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it is a pleasure to have you with us today. police. said coal miners who have converged on madrid in the country's latest huge protest against austerity cuts and they're angry at the government cutting subsidies to the mining sector by almost two thirds. as the latest. escalating violence today it's a continuation of what we've already seen in the past few weeks there already been pockets of protests around spain on reports that the government is planning again to cut even more subsidies to different industries in spain and today we're seeing the miners coming out onto the street tension escalating between them and the police essentially they are very angry at the fact that the subsidies for the coal mining industry is going to be cut by around two hundred million they say that about the russians about thirty thousand jobs according to the government that this

is a very highly offended highly subsidized industry but again given the situation that spain has been going through for the past few years now is the crisis started this is just in addition to what these people are already go we through twenty four percent unemployment in spain this is already before seen by a lot of people observing speed as the government continues to ask for a bailout from creditors as it continues to cut subsidies cost benefits for people but social upheaval social unrest is going to continue certainly it's not going to be surprising that the other spaniards would be coming out in solidarity with the miners because everybody is going to be affected by the cuts announced by a spanish prime minister he's planning about sixty five billion euros in cuts now and let's not forget why he's doing this this is the fourth tranche of cuts in spain and this is in exchange for the most the more recent one just a couple of days ago thirty billion euros for their bank bailout so this is again the condition set upon spain so in general i'm just going to read to you some of

the counties going to do increases first of all in the tax system so that will be cutting in consumer spending power he will also be cutting the bonuses unemployment benefits for those out of work for six months this is like a laundry list of just continuing costs of of what is already existing and so we will see more people not she's probably the miners again as i said earlier what's important to see here is the social upheaval in spain it's not unexpected entirely given the circumstances the country is already an. artist or city reporting that will mean time journalist and a writer job the spanish government is breaking its election pledges. these measures are taken against what the government had been promised been promising during the electoral campaign they said they would not raise taxes that would not raise the v a t that would not touch the holidays and the salaries soft public workers well they are doing that now so it's obviously yes we are under the

control of brussels there's no doubt we need to save the banks of course we need a banking system but the problem is that if to save the banking system we have to put in danger all of this money said kaname i have to remind you that spain didn't have a huge debt actually it was one of the lowest in europe now if it will go up to ninety percent of its g.d.p. and this is because of the banks so people are angry about that they think they can cope with these protests partly because. mining regions are of course very localized in certain areas of the country this are a small area just the truth is that the miners are getting a lot of solidarity because many people relate to them and sees their problems their own problems so well maybe the government is in for a surprise in that sense. you're watching on t.v. now tough negotiations have been taking place right here in moscow with russia's top diplomat the meeting being held there with the syrian national council the arab

countries main opposition alliance but the talks brought no meeting of the minds with the group insisting president assad's regime must be deposed before there will be peace while. standing by crucial talks between both sides are anything to come from this visit by the syrian opposition right here to the russian capital. in terms of optimism. after the talks we did hear from the syrian national council leaders sort of reinstating their demand that assad step down in fact they upped the demand saying that everyone associated with the current assad government must step down for talks to continue they also told us the head of the delegation had called for help from the u.n. security council in the form of a military intervention saying that we know what we know what reality intervention is all about essentially perhaps that is the option that they see forward for syria so you know for the situation the hope was that these these opposition groups can

sort of bridge their own internal divides in order to try to talk and negotiate and come to the solution although we have statements like this essentially calling again for action to remove assad blaming the russia for supporting the president assad that wasn't in the words of the opposition groups today it doesn't really look like the sea is going to be a solid b. assault b. assault b. assault b. assault b. assault. we do apologize to you having a bit of a technical glitch possibly somebody there's a mouse chewing on the cables that was. a little bit later here on the program but also we interviewed. the leader of another group in syria he says the syrian national council simply cannot speak for the. position. toppling a despotic regime such as the syrian government specially if they haven't got the

public on their side and then we have some people based outside syria amazing clear to their the opposition and the people behind them what it really is is a kind of creature of politics and an insult to the people the syrian national council should realize that they are but one group within the opposition and they're not entitled to speak on behalf of the entire opposition while this destruction on the ruling regime winds over ruin and suffer a strategic defeat i feel position when i will head of the country and condition. the minister of foreign policies had a bit of a technical glitch there let me just ask you if i can before we have another one says it wants the u.n. observer mission in syria to stay there for a long period of time what are russia's proposals for this. all the russians essentially want to extend the mission for another three months that original

mission is supposed to expire in about a few weeks what the russians are pushing for is to switch the mission from observing a cease fire that clearly hasn't really worked so far focusing on ways of implementing a political transition in some sort of a dialogue within syria now it doesn't really look at this point like they're having a lot of support from the western members of the u.n. security council the u.s. and european powers namely and of course with the syrian national council calling for the. council to consider a military solution it doesn't really seem like that's going to boost the argument here but again you know these things could change minute by minute day by day so we'll have to see what. you want as the days go by. going on for seventeen months already in all the time. the opposition has basically been refusing to come to the negotiating table to try and find some sort of peace resolution here they are in moscow again they come for talks but again there are unwilling to budge

where do you think we are now when it comes in terms of prospects for international mediation efforts is that all a smokescreen i mean can you can we take any stock in mediation efforts. it's so hard to tell at this point i mean perhaps if you know we wind the clock back and have more powers at the table more dialogue with different factions within syria perhaps things could have turned out differently i mean if we look at the regional players here saudi arabia namely in the iran they have never been brought to the table formally by the powers in the u.n. that was one of the proposals actually that the russian government would come out what they offered to host a talks right here involving more regional players trying to sort of get all of the muscle power possible to try to resolve this conflict peacefully but again it really as you say seems like all the sides of dug in and are really changing from their positions perhaps perhaps perhaps diplomacy really won't be the answer here

but let's certainly hope it won't come to that we all know what happened with the example of libya which. you see coming up there in central moscow thank you. well still to come here on the program. he thought of a cuban leader raul sent a big fan of the russian winter comes instead during blazing summer sunshine for a three day visit right here to moscow he's having talks with russian president vladimir putin. ten minutes past the hour here times in greece a meeting difficult ones for immigrants as well with the economic crisis being blamed for reports of increased racial intolerance a recent human rights group report suggests that police are refusing to give assistance to foreign victims of abuse and are accused of often failing to investigate complaints properly. not takes a look at allegations of xenophobia and austerity referenced greece. all around the country crumbles some parts of greece acing firm foundations take root.

in that we want a nationalistic state all of them should go back to where they came from the word of an elected official as unemployment grows hand in hand with extremist sentiments looking for people to blame for their current plight the golden dawn party has proven to be the prime outlet for public anger get that if you ask me about violence i would have to say yes we do have violence in greece but not the violence you're suggesting it is the violence that thousands of greek suffer from by those goings of foreigners that we have allowed to govern accumulate in our land. despite spouting racism from the podium and scandals including physically assaulting politicians live on air the party still secured around seven percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections. campaigning with a promise to throw all sick immigrants out of their hospital beds and incendiary pledge as having dire consequences as greece and in particular athens have seen

a spike in the number of hate crimes i have seen almost they are that's the bad things that they are going to i suppose head by said very seeming that these attacks are happening at night and therefore ever doesn't integrate by people who are often for dead and armed with clouds. came to greece two years ago fleeing war torn somalia but he's found no peace in athens i want to wish if i'd known what it was going to be like here i would never have left somalia from what happened to you when you're attacked. they beat me to the ground and ran over my leg with a bike. his case is by no means unique the mother of these children was also assaulted while pregnant the perpetrators remain at large. it's in neighborhoods like this in central things where an increasing number of times are taking place

the so-called vigilante groups in discreet. minorities. victims say there's little point turn to police they're just not interested. greece's immigrant influx is worse than any other e.u. country is poorest border with turkey where ninety percent of all those seeking refuge into europe and in a country that train and nationalist rhetoric is flooding into mainstream politics i think. the here are the groups. that insists it's an e.u. wide problem which hardpressed greece ends up paying for twice with the agreement what happens is once one illegal immigrant is been caught in there in another place in europe he's going back to the country that he entered europe and.

that means the end up in greece. pleads for more e.u. support the refugees just keep on coming the danger for them is not the trouble they're fleeing from but the fire of extremism they're entering j.q. greece r.t. happens and are coming your way here on the program that of america in asia hillary clinton makes a story visit to laos the country scarred by the leave the legacy of the vietnam war which continues to pose a threat to its citizens. while he admits to being a fan of the russian winter but cuban leader raul castro has chosen the blazing summer sunshine to begin begin a three day visit write it on moscow including talks about amir putin as artie's sean thomas reports the two nations who have long been friends will be discussing new ways over furthering cooperation. relations between cuba and russia have always been strong and this meeting between the two leaders castro and vladimir putin

serves to reaffirm those relations in fact this is the third time that they've met the first time back in two thousand in havana cuba and a second time here in moscow one time three years ago and then this meeting that just took place now in this meeting they discussed trade agreements and the economy how they can help each other's economies grow and also diversify also they talk about mutual ways that they can invest in each other's governments and economy another way is energy transportation and telecommunications industries the ways that both countries can work to shore up those industries now continuing in his brother's footsteps fidel castro the cuban revolutionary and former leader of cuba raul castro this is his international tour if you will before coming to russia he was in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mention that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took

that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia. correspondent sean thomas right there all of our news and much more always available for you online just log on to our website r t dot com let's see some of the stories are standing by for you there at the moment for example religious activists are calling for facebook to be banned in russia but all of this over the site same sex marriage status icons depicting two brides and two grooms. also learn how a new american law could give legal immunity to a biotech companies involved in planting cultivating genetically modified crops. now the rescue operation in russia is southern cross in the region wrecked by massive floods last friday has now come to an end the exact death toll is still unclear but at least one hundred sixty two people have lost their lives tens of

thousands been made homeless by it all the head of the region has ordered the repair destroyed vital communications and other services in the area within twenty four hours hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid has been sent from all over the country to help those affected along with many rescue volunteers now as the risk of new floods has passed citizens are fearing possibly new dangers from landslides. well hillary clinton is on a southeast asian tour this week focusing on economic and military concerns it's the first visit of any u.s. secretary of state to allow our sin more than five decades but washington hoping that a country that it once showered with bombs will become an ally in the region artie's guy nature can has this story. the u.s. secretary of state is on a busy eight nation tour in asia it's seen as part of the obama administration's asia pacific pivot policy and for the first time since nineteen fifty five u.s.

secretary of state visit one of the poorest nations in south asia we still can't get over the dire consequences of the u.s. attacks during the vietnam war even though laos was officially a neutral country at the time between nineteen sixty seven and nine hundred seventy three the u.s. dropped two hundred sixty eight million cluster bomb submunitions on it more than was dropped on germany and japan combined during world war two the u.s. bombed laos so hard that it became the most bombed nation per capita in history and average of one ton of bombs was dropped for every man woman and child in laos now the grave part is that it's not over yet a third of the bombs they did not explode and still continue to kill washington is that considering a long term commitment to spend ten million dollars a year to clean up laos from those unexploded american bombs aid was estimated at

that rate it will take over a thousand years for laos to be decontaminated about why ten million why not more i spoke with author and activist fred brafman take a listen you're spending one hundred two million dollars on the members three and only ten million dollars i'm saving people's lives and this new embassy used me to there's a list of ten u.s. embassy officials in walls who are no again the only thing i consider is the joes here they don't regard lotion people as human beings all they don't hate him we have nothing against them but. just in regard to tell you as an american i very well from here. hobo orders including secretary clinton talking about personal responsibility take years sponsibility for your actions but that's something that leaders should to their people they themselves take no responsibility whatsoever for their moods and kill interactions. will be joining in

for the business for human rights activist in bahrain has been sentenced to three months in jail for criticizing the prime minister on twitter the sentencing for the banning of a prominent islamist. government protests meanwhile clashes between demonstrators and police continue daily in the country with tear gas being used. as a crackdown on dissent in contrast with its leaders shop criticism of syria. it's blown to the regime it shows the weakness of the regime it shows that the al khalifa are continuing to be very scared of this pro-democracy opposition that is supported by all with three quarters of the population that is out on the streets on a daily basis and demanding democracy demanding their rights and the regime is

banning. which is a political party that has a long history in bahrain. a respectable party and they want their republic they want a democracy and. that is why they're being targeted here they're firing tear gas canisters. that are injuring many of the protesters and killing some of the older people just in the protest because this is deadly. and of course the georgians continue to jail and continue. and whole areas to many observers and international about the so-called friends of syria are being backed by. autocratic monarchs in the world saudi arabia. bahrain regimes that have no history of democracy at all put the lie to this free syrian

army bunch of mercenaries have no legitimacy. all right straight to the yemeni capital sanaa to start off the r.t. walt update for us where at least people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police academy i reports say the bomber blew himself up as could debts were leaving classes al-qaeda is active in the country with chance being in political turmoil since last year. thousands of gathered in cairo's to reassess square to protest against the supreme court locking on the president to crito reconvene parliament protesters called the judge's decision illegitimate and denounced the generals egypt's parliament was dissolved last month by the ruling military council after the court ruled the election of a third of m.p.'s in valid because of voting irregularities. people have been protesting on the streets of saudi arabia after an activist was killed during the latest clashes with security forces the unrest has been fueled by

the detention of dissidents and growing calls for political freedoms and civil rights tensions in the country are rising with the shiite minority is demanding greater rights from saudi sunni. and heavy rains have struck odessa in ukraine causing severe floods and damages the striking footage right here big destruction to roads and traffic emergency crews are battling to deal with the situation as we speak of course that follows a massive deluge last friday in a nearby southern russian region of course i was present on that region where brought in from sixty. or let's get back to our top story for you here on r t the latest pictures just in from madrid where there have been a violent clashes at a big demonstration against austerity let's have a look right here we are the police and security forces have been firing rubber bullets and using batons and dispersing the crowds of coal miners who have

converged on the road trip and also been joined by thousands of other demonstrators who came out. to vent their anger at the government cutting subsidies to the mining sector by almost to. bring you the latest on what's happening there as soon as we get it again these are the latest pictures to come to us here tonight from italy. or it could here standing by for us to be off the personal stuff let's get the latest for this hour so the latest on the street or should i say wall street pretty exactly the u.s. markets are now open very so we're going to have a look at the figures for wall street's i we can see that investors they're very much on the fence at the moment they're awaiting the minutes of last month's federal reserve meetings the signs if they're going to get further stimulus or not as we see the dow jones and nine basis points down the nasdaq six basis points is pretty flat really it must be says abercrombie and fitch shares are up over seven percent that's following media reports that the retailer is readying

a large stock buyback program so starting with the u.s. j.p. morgan is going to demand that millions of dollars from executives it believes lost the bank billions in a strategy the under five c.e.o. jamie diamond is calling flawed complex poorly reviewed poorly executed paul the monitor of the f b i got involved also the bank's traders along the wild run up huge losses several top managers including chief investment officer ina joe have already quit it's but diamond wants him to return the money as well the land is expected to report wreck or losses on friday i keep track of that now another bank having a bad time of it at the moment is just the same the financial economic and apologize for letting clients launder money through the lens up the u.s. senate is expected to question executives as part of its hearing calls vulnerabilities to money laundering drugs and terrorist financing hey just b.c.

case history comes after barclays boss bob diamond said. story for the bank consistently regaining interest right now more strive for europe four and a half million more jobs could be lost in the region that's what the international labor organization is saying that if the e.u. continues to force or terrorists eight now they are calling for job creation policies instead the director general said unless told to measures all taken to increase the rate economy investments the economic crisis would depend on the employment recovery will never take off so with that in mind as have a look at the european markets we can see that they are struggling in today's session the dax so it's a change of fortunes it's managed to drag itself into positive territory but is the result on the breeze had is that a really taking a hit meanwhile spanish stocks are rallying the softer drafted by buyout specifications revealed i was also got burberry as well as down to six percent off to sell show to clients the facts books out on the common currency that it remains

near those two. while the ruble as has evolved it's a stand against the u.s. dollar on the european currency as well the russian market is going to be closing up in just over five minutes time they have a tough day following on from europe the fray much mirroring what's happening despite yesterday's gains that we saw that have a look at the oil markets and now overall crude production over to a role of last month for the first time a woman to death case of iran led to decline and i takes it out for cars ahead of the european union banned. from the night shift. moving on to other news that russia's oil. after how significantly increased its cuban spendings over a decade the company plans to invest three billion dollars into the island's oil and gas development the company has worked in cuba since two thousand and nine and has already invested around forty billion dollars into the republic's energy set up

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