this is the top stories syria's foreign ministry says. for the massacre in the town of houla and it's a start of civil war says washington ready to sideline the un and go into syria. the father of poisoned security agent examined of an anchor believes exiled russian tycoon was behind in london but the information has been sent to british investigators. votes on whether to hand over the country's money not just to brussels if the majority decides to say yes to the so-called fiscal pact but many

fear sovereignty will be surrendered to. reject the e.u. fiscal treaty up next on t.v. richard boyd barrett he's a politician and treaty campaigner a special interview next. today i'm talking to richard boyd barrett he's a member of the irish parliament and a leading light in the new campaign on the referendum on the fiscal pact which thanks for talking to us tell us just what the fiscal pact is the pact is a european agreement which countries are being asked to sign up to which will compel goldman's to reduce debt and deficit figures by a certain amount per year over

a long period of time and what we're concerned about is that that in effect because of all of the gambling debts of banks and speculators have been put on to the books of the state that this would mean permanent austerity billions worth of colt's every year for at least a decade or more in order to meet the treaty targets and that we believe will do untold damage to the economy which is already very traumatized and impose even more suffering on working people on the less well off and the vulnerable in our society who have already been devastated by four years of austerity and talk to me more about that what's the socio economic backdrop against which this referendum is being how well in our now we have four hundred fifty thousand people unemployed we've had two hundred thousand people leave the country because there is no work we've got approximately three quarters of a million people living in poverty about a quarter of a million children living in poverty literally going to bed hungry at night we have public services that have been devastated by austerity cuts imposed by the e.u.

i.m.f. over the last four years so really people cannot take much more pain and equally if this has not done anything to help the economy recover the economy has tipped back into recession and i think if you look at the rest of europe it's clear the austerity policies have also driven the wider your ozone into into recession so we think we have to call a halt to. this policy which is simply not working which is doing extreme damage if you like to the social and economic fabric of europe and what's the atmosphere like a we have from the greeks that this constant pushing for more and more austerity from the government is creating this kind of atmosphere of fear in the country it's the same here yes i think the government's main weapon in trying to get people to vote yes has been fear trent's that money won't come out of the a.t.m. is that there be no money to pay pensions and social welfare so there's no positive reasons being given it's just we've got to take this austerity all the wise there will be disaster and in fact we think the disaster is happening already it's clear

greece have been if you like the major victims of austerity and now they're proposing to generalize that austerity model right across europe and it didn't work in greece what makes them think it's going to work in the rest of europe and what's at stake what's accepting and declining the pact actually mean for the irish people well i think if we accept we're essentially giving the government a mandate to impose austerity for the next ten or fifteen years if we vote no i think we will be aligning ourselves with a growing movement in europe that we've seen with the french elections with the greek elections recently with the big protest movements developing in spain and portugal and even in germany itself where the opposition are refusing to ratify this treaty and i think we will be aligning ourselves with those forces who are saying austerity hasn't work hasn't worked and that we need to focus on jobs investment financial stimulus and economic growth rather than the failed in describing the policy of austerity how financially integrated is. bank

bailouts that kind of thing oh were very deeply intertwined europe for our you know our biggest trading partners so there's no doubt our phase is linked to the wider european economy but i think there is a battle going on in europe as to whether we follow the merkel's our cosy model of austerity and bailing out banks. or whether we go in a different direction where we prioritize employment protection of public services . growth and we're certainly for the latter you seem so sure that the. funding to even if the vote does go against messes proposed by brussels what makes you say well i think there's an implication to europe bales countries and in fact what they're doing is bailing out the european financial system that's the reason they're providing assistance and if they perceive a trace to european banks to german french and british banks they will provide

funding because otherwise the entire eurozone will collapse so we think it's a bogus threat to suggest if we vote no they're going to cut off funding because they would be calling off their nose to spite their face almost every major political party in ireland is in the yes camp can so many political and economic minds be role governments have signed up have agreed to fight the treaty but in fact many of those governments are now finding themselves on able to actually get the treason through their parliaments so the dutch government have been unable to get it through their parliament francoise and is delaying the ratification precisely because he believes on its own it will do more damage to the french economy and now angela merkel cannot even get the fiscal treaty which she wrote effectively true the german parliament because the german opposition are saying it will mean more colds and do damage to the german economy so i think there's a real question mark over whether this treaty can be pushed through and we want to

add our ways to the forces in europe that are saying more austerity won't work and that we need a different approach the yes camp says if the fiscal pact isn't ratified irish people will be subject to hostile for longer it will be more expensive to borrow money on the international markets and there would be no more bailouts surely all of the situations that you would want to avoid no. i don't believe first of all it will be difficult for the austerity to be any worse than how it is being over the last four years we've had twenty four billion euro sucked out of the economy with devastating consequences and the fiscal treaty would require us to take more or less the same amount over the next number of years which can only have the effect of more unemployment more you can all mixed up nation more so for for people so we believe there is an alternative to that and that is to focus instead on investment jobs and growth rather than the continuous policy of bailing out the bondholders of the banks the calls the crisis in the first place what about this idea of it seems

that some of what is at stake a is this kind of emotional feeling of nationhood can i lend to forwards to have that kind of pride at the moment it's well i'd like to put it more in terms of democracy not just for our jim but for europe as a whole than what the fiscal treaty it will do with centralize more power over economic policy into the hands of the only elected european union commission and the european central bank and the european court of justice when really it should be democratically elected representatives both on a national level european level who should dictate policy as the people decide so we don't think we should tie ourselves into a treaty that will essentially enforce particular economic policy or dogma on people in perpetuity how far is at the moment from a greek situation i think if we continue down the road of austerity where about a year behind greece in terms of the devastation that is likely to be calls to the economy in our society as so we think it is very very urgent that we call

a halt to that and demand of both our government and european leaders in the policy of bailing out banks and paying for it with brutal austerity being imposed on the people when that is doing such obvious and serious damage to the economy and its prospects for recovery on and still dependent financing and. what's in the inspections to decide on each new tranche of money that's released that still the referendum results what can be done still well i mean certainly i don't believe the program is working and i don't believe it's a bailout for the irish people as i said i think it really is a bailout for the french british european banks the people who engage in the reckless speculation that has destroyed the european economy and on extreme damage to our economy so i think we have to strike a different path where we instead put the resources directly into infrastructural

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top stories this hour on r t syria's foreign ministry says armed gangs were responsible for the massacre in the town of houla and a bit to start a civil war now it says washington warns it's ready to sideline the un and go into syria. and vote on whether to handover the country's money matters to brussels if the majority decides to say yes to the so-called e.u. fiscal pact many fear double insolvency will be surrendered to. the father a poisoned security agent alexander litvinenko believes exiled russian tycoon bodies but is also the force behind his murder in london a tape with the information has been sent to british investigators. about with more news stories in full in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime kate is next with the latest sports news.

thank you for joining me there's a small round up on the first day of the french open with headlines seeds flying six time champion rafael adult players injury trouble andy murray in the last thirty two on a good day for the top ranked the french open. while france to struggle for crits about brushing aside. wimbledon champion powers into round three in paris rich rap about is an action suit. and third time lucky the russian women basketball team aiming to improve on two successive only big bronze medals by staking a claim for gold at this summer's day is in love. at first of the tennis in paris where defending champion rock solid hour has steamrollered denise this time with pakistan to coast into the third round of the french open the spaniard saved both break points and face to drop just four games on route to

a comprehensive six two six two six love victory the second seed needing to see two hours of world maintain his quest for record seventy seven best right. well because that was a down the murray overcame a back injury to battle back from a set of four two down to beat finance your home even n one six six six one six two and said we should be all right to soldier on. you know just a muscle spasm that's not. really concern by. very difficult to shake off especially you know you know it's early morning so it's a bit of time for your body to warm up and so. i'm not doing any damage was finishing. while there was also joy for the parties and home crowd after local favorite joe wilfred saunders finished off his rain delay the match. again cedric muscles of germany six two four six six two six one is the way this one

ended. up while russia's top man may call usually was also made to work but still progressed after beating death and robin hostler in straight sets and next up usually is spain's david ferrer to spawn's the bag with france wildly choice in off hours to another frenchman to me and belittled. while over in the women's draw second seed maria sharapova is waiting to kick off against japan as are you mean by rita want us to see a power change about last the first set that came back to be time gary unwilling to change the next day the czech republic's policy part of that is not time for another russian maria kirilenko. while reigning champion no earlier china was broken once but conceded just two games in the second set as the number seven seed outclassed france's stephanie for its six love six two. while earlier will and champion patrick critter had the better of poland. six one six three the

czech will make space russia that we know and they don't have the title chances. and the expectation i know in the last season was great for me and be ready to have a similar result as that last year so i just i noticed this season be right over the bridge so i think. you know i just would like to improve. every practice every match and also through is fellow former world number one caroline wozniacki the danish coasting past her australian team partner that got us over six one six four. now moving on to football and russia training in switzerland ahead of friday's friendly with italy in zurich their final warm up game theory twenty twelve head coach together god is still facing tough choices both for the number one position and the attacking line halters does. and didn't get his love must save boat. bridge that much fitness between the sticks in the previous two friendlies against uruguay and if you idea while alexander goes your goals adults

and your nonprofit genco all vying for the center forwards last friday's much against his out of ten dollars man it comes exactly you down week before russia's euro twenty twelve opener against the czech republic in the polish city of rights one of. where russia's possible quarterfinal opponents the netherlands beats live here today rotterdam to get their preparations back on track a sense of a surprise to one home defeat of all the area this time the iran you were in front of just seven minutes cornell so much i was guilty of an own goal i set off stuff and failed to pay the cost by returning. it to himself and i wasn't all to the east on top of on the autobahn to replace struggling playmaker which is neither and in spite of the host from then on the phone first hit the ball from a free kick swiftly scored the netherlands second with fifteen minutes to go the dutch will open their european campaign against denmark on june the night after going to want to find russia four years ago the been touted as the favorites by one

of their food restaurants. you have a group where the good run. to the top of. the ranking european ranking will be very good sort of the road because of their you know they have the right players. are offering big even thinking about. two years ago or for in their job to deduce ready. well in the meantime a defending champion spain were also victorious in that announcement from wounds but then to double space meant thrashed last korea forward in switzerland just historical fernando torres opened with a header after twelve minutes to talk up his first international goal in almost a year but joe human kim unleashed a thunderbolt to equalise for the asian side right before the break. however it was all spain after the interval as a alonzo converted a penalty. something cathal or netted a low for a kick off the wall jumped over the bow. substitute about on the grid

a completed the four one scoreline from a cross by fellow replacement for about a sub out of spain to face the silly in their groups and get downs on june the tenth. while in another high profile friendly one of the best parties prospects night a useful brazil signs to a comfortable four one win over the usa the twenty year old son just wanted to open from a penalty spot twelve minutes in before firing in a corner at the two other servants in the first half. well heck it is going is not it isn't a poor one back to the usa just before the interval. thank them are spectacular provided for brazil's third as marcello made it three one and one second. before to the provider himself substitute alexander potter latching on to the end of my seller's cross in the dying minutes so a straightforward win for brazil the last across the usa. to play hero teams

where there were no disrespect only counted just doing so dumb players are going to push the store limits and you know we through our word seem that we can play against the big boys know and compete not only just be out on the field so this gives a good force you know is a big crowd bigger environment. and we need this game going forward now it's a basketball and miami have taken a tuna lead in the best of seven eastern conference finals of the base in boston one hundred fifteen points to her. of the eleven in over time the matches died at ninety nine points a piece of regular time celtic the rage on the wrong day went on to play the entire game scoring all twelve of boston's overtime points to career high forty four. as ten assists and eight rebounds however it wasn't enough to be a hit as the bron james scored thirty four with why wade out and twenty three as miami wanted to donate to boston. it was grueling. you know exhausting you know you know we put a lot of effort in to come back. out again you know there was

a lot of credit for doing it but we should never do it so deep of a hole but give them credit you know they play very were early on i was on the ground all really on the people believe all game so who do we have to do to get a win finally staying with basketball and just on the team wants to go before their opening game at the london olympics the russian women's team are aiming to go at least one better than two previous bronze medal finishes and these games company here with special historical significance i don't think anyone's reports. since russia started to participate in the olympics as an independent state it has never tasted victory in either the man school women's competitions but twenty twelve represents two poignant stories for two major victories in soviet basketball in nineteen seventy two the men's team claimed their first ever olympic gold in munich in a dramatic final against the americans while two decades later in one nine hundred ninety two they women's unified team celebrated one of their big triumphs in

barcelona by defeating china in the decider and show ahead of the upcoming london games one of russia's leading players all got our attention admits even today it's hard to underestimate those achievements. that's when a song to be honest when you stand on such great place and feel that passion about this game it truly makes you understand how important such a victory could be for the country and it's also great to hear them wishing the best for us in an atmosphere like that however besides follow in the country's victorious footsteps the rein in european champions aiming high in their own right at the olympics their performance at the athens and beijing games and russia two consecutive drones mantles and this year barry sokolowski steam will definitely be looking for medals of higher value oh man goal is a victory of a victory but we're chiefs. asked for him to games for our

team. it must be. fourth or second place to achieve these goals the coaching staff would have to pick twelve players out of the twenty two that were called out for the nationals quart the absence of some of the team's long term leaders like so atlanta brought him over well merriest upon a through injury may seen you tell and step in on the trickle ways one such player well and to become one of the lucky dozen who are present russia in london in just under two months time and the twenty seven year old beliefs everyone has a chance to make the team you know i believe that this year. less people are guaranteed a place out believe that you know years before there has been seven or eight players for almost guaranteed you know unless they get into something they don't go but they always go this year believe it's going to be hard this is for the bulls inspired by the glorious results of previous generations and hungry for success so

they're on the russian team now heads into seven weeks of training and if their physical strength and technical skills could be joined by a little bit of luck the country's basketball history may acquire another distinguished chapter. r.t. moscow. that's all sports news bison.

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