for nazi death roller coaster another plan to avoid a u.s. debt default fails the vital senate vote for the clock still ticking and a countdown to choose days deadline. poland admits responsibility for the plane crash that killed president kaczynski last year a published report still tries to shift some of the blame for russia. and shadowing egypt of two hundred fifty thousand anti-government protesters flooded the streets and squares of israel cities demanding prime minister netanyahu step down.

live from moscow this is r.t. you're watching the weekly with me kevin now in a roundup of the main news stories from the past seven days from us and first republicans in the u.s. senate voted to block democrat proposals from resolve a debt crisis a bipartisan solution is now being discussed in congress as there's only a narrow time window for the u.s. to raise the debt ceiling that expires on choose day after that the country would be unable to make the repayments on its loans before the vote was yet more protracted pickering on american t.v. networks. as the latest from new york. sunday morning on all the talk shows here in new york we saw these u.s. lawmakers give interviews the republican saying a close deal deal is close to being reached the democrats coming on t.v.

saying that it's inching closer but there is no final agreement because the entire congress cannot agree or the lawmakers cannot agree on where to make cuts if this debt ceiling is raised so what we see is just another chapter in this long ball of u.s. bickering of political posturing we are seeing u.s. lawmakers get in front of the cameras day after day. fight show the fact that they can come together and agree we see an election year that is approaching and clearly the republicans and those that are opposed to president barack obama us president obama are taking the opportunity to try to put him in a very weak and secure position in the meantime it is compromising the u.s. economy overall since one thousand nine hundred sixty the u.s. has raised the debt ceiling seventy eight times the pattern of the u.s. economy and legislators and their structure here has been borrow and spend borrow

and spend and what has created this uncertainty among investors among american citizens and wall street business owners is the fact that there's never been a plan in place on how to cut the deficit how to bring down the spending and stop borrowing son who's president of a financial advisor told me we were slow because no time for nothing better than a last minute deal. it's good that it's happening the way it's happening is not very good because we were three to six months ago in a position where we probably could have had a more substantial deal to solve the problems. with the country but the politics is what no put us in a place where we're not going to have a ok type of compromise even if we get the most aggressive right which is somewhere

close to the four trillion we're only just imagine to bring down the debt level of the u.s. to about eighty percent level right now so right now we're just talking about slowing the rate celebration of the problem which is look it's better than nothing at least if they can get something it won't get worse and worse but as far as putting us on a good trajectory we need something somewhere closer to the three to four trillion dollar over ten years range to even begin to interest there. other debt drummer also continues to unfold in europe with more struggling economies being dragged in . we should have amputated greece from the euro zone long a bill the greek brain weighs heavily on spain and the country compared with the worst of its credit rating because of the eurozone stablemates instability we've got a report i'm out of a few minutes. warsaw admits its crew was responsible for last year's fatal plane crash in western russia that killed president lech kaczynski along with dozens of the country's ruling elite but the inquiry still laid part of the blame

on moscow saying that russian air traffic controllers also contributed to the disaster. he reports now on how the national tragedies become a pawn in a political game. another day another blame game poland's very own probe into last year's presidential plane crash and the landscape or both 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 the frag. and of the left wing is detached the aircraft begins there at ation let me emphasize it's not that the tree was too high the aircraft had simply doing its 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 horizon command should have been issued exactly a piece moment he shows that the landing zone controller was performing his duty in an incorrect way on these three. such statements come as little surprise to experts with some of them saying acceptance of total responsibility would be impossible for the post society they've been given the truth and the truth is unbearable 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 sound of the blame on sunday 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 it's the likes of the decision height

you have no other choice than to raise the landing gear and go to your reserve airport the initial rush unload 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 good well thought tactics and. i think we are now witnessing same political games to shift the blame from the polish side i was an experience in this commission and i was surprised to learn that the crew was chosen immediately before the flight such 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 great through all speculation regarding this millennium plane crash but instead it could once again be used as a political tool experts say the timing of the publication is not going to ensure

this could be exploited also in the political electoral campaign because this should be no longer than two months to be. interactions this report and all that issue but it will be. 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 scares no courage to take up the responsibility for the plane crash and has shuffled it under his staff nevertheless he's responsible for all the games he played with the russians he's responsible but the polls 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 opposed to society is still deciding whether to admit the painful responsibility which comes with the report acts spirits are speculating

whether this is a fair and objective investigation or an attempt to please all the players in the long lasting blame game. r.t. reporting from warsaw in poland. and for an in-depth look at the timeline of the polish presidential plane crash take a look at our website. what you'll find online and what you're seeing on your screens no partially is a second voice open analysis by the interstate aviation commission with a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder providing a detailed perspective on the cause of the tragedy it's at r.t. dot com. israel's become the latest middle east country to see nationwide anti-government protests some one hundred fifty thousand people took to the streets on sunday night after more than two weeks of rallies protesters demanding the prime minister binyamin netanyahu step down and let's see him to take sweeping economic

reforms artie's policy a return of the biggest demonstration in tel aviv all these early afternoon fifty thousand people here with the most popular chant being read to mark a social justice a whole new way of speakers have been taking to the stage they've been calling on unity and it's coming across very strongly is one by one people here can bring change a lot of criticism being leveled at israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu in fact if you try and his name is mentioned he is god why are you here tonight i'm here because it's just becoming possible to live in this country anymore we work we give and we do and we keep on giving and there's no end to this is that this is the only goal we have to change just because you have any evidence or what you think people have been inspired by the demonstrations taking place there. for what it's all signs saying. you guys are leaders on earth. why do you want him to go home. alone because of the police and i should be salman stray sions 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. syria lebanon. i know what you see in libya there's a lot of influence of both sides when people understand i do have the power that they can they can be denied by them does it don't need any more of their government to go down what to do they can start telling the government what they want. to do you know they can they can start deciding presidents go. back to this it is the spirit of revolution here a number of these really publicising is also been taking to the stage and like something which i sometimes play it seems like the new middle east we created this you chose it. it is paul a slayer there well one country which has been under the cloud of its own storm for some time now is still suffering bloodshed at least forty five people have been

killed in syria as government forces stormed the city of hama president obama's vote to increase pressure on the regime after this fresh round of violence and president of the arab lawyers association told me promises alone won't bring positive results. president obama says what he's saying everybody in syria and out of world will be to respond by one time or. the rest of the afghanistan situation all of these things and so dreams are low and it doesn't give any comfort however i think the west can actually and the world can assist this syrian regime we don't exist policy. contact that's playing to them and the ways that they can move into rather than just making statements and changing the laws seem to be content with condemning and making these crazy statements when you know the regime is lets them out or not. coming up with

a program with me kevin zero in an epidemic of depression since japan's already high suicide rates skyrocketing as i desired to over radiation grips the country's population. crisis raging in europe claiming more and more economic sculpts spain is suffering recession and mass unemployment now been put on review by the credit rating agency moody's and the international monetary fund's want france that it needs to impose cuts to avoid becoming europe's next debt crisis victim this is the biggest part of a greece is being dealt another blow by one of its main credit is germany's finance minister says it won't write a blank check to buy greek bonds that was part of a key agreement in last week's second bailout package i spoke to economics author patrick younger told me greece should have been pushed out of the euro zone. 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 hit and the truth is we should get it in greece from the euro zone long ago there are fundamental problems going all the way through the euro zone and we don't have any leaders who are willing to give us a sustainable solution 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 it's going to be a huge problem because ultimately the contagion is going to hit and i really do believe that after last week's events unfortunately we only entered closer to the idea of a tool called euro melt on. your if you can i be affecting the euro zone which is also hitting the poorest ones hard to countries like slovakia risk being crushed under the weight of europe's debt crisis i think sarah ferguson the week reported

on where the membership of the euro club is failing to live up to its promises. based save it charity starts at home also the vacuum made you want of the poorest countries but with pressure from the e.u. to participate in the second bailout their money could soon be going to greece. i'll tell you what joining the euro zone brought responsibilities but not benefits in fact slovakian pensions are significantly lower than days increase people here is hey michelle to tell us they barely cover their food costs with the money they receive you have to. deal with homelessness. have to reform our pension system our health care system this never enough money. back in two thousand and nine when slovakia joined the year is a it was such high hopes it was also kind of prestige or to be the first one among

hungary and probably polish polish people with a bit of one from from for europe to be you know in israel club back the year isn't it seems isn't all it was cracked up simply as we join your of on the rolls going through the third was saying that birds of one country are just this one country in may two thousand there and the rules changed dramatically gays left asseverated gangly well now be breathing a sigh of relief thank neighboring not only here is a new plant she's had felt benefits slayback shuckers have been heading to their check out in a bid to escape the year a we come just across the border from the back here to the czech republic where the superstore outlet doing a building business is more and more people make the regular journey to do their shopping because the prices here is simply much cheaper people are now shopping outside the country evacuees retail revenues have fallen dramatically and the high

prices mean the tourism industries have been hit hard but certainly not the results hopeful when they feel. has joined but every club has its leaders and what they say apparently gays even if they're the ones who got you into trouble in the face that you see be a creator of all the countries are. the ones that are as german born so. make it possible for a greek. also much of month like you may be contributing this time it's less than any of days if there's so many get it during the year gang healing they're now simply being pushed around sarah i think said back in. economic worries are also putting other e.u. countries under immense pressure from within and it's leading to fears the very heart of europe could be left broken belgium the seat of the e.u. headquarters maybe about a split in two because of a growing divide between the dutch speaking north and the french speaking south

there's r.t. during a bushel reports next the country's internal squabbles assenting a warning signal to other e.u. nations to solve divorce before planning their mixed marriage but not one of the southern region of belgium the country's been able to fictive government for a record fourteen months fringe speak you were lose in the cells and fluid speaking floors in the north disagree on pretty much everything. think the most likely will come will see the country break into a solution it splits with flawed business completes the world will look to hook up with france for richer or poorer but mainly for richer. going it alone when you're a small region is clearly not appealing and world is a political clout is important the main appeal is money. the loony 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 rams. polls suggest

that whole thing and sixty percent of the french want to become one presidential front runner marine le pen last week said she would with the southern hearts of bill german with france president sarkozy's ruling party and the opposition are already in talks to tie the knot so we have contacts with other parties with your m.p. and we have contacted the socialist it has been confirmed to us that's in case belgium would speed up then will we be welcome in france. the biggest party in the northern half wants a split two experts say bill james already divided people don't know any more about the other half of the country the flemish people don't know who are the popular singers or writers today in the french speaking part of vice versa alberts fears bill jim's national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not

just every build and puts european integration itself because. the e.u. was scared of the wars of belgium was part of the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving britain we're really seeing separatist marchers and excluding the towns here it turned violent with guns getting called it takes just one brick lasts for brussels to become serial that's conflicts or a mass killing not suffered in europe since world war two neighbors turned on each other as you can slow of your broke up and the determination of regional identity is not to be underestimated fridge's 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 the new bush will see brussels. well next a report we brought you from a land where a separation wall anything but stability or pace violence flared up again this last week on the cost of a serbian border wednesday cause of

a police seized two checkpoints for impose a ban on imports from serbia shortly after that one of the crossings was attacked by march rioters in three bombs and torched the customs office nato peacekeeping forces that are moving to stop the violence serbia's protested against unilateral moves by possible and its call for a un security council meeting was rejected last minute book of the acts but a boy should manage told as possible these are ignoring the regulations or has been given an official approval. the decision to shoot to injure you see dream or there. and to send a special forces is a some direct slap in the face the syrian government which has been nothing but quadrant you've been even capitulating in the ongoing negotiations which were sort of in the e.u. this action is looking to either completely bypassed forty years. or has been executed with their complicity in cooperation and honesty in notion which is worse i d e u has certain age things in an unimaginably were start recognizing your

regime that is. it has absolutely no interest in any sort of dialogue or to violence it has conducted widespread end times and it serves no you're not opening populations it has been rewarded for a night. in march ninth two thousand and four and he has to be sickly sure we to behave in a civilized fashion even gotten into including into the region of independence and know this so i perceive you wish is there to say we've gained their independence contrary to international law and use the rules so obviously it is a mistake here so making it is a mess that the europeans and nato. basically try and mediate and he can fix. extensive coverage of the crisis unfolding in europe than can be found on our website r.t. dot com the body of a the stories we're also covering as well a pleasure boat tour of moscow turns to tragedy as a cruise a sink south to colliding with the barges have said over the weekend

a cold more about all by. another sad story too from ukraine to mourning the victims of two coal mine accidents that claimed thirty seven lives the first trailer was about health details on a website about dot com. if. if if if if. thanks for your very rare glimpse of nature's power and the how the kid caused in russia in the last twenty four hours we've got these stunning pictures of a world when sweeping through the country's far east i would assist say the with literally lifted three people off a balcony before dropping them back to the ground where one was killed by the forward winds injured at least twenty eight as it tore roof off buildings rooted trees downed power lines and many more of these amazing pictures graphically

showing showing the viciousness of mother nature of times that are to go. let's take a look at some world news stories in brief now at least eleven people have been killed in a blast at other police headquarters in southern afghanistan the taliban is claiming responsibility for the suicide car bomb attack in the city of glasgow god local authorities say most of the victims were police officers it's less than a fortnight now since nato led forces formally handed over security in the city to afghan troops. problems that now that never will cain while the italian island of sicily is making its presence known there's been four options already in july and this latest is the biggest yet with flames a burning ash eating two hundred fifty meters of of the sky the flare up started on saturday morning and continued into the weekend no casualties or damage reported so far though. it may be nearly six months since the earthquake and tsunami devastated japan but the number of dead connected to the tragedy continues to rise because

suicide rates are on the up when the government fears a depression epidemic now could be on the horizon r.t. shaun thomas reports. a triple disaster on a scale the world has never known causing damage destruction and uncertainty forcing tens of thousands of japanese refugees to leave their lives behind and seek shelter anywhere they can some people do. evacuate but the but the problem is the minority they be they have been accused by. their classmates you know of course by offshore. causing. the people. who. are primarily a move towards self-preservation this idea of desertion is defined by many as characteristically jeff unease and has earned those who have evacuated the dishonorable title of traitor. of course it's hardly

a year that we are family neighbors we think about our health but in other words we run away we escape because we're scared of radiation that there's no example in the world of something similar and the consequences are still ongoing. well those who have moved to shelters here in tokyo are facing that guilt and the pressure to move back on 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 some organic farm us i mean so so because you have beaten. us soil is everything they know it's a good soil for after many hours of hard work and it's just contaminated one night to go so some. farmers committed suicide i'm very

sorry to hear that 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 in fact increased in the months since the disaster compared to the same time frame in the previous two years but the demographics are not what you might expect. increase. in the. centers. but if you're areas because some barbers striving to. if they have not have to mix inside 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 last year

disaster many people actually lost their jobs or their working on the show was crushed. so. yeah they have a for many good reasons to commit suicide. causing japan's just told to keep rising even though the initial disaster subsided months before in japan sean thomas or to . a pain continue six months off and i took a look at ahead now to the next half hour here on teaching we've got support from fifty minutes time and i'm before that as well to chat with legendary rock star brian may use our guest and the big names to talk to us this early monday morning the first of august but i'm kevin i would love a page of the latest news headlines in just a few. would

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