russia e.u. summit was overshadowed by this route over the vegetables the scandal when the russians banned all european vegetables and russia is is i think the biggest market for european vegetables so. are you sure do you think that this is fair that this problem had to be solved by president medvedev and the leaders of the european countries should it take such a high level to solve such a problem i know probably probably probably what happened is that this happened just a few days before the summit i said i hope that is the cucumber is all ok. this converse of being possible is something that they have not done because it is not of all the local president or gave i think with them as we keep this. historical moment but not what happened is that this problem arises and the ban also took place just a few days before the summit so logically the issue was not solved by the time of the summit and the summit had to look at it. all the wise probably it would have been different but i think this simpl

e.u. police fired tear gas and stun grenades the crowds of people throwing stones and smashing windows. in. the u.k. braces itself for a massive strike of public sector workers as threatens to simply disrupt schools and transport more than half a million teachers and civil servants are staging a breakout against government plans to cut their pensions and freeze pay. as the u.s. secretary of defense robert gates prepares to say goodbye to the pentagon and the cia chief who's taking over the critics question whether disappointments will end the rules driving an expanding budget budget. or with many countries tightening their belts and feeling the effects of the economic downturn we ask whether the world really is getting back in for money spotlight. hello yes hello welcome to talk like the into shell arts i'll be your playing today my guest in the studio instead of none. of the recent russia e.u. so it has left some of the diplomats questioning a truer first his critics saying such summits c

e.u. summit. some other topics moscow wanted to discuss like become dissipated because of the regime's talks on that started almost a decade ago but progress has been slow russia are still going through consultations and experts say they will take at least a month but the fact that words have become actions they say could be seen as a sign of optimism. thank you very much for coming thank you well first of all i want to start with this main question this this may news that came out after the summit in new. diplomats reporters experts started questioning the frequency of the summit they efficiency of the summit that really are costly so is it true and do you think that it really may become a case that the. frequency of the summit will be reduced. no i mean everything is possible but it's not something that is on the agenda right now this has never been discussed and our think that for the time being at least this frequency of the summit has a certain a certain value our summit saw an opport

e.u. bailout bill stave off athens defaulting on its loans it's been met with weeks of protests and rioting that have left over three hundred people injured and many others detained. and budget cuts has also flared in the u.k. as a one day public sector strike closed twelve thousand schools in england and wales workers walked out over pay and pensions hitting job centers and passport offices and border controls the pension cuts are part of a wider. i could just austerity measures started by the coalition government in london when it took power in may. and even handed and the diplomatic approach to russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria foreign minister sergey lavrov pointed out the un's hard line on damascus while it allowed a civil war to rage in yemen this comes as a lot of rather strongly criticized the france for reportedly dropping arms to libyan rebels saying if the claims are true they represent a clear breach of the u.n. resolution. now with many countri

e.u. conferences critics asking if we're getting value for the money talk about this algorithm of talks with the head of the european union's delegation to delegation to russia fernando valley that's coming up next in spotlight. hello and welcome to spotlight today into a show on arts and i'm already operating today my guest in the studio is fair enough. the reason russia has left some of the diplomats questioning is true officials critics saying such summits cost too much and aren't very effective but maybe this lady was an exceptional russian and you feel the need is compromised the moscow's ban on european vegetables and blueprinted progress on a visa free regime but is there anything that still remains and so here's the head of the european union delegation to russia to talk about don't. ask those ban on back to the european benadryl stole the headlines of the russian e.u. summit. some other topics moscow wanted to discuss like become disappointed because of the regime's talks on that

door the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia. really want to join the group but the list of conditions for a possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach cattery not art belgrade serbia. recommended says he needs more than the official thirty days to study the charges against him and his son says no matter how much time he's given is simply not able to take part in the trial. he can't even read he has to go through thousands of pages to be able to testify in court with the police simply unable to do that he has difficulties with speech to power will even so with his lawyers it's impossible . you can watch the full interview with dr mlodinow the son of the former bosnian serb general recommend outage pollo website at party dot com any time. this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya and decided it would last for at least another three months a u.n. repor

or with the e.u. member countries what we really want to make sure of is that whilst we of course respect the the legal framework within the european union when we work what we want to make sure of is that whatever specific measures are taken do not in any way undermine the economic viability of the project for the entire duration of the operations of the project we want to have a clear stable and supported its legal and regulatory framework so that's what we're working well many experts. by the way say that from the economic point of view the modernization of ukraine's gas pipeline system would be a cheaper solution than constructing a new underwater pipeline is it true or does moscow believe that ukraine has lost its credibility as a reliable partner. but i think in general the transit networks need modernization a good example of that is also the north korean project which is now for its first stage nearing completion to great success which will also ensure stable long term supply so a modern syste

and i'm looking forwards seeing you in brussels for the next e.u. russia summit before the end of these year no hold out there but probably a small boat smaller a hole in a small country thank you. thank you very much president medvedev ladies and gentlemen let me start also with the words of gratitude for the warm welcome we have received in these these stark beautiful city of nice neat and of groet. aleksandr pushkin such a great famous poet. whose life is closely associated with this city said once inspiration is needed in politics just as much as in poetry and i think we got a good inspiration from the very positive atmosphere of this summit in fact it was the substantive and successful russia european union summit which was instrumental in bringing our strategic partnership forward. let me just highlight a few points first our partnership over the eyes asia is now delivering in practice our good night as they have reported on the progress made joint projects and activities are going away in their way and boosting of modernization agenda. such a

the e.u. i did my eyes is overcoming its catastrophic debt and the looming bailout of budget is a comfort to join the have second thoughts. but how to stop a global crisis happening again business some political leaders discuss just that of the international economic forum and some papers. that syria faces a third round of the e.u. sanctions amid more deadly antigovernment crackdowns which sold more than a dozen dead and thousands of raich nation will. be watching on t.v. it's not midnight here in moscow kevin zero in our top story a real war that greece's latest finance minister sums up the job ahead of him he's taught been. asked will secure in another multibillion euro bailout the criteria for which means slapping an outright hostile great public with more austerity cuts this as some countries like turkey which once harbored dreams of your membership are beginning to rethink their plans. if you talked about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparab

door the officers of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join a group with a list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach patronize our party belgrade serbia. right now we can get more insight on the what is case from bolton's export market such the arrest of what is the final condition for so if you see you enter now they want another go to. see you really ready you think to accept serbia into its club. i think that we was not ready to accept so into the club as you put it i mean going to how do you choose a very minor figure in the tale of the yugoslav destruction of yugoslavia and so completely unimportant there are many other conditions in the w.b. you giving some of them quite reasonable about corruption in the judiciary and freedom independence of the executive from the judiciary and so on but in essence those conditions don't need to

not be resolved that's a situation that still needs to be resolved and the e.u. prefers serbia to negotiate regarding that situation while on its knees which is a position that is the part it is very familiar with now where we've heard from one analyst recently who said that in the case of serbia trying to join the e.u. it would be the first case in history of a rap jumping onto a sinking ship but if we can for a moment turn our attention to the death toll figures are from strength and they've all been questioned how do you assess the way the tribunals interprets the evidence

the e.u. supplies were one born far as a percent or two percent of all the vegetables consumed in ukraine it's next to nothing for. the you know vegetables by the way you taken any measures like russia to get protected from the infection that. we have to tighten the fittest sanitary control at the border and we carry out the curial logical tests but we have introduced no one bar goes because the volumes over imported birgitta bills are very small for instance we get nothing from spain it's all so there is no need to introduce serious prohibitory measures you should look both my next question is rather political than economic i.m.f. representative in ukraine next alley as quoted by the ukrainian press has saying that in order to continue a copper issue of ukraine yes prices for residents and enterprises should be raised and the pension assumed the cuts. so pretty. easy all government already were to resort to such a very unpopular steps to secure a new loan from a i.m.f. . the rules are simple

the e.u. plans a third set of tougher sanctions against syria as the crackdown on protesters continues report of the claiming at least sixteen lives on friday tom experts warn the sanctions could be paving the way for a levy a style intervention. for next hour interviews show spotlight talks to the project leader of the south stream gas pipeline marcel kramer about what the new route could mean for supply. hello again and welcome to spotlight the interview cheryl and hearty and i'll do another in today my guest is marcel cram and russia is investing hard into the south stream pipeline a direct and expanding gas shipping route to you but as the project is gaining momentum there's criticism in some quarters that south stream is uncomfortable and has no future who want to do the project leaders have to say to that here's the c.e.o. of the south stream marcellus crammer joining us from st petersburg economic forum . after the gas well between russia and ukraine left europe breezing moscow decided

or the officers of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group but the list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership this is always visible and always out of reach catherine r r t belgrade serbia. balkans export market glasses draws parallels between the hague tribunal and guantanamo bay with us a danger of the emotion of winning out over. but the tribunal doesn't need him to. actually engage with his own defense to trial you'll need. to be sitting there for symbolic reasons he's sitting there the odium of the world is focused on him all the accusations are the wall of noise is against it because this tribunal you should remember is not a court it is a tribunals with all the dubious ad hoc quasi legal procedures that that involves it's the one time in most of europe where people are held for years without trial waiting for trial when their when their word is known in advanc

this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's a hundred billion euro because while services are being cut a hole the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worse leaving the death of civilians on punished for the weak of the case to stay in afghanistan even the afghan president turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed how it caused delivered his strongest words yet giving of warning and threatening war if it happens again shorty organise your thoughts on the stories we're covering at the moment on screen by heading to our website is r.t. dot com news and analysis updated every minute for you there and here's what's there to discover to day should you log on right now a devastating blow to several villages in the central russian republic as an ammunitions disaster lights up the night sky the details and videos spectacular video of that variable of r.t. dot com. also see how hundreds exercised their first amendment rights of the jefferson memorial in washington by dancing up to five peop

citizens for fifteen years what does the e.u. e.u. get out of this is the us do you think to offer the same kind of information while this is this is always the question everything with the us seems to be a one way street the same with our extradition treaty with the us in the u.k. they can take our citizens. very easily where we can do the same thing against them they're protected by their own courts in terms of this information the americans get to keep it for fifteen years my understanding of this directive is that the member states will only get it to keep it for five years and i think it's bad enough having your own big brother state created in the european union without have been subjugated to an american big brother state as well by the same method how effective do you think this agreement will be in fighting terrorism and illegal immigration well we're always told that these things are done to protect us from terrorism and organized crime and we all want to be protected from that of course we do and we have to have proportiona

syria has poured scorn on e.u. moves to impose sanctions saying it will simply forget europe is on the naacp a violent crackdown against anti-government activists in the country has left hundreds dead since the uprising began in march after start calling for president bashar al assad to step down meanwhile the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon for a new his pledge to allow fact finding and humanitarian missions into the country. u.s. president is expected to confirm later today his decision to cut american forces in afghanistan by a third for obama has called the scale of the withdrawal significant and said troops will start to return home by july the afghan defense ministry both the decision saying its own security forces are now capable of filling the void more than fifteen hundred american soldiers have been killed in afghanistan since the u.s. led invasion and years of. now the contraries of the former soviet union are marking the seventieth anniversary of the nazi invasion which claimed the lives of over twen

and the e.u. is desperate for russia to lift the ban or it's against w to rules that could hinder russia's accession to the world trade organization but have a check on the markets branches hovering at one hundred fourteen dollars a barrel like sweden has slipped below one hundred dollars with the world crude oil is seeing some upward resistance in the next meeting on the eighth of june may well see out the race to cap recent rise gave. non-farm payrolls data to out late in the day is also seen as critical in setting the stage for the price direction. that's a look at the markets are european stocks the mix though seem to be steadying after a sharp sell off in the previous two sessions following mixed showings overnight on wall street and in asia and finally here in moscow the r.t.s. in the mindset so low at this hour let's now have a look at some of the individual share moves energy majors are trading and the like of course next edging around half a percent is gold is on the rise and strong the m

we all know where the e.u. prices are march higher absolutely for everything and that's food consumer goods and so forth. higher than in ukraine. what's the point for them to bring their good sense sell them in a country where prices are actually lower. so personally i don believe that there is a real danger that the e.u. will flood us with their cheap goods. were good let's take a vegetables for example. we use supplies of one point five percent or two percent of all the vegetables consumed in ukraine it's next to nothing. you know vegetables by the way you taken any measures like russia to get protected from the infection that. we have tightened fear sanitary control at the border and we carry out the curia logical tests but we have introduced no one bar goes because the volumes of imported vegetables are very small for instance we get nothing from spain it's all so there is no need to introduce serious prohibitory measures. my next question is rather political than economic i.m.f. representative in ukraine m

the e.u. agonizes over curbing its catastrophic debt and the looming bailout budget other countries once eager to join the blog have second thoughts. about how to stop such a crisis happening again major business and full of the leaders are discussing that right now and saying that is our to use live the international konami forum as an repsol. serious face of third round of ease sanctions amid more adele winter government crackdowns which song more than a dozen dad and thousands raged nationwide. watching r t coming to live from moscow emirate in joshua welcome to the program area war that's how greece's latest finance minister sums up the job ahead of him he's been tasked with securing another multi-billion euro bailout the criteria for which means slapping and outright hostile greek public with more sturdy cuts and some countries like turkey which once harbored dreams of membership are beginning to rethink their plans if you took to the turkey in the.

e.u. plans a third set of tougher sanctions against syria as a crackdown on protesters continues to be claiming at least sixteen lives on friday but some experts warn the sanctions could be paid on the way for it would be a start intervention. the next star interview show spotlights it talks to the budget leader of the south stream gas pipeline also claim much more than you could mean for supplies to europe. hello again and welcome to spotlight the interview cheryl on r.t. and i'll do another one today my guest this marcel grammar russia isn't bursting heart into the south stream pipeline a direct and independent gas shipping route to you but as the project is gaining momentum there is criticism in some quarters that south stream is unprofitable and has no future not to do the project leaders have to say today here's the c.e.o. of the south stream marcel crammer joining us from st peter's world economic forum . after the gas row between russia and ukraine left europe freezing moscow decide

the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group with a list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership this is always visible and always out of reach catherine r r t l great serbia well then split it all analyst says the tribunal can be impartial towards general because it's there to do america's bidding. the people who actually try this is the judges of the prosecution not subject to the same rules as the accused i mean the principle of all civilized countries will legal. will be used and all those who participate in the legal process must be subject to the same laws as you he was no one is above the law is the story here everybody but everybody is above the law are going to accuse and let's consider for example of being afraid your television. third of april ninth one thousand nine and now sixteen people died as a result of the. u.s. plane the tribunal never

surtees andrea to the e.u. faces more conditions following the arrest of its former army general previously seen as a key to the club. the cucumber has turned into now full of discord between germany and spain after millions of euros is lost in revenue following false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of the deadly european. break. georgia buries the victims of a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital as human rights organizations from around the world demand president saakashvili accounts for the incident. a.t.m. in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program. the former bosnian serb general rock a lot it will make his first appearance in front of the hague tribunal later today his arrest an extradition have been touted by the e.u. as a key objective for serbia to gain membership to the club but critics believe the bloc will now simply widen the goalposts leaving the country still chasing the carrot on the stick. still waiting

door the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group with a list of conditions for possible expression seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership this is always visible and always out of reach catherine as are about our team belgrade serbia. more to come for you during this half hour of news who wants drug ban to be lifted. a u.n. cattle has deemed the war on drugs a failure and the solution they put forward is to legalize drugs will join me for the details in a few moments. and red sky at night no one's delight a major fire at an ammunition depot in central russia sets off a chain reaction over a teller a shell explosions. in spain may launch a legal action against germany which prematurely pointed to converse as the cause of the failure call i'll break the hysteria over spanish broady as has crippled the country's foreign exports and cost millions of euros in just a week and while the source of infec

or the officers of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group but the list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership this is always visible and always out of reach catherine as our belgrade serbia welcomes political analyst. tribunals can be impartial towards general lot it's because it's there to do america's bidding but the tribunal doesn't need him to. be actively engaged in his own defense the trial you'll need a tribunal needs to be seen to be sitting there for symbolic reasons he's sitting there the only people the world is focused on and all the accusations are the wall of noise is against this tribunal you should remember it is not a court it is a tribunal with all the dubious i talked quasi legal procedures that involved one ton of europe where people are held for years without trial waiting for trial when they're when they're born it is known you know advance in f

but first russia has grabbed all imports of e.u. vegetables following a deadly outbreak of the cole why bacteria has already claimed eighty wives across europe the majority in germany is bound has been criticized by the e.u. as disproportionate because of the outbreak is still unknown with the world health organization saying this strain is a new bacteria never seen before russia's chief medical officer. thinks the situation is a huge blow to the e.u. health watch. she was a mature was because the work you do started on the twenty fifth of april so it's now over monthly to the crisis health officials to come out so you will cause the outbreak to transfer function of the disease and the main thing in the situation is still under control is to discredit the european health watchdog says. but the root of the outbreak are known speculation has been rife on where it all stems from and many are wondering whether the outbreak of hysteria matches the level of danger on our facebook page we're asking are you afraid of the never detected befo

a week ago the e.u. said his extradition was keen to hopes of joining the union but his arteries catherine are sort of reports the e.u. dream doesn't appear to be any closer. still waiting for the green light service arrests an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief luggage was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot in the european union's door a potential membership could mean billions of dollars worth of grant aid and for struggling serbia it's a lifeline but what two official belgrade is a step closer to the e.u. is actually a no step at all and they go secure this is very great news this is a very courageous decision by the serbian president this is one additional step for the integration of serbia into the european union one day is really i know go there so that is your big other steps remain to be taken your right to say to the rest of the political chief of croatian serbs go and had search who is still in hiding look to legislate in reform engagement in regional cooperation

two or the officers of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group but the list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catarina r.t. belgrade serbia. but meantime a balkans export market says the hague tribunal doesn't need record luggage to take part in in the in the case. the tribunal doesn't need him to. be actively engaged with his own defense the trial you'll need a tribunal needs to be needs him to be sitting there for symbolic reasons he's sitting there the odium of the world is focused on him all the accusations are the wall of noise is is against of those original figures eight thousand came out and about from these are bigger that islam is side they were prepared in advance. thousands of people were hidden soldiers and drafted back into the. just forces without their families even being informed so there is certainly a great

around thirty percent of the e.u.'s electricity comes from nuclear generation so ironically electricity germany ends up buying will be generated at nuclear power plants the majority of european countries aren't giving up their nuclear programs switzerland is phasing it out but france which has a long and successful history of nuclear power generation sees it as a solution for the future britain sweden spain and belgium or just some of the other a you countries that have nuclear capacity and planning to get rid of it so closing down its own reactors would stop germany's suffering from nuclear fallout in the event of an accident elsewhere in europe that the german green party is aiming high we are planning to hold europe to be nuclear free at the moment thirteen of twenty seven nations in the european union don't have any nuclear plants so it's a lot to make them. at the time maybe to two thousand and thirty of them everything's free but are they a minute the wrong goal the e.u. wants to generate twenty percent of it ele

during the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group but the list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership is always visible and always out of reach catarina our team belgrade serbia. meantime supporters and i have the serbian government for handing him over but foreign affairs author and expert sort of believes that the former army general may have gone voluntarily to the. the rumor has it in belgrade and they actually got it well look reliable source on the day of my big bank and belgrade a lot better today. because of more and it is very serious health problems he had actually made a deal with the serbian a colleague who secured the financial circumstances will. pay an undisclosed sum of money to the family and could continue paying. retirement and in return he is readiness to be kept this is intact. but a possible explanation for the crack that he was captured

president medvedev also urged the e.u. to speed up their decision on russia's entry into the world trade organization by the e.u. commission chief maybe barroso say expression is possible and this year two sides have also discussed the easing of these a regime saying agreement on the topic could be made next month next year summit will be held in brussels in the winter that you. see as european officials ready the next slice of greece is the european central bank and the german government are arguing over how to get private investors to contribute this one year after the first payment the next states conference conditions calling on the plans to implement even stricter austerity measures tens of thousands taking to the streets of athens in protest against yet another round of sweeping krauts during home weekly video podcast chairman chancellor angela merkel stated it's important not to take steps which could danger global economic ops when europe battles that crisis in greece and beyond but many germans are angry at their

also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt brings sparking massive protest against tougher cuts in the country there's outrage to germany work critics say they're tired of paying for other people's debts calling on greece to leave the eurozone. and people here in moscow and nationwide are celebrating russia day it's twenty years since the country staged the first free presidential elections just one year after declaring independence from the soviet union. next r.t.m. meets a possible candidate for next year's french presidential election far right leader marine upin believes the current government has put france in danger of being colonized by its own former colonies. so when an unprecedented first round victory in france's presidential elections next year she says the fraud is on the verge of revolution what tactics do you expect nicolas sarkozy to use to try and stop you would in power. you know i don't think there is a risk a person a sincere and defiance he's a her own ideas there

coli bacteria the assurance came from president bit of joining russia e.u. talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt priests which sparks massive protests against further cuts in the country and outrages people in germany saves time the debtors leave the eurozone. and as people here in moscow prepare to celebrate russia day we'll look back twenty years to when the country staged its first free presidential elections. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me joshua welcome to the program the conflict in libya shows no signs of letting up as rebels and government forces clash in the western oil port city of zawiyah some fifty kilometers from tripoli so even capital saw intensified nato airstrikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign intervention began back in march could obvious government claims more than thirty people have been killed in the attacks some of them civilians it comes as a leading leaders daughter filed a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family in an april m

if you talked about turkey in the e.u. ten years ago turkey's hopes of joining would have been inseparable from joining the euro not anymore turkey's attitude in short can be summed up very simply if you're not part of the euro right now took on the street seem to have a wide range of opinions on the euro but the country's doorstep europe's economy is worse now turkey's is improving turkey is improving in all fields but europe is going backwards so we don't need them. turkish people are using the year as an investment to earn money here is a more reliable than turkish money because people don't want to save their money in the euro. few invest in euros you get more than leave the euro is also stronger than dollars having said that i don't want to risk investing. but academics analyzing public opinion have found a common logic in decisions about the euro people polled don't care about wider economics but about their own personal finances my pocketbook or economy is actually beyond me you know an important factor that will ma

coli bacteria surance came from president medvedev during the russia e.u. talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for a bank or a priest would sparks massive protest against further cuts in the country and people in germany say it's time the debtors leave the eurozone. and as people here in moscow and nationwide celebrate brushy day we look back twenty years to when the country stage that's first free presidential election. this is r t coming to you live from moscow marina. the conflict in libya shows no sign of letting up rebels and government forces clashed in the western oil port city of zawiya some fifty kilometers from tripoli the libyan capital saw an intensified nato air strikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign intervention began back in march could off his government claims more than thirty people have been killed in the attacks some of them civilians it comes as the libyan leader's daughter filed a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family in an april military strike. spoke to so

carte ration will be rewarded and to news to beat a path to the e.u. or the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly displayed or flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group but the list of conditions for a possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership this is always visible and always out of reach catherine as our belgrade serbia. well it says that he needs more than the official thirty days to study the charges against him put asunder says no matter how much time he's given he simply not able to take part that you. can't even read one has to go through thousands of pages to be able to testify in court with that at least simply unable to do that he has difficulties with speech to how will he even sold with his lawyers it's impossible you can watch the full interview with. the son of former bosnian serb general that called garbage on our website of course that is. dot com. this week nato intensified its bombing campaign in libya and decided it would last for at least another three months a u.n. report ha

russia's energy minister mr expects to sign an agreement with the e.u. this autumn what kind of agreement could be there is russia want to have this. same preferences as nobuko for example or you ready for a compromise. we see this quite separately from whatever partners may have a arranged among themselves or wait to eat with the e.u. member countries what we really want to make sure of is that whilst we of course respect the the legal framework within the european union when we work what we want to make sure of is that whatever specific measures are taken do not in any way undermine the economic viability of the project for the entire duration of the operations of the project we want to have a clear stable and supported legal and regulatory framework so that's what we're working well many experts by the way say that from the economic point of view the modernization of ukraine's gas pipeline system would be a cheaper solution than constructing a new underwater pipeline is it true or does moscow believe that ukraine has lost its credibility as a reliable

and spain may be a step closer to an e.u. bailout of a different kind of to germany wrongly blamed comes from the country as the cause of europe's deadly e. coli outbreak the accusations of destroyed spain's fruit and vegetable exports and meanwhile the thing is now being pointed at german bean sprouts as a possible source of the contamination which is claimed twenty two lives a different solution he's an expert author on globalization and finance told me here in r.t. that he thinks the scare could spark another round of international hysteria when something goes wrong it is or human nature to do that's where i'm going on somebody else very boldly accusing poor innocent spare. to congress of being the cause of the e-coli outbreak now nevertheless i think that there's probably a more subtle generally highly all of these that is closely related to the fact that there are increasing centrifugal forces within the european union that already made a lot of people's talk about partial fractures partial break up so we just sort of lo

this was already unpopular in the e.u. there's the hundred billion euro because while services are being cut i suppose the size of our boys coming back in coffins is even worth leaving with both the civilians unpunished for the week of the case to stay in afghanistan even the afghan president's turning against nato after the latest fourteen civilians were killed him it caused delivered his strongest words yet giving a final warning and threatening war if it's happens again. r.t. . give us your thoughts on the stories we're covering the moment by heading to talk on news and analysis updated every minute there and here's what's there for you to discover today should you hold on right now a devastating blow to several villages in the central russian republic as an ammunitions depo disaster lights up the night sky the details on video are at r.t. dot com. also see how hundreds exercised their first amendment rights at the jefferson memorial in washington by dancing after five people arrested last week for similar flash mob loo

herbert discussed whether the stock waves from the e.u. to have crisis are reaching the u.s. . there's a common theme emerging all roads are pointing to one culpable source of the catastrophe b b i'm not talking about brigitte bardot but ben bernanke he actually says that this will be a small negligible impact of greece defaulting he is telling a lie that's causing incredible global financial damage again i suggest waterboarding. in japan the president of tepco the company operating the crippled fukushima plant has apologized for the disaster earlier this year the company has come under fire out of meeting with shareholders for not doing enough to deal with the situation meanwhile as workers have begun to install a protective tap at the first reactor aimed at preventing radio. spreading efforts to cool the reactors are continuing as a key water recycling system has again been launched the ongoing crisis has left europe divided over the future of nuclear power france's promise further investment germany plans to shut all of its plants the former head of the international atomic

door the offices of the e.u. delegation to serbia proudly display the flags of all of their member states and serbia really wants to join the group with a list of conditions for possible accession seems to be neverending and for official belgrade membership this is always visible and always out of reach catherine as r r t belgrade serbia want to count for you during this half hour of news the global commission on drug policy has been accused of links to the darko mafia after it issued their report calling for the legalization of certain drugs find out more. a major fire has broken out at an ammunition storage depot in central russia triggering explosions and injuring forty five two elderly people have died from heart attack said to have been bought on brought on rather by the incident military personnel have decided on local residents have been evacuated to safety that's around thirty thousand people are always where it has the details. comics bread across the central russian republic all good mostly last night w