a very warm welcome this is the life from europe's stock markets have plummeted shop in the trading on friday following a selling binge in asia fresh recession warnings and pining debt in the usa it has seen red across the board while european banks and companies are rapidly losing in price our correspondent daniel bushell's across the latest you're picking up where the u.s. left off on thursday which is the there's a deadly cocktail of ingredients poisoning investors at the moment not only is america releasing toxic figures on employment housing and so on yesterday was the worst day for the footsie one of the world's biggest stock markets over in london in two and a whole few years on fears that the world will slump into recession taught by morgan stanley has slashed its for cost for growth for the world economy

a worrying saw in there and asia is not being left out of this asian markets are also now there's a saying when the us. sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold and that's particularly true of asia which is export driven countries like china and india rely on the west to boy its product its computers its toys and so on so you understand why the whole world is suffering at the moment so this week's summit really raised more questions than it. is to single financial government for the european union but the people of europe say they don't want it in opinion polls which raises real questions about the democracy over just how democratic european leaders all it also doesn't force the real enemy which is that many countries have too much debt and their economies on competitive here in europe it really doesn't have to have those issues and it's times like this when they may wish they had the safer job presenting news for example. bush will hate for the just taking that will

russia's markets are trading in the red following the global trend let's get the very latest now from marina business desk where we know it's not really the day in the blank that investors have been hoping for is is. actually far from it right now both the arts yes and the mind sets are. losing about four percent we'll give you the latest figures when we have our business program but we're seeing a lot of volatility and investors are dropping risky assets in favor of safe havens and that's where we've seen the price of gold rise and of course all the latest details we'll have in about fifteen minutes from now so it's into the business program ok well gee thanks for the marina and looking forward to seeing shortly. social networks have played a pivotal role in the revolutions witness so far this year so much so that the u.s. is thrown its way down dollars behind what it's calling the democratic instruments to improve the world but critics say washington's motivated not by people's freedom

but a desire for greater control is painting ford reports. when a wave of revolution crashed over the middle east this spring. many said what ended in the streets began with one hundred forty characters or less on social media like twitter and facebook. hoping to harness the power of communication the u.s. state department is providing two million dollars in grants for a quote internet in a suitcase program it's part of what secretary clinton calls a venture capitalists approach to addressing the wide range of challenges to democracy and human rights activists face in internet repressive environments around the world centralized servers like this one can easily be cut by governments but the internet in a suitcase is the sign to give dissidents a mobile web with mess technology that runs their cell phones and other devices

making it harder to cut the founder of his own clearinghouse of confidential documents john young worries that american suitcase servers will serve another purpose the suitcase is meant to give the illusion that you could run peaceful economy devices without going through national systems and that may be true but they will they will not be outside the u.s. system young says the suitcase is just part of so-called liberation technology that has its advantages for the u.s. the prosecutor for being empowered to you know to watch what you're doing and probably influence what you're doing and it isn't just governments according to the hackers collective anonymous which released seventy thousand classified e-mails from defense contractor h.p. gary federal about the romas coin program from the cohen surveillance approach you have. you have. zero through you know national intelligence. says romas claim is partly designed to manipulate social media one of the really more

bizarre and dangerous will you come to light we. know. that you thought were. and there were other people who were not this software would allow the u.s. military to push their agenda by flooding social media the other say there's a contradiction between support for internet freedom abroad and subpoenas alleging wiki leaks collaborators at home including private bradley manning in san francisco police cut cell phone services on the metro during protests those who we are francisco city government shirt is a soccer stadium you can imagine. if you go well in iowa look at the united states doesn't look in following the riots in london there is talk of shutting down social media we are working with the police the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence disorder and criminality. the u.s.

will spend seventy million dollars and internet circumvention technology in two thousand and eleven abroad even as tough questions remain at home. or to our t. washington d.c. . and still ahead this hour a jaws attack and russian waters a second swim as more by a great white shark very young man had his arms bitten off in a similar attack that shocked the country and some. stunning performances by aerobatics teams from across the world war zone aircraft what does all this mean remarks to has opened its doors to the public to watch our report later in the program. on orcas nineteenth twenty years ago moscow wives had tanks rolling past their windows as a state of emergency was imposed a group of hardline communist officials attempted to seize power to prevent reforms that eventually led to the breakup of the soviet union but reports despite the

jamaat events unfolding in the capital many were being kept in the dole. if you turned on your t.v. set in moscow on the morning of the nineteenth of all this one nine hundred ninety one this is what you would have seen tchaikovsky's swan lake. why are so many muscovites because on the streets this is what was really happening. there was confusion and panic even among the tent crews themselves. who were ordered to march towards moscow i thought i'd figured out when i get there as we weren't given any information as to what was happening. soviet leader mikhail gorbachev had been shot in his holiday home in the crimea a state committee on the state of emergency declared itself in charge it was made up of high ranking communist party officials including the head of the k.g.b.

jobs vice president and the defense minister they were terrified that gorbachev's democratic reforms and the union treaty due to be signed on the twentieth of august would give so much power away from the center to the soviet republics it would destroy the soviet union. but it was an act of treason on the part of good but you often yeltsin and this circle out right treason they were going to ruin our country . in a press conference later that day they said that gorbachev was ill and that they would take over in his absence but their show wasn't convincing on the nineteenth of august vice president kennedy and naive on the other members of the emergency committee sat in this very spot and want to since become my offices as he delivered his statement the assembled journalists noticed that his hands were shaking then one twenty four year old journalist blew his official words right out of the water

. got a bottle of tell me do you realize that you've conducted a credit they look pretty. very convincing and. just got mad meanwhile on the streets the russian supreme soviet building the white house had become the center of resistance to the coup boris yeltsin the president of the russian part of the u.s.s.r. had convinced some of the tank koreans to switch sides people flocked to join him and demand to prove the chops return. if yeltsin tells you that both the yeahs of and your commander trait is an enemy's whose always will you have be as night fell on the twentieth of august the curfew ordered by the cool denies is raised fears of an assault on the white house when armored vehicles began moving through a tunnel the night protesters disillusioned with the communist party rose up to

defend their hopes of democracy. of kamaz son dimitriy was killed one would believe an out onto the road where his friendly demand tried to drag him away while the machine rode out with my sons had and killed lead to marriage wow. the coup had failed and what's more it destroyed trust in the communist party which was then bad russia in november one nine hundred ninety one by the end of the year the very system they sought to keep alive the soviet union had ceased to exist dumbarton r.t. . well follow those street days in august ninety ninety one step by step and all special report throughout the day here on our team meanwhile there's more on the fallout from the attempted coup on our web site any time you like don't read about those who still feel the fall of the soviet union raul to dissolve as russia's communist party could be cool denies as well right in their attempt to save the empire. and others aren't even aware the u.s.

is solved golding think it's still a threat to the u.s. at least that's what republican presidential candidate michele bachmann believes find out why. international pressure is mounting on the syrian leader with the u.s. and the e.u. him to step down in the wake of the violent crime down on protesters but russia hasn't the court reporter the same president should be given time to implement his promised reforms with a set of fresh economic sanctions have also been imposed on syria by washington in response to the government's action let's cross live now to damascus well jeez maria financial is. maria it seems some countries are losing their patience with syria but how grave is the situation on the ground. well alice the situation here on the ground in syria is actually not so simple the international community has condemned the syrian government for breath told blood the suppression of

pro-democratic and to government protesters started here in march tanks troops were moved into cities activists are saying that some of them were massacred by the troops while human rights activists are saying that over two thousand people died since president assad began its crackdown meanwhile the syrian government has all the time been saying has all the time been read to rage in that it's actually been fighting against armed groups extremists operation across syria trying to dust of allies situation on the ground trying to terrorize. anyway the call from the u.s. and the e.u. for the syrian president to step down as day after assad announced that gratian here in syria is over and promised to more reforms and we actually could witness the army with throw in from cities although at the same time we are receiving

reports from protesters. from across the country that are still sort of staying in the cities and even from time to time. but i have to emphasize and this is very important that we cannot verify this nation this is very hard to very far because we're not allowed to move freely across the country we're not allowed to work freely here and right now we're not actually allowed to leave the mosque so these reports cannot be verified and every mosque a safe zone held back from supporting the call from the u.s. and the e.u. for president assad to resign what does it have to sell me. although we haven't heard anything definite just to add officials russian officials have been quoted as saying syria needs reform and deep changers necessary but president assad needs

time and he has to be provided with this time to fulfill his promises russia even. his name exact time one or two months it's clean all that things that assad is moving towards right direction and assad has earned trust with what he's already done his release political prisoners repealed an emergency law that was in force since nineteen sixty three for more than four decades he's expressed threaten is to allow more political parties and elections in the country and now apparently told police and military operations against at least opposition and russian believes that external pressure would only did to rewrite things here in syria and transition to democratic state but at the same time russia says that if. it doesn't keep his promises in that case international community has to react ok maria

phonology live from damascus thank you for about days. now some other world news in brief this hour on a blast and a mosque has killed at least forty people and wounded more than eighty five during friday prayers a bomb exploded in the tribal region while hundreds of people were attending the religious session no groups claimed responsibility for the bombing but it's being blamed on taliban and al qaeda linked insurgency in the region over four thousand five hundred people have been killed by militant networks since two thousand and seven. a series of suicide explosions that hit the afghan capital near a compound run by the british government at least ten killed people were. gunfire was heard at the scene a witnesses said smoke was rising from the area officials say the british council was the target taliban claimed responsibility saying the assault mol the anniversary of afghanistan's independence from the u.k.

in one thousand nine hundred. israel's military says walk it's fired by militants from garza have landed in the south of the country it comes after the jewish state carried out airstrikes over the strip following a series of deadly attacks six girls and were reportedly killed including a child while a dozen were said to be. israeli officials promised a strong response after assaults on vehicles near egypt the border left seven dead blame was pointed at gaza militants although the hamas government denied their involvement. i killing machine has invaded russian waters as two men have so far fallen victim to a jaws attack in the country's far east patrol boats are sweeping the area on the lookout for the prehistoric monster while local authorities have promised over three finals in dollars to the person who can catch the creature from the deep.

explores the dangers. nothing like this has ever happened here before russia has never seen a shark attack let alone two in two days this sixteen year old boy was diving one hundred meters off shore when it appeared the young man's wet suit served just protection and saved him from death but both his legs were severely wounded. crying shocked. that it was time. to do use. the first day. only a day earlier and twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple was saved witnesses were shocked at what they saw. it was really scary a country under. the man's hands were chewed off and the boat was still lives in. the attacks happened in the far east unprintable your region that shares a border with north korea it is known for its beaches and clean water and swimming

here has always been safe dangerous sharks don't usually go that far north in the sea of japan scientists believe the predator was a white shark a man eater and all trying to work out what it was doing here. this type of show it really comes to what are these species that. subtropical orders of the ocean but with global warming they're now starting to move more and more to the north out of roughly three hundred sixty species of sharks just over thirty are known to be dangerous to humans the rest are either too small. but most experts agree that any shark with sharp enough teeth and longer than one point two metres can cause serious injuries especially if there's food or blood in the water and while scientists are looking for the reasons for these recent attacks the swimming season in the area is over at least for the time being. r.t. moscow skies around moscow have been even busier than usual this week with the max

international air space in flying machines perform all kinds of gravity defying stunts. is that. there are sounds of jet engines on propellers in the skies and scores of various aircraft on the grounds of what does all this mean the march two thousand and eleven air show has opened its doors to the public the previous couple of days it was primarily open to all visual and business delegations inking out those billion dollar contract with some big names of civil and military aircraft producers from all over the world but now everyone can enjoy these machines. in their own eyes right here at the mocks two thousand and eleven there's a lots in store for everyone to watch here at the air show we've already seen some stunning performances by the russia knights swifts and falcons we're expecting more

from them there's also a great variety of various helicopters for those heavy lowers out there including this fifty two alligator one of the latest built here in russia this is really a true green mean war machine if you notice it has a unique coaxial rotor system which gives it the extreme one of her ability that is definitely going to be one of the biggest air show seen this machine out there in the skies with the pilots showing off their skills but probably the biggest highlight of this year's mox air show is deal latest russia's top sea good self fighter jet the code named the t. fifty and r t's in the go and still found out why this plane is all such strategic importance many have heard about it but until now only a select few had seen it with their own eyes to admission fams the t fifty is known

as pac this is if he is still being developed so most of his technical specifications are top secret in fact just close as we can get to the real thing is this model right here but during the next air show visitors get it sure we can meet just to see the jets in flight the first ever public display for the top five the jet is being developed by the sukhoi design bureau under the watchful eyes of the united aircraft corporation and the entire project is shrouded in mystery in fact representatives of the corporation say the project is so secret they can't even talk on camera about it so it's the united states and russia are the only two countries in the world that. the technological potential to implement a large scale national project for the development of a fifth generation jet fighter the fight of russia has demonstrated this year's max air show is strong evidence that russian aviation is in

a very imputes think. the jets will reportedly be able to carry out combat duty in any weather at any time of day will feature a special coating which will make it less noticeable to and to aircraft raiders and will be able to cruise at supersonic speed had most of the guesswork boils down to this when highly developed the russian fifth generation fighter will give the american after twenty two and f. thirty five a run for their money in terms of stealth capabilities maneuverability and cost. of being a new generation fighter it's much more comfortable if lyle everything was designed with safety in mind it has thrust vectoring engine fly safely at near zero speeds it's safe even with a fly still first up to date environment in a cockpit is also the fighter provides intelligence support to the pilots on board the jets are supposed to be fully developed by two thousand and fifteen it's hoped

orders for roughly six hundred jets will follow with one third of that number going to russian air force but until the final touches to the project are made the only chance to see the hope and pride of russian aviation is the max air show even though sco r.t. ski school region stay with us throughout the weekend for the best. french. our team takes to the air show i hate outweigh the news this is our business on the way now with arena.

hello and welcome to business here i see we of course start with the markets which plunged into another round of all let's say that's it with fears of an underlying double dip the sentiments were spurred by a bouquet of negative data from europe and the u.s. and there are some forces who are no exception they are also extend their losses from the previous session i see that in all the guy has all the details for us. russian stock markets open today in the red zone and continue to dive dying down but i guess it was a surprise to anyone is russia's blue chips i went down quickly yesterday with spare bank losing six point three percent gas from going down as well and of course russian markets are being dragged down by white by what's happening on the european stock markets some experts however say there is a silver lining to their vote so it's your european stock market that is the fact that oil and gas prices will go down and inflation will be lowered but of course

this ban it causes investors withdraw their money from emerging economies russian economy as well and of course that makes r.c.s. and my six go down but the question that experts advising right now is this whether it's time to panic whether what we're witnessing right now is similar to what happens in two thousand and eight well if you look at the r.t.s. and my six the tendency is clear the indexes are going down despite several dead scout barrels and we're seeing shots at the same time if you take a look at the bigger picture the lowest bowen's r.d.s. has reached in the in two thousand and eight in the van with two thousand and eight was just over six hundred points and right now the index is still two point five times more than that so perhaps it's not just a time to panic. and less like a look at the markets and the latest figures in europe they are trucking losses in asia and we're seen as some of the footsie is trading below five thousand while the

german dax is out its lowest point since two thousand the noise is skewed by this in this decline in two point three percent of the sour and that's after a proven investment to expand a coal mine in colombia let's move on to the markets here in russia there are trading in their guts of territory extended thursday's losses they are to us as down three and three quarters of a percent and my success now reached four percent and there's a slow. the market movers on the my sex energy majors are among the worst performers with gas palm down more than four percent new all banking stocks are also on the pressure with both sperm bank n.v. to be losing almost six percent this hour over in asia bourses met heavy losses as well following a sharp sell off in the u.s. exporters were among the worst performers on the next day with tana down two point six percent and citizen over four percent in the red car makers were no exception honda shadow around three percent meanwhile energy stocks were with their worst

heads in hong kong with petro china down around four percent so let's take a look at oil prices and we see there that they are considering units of fall after an almost six percent decline on thursday concerns about global economic recovery are weighing on crude the weaker dollar is given some supports light sweet it's below eighty dollars per barrel brant has fallen to one hundred six dollars a barrel and a quick look now at some precious metals gold this fretting out a new record high level as uncertainty about the global economy is pushing investors back to safe havens this fall prices now at above one thousand eight hundred and sixty actually approaching a hundred and seventy and silver is also off its game in almost four and a half percent this hour. and that's how business looks for stories you can always add to our website arts you don't call the slash business in the meantime say it's

in for the headlines with alice and kareen i will bring you the next update in about fifteen minutes by for that. the. children. are to take to the air show.

a very warm welcome back it's. the wilds financial markets are bolstered by a fresh wave of selling amid fears the world economy is declining experts a bleak for call some american and european growth saying both are dangerously close to recession. the u.s. and russia has to harness part instead this is thought to have played a pivotal role in the arab uprisings but critics say while spending millions remote online and freedom abroad washington's out to gain more control over events. russia remembers the attempted coup twenty years ago to simply say to the breakup of the soviet union.