we have good heritage in africa we have really good background in many countries of africa and we should not forget that all the problems of africa very soon become the european problems and the problems are of the middle and central asian countries but you said you use the kremlin is very pragmatic the moscow is very pragmatic china is providing this a we need raw materials africa's rich raw materials so that's why we're there russia is rich war materials itself so what do we need it africa except politics except ideology no we need political stability because if there is no political stability in africa like in somalia for example. are we. we have. problems with the. navigation while the the maritime security is is is is is suffering yeah if we have problems in countries like so done and. we are lucky that all the developments in sudan go on successful that today but as a result of the referendum we have two or three failed states on the character of sudan we have more somalia's the most somalis in africa we have less control over the continent we have a we will see a new wave ways of

its goal is to create closer ties between the eu an north africa.he union was a pet project of french president nicolas sarkozy. now he says it is time to revisit the alliance. >> looking at current events as they enfold, we must seize the moment and a revitalize the union. >> proposals for european aid from on arising -- modernizing the region's infrastructure, including sewage treatment was to protect the mediterranean. that would serve vital european interests, especially planan for solar power energy production projects. so it is broad consensus with billions of euros over an extended time span. >> there is no question to where eu aid should be directed. for the people who need our support and for the creation of a democratic and open society. we must also support the development of a judicial system and help stop corruption. >> we must also open our markets, although that may affect the eu's southern regions, spain, italy, and greece. we must institute in africa at the same quality certification process that is already in place within the eu. t

the changes sweep through the middle east and north africa u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called for changes in u.s. foreign policy desperate to influence the emerging political map the future of american involvement abroad is the top of the government's agenda christine takes a look at the changing face of washington's priorities. reisa. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often tied secretary of state hillary clinton charged with the task of laying out the plan for the future generations of americans including my own have grown up successful and safe because we chose to lead the world in tackling the greatest challenges but now clear signs that the challenges and the times are changing but a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent that sometimes we support the bad guys and the bad guys become our enemies. twenty eleven has been a major year with major shifts in prominence and power in northe

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards world news now though in brief let me bring up to date on the top stories coming into worse the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded. in a shooting at frankfurt airport a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel while it was parked outside the building following the shooting a twenty one year old suspect from kosovo was arrested by german police the motive for the attack is still unclear. but his stand minister for religious minorities has been killed in a gun attack in the country's capital police say alleged taliban gunmen sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood shahbaz bhatti who is a christian has been threatened by islamist militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year of punjab go

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else sue is congressman had to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standard. was. that has become normal and gloom to many of creation of the of the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. you're not trading the actual cash physical grain you're trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons madi likely silver or gold that can be negotiated and ordered to some degree in. place. water. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. good some. excellent professional. medics travelling and possessing an extra ordinary car. the doctor who helped many people in his country. the political criminal responsible for thousands of deaths. was it an attempt to repent. or just escape a fair trial. the other line. on our team. this is r.t. from m

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else u.s. congressman had to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards. that has become common and is the own creation of the of the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. gernot trading the actual physical grain your trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons moderate like silver or gold that can be negotiated and ordered to some degree in. place. yet or. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. lives of teens being interviewed quintillion republic. the center of russian defense production. he heads to central russia. the crops of become an industry. the harsh winter make schools even more enjoyable. and where everyone can train to be just on. the younger slower. russia close up on oxy. now let's have a look at some

opened the room for western involvement in africa by. is loose talk to massacres of people ok if i can go to aid. and i to ask you look at this resolution that was passed by the united nations security council and it's open ended so where we are the united nations security what i'm saying is the people that are implementing it right now the united states and and primarily nato countries they can say there's no there's no deadline for us to achieve what we want to achieve so i mean he at this point the the united states and nato are not satisfied with the outcome because it as we speak right now and things are changing very quickly in the country there's a stalemate right now i wouldn't call quite a stalemate but i. certainly i haven't heard quite the triumphal language that you quoted at the beginning my understanding is is that commanders are speaking positively saying things are moving in the right direction they've certainly degraded khadafi these defenses tremendously but that that that fulfilling the mission is really some some days

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards coming up. close to the republican. center of russian defense production. if he heads to central russia. the crops become an industry. where the harsh winter makes schools even more enjoyable. and where everyone can train to be a stump. to the. show close up oxy wealthy british style stock. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. the official t. application. called touch from the. life on the go. video on demand. gold costs and says feed now in the palm of your. question. well news in brief. the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded in the shooting at frankfurt airport the gunman opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel while it was parked outside the build

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined as general macarthur so delicately put it there is also the matter of money u.s. own economy weak and losing leverage to other powers like china and brazil another frustration voiced by lawmakers doesn't make any sense at all for us to be borrowing money from china and giving it to other countries especially giving it back to china. now when it comes to iran there is a clear position given by the state department the denial of human dignity in iran is an outrage that deserves the condemnation of all who speak out for freedom and justice but in many other regions like the rain albania and most prominently iraq were many many more people are killed at the hands of u.s. allied governments the silence is deafening. and as the landscape changes daily in libya cracks in the foundation here grow deeper we must maintain firm ties with our allies and enemies must be clearly identified it is a constantly changing position on good versus evil and increasingly dimini

its goal is to create closer ties between the eu and north africa. union was a pet project of french president nicolas sarkozy. now he says it is time to revisit the alliance. >> looking at current events as they enfold, we must seize the moment and a revitalize the union. >> proposals for european aid from on arising -- modernizing the region's infrastructure, including sewage treatment was to protect the mediterranean. that would serve vital european interests, especially plans for solar power energy production projects. so it is broad consensus with billions of euros over an extended time span. >> there is no question to where eu aid should be directed. for the people who need our support and for the creation of a democratic and open society. we must also support the development of a judicial system and help stop corruption. >> we must also open our markets, although that may affect the eu's southern regions, spain, italy, and greece. we must institute in africa at the same quality certification process that is already in place within the eu. that

this is about africa. the question is the united states african command or africum has been engaging in pilot changing of one battalion focusing on human rights and unit cohesion conditions and afr africum is controversial. so my question is should the u.s. expand on this project to address other security needs? and i guess in reference to what you were saying before, you know i remember 20, 30 years ago when there were liberation movements in the various countries and we could talk about how all of those turned out but there were independence and liberation movements and so i don't think that you have described one in the congo. >> you want to say something on this, jump in if you want. no, no i'm saying if you want to say anything after i am done. >> oh, okay. >> the military forum issue i think is -- i think eci if you look at their recommendations, the project and others that have worked on this stuff, military reform, security sector reform sat the top of anyone's list. of what we need to invest in. a

this is about africa. the question is the united states african command or africum has been engaging in pilot changing of one battalion focusing on human rights and unit cohesion conditions and afr africum is controversial. so my question is should the u.s. expand on this project to address other security needs? and i guess in reference to what you were saying before, you know i remember 20, 30 years ago when there were liberation movements in the various countries and we could talk about how all of those turned out but there were independence and liberation movements and so i don't think that you have described one in the congo. >> you want to say something on this, jump in if you want. no, no i'm saying if you want to say anything after i am done. >> oh, okay. >> the military forum issue i think is -- i think eci if you look at their recommendations, the project and others that have worked on this stuff, military reform, security sector reform sat the top of anyone's list. of what we need to invest in. a

shifting priorities as the on the rest of the middle east and north africa is taking the world america's foreign policy is changing course on long with it. as the soviet union's first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the prime the put rush on the path towards democracy. coming to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us and the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces quote certain libya triggering speculation of possible strikes while the u.k. is also not ruling out the use of force meanwhile colonel gadhafi backed by an army that's made weakened by the factions continues to hold on several towns near the capital tripoli are now in the hands of the opposition the international storms gathering over the libyan leader with the u.n. suspended the country from its human rights council and also calls for a mass humanitarian evacuation for people caught up in the crisis as world pressure mounts are laura ever reports on whether nato is ready for a new war. and we do not in any way the use of military assets we

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards coming up. speaking to the chamber. to russian defense. while she gets to central russia. coming. harsh winter exposed even more original. and well trained to be just. a small. pressure placed on. wealthy british style. to. look. like. market finance come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on our deep. down the official ulti allocation your money phone or i pod touch from the i choose our. jobs life on the go. video on demand tease my world calls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. world news a brief martie moscow the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two with the shooting at frankfurt airport the government opened fire on a bus carrying m

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else u.s. congress might have to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards. let's take a look now at some international news making headlines around the world on pakistan's minister for religious minorities has been killed and the gun attack in the country's capital police say alleged taliban gunman sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood. he was a christian had been threatened by islamic militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year punjab governor was gunned down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to the rules. thousands of people living with and holding a rally in india to protest a planned trade deal between the country in the european union the protesters want a government against signing any deal that would increase the cost of drugs denying tens of thousands of people treatment demonstrators mar

just in africa first although it's a big question what will happen with iran because. if something like this will happen in the run will be a major blow to the world oil markets but none commute some comments really positive for the american pows so for good do not want to squeeze. through the same time you see somebody for the economy or something deeper from the from europe that unemployment you will go in a little older with a little higher inflation that you would have stuck to. and the price of gold has hit a new record high as investors worry that political turmoil may spread across the middle east it has jumped on the london going market by more than dollars to one thousand four hundred one gold is traditionally seen as i have been for investors in times of concessions. that wraps up the business bulletin joe and there's less than one us time for more business news than to get lost or a small website archly dot com slash business. to spain to the old country and republic. center of russian defense production. now while she heads to central russia. because of som

no country in africa has been able to withstand this.nda is facing problems with fragmentation because gaddafi cited to make himself king of kings. now every single tribal kaine is saying -- tribal king is saying i will not recognize the central government. they know that. europeans know that and yet they will let it live because of interests. tavis: let me ask whether you think senators like john kerry and john mccain are right about the fact that we ought to do something to help put into place a no-fly zone. >> mr. gates comes up -- i understand the difficulty. we do not want to put a no-fly zone because we don't want the u.s. to be involved in another war. i understand that. give at least the people a chance to shoot down those silly planes gaddafi is using. we did in afghanistan and we were not even there. at least level the playing field. this is not a revolution by rebels. tavis: are you suggesting we ought to supply the people? >> i am indeed. the argument is these people are rebels. i understand if it is a rebel of 1000 or 2000,

this is about africa. the question is the united states african command or africum s been engaging in pilot changing of one battalion focusing on human rights and unit cohesion conditions and afr africum is controversial. so my question is should the u.s. expand on this project to address other serity needs? and i guess in reference to what you were saying before, younow i remember 20, 30 years ago when there were liberation movements in the various countries and we could talk about how all of those turned out but there were independence and liberation movements and so i don't think that you have described one in the congo. >> you want to say something on this, jump in if you want. no, no i'm saying if you want to say anything after i am done. >> oh, okay. >> the military forum issue i think is -- i think eci if you look at their recommendations, the project and others that have worked on this stuff, military reform, security sector reform sat the top of anyone's list. of what we need to invest in. and now

shifting from your duties as the empress of the middle east and north africa is shaking the world america's foreign policy is changing course along with it. that soviet union is first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the man who put russia on a path towards democracy and. live from our studios in moscow you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us by the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya and triggering speculation of possible strikes well the u.k. is also not ruling out the use of force meanwhile the international storm is gathering over the libyan leader with the u.n. suspending that country from its human rights council archies more of a trip or song whether a key nato members are ready for a new war. we do not in any way the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people is this history repeating itself the british government getting the guns on standby as a country crumbles to impose a no fly zone in this case libya in two thousand and three it was iraq

he identified, you won't be surprised, nigeria and south africa and africa, and south africa seems toe on a better path now, but a lot of their economic and political resurgence was derailed by the aids crisis. and nigeria has special challenges, as we all know. both of them occupied a lot of my time when i was with president. he identified poland and ukraine and europe, and poland's done pretty well, but we all know that the ukrainians have claimed their democracy and then had a terrible economic trauma and are now in the process of redefining themselves. he identified indonesia and korea and asia, and we had a big change away from dictatorship in indonesia and then ended their ethnic and religious conflict manifest in if east timor becoming the first new nation of the 21st century. and bridging it all, turkey. so i guess what i want to say is i thought this was a good model because i was perfectly well aware that it was a fleeting moment many history -- in history when america would be the only military, political and economic superpower. and i used to say to our security team all t

results wrong of course in the middle east and north africa p.r. companies are being recruited to wash away the blood it seems britain's spin doctors of choice or leave him a saudi's image. and the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton campaigns for moral funks road washington's message after they see america's losing the media war the us is already spending over seven hundred million dollars a year on international broadcasting. our next big liberal and his guests all of you whether there's a democratic future for the middle east and north africa or the region will remain a hotbed of terror. came. along and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john locke and he is directo

herron africa it's always let you all have the same kind of images that you have subject where he is a twenty four seven operation that's why this bed is so huge in terms of what worldwide coverage because there are cameras absolutely everywhere it depends if this was in china i will say western china for instance you have probably one parent's of the coverage because the images are not there here earthquake in this issue one province in china killed around sixty eight thousand people and again the coverage was limited and so therefore was where all the interest in the disaster their human tragedy whether in japan or china or chile deserves sympathy but more often than not the attention span of news channels depends on which tragedy makes it better television or i'm going to check on reporting from washington our team. well russia hopes that israel will change its stance on the issue of settlements in the west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet with president hamid three news related to discuss resume a peace talks in a bid to resolve the middle east conflict between us

had a full out civil war in libya is northern africa a city for with unrest people flee the region you can defeat the heroes in their home countries and many end up in greece where their lives hardly get any simpler one of two hundred fifty migrants living in this makeshift refugee camp in the center of the greek capital. frankly the increase is a european country and quality of life here is not much better than at home after the financial crisis it's nearly impossible to find a job here because to me here is lagging behind many other european states. tens of thousands of migrants coming into the country every year most of them are hoping to move on to other countries like france and germany using greece as a transfer base however a lot of them end up staying hoping to make it in the country yet the country is not able to handle such an influx of migrants and some are calling the situation catastrophic last year alone thirty six thousand migrants mostly from the group countries were arrested for illegally crossing into the country now the situation in which they have a region has gone

revolts run their course in the middle east and north africa well p.r. companies are being recruited to walk away the blood it seems britain the spin doctors are the first choice for revamping the sullied image. and the next guy it says crew is all set for an out of those world journey as they're undergoing final examinations last awful habit on the fiftieth anniversary of man's earth flight into space. up next peter labelling his b.s. argue whether there's a democratic future in store for the middle east and north africa or if the region will remain a hotbed of terror cross talk coming up next. hungry for the full story we've got to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the. case. alone and welcome to crossfire gun control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create more just the side. kick. to discuss have more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'

just africa first will always be a question what will happen with iran because i think. that in the run it will be a major blow to world oil markets commit some comments basically positive for the market that's sort of for the most want to squeeze. using through the same time to see somebody what will be called to me it will somehow be the fall from europe that . a little older with a little high inflation that. and the price of gold has he has a new record high as investors worry that political turmoil may spread across the middle east it has jumped on the london market by more than four dollars to one thousand four hundred fresh food. gold is traditionally seen as have been for investors in times of uncertainty. that wraps up the business boys in york today joining us and while studying for more business news here on our team. is.

migrants themselves only have one hope that this issue isn't in north africa. and they will be able to return home. every person must leave and work in the country and not in a foreign land to feel human at home on his loved ones but right now home countries is impossible and forces are busy been boarding libya seeking to coerce the country to peace its european nations like greece and ended up getting here the hardest. athens greece. hopes will be able to persuade israel to change its. activity in the west bank seen by many as the main obstacle middle east peace process it's really prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrives and talks today off the palestinian leader this is a russian capital. the only rest in north africa could lead israel to rethink its approach to start when the two sides back to the table science expert. says that a suspension. it's ready construction in the palestinian territory is the key to success. i think the israelis should. have read. as far as. east is the. question and. the other countries iran. countries such as egypt. i think. the

or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined and find out what else he was congressman out say about the country's actions and lysaght he's the comments of doublethink. that has become common and local is to many of the creation of the bill the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world is created to maximize the profits. sure not trading the actual physical grain or trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons model like light silver or gold they can be negotiated and afforded to some degree in. place. yet or. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future. plans of teams being to the country and republic. the center of russian defense production. quality heads to central russia. the crops of become an industry. the harsh winter make schools even more enjoyable. and where everyone can train to be a stump. a small. pressure clips uk. has some international news making

and africa markets rather markets are closed on tuesday for a public holiday and let's cross over to asia where stock markets and mostly higher with merger activity both in tokyo shares plans nikky added point three percent while hong kong's hang seng index is up one and a half percent in tokyo it's actually added two point two percent after the u.s. rattled western digital corporation agreed to acquire its hard disk drive business for about four point three billion dollars. foreigners who try to make a living in russia have long realized for all its ups and downs business here can prove very profitable artes the telephone call has been following the progress of one french entrepreneur whose life has turned out distinctly wrote. a few in french it's like saying. i do something i try to do it different when the rounds grows through with an unusual twist it's value. well intriguing smells with intriguing prices it's a nice market anyway. so you win by maybe of five normal roses and would you would buy one of these and here is where this french business woman built her business eating a

in sub-saharan africa it's always a bit you won't have the same kind of images that you have subject that where he is a twenty four seven operation that's why this ship bed is so huge in terms of for coverage because there are cameras absolutely everywhere if this was in china i would say western china for instance you have probably one parent's of the coverage because the images are not there the earthquake in this province in china killed around sixty eight thousand people and again the coverage was limited and so therefore was where all the interest in the disaster their human tragedy whether in japan or china or chile deserves sympathy but more often than not the attention span of won't news channels depends on which tragedy makes better television i'm going to check on reporting from washington our team. i mean the following on from a report there at eight thirty pm g.m.t. much cause of stacy herbert on r.t. expose a hidden agenda behind some news coverage in the most edition of the kaiser report . max keiser i brought you a present where you go for a beer. what do you say well

here in america, afghanistan, africa or pakistan. the way to overcome that i think is through education and also with having courage and compassion. instead of building walls we need to build peace and have the courage to do that. so i went back to pakistan in 94 and brought the school supplies and finally got to the village and the man was again there to greet me. he shook his head and said, chizle what the heck. not only had i come back, he said you've made two big mistakes. we don't start building before wintertime and if you really want to build school we're going to have to build a bridge first and i hadn't really thought about that. so i came back to america and raised 10,000 more dollars. and then i got back from tack stan and bridge got built and no school yet. i was 38 years old, die hard bachelor and all i could think was getting that school built. i went to a fund raise er the fair month in san francisco where my hero was speaking. it was getting late and people were nodding off and he was going on and on about the queens

and we'll look at africa to save rushes and battle tiger population as their numbers reach worrying lows. it is eight am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me. it's thoughts opposition leaders in libya have rejected a proposal by colonel gadhafi has apparently offering to resign if an interim council is formed and he and his family are allowed to safely leave the country those reports are yet to be very fight inflame violence continues to tears relieve me of more than three weeks after protests rocked it and i think it often forces are reportedly preparing to fight back after a pro-government forces pushed ahead during the past two days it's unclear who is in control of which territories with reports of air strikes on rebels and fierce battles near one of the key. seeing's rassilon of some news resources have reported bombings in the libyan capital but as artie's callously reports things are remarkably different on the ground. so i just i. guess. it's a hunch. it's just it's chilled just after future of libya appears to be on a knife age fighter jets have been bombarding the

today we're talking about political unrest in middle east and africa.test have continued in the last couple of months and we have seen that the internet is a powerful tool giving voice to the people in the streets and also had iran silence decent. >> popular iranian restaurant customers told us they couldn't talk about the protest and please don't bother to stop by. >> because they are afraid to go back to iran they will grab him. they don't want that. >> he's not joking. >> they suspect that the government would watch that and take repricals. >> i am not going back and that's why i am talking to you. >> far fetched. some of us have to go back. every american iranian said it is an issue. >> you don't want to give me your name. >> no, i don't. >> the internet has given global reach to both side. >> they search key words. sasha is the restaurant manager and said the government and protestors are playing a cat and mouse game. videos like these pop up on websites and the government shuts them down and they appear somewhere else . the state run television it

labelling his guests argue whether there's a democratic future in store for the middle east and north africa or if the region will remain a hotbed of unrest and terror cross talk coming your way next. came . along and welcome to crossfire crime control of l a world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and tyrants can a self defined democratic west learn from the people of the arab middle east and how to create a more just society. can. start. to discuss of more revolutions are likely elsewhere in the world i'm joined by brendan o'neil in london he is editor of spiked in paris we cross to john laughlin he is director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation and in phoenix we go to rachel alexander she is coeditor of the intellectual conservative and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want brandon if i could go to you in london first. we what we've been seeing in the arab middle east and say let's be very generous of the last two months do y