world there are fears america's support for regime change could spell trouble for israel its closest ally in the region. and locked up and left alone caught a virtual extradition laws in britain entrap its own citizens in gaps in the justice system spending years behind bars without charge. and europe's ill health hits russia how bad the infection is we found out in business. it is now i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me rena josh welcome to the program but it's always the siding on the future of a highly unpopular a stereo package intended to put a leash on the country's runaway debt the country's lower house of parliament is voting today on whether to pass an extensive set of tax hikes and spending cuts the measures already been passed by the senate despite weeks of wrangling and mass public protests but even if passed many wonder if it will be enough. for us reports years of economic stagnation and a culture of government access really have left it too little too late. as italy prepares to once again tighten its belt in the light of new austerity measures politician

but some say this might eventually turn against america's closest ally in the region israel what you have with. with hamas could essentially spread to many more places and then you have a much much larger population base in an extremely hostile position towards the very existence of israel by throwing its support behind revolution me personally say washington is seeking to increase its influence and control in these countries let's look at how things have been in the control department so far it thousands protest against the u.s. backed military there but still in power last week a gyptian store and peace really embassy and rage by the killing of five egyptian border guards in the media are rushing to see what it is ship is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into tribal war syria the opposition includes bills with radical agendas so the aftermath of the so-called arab spring remains very murky and difficult yet washington seems to be using the herb spring to fulfill its long time goals but the fear is it might end up getting to be opposite of what it wishes for an und

there's no real threat or allied question mark over just who the shield is a. i don't think it's really a military necessity but no one really believes that it was a possibility would be round it taking europe it's nice size did not reach could not reach western europe so it was the deployment was crowd in the czech republic now it is a new deployment in reno but i think the stakes are truly political washington probably wants to reassure our former satellite countries this is a huge union so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state to the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of. these research dollars he would russia at least he was a. something corp russia and key issued what this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic a duffle but also because it's going to cost a lot of money and unnecessarily because frankly i don't think iran i

right course, if you disagree with an ally but in public you stand shoulder to shoulder with your ally. the right course for us.... [ applause ] >> it's not to try to negotiate for israel. the right course is to stand behind our friends, to listen to them and let the entire world know we will stay with them to support them and defend them. with regards to iran that represents the biggest threat to israel we have to make it abundantly clear it's unacceptable, it is unacceptable for iran to become a nuclear nation. [ applause ] >> brett: thank you, governor romney. mr. cain, palestinian authority brought their bid of statehood to the united nations. how would you respond to the declaration of a palestinian state? >> it starts with an extension of the reagan. peace through strength. my philosophy would extend that through peace through strength and clarity. this administration has not made it clear how it stands with israel. when i was in israel last month i met with the deputy prime minister and he made it shockingly chillingly clear that given everything that is going on, number one, is

israel now is getting away from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in the region and this isolation now taking place because israeli coalition israeli decision makers on the political level are choosing even to to if you will believe those allies buy it if using to apologize for turkey for what has been taking place since monday marmara incident and also chilling the egyptian soldiers inside and hoping to get away with what has been. against them but certainly puts for forward the new in israeli image in the people's eyes the country to continue all to fashion policies while the world around them in their need to be snooty is is really changing powerful you and radically and on the ground in the via the national transitional council has given everyone and the besieged stronghold bani walid two days to leave or face a full scale attack last week opposition fighters launched an assault on the city but the offensive stalled in the face of fierce resistance rebels however claim they have made gains in the city of red valley sixty kilometers east of kid office hometown of

our allies kind of wanted to time and i think we've seen many many of our allies just abandon us in the field so from my perspective when osama bin laden died he was a success not only in terms of inspiring. young muslims to fight the west but also substantively and what he laid out is the only way that he thought the islamists could defeat the united states thank you thank you very much and just to remind you that my guest on the show today was my i told sure as the former chief of the us i'm a been allowed in tracking unit the cia and that's it for now from all of us here if you want to have your sound spotlight part have someone in mind who you think i should be next time just drop me a lot to be back with more firsthand comments on what's going on in and outside russia and until then stay on r.t. and take care. well. reviewed the latest in science and technology from the realms of. the future covered. brush a city of yaroslav obed's an emotional farewell to the victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed nearly all of the local ice hockey team live video you're seeing right now t

world there are fears america's support for regime change could spell trouble for israel its closest ally in the region. europe's financial ill health kits russia we find out how bad the infection is find out of business in twenty minutes. it is one pm in moscow you're watching r t i'm marina joshie and he's in britain are pushing the government to take the power to stop and search terror suspects away from police the law was first introduced in march and will and of tobruk of both houses of parliament don't agree to prolong it but as are reports there are still some dubious legal loopholes in britain which are leaving some suspects logged for years without charge. is incomplete. the anguish of the family torn apart. who our son son is one of britain's forgotten terror suspects held in custody for five years without charge trapped in a twisted pits of its justice system we don't do better we cannot run properly. these rebels because if you are a mentally sick. our son was arrested in two thousand and six on alleged terrorism offenses he hasn't been tried here because it's not the u.k. tha

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allie rasmus is outside the hayward police department with discoveries and what is next? allie? >> reporter: she was last seen where she was taking a nursing class, she left during a break and never came back. that was nearly four months ago and police have been investigating her disappearance. they believe she was murdered.

ally ally in the effort to reset as the term is the relationship with with russia i think is one of the significant policies that obama embarked on right at the beginning of his term he knew the u.s. need to more friends than it had and he said that changed policy that so as to get them at the same time that obama has been using i think quieter rhetoric and has been trying to work better with allies he has been very aggressive in secret in his attempts to destroy. the raid on the compound of us osama bin laden that resulted in his death on may second is an example that was a very tough operation it's a decision that george bush might have taken but i'm told by people who were close advisors that he might not of obama sharply stepped up the pace of predator drone attacks not just over the tribal areas in pakistan but but in several other countries in addition so i think you have an interesting picture with obama. president who is trying to change the rhetoric but in terms of the. hard nose reality of this battle against al qaida it's it's it's as tough as well you know if i can go to joh

israel now is getting away from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in the region and this isolation no taking place because israeli calling israeli decision makers on the political level are choosing to if you will only last was our allies by refusing to apologize for charity for what has been taking place and hoping to get away with what has been done against them certainly push for forward new israeli image in people's eyes the country will continue sprawled fashion cities while the world around them in their near vicinity is is really changing powerful union becoming. and israel has betrayed itself as an aggressor with its recent actions undermining its position ahead of the upcoming un with a palestinian state if you are. professor of international more a member of the gyptian council a foreigner. the x. overs really reflects undoubtedly reflect that it is not being for peace it is not subpoenas lover under the commitments of the united nations the charter consequently the very strong statement by the government of third of the grave violations of the humanitarian

right course, if you disagree with an ally but in public you stand shoulder to shoulder with your ally. the right course for us.... [ applause ] >> it's not to try to negotiate for israel. the right course is to stand behind our friends, to listen to them and let the entire world know we will stay with them to support them and defend them. with regards to iran that represents the biggest threat to israel we have to make it abundantly clear it's unacceptable, it is unacceptable for iran to become a nuclear nation. [ applause ] >> brett: thank you, governor romney. mr. cain, palestinian authority brought their bid of statehood to the united nations. how would you respond to the declaration of a palestinian state? >> it starts with an extension of the reagan. peace through strength. my philosophy would extend that through peace through strength and clarity. this administration has not made it clear how it stands with israel. when i was in israel last month i met with the deputy prime minister and he made it shockingly chillingly clear that given everything that is going on, number one, is

if you disagree with an ally you talk privately. if public you stand shoulder hu)u$ your allies.ht course for us -- [ applause ] >>> the right course is not to try to negotiate for israel. the right course is tan behind our friends to listen to them and let the world now we will stay with them and support and defend them. with regards to iran which perhaps represents the greatest existential threat to israel we have to make it clear, it is unacceptable, take that word carefully, unacceptable for iran to become a nuclear nation. [ applause ] >> mr. cain, this week the palestinian authority brought their bid for statehood to the united nations. how would you respond to the unilateral declaration of a palestinian state? >> it stars with an extension -- it starts with the extension of reagan philosophy of peace through strength. my philosophy would extend that peace through strength and clarity. this administration has not made it clear how it stands with israel. when i was in israel last month i met with the deputy prime minister. he made it shockingly, chillingly clear that given e

in egypt we have close allies in jordan we have close allies and these are simply no longer the case the camp david accord with egypt still exists but the egyptians have been very clear that the letter of that agreement is what they are down tonight. not being spam soon the. definition is they have come to characterize it during market years room looking at an entirely new political scenario in the middle east because of the arab spring and the challenges that that poses for the united states are absolutely enormous what we have is an administration right now that is very very wary about the domestic implications there's an election in this country in fourteen months and there is already fear ironically president obama who has backed israel to the max in this situation is being accused of being not pro israel benno internally quite astonishing. for the. institute for policy studies the u.s. based peace and human rights groups like marching to thank you. plenty more for you this hour here on r.t. including the tough life of a junkie in afghanistan look at how almost every family livin

general assembly standing strong with our ally in many respects. from once again boycotting the antisem ethic activities surrounding the durban conference, to pledging to veto any palestinian unilateral declaration of independence in the security council, to working all summer with our partners and allies against the unending efforts to criticize and delegitimize israel at the u.n. president obama has been a stalwart ally of israel in this international forum. i'm so pleased that he continued in that vein this morning with his address to the general assembly. in his historic speech to this global audience, president obama once again demonstrated his stalwart support for our friend and ally, israel. importantly president obama used this opportunity at the united nations to unambiguously state his support for direct bilateral negotiations as the only way to solve the israeli-palestinian conflict and create a palestinian state. as the president said, a genuine peace can only be realized between the israelis and the palestinians themselves. there is no

of well here's america the support for regime change could spell trouble for israel and its closest ally in the region. and in business europe's financial health pits russia we find out how bad thing patchin is. everyone welcome see this is all see the light from moscow m.p.'s in britain all pushing the government to take away from police that power. to stop and search tara suspects the law was first introduced in march will and next month both houses of the parliament don't agree to prolong it but it's r.t. that i have been a reporter a still son do you think of the holes in britain which are leaving people locked up for years without charge becomingly is incomplete. hence. the anguish of a family torn apart. by. these hoes. i'm going to lose some of who our son son is one of britain's forgotten terrorist suspects held in custody for five years without charge trapped in a twisted pits of its justice system we know him to be very weak. on properly. some real critical. sam was arrested in two thousand and six on alleged terrorism offenses he hasn't been tried here because it's not the u.k

allie rasmus joins us with more on why this crash scene could be dangerous. allie? >> reporter: this is 17th and clayton and as you can see there is a patrol car and an officer directing traffic around this street. if you pan around here, you can see this is what is causing this street closure, there is a five-story building in a residential neighborhood and you can see the scaffolding is all torn apart. this happened when a car crashed into the scaffolding early this morning. just over the last few minutes, it looks like springs of wood and they are working to repair the scaffolding and make it more stable. police got a call at 2:45 and the driver took off right after that accident so police have not been able to question the driver or get information about how this happened. they are working to stabilize the scaffolding and he told police the scaffolding is no longer in danger of falling and police say the weather this morning is also working in their favor. >> the right side is stable and the left side has been removed from the sidewalk. it appears to be half and

the row has exposed deep divisions between the these allies. it could hamper the search for peace in afghanistan. >> in burma, a pro-democracy leader has welcomed the government's decision to halt -- a halt construction of a controversial dam. the chinese backed project, forcing 12,000 people to leave their homes. there has been public opposition to the dam, leaving the president to tell parliament that the project went against the will of the people. you are watching "bbc world news america." understanding your city like never before, and new project is prompting president to stop and take notice. -- residents to stop and take notice. in australia, thousands of passengers faced delay as qantas baggage handlers stage their second strike in just over a week. the airline is facing industrial action from all three of the unions following the announcement of a restructuring. >> of the strikes only last one hour, but the effects are felt for most of the day. >> you have to stop everything. >> of 39 flights delayed and to canceled -- two canceled. >>

israel now is getting away from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in the region and this isolation taking place because of israeli call it is really a decision makers on the political level are choosing we want to to if you will believe lozells our allies by refusing to apologize for turkey for what has been taking place and hoping to get away with what has been. a guest i'm certainly push for forward in mew in israeli image in people's. country who continue spalled for action on a serious while the world around them in their nearly sanity is really changing powerful you and radical. and israel has betrayed itself out an aggressor with its recent actions undermining its head of the upcoming un preference. or that of you after. professor of international and a member of council on foreign affairs. the solver's really reflects undoubtedly. it is not being for it is there also these lovebirds on their vehicle most of the united nations charter consequently the very strong statement by the turkish government of the of the grave violations of the humanitarian law and the.

allie? >> reporter: they have blocked off the street in 17th and clayton and as you mentioned, a patrol car is directing traffic and this is the reason why. as we pan over we can show you it is covered with scaffolding but if you look at base of the building you can see the scaffolding is all torn up. police got a call that a car had crashed into this scaffolding. that car sped off so police have not been able to find the driver and police called out a contractor to come out and fix the scaffolding and he is already working on stable licing -- stablizing the structure. >> it appears to be half and a half, the contractor says it is stable and he has torn off the top part of it so it will not fall unless we have high winds at night. >> police -- >> reporter: police say all they know about the car that crashed into the scaffolding was silver because there were pieces of the car from the wreckage out here. the occupant is not in danger and they hope to have the scaffolding fixed in a couple of h

in the ally in the region anger is rising over israel's refusal to apologize for the deaths of nine gaza eight activists in last year's flotilla raid turkey's prime minister travel to egypt to enlist its support with both countries experiencing struggling times with israel earlier turkey expelled israeli diplomats and severed military ties the u.s. is urging talks and offering to mediate which turkey rejected one political commentator accuses accuse israel of an old fashion policy and failing to see that the world may be changing around. israel now is getting away from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in the region and this isolation now taking place because israeli coalition israeli decision makers on the political level are choosing even to to if you will believe those doors allies by if using to apologize for turkey for what has been taking place and hoping to get away with what has been done against them certainly puts for forward. in israeli image in the people's. country who continue all to fashion and seize while the world around them in their need to be se

israel now is getting away from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in the region and this isolation now taking place because israeli call aleutian israeli decision makers on the political level. choosing we want to to if you will only last was our allies by refusing to apologize for turkey for what has been taking place and hoping to get away with what has been done against them certainly puts four forward in new in israeli image in the peoples of. the country who continue spalled fashion policies while the world around them in their need to be cynically he is really changing powerful you. of all the places you might expect to appear on a list of the world's most exotic tourist destinations there should obama nuclear disaster site makes a surprising appearance here it's twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear accident the exclusion zone seems to be pulling people in rather than driving them away but authorities alexei are shouting reports from ukraine the hazardous holidays may be a double edged sword. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiati

our allies kind of wanted to time and i think we've seen many many of our allies just abandon us in the field so from my perspective when osama bin laden died he was a success not only in terms of inspiring. young muslims to fight the west but also substantively and what he laid out is the only way that he thought the islamists could defeat the united states thank you thank you very much and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was michael shore is the former chief of the us i am a been allowed and tracking units have been cia and that's it for now for all of us here if you want to have your say and spotlight part have someone in mind he is being patient if you next time just drop you know who would be back with more first time comments on what's going on in and out regressions until then stay on our teeth and take your. the. stories on our t.v. russia's city of seattle slothful is paying its last respects to the victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed almost all of the top global ice hockey teams. thousands of people streaming into the studio where the locomotive goes

pakistan is supposed to be an ally in the war on terror-- an ally that gets about $2 billion a year from the united states. the embassy attack was the work of the haqqani network, a terrorist group tied to the taliban. david martin has been speaking with his intelligence sources, and fills in the details. >> reporter: the insurgents who attacked the u.s. embassy in kabul last week were killed, but their cell phones left a trail. they had been used to call pakistani intelligence operatives before and during the assault. that's what lies behind the charges made by admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, that the haqqani network is a veritable arm of pakistani intelligence. this was the attack on the u.s. embassy and nato's afghan headquarters that resulted in a 22-hour fire fight, with american troops pinned down on rooftops. 16 people were killed-- no americans, but the buildings in the embassy compound were damaged. according to u.s. officials, the haqqani network consists of several thousand fighters and operates with impunity from safe havens inside pakistan, co

allie rasmus is live from that location. allie? >> reporter: well, the presidential motorcade just pulled up about three minutes ago. you can see the president going up to air force one. a short time ago, i don't know if you missed it but he did stop to greet and shake hands with a family member. it looks like this is going to be an on-time departure. the president's air force one was supposed to depart at 12:25. now you are looking at the family that is walking away. this is a family. we don't know who they are but they were out here on the tarmac, brought out here on the tarmac. they were able to shake hands with president obama and now they are being led away out here on the tarmac at moffett field. but again, president obama has boarded air force one. the scheduled departure is 12:25 this afternoon. this is a very short visit for the president. he arrived here at moffett moffett field less than 24 hours, 4:00 yesterday. his -- his plane was about 45 minutes late yesterday but it appears today it will be departing on time. the p

allie? >> reporter: what's at stake in this hear something who has the right to defend the constitutionality of the proposition? the state attorney general only or anyone else? now, proposition 8 bans same- sex marriage in california and that's what was at issue in this hearing here today. but last summer, a u.s. district judge ruled that proposition 8 was unconstitutional. now, normally, it is up to the state attorney general to defend the constitution ailty of a law when it is called into question. but then jerry brown and kamala harris have both declined to defend proposition 89 on appeal. so supporters of -- 8 on appeal. so supporters of proposition 8 have decided to challenge judge walker's ruling. so today, they set the day to hear arguments about whether the on opponents have the right to do that. attorneys for both sides made their case before seven justices this moving. the court's chief justice talked about the issue at hand. >> the government officials have dropped out of the equa

is closest ally. and at the same time there are certainly voices in israel that have expressed objections to the way the obama administration has handled the arab spring this whole period that we're witnessing you have people like. who was the former head of the mossad who said that obama was far too quick to back populist movements that had no clear agenda and to abandon leaders who were formally as allies at the same time you have other all more optimistic voices in the country who believe that ultimately at the end of this evil democratic regimes in the long run can can form after all of this mess that we're seeing in the region so it really is a case of waiting it out and seeing what happens and responding to events and trying to figure out again who will be on the other side of the border who will israel be facing when the dust settles live from israel and of the jerusalem post thanks to it we have to say thank you. the only surviving hockey player of wednesday's. plane crash has died in hospital