a balancing act at the top of the e.u. the german chancellor and the new french leader of valor to battle jointly against the crisis but euro zone cuts are keeping them at odds. i walk out in the line of duty thousands of police marched to demand their rights as a massive number of officers will soon be given the boot. and with former bosnian serb general are our homeland it's our trial in the hague for war crimes we ask his son why the defense sees the case as biased. and thanks for joining us here in moscow it is wednesday and twelve o'clock it's

a tough road ahead for france and germany as newly elected president francois hollande and chancellor angela merkel pledged to work together to battle the crisis however they don't exactly see eye to eye on how to do it with opposing views on belt tightening and how to punish overspenders artist peter oliver is in berlin well there was no real political bombshells dropped at the meeting between francois hollande and angle a merkel but there was also no attempt to cover up that the two don't see eye to eye on every issue and emphasized his belief that the impetus for growth is needed in the rose owen while anglo-american remains committed that all still receive is the only way if the eurozone is to drag its way out of the current meyer it finds itself in now on the subject of the fiscal treaty francois hollande was really. noncommittal however he did say that he continued to

say to the french people that he wanted to see the treaty renegotiated now that something of course that angular merkel in germany have said isn't on the table but will be looking to see if they can come to some form of compromise over that issue that treaty of course binding the states that signed up to it to austerity measures the subject of greece of course on the table for discussion this first meeting between the two leaders both of them saying that they want greece to stay within the euro. said that he would respect what ever happens in the greek elections which will be taking place in june however all and also saying that he appreciated the suffering of the greek people during this tough time angle a merkel said that the euro was a political project not just a monetary one and said that the eurozone and the euro had benefited the people of

europe and would continue to benefit them so no real attempt to hide the differences between the two leaders but no sign that they can come to some form of compromise over their well polarizing political views the new french president appointed his new prime minister before boarding a plane to come here lynn if you thought boarding a plane was going to be the easiest part of his day but he was in for a bit of a shock the plane was then hit by lightning apparently on its way here and was forced to return to paris where the creek got off got on a new plane and made his way here arriving safely if not a little late for this important meeting between the two leaders of the two biggest economies in europe the two leaders that are going to be crucial if the eurozone problems are going to be sorted out greece has been locked in a political limbo which could see its exit out of the currency union athens is now preparing for a new election after all attempts to form a government failed with anti-war staring parties rejecting a coalition land forces. more cuts

a caretaker government will be appointed in the meantime economic analysts next great guest believes a potential greek exit would shake up the eurozone i think that they are already contingency plans beginning in the eurozone for a great exit of course this isn't that is easy as some might have you know because they would be tremendous contagion through the other periphery countries so it would really shake up the eurozone completely and also the cost of greece exiting the euro and being bankrupt is more than about three hundred billion because it's not just what the government owes it's also what the greek banks had what the greek central bank goes the e.c.b. you have to understand that in europe at the moment there is a bit of a dichotomy they don't want to give in to greece completely because then they will have everybody else lining up as well but on the other hand they don't want to send the message that we will have members of the eurozone loose and that the eurozone

could dissolve a trinkaus overnight if you asked most greeks about the bailout cash they're very happy to take it if you ask them whether they would rather be a leader with eighty percent will say yes if you ask them about the austerity of course they say no i think that they maybe some ways that the memorandum can be renegotiated to take away the worst of the us there eat the cape some of the supply side reforms and for greece to be able to stay within the european union in that way but of course the political leaders have to come clean with the population. while penny pinching efforts in the u.k. are putting the public at risk that's the claim of critics who say drastic cuts to policing will leave people exposed bennett has the details of protest policing itself is a rare sight especially one this big that's because these protesters are the police thirty five thousand officers from across england and wales demonstrating against government cuts they call cream. never before so many bodies on one beat the

problem is never again these black caps represent the number of police officers who lose their jobs in the cards sixteen fouls and over the next four years cuts they say that could seriously threaten public safety it will have an impact on the public safety not just that it is a section of the police say these people will see if your office is on the street and at the end of the day people see places a place emphasis is on the street they feel safe bitingly presence and that's just not going to happen egypt it was known as the backs to the police force in the wilderness and with these kids it's simply it will continue like that the police will be hit hard by a government desperate to get more for less over five thousand officers have already been booted off frontline policing in the past year alone police pay and pensions will also be slashed in a sweeping twenty percent cuts the thin blue lines about to get much thinner we

will be able to provide a service if it's efficient if it is a moment that as a result i will feels. like almost if it is considered to be able to provide service for them as it was a direct result was a little bit shaky most of it's not just police probation officers are up for the chopper to the government wants to replace them with machines expected to look like this removing yet another barrier protecting the public they're supposed to stop criminals re offending with nothing but a series of yes no questions they'll be trialed first in parts of london but without a lie detector these machines aren't exactly the spanish inquisition nonsense to suggest that a machine could do the job of human being there's a real likelihood in danger that public protection in britain will be compromised if these machines are rolled up nationally. deviant behavior deterioration behavior will be missed. and those people who go on commit serious crimes against the

government insists the machines to cut costs stating this is a misrepresentation the london probation trust is investigating a range of the normative approaches to law professionals to cut bureaucracy and spend their time more effectively with the youth and as they supervise public protection will always be our priority not according to those charged with their role it's been four years since police officers last marched on three london the next time sure to be sooner than that and if the government continues its squeeze on the bennett london coming up in a few minutes lessons of hate. history classes on different sides of the israeli palestinian border serve as a source of conflict from a tender age although once call begs to differ. and serious tourism industry is dealt a major blow by the revolt with businesses on the verge of bankruptcy although

a handful of foreigners have managed to avoid the conflict. former bosnian serb general. stands trial at the international tribunal he's charged with genocide during the yugoslavia war in the one nine hundred ninety s. among his alleged crimes are these massacre in the town of city but in the south where eight thousand muslims were slaughtered and the deaths of over ten thousand civilians during the siege of saturday have all sixty nine year old mother was arrested by serb forces near belgrade last year as defense lawyers had asked for the trial to be postponed saying the prosecution had failed to provide evidence on time they also accuse the judge of bias law which is still viewed as a national hero by some serbs in an interview to r.t. his son told us why. are proud of his role in the war not because of. that he's guilty of anything but because of. that

he was doing his job to support and primarily objectively. our society was to protect our people from. being exposed to genocide and again. i think that the only person supporting my father and this is me doing this i mean people this isn't for me is a. terrible for us because only. defending ourselves from being exposed to genocide and my father has succeeded in this past and i'm proud of. the role of he's even in the war. and you can see the full exclusive interview with that article by the just sun in about twenty minutes. an iranian group considered as terrorist by the u.s.

for fifteen years is moving off the blacklist government officials are advocating to clear the name of the and even releasing a number of p.r. adverts this could further strain relations between washington and attack jamal obviously a policy director for the iranian american national council believes it's enemy case ties with israel and u.s. lawmakers that are driving the push they're not necessarily considered to have given up their terrorist activities u.s. officials have actually gone off the record and said that any k. was behind some of the assassinations of iranian scientists and professors that have occurred in recent years so if they make a was behind you know putting these bombs on cars and delivering bombs motorcycles it sounds like terrorism there's an acknowledgment that that's the case but you know u.s. officials have also said they're working with mossad they're working with israel to engage in this campaign and so. among hardliners here in the u.s.

there's a view of they're the enemy of our enemies so they're our friends you also have domestically here in the u.s. you have members of congress who are accepting campaign donations from supporters of the any k. you have very prominent us former officials like rudy giuliani for instance who have spoken out in favor of them and have received really exorbitant fees for their support so you have this huge money network that is funding these activities and at the end of the day it really is hardliners you know whether it's in the u.s. or possibly in israel possibly even some of the gulf states that are supporting these guys as a cudgel against iran clashes between israeli forces and palestinian demonstrators are up to during the annual knock but day march in the west bank it's a rally to mark the one nine hundred forty displacement of hundreds of thousands of palestinians but while adults remember history children on different sides of the border are taught different versions of it as paul slayer reports. the answer to the israeli palestinian puzzle might lie in these pages where the jewish children

who never meet in person get to know each other only through the written would usually they're not named they're called arabs or israel's arabs which is a racist label and then they're represented as their primitive farmers and no mo it's also always with a field with a camel and with some kind of dress that nobody really wears in racist caricatures . and of course there is terrorists but it's not much based in the palestinian textbooks the studio types here also pretty alarming the israeli jews. are invaders from europe they have nothing to do with this land and they are basically criminals and therefore they are educated for a long term war against them much of the problem stems from the fact that in israel jews and arabs go to different schools they study a different career. and sort different exams what's more because jewish schools are

generally better funded the standard of education is higher but here is one school trying to get it right it is part of the oasis for peace a village with an equal number of both jewish and arab learn is a sign from being an example of how both sides can learn together the most important lesson going toward here is understanding each other it's the first school of its kind in the country and receives no funding from the government in every classroom is an israeli and palestinian teacher and every listen is taught in both hebrew and arabic some terms of to ensure they be according to what is going going gone there is. some. war the war in gaza. so they are coming for home was kind of. ideas and. and they're talking about in

a particularly difficult place and these teachers are preparing for israel's independence day because while for israelis it's a national holiday for palestinians it's a catastrophe when the two teachers are standing in front of the two of them the children are tense in their sometimes. they just it's like i'm here and i'm not here we assure them it's ok to speak about it it's not something that this is history in we're supposed to speak about what happened and look for the future together but the challenge is being underscored uses israeli takes books which it has translated into arabic there are sections that talk about a so-called palestinian demographic nightmare and there are maps that ignore each other's existence what these books do especially history books they teach the children not to historical discourse this is not the discourse of historians they teach them to hit this course of politicians and generals. and so until

a different story is written and taught the lessons most israelis and palestinian children taken to the future for dismally short of a real education for peace policy r t the true. party dot com has a lot more stories for you to explore its claim to police in the u.s. are unsparing some old legal resources on occupy protesters and activists say they've been given drugs by police in the state of minnesota in exchange for information as authorities order an investigation. a norwegian man set himself on fire in all slow outside the court where a mass killer on that was brevik as currently on trial be badly injured man was taken to the hospital you can read more at r.t. dot com. it's.

down here for sure we can cure all you want called talk from the. light on the. video. now in the palm of your. dot com all right seventeen minutes past the hour and police have cleared an opposition protest camp in the center of moscow which had been in existence for more than a week on tuesday in moscow courts ordered the activists but many refuse police

orders a to disperse some twenty people were detained most appalling have now been released a group of about thirty people have moved to a different part of the russian capital looking for a new place to demonstrate an activist arranged a sit in protests after president vladimir putin his inauguration angry at his return to power. what would you be taking around the world for more of this hour's news. a bomb targeting a hardline former interior minister has killed two of his bodyguards in the colombian capital thirty nine other people were injured in the attack that struck a busy district filled with foot traffic a former minister suffered minor wounds in the blast no one is immediately claimed responsibility but police blame the country's main leftist rebel group the death a r.c. . and indonesian search team was found one of the two flight recorders from the doomed russian soyuz superjet one hundred one but the goal is and data box was

badly damaged which included or that a probe plane flew into a cliff of a dormant volcano last week during a demonstration of flight killing all forty five on board the planes manufacturers are blaming the accident on difficult mountainous terrain which is also greatly as . search and recovery efforts. dominic strauss kahn has made a one million dollar counter claim against the new york hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault the former i.m.f. chief said the woman lied about the alleged attack a year ago which is seriously damaged his reputation the criminal case against ross khan was dropped after prosecutors said the housekeeper had lost credibility after the frenchman's arrest he resigned from the i.m.f. and was unable to take part in the presidential race as a leading socialist candidate. for years syria was able to capitalized on its rich history and in the cities to build a thriving tourist industry but after months of conflict this vital source of

income has all but dried up as artists on a boy reports many in the country feel robbed by the revolution. he wanted to see the world but became a touring sensation himself martin a twenty eight year old boss driver from germany was on a year long by journey when he answered syria about two weeks ago unaware of the clashes he wrote all the way to homs and even managed to take pictures of it then to homs enter hama but there were bit of me here to a point but they even let me into the city center. it was quite a strange feeling you know nobody was in the world you could see what happened before but never a few dangers your dangers for my safety martin barely knows a few phrases in arabic but he's a good smile and boyish curiosity out loud to seem to connect with the locals even those whose job presupposes some suspicion now for him there's was

a very poignant waiting for something to be one of us to customer service. such a big station that you know. it was it was enormous which makes the station a lot of soviet support us while he's home country of germany has kept a fairly low profile in the. diplomatic spat over the fate of syria he says he often hears locals complain about the western meddling in serious internal affairs i think the problem is that new is trying to tell you sometimes from seeing and you believe it. the news our board to tell you different stories in the news inside of the country so i always thought it's just that inside of syria right now many syrian people came here to their problems by coming out from the outside of the country and this it was like martin would be very welcome guests in syria these days but there are very few and far between the countries tourism industry was devastated by the revolution but the number of visitors slumping by more than

ninety percent in the lap of the country's largest city and home to countless you know ask a heritage sites the ten percent occupancy rate is now considered as joke of luck you know this is one of the sixty five rooms you are talking about an hour out of the sixty five how many in the uk for more than five rooms and it's not just about loss profit in aleppo which some claim is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement on earth tourism has helped feed vital landmarks such as remy martinis boutique hotel and you gave a new lease of life to the four centuries old building especially if. you spend a lot every year to keep such buildings alive from my experience i can tell you that about seven to ten percent of my whole income i spend it on maintenance i mean martini's not shy in criticizing the assad government for the slow pace of

economic reforms yet he believes that's no reason to bring the whole country to the point of self-destruction nobody could imagine that could. get to such city. like now at the beginning everybody was looking for freedom but afterwards when it comes to clashes and fire and killing and killing for nothing just only that you're with the government or against the government and kidnapping people really we are sorry for syria to come like this what's made things even worse is that two thousand and ten the last year before the syrian uprising was the most successful on record for serious tourism industry revenues john by sixty percent prompting many to take out investment loans they're no longer able to repay no wonder many now feel bankrupted by their revolution in times of crisis tourism

is always the first to fall and the last to recover and syria learned the hard way what's ironic is that in order to rise from the ashes this country desperately needs visitors from the same nations that contributed to the current crisis actually work our sea syria. i mean trade joins us live from the business task kind of greece is causing a new wave of selling across the globe how is russia doing this hour was looking pretty ugly to be honest with you the russian markets are falling too close to two year lows just look at those figures now the my six did see a bit of pressure on the tuesday session it was up half a percent after falling three and a half percent on the monday but now it's down another one and a half percent the r.t.s. is down even more so two point three because of a massive weakening a little ruble we'll look at the ruble just a second the stocks on the my six one energy stock is just bucking the trend it's up point four percent and that is ross now after pretty unclear as to the reasons

behind that but it seems to be inside information and concerned with connected with the management of the company which will be clear after the the you know gratian of the new cabinet of ministers now gazprom along with other g. shares is down. in line with the market one point three percent and financials are hit the worst this hour with the t.v. down almost two percent now in currencies the ruble is declining to its lowest level since january it's lost thirty six copecks to the dollar recovered a bit from last and losing versus the euro two and the euro is losing massively eighty five points to the dollar as you can see there one point two six right now against against the dollar and that is because the greenback is considered a safe haven in this in this situation of uncertainty as opposed to gold traditionally and now it's moved over to see what's happening in europe and because

this is the epicenter of the problem with greece unable to form a government we are seeing investors also selling stocks because the in germany which showed pretty good g.d.p. growth in the previous session and in london to almost one percent in asia we see a very bad session for hong kong which was down more than three percent lead down by commodity shares because of dropping metals and oil prices speaking of which is take a look at commodities and oil continues to drop reaching fresh six month lows with light sweet declining to ninety two dollars per barrel so really it's a sell sell sell all across the markets. of course we'll have another update for you in around fifty five minutes time are i like parked here next update. in a few minutes we'll talk to the son of it out there they serve general standing trial in the hague that's after the headlines coming up next.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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