middle house and beautiful places relaxing stroll. just over half a century ago this area was nothing but grass and maybe the old potato allotment until this man came along in one consent turned it into almost forty characters appears a full time nickel gardens right in the center of the president and i'm off to meet an old friend of his. son who has been a professor at the local university for more than forty years and has literally see in the gardens grow from nothing to what they are today. he says done it's done in regularly all its patter like the english style. and they're all different heights as you can see and you can find every conceivable form of plants life. in fact

there are more than seventy different rare breeds in the gardens and susana was happy to show me some of her favorites. can you feel it. that's right it smells like. they're around twenty full time staff here but they can always do with a hand and that meant i got to put my own tiny sapling in the ground. this this little maple tree is one of more than forty thousand trees and it all unfolds and by hands and hopefully a few decades to come it will still be here giving say to the president of locals. or slightly. annoyed. unfortunately my time in the city was coming to an end but there was one group of

local heroes really wants to meet. the people who love the combine river which runs right through president it can also be a dangerous place there up to five accidents a day on the water during the summer season but that's what crass and does river rescue service is here for. oh i was here to see what sort of challenges i face. yes once i changed into my official rescue ranger gear we were ready to head on to the river. if you will from now this is a typical day you know we are on patrol but you may want to do is go down the cuban river only way to places where bedding is allowed and most importantly where it's not allowed to. shoot the problem is that there is a very strong current in the kugan river and swimming can be very dangerous. some people try to do it when they're under the influence of alcohol. teenagers over

there for instance but as the pope drove past they seem to change their minds pretty quickly you. guys are just hard to put a place for. these two and his colleagues normally patrol the forty kilometer stretch but today the public will use of the river. of course it never hurts to issue a gentle reminder to everyone having a nice time don't go swimming don't go. see a nobody is going swimming pool see how impressed they are with all authority. punch you there were one or two people who did look like they were getting ready to sit. future victims. but. a little been very quiet as things were about to get interesting. well everyone's

been doing very well behaved down the river next day but for those who still need to train which means they need a victim. class markets. it's a little difficult to do a good impression of a drowning man in a highly buoyant soups but i did try my best and that river was not. so good oh. it's coming. up fortunately i was only squashing around for a minute or two before i was free to safety.

another soul saved by the close knit to the. rescue service. but definitely recommend the dry season. to see if. i was happy to be out of the ocean but i was genuinely sad to be leaving presents. outside of moscow in st petersburg it's the most modern number well maintained city i've seen in russia and when i think i can genuinely live it will be looking at the beautiful books some people call schools in action just genuine cause such culture and hospitality has little sybil.

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nice flintstone totty don't comb. italy prepares for a life it was scary as the government sits down to approve a range of major tax hikes and spending cuts while downplaying fresh outrage over its own lavish budget. with the with of revolution still in the air of the arab world there are fears of america's support for regime change could spell trouble for israel its closest ally in the region. and locked up and left alone controversial extradition laws in britain trap its own citizens and gaps in the justice system spending years behind bars without charge.

it's ten am in the russian capital you're watching our marina joshie italy is deciding on the future of a highly unpopular astaire a new 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 and measures already been passed by the senate the style weeks of wrangling and massive public protests but even if passed many wonder if it will be enough because as sarah further reports years of a canard. extinct nation and a culture of government excess may have left it too little too late. as italy prepares to once again tighten its belt and the lights of new york. politicians it seems have found a way to save themselves and pennies we publish. of the real inside

of the parliament and the. free. with prize of this cheap exclusive money was leaked to italian let's press a magazine but this is no mitchell instead of be straight and pay for. the. prize for the people of the parliament. five million some programmes a thousand. a year and it's the taxpayer left fifteen that we're not paying gail in fact that's been hard for many to stomach that we are in economic recession and all in are my people like our speed increases. the creases because they don't care they interest our feet i leave early day interest so we are. outside the parliament building a protest movement has been growing their play guitar in a ferrari has been a hunger strike for months and all the people here are hundred for

a future for their children and we don't see that at the moment but to make that alterations listen we know we need to get three million people here. they will come there protesting against what they say is a politicians a piece of taxpayers' money and an inability to deal adequately with the economic crisis in the country so we're asking for more reduction or for this salary solve the problem in paris because they are the i guess salaries in our europe ok in an italian. one hundred thousand euro in spain for example only thirty five thousand. and you are. the controversial spending doesn't end there politicians have four hundred thousand euros allocated to learn which course is need for a million euro spent just for their stationery and it's public anger builds the protest movement has been gaining momentum we released the fees something will soon go to the greek protest which you with all good people we for.

young. to find. the situation's going to be. cosseted he cuts in social spending in people's wages and incomes to the politicians it seems no expenses spared people's appetite for change is growing. in the greater. part of this inspire you consider that they are the hunger strike will continue and that remain here until they get them out. and as it is people of alan his guests discuss 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 are

more in christ are coming your way at seven thirty g.m.t. but here's a 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 various. family capital or capital gains or whatever you just need people who make money from money and people only money from work most of these middle class people make money from work and they should cast their lot in with the poor people who make the point who are being employed means middle class well i want. them to do i know involved once they're very peacefully that him working class men people who didn't want to work. lives in argentina when it collapsed and i would put it the other way around when you get a crisis the middle class becomes the people who have to work and they start 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 in its support against syria's president bashar al asad but the concern is was there america's decision to take sides could backfire and its closest middle east ally israel are just going to ship out and looks at a 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 fellows crumble even though. iran is not an arab country the arab spring two absolutely. and i think in many ways it's

a matter of time before that kind of change. and revolution occurred in the ones under the umbrella loaf 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 our side alone the transition to democracy in syria has begun and it's time for assad to get out of the way i think assad stays just like a guy from your number and let's hope that russia is next in line they've overthrown qaddafi 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 where this is all about is the arab spring and bashar assad is next and even places like china and russia and other places they are very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's where the libyan people are just itching you. will think you know 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 want. like to overthrow the government in china they would like to overthrow the government in russia they would like to overthrow the government of venezuela in 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 actually fosters the process pledging support for anti-government movements there but some say this might

eventually turn against america's closest ally in the region its will what you have with. with hamas could essentially spread to many more places and then you 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 it thousands protest against the u.s. backed military their power last week egyptians store in peace really embassy enraged by the killing of five egyptian border guards in the lead here at washington supported 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 it washington seems to be using the herb spring to fulfill its long time goals but the

fear is that it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for an undermining the whole region i'm going to shake out reporting from washington our king. israel strained relations with turkey and egypt threaten to leave a dangerously isolated from the whole region a situation made even more delicate by the upcoming decision at the u.n. on whether to grant a palestinian statehood turkish political commentator by dar told me that israel's current policy is leading it were. now he's getting word from the needs and rational critic. in the region and this isolation no taking place because he's really calling these early decision makers on the political level. choosing the one to two you can really only. by if using to apologize for turkey for what has been taking place since modern

murmurings and and also killing of soldiers. and hoping to get away with what has been done against them certain me puts for forward. in israeli image in the people's. country who continue all to fashion and cities while the world around them in their need to be cynically is is really changing powerful and radical. and on the ground in libya the national transitional council has given everyone and the besieged stronghold bani walid two days to leave or face a full scale attack last week opposition fighters launched an assault on the city but the offensive stalled in the face of fierce resistance battles however claim they've made gains in the city of bread valley sixty kilometers east of could obvious hometown of sirte and even though whereabouts of the vattel leader is still

unknown stephen rambam who is the head of an international investigative agency says it's just a matter of time before he's found. gadhafi is a new put he's a very clever and up and he's an unorthodox managed to survive for forty five years and i'm sure he took note. of wadhwa scripture and i'm sure he took note of how saddam hussein was captured and i'm sure he's avoiding those words thirds but he will make a new mistook. a full interview with steven rambam is coming up in around twenty minutes time. imprisoned without charge in britain extradition laws are catching people in legal limbo tara shot was accused of terror related offenses and detain of the request of the us five years ago he's still behind bars waiting as artie's are about to found

out the british government is in no rush to close the gaps in the justice system. is in complete. good hands. but the anguish of a family torn apart. by. the us. resolves. one hundred lives some. who are son son is one of britain's forgotten terror suspects held in custody for five years without charge trapped in a twisted pits of its justice system we know him better we can make one properly. rid of because if you are an inclusive. santa 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 web site servers happen to be in america and that's why it's after him people were told if he committed anything recorded in this country and brought to justice here. if you think of the. five years in prison it is is still a ship prison 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 has families relentless fight for justice is the only thing stopping them corporate america says nor would be.

america's war on little people who says something but nor none of the government workers could. this is where tower how was arrested at his father's shop just over five years ago since then the family of seeing their son once a week of fear they won't see him at all is extradited to the states in prison here chalo 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 and i'm very surprised that the british courts have not treated him on bail at least in all these years because it's completely clear that he's not any kind of threat to anybody they're a full more like including bubba our maid britain's longest attained without charge prisoner gary mckinnon another fighting extradition since hacking into the pentagon

seven years ago both suffer from asperger's syndrome which helped keep gary out of prison unlike the muslim suspects karen mckinnon is say in a right middle class english story and barbara and. a very highly educated. british real 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 he's taken five years to get this far patel his father's not giving up hope yet either bennett r.t.

. the leaders are the us and romania have sealed a deal under which america would station it much debate 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 the plan was more bases to be set up around europe the stated intent of the program isted a fan europe against attacks from road states such as iran and north korea but according to peer to land 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 will believe that it was a possibility of iran attacking europe its nice size did not reach could not reach western europe so it was the deployment was scrapped in the czech republic knowledge a new deployment in room enough but i think this takes up surely political washington

probably wants to reassure the former satellite countries that so yet 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. this we said policy would pressure 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 that shield is problematic to govern but also because it's going to cost a lot of money unnecessarily because frankly i don't think he ran is in a position to attack anyone in the west. now let's take a look at some of the stories from around the world c.c.t.v. footage shows the moment a bus and two passenger trains collided during morning rush hour in argentina

eleven people died and to two hundred twelve were injured some of them children a bus driver is thought to have been trying to be the train across the tracks several of the carriages forced off the rails hit a train facing the opposite direction. heavy flooding has killed a few hundred people and left two hundred thousand homeless in southern pakistan rescue boats are collecting those in villages cut off by water but man who remain trapped most of the displaced population are staying in tent camps floods began early last month but heavy rains have aggravated them hampering the relief efforts . a series of coordinated attacks in afghanistan's capital kabul left at least seven people dead and seventeen wounded and resulted in a nineteen hour a long gun fight militants targeted the american embassy and nato forces headquarters before several suicide bombers hit police stations elsewhere in the

city insurgents stormed in 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 the u.s. embassy staff were ordered to retreat into bomb and bulletproof shelters texas based derek brave new foundation think tank says the presence of u.s. troops in afghanistan merely encourages the taliban to keep on fighting. here we are just a junior at a first rate and major attacks are being mounted to the chapel we're just weeks out for victory is you know kind of crowing about the most recent it's just sixty want to sight see you know what i was coming down but it was immediately followed by august which was the most deadly month ever for u.s. forces in afghanistan and then followed by the specter. killer attacks in the capital it shows that the military approach in afghanistan such as support what's happening is that because the united states didn't respond to their primary just

for cation for the war being achieved which was the killing of a somewhat larger 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 and my prediction is if united states doesn't change course you're going to see continued slide instability in the country and when you rise of local instability and local power brokers 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. well the fact that such a bold attack was even possible highlights nato's inability to when the hearts and minds of common afghans tass pakistani lobbyist ahmed. this is.