it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me we're in a josh welcome to the program while italy is deciding on the future of a highly unpopular astaire package intended to put a leash on the country's runaway debt the country's lower house of parliament is voting today on whether to pass an extensive set of tax hikes and spending cuts the measures already been passed by the senate despite weeks of wrangling and massive public protests but even if passed many wonder if it will be enough because as our first reports years of economic stagnation and a culture of government access may have left it too little too late. as italy prepares to once again tighten its belt in the light of mule staring. politicians it seems have found a way to save themselves and pennies we published a new of the inside of the parliament you see. a

menu. for. the restaurant with very cheap prizes this cheap yet exclusive menu was leaked to italian let's press a magazine this is name it should instead be straight before we've rolled the. prize for the people of the parliament. five million some from around the thousand . year and it's the taxpayer left the team that was paying bell in fact it's been hard for many to stomach that we are in economic crazy arlene are my people like us be the. craziest because they don't care they interest our feet or leave the care early day interest so we are angry sick and tired outside the parliament building a protest meeting and has been growing like a tonne a ferrari has been a hunger strike for months. all the people here are hungry for a future for their children. we don't see that at the moment but to make the

board's actions listen we know we need to get three million people here who will come there protesting against what they say is the politicians of piece of taxpayers' money and an inability to deal adequately with the economic crisis in the country that we're asking for my reduction or for their salaries something i'm in paris because they are the i guess salaries in our europe ok in an italian police. one hundred eighty thousand euro in spain for example only thirty five thousand euros. for the controversial spending doesn't end there politicians have four hundred thousand euros allocated for language courses naver million year is spent just for their stationery and it's public can give builds the protest movement has been gaining momentum we've. moved to the greek protest in which. people with less. young. to find jobs.

and employed the situation's going to be very very complex still across italy costa to be cuts in social spending in people's wages when it comes to the politicians it seems no expenses sped up people's appetite for change is growing. thing that the protests that have their voices heard by no politician spoken so that they vow that the hunger strike will continue and that remain here until they get some answers. and as our peer lavelle and his guest discussed the growing crisis in italy is not unique in the united states especially there is great concern over the engine of the world's economy the once mighty and now shrinking american middle class that and more in cross talk coming your way at seven thirty g.m.t. but here's. brief preview. i was amazed to discover when i got to the united states

that everybody who's in the trade union is considered middle class you just mean guys with jobs that's what you mean about the very same terrible the family capital or capital gains or whatever you just meet people who make money from money and people earning money from work most of these middle class people make money from work and they should cast their lot in with the poor of people who make their money to a point where being employed means middle class well i want. them to deal i know in both once said very powerfully that for him working class men people who didn't want to work. was in argentina when it collapsed and i would put it another way around when you get a crisis the middle class becomes the people who have to work and they stop having this illusion that they can become rich like everybody else and suddenly realize hey we're just like the poor guy down the street that i used to pass by. in.

washington has strongly backed the libyan opposition since the revolutionary wave engulfed the state it's now equally enthusiastic and support against syria's president bashar but the concern is whether america's decision to take sides could backfire on the closest middle east ally israel i just got it she count looks at the possible repercussions of u.s. policy. as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let that change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble you know iran is not an arab country the arab spring which bred to absolutely. and i think in many ways it's a matter of time before that kind of change. and revolution occurs in the mines

under the umbrella if arab revolutions washington is also beating the drums of regime change in syria iran's closest ally in the region violence within the country has been widely condemned countries like russia and china call for both sides in syria to talk and end the bloodshed while america is blaming assad alone the transition to democracy in syria has begun and it's time for assad to get out of the way i think assad's days just like the darfur number and let's hope that bashar assad is next in line they were overthrown khadafi they're going to have a proxy or client government in tripoli the next step is syria they want to overthrow syria next to take advantage of any movement that exists in syria to overthrow the assad government now they have a more democratic government a more humane government but a government that is allied with the united states and after syria the next target will be iran itself watching regimes go down one by one american politicians are

filled with new hopes and aspirations some went as far as to predict the arab spring would spread all across the world what this is all about is the arab spring and bashar assad is next and even places like china and russia and other places they're very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's what the libyan people have just achieved oh that's wishful thinking on the part of john mccain but it speaks volumes to where the real orientation is in washington not just of the republicans but the democrats too so they would like to overthrow the government in china they would like to overthrow the government in russia they would like to overthrow the government in venezuela and cuba or wherever people are independent of the dictates of washington but when it comes to syria and iran washington doesn't seem to be just fantasizing about revolutions it actively fosters the process by pledging support for anti-government new. once there but some say this might eventually turn against america's closest ally in the region israel what you have with. with hamas could essentially spread to

many more places and then you'd have a much much larger population base in an extremely hostile position towards the very existence of israel by throwing its support behind revolution makers and really say washington is seeking to increase its influence and control in these countries let's look at how things have been in the control department so far eject thousands protest against the u.s. backed military there that's still in power last week a gyptian storm peace really embassy and rage by the killing of five egyptian border guards in the lead here a washington she wanted leadership is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into tribal war syria the opposition includes those with radical agendas so the aftermath of the so-called arab spring remains very murky and difficult yet washington seems to be using the herb spring to fulfill its long time goals but the fear is it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for an undermining

the whole region i'm going to shut down reporting from washington r.t. israel's strained relations with turkey and egypt threaten to leave a dangerously isolated from the whole region situation made even more delicate by the upcoming decision at the u.n. on whether to grant a palestinian statehood turkish political commentator you have used by dar told r.t. that israel's current policy is leading it nowhere. israel now is getting away from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in the region and these isolation no taking place because israeli coalition israeli decision makers on the political level are choosing even to to if you will believe those doors allies by refusing to apologize for turkey for what has been taking place since mavi marmara incident and also chilling the egyptian soldiers inside and

hoping to get away with what has been done against them certainly puts for forward in new delhi image in the people's. country to continue in spalt fashion and seize while the world around them in their need to be snooty is is really changing powerfully and radically on the ground in libya the national transitional council is giving everyone in the besieged stronghold bani walid two days to leave or face a full scale back scale attack last week opposition fighters launched an assault on the city but the offensive stole the face of fierce resistance rebels however claim they have made gains in the city of rallies sixty kilometers east of copies hometown of sirte and even though the whereabouts of the battles leader is still unknown steven rambam who is the head of the international investigative agency

says it's just a matter of time before he's found. qaddafi is a nut but he's a very clever and up and he's a not that's managed to survive for forty five years and i'm sure he took note of how osama bin laden was captured and i'm sure he took note of how saddam hussein was captured. and i'm sure he's avoiding those mistakes but he will make a new mistook. full interview with stephen rambam is coming up in the next hour now imprisoned without charge in britain extradition laws are catching people in legal limbo tallahassee shot was accused of terror related offenses and detained at the request of the u.s. five years ago he is still behind bars waiting as artie's i've found out the british government is in no rush to close the gaps in the justice system. is

incomplete. or good hands to. the anguish of a family torn apart. by. the. player who asked us to leave these hoes. i'm not going to lose some. son son is one of britain's forgotten terrorist suspects held in custody for five years without charge trapped in the twisted pits of its justice system we do. better we've got nickel and properly. these hitchens' some murders because if you're going to. our son was arrested in two thousand and six on alleged terrorism offenses he hasn't been tried here because it's not the u.k. that wants him but the u.s. it accuses of supporting the taliban and being involved with websites it calls

extremist one of the websites servers happen to be in america and that's why it's after him people. if they committed anything accorded in this country and they should be brought to justice here and charged if released and the get on with their life five years prison i mean this is storm issuing britain won't release him because of a treaty signed in two thousand and three in the post nine eleven crackdown it means the u.s. can extradite terrorist suspects without a hearing or even showing any evidence to has families relentless fight for justice is the only thing stopping them quote america says nobody says. america's. only the people who provoke us with something but nor none of the government protested. this is where tell how was

arrested at his father's shop just over five years ago since then the family have seen their son once a week for fear they won't see him at all if he's extradited to the states in prison here tell her writes poetry and teaches english if extradited and convicted it will be a supermax jail solitary confinement and life without parole extreme measures to those who know the man born and educated in london i'm very surprised that the british courts have not treated him on sale at least in all these these years because it's completely clear that he's not any kind of threat to anybody there are four more like talha including bubba our maid britain's longest detained without charge prisoner gary mckinnon another fighting extradition since hacking into the pentagon seven years ago both pm town has suffered from asperger's syndrome which

helped keep gary out of prison unlike the muslim suspects karen mckinnon is say you know white middle class english boy and barbara and. very highly educated british middle class boys and they're both asians and they're muslims and what that tells you is sort of something rather awful about our society despite opposing the treaty in opposition the government's done little to overturn it only an independent review jew out in september down has families gone to the european court of human rights in a last ditch bid to get him tried here it's taken five years to get this far the town has father's not giving up hope yet either bennett r.t. london. the leaders of the us rumania have sealed the deal under which america would station its much debated interceptor missiles in eastern europe under the

agreement the us will build a network of military facilities in the country over the next four years but this is only the first stage of a plan with more bases to be set up around you were stated intent of the program is to defend europe against attacks from rogue states such as iran and north korea but according to a. professor at paris west university the fact that there is no real threat to america or its allies puts a question mark over just who the shield is aimed at. i don't think it's really a military necessity no one really believed that there was a possibility of iran attacking europe its myside stude not reach could not reach western europe so it was the deployment was scrapped in the czech republic not as a new deployment in rumania but i think this takes up surely political washington probably wants to reassure the former satellite countries of the soviet union so it's a political move but hardly

a military necessity and also considering the state of the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of. these reset wallasey of would russia at least he was achieving something corp russia and key issues but this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic doubtful but also because it's going to cost a lot of money and unnecessarily because frankly i don't think iran is in a position to attack anyone in the west. but article that some other stories from around the world c.c.t.v. footage shows the moment a bus and to a passenger trains collided during morning rush hour in argentina eleven people died and two hundred twelve were injured some of them children the bus driver is

thought to have been trying to beat the train across the tracks several of the carriages for start the rails hit a train facing the opposite direction. heavy flooding has killed two hundred people and left two hundred thousand homeless in southern pakistan rescue boats are collecting those in villages cut off by water but many were entrapped most of the displaced population are staying in ten to camps floods began early last month but heavy rains have aggravated them hampering really fast. it's. a series of coordinated attacks in afghanistan capital kabul left at least nine people dead and twenty three wounded and resulted in a nineteen hour a long gunfight militants targeted the american amnesty and nato forces have quaters before several suicide bombers hit police stations elsewhere in the city and surgeons stormed an occupied a half built high rise building firing guns and rocket propelled grenades from there afghan and nato forces surrounded the building killing six militants and

forcing several others to flee u.s. embassy staff were ordered to retreat into bomb and bulletproof shelters texas based. brave new foundation think tank says the presence of u.s. troops in afghanistan nearly encourages the taliban to keep on fighting. here we are just as the nine eleven ten year anniversary and major attacks are being mounted in the capital we're just weeks out from betray us you know kind of crowing about the most recent statistics you want to cite saying that you know violence is coming down but that was immediately followed by august which was the most deadly month ever for u.s. forces in afghanistan and then followed by the spectacular attacks in the capital it shows that the military approach in afghanistan so as for what's happening is that because the united states did worse on to their primary just for cation for the war being achieved which was the killing of a lot that has lent credence to the taliban argument with the local people that the united states has its own purposes in afghanistan that has given the taliban even

more recruitment abilities be able to say that what's happening is the united states is occupying afghanistan my prediction is if united states doesn't change course we're going to see continued slide instability in the country and cries of local instability and local powerbrokers who are going to further destabilize the country we're actually generating a situation in afghanistan right now that was much like the situation that led to the political rise of the taliban so unless the united states gets serious about political negotiations with the leaders of the taliban we're not going to see an improvement a situation. the fact that such a bull attack was even possible highlights nato's inability to win the hearts and minds of common avg and sas pakistani lobbyist. this is no longer about just old gun color ban or just groups of terrorists doing there is a tremendous support from people on the ground to these kind of attacks i mean this particular attack for example would not have been possible without people in the

neighborhood people who have facilitated these attackers the terrorists to carry out this attack and this would not have been possible and of course we have the attack on the british council and many more before that so obviously this time it's not a stable and i think you can see more and more of these attacks as more and more u.s. troops actually withdraw from understand how can you really stop use attacks if you if you have a huge segment of your population really sightline and isolated and actually punished over the past eight nine years ten years and you know and coming up next is the business news with helium. hello and a very well welcome to the business program fresh concerns about the european economy have caused another wave of trouble and the global markets and while investors away the chances of the meltdown in europe take nell for morgan stanley says russia doesn't have much to worry about so far. sure it's actually

a much better position of the central european countries and say turkey in the region because it has less strong trade and investment relationships with europe because it's more of a global trading country and it depends on the price of global commodities such as oil which depend on growth in emerging markets such as china and india. so russia's fate is totally dark with the growth of china and india and that at the moment looks reports and hasn't been affected by the downturn in developed markets as compared to other. countries i think russia is in a bar with brazil as essentially a commodity exporter which is exposed to movements and commodity prices which are affected by global growth it's not like china and india which are large enough that they can determine their own fate to make their own economic weather to a great degree because it depends on commodity prices which depend upon global developments. let's have

a look at the markets now oil prices are heading down pulling u.s. crude of six weeks highs investors concerns about the euro zone are taking precedence over tightening supply bites which is trading below ninety eight dollars eighty nine dollars per barrel while brant is that one hundred and eleven. despite overnight gains on wall street and in europe asian stocks are mostly lower pulled down by we could financials europe's debt woes are still in center stage as the threat of greek default continues to loom. here in russia the markets will start trading in less than one hour both the r.t.s. in the six added a third of a percent on tuesday. in other news russia is considering delaying the privatization of a ten percent stake in its second largest bank. the sale planned next year depends on disposal of another asset seven point six percent of the country's top lenders bond it was reported russia could revise its approach as asian due to their latest volatility in the stock markets. and russian equities have enjoyed

a brief bounce in positive trade on tuesday looking forward to next on the metropole live see believes that although investors are generally still cautious russian stocks looking more and more attractive. definitely will be to fall in europe will see how europe goes we see especially everybody striking european banks and all the things that are related to. greek and other countries. salacious of the situation so we will definitely see volatility we will definitely see that russia still stay. kind of we can call it so then we would know we can call it safe have someone mr starr say stealing versions of this definitely will be co-chairs everybody is some of the investors are sitting on a big cash piles are a little bit afraid of getting some new ideas and in some new ideas especially definitely not in the liquid names everybody is looking at the liquid stocks are

what is looking at the right time to get. one of the world's biggest busts money such as brazil's marco polo plans to start production in russia in partnership with come outs and invest up she says she million dollars in a joint venture to produce around seventeen hundred vehicles a hit. i believe we are having now. the birth of a very good company leader in the market for believing posts with. the knowledge on the power drain and not the ball of technology on the bus but we also have plans to be leaders in the all segments we are in three i would say more than thirty five percent to be leader in the market in three years time. ok are up to date now more market analysis of news and analysis time for you.

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here is a look at the top stories. of major tax hikes and spending cuts while playing fresh outrage over its own lavish budget. paving the way for america to build new military bases in the former communist state. bush era missile interceptor plan for if you were a. capital kabul with a wave of attacks killing nine people and sparking a nine thousand hour long firefight targeting the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters while suicide bombers of the city. as we have i.