exploited also in the political electoral campaign because this should be known that in two months to be. interactions this report and all that issue but if your tablet will be use it or even is use it in the electoral campaign and the twin brother of the late president kaczynski was quick to prove this suggestion. with a sharp round about the report the prime minister to escape has 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 at the international forum which will get to the bottom of this case as this is what we owe to those who died while the polish society is still deciding whether to admit that playing full responsibility which comes with a report experts are speculating whether this is a fair and objective investigation or an attempt to please all the players in the long lost in blame game. steve are reporting from warsaw in poland. israel has become the latest middle east country to see nationwide anti-government protests with tens of thousands of demonstrators taking the streets in major cities protests to say they'll demand that prime minister binyamin netanyahu steps down unless he undertakes sweeping economic reforms parties porus there is following the

developments in tel aviv where the biggest rally took place. all these easily and even fifty thousand people here with the most popular chanting we demand a social justice a whole new way of speakers have been taking to the stage they've been calling on unity and message coming across very strongly is one by one people here can bring change a lot of criticism being leveled at the israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu in fact if he time his name is mentioned he is why are you here tonight i'm here because it's just becoming possible to live in this country anymore we work and we give and we do and we keep on giving and there's no end to this is. this is only we have to change just because we don't have any other choice would you say people have been inspired by the demonstrations taking place there as well as there what is your sign saying the rewards are going to go home like the gaza leaders on earth . why do you want him to go home. alone because of the full distance how much of

these demonstrations i mean inspired by the protests we saw taking place in arab world well i think there's a lot of influence of what happened in the to do. syria lebanon and what you see in libya also there's a lot of influence of course and that's when people understand they have the power that they can they can organize but instead they don't need anymore their government to tell them what to do they can start throwing the government what they want. to do you know they can they can start deciding for themselves to go back to what they said is the spirit of revolution here a number of israeli populous son singers have also been taking to the stage and like something that was done you had the chorus and i'm translating this is the new middle east we created the storm the future it's up to us. well it's very activist and only hang on the white house expects the authorities to employ

provocative measures to tackle the growing unrest the government sending people here to make provocation in order to find a reason to take this demonstration to a violent situation to give him a cause to clear this whole thing out we're not going to let them do that the us will continue that's for sure it took sixty years for people to actually get out of the couch and come and demonstrate for social issues we haven't done it before you know what we have here it's a nice story this will be remembered in history because the israelis used to be. dictators to to ration if the government won't listen to the sound of the people the government will fall that's basically it we can take the government send him home but that's still coming out if you cross border trouble serbs protest against nato take over border crossings. being thrown in victim to territorial on the rest of the week. and japan a

suffered the worst natural disaster in its history some people see no went to the nightmare as a wave of suicide sweeps the country. credit rating agency moody's has put spain on review for possible downgrade this is threatening to take the country's borrowing status down a notch as it struggles with recession and mass unemployment but there is growing public anger that spain's future when the domestic decision but one made by brussels and the i.m.f. he's been to the sky has been agreed. the cash in spain is going mainly down the drain at least that's the opinion of thousands of people who have rallied across the country because the from the government is controlled by the european bank and have w.t. they don't care about the people. so the people decided it's time to voice their concerns loud and clear before they lose more than just the shirt off their back

spain has one of the highest unemployment rates in the eurozone so while the european leaders have been occasionally meeting and comfortable quarters to talk about the future of the euro and the european union itself people in the country have been demonstrating on an almost weekly basis demanding the government shape up stop talking and do something about the situation this is not just about higher wages and better pension plans with more than forty percent of young people in spain unemployed simply getting a job is a priority for those gathered in the trades central square the big bark of the responsibilities from the government. because the government first of all. not to create the conditions at the beginning of two crises to fight against the crisis it reacts very late. and on the other hand once the government.

what to do the government the snow doing their job properly look good in the old obama who are the people to wake up otherwise we'll just become slaves to the system who want to be treated as humans and they believe they can make a difference. the government has to change things because they don't have a choice. with greece in shambles and neighboring portugal trashed by the rating agencies spain is facing not just a financial but a deepening social crisis members of the so-called indignant marches say they want their. dignity preserved but whether their calls will be heard is another issue even though squire to madrid. and france has being also warned by the international monetary fund that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis the i.m.f. says the country's credit rating could be at risk for starting measures taken

economics or patrick young these parents developed these problems long ago the problem is look these aren't things that have just happened suddenly i mean the french budget deficit has been in a deficit the french budget since one nine hundred seventy four this is typical of contagion we've been talking about it for weeks we have you know when you get some degree of illness and it goes through the body ultimately you have to decide when to amputate it and the truth is we should have amputated greece from the euro zone long ago we've got the situation at the moment where provincial libraries in northern germany are being closed because the money isn't there because it's being used to fund people in the mediterranean i think german voters are going to get very angry about that very very soon and i actually think the political will is not there amongst the people to endlessly keep bailing out their saw their neighbors. now belgium is a hotbed of international politics and european representation however this a prosperous country seems to be failing to resolve its own internal differences as

artie's daniel bushell reports the country's north-south power squabbles sending a warning signal to other nations. some wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not well known near the southern region of belgium the country's been without defective government for a record fourteen months french speaking while looms in the self's and flemish speaking flanders in the north disagree on pretty much everything many analysts think the most likely outcome will see the country break into as soon as it splits with flanders is complete the world looms will look to hook up with france for richer or poorer but mainly for richer going it alone when your small region is clearly not appealing and while they say political clout is important the main appeal is money and when one of the loonie is part of france in everything but name it we have the same language we watch french t.v.

not belgian but above all our economy is controlled by french firms. polls suggest that whole foods and sixty percent of the french want to become one presidential front runner marine le pen last week said she would wear the southern half of belgium with france president sarkozy's ruling party and the opposition are already in talks to tie the knot we have contacts with other parties with you m.p. and we have contacted the socialist and 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 wants the split to experts say build 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 of vice versa king albert fears bill james national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every belgian but european integration itself.

the e.u. is scared that the divorce of belgium will spark of the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving britain we're already seeing separatist marchers in mixed community towns here turning violent with guns getting pulled it takes just one big clash for brussels to become. that conflicts or a mass killing not suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you go slow over your broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated frige unionists say they have the flag and everything else worked out to become france's twenty eight region all that's left are the details of the new bush you'll see brussels. in a few minutes outsourcing the war america's wars in iraq and afghanistan past in the hands of mercenaries seen by many as trigger happy and beyond in the war.

a series of clashes at the cost of a serbian border this week to nato forces taking over control of two crossings wednesday concent police moved into seize the checkpoints previously controlled by serbs vision shortly after one of the crossings was attacked by some two hundred rioters through fire bombs and torched a customs office and nato forces then to control the post and under attack in the process crowds of serbs have been blocking our convoys from reaching a big. in the country as an act of protest organs politics expert marc rich. could not have acted without the go ahead from what he calls its puppet masters in washington. but you should bear in mind that the. union leaders could have done nothing without the ok from the us administration and we

know that the u.s. has got a massive investment in kosovo it's got the biggest military base in the world in can bomb still smack bang in the heart of course of all and so everything that. gets up to is also rise by washington in the first place having said that the poverty in kosovo over for all peoples albanians as well as serbians is so huge that their suffering already under this combined washington regime which has brought them nothing but poverty and pain and really has done nothing for the region but bring organ harvesting and pain and quality to everybody we know who can stop it and it is time that the us administration stopped its extremist puppets increased enough from even further expanding into serbia as you and recognize territorial area. as the u.s. withdraws its troops from iraq and afghanistan anything high in them a vast number of private military contractors critics of the so-called hired guns are involved in the lessons acting in the name of america held accountable for the growing number of reported human rights abuses and civilian deaths in the conflict

torn countries as our team is going to take on reports the u.s. is in a rush to regulate private military muscle. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain felt something ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy u.s. professional killers they shot like they were trying to kill everyone they can see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired guns work has been punished for the massacre to other private american security companies were contracted to carry out interrogations at the notorious abu ghraib prison in iraq a name synonymous now with her if acumen rights violations including torture rape and murder the u.s. supreme court recently threw out a lawsuit alleging abuse of prisoners by the contractors. in afghanistan

it's reported that human rights violations and even killings are committed by security firms on a regular basis to an extent set to undermine coalition forces counterinsurgency efforts they'll start firing at anything that moves they'll injure or kill innocent afghans and they'll destroy property we're getting fairly consistent complaints about them everybody knows somebody who's been shot by the contract. the lack of accountability has forced the united nations working group on mercenaries to push for specific international measures to regulate their activities especially now as u.s. military forces withdraw from iraq and afghanistan the number of contractors is set to grow dramatically you know as. so many. functions to these security companies they are not regulated and they're not control and he says we're extremely concerned that washington is reluctant to lead

an international body regulate their activities saying it will find ways to hold contractors accountable but so far the u.s. justice system has largely failed to do so we're seeing around the world cases of kidnapping rape murder. and we see very very only very rare cases in which there's actually a criminal investigation or prosecution or sing out of. what experts say further privatization of war is convenient for the american government because among other reasons it doesn't have to justify the deaths of troops at home the president whoever the president may be can get us involved in conflicts only using uniform forces to do the official fighting and then thousands and thousands of contractors to do the unofficial fighting that's under the radar screen that isn't

covered by the media now here's a quote we cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions took on accountable contractors and of quote that's what senator obama said before he became president but apparently as a president now he thinks differently with the contractors role in america's wars down to increase and with the victims of their crime still begging for justice i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. well the widespread use of unaccountable contract is not only damaging for america's reputation but also dangerous for its national security so if you don't crow from the social justice group the brave new foundation these folks are not the people that you see held up as as kind of paragons of american patriotism they're not uniformed troops since they're not as accountable as u.s. forces to the u.s. government into the american people they're able to get away with a lot more and so presidents tend to want to use them any time any foreign force goes in and kills locals either through mistake or through over aggression or

things like that it absolutely damages us security and what the united states was trying to achieve in any of these countries should enraged both the people in the countries where it happens and it should in rage the people here in the united states is tax dollars are paying for it and in whose name those actions being taken . the earthquake that devastated japan may have happened in march but the countries death toll is still rising suicide rates have increased since the radiation crisis unfolded following a massive tsunami and the government favoring a depression epidemic could emerge. thomas has been to japan to find out why so many people taking their own lives. a triple disaster on a scale the world has never known causing damage and destruction and uncertainty forcing tens of thousands of japanese refugees to leave their lives behind and seek shelter anywhere they can some people. but the the

problem is that. they be they have been accused by. you know. of course by offshore. causing. people. not. primarily a move towards self-preservation this idea of desertion is defined by many as characteristically in japanese and has earned of those who have evacuated the dishonorable title of traitor. of course it's hard to hear that we have family neighbors would think about our health but in other words we run away we skate because we're scared of radiation but there's no example in the world of something similar and the consequences are still ongoing. while those who have moved to shelters here in tokyo are facing that guilt and the pressure to move back home there are others who have lost everything cannot handle the overwhelming change and

they are facing even darker demons japan already has one of the highest suicide rates in the world and following the disaster in march the government has issued a warning about a possible nationwide epidemic of depression here. organic farm us committed suicide because you know the. soil is everything they have good soil for after many hours of hard work and it's just contaminated one night to go so. far as committed suicide i'm very sad to hear the news and many other farmers are also very much depressed a recent national survey in japan performed by dr roshini and his team shows that suicide rates in japan have been found increased in the months since the disaster compared to the same timeframe in the previous two years but the demographics are not what you might expect. great increase.

in the. centers. but. yes because some barbers struggling to. if they have not had to make suicide this disaster has certainly taken its toll on japan's economy and such constant reminders of an intense topic can harm the collective psyche of the people who live here as well because of the. tsunami disaster plus nuclear disaster many people actually lost their jobs or their working on the show was crushed. so. yeah they have a for many a good reason to commit suicide causing japan's death toll to keep rising even though the initial disaster has subsided months before in japan sean thomas or t.v. .