in a statement to us he said we're also working closely with other government departments to create a hostile environment which makes it much harder to migrants to live in the u.k. illegally the government's made a lot of noise about is that there's the cut immigration but at the total seven hundred billion pound government spending budget just one point nine billion is allocated to the u.k. border agency that's just a third of one percent it's an incredibly small amount and historically underfunded and still cripplingly under-resourced the u.k. border agency is now under pressure and the latest revelations that more than one hundred fifty thousand migrants the missing could just be the tip of the iceberg let me explain where about one hundred fifty thousand figure came from issues to catch people have applied to extend the leave to remain in the u.k.

refused and then go into a much bigger part and that's your legal immigrant population in the u.k. or it's hard for different people to try and come up with different results. million sounds about what number of people are here only about half which are actually in london immigration lawyer tells us this is the blue agencies to have any hope of reducing the number of missing migrants they need to radically change their approach i think you need two percent store promoting a very tough line because the people who absorb the top flight in the media or of course the markets and sells and they don't come forward if you can promote a transparent and fair lines they will take every case individually. they want to go but these individual groups can stay those people would come forward as hundred fifty nine would go down instantly and then applications could be processed properly instead it seems it will be a need database that will be depended upon to track down those staying in britain illegally expected to launch next month amongst the companies bidding for the

tender is g four s. g four s. the company that created a high profile controlled the sea recently when it failed to deliver enough stuff for the olympic games they're seeking their multi-million pound contract it's a place to aid the clean up of a catalogue of disasters and mismanagement in the immigration system so if r.c. london. tens of thousands of people have gathered at the funeral of a leading muslim scholar who was killed in a terror attack in russia's caucuses republican dagestan earlier on tuesday local police say a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the home of the cleric at least six others were also killed ortiz tom blanton has more seventy four year old shaikh side of funding was a leading muslim scholar a spiritual leader and an offer in dagestan in russia's north caucasus he had thousands of followers there was a previous attempt on his life in two thousand and seven which was foiled however

this time a female suicide bomber dressed as a pilgrim entered his house and detonated a bomb belt around her waist investigations are ongoing earlier in the russian city of central russia the region's religious head it's more fifty was wounded and his deputy was killed they were both moderate muslim preachers who've spoken out against extremism investigators say that may have been the reason that they were targeted the government is adamant that attacks such as this shouldn't drive a wedge between russia's religious communities. and now to other stories making headlines around the world in this world update french prosecutors have opened murder investigation concerning the death of palestinian leader yasser arafat and that's why they filed a legal complaint after the swiss institute found traces of polonium a rare and highly lethal substance on his personal belongings arafat was reported to have died of a stroke in paris in two thousand and four but rumors that he was poisoned have

persisted in the arab world. american troops have escaped criminal charges over the burning of copies of the qur'an in afghanistan earlier this year they received administrative punishment after the investigation revealed that over one hundred holy books were destroyed in a separate incident marines caught on film urinating on the dead bodies of taliban insurgents were also reprimanded scandals treated widespread protests and calls from afghan president hamid karzai to punish those responsible. but swept through kenya's coastal city leaving at least three people dead as the unrest into the second day. as a nation of a prominent muslim cleric accused of links to al qaeda by u.s. and u.n. people took to the streets during the riots a police truck was attacked with a grenade killing two officers and wounding sixteen others in the rights groups have accused kenya's police of carrying out extra judicial killings and forced disappearances in the country. tropical storm isaac heading to the u.s.

gulf coast to strengthen to the status of hurrican it could well flood the shore of four u.s. states with heavy rains on its way to new orleans seven years after katrina struck killing nearly two thousand people twenty four have already died in severe weather in haiti alone the storm causing significant damage throughout the caribbean however despite the conditions the republican party convention has opened in florida after being delayed by. with the u.s. presidential election looming an author and scholar at a major washington think tank and ravine he believes it offers american voters little choice. it's sort of like. coke and pepsi and level of antagonism and out of we exist in the places where those things are manufactured and marketed at the level of underlying political vision or underlying

political orientation. there isn't that much difference and romney would probably be perfectly happy doing what obama does we have a media which is so thoroughly controlled not all the institutions that manufacture opinion are so pervasive and our electoral system has become basically i can advertising it's become a sales promotions their brands and there are people trying to sell different products that's a pressure that most people are most people aren't even aware that there is an alternative. and you can watch that interview in full in just over an hour from now here on r.t. . the top of global player in arm sales the united states tripled its weapons export to a record high there were sixty six billion dollars last year and in the shuffle from the task force on national and homeland security believe such huge supplies won't make the world a safer place. we have

a huge military industrial complex which requires all sorts of care and feeding but that's part of the deal frankly as we start to look at mission military operations in iraq and afghanistan the brutal truth is this we have an industry which is looking for new markets i mean we're talking about the u.s. ten times larger and its exporting of weapons right now than the russians with that said no one believes for a minute expanded markets are going to help make things more peaceful obviously the more the greater and blocks of these weapons into any country especially some of those in the middle east which are very clean and stable i think go very far if you continue to see rather just new stabilization middle east as we go. so india wants to join russia's vast optic shelf dimitris and a business desk to tell us more that's right well it's rich in resources but hard to get to so russia needs

a lot of investment but on the other hand it's of course could promise a huge returns in the end as of course the resource is also rich footsie percent of the world's untapped gas reserves in russia's arctic shelf well india could be joining companies like a u.s. oil major exxon mobil norway's stats well it's in these any in this quest as. to reports. india is eager to grab its own piece of the arctic shelves energy rich pie india's. is looking to have a stake in one of three joint ventures russia's roast has planned with america's exxon mobil italy's norway's stat oil under the deal each of the non russian partners would have a thirty three percent stake in one of the projects with ro snapped and pay for all the initial exploration cause india's oh n.g.c. wants roast now to let it buy into one of the three projects but if that doesn't

happen it says it's willing to look into one of twelve future projects russia has plans in that reach it it also says that if it can't get its hands on a thirty three percent stake it's willing to settle for much less at around eight per cent there is a lot at stake here the u.s. geological survey says that thirty percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and thirteen percent of the world's undiscovered oil can be found in this region while india still has one of the largest economies in the world it has faced a sharp slowdown in the past year with limited growth in the country's i t and call center industries european stagnation has also impacted the indian economy which exports a lot to the eurozone countries so india is really looking for new development projects and believes that tapping in to the natural resources in the arctic shelf

could be a potential answer to its economic problems. move over to the stock market start with the united states where indices are looking positive this with the dow jones up slightly a slight bit with nasdaq up word quarter of a percent well here we've got home sales prices growing two point three percent in the past month which is monthly on a monthly basis a huge jump over the past decade and on the other hand limiting gains is shrinking consumer confidence in the month for for gas which fell to sixteen point six and that was pretty unexpected. over in the europe we have also seen a negative assertion with a pussy down slightly. declining point six percent and that's as a top german politician alex dobrynin said greece's year exit is basically inevitable also known as suring news from spain where g.d.p.

fell point four percent from the previous quarter and that also came in worse than expected to move over to currencies in the euro is gaining against the dollar as you can see there close to this day's intraday high and that's on the back of the european central bank calling to ease the basil the liquid liquidity requirements for banks and they therefore facilitate the a rescue program for european the european financial system whereas the russian ruble fell against both parents sees losing almost two percent versus the euro and on the russian markets a pretty quiet day looking in different directions with b.r.t. as the climbing the my six helped by financial shares notably bag which was up more than one percent actually almost two percent one point eight to be exact. now poverty is back in europe according to a consumer goods giant unilever the owner of the personal and lipton brand says

they now treat the e.u. as an emerging market selling washing powder and mayonnaise and small packs and creating low cost. brands the t. and all the oil companies european the head adds that if i consume a in spain spends just seventeen euro zone shopping i can't sell them washing powder off the budget. tables out for the consumer market in europe on day so it puts things in perspective doesn't it thanks very much indeed dimitri well love very shortly it's over to mexico is when the latest report from the front line of what he calls a financial wall that's all for the headlines coming up very shortly.

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