youl best way to the heart of moscow. i am breaking. international. refused to recognize the. earlier involved with a rival. rally meantime. it is years instead of cheers for their replacement leaders. warning the form of opposition against letting them down. there's one thing you don't want. china to admit it would be this. a real expert on china but it's just one of the diplomatic surrounding president obama's choices for foreign service. campaign contributions. global

statesmanship. in venezuela unrest spreads from the capital with. breaking out in the north continued crime and poverty. global news headlines international with me rory sushant from everybody here thanks for joining us and some breaking news to bring you here naughty international we are getting reports of men taking over crimea as a regional government office in ukraine the russian flag has reportedly been razed to the government building and that's all we know for now as soon as we get more

details what developments of course we'll bring into. the national for the meantime though golf is following the ongoing tensions in the region. i'll hug bar more into ukraine cheer in the crimea nationalist slogans are being shouted alongside pro russian ones. to the crimea always used to be russian and was passed over to the crane unlawfully it's time for justice to prevail in the u.s.s.r. the crimea belongs to the russian soviet republic until nine hundred fifty four when the then soviet leadership decided to transfer it to the administration off so he did crane and when the u.s.s.r. collapsed in one thousand nine hundred one and the crimea was left as a part of independent ukraine but for the last few centuries mainly ethnic russians have been living on these lands alongside minorities including the muslim crimean tatars they share the same land but definitely not the same political views i.

was. there were there was a little we all came out today to show that without our approval no decisions will be maint we say the crimea is a part of a grain business the majority of people here support russia the local authorities were planning to decide which way the autonomy is republic should move forward closer to kiev or to moscow but clashes on the streets prevented any decisions from being made the square in front of the a local administration building here in secret all we had was a. division had died. for a political changes and you were pro ukrainian and gulf war pro russian with the russian flags there for you playing wags here and the tensions reaching the whoring points. even i knew somebody so instead of the crimean tartars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalists but they were never able to agree on much i was

opposed tartars one of their own crimean tartar government and that was what the idea is too far fetched to me at this point however nationalism is far more important than logic of the majority here are expecting the local authorities to exercise the political will and not allow a new ethnic conflict in europe to break out. you go to school of reporting from the cranium. now the candidates for ukraine's top jobs have been chosen by activists in my down thousands gathered to approve the line up of the new cabinet but many protesters are already unhappy with who exactly is on the list. i was not i you know one of the key figures of the formal opposition are a semi yatsenyuk was booed off to being suggested as prime minister even he then labelled the suggested cabinet as a kamikaze government the whole process of putting together the minister's list as appeared a struggle amid the shopping crowd chairing and jaring the suggested candidates

demonstrators also warned the new leadership they will face the same fate as the old one if it doesn't meet my downs their minds alexi had a chef ski currently gauging the mood right now in the ukrainian capital i on saturday she was met with an ovation on my gun and. i dreamt of seeing you in the forests that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has i. twenty four hours later it was a protest within a protest as some openly voiced their refusal to having yulia timoshenko return to power with us a new book on when they lived immunity off themselves that's when they will be responsible for what they're doing people who are now at my don and all of the others across ukraine they all can survive on very little the opposition has shown unocal this is richest to us now to get some new technique and that last score who was running around with

a pitchfork let them show their own mansions to the people show them to us and then give them away. the my down feels it has won the battle by alice the president going to college but see who replaced the ruling elite many feel the struggle may not be over what you see at the moment is a complete restructuring of a country which is close to default say i'm on the new system what the new structure is going to be is uncertain given what you can have in challenges in experienced administrator is politicians and officials with no real only no real knowledge of how to manage an economy but it's one thing to be concerned over who takes the reins and another to openly prepare for the worst again ukraine's gun owners association chairman says the illegal firearms market is now thriving. the previous government closed all gun shops thinking it would keep people from buying firearms it only made the black market stronger according to our estimates around

four million illegal guns are now circulating in ukraine will be. he says the only thing that can help now is a proper gun law to regulate or initiate and prevent future violence. knowing the people who own guns legitimately those in power would treat them in a different way fearing action. to a number of radical groups operating under the my don banner and still stationed there such an action could be unthinkably severe. however any influx of firearms into the protest movement with all the radical groups operating under the might done banner and still stationed there could make for an explosive situation and put the new authorities in the crosshairs the my downs ultimate goal was to oust president now that he is no longer in power people are still here with their barricades and the bottom line is that they will not go anywhere until the political life in the country is completely based with so much distrust of those

running the show at the moment this date seems to be quite vague. from kiev in ukraine and months of turmoil have done nothing to prevent ukraine from balancing on the edge of default the e.u. is preparing a plan to provide urgent financial support and the i.m.f. as well expected to offer aid but that is likely to come with some very painful conditions here are some of the reforms the i.m.f. was demanding from the previous administration let's bring you some numbers here on r.t. international first and foremost that of pension reform the government had to increase about of the retirement age also a number of benefits and welfare payments should have been cancelled including those for school children and the elderly electricity and gas prices those need to be pushed up for both businesses and the private sector with households facing a two fold increase and the state own coal mines located in the east are set to be privatized on top of all that agricultural lands had to be put up for sale with the

existing moratorium eventually lifted a former american ambassador to ukraine he told r.t. as worlds apart in any financial help for ukraine or across to conduct a major overhaul we really don't know how much money ukraine would need to get through this crisis though we've heard various figures the latest thirty five billion i'm skeptical that that much money is needed but i don't claim to do more important than the amount of money or the reforms that must accompany any loan because if the current system continues a current system where corruption is rife anyway assistance whether it came from the west from the i.m.f. from russia would disappear to corruption anil's and no one in ukraine should want that to happen. may be preparing to give ukraine a financial support but perhaps

a little diligence is required as to who exactly gets the money radical hardliners among the former opposition are seeking more control of ukraine's new administration with some of them attending a local parliament session to the teeth more on that story right now on our website . or it is ten minutes past the hour in moscow i should say thank you for joining us on r.t. international to be. you need patience and a solid dose of statesmanship or perhaps if you want to be a top envoy for barack obama just fund his campaign embarrassingly enough for the u.s. president has a lection bankrollers now outnumber career diplomats but some have never even set foot in the countries they're supposed to be serving in. reports. confirmation hearings ever feel that a number of president obama's nominees for of macedonia ships have little or no knowledge of the countries there are signs to serve in. the real expert on china

but said the man who is confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china one of norway's major political parties progress party now expects an apology from president obama after the future bastard to norway apparently did know about their existence norway has been very quick to denounce. them. we're going to continue to work with norway to make sure government has denounced them the coalition government a part of the coalition of the government but i would say you know what a day i seriously already i think corrected but what george sunis does know is how to run motels and how to raise money he has reportedly bundler contributed more than one point three million dollars for president obama's election campaign he's not alone more than half of the president's political appointees are his sponsors and or fundraisers the reported quote unquote price paid by his donors for ambassadorships stands at nearly two million dollars. to those concerned about the

qualifications of its nominees the white house has a diplomatic answer being a donor to the president's campaign does not guarantee you a job in the ministration but it does not prevent you from getting many are worried about the message that some of these appointments send to the world the structure reinforces the perception that. the americans are not listening to their counterparts because the policies are made in washington and the people who are delivering that policy really are instructed to deliver and what they're getting back isn't going to have any input whatsoever into the decision making process that is of course if they know what washington's policies are do you agree that the u.s. embassy in china should be an island of freedom that's a question i am going to have to get back to. work with ministration i do not know the history of policy precisely on that point career diplomats and some lawmakers

here are now worried not just about some of the current nominations but about the standards for future diplomats they don't want the message to be oh you don't have to be an expert on the country where you are going to serve on behalf of your government and then there's the broader question what kind of diplomacy can you expect from such diplomats in washington i'm going to check out our team. still to come here on the program a bit of a head scratcher for you why would one of the world's most powerful oil executives join a lawsuit against shale gas drilling if it's the industry suggests why would a song chief be heading to the courts to get it stopped we'll tell you why just a bit later here on our international.

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it's also international live from moscow a reminder of all breaking news for you this hour the men have reportedly taken over local government offices in crimea that's in southern ukraine. you've got a fiscal affairs there following the very latest. we're getting reports. on the men as taking control of the building of the local administration in the capital of the republic of crimea here in the southeast of ukraine. on the next day he has to local authorities field to meet basically and make a decision where the republic should be headed to either to move closer to moscow or fall the political changes in kiev they were supposed to meet on the same issue today as well but the issue is very sensitive yesterday we saw

a large protest with representatives from both sides both those who support the. movement towards russia and say those who support support the political changes in kiev as well there were scuffles clashes injuries and. a lot of tensions that we're seeing the. i will continue keep posting on this breaking news here on r.t. international finale though on the program britain's prime minister will launch a charm offensive later to welcome the leader of europe's most powerful country to london and behind it is a design on a change the terms of the u.k.'s membership of the e.u. but to reform the entire block itself now it's unclear how far that legal merkel will be won over to us or australia takes up the story. for german chancellor angela merkel's visit to london it's a red carpet welcome fit for queen dubbed by foreign secretary william hague as britain's most important partner on seeking e.u.

reform and the first german chancellor to address both houses of parliament starkly different to british prime minister david cameron's low key pub lunch with his french counterpart last month all that seemed to be placed on getting the backing of europe's economic powerhouse in redrawing love his relationship with brussels after all. if not of course in this case incentives on both sides to find a suitable agreement so what exactly does cameron want for the u.k. curbing immigration by possibly putting a cap on workers from europe entering the u.k. at restrictions of benefits claims for migrants castes aren't protections from financial regulations on britain and repatriation of certain powers back to westminster to name a few but the question is what he wants in return but would be some wins for the u.k. but you could imagine it's a tit for tat. they would have to accept something in return amid all the fuss

summer of lowering the excitement of the british foreign office has repeatedly advised ten downing street to bear in mind that any reform will require the agreement of all other states and that naturally germany won't do anything against its own interests or weak. financial transactions tax once again which could cost. three point five billion pounds you have. current. actually the long term strategy seems to be very different. has many more friends around the world should really be focusing on. the world. and in the end it still boils down to this one who wants a little less europe while the other wants a whole lot more of it. yes or sylvia arty london. david cameron wants to

appeal to those who want to slim down easy you by promising brits a referendum on whether to break from the. mr to the prime minister being accused of holding brussels to ransom one of his fellow conservative party m.p.'s told us that the e.u. will offer concessions to make sure the u.k. stays inside the bloc. i certainly think that the case for reform of the european union is overwhelming i believe the german government and chancellor merkel also accept that view as well their priority will be to sustain and secure the euro that's what their priority will be german parliamentarian's have told me that i think therefore if they can see britain playing a strong role in britain even though we are outside the euro zone which is what i think we can do they would rather have us in europe than out of europe and i think that they will work constructively to try and meet some of britain's concerns which

as i say i think many people in germany agree with. a genetically modified products wasn't enough for the bio. drugs. many of which. is now spreading beyond the capital caracas street battles between antigovernment protesters and police in the northern city of. that's all of a crime levels on the ongoing economy that is struggling by security forces were

attacked with rocks and homemade explosives and they responded with bullets and tear gas protesters also. very near to the capital. venezuela involving thousands of people and. sixteen have died in the violence which some suspect is being fueled from outside. the major force driving the opposition is really u.s. support venezuela is crucial to a block of countries in latin america that have broken free of total u.s. domination venezuela is key to this and the u.s. is making an all out effort through creating artificial shortages courting speculation and it's used in popular ways in the media to try to connect it to the occupy wall street movement but these are occupiers who are fighting for wall street at every at every single point they want to connect re colonise

and control a whole number of countries that have broken free and that's really what is going on in in country after country but in venezuela in a very sharp way right now it's all the international campaign is against fracking in the united states are getting some unexpected support this from one of the world's biggest oil producers and the head of exxon mobil has joined a lawsuit against the construction of a water tower near its home which is planned to be used for hydraulic fracturing although some of his arguments left one environmental activist who attended one of the hearings a somewhat bewildered. ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton vale to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear

rex tillerson talking about unsightly water power that my disrupt his e.u. when these people sitting in the audience had a water that would phone like dishwasher dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic release is that gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one release in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night any vacuum wait in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases the global headlines for restarting the hariri web police of fired tear gas to dispose protesters rallying against budget cuts five people reportedly injured several arrests were made the clashes broke out on the first day of a strike that has already brought business and transport to a standstill the unrest began after the president reshuffle the company announced a budget conscious but also salary hike screws new cabinet members.

hundreds gathering outside london central criminal court demanding the execution of the murderers of british soldier lee rigby last may there were several arrests in clashes between far right groups and police a fusilier rigby was slaughtered as he returned to his barracks in south east london one of his killers will spend the rest of his life in prison. forty five. and egyptian court has sentenced twenty six people to death for organizing a terror plot a local media reports that the group was preparing missiles on bombs to strike ships in the suez canal the waterway is one of the world's main transport hubs for global shipping connecting the mediterranean and red scenes. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international we are closely following the developments in crimea southern ukraine you can see in the pictures coming your way now the russian flag raised on the

regional government building reports say both the cabinet and the parliament building were seized by armed men we will keep you posted on what's happening in the region here on our national. thank you for joining us a very short break here then aaron aid breaks down the financial headlines boom bust coming your way.

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we speak your language anything about the war another day in. the news programs in documentaries and spanish more matters to you breaking news a little turn to tip angles to these stories. you hear. troy all tease. find out more visit. tito it's called. head over there i marinate this is boom bust and these are the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up credit suisse is facing fire today after the justice department alleged that the swiss banking but he meant he was clandestine methods to help americans hide billions of dollars from the i.r.s.

that story coming right up once we have part one of my interview with the host of our kids kaiser report max kaiser on today's show he'll tell us all about his personal venture into the world of cryptocurrency with maps going you won't want to miss my interview with him also we have american macro economist and co-founder of the center for economic and policy research dean baker is live and in studio today we're talking to dean about the u.s. economy both house and president you won't want to miss a moment and it all starts right now. banking giant credit suisse is under investigation by the u.s.

justice department for allegedly helping its rich clients abate paying their taxes now a senate investigative report released on tuesday claims bankers at credit suisse used cloak and dagger tactics to help wealthy american clients stash billions of dollars in assets out of sight from the i.r.s. that is now senate investigators say the bank went so far as to open a special. now listen it's in the airport and this is so that customers could fly in meet their private bankers and then quickly hit the slopes right after not too bad if you're one of those v.i.p.'s now according to the report the v.i.p.'s would use a secret elevator to be whisked to a private banking suite while bankers used peltry meeting rooms to avoid sending account statements or leaving a paper trail now credit suisse held more than twenty two thousand accounts for u.s. customers that's a lot of accounts and with assets valued between ten and twelve billion dollars that adds up to quite a pretty penny executives from credit suisse are set to testify to the justice

department in a hearing on wednesday chief executive brady dougan will hit back saying only a small group of private bankers were involved with helping americans conceal their wealth however here's the quandary we know that there are politicians who have offshore bank accounts mitt romney comes to mind for example i think he's got a couple and why do people have offshore bank accounts well there are a variety of reasons but a lot of the time it's to avoid paying taxes however the current colossal colossal tax code here in the u.s. permits these a vase of accounting gimmicks and there are billions more lost in accounting gimmicks right here in the u.s. gimmicks like for example the ability for people to earn wages that much lower tax rates thanks to long term capital gains i'm talking carried interest here horse what else they talking carried interest now are officials turning a blind eye to a problem here at home or are they employing distraction tactics with this whole credit suisse business.