tv [untitled] August 16, 2011 1:01pm-1:31pm EDT
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and france have proposed what would be a dramatic centralization of power to help get the eurozone out of its debt crisis chancellor angela merkel and president nicolas sarkozy want a single euro zone government with the power to overrule decisions made by individual nations well let's cross to ati's daniel was in brussels this is all just being discussed they just addressed the media what else was said following that merkel sarkozy meeting daniel. yes the key decision is they have announced a single united eurozone government which can overrule national governments they also announced the corporation tax to unite the corporation taxes of germany and france so we're moving slowly towards a fiscal union which is what many had predicted but of course there's one small problem which is the people of europe have been almost because the the president of france faces an election next year where he's already trailing behind his rivals and it's suspected this may make him even more unpopular because the people of
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europe haven't been asked but in polls in the opinion polls they say that they don't want the european integration angle or merkel the chancellor of germany says they showed great courage to do this and but they dismissed the use of euro bourne's which many have said would be the solution agreed eventually they said that europe miracle they're not a cure and france and germany won't guarantee other countries debts so they refuse to bail out the rising problems in countries like italy and spain they also denounce the rumors and speculation and said they'd fight against this the rumors that they say are trying to bring down the euro so there will be a single government they'll elect a president who will be very official attacks on financial transactions was also announced. that the purpose was to home annoys economies and taxes across europe so a very wide range of proposals on offer here today ok thanks very much indeed daniel
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daniel bushell there reporting from brussels and of course we'll get more reaction on this development throughout the next few hours thanks to you. the european central bank has announced it spent an unprecedented twenty two billion euros in just one week the money went to prop up the shaking economies of italy and spain but as artie's. reports public faith in the ailing euro may already be beyond quick things. some work to live others live to work corky market combines the two today he and his nephew run the picture framing shop set up by hawking grandfather almost a century ago but the family firm is in a rough spot. like all in spain my business has been struggling although it's not visible in all areas of business times have been very hard. consider this unemployment at more than twenty percent one of the highest in the eurozone bigger gantry and sovereign debt ever cross their bonds and the country's problems don't
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stop there despite being the fourth largest economy in europe spain is definitely feeling the bite of the credit crisis and that many ask the question is the eurozone such a great idea after all the answer may just be no the country's rating has been downgraded twice in september of last year with moody's agency threatening to do so again in the future in fact some in spain believe the best strategy in the current climate may be an exit one. this would give us a certain autonomy it would affect positively internal processes in the country the purchasing power would give citizens access to all sorts of benefits and would have been good for the wages very well could lead to the improvement of situation in spain. a key factor here is distance while the spanish struggle with debts and unemployment their fate is largely being decided by the masters in chief in
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brussels. what we're witnessing here major internal problems which you cannot solve. because it's outside of in your competence they have neither the finances nor the labor capabilities to help spain of course many people are unhappy with the place spain takes and the european union will be out but who took him isn't losing hope that his country and his business will eventually climb out of this lump. of coal. it will stabilize in the end is the small businesses like mine that will do the job because the real people who take work close to heart in large corporations something which me only be possible if being quits the foundering federation of the own and put its own house back in order even those quality hundred. more economic ups and downs in our business bulletin but after three days of gains the markets are again pointing down that's because investors confidence is hit by weak economic data from germany growth in the
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eurozone second biggest economy was virtually stagnant in the second quarter and this has raised fears that the global economy is once again sliding into recession . high tech combat jets and the latest gleaming airliners appears in the skies over the moscow region the world's biggest aircraft may because russia's max two thousand and eleven air show showing off their newest designs an r.t.s. is there to. well it's been a very vengeful day here the first day of the max two thousand and eleven we've seen some pretty impressive individual shows of some of the aircraft here we saw the u.s. war thirty we also saw a modified version of the savoy twenty seven as well as the f. fifteen of the u.s. air force again very impressive performances and one interesting one was that the airbus a three eighty which is the largest commercial aircraft out of the market right now a flying in the sky like it was a small plane that was interesting to see but again
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a big macs two thousand and eleven that's what it's here for it's basically for these companies to showcase their latest innovation the latest technology what their aircraft are capable love and as far as the a russian the participation here is concerned there's one model that's really highly anticipated a lot of build up towards it that's the support to this this is a russian made of this generation military aircraft and it's the first of its kind that is made as far as russia is concerned also the first at the country has done a produced in the last twenty years now the only other fifth generation of military aircraft out there is the f. twenty two raptor which belongs to the u.s. air force and now we're talking fifth generation we're talking about faster more efficient aircraft as well as those with better stealth capability so that's something to look out for this is the first time they will be unveiling it to the public it's made its maiden flight already again unveiling to the public so interesting to see how it will fly in the sky but it's not just military of course we have some a commercial aircraft you would see some of the bigger commercial aircraft in the
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market of course the boeing dreamliner the airbus a three eighty i mentioned earlier and of course a so why super jet people just going inside trying to find out exactly how big it is but i actually was looking for a smaller plane this plane right here the one i'm sitting in is one of those and not military not commercial it's called an experimental plane it's traveled eight thousand kilometers to come here to russia from the united states the first time it's been out of the united states and it's actually also home built basically can build it at home that's what it is but i'm not going to try and be funny. because of the stunts the professionals are still looking forward to the aerodynamics us are aerobatic performances of the a french italian and american air force as well as two teams from russia to russia knights and a swift action and my colleague igor abroad had the chance to see them a behind the scenes practicing on one of the practice runs and let's see what funnies at. the cuban air field this stands for two of
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the most famous aerobatic teams in the world even a dress rehearsal shoes no margin for error. today is one of the last chances for the russians and the swiss to practice their new program ahead of the mikes show performance. the showstopper the trademark nine plane diamond of two very different aircraft delight the migs information. down from below the force jets looked in perfect sync but as the pilots touched down tempers run high among. that's normal everybody cares we're all in the mood to work we all want to put on a great show. but these pilots don't think of themselves and to train as they're serving officers the flying elite hand-picked from the entire russian air force the best technology develops top gun style maneuvers being abandoned in favor long
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range missiles and advanced trade. so. these demonstrations of piloting prowess just becoming a side show right. richard so i don't think so at all. electronics could often be jammed so we would go back to who sees whom and how they can respond to the situation skills will never become obsolete and up to go again practicing for hours perfecting distills only harmful in the world capable of. old fashioned dogfights might not be as big a part of combat as they once were but here they're keeping the. field. want to stay with us here on r.t. will be at the max two thousand and eleven we will have some first class flight action is one of talking to the captains of the aviation industry who are there all week.
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shape the future of. our team takes to the max air show. the two thousand and four tsunami in south asia took everything from many of the victims that lived along the coast of india recovering has been next to impossible and some of resorted to selling the only thing they have left their own body parts as this report. cala a room again is alone in her tiny empty apartment in chennai like many indians who struggle to make ends meet kala is constantly in debt despite selling pretty much everything she has including her own kidney my mum and i went to a group curry he told me that i could sell my kidney i agreed because i was in
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a bad situation and my children were small we did not even have any food to eat when the two thousand and four tsunami hit the coast of south asia kala was one of hundreds of thousands of people who lost everything in order to get back on her feet she got a loan that she was later unable to repay. we had a lot of debt i had to borrow money to buy the fishing boat the people i borrowed money from started asking me for money they said they will come home and embarrass us if we didn't pay the money desperate and vulnerable tsunami survivors soon became the perfect targets for the illegal organ trade in india it's become known as the red market every year one hundred thousand indians need organ replacements a demand that drives an illegal supply with some organs even being sold to a small percentage of desperate transplant tourists in one thousand nine hundred four the indian government hatched
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a law meant to regulate organ donation in this country each recipient was supposed to get an organ from a donor who was in some way known to have even though each transplant was supposed to be approved by a committee of doctors it's almost impossible for anyone to stop money transactions from happening under the table in general when a recipient finds out that he or she needs an organ donor they normally approach friends or family for a match when those options are exhausted rogue doctors or hospital staff can introduce the recipient to a broker usually a former illegal donor too who can scout nearby poor neighborhoods for someone who is willing to see. well they're kidney and go under the nice. biker lives for the most part of it so there's got to there's the law. though dr phil also done a blind eye to this happening to transplants from the donor to the recipient take place in the hospital simultaneously the donor ends up making a little over
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a thousand dollars while the brokers can profit almost double that. i went to the broker he said he will give me fifty thousand rupees for my kidney it was supposed to be much more but the broker cheated us the donors also frequently are robbed of their health by day four i used to run around and work a lot but now i can do as much work as they used to i find it difficult even to live to put on what i can go to work i have severe pain in my abdomen and my chest . and while horror stories of the red market are exchanged among locals those with no options left are forced to take extreme measures sacrificing their health just to stay alive preassure either party chennai india. or more news stories for you this. will take you on a tour of the olympic venues as the international olympic committee takes a look around we report on the results of the friendly inspection twenty fourteen
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winter games in sochi. so that story come for you but first the majority of americans now think it's time to lift the fifty year old embargo against cuba but the government doesn't appear to be listening and ford found out that's because the powerful anti castro lobby doesn't want to go. cuba ninety miles from america's shores and for fifty two years a world apart following the cuban revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine the u.s. imposed an embargo on all trade investment in travel an attempt to bring down the communist government official castro. some of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep this agenda alive and so the castro lobby was born they give a lot of money you know u.s. elections are in fact privately financed so they've been able to figure out how to play the game so even though there are a small percentage of the population they play very big in a key swing state polls consistently show that two thirds of americans favor ending
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the embargo and normalizing relations with cuba and some in congress agree it's about time we talk to cuba and still stop fighting these wars in about thirty or forty years or anti castro groups have given more than one point seven million dollars in donations to federal candidates from two thousand and four to two thousand and ten more than half a million dollars in two thousand and ten alone to both republicans and democrats and sharing u.s. cuba policy remains virtually unchanged ground offensive military equipment and that it will enhance the effectiveness of the embargo the united states will keep the embargo for. fewer than one percent of americans are of cuban origin and the journey emigrated before the end of the cold war unlike the rest of this panic population in the u.s. fifty eight percent of cubans are u.s. citizens cubans who arrive and step foot beaches in south florida are on their way to citizenship haitians who arrive and set foot on the beaches of miami are on
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their way to a detention center in deportation cuban americans are also a force to be reckoned with in congress we definitely are the most over represented community in congress with two senators and four representatives we say. including the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee ileana russell and i welcome the ah. opportunity of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is suppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action committees behind them like the u.s. cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and it's very concentrated in florida in new jersey therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create the relationships to live in a socially and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning
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before the cuban american national foundation. going to go to the roof but while the majority of americans favor ending the sanctions against cuba even protesting in the streets i think. we have yet to match the strength of the intake castro lobby given for it r.t. washington d.c. . just turned eighteen minutes past the hour in the russian capital let's have a look at some other world headlines this hour in france a formal investigation has been opened into the international monetary fund chief christine lagarde it relates to allegations from when she was france's finance minister when she approved a huge payment to a friend of president nicolas sarkozy the guard denies any misconduct and there is no suggestion she profited personally her attorney believes the investigation won't affect her role as i.m.f. chief. hundreds of protesters have been arrested in india as they gathered in new delhi to demand the release of a prominent corruption activist chanting slogans and even blocking some roads police detained seventy three year old. right before he started what was the
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illegal hunger strike could be urging officials to toughen legislation in the country. and government tanks are continuing the siege of the syrian port city of latakia forcing thousands of palestinian refugees in their camp four days of shelling has claimed at least thirty lives and troops have been making fast. officials of the reports the troops and the attempts to crush the uprising against president assad and un human rights council. syrian crackdown. and i reporter is one of the few journalists there and. what's happening there at the moment. she has all the latest updates. is.
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the international olympic committee has been checking construction for the sochi twenty fourteen games the team including the head of the. good progress is being made in the preparation. went to see for himself. this is the mountain cluster of the olympic project nine hundred meters above sea level as you can see the views here are fantastic and this is exactly what the visitors on athletes will see during the two thousand and fourteen winter games and of course everything you see here will be covered in snow for the games. the sporting facilities are truly taking shape with construction moving into the final few laps you will see a stadium for fifteen thousand visitors to ski trampolines and also immediate
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village which will house over two and a half thousand journalists will show sochi sports spectacular to the world members of the i.o.c. visited these housing facilities during their short working visit and they say that this part of the olympic park is very important because it will leave a lasting legacy even after two thousand and fourteen what's happening here is absolutely tremendous we have never seen something like this these families going to be turned into a. terrific destination result. responsibility in the overseas to develop sports growth there was this huge success what's going on you know i'm unsuitable which we should look at it or do it to twenty four teams but but this is just the beginning. because you guys here which starts really after the games next year here in this valley in sochi will see nineteen world class sporting events giving the venue a thorough dry run before the facilities will be used for their primary purpose.
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well that to bring up to take for the moment twenty two minutes past the hour here in the russian capital latest news from the well the business is next with kareena . how welcome to business here in r t after three days of gains the market had once again turned self confidence has been hit by weak economic data from germany growth in the eurozone second biggest economy was virtually stagnant in the second quarter and this has raised brother fears that the global economy is once again sliding into recession meanwhile news from the summit between sarkozy america that we've been hearing about earlier came too late to affect the markets here now u.s. stocks are falling as more evidence points to a slowing global economy stocks are dragged down by the news from europe that says quite some good domestic news which showed industrial production rose last month.
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nearly all the european markets closed down the main exception being the footsie which ended the shade higher up the dax whilst half a percent despite negative sentiment surrounding goes to b.p. numbers. and pretty much similar picture here in russia what the us has my zits and lower. she is saying one point three percent on the my six and the two percent. and here snapshot of the market movers on them isaac's gas bromo lost almost two percent the company reported eighty six percent growth a net profit for the first half construction company pick has also pulled the first half results of its almost thirty million dollars net profit against twenty one million dollars losses during the same period last year and financials also suffered severe bank losing one point eight percent. now crude prices also falling over worries about the state of the world economy light sweet is currently trading at eighty seven dollars a barrel while brant is a little below one hundred ten dollars a barrel. precious metals are mixed gold is up outselling is back on the stock
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market silver and silver is higher as well as trading at thirty nine dollars per ounce. now. business high altitudes in the moscow region the international air show is generating billions of new deals the call was there for business starting. this is set to be a record breaking year for mocks with more people than ever are calming to the show but while the spectators at the meyers the technology and gasp at the aerobatics display teams there's also plenty of serious business taking place the russian market is expected to grow rapidly boeing says potential of one hundred ten billion dollars over the next twenty years and says it's ready to invest heavily to build on its position here over the next thirty years we expect it to invest about twenty seven billion us dollars here in russia about the team billion dollars. five
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billion dollars in engineering support and expertise four billion dollars in other ventures and number of deals have already been announced ab os has agreed to sell eight a three hundred twenty jets to russia a line trans there zero with a catalog price of seven hundred twenty million dollars russian made ad craft also selling well sukhoi has agreed to sell twelve over its super jets to indonesian airline for almost four hundred million and following the success of the plane its parent company united aircraft corporation has announced a full new plan to build a long range aircraft this would be in direct competition with planes from boeing and ab os and it expects to start production in twenty. and united aircraft corporation is also bringing a new generation of medium range planes to the runway first flight of the m s twenty one is due to take place in two thousand and fourteen. a few other half says
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the corporation realizes competition is tough in the narrow body sector but that the potential rewards are great. we sneeze for mother all board here get up from its biggest nish there's a world market the most competitive it's a billion billion dollars market. but it would have been interesting to be a spark of. that's are up that for this hour but join me in less than forty five minutes from now from. the.
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questions. takes fifteen to twenty million years for the planet to recover from a major extinction event but the planet has time we don't. spring going on for months twenty twenty five years and since it's been eco terrorist before there was even islamic fundamentalist terrorist in this country when the nine eleven happened the bush administration could not find any terrorists because the feds couldn't find any real terrorists they decided to take these young people who are accused of property sabotage and label them as terrorists someone you destroy property. with absolutely zero intention of harming a single human being. in my mind is not. real people who are green in this country are the housewives who recycle. and the children who plant trees on the weekend
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if you would welcome the. stories that france and germany proposed a single collective eurozone government led by the president to steer the block out of its troubles would be able to rule any local government decision. schools of perform breathtaking stunts and this is a. gruesome trade in india is on the rise with authorities accused of concluding with those illegally preying on poverty stricken people. from. with more in their stores for us and thirty minutes from now in the meantime america's epidemic of domestic violence delves deep into the psyche of both victims and abuses.
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