correspondent tom barton joins us live with more hello tom so what would the russian help entailed. with this news comes from the presidential economic aide our county devolve of it chew said there have been meetings recently between the foreign minister sergei lavrov the ex finance minister of russia could ruin and spain's finance minister so folks focusing primarily on spain in those meetings a raise the possibility of russia being able to buy some of spain's debt and so provides extra help for the e.u.'s debt crisis he also said that of the brics countries brazil russia india china and south africa could try and help economically with the use economic woes but there is a plot it relies on the e.u. coming up with a clear plan to try and contain the debt crisis that is currently sweeping across the eurozone we all know about the problems in greece italy and spain credit ratings have recently been downgraded again raising fears of major debt problems there so russia says it's too it's too early at the moment to talk about any concrete plans to stop buying up spanish debt we want to

tom barton party. over on our website you can always find a place more analysis interviews and news taste of what's that r.t. dot com right now. on a tourist murder russian investigators say the leader of that e-mail and then more kremlin officials concede in order to shoot designs family also. the u.s. pastor who first called for people around the world to set fire to the koran wants to run for the presidency details of our web site r.t. dot com. in germany the government's attempts to unite different for the just groups seems to be turning sour introducing islam classes in schools was meant to help integrate the country's three million muslims with r.t.c. daniel bushell reports the measure is bringing a very different result. a typical german school but here this teacher is preaching hate christians who go to discos drink alcohol and have a boyfriend they perform evil deeds christians and jews says and believe in the qur'an before it destroys your faces germany started islam classes in its schools wi

proved in effect of the ethnic communities of the country have only grown further apart and as tom barton reports the worry is that the cultural divide will deepen. what do these two very different pieces of music have in common they're both performed in germany and they increasingly represent clashing forms of society here we want. the immigrants german just the illegal ones yes and after that the other day i was told that's the view of the national democratic party or n.p. d. here in germany they've supported many concerts attended by right wing supporters but their opponents argue they promote hatred they achieve that in some regions in east germany than you have no immigrants. it's not because of economy queasiness but it's because nobody wants ready to go there because it's there always threatened one anti nazi group recently managed to do right wing concert goers into wearing their bogus t. shirts when they were washed the rightwing slogan dissolved to reveal a message urging the wearer to leave their near nazi group however german police intelligence estimates that there are eight

changing that perception with many journalists saying they're being bullied by the authorities ati's tom barton has from one reporter who says the situation has become so bad he's seeking political asylum. recently those who make the news in georgia have been becoming the news john doe not a touch willie or the founder of an opposition t.v. station applied for french political asylum just days before nicolas sarkozy arrived on a visit but he was disappointed. i contacted the french embassy and i was sure my problem would be resolved quickly but i was mistaken they didn't make an appointment and i had no news from them if they don't contact me in the near future i'm determined to go to other embassies. korea letty t.v. is a small station in the north of georgia john doe and his staff say it's mikhail saakashvili as government that's pushed him to apply for asylum he says they're putting pressure on him because of his channels criticism of policy and for showing the opposition views as well as those of the government or that he is them alone we have to work in difficult conditions as we cannot ge

opponents say the movement has given rise to violent crime of course in a dangerous rift within society tom barton. what do these two very different pieces of music have in common they're both performed in germany and they increasingly represent clashing forms of society here we want the immigrants come and just illegal once was enough to be our world almost that's the view of the national democratic party or n p d here in germany they've supported many concerts attended by right wing supporters but their opponents argue they promote hatred they achieved in some regions in east germany there are no immigrants. it's not because of economic reasons but it's because nobody wants me to go there because it's there always threatened one and the nazi group recently managed to do right when concert goers into wearing their bogus cheese shirts when they washed the right wing slogan dissolved to reveal a message urging the wearer to leave the near nazi group. however german police intelligence estimates that there are eight to ten thousand hard core militant neo nazis in the country those behind the stunt s

future could well be one of blackouts disappearing industry and huge electricity costs as artie's tom barton reports. germany has long had a strong green anti nuclear movement but it was one accident that finally turned the tide against nuclear power there. by twenty twenty two and the use of nuclear energy in germany so what now the green movement and its hopes for renewable energy have been given a huge boost renewables mostly wind turbines and photovoltaics better known as solar panels currently supply eighteen percent of germany's electricity indeed germany has big plans for green energy i mean to go from eighteen to eighty percent renewables after the nuclear switch off some say it's crazy to do it this way but others say second option is to say when somebody can make it happen it will be the germans but a closer look at the russia out of nuclear reveals there's more hope riding on its renewable replacements the natural readiness that planned eighty percent will take forty years at least and with nuclear electricity disappearing in germany in eleven years that will leave a decades long

so it is tom barton there reporting for us greece is the epicenter of the crisis with international creditors still finalizing talks on whether to hand athens another cash injection i spoke to dr richard wellings he's from the institute of economic affairs he said there's no other solution at this stage he's things other than the dissolution of the eurozone. eventually if the. lights are on the man even the most powerful economies in europe such as france and germany so basically i don't think this is the politicians and bureaucrats. their main priority is to avoid taking the blame so all they're doing is kicking the can down the road do you think german public opinion is hardening and of course german taxpayers or german savers are the people who are the real victims of these these quick fixes when the european central bank prints money to make an official buy lots of spain and italy. and of course people with savings in euro's they're the ones that suffer from but of course the problem is that german taxpayers are going to be on the hook for not just greece but potentially all the other sou

acceptance all of which could leave germany very far from its green dreams of a renewable energy system tom barton r.t. . i think all of that and other stories from around the world and there are unconfirmed reports from may be either one of one. the sun's has been captured in some officials from the national transitional council say motive. is being held by fighters laying siege to the city and there's no official proof to confirm the claims yet but does seem was a senior army officer as well as national security advisor and his capture would be seen as a major victory for the and you see. a shooting rampage at a hay or so long in a small city near los angeles has left eight people dead and nine victim is in a critical condition police caught the suspect as he was trying to flee the scene finding several weapons on him the motive of the shooting remains unclear but there are reports the gunman was targeting his ex-wife. is its ruling military council has blamed christian religious leaders for sunday's violence which left twenty six dead general otto amar said the minority of protesters were peace

about any concrete plans to start buying up spanish debt we want to see a unanimous plan first tom barton reporting for. greece remains the epicenter of the debt crisis of course with international creditors still finalizing talks on whether to hand off another cash injection your vote overdeveloped is editor in chief of the trends magazine he told us the bailout policy will one day hit the credit worthiness of the e.u.'s strongest economies. we have a banking crisis we have a sovereign debt crisis day indirectly in a very vicious way and there is no coherent european plan to tackle all of these problems that are so severe at the moment that's the big fear environment call it that way that at the end of the day and that they might not be far away even a country like france and certainly also germany can become a country in financial troubles or to put it in the language of the rating agencies both countries might lose their aaa rating and as a matter of fact for france for example i think the moment of loss of the aaa rating is not that far away. well for more on the financial woes there'

we have a report from tom barton of independent television news. >> reporter: keeping hope alive in the face of devastation. nearly 600 people have been killed by the turkish earthquake, but still, rescuers pick through the rubble. and more than four and a half days after the 7.2 magnitude quake, their persistence pays off. pulled from the rubble, a 13- year-old boy, tired, weak. his rescuers cover his eyes to protect him from the bright searchlights. ferhat tokay had spent 108 hours trapped beneath his apartment block. according to the government, he becomes the 187th person to be rescued since sunday's disaster. his rescue came just hours after that of another teenager, a team from azerbaijan pulling the 18- year-old to safety and on to hospital. the search and clearance operation continues across the earthquake zone in eastern turkey. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed, replaced by tented villages for some of the 50,000 people affected. but in the cold of a turkish winter, conditions are difficult. "they're trying their best," says one evacuee. "but i don't know what it'll be