tv [untitled] September 28, 2011 4:01pm-4:31pm EDT
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a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow now we start with tragedy and where eight people including an eleven year old girl have been killed by a car bomb in the southern russian republic six policemen were also severely injured and a now in hospital and he's now he's following developments. well it has officially been confirmed that eight people were killed in this blast seven of them civilians an eleven year old girl we're just hearing from law enforcers in the area that were entire family was killed in fact they were driving by this parked car word fact the explosives were planted and set off automatically in their car was a husband his wife and their three daughters so that's the latest we're hearing six police officers were injured one of those victims who is dead is a police officer in fact and obviously a criminal investigation has been launched this housing had been classified as an act of terror what has been launched as
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a criminal investigation and the charges there an attempt on the life of a police officer and the even legal use of explosives the caucus is known for its volatility and terrorism is still a very major threat there in fact just last week we saw double blasts in the capital of dagestan hotch carline sixty one people were injured there are no deaths but it's certainly something that officials there the whole country is still very much dealing with the threat of terror but this so far again i want to i just underline has not been confirmed or classified as to not just take us out of the entire region really and this is something that moscow very much understands and in fact we're hearing just recently from the prosecutor general's office that they believe that more on forster's there and leaders are not doing it in fish enough job of dealing with terrorism in africa is to prevent situations that we've seen over the past year just recently. last week in maharashtra law and again this hasn't been classified as an act of terror but certainly that is going to be looked
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into and this is this is one of russia's i think it's fair to say top issues the issue of terrorism and terrorism that comes out of the caucuses we've been seeing a lot of activity lately justin in dagestan itself how hard for us creaks will get a nasi surprise in there and it was a highly unpopular new property tax that's being levied to help the government pay off it say no missteps that's ahead of thursday's crucial phase in germany which could see the eurozone rescue package increase full fold the huff of greece's debt written off surfaces in athens for aussie. all eyes are going to be on berlin to see the outcome of that is very uncertain the moment exactly what's going to happen now he said the contributions from germany as well as of the usa members would increase were that face to be a preview we know that there has been some problems especially amongst the german public is pretty extremely unpopular and we've seen the greek prime minister george
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happened on a visit just the other day met with the german chancellor merkel that was seen as a move to try to maybe garner a bit more support for greece and we had some very positive rhetoric coming from the both of them greece is part promising to deliver saying they think they can find their way out of the crisis it really is crucial you know it's a need to still have made it clear whether or not they're going to be providing that next tranche of money the eight billion euros is to that that certainly will go ahead because as we've seen from some of the other statements that have come out recently very much the opinion and the thought is that greece is to stay within the year within the eurozone where it's live we've heard that anyone could leave really and that could see the end of the entire union all together there's a lot of disappointment from the people here about the way the situation's played out i mentioned how the german public was feeling about having said the possibility of providing more contributions towards that bailout well here in greece to be
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honest the third the feelings very similar they don't particularly like the idea of the euro is a new leaders coming to the rescue what they see is news that is simply untenable for them because they want greece to ride out this crisis but the austerity measures that have been put in place them have been very very strict indeed the property tax you mentioned that was fated to be last night by the parliament and we saw the situation here on some tightness to the square where the protesters clashed with riot police that escalated again at the very unhappy with this measure that property tax is going to add even. more to the tax bills that these people are having to pay and the public has said that it's not even a case anymore of whether they want to pay they simply don't have that money the situation here really is extremely crucial points and moving forward now people are going to be looking to decisions like to morrow to see exactly where the year is a need is it going to lead to whether they're going to be taking decisive action
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that are going to help people out of the situation so moving forward all eyes will certainly be on balance and the outcome of that. well let's get some more thoughts now from inside marcus curve is a professor of political economy and he now joins me live many thanks for joining us or to care for angela merkel's promising to help greece regain investor confidence does that perhaps give us any hint as to how the vote will pan out. the. opposition. helps to. gain some benefits from that situation. extremely interesting that. the christian democratic party who would be dissenting. any confidence to the government's policy. it has been quite correct eighty five percent of the population. we.
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forget the constitution. so. that for any for the. committee. that there will be. limits to. that they will be limited must be limited to over. the legal battle for legal challenges continue because the what the constitution only concerns. which has been created in june two thousand and ten which is going to be voted for quite certainly might be object of another. additionally there is the challenge against. the european court of justice he faces a challenge by a group that he has
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a. european central bank to chase. spain. so the real legal and political battle. but let's go back to the second point that you mentioned that a rift within many and. public sentiment being largely a bailout some. members of chancellor merkel's coalition decent to see in the same bailout fund is less in balad take on the debts of all the countries do you think the german public really is going to stand for that. it is a growing split between the german public as you say. before the split has been greater today the political. still you know call to. continue. public is
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more united than ever to oppose it. is going to to lose the popular support it has always had. so we are really at a crossroads a real crossroads that and of course the key question is that if the measure is all hostin japanese tomorrow how much will they actually help greece anyway. this is the. call into question for the time being. the fundamental problem of greece. is divergence of competitive. countries being competitive with. trade surpluses and other ones like. to forget. competitive competitiveness leaves to be desired by putting more debt.
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and increased the competitiveness of these countries in the country you keep in the same question they are. imprisoned. after having consumed. cheap money for more than ten years so you give them the freedom to leave the. tube. catch up with other competitive countries take the example of quality go which is a country which has no significant industry how can it catch up with other countries without. developing its own currency at present it cannot. be ok many times they saw start to marcus kind of a professor of the school economy many hats are speaking to us from berlin. thank you now in just a few minutes on last year's palestine israel builds we hear from the palestinians
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u.n. envoy for his insight into the talks and timing surrounding his membership mission at the global body. they say peacekeepers in kosovo have brought in more troops to a disputed border crossing in the ethnic north a day after several people were hurt in clashes both sides blame each other for start the violence which saw rubber bullets and tear gases violence forces anger rose in late july when cost of an authority to try to seize the front is to force a trade embargo russia's envoy to nato told me earlier that the alliance is now taking sides in what is essentially an internal conflicts. because it seems my nato colleagues don't have a clue what the consequences of their involvement in the conflict could be instead of taking a neutral position in accordance with the un security council resolution they took the side of constable albania basically nato is blocking the only road of life between the cost of an serbs and serbia with the international peacekeepers who are
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involved in the civil conflict in the north of the region according to our sources there are badly wounded people among the cause of an serbs and those wounds are not from rubber bullets or from stones they are from real bullets fired at these people need a refuses to answer that question it's another mistake that nato was making and provoked another conflict in the balkans. well he's been hearing from balkans preschool expert mark gasnier you told us that nato forces moved into conservation only to push their own interests i do hope that the international criminal court will will have a look at least since the international criminal court claims to be very interested in the way of civilians are treated i hope that they won't make an exception for western powers in the way they treat civilians they've decided who they want to sponsor they want to sponsor the greater albanian project through which they see their own interest they see camp bondsteel the biggest military base in the world having a permanent presence in the heart of europe strategically located completing that encircled and of russia which was always one of the serious aspects of their game plan that's what they're about they're about controlling the flow of oil
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controlling the security of energy supplies through this part of the region they're about control nato is about control of territory and control of resources that's why they can stay on the side of those whose country it was not they will reward the organ stealers and the great albanian terrorists with a country because then the albanian fear will over them big time that's the nato plan. the un security council is considering the palestinian and ministrations membership stated the demand would have asked officially submitted a united nations application last week is ran in the united states strongly opposed the idea is we have one eyes following consultations for us in new york. the process takes no longer than thirty five days the standing committee will assess and review the application for a palestinian un membership and statehood the standing committee will hold its first meeting on friday the application that the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas
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handed in calls for recognition of a palestinian state in the west bank gaza strip and east jerusalem as its capital so far there is about a six security council members on the record that have thrown their support behind the palestinian bid a total of nine out of the fifteen countries need to support the application and there has to be no vetoes none of the veto wielding members of the security council should cast a veto as we know the united states a staunch ally of israel has vowed to veto the palestinian bid for u.n. membership if it house to israel's very much opposed to this the us president barack obama said the only way that there can be independent palestinian state is if the palestinians and the israelis get back to the negotiation table and discuss middle east peace plan that comes to fruition so at this point some critics say
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that the palestinian campaign for your number ship is doomed to hell but the palestinians are very appreciative that security council is moving so quickly and at the very least this is bringing to it bringing attention to a problem that has lasted for decades and has not yet been solved there has been condemnation coming from the international community against israel's plan to expand its settlements russia has said it's deeply concerned with the plan and hopes that it would be revised the united states and european union also voiced criticism of this plan and some critics say that the settlement expansion is actually a violation of international law and if anything israel's actions can be seen as. provoking and already sensitive circumstance not helping to reach. an ultimate peace agreement in any sort of way and now the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu says that israel has a right to build and that people in israel some say have you this settlement
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expansion as a gift for the jewish new year the palestinian authority say that israel clearly with this move is serious about peace whatsoever and we can imagine that a lot of diplomatic negotiations will continue taking place to make sure that maybe israel will will take back its plan on expanding settlements because if those settlements do expand the palestinian president said there will be no kind of business as usual and no direct talks with the israelis on israel finance and that it will expand settlements in the west bank is giving the palestinians of the doubt that the neighbors want peace they united nations ambassador explains why this illegal action that are you the government the occupying power or. responding to the international community and to the quartet which have been asking the. obligations under international law. which called for the freeze of
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settlement. announcing these days this illegal. is an indication the not interested in what is proposing all the international community or why the obligation on international law and therefore they are interested in negotiating peace they say they want to negotiate peace without conditions they are imposing all these conditions and that speaks louder. announcement of their desire to negotiate peace. military by the un's top body in formulating a response to syria but european countries and russia remain divided on sanctions the european nations do draft scales but will call for tougher restrictions on syria suggesting that further sanctions are only implemented if the violence
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doesn't stop immediately nasa remains resolution it stands that further sanctions won't work and that the warring sides should enter talks the crackdown in syria continues with the army supported by tanks and helicopters now having stormed the key rebel city of dust on. the un has also heard around to get a stark warning from france's envoy threatened a military strike if taran continues its nuclear development in a forthright remark the french jim boy said some countries won't accept around having a nuclear bomb would make a preventative strike well tell us where you make of the french delegate shooting from the hip with the details and then vote online to say what you think will happen next all of. some of the major world news in brief this hour hour and a massive protest been filled with yemen's capital in the water appears to be one of the biggest anti-government protests since the country's embattled president returned last three months of daily demonstrations have been calling for greater
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freedom for ali abdullah saleh to end his decades long rule military officials also report trouble outside the city where armed tribe has been shot down a yemeni will play. witnesses the manslaughter trial of michael jackson his doctors say the pop star appeared in good health at a concert rehearsals just days before his death the promoter of the comeback top told seriously thought jackson looped engaged and energetic dr conrad murray's accused of gross that negligence into jackson's drug induced death in two thousand and nine which he denies. throughout the philippines in the wake of the devastating typhoon the storm battered the capital manila with torrential rains widespread flooding which left twenty one dead. residents are also bracing themselves for another tropical storm that's heading that way. coming up
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now with the u.k. and other western countries still very much involved in the libyan conflict one of britain's leading newspaper columnists nations pick and choose where they distribute humanitarian help. i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper someone to speak to r.t. now you've written extensively criticizing the way the intervention in libya has
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been handled what was wrong with it was it wrong to begin with of course during the process yes anything wrong with the way it was handled i just didn't you should have taken place in the first place. i do not believe that sovereign states have a legal right or an obligation or a duty to interfere in other sovereign states is written into the united nations charter this is not a country that threaten britain didn't threaten any of its neighbors and invaded in a neighbor it was going about his own business which you got a revolution it was it there's all teary motives things like leaks to oil contracts that are now being fought over there are more important then than say preventing loss of human life well i mean if we're going to go in wherever there's a possible loss of human life we're going to go invading countries all over the world all the time i'm assuming more than assuming i think i know there are mixed motives in always interventions we tend to intervene in countries where we think we might we can take
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a moral attitude we tend to really be intervening countries where we have some interest in this case or will we tend to intervene where we think i think. almost quick glory to be had as was the case i think in iraq and. was the case here there are always mixed motives but i think we always need to examine our motives and ask ourselves a simple question are we going to do good rather than harm in this case it seems we've done good but that was by no means guaranteed the fact of the matter was it was not our country and the mission creep was seeing here was it planted do you think or is it just an inevitable unavoidable consequence of intervention i think it's a very difficult question mission creep. invariably when it happens in a great case was it was in but was in bosnia people say at the. beginning we won't let this happen we are only going into a humanitarian relief would have been might be in this case who only going in to save the citizens of benghazi from what was claimed to be a huge massacre would have been a pretty unpleasant things no question about that. but at the back of everyone's
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mark the reason why the army was so reluctant is the knowledge that mission creep always happens you cannot control the situation on the ground you don't know what's going to happen you've got to be prepared for the worst because the worst is what usually happens now in this case it was looking a real mess and all the very end the very end we got special forces surrounding tripoli. didn't just get lucky even though they may fourth of using helicopters they would be using british weapons to bash through walls and everything in the end we did what we probably should go to the beginning which is make sure we not going to lose what about gadhafi david cameron since we washing his hands of that is she saying his fate is in the hands of the n t c is that shirking responsibility i'm assuming that british and french forces are not trying to find gadhafi and certainly i mean i can't see the point of not finishing the job you know we claim just two subs no fly zone was a joke. i just it just seems to me that if you're going to attack
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a country in this way you must at least finish it and then you end the country and the really difficult thing is to transfer power from yourself as the powerful authority to the local people and i think we're going to find it very difficult how different is this really from iraq afghanistan and previous interventions i mean they say they've learned their lessons have well and the only lesson i draw from the new these is don't do it they haven't learned that lesson the they're clearly going to start looking for another one i mean i imagine there's going to be some trouble in syria i don't know what they're going to do with i mean iran is if you do not invade iran in this year article mind it's a huge country iraq with a pretty big country and we found that very difficult afghanistan at least a small but we're getting a bloody nose that. i mean i guess the lesson of libya is if it's a really small country might get away with it. applauding themselves this is the model of a successful intervention why is this not happening in syria and yemen and places i
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think the reason is that they thought it would be a good idea and it worked. it was easy to do if you could run it from a few areas in bases in the mediterranean so it was a doable enterprise you could put in special forces quite easily without too many people noticing. i just think it was it came along at the time i was couldn't realize why they didn't do burma when the famine was on the very good example where you could have intervened and you had you had total forces available which didn't have the nerve to do it in that occasion. i mean i think these things are completely random now it's difficult to see how you orchestrate a foreign policy based upon these random interventions as for nature and what is it to do with nature nature is. alliance against the russians it's i repeat it's like a mercenary force roaming the world looking for things to do completely stuck in afghanistan it may yet get stuck in libya can intervention work that principle it works if it works. if it topple saddam hussein. punish the taliban topple
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gadhafi works how should they subpoena handle how suddenly you think i just a little we've left syria or. we've left let yemen or the why libya what does this mean now for the arab spring does this intervention reinforce it or undermine it i did it means for our what is the arab spring i mean the arab spring was with a number of rebellions most of which were suppressed. to north korea which would go away we don't know what's going to mean egypt yet we don't know what spring means. could well be that morocco and bahrain a better off for not having toppled by governments but haven't for the government to reform than the one to do. topple the government i just don't know all i know is not my responsibility there is no british empire anymore you know we are not charged by the electorate or by the world to go around invading other people's countries we don't like their regimes it's just not our job. thank you.
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a journey. where did it take the. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or dodgers. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with the turds doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should some bozo they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner invade another house religion and nationalism not to students whom have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed if you want to bomb guys are and kill. a thousand four hundred people in a month and you want to expect that this will have no effect until a feat you have to be either extremely naive or extremely stupid you don't need to
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as health care moscow this is a separate bill including an eleven year old girl being killed by a car bomb and dug a stone in southern russia six at police one was severely injured an explosive was planted in the car part of a bridge crossing in the central never shinseki districts. greece is bracing itself for more street clashes the head of a crucial vote in germany is expel out it could see the eurozone rescue package increase full fall the hoff of greece's debt written off. sends in more troops to reinforce a contested border crossing between breakaway casa very often fresh fallen steel rails talks between the two sides russia's foreign ministry wants peacekeeping forces from a new.
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