and in the business bulletin some experts say tensions between iran and the west could break or oil prices to two hundred dollars a barrel the details at about twenty minutes. is not yet in the russian capital you're watching r t would be rated joshie europe's top power couple have called on the euro zone to boost growth to stop the debt crisis from spreading an insurer the very survival of the region's single currency at a meeting in berlin angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy said it was just as urgent to reach a fast agreement with greece's private creditors before more bailout money can be handed over athens has an assisted of faces the fall and could have to abandon the euro if it doesn't get more cash by spring that now needs to iron out a so-called fiscal compact treaty which includes the threat of sanctions was agreed

by most states last month the u.k. being the only one to opt out and could be signed by march but many euro skeptics say putting more trust in brussels will be an error as artie's tests are still in our reports. when times are this hard every cent counts for the seventieth year in a row the european court of auditors refused to give the e.u. accounting books a clean bill of health the court found that in two thousand and ten three point seven percent of the e.u.'s budget was spent in error that's four point five billion euros essentially wasted juta mistakes like ineligible or incorrect calculation of costs claim to e.u. co finance projects or breaches of public procurement rules to be fair brussels gets criticized because persons you criticize. that said though it should forgive them for having that air raid there is a feeling that it's not unjustified that in europe. brussels the commission

institutions have not taken the really hard look at their budgets and done the hard cutting that a lot of member states have in fact the e.u. commission and parliament wanted to have some one hundred thirty three billion euros to spend next year but settled on one hundred twenty nine after tough negotiations with member states well that's still an increase of two percent because the e.u. budget uniquely continues to grow it only ever goes in one direction what they call a cut him means a slight you small increase and they would have wanted in an ideal world there are two kinds of money in the world there's your money and there's my money you know we're much more careful with the second than with the first the trouble is that here in brussels it's all somebody else's money mostly their money. which is why criticism rose with the budgets committee approved thirty eight million euros for the purchase of three buildings to increase office space for any piece and their staff and the area behind me is

a property that will be acquired by the european parliament the project for seize the demolition of an existing building and the creation of a new one the total cost one hundred twenty five million euros fifteen million of which will come up from the budget. critics cried foul but the project supporters stand their ground when there is a new member states you need new space it is ridiculous to say that we don't need more space when we have more stuff but if you say that you mean to say that stuff is sitting on the show's needs while working there we have this responsibility to do legislation for five hundred million people in a proper way again there is an argument for this these institutions do need facilities the timing is just horrible because the austerity measures imposed a lot of member states the fact that brussels is ploughing on with grand plans for you know these beautiful new buildings just smells bad yet it's not just about new buildings or your kratz that raises eyebrows. how hard is it to just come up with

with receipts when they have one when they have spent my is taxpayer pay for this so of course it hurts them in fact some say the allure of being a euro crap to me also be hurting poor member states losing their best and brightest to brussels i just people in those countries the entrepreneurs the people who could have done so much making things inventing things selling things creating businesses in their home states because nothing can compete with the advantages of being on the e.u. payroll they all start gravitating towards by that directly to brussels bureaucracy or in direct as the saying goes if you can't beat them join them. but that's clearly not a win win solution for everyone just our silly r t brussels. european leaders are now working to eliminate the most divisive issues by the next e.u. white summit at the end of the month but financial advisor patrick young says the

meetings are basically a waste of time. the only thing that's growing at the moment i suspect is going to be no waistlines of all the civil servants and ministers who were summiting all over the place and eating endless numbers of cream bones and delicacies in each of the different locales they visit the truth is that absolutely nothing has been done in order to try and actually fundamentally of the problem and again what we've seen is a sticking plaster of clyde to all of the different problems that are going on mrs merkel saying well we'd like to keep everybody in the euro and we hope to keep everything together and we'll work very hard to do that well you know what the problem is it doesn't matter how much you talk about something it's actions that are going to run at the moment all we have is words if the euro actually breaks up which is unfortunately quite possible at the moment i'm not saying it's probable and i'm not saying it's definite but it's possible if the eurozone breaks up that's going to give uncertainty uncertainty means people don't know whether to order things for their company it also means that individuals don't know whether to spend

money at the shops it means ultimately that all of that little grease that orders the wheels of commerce critics start and that's the real problem here what may happen is alternately we may see the i.m.f. the international monetary fund ultimately trying to come in and staple together some sort of a solution whatever happens there's a lot of uncertainty ahead and that's got to be worrying because uncertainty spelled recession and recession is not going to be good for anybody in the world who needs to work for a living. now still i have for you this hour here in our political wrestling it's by voters and ratings for the republican candidates in new hampshire as they break each other's policies and talk gays and guns out of the primary. and front line in the war against terror we look at how sniffer dogs are keeping people safe by searching out explosives in public places the details of just ahead . iran has begun enriching uranium at

a forty five underground facility south of the capital tehran the west has slammed the move as a provocation and said its response will be more intense and severe than anything previously the u.s. and its allies believe iran is building nuclear weapons while tehran says it's for medical and energy purposes a u.s. general said washington wanted to ron to know that america would be prepared to wipe out the country's nuclear facilities and other battlefront between the two is the strait of hormuz in the persian gulf iran's threaten to close it if the west blocks iran's oil exports as laid out in recent sanctions the pentagon says it could use force to reopen it iran plans to hold a fresh rout of naval drills in the area but some experts say ron isn't to blame for the escalation. iran hasn't attacked any other nation for hundreds of years the united states has form on attacking another nation every couple of years we continue to attack all the time i think we know who's provoking this latest spat the united states is a net exporter of oil apparently first time in sixty is so presumably they're

enjoying the oil prices as they spike with every new threat for united states makes against the masses of ordinary men women and children in other countries as to what it thinks about its service men and women who fight on its behalf much care about them either one must remember that leon panetta the former head of the cia now secretary of defense is a lot of us agree defense is a lot i'm not saying that i'm really repeating the former house speaker nancy pelosi we know that leo burnett lied about his involvement in torture other democratic colleagues in congress also called him a liar at that time so as for more on this the united states seemingly just wondering prices while at the same time threatening people and the developing world the rest of the world a major superpower. in the world they don't like what the united states is saying

that sort of united nations. says something to really open it around us foreign policy is in tatters whether the united states really can cause a play to war with iran. i really don't think so at the moment and it threats from the u.s. the rain president mahmoud ahmadinejad has turned to south america and made venezuela the first stop of store on the continent. an ardent critic of washington but as well in leader which obvious defended ahmadinejad saying there was no proof that iran is trying to develop atomic weapons or any and presidents at the iran and caracas resist resist the mean and arrogant united states both leaders also joked that their relationship shouldn't cause any concern iran and venezuela are a long time trading partners but in a job also visit nicaragua cuba and ecuador. but which august is one of the leaders washington most likes to paid as an enemy of america but there are sounds in the u.s. have

a lot of warm feelings for the flamboyant but as well and. explains. winter morning in the south bronx new york city outdoors the temperature is near freezing indoors. seventy seven year old alice many otis is bundled up brewing a pot of coffee and raising the heat just enough. to take the chill out of the air the retired grandmother of seven lives alone on a fixed income and each winter as federal programs continue to be slashed the struggle to afford comfort gets harder. and raving i mean all they do was raise raise raise raise and i mean it's the same dollar you get in so how far can you push it one hundred gallons of oil one hundred fifty gallons of oil is about. right now about close to six hundred dollars however venezuela has been stepping in to make alice's life a bit easier by delivering one hundred gallons of free heating oil each winter she

is a four year beneficiary of the citgo venezuela heating oil program which provides free heating oil to five hundred thousand poor americans living in low income neighborhoods and shelters throughout the country president chavez often demonized by washington helped launch the program in two thousand and five following hurricanes katrina and rita all i know is that he was caught and he was crying to the people of the united states and i'm sure he he he ruled differently like obama wrong does differently and who will we to tell these people how they should live or how i mean are they good invading our country with their not being generous to give us what comes out of their earth at no charge so could you really have ill feelings against them. i'm thankful for it. i really am in an interview with the venezuelan newspaper el universal america's leader well sort of expressing

similar sentiments of gratitude president obama recently accused the chavez government were strict in human rights and taking frightening steps. democratic values the venezuelan leader didn't mince words while perspire ending directly to his u.s. counterpart you know was a boma i feel sorry for you you just toss the black communities of your country what you mean to them you're the greatest disappointment of recent years the poor people of your country you're a great disappointment to them it's time that we stop minding everybody else's business and took care of business we have children that are graduating from college with eighty ninety one hundred thousand dollars that they have to pay back it's dippy it's looming them just and they can't get a job a struggle getting that much harder in the land of opportunity arena r.t.

new york. syria's president assad will make a speech about the crisis in golfing the nation on tuesday even as activists claim government forces are continuing a brutal crackdown on protesters the country's opposition has called on the un to help and the ten months of violence and denounce the arab league observers mission currently in syria critics say the monitors are unlikely to resolve the conflict with hundreds already reported killed since the arrived in late december but author james sharp says the syrian opposition and western powers should stop calls for military intervention because it never leads to democracy. i think. military intervention is very dangerous and. if the baby and some syrians have been doing that that's very unfortunate because that will not help that we're not being a democracy that will be a victory by the outside and ok for some. assuming you get rid of the old regime

then the new movie heavily influenced by the powers that intervene the us france or whoever it is so that they will have a major say over that we're kind of a government happens in this out of the syrian people and you know what you think should be the u.s. government should not be intervening in military and they move into barghouti because it doesn't work and they can serve other objectives. and i can see the full interview with gene sharp author and founder of the albert einstein institution next hour here on our team. republican presidential candidates and the u.s. having been tearing political chunks off each other as head of a key primary in new hampshire on tuesday front runner mitt romney has been mocked by his fellow republicans after he said he enjoyed firing people the former massachusetts governor is still well i had an opinion polls with congressman ron paul and social conservative rick santorum some way behind in two t.v.

debates ahead of the voting candidates kept away from the economy or unemployment political comedian told r.t. that by addressing issues like guns gays and abortion republicans are just fighting for ratings. they're trying to find something that's sensational that's what the media does that's their job it was a boring debate about economics how many people are going to watch it let's be honest it becomes bland and boring it's a lot of numbers most people including myself would struggle understanding of what is going on but everyone in the stands abortion and gay marriage and contraception so those are the easy issues it makes it easier for us to talk about and let's be honest let's talk about jobs as talk about the economy i have to think the reality is that these republican candidates it's not an easy thing to have an answer they don't have an answer unemployment's gone down and picked october two thousand and nine a ten point one percent it's down now in december to eight point five percent maybe obama's policies contribute maybe they don't maybe it's cyclical in any event the

economy is improving and these republicans don't have answers so they want to talk about the social issues the heart issues the ones that make you go out and vote make you make phone calls get people to come out to the polls they scare you it works before it works many towns are for that just trying to use the same play from the old republican playbook but i think we're going to get back to the economy that's what americans want to hear what is president obama versus mitt romney and that the that will be the issue it has to be that's the one we all want to hear about so i think for now this is a game they're running for republican nomination until the republican issues then we get to the big battle the super bowl if you will that's really here the real issues we want to hear about. at r.t. dot com there's more news and analysis on the u.s. elections and here's what you can find there at the moment texas congressman anti-war advocate ron paul turns up the heat in new hampshire and pulls away from his rivals to become the only alternative to republican favorite mitt romney also online. polish prosecutor holding a news briefing shoots himself in the head after asking everyone to leave the room

for no apparent reason luckily he survived the details are at r.t. dot com. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world in the stern of striking a cargo ship off the coast of new zealand has song after being broken apart by a storm over the weekend the main battle section of the vessel still remains wedged on a reef the greek own vessel ran aground in the cold war and has since leaked hundreds of tons of oil killing hundreds of seabirds and what has become the country's worst maritime disaster. a series of bomb attacks in iraq have left seventeen data many more wounded a car bomb and district of baghdad killed seven with several police officers among them all south of baghdad shia pilgrims were targeted by a roadside blast attacks aimed at shia muslims in both baghdad and southern iraq killed seventy people last thursday. mass protests have been held in south yemen

against a government bill granting president ali abdullah saleh and his aides immunity from prosecution in the city of taiz and they sell the demonstrators were forced to flee gunfire from presidential supporters saleh opponents want him to stand trial over previous deadly crackdowns on activists the president signed a power transfer agreement that will see him leave office next month. at one of moscow's busiest airports there is a new breed of crime fighter on the front line of the war on terror and they are able to work in extreme hot or freezing cold to sniff out explosives wherever they are or disappear all over went to see what they can do the man's four legged friends on the front line in the fight against terror these dogs are special breed part husky part jackal and it's their acute sense of smell which makes them perfect for sniffing out explosives in airports so it turns out that of all the canines it's the jackal that has the best sense of smell so called to use that to improve

the sense of smell and dogs basically are grafted a wild beast sense of smell onto a domesticated animal of what their husky her means that they can handle temperatures as low as minus seventy degrees centigrade while the jackal side of the family provides them with equally impressive abilities in the heat of. jackals or some tropical animal that's used to high temperatures as an experiment we took these hybrids to the united arab emirates where they were able to work in forty two degrees centigrade they could walk on sand which was heated by the sun to sixty degrees ordinary dogs wouldn't be able to handle that but a buddhist sort of. this early most dogs have two hundred and twenty million smell receptors forty four times more than a human this allows them to detect even trace amounts of explosive material making them invaluable for airports looking to put passengers at their ease. and that ever

working with these dogs among passengers makes people feel more secure in their ports this way passengers see that era flock to give special attention to security as for accuracy we've even detected gun powder residue on the clothes of hunters returning home. with the animals having to work in an environment filled with distracting sights sounds and smells it's important that the dogs and their handlers have a close relationship please. there has to be trust between the two the dark should feel absolutely free and shouldn't be pressured by excessive discipline the handlers have to be extremely attentive they should notice and immediately respond to the dogs every motion and reaction this is the big issue you might share. a false alarm is detected unless the north point five percent of searches making the dogs far more reliable than the best man made the texan device much of that is

down to the breeding but a lot of training is required before they are ready to work amongst the public so while it doesn't take the dog long to find what was hidden underneath my seat that's all well and good doing it here on the training grounds but how will they fare in the busy atmosphere of an international airport on an average day over one hundred thousand people pass through this terminal a cherry mitzvah airport plenty of distractions making it the perfect place to conduct a test this bike here contains around three grams of plastic explosive i'm going to go and hide somewhere here in the terminal while fratta tries to track me down. ferguson it's about sniffing me out finally to know searching every nook and cranny in which a potentially dangerous package could be hidden when you see these hybrid dogs in action it's clear why they're so well suited to working in the airport some passengers don't even notice that their parts are investigation. sure enough she

finds me trying to check in for a flight. well it's a good job. no matter how hard you try to hide if you have explosives these amazing animals will find you. r.t. moscow. very shortly a look at how parts of southern russia are hoping to reform themselves and to top tourist destinations before that we'll take a look at what's happening in the world of business with natasha. it's twenty three minutes past nine am here in moscow watching business on r.t. escalating tensions between iran and the west remain firmly in the sights of investors so analysts speculate oil could jump to two hundred dollars a barrel if the war scenario takes place but nick parsons from national straightly a bank says a price spike is unlikely. i think the very very close relationship between the

external value of the u.s. dollar and oil has begun to slip over the course of the last few months if we remind ourselves of where we were three summers ago the oil price eight hundred forty seven dollars per barrel exactly on the day when the euro dollar exchange rate one sixteenth so we had a very weak u.s. dollar we had a very high oil price that relationship has held good over a long period of time and if it were based purely on that then we'd be looking today at an oil price or around seventy or seventy five dollars so that suggests to me that a lot of the potential disruption that we hear talked about is already in the price and i doubt very much that we're going to see the sort of spike that some of the wilder on all this talking about i think a lot of it is already in the process. now let's now see how well it's performing at the moment it's gaining value on tuesday thanks to not only iran tensions but

also one of the consumer credit data from the united states lights just under one hundred two dollars a barrel right this close to one hundred thirteen dollars. and now on to the equity markets in asia they're in the positive territory in tokyo the nikkei splitting on just under half a percent this hour and hong kong the hang seng is more than half of the higher monday's meeting between german chancellor angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy while as most investors expected which isn't itself good news. and is less than one hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian markets finished monday's trading session on a positive note you're seeing the closing figures there the r.t.s. out of more than half a percent there my sex finished more than a third of a percent in the one. last year was turbulent for the russian stock markets they lost around twenty percent of their value so my experts fear this year could be

just as bad or even worse. so from b. to b. capital describe some of the major risks. for that to happen obviously if your price would have to for significant and for that to happen obviously figures have to go pear shaped in europe and the and the us which actually might happen a lot of analysts are predicting the recession and then in europe and obviously if the numbers don't pick up and maybe a little bit below consensus growth in asia which is which has been the last one in there in two thousand or were there all be some room for disappointment right now thirty percent of sons are given that the well prices sticking. to the high levels . and on to other news british luxury carmaker falls royce has reported record sales in two thousand and eleven the company sold more than three and a half thousand cars the highest in its one hundred seven year history sales group particularly fast in germany and russia where there are more than doubled and

that's all the latest from the business team i'll be back in about fifteen minutes if you can't wait that long there's always more at r t dot com slash this.

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world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all today. welcome back here with our team here's a look at the top stories the e.u. is top to race to ensure you are survival calling for a boost to growth to stop the debt contagion from spreading angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy also wants to push states firmly under the brussels umbrella but critics say it could be lead with cash flowing to satisfy an elected technocrats. iran begins uranium enrichment at a secure on the ground facility a move the west has asked for vocative and other standoff is taking place in the persian gulf where ron has threatened to close a vial.