the. moment of truth for italy the sand of russia's to vote on and a stereo plan to clear the way for a new government with manny saying the death reduction measures are too late to fix one of the largest economies. falling for billions the lucrative contracts nato countries expect to reconstruction levy a spark new questions over the real motives for military strikes. and the eye of ukraine's political storm the nation's mood turns ugly as local breaks of unrest in the country revenue return to the bad old days of national turmoil.

in the russian capital you're watching r t with me ringing joshie welcome italy's rushing through painful austerity cuts to avert the worst case scenario in third largest economy a vote in the senate is expected on friday approval by both houses of parliament will finally an air of so liberals connie who promised to resign as soon as new laws are passed but as are few sarah first reports many in italy doubt the new government will bring it relief to the struggling country. the italian brands easily seem to be going strong. to lead the best business. it's in fashion it's a country that economy wise is used to pitching its best to force. the recently its least seen its economy stagnating has now become the latest country to be dragged

into the center of the year is in crisis it only has a strong economy and is a liquid has. been so far better than it is now it's lee could now face a similar fate these countries having to seek emergency bell outs despite being one of the year is it largest economy we're not greece we are not greece because we have a lot of savings we are not greece because we have been very prudent in this recession we haven't done big deficits and this recession might not be greece but with a mammoth soaring pouring costs just how did italy end up in this situation right now nobody's spending nobody's spending in all or all of europe consumers are not spending they are saving they're scared to go from what's going to happen meeting your isn't it most that tough reforms are still a large part was made with putin growth in the country so difficult. government

being able to bring about positive change we have had so many years of leadership that was not credible outside and very dismissive insights i don't think it's only an italian problem i mean there's cried some support for saying that mr berlusconi was not able to deliver what he promised i think there might be a transfer of somebody else. that's not going to be enough. we need support from europe otherwise everybody on its own and that's the scariest part because situation it's the right now do you think its biggest challenge yet it's unclear whether they like details of the peaceful and culturally united europe can survive with doubts and find if i think leadership at this point and these ideals could be left in ruins. and greece is already welcoming a new prime minister the former vice president of the european central bank lucas

papademos will be sworn in on friday and bring stand days of political wrangling in athens as main parties struggle to come to an agreement the new coalition governments will have to vote for more starting measures to release another portion of our e.u. bailout otherwise greece warrens and will go bankrupt within reach political analyst peter iyer believes the true nature of the deepening crisis is being hidden from public view. i think we have to turn the clock back to the original collapse of the world economy because this was no accident it was a very well planned exercise by the new world order who have the ability to close down any company or any country at will and as we know ireland became victim portugal and greece and apparently spain and italy are likely to follow it really doesn't matter who's in power there are people that are controlling this situation the banks are involved who sometimes get unsecured loans and of course the

politicians themselves remember that they can take out any country financially or militarily that they want to take out this is a master plan of what i call the new world order their priorities are done to secure the world's natural resources second is to control the markets for those resources and thirdly to control the gateways to the sea lanes and the pipeline routes when you have control of this you've basically got the world in the palm of your hand controls the finances of the world controls the world and this is what we're looking at here where the debt crisis is apparently here to stay world leaders how to green they need to work faster and to save the global economy so r.t. spoke to the director general of the world trade organization plus column e. he says russia's long awaited membership in w t o will help the revival well they're going to be is looking good but one of the ways to exit. this situation

which i recognize and we discussed the last week in the g twenty and he's not good one of the ways to move out of this crisis is to open more trade fight against protectionism and the fact that russia joins the visit very moment he's also said. the value of these will go through a system of rules in that it has its economy growing including. which obviously could like the ones we are reading in the world economy europeans are also setting their eyes in china as a source of cash to bail them out and beijing's role in saving struggling western economies is something people of l. debates of his guest on cross talk coming up later today. thanks heinies have been very hesitant because they see that the europeans just can't get their house in order they've created such

a utter mess of their economies nowhere near is coming in strategic because china does and we've got to be clear that finding our moral hazard in keeping us behaving badly either in europe or the united states is not in china's long term best interest either it's. want to see the west continue to harm itself are we really in the position given all the problems we have talked compound in china and say what we decide to screw up and what we think is good and what you would do is. nato my how manage its operations in the area by the western presence is far from over with the big companies replacing the world planes the countries that bombed the oil rich country are now getting lookers of contracts to rebuild it is laura smith adds up the profits of war. first british farms tourists apart now british companies will get paid to put it back together libya is open for

business and u.k. firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush relatively wealthy country with oil reserves and i expect. british. companies to get involved in the reconstruction of philip hammond is urging c.e.o.'s and sales directors to pack their suitcases and head to the north african country the u.k.'s bill for its part in the nato intervention in libya is estimated at just under five hundred million dollars but according to the u.k. department of trade and investment the value of contracts to rebuild libya in areas ranging from electricity and water supplies to health care and education could amount to upwards of three hundred billion dollars over the next ten years and the british government will make sure it takes in leading role in that just as it did in the war and that's raising more questions about the u.k.'s motives in playing

such a big role in the recent conflict john hillery of war on want says it has shades of post-war iraq when companies from countries involved in the allied invasion were awarded the best gigs. destroy. journalist john pilger says there was evidence of battering before nato even got involved in a transitional council told the french way. they would give. the. u.k. department for trade and investment already has start on the ground in libya ready to welcome british companies. awarded contracts wanting to get in on the action shell and b.p. shares rose on the news they were talking to the transitional government's

engineering firms are up and mark macdonald also reportedly keen the latter refused to put up a spokesman when asked preferring instead to send basic statements which critics say is a new tactic to avoid depending their ethics it's better for them not to be involved in any form of public discussion of why that's what around the world. so for the conflict in libya it looks like an excellent investment half a billion dollars to al to dictator with a return of three hundred billion in business contracts when it's all over now that humanitarian goals no longer need to be touted wall suddenly makes great business sense you're a smith forty london. and silicon valley this hour will approach launched a martian moon reach its destination or hit the ground fuel kava chances of saving russia's ambitious interplanetary mission after he was hit with serious technical

problems. plus join our russian closer team as they explore how people on the black sea coast devote their lives to saving animals from exploitation in the tourism business. some eyelevel u.k. government officials believe israel could launch a strike against iran within two months according to reports in a british paper unnamed intelligence sources in london also claim the attack on iran's alleged nuclear facilities could be carried out with american a logistical support in an apparent response to the allegations the u.n. had bunky moon called for a diplomatic solution to the iranian issue and the us defense chief warrant a regional fallout from any possible strike instead urging tougher sanctions russia and china have repeatedly rejected both options as counterproductive tension surrounding for iran's nuclear program was reunited by a recent new an atomic watchdog report suggesting iran might be working on

a nuclear bomb party's policy is watching developments on television. of what is and which is intelligence chiefs israel will launch a strike against iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons as soon as christmas according to sources in the british government if not christmas then the beginning of next year with these sources saying that israeli military action is to be expected sooner rather than later and that it will be action that will be supported just to be by the united states not in recent weeks we do hear from the bush's defense ministry they confirmed that they have contingency plans in place should the u.k. decide to support military action against here in israel prior to the publication on tuesday all of the report by the international to. energy agency the israeli defense minister ehud barak warned of a possible is rabies strike he said that all options are on the table and when israeli officials use that phrase all options on the table it really does need

military action the israeli president shimon peres has also gone on record saying that any israeli military strike is more likely than any kind of diplomatic solution we have had a response from iran's supreme leader the ayatollah who has warned both the united states and israel that if they strike iran they must expect a tough response from tehran he said and i'm quoting that we are not a nation to sit back i go and watch materialistic corrupted and rotten power was recently ran we will respond with a strong snap and an iron fist he spoke about a graces and invade is being snatched from within the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's responding to that i am a report he slammed that report and he said that iran would not stick that one iota from developing its nuclear program he said that the report was relying on baseless

claims that he rand is building a nuclear bomb. goes they are reporting there now drawn by our web page for more analysis on the story and in the blog section for instance you can find the latest post by a russian political commentator sergey stroke on who reflects on whether it be the west will have to follow its closest ally and strike iran as well should it come to an attack to log on to dot com and find out what. russian space experts are battling to fix a technical failure on board an interplanetary station doubt was heading to the martian moon phobos the probe launched on wednesday was to get a better knowledge of how the universe evolved but there are fears the vehicle could crash back to earth having never reached its go are just clear all over explore some potential dangers. at the moment the theories around which probably what problems caused the probe to be stuck in a round the earth after its takeoff split into two camps whether it's a problem with the software of the pro or

a problem with the hardware of the probe now it's a problem with the software that's something that intentionally can be fixed now one theory that's been put forward is that it's a problem with the navigation system of the probe these type of probes when they're launched a new should be used the sun is their main focus point for navigation and then not navigation system switches over towards the stars now that some people believe that this probe has failed in switching from the sun to the stars and if they can send a software patch but not load back to the the probe it should be able to go about its mission just a few days late now the big problems come and the rise if it turns out to be a problem with the hardware the focus probe seven tons of highly toxic fuel course this feel was intended on sending it from earth to the moon or mars and then back to earth one nasa expert is referred to the focus group probe as the most toxic calling satellite ever so this is

a problem that last cause most of the russian space agency are facing that they may have to come up with some kind of contingency plan to deal with a potentially toxic problem caused by the fuel that's on board this probe to make sure that it poses no threat to us here on earth. well don't forget you can always log on to our website for more stories and here's what's on the line right now saved by scarce horror writer stephen king is raising money for the poor to pay their heating bills in winter also. up for grabs a diva's dress by a russian designer goes under the hammer and away find out what you have to pay to dress.

the rule of the orange coalition was a time of political fireworks in ukraine protests and clashes on the streets were matched by brawls inside parliament so last year a moderate centrist a victory on a car which was elected to power people were hoping for calm but as. reports the legacy my not easy to overcome history appears to be repeating itself in ukraine the left of the events of several years back on the right of just a few weeks ago with the two points of history united by people say you believe that the government haven't been working in their favor. and for many it all started with this man viktor yushchenko fist fights in parliament mass street protests and destruction of gas supplies to europe were common in his era as president and it kept ukraine firmly in they had lines the world's media have been having many sleepless nights reporting on the rollercoaster events in the country

back then writer and journalist meeting if we didn't publish a book open fun at all the major political players. there is times are extremely fun for the media with the regime used in media is a drug for society but if you do have to braise the detention every year it was fun to watch when the temperature rises into politics but for society it's a pant there's a limit to list you could not do which society charismatic which. we surely reach just go with the mission of. many now say it was the mass of you should get scared and see which helps which sweeps of power and many felt his arrival would become a breath of fresh air centralizing the power instead allies in the economy were big the first priorities when he became president of ukraine for more than a year it had been relatively quiet here but the case for former prime minister units and fourteen months which is a presidency propelled ukraine back into the global headlines. the culmination of

her trial for exceeding her authority while the prime minister's shocked many hardly anyone expected to machine go to land such a big sentence seven years behind bars. i want to point out that stunning news to my niece where there oppressions returns to crazy with this but i think i'm appealing to old hatred of ukraine the defense ukraine from an authoritarian regime while the so-called short of art of ukrainian politics will stein traveling inside the courtroom perceiving supporters clashed with police outside. face lights at veterans of the chernobyl clear up stormed the parliament tomorrow to race through their ridiculous little pensions they demolished everything in their pride attacking the police with blunt weapons growing social unrest scared the country's president when you look at when you were going to noor enforcement agencies tell me that people are buying firearms and planning attacks on state

police nationwide people have completely lost their shine experts say ukraine may again quite down for a while but with a year or two a trial football championship and a crucial parliamentary election during the temperature of scandal will most certainly be rising again come next year let's hear a shout out see reporting from kiev in ukraine. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world the u.s. army soldier convicted of slaughtering three afghan civilians for sport has been sentenced to life the jury has or whatever decided that staff sergeant calvin gibbs will be eligible for parole after serving ten years in prison and twenty six year old was the highest ranking of five soldiers charged over the deaths of the an armed man during patrols in kandahar province early last year. security cameras in the turkish city of bam have captured the dramatic moments when a five point seven magnitude earthquake struck on wednesday as

a tremor hit you can see the lights go dark and people were running from buildings as gigantic clouds of smoke overtake the street at least ten people were killed when two hotels collapsed so far twenty eight people have been pulled from the rubble alive same turkish province suffered through another a deadly earthquake last month that killed more than six hundred people time now to delve deeper into the world's biggest country in our russia close up series. today it's back to the black sea coast and the people there doing their bit to protect the planet from the art of recycling to rescuing while alive artie's don't garden discover how the environment is being looked after.

oh and i have new need to find construction materials. now a bit of paint and i'll turn this bottle into something beautiful. some critics might call nina's art complete rubbish and they'd be totally right everything you see in her gallery is made from little cushion emotions aside that we are covering our living space with litter i need to have contributed it was good for me to use this with creative work. a friend alexei provides some creative accompaniment also using rubbish as instruments but with them i started with just one barrel i was invited to a festival before i even had time to work on my instruments so i just experimented i just walk around listening to things votes sound they can make. nina collects her rubbish from the coastline the winter and spring storms bring her greatest harvest

. welcome to the sea shore every day no matter what the weather or the time of the year it's all the same to me or gratian inspiration conservation but it's not just pieces of rubbish but at a second life one month old leon the here has just been rescued from captivity but she had to spend the rest of her life here recovering a bit special center where as nina rescues pieces of rubbish the staff at this park rescued far more vulnerable things most of these animals will formally keppler street photographers and let people pose with them for money they're kept on drugs so they remain tranquil have their teeth pulled out so they can't hurt people and starved so they remain small business it's a good movie if we take circus bears who have finished they usually life it's not a secret that they could well be made into sausages many of the animals we receive we just can't say they've been treated as just a commodity to the big cats like rameses lord and over here make up

most of the parts residence there isn't the money to get them as much space as they would have in the wild but at least here they have some exercise a good diet and the veterinary care they so often need but there is a lot in here the clerical workers try to do something to say the situation so do i try to save the earth from the savagery of people so we're a college that really. can plastic bottles to lion cubs saving the planet can come in many shapes and sizes here on the black sea coast they might be rubbish to some but not to level. from bottom party. incredibly adorable every camera top stories is coming your way in just a few minutes now and take a look at what's happening in business with carry. on

we become you will. be over our if you go to. market economy out there who you know. in. these. after almost two decades of trying many wonder if russia really needs a w t o you could even say it's managed quite well without it realistically though it will have many benefits for foreign manufacturers want you to sell their goods in russia let's have a quick look and on average import tariffs will be at seven point eight percent that's compared with the current ten percent break back down and you'll see the import judean agricultural goods drop from thirteen point two percent to ten point eight percent now import tariffs for all the money fractured goods will also drop by almost a quarter to seven point three percent now about

a third of all judy's will be reduced the moment russia and says the double t.o. another quarter of the cuts will come within three years with only poultry motorcars helicopters and civil aircraft requiring a longer this means it will be easier and cheaper for foreign companies and goods to end to russia's one hundred forty million strong consumer market in addition to tear of cuts russia's also agree its removal limitations on foreign involvement in industries like telecommunications and insurance but most importantly accession to the dublin cio will ultimately give russia the much needed competition boost which could finally put an end to runaway inflation. kid economists from deutsche bank. russia u.s. love list of ali believes double zero entry will trigger a change in economic policy making in russia. one of the key changes will be.

emphasis on liberalisation worse day than for vention as the guiding principle of policy making and i think another of paradigm is going to be a change in the way russia pursues its foreign policy because previously say in the past ten years one of the instruments that russia used was preferences and from the world prices i think now the new paradigm will be free trade agreements across the globe whether in europe or and asia but this is going to be possible only after russia becomes an equal player on the level a level playing field together with other members of the w t o. let's have a look at the markets now stocks in asia are mostly higher following a rebound for u.s. stocks and some positive signals out of deathstroke in europe saying is adding over a process this hour with banking stocks and believe as nicky has reversed into black after trading lower in the morning session. two hours ahead of the opening

bell here in moscow actually one hour russian equities and there's these trading sessions in the black both m i six and the r.t.s. games over one percent driven by stronger. so for now i'll be back with more in about thirty minutes.

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