in india old geezer made a big move going to join me that shows the fellow villains the great way to turn the grand imperial. towards west coast coromandel you turn away it's no closure that you know it's a duty to go and. run the city the county was neutral as you screw or treat. leaders of both parties in both chambers and reach an agreement there will reduce the deficit and the board for an eleventh hour deal is the ceiling but the domestic political bickering which brought the you out of the world the brink of civil economic it's ok to honest americans are and it's. so cold in the midst of pilot error of course not cheers presidential plane crash that killed president lech kaczynski and scores of top officials but also as a photographer puts all of the blame on one show just like criticism from a fax back.

on a doctor hundred fifty thousand answer government protesters take to the streets across israel demanding prime minister netanyahu step down but some say the arab spring has now spread to the country. and welcome to all she's a weekly review i'm here to tell main story now the immediate threat of a disastrous was dead for what seems to have been of that head at the eleventh hour with president obama announcing that lawmakers have finally reached a deal after weeks of political bickering and stalemate that alison and plans after barack obama held last ditch intensive talks of democrat and republican leaders on increasing america's debt limit the two step compromise will commit us more. to

continue after cheese they exchange for one trillion dollars in spending cuts however the political struggle is far from over with the key to balance the budget being put off for a later date when you cross party congressional committee is to be set up as part of the deal to advise and can't seem craving tax reform medicare and social security but doesn't remember it now reports the tortures and lengthy road to reach an agreement has damaged the reputation of progress. as help us avoid default debt ceiling nation default and this crisis time's running out the entire world is watching it's been a public spectacle filled with the bickering grandstanding and lack of compromise i just i sit defeat over raising the u.s. debt ceiling created an unprecedented climate of uncertainty over america's so-called sound economy the damage has been done no matter what happens now everybody really thinks the united states isn't so secure it isn't so safe even if

the craziness subsides it seems to have got real close and who knows whether the next month next year this won't blow up again since the underlying causes economic problems are getting worse in this country point five trillion dollars of america's borrowing is owed by foreign countries experts say washington's mismanagement may cause investors to abandon the devalued dollar and end their partnership with america it's like being married to someone. of the rich or you want to know where you. can put up with this relationship you know the u.s. will be. the only game in the your community is making noises chinese making noises or you know we're alone now in our ability to be hard to jordan for financing in the world the result could spark a replay of the two thousand and eight economic meltdown except this time washington not wall street would be responsible for the first time in history our

country's aaa credit rating would be downgraded leaving investors around the world to wonder whether the united states is still a good bet. interest rates would skyrocket on credit cards mortgages. which amounts to a huge tax hike on the american people as the countdown neared zero all three big reading giants movies fitch and standard and poor's threatened america's hollowed triple a school unless a deal was hammered out and that fourteen point three trillion dollar debt getting higher economists say america's unsustainable budget deficits are the biggest threat to the nation it's like the batteries worn out the spark plugs don't work the tires are flat all of this and so what we're trying to do is say we've got a little bit of money in the bank let's pay that down but we're not doing anything to fix the economy and so we're putting ourselves in a bigger and bigger hole not just it has

a dad but really because we're not creating any way to get out of that instead of us president repeatedly asked americans over the past week or two during the campaign to borrow and spend more make a phone call e-mail tweet keep the pressure on washington and we can get past this while the eyes of the world have been following the heated saga playing out between u.s. politicians the main problem not going away is america's debt and the growing realisation that elected officials may never be capable of agreeing on how to solve it. r.t. new york. president of a new york braze financial advisory for. political leaders they have reached a deal overcoming their political differences much more quickly would have been better for the american people. we had the possibility of having no deal which would have been the worst possible outcome and would have gotten us into default

that fortunately is going to be averted right now what we're talking about is getting an extension so that we can pay our current bills and what is on the table is essentially our proposals that will cut spending anywhere between rely on to four trillion dollars over the next ten years look a lot of this i think is i mean it's good that it's happening the way it's happening is not very good because i think we were three to six months ago in a position where we probably could have had a more substantial deal to solve the problems i think we could have had something far superior to this if we did not have the extremes they stream just winds of both parties digging in for so long now that over these last three months. on the markets who have an economy thrown in green chris capital aside even though they need a crisis than of that it's big u.s. but still see if the credit rating downgraded pushing punishing the american people

for earth possible policymaking rushing to. may still see a downgrade of u.s. sovereign debt from aaa to double a i don't think that's a catastrophic outcome but it's serious it's negative and this process itself. continues to hurt the street and credit the world in the united states it's very real in the american business men and women and american products all over the world that no one should have this sort of halo around them of a successful place that's impressive and interesting but now may even flip over to having a negative association and which people begin to associate the united states with out of control and irresponsible policy making. as the u.s. is now the only place struggling to deal with financial crisis massive dancing europe dragging more and more countries into trouble with persisting concern over the economic stability of the u.s. and the impact of its problems that. we should have on putin should greece from the euro zone long ago so the greed train has started to train as the country prepares

for the y.c. its credit rating is estimated five is a living new european deal to rescue the stable euro zone partner reporter and if you. also have admitted that pilot error led to the polish presidential plane crash in western russia which killed president lech kaczynski and scores of the country's top officials by the government commission still laid part of the blame on russian and control is what the disaster in april last year. reports now on how a national tragedy has been kind of a taken by politics. it took them and another day another blame game holds very own probe into last year's presidential plane crash almost confirmed the findings of russia's investigation that the crew was almost solely responsible for the tragedy of this point there is an obstacle a tree that the aircraft collides with a fragment of the left wing is detached the aircraft begins their iteration but let

me emphasize it's not that the tree was too high the aircraft had simply been at a location where it should 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 . here's where the approach controller two thousand metres away should have told the crew to start descending. commands should have been issued exactly at the same moment on the shows that the landing zone controller was performing his duty even encouraged on this day. such statements come as little surprise to experts with some of them saying acceptance of the responsibility would be impossible for the polish 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 some of the blame

on somebody else aviation experts had called this opinion calling the swipes against the russian side and substantial some of the claims concerning the airport or 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 the initial russian 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 and people put it here i think we're now witnessing simply games to shift the blame from the polish side of i was an expert in this commission and i was surprised to learn that 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 a break through 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 we know that in two months after being. parliamentary elections this report and all that the sure. will be use it or even easier is 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. prime minister to say has no courage to take up the responsibility for the plane crash and has shuffled it under his staff nevertheless he is responsible for all the games he played with the russians he's responsible

but the trolls are not conducting or even participating in the investigation he's responsible for not defending polish interests and coalition or at the international fora 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 the playful responsibility which comes with reports experts are speculating whether this is a fair and objective investigation or an attempt to police all players in the long lost in the blame game let's hear shots to r.t. reporting from warsaw in poland. and. a closer look at the timeline of the polish presidential plane crash visit our website. and you'll find a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder providing details insight into the tragedy as it unfolded so off with the place to go after.

israel has become the latest middle east country to see nationwide antigovernment protests at its peak some one hundred fifty thousand people took to the streets on saturday after more than two weeks of rallies protesters are demanding that prime minister binyamin netanyahu step down unless he undertakes sweeping economic reforms paullus legal tender is the biggest demonstration intended for. big easy action in fifty thousand people here with the most popular chant theme we demand 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 israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu in fact if you try his name is mentioned he is why are you here tonight i'm here because it's just becoming a passerby to live in this country more we work we give our and we give in we're going to be all and there's no end to this is

a question as this is army will have to change just because you have any other choice would you say people have been inspired by the demonstrations taking place there as well. for what it's all signed saying. gosselin is on us why do you want him to go home. alone because of the police and actually be standing stray sions green inspired by the protests we saw taking place in arab world well i think there's a lot of influence of what happened in a new ground and now syria lebanon iran and what you see in libya also there's a lot of influence of voting that's when people understand i do have the power jagdish can they can organize i didn't care they don't need any more government to tell them what to do they can start telling 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 sun singers have also been taking to the stage and one song that was sung had this chorus and i'm translating this is the new middle east we created the storm if you chose in fact. between forty five and two hundred people have been killed in syria by government forces storming the city of hama according to local human rights groups u.s. president obama has vowed to increase pressure on the regime after this fresh round of violence but some top president of the law is a sensation says western promises alone won't bring positive results. president obama says what he's saying everybody in syria and i'm not a boy we've been here to respond. one time or. the rest of the afghanistan situation all of these things are neutral dream tallow and it doesn't you know give any comfort the aware however i think the west can actually and the world can assist the syrian regime with then it's a policy of quiet contact but playing to them what are the ways that they can move

into rather than just making statements and changing the laws that the west seem to be content with condemning in making these wild crazy statements well i would say you know the regime is less than a quarter not. this is here later in the program. depression rates president's plan sending the country's already high suicide rate soaring as a society of radiation rates the population falling not his great answer. but the crisis raging in europe is claiming more and more economics culp's pain suffering recession and mass unemployment has now been put on review by the credit rating agency moody's international monetary fund has warned france that its credit rating could be slashed if it does not impose more spending cuts the euro zone's biggest bailout received in degrees has been dealt another blow by one of europe's main credits is purely finance minister has warned he won't write

a blank check to buy the bonds of failing countries in a move also intended to deter other troubled states from believing morally is on the way despite a reckless boring economics offer patrick young says greece could have been pushed out of the us a long ago. 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 outreach it and the truth is we should bump you to greece from the euro zone law on a bill 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 billing like their

saw their neighbors it's going to be a huge problem because ultimately the contingent is going to hit and i really do believe that after last week's events unfortunately we only inched closer to the idea of a trial called your real meltdown. so the e.u. is under strain by the country which houses its headquarters in belgium is literally a breaking point it's on the verge of splitting its way in the flemish speaking north and the french speaking south and those are things down our bushel reports are the new countries will be watching developments carefully for fear of a repeat of their own. so wait till they're divorced before planning their next marriage but not the lonely or the southern region of belgium the country's been with elton big government for a record fourteen months free speech in the cells and flemish speaking fluent 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 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 well they say political clout is important the main appeal is money that is one of the loneliest 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 with polls suggest that hall full and sixty percent of the french want to become one presidential front runner marine le pen last week said she would with 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 your m.p. and we have contacted the socialist it has been confirmed to us that's in kate's

belgium would speed up then will we 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 in the french speaking part and vice versa king albert is bill james national day last week was its last he added the crisis threatens not just every building but european integration itself. the e.u. scared the divorce of belgium was part of the rest of europe catalonia leaving spain scotland leaving of britain we're really seeing separatist marches and mixed community towns here turned violent with guns getting called it takes just one big clash for brussels to become serial that's conflicts or a mass killing 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 fraud says twenty eight region all that's left are the details of the new bush will see brussels. check out our website for more stories inventive and left behind a quick look at what you can find life right now as they pass on board a river pleasure bashing lost a chance to tragedy that night at a great time following a collision driven ride. and ukraine prefer set aside a night of diving to call what are sort of the first females have been held in the details of the story and what's more no one from what side. if. and also in our to your home

a very rare glimpse of nature's power and the havoc it caused in russia we've got study pictures there were whirlwind sweeping through the country's far east in which one person died and eyewitnesses say the wind literally lifted three people off the balcony before dropping them of the ground where one was killed by the fall so the wind was in has injured at least twenty eight towards roofs of buildings uprooted trees brought down power lines and overturned many cars and more of these stunning pictures are available at r.t. dot com. now news from the rest of the world this hour at least eleven people have been killed in the blasts a police headquarters in southern afghanistan the taliban has admitted responsibility for the suicide car bomb outside the city of lashkar most of the victims were police officers it's closed and of course nods his need to lead forces formally handed over security in the city of adventure games. and at main

sicily has erupted again after four episodes of volcanic activity this month claims of burning earth have been shooting two hundred fifty meters up into the sky and was the strongest of the recent eruptions the latest of several began on saturday morning and continued into the weekend no casualties or damage have been reported so far. japan is struggling to grow with the psychological consequences of martyrs tsunami and earthquake with already high suicide rate rising even further since the catastrophe the government is concerned the country could be in the grip of a depression demick with many worried by radiation fears after the nuclear disaster which followed all she's shown thomas reports from drug. 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. in bucket but above the

problem is the minority they be they have been accused by. their classmates or you know of course by offshore. causing. the. not. primarily a move towards self-preservation this idea of desertion is defined by many as characteristically in japanese and has earned it those who have evacuated the dishonorable title of traitor. of course it's hard to hear that we have 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 home

there are others who have lost everything cannot handle the overwhelming change and they are facing even darker documents 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 are some organic farmers committed suicide because you know the. soil used everything very good soil for after many. it's just contaminated one night a place so. it's a sight i'm very sad to hear the news. many others also very much impressed a recent national survey in japan performed by dr roshini and his team shows that suicide rates in japan have been frankly increased in the months since the disaster

compared to the same timeframe in the previous ten years but the demographics are not what you might expect the. increase. in. centers. centers but the fear areas because some barbers struggling to get. there 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 if we are disaster many people actually lost their jobs or their working on the show has crashed. so. yeah they have 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 shaun thomason over to. europe today to supporters

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