came the year since two thousand and five ties between the countries have been strained in recent years over a number of issues notably the poisoning death of a former russian security agent in london or has any so now he's following david cameron to visit. me so well there is definitely a lot of issues to be ironed out between the two leaders so what exactly will be in the spotlight today. both looks like both sides are pretty much agreed to disagree by holding this meeting the show must go on that's what we're hearing from officials british and russian sides understand how much their partnership and cooperation really means to each other's progress especially in the financial world this is the first time since two thousand and five that the british prime minister or a british prime minister i should say has made an official visit to the russian capital so it's been sixty years most of those years filled with longstanding sticking points to an issues that the two sides just going to agree on let's not forget of course the litter in yankee osogbo when former russian security officer alexander

litvinenko was poisoned and then died in london that led to a big standoff between the two countries a diplomatic route odd almost all levels and then after that of course a big spate are on whether or not extraditions would take place british authorities narrowed down a main suspect a russian citizen alexander a andrea should say lugovoy and russian officials basically refused to extradite them because it's their policy that they don't extradite their citizens and also just recently andre lugovoy himself has said that back then he was willing to cooperate with investigators and even now he's willing to do so going as far as to say he himself is willing to sit down with david cameron and try to work things out if you will so that was something that really really really put a strain on relations both sides like i said understand that they need to somehow moved. past that it should be said as well that british authorities over the past

couple of years have been very reluctant and denying extradition of russian citizens who have asylum in the u.k. they're wanted for other crimes as well as being involved in the literally a good case not of course is very severe is all ski and off med is a high of so a lot of issues that do eventually hopefully need to be worked out it doesn't look like today is going to be the day where they sit down and focus on that because we've already heard from prime minister david cameron as he gave a lecture and held a q. and a session at moscow state university saying that he believes that right now it should be business that's driving russian u.k. relations so it looks like back is going to be the common ground on which the two sides will least begin to try to take steps towards a reset well as you said any sense important to lawn and what other areas are there were the two sides sort of you know have the meeting of minds so to speak . will business is

a big one sorry to bring it up again but it really has to be reiterated forty eight billion dollars were british investments in russia at the end of two thousand and ten and both countries understand there are enormous responsibility as major economies when it comes to the financial crisis so a condom is going to be a big one to two countries also going to be holding olympic events in the near future london in two thousand and twelve russia sochi in twenty fourteen and then of course on the global stage the two although relations have been strained to work very close together in the format of the g twenty the g eight as well as on the u.n. security council and in terms of international issues we're hearing that libya is going to be a big one of course britain along with france the two countries to really push to try to secure that u.n. resolution to go into libya the first place there were some of the first forces in the country of course we'll know for sure what the two leaders actually touched upon when they hold a joint news conference later today at the kremlin. all right and he's thanks very

much indeed for bringing us this update on isa now in there. italy is a much disputed fifty four billion euro stare the package to slash the country's crippling debt will go through a final debate at the lower house of parliament on monday it would increase taxes and cut government spending to balance the budget by two thousand and thirteen but constant changes to the plan squabbling between lawmakers has damaged people's faith in it and as i'm a band of reports there is a town that's decided it doesn't want to wait for the cuts. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy that also claims to be an independent principality and to prove it it's even started printing its own money the man on the new note says town mayor lucas a lhari now self-proclaimed prince i guess everyone dreams of being a prince when they're a little boy and so did i now i get to live that dream filipinos going solo in

protest over government plans to slash council funding it wants small towns to merge having the number of local authorities with a population of just six hundred phila tino and its mayor for the chop but. it's a terrible idea because it makes economic sense we have everything here to be autonomous and besides the neighboring towns are at least thirty kilometers away so it's not practically possible it wouldn't even save that much money most regional administrations do nothing we should get rid of them instead of italy's in deep debt one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe but unions a furious with the cuts accusing the government of punishing those already at their poorest even some of silvio berlusconi's own allies now oppose them with amendments piling up but filipinos fed up determined to be the next san marino

a constitutional republic within italy that has no national debt a rare thing in europe the methinks the town can live off its natural resources of wood and water but currently profits go to private companies there are constitutional hurdles but since autonomy is not illegal it could just be a matter of time at the moment these notes aren't legal tender they're just souvenirs but the plan is for two theory to be worth one euro and for this to be the only currency they could be spent in the shops and restaurants here business is always been so. in the sleepy town but shopkeepers hope the new money will bring new cash. and sure that once we start using the new currency the economic situation here will significantly improve it will have a positive effect on tourism of course attracting more people to the town. far from being a p.r. stunt filipino means business and berlusconi knows it he's visiting the town later

this month to stave off the rebellion and he'll have a fight on his hands filipinos the source of rome's water supply and the mayor is threatening to cut it off if he doesn't get what he wants either bennett's r.t. filipino italy. debt laden greece meanwhile is planning to impose a property tax acclaims will let the country meet the demands of its lenders as a government struggles to curb debt tax collectors and taxi owners have started a two day strike angry at more proposed astaire the measures later we talk to greek m.p.'s cmos kitty called her says joining the euro zone was detrimental to his country's financial health. and with help of the european union greek for most have stopped producing can you imagine a country like greece right now can't feed its people we don't produce enough me we don't produce enough we even oil we are importing and we had the scheme from the

european union that farmers were paid so that they wouldn't produce anything. we've destroyed one of the main assets of our economy the investment over maybe europe were only to sell germany you know what's the biggest investment it's made in greece for the past ten years super markets. and we ended up. buying german cause maybe greece borrowed a lot of money the past ten years. from germany. much money germany has made out of greece the past. you'll discover that's more than what we borrowed. well watch the full interview with greek. in just twenty minutes time here on r t

also ahead this hour america remembers the victims of the worst terrorist act in history a decade after the nine eleven attacks. and egypt and turkey turned their backs on israel which is worn could soon be isolated in the region for male eyes expressing growing or examined. wealthy british style sun it's time to. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports.

brighter if you need some from funds to pressure. from stocks on t.v. dot com. a healthy player one of only two survivors of the plane crash that killed almost the entire locomotive jaroslava ice hockey team has died in hospital despite doctors efforts twenty six year old alexander gilliam of died from severe burns to his body and respiratory trapped in the plane carrying russia's k.h. a hockey team crashed in central russia last week and was on its way to belarus for their first game of the season over one hundred thousand people gathered to honor the much loved players in their hometown with ceremonies also held in the native countries of foreign players a crew member from the plane is now the only survivor of the crash go to our web

site r t dot com for more on this tragedy. iran's bushehr nuclear power plant will officially start operating when it starts to provide electricity to the national grid later monday the facility which was built with russia's help came online last year russia's and minister praised the efforts in working together and promised similar projects in the future. we really income to parts when through difficulties and problems build a plant and to do would be proud to the results that are drawing the attention of the whole world i'm sure for the cooperation in operating the station and developing other nuclear energy projects will be distinguished by the atmosphere we created while working together. russia has agreed to provide fuel for the plant but iran will return all spam fuel to russia to ease western concerns over to you or any man richmond program tehran has once again stressed its atomic ambitions are

peaceful and are not aimed at building nuclear weapons. sunday was an emotional day for americans remembering the victims of the nine eleven attacks exactly ten years ago thousands gathered in new york at the new memorial at ground zero and students silence while the names of the three thousand people who died were rattled by out ten years ago a terrorist crashed hijacked planes into the twin towers of the world trade center in new york and the pentagon building in washington d.c. one more plane came down in the state of pennsylvania the u.s. responded with invasions in iraq and afghanistan for which it was hugely criticized author and journalist afshin rattansi says washington's response to the attack was inadequate and will eventually backfire. i think institutional structures even in a country as advanced as the sole superpower on earth where it's for that many people have said the institutional and bureaucratic procedures didn't allow them to

shoot down planes before they hit the world trade center and so forth but perhaps a bigger malays here is that all systems seem to have failed the media the courts the police forces the intelligence agencies government. this happens when i start to fold the response from the united states to nine eleven was so catastrophic very wrong. that. some women love him i don't get what he wants but people all around the world are being affected so poorly so badly by u.s. policy lots of people in the global south still remember how their countries have been distorted or destroyed so many ways when i think of american intervention in afghanistan. we have the superpower previously the soviet union has proved again and again very dangerous for the superpowers involved afghanistan is not an easy place for america to take over and i think you're more if when i. say his first responsibility is to the afghanistan people. and then to the way the region not to

the united states so the idea that the united states can take succor from what's happened in afghanistan i don't think so and democracy building democracy building needs to be created from the ground up but it took a huge toll on the american economy as well and it's a sad day for some and a sad day for those who believe in say the constitution the original constitution of united states of america one of the greatest ever and see how superpowers they rise and they fall. for other explosive nine eleven stories and much more and be sure to check out our tea dot com our web site and here's what's in mind for you right now nearly ninety percent of afghans have no knowledge of this of camera lamp attacks against the u.s. or the reasons why their country has been occupied for nearly a decade now find some surprising details an exclusive video online. and

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question on the dot com. colonel gadhafi is remaining troops continue their resistance in the via as the rebels advance on a lot of his last strongholds with the help of nato airstrikes could obvious fighters did not lay down their arms before a surrender or dad line last week but the whereabouts of libya's former leader who are valid to die in the country is still unknown one of his sons saadi has been given refuge in neighboring to share earlier reports suggest other members of the family and some associates have also fled there but with gadhafi now on the run journalists are content says nato is contradicting the initial aim of its mission. we have now nato was main rebel commander in tripoli who was a former friend of the so-called jihadi so this is really the big news that we have today which and hardly any of the news news networks are covering it the world has

to learn that the west will never give up its domination of the globe without devastating and taken the rest of the world to war in as much so doing the main lesson for them and how do we develop our effective internationalism against aggression of the west the lessons of oversleeping by the west because of what they've done in libya. you know gadhafi has more of a social support in libya than the taliban do in afghanistan unlike of coniston libya is this neighboring europe so with the resistance that is raging and will lead them to want to go in in libya i think europe needs to watch its back. turkey has warned israel it faces a growing isolation in the region as a turkish prime minister hands for the jewish state has recently found relations with anger as well as cairo strained after rioters they are ransacked the israeli embassy anger swelled after israeli forces responding to cross border militant attack mistakenly killed five egyptian police officers last month in turkey has

vowed to sue israel in the international court over its blockade of gaza it's already caught all military and trade ties with the jewish state after it refused to apologize for killing nine turks in a raid on an eight foot till last year dr jonathan spire from the global research in international affairs center says the role of israel in the changing middle east is diminishing. it's important to remember that there are there approaches underway in the region right now which are in no way in which israel can in no way really exert any influence we are in the midst it might be said of a tectonic shift actually in the strategic picture of the middle east the government of need to continue to have a general atmosphere of known simply to israel and so western and so is ready but at the same time in reality they are dependent on american support and one of the aspects of these moves towards making a bid for regional leadership is once again the very distinct cooling off to put it mildly its relations with israel so these approaches is of historical magnitude

which israel can't really influence israel in a certain sense is only going to be able to pursue a policy of damage limitation hoping very much to keep these relationships with egypt with as much as they possibly can doesn't really matter right now exactly what israel does israel is going to be increasingly isolated it's going to be put in a very defensive situation that i think is the reality in the region we're looking forward to at the moment. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world counting is underway in guatemala's presidential elections with former military general out of paris molina thought to be leading leftist groups have warned against a return to the nation's dictatorship past but a high crime rate and poverty in guatemala have left many voters seeking tough solutions analysts say molina nicknamed the iron fist is seen as most likely to restore order and stability. japan has a new trade minister a day after the old one was sacked for calling the area around the tsunami damaged fukushima nuclear plant a town of death of a cheer a lost his job after just

a week had also joked about having radioactive clothes after visiting the area for a government spokesman yukio edano takes over the post which includes responsibility for japan's policy. and march in chile to remember the victims of dictator augusto pinochet turned violent crowds started pelting police officers and the media with rocks before a full blown riot started on the streets of chile's capital santiago similar marches are held in the country every september eleventh. the constant companions in the war lost lives despair and display but the impact on nature often goes unnoticed a little later r t focuses on the environmental footprint of war. when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield

takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemical city whether it's sonic boom sea tractor marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or destroyed reefs in the pacific for women purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken in the war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that. so what our special report in an hour's time here on our team before that that will take a look at what's happening in business is here. hello

and a very warm welcome that's right time to delve into the world of business and deals for around four hundred million dollars will be signed during the visit of the u.k. prime minister david cameron to russia the delegation also includes blue chip companies rock rolled out shelby p. and british airways british d.i.y. retailer things for sure will unveil a plan to open mind stores in russia the total investment could reach two hundred fifty million dollars the u.k. is also expected to sign a deal with the russian state energy corporation which would help u.k. companies with wind contracts in russia's expanding nuclear industry. tony hayward to stepping down from engle russian oil firm team k b p less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is

leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time these failed attempt to join with wall sniffed to explore the arctic their lines was broken by the russian partners. who are seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company. let's have a look at the markets now oil prices are low investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for crude materials light sweet it's currently trading at eighty five dollars per barrel while brant is hovering at one hundred ten dollars. the nikkei index fell by more than two percent on monday to end its lowest level since april two thousand and nine weighed down by renewed worries about european debt problems hong kong's hang seng is also seeing losses heading for its lowest close in more than a year. and european markets are seeing heavy losses in early trade the footsie is more than two percent lower shares in the u.k. lenders are under pressure after the independent commission to. banks they will

have to ring fence their retail arms following the credit crisis shares in lloyd's a down three point two percent world bank of scotland was down three point six percent and barclays shares three in home centers. and european debt worries are also weighing on the russian markets the indices extending last week's losses and early monday strait the r.t.s. m i six a deeply in the red three point eight percent and three percent respectively let's have a look at some of the individual share in the my six energy majors are losing ground with gas from shedding three percent and lukoil dropping one and a half to said banking stocks are also under pressure with russia's largest lender shutting under four percent this hour. well fears amounting the world is heading rapidly for a second dip of the recession russian finance minister says it's more probable now than before the summer russia's balanced budget means it is reasonably well placed to ride out the turmoil but troika strategist chris with says that will offer only

limited protection. in reality russia is in a much stronger position today than it was in two thousand and eight so you know the russia is in a much better position to be able to withstand global downturn. you know to have to remain fiscally solvent and stable and that's the reality it doesn't matter the perception is that russia is still a high risk environment and most international investors view russia as a derivative of global growth therefore if they become optimistic about global recovery russian asset prices tend to rise higher faster than others and equally when there's a selloff as we saw in august russian acid prices will go down probably even faster than the rest. and russia is preparing to ban small air carriers from running both charter and local flights routes will be given to the country's major airlines who will also get state subsidies and let's say this could reduce existing passenger

traffic by up to forty percent with just a few companies operating in the market the move is aimed at improving russia's poor aviation safety record after almost an entire professional ice hockey team was killed in a plane crash last week. that wraps up the business boardroom for more stories you can head to our web site that's dot com slash business.

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talk about here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories the british prime minister is in moscow for talks with the russian leadership after years of strained relations it's the first official visit of a british leader to the russian capital since two thousand and five and. iran prepares to officially plug in its russian built bush era nuclear station the country's first atomic power plant will reach about half of capacity after being connected to the main national grid. is this beautiful fifty four billion euro package and there's a final debate in the lower house of parliament but open protest add on popular cuts have already started with some areas of the country going as far as seeking autonomy. more tough a stare at the measures and a new property tax are also being prepared for greeks as the our country's economy finds it hard to.