the euro zone's are weaker nations are striving for growth the motorcycle of. more people are left on able to afford the basic essential. iran is key in solving problems in the middle east so says the un secretary general. of washington aims to downplay the meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. . ukraine's former prime minister will not walk free as the country's high court rejects her appeal against a seven year sentence for abusing. a

very warm welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. a number of tough choices facing the eurozone struggling southern states as they battle to stay afloat at a meeting in germany italy's technocrat prime minister is seeking to help rome's soaring costs but it's binding europe closer together. major concern cash cow berlin may soon be faced with another bailout burden though spain's leader is waiting for action from europe central bank before deciding whether to ask for help but one of its regions has meanwhile run out of money. and i.m.f. inspectors are in portugal to rule if the country has tied into its belt enough to receive more cash in may lisbon was forced into seeking seventy eight billion euros worth of rescue but portuguese. says the bailout system is trapping the nations in a vicious circle. our deficits targets our target targets will

not be achieved and for a very simple reason that the medicine that. we have given to the party is the economy is soft if you take the economy is contracting so there is much less tax collection than what we had before so mainly because of a huge crowd on tax collection the portuguese government is again. and balanced budget which was after all the main point of having the money from that from the troika i think that there is an invasion on part of mainly berlin and paris to have greece as the sole example of the medicine not working so in order to achieve that it is very important to portray portugal else a country that is not that is unlike reese ireland as a country that is and like greece and everybody else as countries that are and like greece sort of say the problem that the greek problem then characterized as

a problem of the greek political ethos of the greek government is certain of greek history or culture or whatever the recession and austerity is not working either in greece portugal or ireland that seems to be no way out. but it does look like the austerity programs imposed across europe have done little to stem the spread of poverty and that's forcing companies that have long been making a profit on the european market to drastically rethink their strategies to cater for people struggling to make ends meet artists or are silly or investigates. with more than eighty million people in the e.u. would risk of poverty including twenty million children this has become an all too common sight in european cities as a debt crisis and its effects drag on from madrid to athens and even brussels twenty three year old the wrong is one of many jobless and homeless europeans when he's not out looking for a job he sits of this corner reading his favorite classics hoping to receive enough

money from passers by to buy some food for himself and his dog. before the crisis i had an apartment i worked as a group leader in youth camps there hasn't been much of a difference for me since then except the bread is more expensive everything is more expensive if i meet someone who gives me an opportunity and tells me ok you can work next week i'll say yes ok i'll try and if it works it works if not the nevermind. but the numbers don't paint a nice picture for people like no home and share everything is increasing and defeats almost all indicators the call for the job thing for a sofa isn't thing everything is fine if it has it's property. they. bitch cry or snow kind of pick a fence or touch the most so this means it's my business that hire consequences for people to work with and big companies are taking notice take you to lever for

example the company behind a slew of consumer products for shampoos started to look at europe from a different. it's european business told the financial times deutschland that poverty is returning to europe multinationals in fast moving consumer goods are seeing the state of poverty in europe as more than just a passing trend the thinking of readjusting the strategies they use here and in point those that they use in developing countries such as asia where you find packaging like this one from this asian store and what you call sachets for each piece is much cheaper than a bigger package and therefore easier on the pockets of consumers a practice the company has already started doing in spain and greece people have to store savings on their most basic needs. shampoo foods so that's really showing you. what the crisis really means for many

struggling people in europe there's rather a disproportionate burden on individual citizens. specifically the increasing fear the rates near the on the most basic problems so everyone uses it in their daily lives i'm sure this has a huge effect a crippling effect on people like simone a homeless woman and pensioner who only has three euros to spend each day. i can't feel different so i try to live where i can i don't see much my doing too much a tool it's all because of the you're right many people have problems because of the crisis problems that make the e.u. is target of reducing poverty and social exclusion by at least twenty million people over the next eight years seem further out of reach. tests are still here r t brussels. and as you are struggling to pull itself out of the crisis political maneuverings in the u.s. are trying to do the same but we look at whether a change of president can lead to

a change of fortune some help battle unemployment and the high taxes would more later this hour as the republicans place all their hopes on mitt romney. now the united nations secretary general ban ki moon has arrived in terre ran to take part in the summit of the non aligned movement that's basically a bloc of countries that don't consider themselves in union with the u.s. washington has voiced criticism of the u.n. chief's a visit to iran and of the gathering in general let's discuss this further with our u.n. correspondent and i start chucking are now joining us live here in the moscow studio it is lovely to have you on the program thanks so much for filling in on this story just started some one hundred twenty countries that is two thirds of the u.n. at this meeting of the summit of the movement in tehran there but banki moon was urged not to go that's right the curious case of bonn ki-moon we have the united states really screaming at the top of their lungs weeks before the summit started that bunky moon doesn't need to go that it's really unbecoming for somebody in his

position to go to the summit because it's being held in tehran and we've heard this from israel from the west everybody says. so we've heard it from the from the fairly standard groups israel the us here you know he has america not attending a global summit we know that in the past it's been hosted in venezuela it's been hosted in bolivia now which in turn on and all the alarms go off and surround it with him part about it is that this is a rotating summit this is the sixteenth time i think that it's taking place and the only noises coming because of iran like this is a rotating presidency like anywhere else like the security council like a general and as they always say when any subject comes to iran they immediately say over iran and its nuclear issue america started to be successful with iran and to be opposed to shut it shut down its nuclear program. then we must follow the isolation but here we have one hundred twenty countries zero in on terror on seems to me who's being isolated here this is the fun part about the story really of henri because you know in my book for example if somebody invites

a party and one hundred twenty people show up i don't think that's isolation the people who are not going are being isolated in this case it's the united states and the west and you know we know of course that all of these countries are in fact supporting what's going on and they are discussing nuclear nonproliferation in iran that the u.s. is complaining about so that's right so that you know they're talking about nuclear proliferation which as you said is a big subject that america always zeroes in on the crosshairs but also that of syria iran saying that with this group of the not aligned movement they want to work together to get a solution on syria or that america or the u.n. they basically tend to stick to the democracy by bombing campaigns absolutely while everybody you know is criticizing the summit the topics they're actually discussing such as syria that the whole world is you know completely puzzled about what to do they are planning to put together some sort of peace plan on syria and maybe the united states is afraid really that an alternative could come up and that one hundred twenty countries could actually sign up to something else that the u.s. is not support that is something else not dictated by america or the u.n.

i mean is it possible here i dare say i might be moving a bit beyond my balance here is a possible the world's policeman has got a case of sour grapes oh i think you might be right absolutely because you know the west in the west is staying away from this while iran is hosting the summit where they're discussing issues that the u.s. wants to control you know and run in the sand such as syria such as the nuclear nonproliferation especially when it comes to iran and here they are discussing these issues that you know the u.s. would like to be part of but is left behind and then what about thanking the u.s. could you general against the advice of washington do you see in capitol hill he is attending this summit into iran at the same time though what people are ignoring is that he's been given permission to examine nuclear sites and yet washington is expecting him to come back with harsh rhetoric your thoughts on that harsh rhetoric . you know we were hoping that would be very harsh on iran that he would go there and untraditional it for him it's surprising that they were expecting this because he is a very soft spoken diplomat that the u.s. was saying hopefully he'll go and he'll be very aggressive and tell iran off but

what actually ended up happening was one came and said look iran could be a very effective mediator when it comes to middle eastern issues and that's what he said and something the u.s. i'm sure wasn't expect what we we just had a few comments of just the other day from the u.s. state department. the should be no reason why delegates from so many massive regional countries should be attending this summit in toronto why structure so such strong statements from the u.s. state department do you think they're worried i think it is because this is a bloc actually has been around for a very long time ok and it comprises like we said two thirds of the united nations general assembly and you don't really all it takes is taking a tiny little sneak peek at the world map to see exactly how big of a chunk of the global politics really this group represents and this is something that is probably worrisome to the u.s. and the fact that ban ki moon is supporting this and going there that iran is hosting it that they're talking about issues that the u.s. would like to have more control of think that's everything is making the u.s.

nervous but also it's quite enjoyable dare i say it's the western media the whole western media reaction to this summit has been all this controversial summit because it's happening in iran you know on the global stage with the united nations with nato with this summit of the nonaligned movement in tehran you would hope that the global players would all work together to find a peaceful resolution in syria to find a peaceful resolution to iran's alleged nuclear program but he would appear to some we have a grouping of the west versus the east and they're just going head to head every second of every day you know very good points and just bringing up the whole controversy issue that i think it's really the favorite word of the u.s. media sometimes and in this particular case it's not really clear what this controversy stems from because we have country. that make up the general assembly at the united nations we have the secretary general of the united nations we have a summit about non-nuclear proliferation and iran is hosting it what is really the

controversy here i don't see that you know the the summit is ongoing as we're speaking right here in moscow so we'll have to see how it pans out but the having our u.n. correspondent live in the studio with great pleasure thanks for coming into town. where you're watching r.t. live from the russian capital the u.n. chief ban ki-moon has said he's planning to use the visit to address the crisis in syria in just a few minutes here on r t we look into the latest developments in the country and how world powers can make the media withhold information they don't want the public to see. now ukraine's highest court has rejected an appeal by former prime minister yulia timoshenko against her conviction for abuse of power who was sentenced to seven years in prison last year for a role in agreeing on a gas deal with russia which the current government says has weakened ukraine's economy to show believes the case against her is politically motivated that's a claim backed by washington and europe is a legacy of a chef ski reports from kiev. ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who

is now spending seven years in prison will not where free this is according to the high specialized court of the country which rejected her appeal which had been running for several months now in fact it started in may it had been postponed on several occasions now the court has delivered its decision and it believes that the initial verdict which was given to you to assange we're told will last year will stand and there is there are no reasons whatsoever to counsel the decision of the court like reminds one of you is that you are too much time has been prison to seven years for the legit abuse of power when she was signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine now certainly this case has been causing great political resonance and social resonance in the country with hundreds protesting against her imprisonment today was no exception indeed several hundred of our supporters gathered outside the high specialized court to voice their protest against the

imprisonment believing this case was completely politicized now we also know that to you it's a mistake was defending lawyers took this case to the european court of human rights history which has already started hearings on this case but it is expected that its decision will be delivered no less in two or three months from now but clearly the fact that this decision in kiev has been delivered may haste in the process of the decision in the european court of human rights we'll just have to wait and see whether this decision will be will come out any time quicker a lot of international criticism has been drawn because of. stace victory on the court which and the authorities in ukraine have been fairly criticized by the european union namely by the german chancellor angela merkel who even refused to come to the euro twenty twelve football championship because of the tomasz ankle case certainly today's verdict may today's decision by the court may provoke more negative reactions coming worldwide and certainly will be key. of all these

reactions i will be delivering all the latest news to our viewers as we get it. here and of course i will be tracing the continuing a controversy on that story on our website r.t. dot com or let's have a quick look and see what else is lined up for you there right now in indian business one quarter is after all after opening a clothes shop called it which he claims of the nickname given to his grandfather i'll find out why he's unrepentant despite local outrage. across the u.s. navy seal releases a new book which casts fresh light on the killing of osama bin laden and his pakistani compound all those details that dot com. it was a pleasure to have you with us here on our to today syria's president says more time is needed to win the war against rebel forces and warned against the threat of a no fly zone being imposed over the country as the opposition claims government forces intensified airstrikes on rebel held areas but heavy shelling was reported

in damascus and the northwestern province of it believe a deadly car bomb attack on a funeral procession on tuesday that killed dozens of people have sparked a wave of mutual friends by but actions and this article. media is painting a different picture to the one that president assad is trying to present. it was another disturbing example of the many atrocities committed throughout the syrian war a truck bomb with homemade explosives headed for a checkpoint to the entrance of syria's largest city. but the men that are loading it aren't assad forces they're one of the many groups fighting under the banner of the free syrian army and their captive is said to be a member of the should be a militia with very close ties to the outside government the video filmed by the new york times and turn into an on air segment by the b.b.c. captured what human rights groups called evidence of an attempted murder a potential war crime under international law video of rebels from the free syrian

army trying to use a prisoner as an unwitting suicide bomber in their attacks on government forces now the cameras didn't follow the prisoner who had no idea that while being blindfolded he was actually embarking on a suicide mission he simply thought that he was being given his freedom the very next morning he was said to have a scaped after the bombs failed to detonate and the b.b.c. had aired the story on august twenty second but this glimpse into the darker side of some of the tactics now being used in the uprising never aired again the story was also pulled from the b.b.c. website the network told me that this was due to copyright issues and this very video raises the question about whether such tactics may be more widespread among the opposition than what has been previously documented they have yet to draw the same level of scrutiny as the crimes committed by the government were challenged in syria is met with more whether by the government or the rebels the violence seems to be the name of the game and he further shatters the prospects for peace agreement reality for the civilians caught in this bitter war. for r.t.

and moscow an american author kevin barrett says it is not surprising that powerful forces can push the media into withholding pictures or information they don't want the public to witness. it's pretty obvious what happened which is that the b.b.c. reported some news that higher ups in the western intelligence apparatus don't want them to report so they force them to take it out and that doesn't surprise me at all that's just one example of many examples of b.b.c. complicity in this military agenda you know the b.b.c. is heavily complicit in this series of wars of aggression that were triggered by the events of nine eleven and it's very sad because western journalism used to be more independent and today everybody and all the big outfits located the big in speaking countries are putting out propaganda twenty four seven three sixty five and there was an american author kevin barrett talking to us just a little bit earlier. twenty past the hour here in the russian capital pirates have

seized a greek owned oil tanker off the west coast of africa with twenty four crew members on board all of them russian the hijackers exchanged gunfire with security forces from togo but escaped on the tanker and this according to the international maritime bureau a similar recent incident in the region saw the crew released after the oil on board was stolen a piracy has escalated in west africa with thirty six attacks so far this year that's including several hijackings. into the r.t. world up that we go now we will start with egypt which says it will extend its offensive against militants in the sinai peninsula the campaign was launched after militants attacked and killed dozens of border guards a month ago the operation has raised fears in israel about the movement of arms into the area near its border where there are restrictions on weapon deployment under a current peace treaty or the sinai region has seen widespread disorder since the

overthrow of hosni mubarak last year. a military outpost on pakistan's afghan border has been attacked by taliban militants nine soldiers reportedly killed it comes amid unrest that gripped the country's largest city karachi for a second straight day in a so far claimed twenty four lives the violence is linked to the pakistani branch of the taliban which issued threats in response to a government offensive in the militant stronghold of north waziristan. thousands of students have clashed with police in chile as capital santiago after a demonstration demanding better public education turned violent protesters set up fire barricades and threw rocks at police who responded with tear gas water cannons and paintball guns activists say the state education system is low quality expensive and unfair. the orleans is bracing itself for hurricane isaac as high winds and heavy rains have begun battering the city it comes on the

seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina which killed nearly two thousand people in louisiana over one hundred thousand have been left without power it's one of four u.s. states risks with president obama warning residents to heed all evacuation warnings the story me the hurricane has already claimed the lives of twenty four people in haiti. this time severe weather couldn't stop republicans from officially nominating their candidate for the race for the white house and mitt romney will face barack obama in november the election but political blogger richard spencer says it doesn't matter who takes office neither will solve the country's economic woes. it's wrong to believe that a president really any president has so much power that he can with a magic wand make the dow jones industrial average go up or it will increase in oil no president can really do this and another thing that's connected with that is

that a lot of these economic problems quite warm in the making and if you really look back at what caused the financial crisis of two thousand and eight it wasn't horror george bush's policies to get anyone with the paulson to hold it into a thirty year mortgage but it was also the federal reserve's policy of essentially giving up free money to banks when it comes to low interest rates and also bailouts and things like these problems or more structural in their deeper than just having a different face in the oval office and if you really think about it presidents get in or change state they come and they go but these bankers. now it's a sad day for russian sport had left fans of the countries a limb picked team in a bit of a state of shock. national women's volleyball coach sort of chin the car has died at the age of forty three with the course reported to be suicide more details on

that in about twenty minutes time with our arts and sports and put it. all into that's got to it there's dimitri medvedev good to see you today so you got the business for us on a stand that syria is moving to dodge western sanctions what does that mean well basically as sanctions are starting to bite choosing to boost trade with russia so damascus right now is saying that it will ramp up trade with moscow on exports including crude and foods like olive oil the country's economy chief quadrature mills been in moscow for talks in return serious asshole loans and assistance we'll see how that develops obviously. move over. quickly to the markets now over in europe investors are feeling quite depressed this hour they're choosing to sell rather than buy down point five percent as you can see both markets but everything of course depends on the fed meeting which could or could not give any way to

a new wave of quantitative easing and something investors have been watching out for for a long time now and the key of course meeting on friday in jackson hole wyoming of central bank because we'll see how that goes over to the currencies markets the euro is right now plunging against the dollar but compared to the big boost it saw in the previous session this is just a minor correction while the russian ruble is continuing to lose value against both currencies despite the fact that oil prices remain pretty high at around ninety five and a half dollars per barrel for my next crude on the russian market also a bit of a depression on the r.t.s. especially as you can see there almost one percent of the decline now on the my six one of the few stocks which is bucking the trend is burbank it's up around half a percent this is on the back of its first profits report which actually showed

that net profit in the first half of declined half a percent according to international financial system. now one hundred world premieres of new cars are being unveiled at the moscow international also on which is starting today and very glamorous katie pilbeam is that force. this year's most go oldsmobile siloam is now on and it's a chance for comic has across the globe to come a a show off and of course do some business as well now the russian consumer becomes very popular in these times of economic uncertainty and that's because elsewhere in the world you've got people reigning in the spending whereas here russians tens of indulge and that's out of fear of that russian rubles devaluating as i've done so and post the economic crisis now that's no surprise that you've got the likes of being. an audi ok it's a day to make some kind of impression also with consumption high here in russia

spurring growth which e.d.p. now at four percent for the second quarter of this year when compared to other parts of the world that are dealing with less than one percent boss is also now a member of the world trade organization and that means that import tariffs are now going to be gradually reduced for the consumer that's fantastic news because it means cheaper more affordable foreign cars for the comic his hand out it means more competition and they're going to be under pressure to make better quality cheaper cars in order to compete well with the likes of eighty five new russian models being introduced it today is going to be poland will put you to see to do that it's one of the main trends of today's is that great friendly cars out here in russia not particularly popular because the suv out of sydney and the idea of buying an electric car is quite frankly was on us because as an eco friendly conscientious consumer you go also produce

a phase two of these two stations to charge up your electric car also you've got the weather to do with bad roads with green bay in the main color scheme for today's event it's nice to see that ross and also make is a medley that but the color of the night. all right that's what i've got for you this dimitry god help us if you drive some of those expensive cars. going anywhere near the roads in moscow where you shouldn't be you should be generalizing about much ok so i didn't dimitri thank you michael see you next hour. are the headlines in just a moment and then we'll be having a discussion actually where will the arab spring come to an end it's anybody's guess at the interview in just a moment. the

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