independence referendum. prime minister is. hoping to make progress in nuclear talks. shake the country's economy but not. unemployment. and. leadership.

again. critics say it's washington which played the key role in the rise of extremism. with worldwide news live from moscow this is the with me thank you for joining us today. get a boost in its push for independence the u.k. house of lords is set to debate providing the powers necessary to hold a referendum on a breakaway at westminster have already unanimously approved a move. in london to get more on these details right now and. to you thank you very much indeed for coming in such a short notice what do you think is expected of the pirs discussion. well

the house of lords is widely expected to approve this transfer transfer of power as over to holyrood the scottish government in order to allow them to hold a referendum on the question of scottish independence in twenty fourteen so as we know the m.p.'s already unanimously approved the move so it's really what the house of lords decides today widely expected to approve that and then the rest is a formality and then we'll be a little bit closer to scotland being able to decide whether or not they want to become independent in twenty fourteen do you think in some way mirroring the situation with the u.k. its relations with the european union changes as well. well of course now the pressure is piling on david cameron the british prime minister he's expected to give a massive speech on friday about the future of britain's relationship within the

european union and he's been saying and he's widely expected to call for new settlement with europe and a renegotiation of britain's terms within the e.u. and then he wants once he's got that he wants to put that forward as a referendum to the british public around about twenty fifteen if the conservatives win the next general election and of course it is a lot of pressure he's been accused of cherry picking and trying to pick the policies that he wants and not picking the policies that he doesn't want while the e.u. is in the middle of a financial crisis a chronic one now we've got austerity measures at home a lot of the british public actually very keen to get out of the european union and we've had a recent poll showed that over fifty percent of the british public would actually vote to leave the e.u. if it came down to a referendum so there's a lot of pressure on david cameron and the status quo is definitely being

challenged at the moment so we're seeing that with the scottish news of the scottish independence and this upcoming speech that cameron is about to give on friday a politician who you just discussed because he was coming here recently said that despite the numbers you've just given us the beating heart of england wants to stay in the why isn't there some m.p.'s are so enthusiastic about leaving it. well there is definitely a very strong call for change laurie because i mean a group of euro skeptic tory backbenchers actually launched a whole manifesto for changing britain's role within the european union today actually and i spoke to one of the members of parliament who's behind it and he told me that you know it was the previous generation of brits that voted to enter the european union in the one nine hundred seventy s. and it's high time that this generation gets a say and given the crippling austerity measures giving given how much money goes

from the u.k. budget straight to brussels every month given the fact that a lot of m.p.'s in the u.k. want to see a lot of british laws clawed back from the european union and stuff like to do with the criminal justice system extradition social social policies that need to be changed they say so david cameron has really got to walk a tight rope by trying to satisfy the euro skeptics of which there is a very large number within his own party then you've got the euro files at the same time and also the british public that's demanding change and at the very same time we've got the european union which is extremely tense about what david cameron is likely to say on friday about how much criticism he might pile on the european union they've already reportedly warned that the european union is not an menu so david cameron isn't going to be in favor it's not going to be supported when

he starts saying that we want to renew renegotiate the terms of us of our membership in the e.u. so. a busy time for david cameron and a lot of political analysts saying that he's unlikely to satisfy anyone because it's a very difficult situation. absolutely. in london thank you thank you. for it from the un's atomic agency. experts are back in iran for the second time in a little more than a month tehran hopes this visit will bring clear progress but stresses a deal is only possible if its rights for peaceful nuclear energy are respected by the west fears iran is seeking atomic weapons and keeps piling sanctions on the country but it's not his maria phenomena found out they often have the opposite effect to what was originally intended. the u.s. may be serious sanctions against iran are not targeted at the general public but there is barely a single person from the population of around seventy five million who hasn't been

a fan. who just said i guess i used to buy tomatoes and boxes then in kilo's now they're selling them in pieces. as booty. iran's all expertise fell by one million barrels a day in the last year following international embargoes taken sixty percent of the oil revenue the iranian currency lost forty percent of its value against the us dollar causing twenty five percent inflation you know tobar the highest in decades . behind this current. suffering from rising prices and a lack of food and medicine there were signs the measures arranged at making iran to give up its nuclear program which may or may not be aiming to produce weapons there isn't is the government that we have here they don't like the government they haven't liked the government for the last thirty some years and because of israeli pressures they do want to see the end of the government and having the sanctions to

pressure the public opinion inside iran you know when economy is about to be very good they are hoping people will go to the streets and protest and have a revolution but the fact seems to be the opposite. of cells iranian carpets one of the country's proud sources of revenue once a critic of the iranian government has recently had a change of heart for me is forbidden for another people who are for another country is not forbidden for israel is not for being a father of five for american is not going to be there for you know. on a raft of war they want to ask me something to do that nor we are free of your free people you know this is the best way which my government. we follow today not only do they create anger among ordinary iranians and the iranians see their behavior towards their country as. allies but people in

the region and beyond see what the united states and the europeans are trying to do so the image of the united states and europe is it has been severely damaged but iran's image has also been damaged one recent poll shows iran talks the least as the country with the most negative image popular stereotypes include doesn't war and really just fanatics. in britain and many outlets in the united states want to create an image of a villain from not only the you know name government but also the iranian people iran has been under sanctions for decades but it's only following the latest round the country's economy has been a visibly shaking and even if some people in iran may now think it's down to the authorities mismanagement the majority still hold the u.s. and western responsible this painting behind me has been here for years and as the

supreme was quoted here suggests we will not negotiate with america even for a moment but tension its representatives will most likely remain here for some time to come rational shakti teheran you run. twenty two minutes past the hour moscow time the u.s. is doubling its presence in spain this year and it's just one part of a push for closer military ties across the atlantic as pentagon tree from leon panetta makes his fine old european tour in the post. at a moderate islam court and protests that have entered their third day coming up on the program we report on what the government sees as a conspiracy between the people and judiciary to depose. for now someone to the floor of the european parliament of cyprus was asked to assess his actions over the last six months during which the country precised it over the e.u. of course it was a period that saw unemployment skyrocket britain eyeing the exit door and talks on

an e.u. trillion euro budget collapse but as it all turned out that's not how brussel saw it instead he ping praise on the cypriot leadership he's pretty proud of the reports well it was all hunch aches and slaps on the back of them a piece went through what cyprus is done in their six month tenure as the e.u. presidency and the president of cyprus saying that it was a time in which they the chief significant results and targets strange words considering that it was also a period in which the e.u. went through rising unemployment no agreement on an e.u. budget in which cyprus continued to ask for a bailout i have to say a bailout which from here in germany many politicians all across the the bundestag are very reluctant to approve this amid allegations of widespread tax fraud cypriot banks but what happens next the baton gets passed on of the e.u. presidency gets passed on to the island because the country has had its own

problems this baton essentially seeming to be passed on in the relay race of the fiscally toxic island of course had to receive e.u. and i.m.f. bailout money they've also had their own problems with unemployment and it's up to them to try and put that right in the next six months in which they take over the presidency. overthrow the government the arab spring revolutions drain countries like libya or egypt. to find out. how he was killed. now french troops have engaged in the first battle with islamic insurgents in mali

the ground operation comes after five days of intense. affiliated militants who have seized vast areas in the north of the former french colony from moving towards the capital. the u.s. is among the states assisting in the combat mission however media reports from many of those now fighting against the mali government previously trained by american agents trying to extremism africa expert lawrence freeman tells us why he thinks washington's previous policies have resulted in even more violence. you have several ways of this outbreak i mean first of all you have after the death assassination murder president khadafi you had basically within hours to read no matter in other stream you caused the border with pick up trucks north korea hardware etc but you've also had the a failed attempt by the us q so called train the partners in mali and other

african country and he says he's these new units military units to very very quickly and it is a quiz a complete failure in all these policies and when the french are pursuing create a rock on a fail because you can't win a we'll solve a real crisis by military means per se there has to be complete change in the strategic thinking forward thinking of the united states in the west that has to focus on the underlying problems of economic development power the food sure it is except for that make these countries very weak and fragile and susceptible to these kind of attacks unless that paradigm shift occur and we're just going to be killing more people by drones or more hours jets dropping bombs and will be doing nothing with the help out for them. well here we would love it when you get involved with our stories here and certainly at r.t. dot com we are asking you right now and have been throughout the day what you think

the french combat mission in mali will eventually achieve here are your options right there you can see them running down the list could it drag france into a war could incite islamists they want to launch terror attacks or result in the recall in a zation of mali some pretty stark choices for you there from r.t. dot com let's bring up the numbers now and see how you're voting from the website i can tell you this the numbers keep fluctuating our hour is a good to have you involved in one of our leading stories here on r.t. and here they come it looks like now the majority of you are voting that this will turn into nothing but a long and drawn out conflict then we're coming down to the part number two a position number two that is saying that it's the result in terror attacks on french soil that is now down to third position it'll end up with a recall in ization of mali by french of course we're talking about a imperialist ambitions on a former french colony as well and down to the bare minimum saying that this multi-national intervention in france excuse me in mali i should say will bring

about some form of long term stability we certainly appreciate you getting so involved with one of our top stories here at r.t. on the web site r.t. dot com you can continue to have your say i should bring this point up as well that the french media are describing the intervention in mali as a war without images ultimately suggesting that in france there is a government imposed media blackout so if indeed you are in france you are not getting any of the information that you would like to hear of what's going on in mali we do know also that france has tripled its number of troops on the ground and the first landing gauge months have already begun still you have your time to have your say r.t. dot com is where you can do it for now though back with more news after the short break. it is a secret laboratory to mccurdy was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give

a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and worry that this is why you should care watch only on the dog call . if. you would be soon which brightened. someone from funniest impressions. his phone starts on t.v. dot com.

thanks for joining us here on our. show in moscow security forces have barricaded pakistan's parliament with three layers of shipping containers as tens of thousands of protesters push forward and their leader an islamic cleric has issued the government with a final ultimatum he's demanding the parliament's dissolution and sweeping election reforms threatening to spark a revolution if easy ignored earlier the supreme court ordered be a rest of the prime minister who's unboiled in a bribery scandal some government officials have called it a conspiracy between the protesters the army and of course he's correspondent. he is in islamabad for us. we are standing here in a very crucial point actually it is called the famous disk where or with the local language where dr qadri and his birth histories are going there it's and demanded

the government to step down. and he has added to that the seven demands which briefly says that the all parliamentarian legislative institution should be dissolved and the government has to resign immediately and he's also said in his speech that he will not move from this place even if the last person would leave but he is going to continue his demands and then you his separatist here requested all the protests there are very real and a golden chance as he called it to make a change in pakistan which is needed since the initial end of this country in one thousand forty seven. all right it is a five twenty pm moscow time one of the russian matthew's most infamous figures grandpas son has been killed right here in moscow he was shot in broad daylight

right in the city center. joins me live with details on this election thanks for coming in so quickly on this exactly who was this man and what did he do when asked . more often he referred in russia as grandpa her son has been often been compared to al capone but his demise today is more images that of another american gangster john dillinger the man was shot outside his favorite restaurant in central moscow the law enforcement agencies have already reported that there found six bullet shells shells on the on the scene believing this was an assassination attempt which proved fatal for grandpa hassan the man with a very turbulent history has been believed to be running several gambling and to prices as well as involved in drug trafficking and weapons sales here the man who was believed to be one of the biggest biggest crime lords in russia he also had several attempts on his life before the most. famous the most recent one was in

twenty ten when he was shot in the stomach and for some time the information was speculating that was circulating that he actually he was actually killed that was as later explained for security reasons but he survived that he had a very very serious operation very serious surgery now obviously proved fatal for grandpa and he died in hospital without regaining conscious straight after he was delivered there after being shot in central moscow today so here we are talking about what is essentially a kingpin who perhaps nearly a lifetime of math your contacts and match your actions it might be safe to say that he's made many enemies over the years but we're also talking you and i were talking about this guy just in the studio earlier and from what i understand it was like it was a long distance sniper shot that. if that is the case then the who why one of the motives here well it is now being determined by the law enforcement agencies whether this was a long shot or it was

a close shot we have conflicting reports on that the only thing we've heard is that those gunshot shells which were found supposedly belong to a sniper rifle and this is definitely not the first time that a huge high profile criminal lord is being assassinated in russia so the law enforcement agencies are now looking into a possible version that this is a full scale gang war which led to the death of grandpa his son all right r.t. as i like you just have to give thanks for coming in on that. well thanks for joining us here in our to today i'm rory sushi in moscow regime change comes at a very high cost a recent study of the arab spring has revealed that the egyptian syrian and libyan revolutions may have set back those countries some two hundred twenty five billion dollars middle east economic analyst thinks the process to revive the economy is concerned will be a slow and painful one we're talking about a complete structural change in how these economies work you know removing and

reforming energy subsidies and subsidies changing the way the government deal with business and laws and constitutions and i think we're going to see it several years of the hard slog i think it's not going to be as smooth as we saw in two thousand and eleven and things are going to be difficult for the region for some time. just a click away from some the latest stories on our. on line for you right now fifteen years in jail just for a name change the sentence want to jump in the family got their wish to use christian names after illegally changing their official documents. and bringing germany set to bring hundreds of tons worth of gold from the volga in america and. find out why.

u.s. defense secretary leon panetta is on our weeklong trip to europe to discuss close military link ups and includes a visit to spain by washington is looking to double its defense presents this year a spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to leave and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. for the world up to some other global news for you in brief will start with a bombing that killed at least some people there was actually

a suicide car bomb attack near the headquarters of the kurdish democratic party that's located in northern iraq in the town of critical officials said more than one hundred or so now one of those bodies claimed responsibility attacks by insurgents are still fairly frequent in that country with iraq pressured by ethnic and sectarian divides. to peace. confirmed dead after a helicopter crash in central london just a kilometer south of parliament in westminster and nine others were injured after the chopper clipped a crane on a skyscraper which is currently under construction it's thought the pilot had asked to change course because of bad weather. by bomb attack has hit the building of the afghan domestic intelligence agency in the capital kabul but three civilians were killed along with the five attackers and thirty more people were injured a second car bomb was defeated at the scene of the taliban already has claimed

responsibility. is ready for least arrested more than a dozen palestinian protesters attempting to return to a camp in the west bank last week demonstrators constructed a tent camp on an area that israel has marked for new settlements aiming to make a village of their own and it was then that cleared by security forces israel's decision to go ahead with its plan to build new settler homes in the west bank has been widely condemned and is illegal under international law. well we do talk to a former legal adviser to the palestinian negotiating team he says the actions of a weak israeli leadership could have a serious long term impact on any chance of peace that's coming up after one hundred g.m.t. . the palestinians there's a crisis of leadership but there's a bigger crisis of leadership in among the israelis we have an israeli prime minister who go to extreme lengths to continue to build and expand israeli settlements who doesn't want to confront the settler movement who simply wants to

head israel down the path of war and is willing to go to extreme lengths to get himself reelected including attacking gaza now report on gang warfare is next in just a sec. place . world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. time to the time. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy

with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. to school six in a morning and get him is going to school so you've got the signal in his world that are no more new just norms and to do some like that. we've been burying him want to offer his one and we dash at the funeral when another one of our weight gets killed . so as we live amongst each other there might be one street it might be one gas

station this service to with three different gangs when i get to the gas station i have to find out what are your intentions with me while i'm pumping gas so i cannot turn my back and allow you to shoot me or hit me in the back of it to look you in your eyes and see your intentions and when i look you in your eyes i'm looking to see if you all will feel well and i'm a wolf then we need to come to some sort of agreement so we can both get out of here peacefully. and if your porch up i'm happy with me gone get my guestbook up i appreciate you being here when i was in the communities talking to guys in the game see. lots of content and with that so many of these particularly the younger guys had never seen the pacific ocean in a gang infested community there are situations where people will leave a given two block radius for years. like this man for. the battle to the bomb a lot of.