the european commission plans to announce a compensation package for farmers. german officials later confirmed that this farm in germany was the source of the bacteria that killed at least 22 people. >> welcome to gmt. i am naga munchetty. also in the program -- life- saving vaccines a fraction of their usual price. several drug companies announced substantial discounts for developing nations. a little girl -- did the libyan government tell the whole truth about her injuries? midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in brussels. european union agriculture officials are dealing with the e. coli outbreak. they will meet tomorrow. by then, they will hopefully know the exact source of the bacteria. an announcement is due later today. test results are expected to show that bean sprouts grown at a farm in south hamburg are the most likely origin. 22 people have died so far. across europe, more than 2000 people have been taken in. >> this is the farm in northern germany to which the e. coli outbreak is linked. the farm produces bean sprouts. it has bee

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the european commission has criticized russia's decision to ban imported vegetables from europe and the wake of the outbreak but prime minister putin said that people's lives are more important. to you but again these issues good in an. extremely european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w t o frankly i don't know about that you think you can lose the people of the a.b.m. that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirit we are waiting for all parties to at least name a contagion as the themselves don't know what's going on we can't expose our people for the sake of some kind of spirit which i will of course review to the liberty of our public health service decision but nevertheless we are waiting for updates from our european colleagues. meantime spain made the launch legal action against germany for prematurely pointing at it as the course of the fatal outbreak but hysteria over spanish produce has crippled the country's farm exports and cost millions of euros the source of the infection is still unclear but critics say that the pharmaceutical indust

to you and me she was good at our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes it is this spirit of the w t o frankly i didn't know about that but the cucumber is the key people of that it made them that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirits we are waiting for all partners to at least name the contagion as the themselves don't know what's going on we can't expose our people for the sake of some kind of spirit i will of course review the legitimacy of our public health service decision but nevertheless we are waiting for updates from our european colleagues in. the meantime spain may launch legal action against germany for prematurely pointing out its cucumbers as the cause of the fatal break the hysteria over spanish produce has crippled the country's foreign exports and cost millions of euros and the source of the infection is still unclear but critics say the pharmaceutical industry may be in for a windfall from the vegetable pack. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany playing spain is the source

the european commission has criticized russia's decision to ban imported pulls from europe in the wake of the. prime minister putin meantime says that people's lives are more important. because you were going to shift good at them laura colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes it is this spirit of the w t o frankly i don't know about that because you can lose the people of the a.b.m. that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirit we are waiting for our partners to at least name the contagion as good themselves don't know what's going on we can't expose our people for the sake of some kind of spirit which i will of course review ability of our public health service decision but nevertheless we are waiting for updates from our european colleagues. spain may launch a legal action against germany for prematurely pointing out its cucumbers as the cause of the fatal break the hysteria over spanish projects has crippled the country's farmer exports and cost millions of euros a source of the infection in time it's still unclear but critics say the pharmaceutical

we consider this session a success also because the european commission are confirmed the importance of energy relations and of the southeast project such. two dollars real agents and use the words this is clearly a priority also for the e.u. and we will find good ways to work with it and to support it so i think all in all . we are now at the point where we have a good basis. and perhaps more detailed discussion. do you believe that you will succeed in getting a priority status for south stream in the e.u. that's exempting it from the european union rules requiring it to share its infrastructure with third parties. well there is an ongoing discussion between the european commission and the russian government about an overall agreement with regard to how gas infrastructure could be treated and i think we should wait and see how that agreement works out and what exactly that means for the status of the project at the same time it is clear that the participants in the project and they represent about one third of all e.u. member states. feel very strongly along with russia that this pr

delegation is led by the heart of the european commission had a month on their own pay and the european of the european council story and the european commission's president was annoyed but also the had of the russian side is host president dmitry medvedev the summit has entered its second day here at the historic site in need of the north groves because and the first working session has already begun on the table are russia's accession into w t o p's of the regime with the european union and finding a compromise common solutions on america's plans to build a new missile defense system for europe now considering the latest so far the habeas nato air strikes in libya of course this will be the central issue of the international agenda the summit russia strongly condemns nato's military operation in this not african state and today president very well most likely to raise his calls for an immediate unconditional cease fire in this country and for a political solution of the conflict now another apple of discord to european security debated in connection with the new a.m.d. which the u.s.

vegetables is necessary as comes after the european commission requested immediate withdrawal of the. risk of some other international stories for you this hour here on r.t. seventy three year old man has gone on a shooting rampage in the u.s. state of arizona killing five before turning the gun on himself. shot dead a prominent local attorney in yuma county who had it represented his wife in their divorce police say the shootings were not a random act and all the victims were targeted. greece and the e.u. have reportedly agreed in principle to a new bailout package to further help the struggling country with its debt crisis though the exact sum that will be lent to athens has not been revealed it will supposedly supersede the existing emergency loan of one hundred ten billion euros greece in return must target another six billion in austerity measures begin its ambitious privatization program. but shock has given way to sorrow in georgia families bury the victims of a brutal police crackdown on protesters that happened on the eve of the country's independence day the incident prompte

reparations from the relevant authorities in europe after its prime minister criticised the european commission for not supporting the country enough particularly after the infection was proven not to have conference punished q cumbers spain has a tightened task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exports or a freeze and vegetables all over the u. a position essential to its ailing economy nor ever is r.t. brussels. one or two a country which has already been bailed out of greece may receive the next installment of its one hundred ten billion euro loan in july things as promised to implement strict austerity measures to stabilize its economy a goal it's failed to reach so far well for more on greece's chances of recovery i can now talk to professor of political science peer he's in paris thank you very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. so tell us what has greece got to do to get itself out of trouble and prove it is able to pay off its debts well actually i don't think it's only a good problem of greece greece was not too honest about its budget. under the last government

issues good in colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w t o frankly i don't doubt that the cucumbers the people of the aid then that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirits. it's a very delicate time for the spanish economy which is teetering on the edge of needing if you bail out this is decidedly not a good moment for one hundred fifty thousand tons of cookies to go unsold. because we're. all. trying. to compare all. cynics say all this is just the media whipping up its latest health hysteria in two thousand and five the united nations warned the world that could kill up to one hundred fifty million people in reality the seven years until the end of two thousand and ten saw three hundred three people die more recently swine flu was the killer encouraged by pharmaceutical companies european countries spend billions of dollars on unnecessary vaccines probably will see very soon behind all this. one. pharmaceutical industry like they did with the swine flu but they have something to protect people against. screens which. a

european entities. second, she's not only vice president of the commission she's high representative. e has to represent the european union she has no trouble assignments and most of the commission's and almost all the commission meetings but nevertheless i want to tell members of the commission are not there representing countries fear laminating by countries that they, are there. and they're not they're representing countries and it comes from that point we try to be independent and just the member states and britain is well represented and the prime minister. >> thank you very much. >> thank you mr. president. i apologize for my late arrival. i didn't wait until the end. we are living in difficult times from 2008 was a very thorough banking crisis and economic crisis in 2009. banks took on debt and the public to gone debt like a budgetary crisis. this has led to cuts and austerity so that in certain countries the european union the situation has become most dramatic. there is a danger that in 2011 and 2012 the crisis would lead to a social crisis in europe. so if the commission is w

we know that this is a common european challenge to come up with a solution to this drama, this refugee crisis. i would like to act -- as the commission's president to give his appraisal has how the convention is dealing with this and whether we have the resources in the european union to react where is needed, but also having the necessary wherewithal to act. and the third question is, in the discussion of countries of and whetherorigin, we are making headway and progress. >> thank you very much. we are aware of recent events that has resulted in a loss of many like. i agree with you that we need to take more action. there was an immediate response with humanitarian assistance and this will continue to coronate the response to the strong migratory pressure. it is very important that we work together to coordinate efforts. more needs to be done. my direct answer to you is that we need more resources. the proposals need to be urgently adopted, and we also need member states to show solidarity by offering a technical and human necessary means. we do not have all of those means. we need the cooperation of the member states. >> thank you ve

reparations from the relevant authorities in europe after its prime minister criticised the european commission for not supporting the country enough particularly after the infection was proven not to have come from spanish cucumbers spain has a tight task ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exporter of fruits and vegetables all over the u. a position essential to its a link economy nor ever its r.t. brussels and durham it continues to track down the latest on that situation in europe you can check out our twitter feed from the first in her latest tweet she says that as the planet grows all vegetables and under suspicion as a possible source of the outbreak in front of your twitter feed r.t. underscore on top of that story. this week's or breakthrough in the investigation of. assassination five years ago the main suspect a chechen fugitive has been officially charged with the murder of the prominent russian journalist and police say they have enough evidence to prove that the thirty seven year old was the one who did pull the trigger. of the reports now on this latest developmen

lawyers for the european commission claim a proposed deal between the us and the e.u. allowing america to store the personal data of millions of transatlantic passengers is even legal that's according to a report in the u.k.'s guardian newspaper the us wants access to credit card details phone numbers and home addresses of european passengers as part of its anti terror networks let's talk more on this deal we're now into on line from brussels by dr batten who's a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party thanks for joining us this afternoon the european commission lawyers say the agreement is illegal what do you think well the lawyers are called on that point but it certainly seems to me to be disproportionate just disproportionate and intrusive in the amount of information that they actually want on travellers and it could well be illegal especially under existing data protection legislation not clear about the fourth when speaking on this subject in the parliament they want the more most amount of information about people their personal detail

less if tens of millions of people across europe lose their jobs that doesn't matter to the european commission provided they can maintain the euro and keep propping up the banks and then that's where we are if they carry on living in what you'll probably describing as a fantasy land surely reality will it actually hit and will we possibly see a collapse of the eurozone the euro itself and presumably that's what you yourself want to see isn't it. look i don't think the euro's a good idea but i also do not want to see violence on the streets and people getting hurt and i don't want to see that you're a break up in a disorderly manner but frankly if they go on saying there is no plan b. if they go on trying to keep these countries trapped inside the euro but i'm afraid we are headed for a very sticky end indeed and in the financially what will bring this down in the end isn't just the greek economy or the portuguese or the irish in the end. going to bring this down is the european central bank itself an organization that all the member states have put money into and the point at which greece defa

he says she was good at the large colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes it is this spirit of the w t o frankly i didn't know about that but the cucumbers the people of the ied then that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirit well waiting for our partners to at least named a contagion as the themselves don't know what's going on we can't expose our people for the sake of some kind of spirit which will of course review the validity of our public health service decision but nevertheless we are waiting for updates from our european colleagues. on the outbreak of the eco lie bacteria has so far claimed eighteen lives most of them in germany german public health officials were quick to blame the spanish cucumbers as the source but they've now backtracked and admitted it's not clear where the outbreak originated spain says it may launch legal action against germany for that mistake and countries vegetable exports are being crippled costing millions of euros well for more on what's behind the cucumber his styria let's talk to anyone who's found it and ch

european commission is criticize russia's decision to ban imported vegetables from europe in the wake of the outbreak but prime minister putin says people's lives are more important and valuable to him he says should good our colleagues from the european commission see russia's decision goes against this spirit of the w t o frankly i don't know about that but the cucumbers the people at it that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirit well waiting for our partners to at least in a new contagion there's the themselves don't know what's going on we can't expose our people for the sake of some kind of spirit which i will of course review the validity of our public health service decision but nevertheless we are waiting for updates from our european colleagues. i'll pray because so far eighteen lives most of them in germany german public health officials were quick to blame spanish cucumbers as the source but they've now backtracked and admit it is not clear where the outbreak originated spain says it may launch a legal action against germany for that mistake countries vegetable ex

the european commission has criticized russia's decision to ban imported vegetables from europe in the wake of the break but prime minister putin says people's lives are more important. if you would do it in a large colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w c o frankly i don't know about that but the cucumber is the key paper of the edam that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirits well waiting for all partners to at least name the contagion as the themselves don't know what's going on we can't expose our people for the sake of some kind of spirit which will of course review the validity of our public health service decision but nevertheless we are waiting for updates from our european colleagues. because so far claimed at least eighteen lives most of them in germany have been public health officials were quick to blame spanish cucumbers as the source but they've now backtracked and admitted it's not clear where they are going to make spain says it made legal action against germany for about this thing because exports have b

is telling social networking websites that they are not doing enough to protect minors european commission vice president neelie kroes said in a statement quote youngsters do not fully understand the consequences of disclosing too much of their personal lives online and note this. after they arrested several minors in turkey for being anonymous perhaps they are truly afraid of the youth perhaps it is the government workers who do not understand the consequences of disclosing too much of their personal lives online after all it was hundreds of american government officials who gave their mail passwords away to so-called chinese hackers you cannot have the internet without anonymous we are anonymous we are legion we do not forgive we do not forget they expect us who they are. that there is a crazy place to be when we come back we'll sit down with ernie hancock live from us and a special the viewer with take delivery of something out of an airplane you're watching adam vs the man. is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely con

we will also ask the european commission to strengthen and improve the alert recommendation on food safety they will discuss an eu compensation package for farmers tomorrow. overstretched hospitals in germany is where the real pain is being felt. tracking the source of the bacteria into treating it is urgent business. bbc news, belgium. >> a united states congressman has apologized for sending an inappropriate picture of themselves to a young woman over twitter. he says his account has been hacked. he has had in a corporate communications with women on line. here is the report. >> a rising star in new york politics, anthony wiener had struggled to stay out of politics for the last few days. but more questions in revelation half. he was forced to tell the truth. weetedt friday night, i treate a photo of myself to a woman as a joke. i said my account had been hacked. >> it was an admission and an apology. >> i am deeply sorry for the pain this has caused my wife and our family. and my constituents, friends, supporters, and staff. >> an explicit the votes of of him in his underwear appeared o

the european commission is due to ask member states to approve a compensation package for farmers the have not been able to sell vegetables. officials have not found the source of the infection. have been discussing the crisis and at a meeting in luxembourg. the bbc's editor has the details. >> cucumbers lopes, box after box, waiting for them to be crushed the area there is concern that the source of the outbreak has not been identified. >> furious the spanish cucumbers set incorrectly been blamed the mainland and the honor of the vegetable be restored. >> had an emergency meeting, you could sense the attention. investors objected to the compensation being offered. they were told to sit down. and the figure was 134 billion pounds. that amounted to 30% of the market price. spain later denounced the deal as insufficient. >>, and judging by the strength of feeling here today, it is likely to go higher. the funds will come from existing budgets and won't involve further contribution by the u.k. taxpayer. there was criticism of germany for an accurately pinpointing spanish cucumbers as the

the european commission has warned against spreading unjustified fears. the damage has been done. farmers are struggling to sell their produce and are now demanding compensation. this report from hamburg -- >> it's not getting any easier for the german authorities. over the weekend, they identified this farm 60 miles south of hamburg as the likely source for the e. coli outbreak sweeping across europe. instead of relief at locating the origin of the crisis, there's no confusion. green sprouts grow here are tested, but early results show they're not contaminated after all. the farm is not fully in the clear, but the negative results are not good news for officials try to get on top of the outbreak. agriculture ministers from the european union 27 member states are meeting for emergency talks in luxembourg to discuss food safety concerns and the growing economic implications of this crisis. russia maintains a ban against all eu vegetable imports and spain is repeating its demands for compensation. spanish vegetable farmers are struggling to fill their order books after a cucumber fa

the european commission protests the import ban and demanded an explation from moscow. >> it is hard to tell what would have been the reasons behind it. what are the reasons of the russian authorities? from our point of view, we think this measure is disproportionate. >> russia has even been checking travellers from the you for suspicious symptoms of the deadly e. coli strain. >> insecurity surrounding gris sent stocks south today -- surrounding greece sent stocks of today. >> there is bad economic data out of the united states. moody's has downgraded greece, and analysts are saying there is a 50% likelihood of great debt restructuring. -- greek debt restructuring. protesters are still in denial. the euro is nevertheless very strong, almost hitting $1.45. >> another disappointing day for a lot of european investors. let's take a closer look at germany's dax, 2% lower. across the atlantic, the dow slipped 0.3%. the euro is trading at $1.4494. new york prosecutors have issued a subpoena to goldman sachs. they are seeking information on the bank's role in the collapse of the u.s. housin

. >> the european commission has asked member states to approve a compensation package to farmers who have been unable to sell their vegetables because of the e-coli outbreak in germany. health officials have not found the source which is said to have killed more than 20 people. they have been discussing the crisis in luxumborg. >> in places they trudge up cucumber slopes, dumping box after box, waiting for them to be crushed. there is growing frustration that the source of the outbreak has ng been -- -- has not been identified and mounting calls for farmers to be compensated. this farmer demanded the honor of the vegetable be restords. in luxborg -- luxberg ministers from holland and spain objected to the compensation being offered. they were told to sit down. the figure on the table was 134 million pounds. for growers, that amounted to 30% of the market price. spain later denounced the deal as insufficient. judging by the strength of feeling here today, the level of compensation is likely to go higher. the funds will come from an existing new budget, and won't involve a further cont

the european commission says that will needs to change. it says the current crisis shows migration as a matter for all e.u. member states. >> the convention is under question, and that is difficult to negotiate. >> there is resistance from the northern e.u. states like germany and belgium. they would rather give more money to build up border protection then take in more migrants. >> the principle that the country where the refugees are arrives should start the procedure and regulate what happens is correct. we should not question it. >> the debate on whether the refugees should stay in that country is just the beginning. ultimately, the heads of the governments will have the last word. >>> he was attentive and cooperative. that is how t had describ e foer serb army commander ratko mladic. he made his first appearance before the u.n. war crimes tribunal wednesday. the serbian government delivered a ratko mladic to the hague yesterday. he was arrested last year and serbia after more than 50 years in hiding. on friday, he is scheduled be form