meanwhile, angela merkel has been on a visit to moscow where she has been outspoken about human rights in russia. "she has been traveling with a business contingent of her trip has not just been about the euro. the ruble. >> they passed a resolution that underscored fears about the kremlin's commitment. >> vladimir putin as an less than happy to hear the criticism. clutched kendel merkel was expecting a chilly reception and. >> at a joint conference with business leaders, questions from the audience quickly turned to what many here see as an increasingly critical tone that germany and europe are taking with russia. >> she was surprisingly candid in her assessment. >> she said, we are concerned and it is my view as well that the kremlin has adopted a series of laws that do not do anything to promote principles such as the right of political groups to organize freely. she highlighted the two-year prison sentence given to members of the rock band pussy riot as a decision europeans could not understand. he said they were not track actively suppress civil society and talked about the growin

berries and german leaders going back to chairman grant and fore ministers talking to a angela merkel in her speech bill in 2008 and have reiterated the existence of a post-war german state as morally contingent on the continuing existence of the state of israel. germany will always be on israel's side against any group or country that. their existence. >> we will be going live to cairo later in the show to check out the egyptian reaction to the crisis ongoing at the moment. meanwhile, angela merkel has been on a visit to moscow where she has been outspoken about human rights in russia. "she has been traveling with a business contingent of her trip has not just been about the euro. the ruble. >> they passed a resolution that underscored fears about the kremlin's commitment. >> vladimir putin as an less than happy to hear the criticism. clutched kendel merkel was expecting a chilly reception and. >> at a joint conference with business leaders, questions from the audience quickly turned to what many here see as an increasingly critical tone that germany and europe are taking with russia

in this is the first tonight protests have started in portugal's capital lisbon were chancellor angela merkel visiting right now people there blaming the german leader for their nation's economic hardships the country had to adopt severe austerity measures to receive a bailout worth almost eighty billion euros last year sarah ferguson the portuguese capital for sara good evening what is the mood like in lisbon tonight. well to sum up in one word angry it's quiet here at the moment where the crowds have gathered earlier just in front of the presidential palaces german chancellor angela merkel heard german up in her motorcade to meet with the president and the prime minister but just love five hundred meters to my right and there are huge crowds gathering and extremely extremely sour. in fact is that we've seen happening time and again in prater sort of taken place throughout europe but not so you familiar here in portugal which is until recently been much more accepting of those austerity measures but we were with the crowd just a few moments ago that the riot police had come in they put up th

over the budget bridgend that david cameron and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on the east lending plan streets in london. it's nine am here in moscow are you alive with r t and top i must say anger and violence have spilled over onto the streets of athens with police using tear gas and water cannon against greeks protesting dry konya new budget cuts demonstrators hope petrol bombs and stun grenades with more than one hundred detained as the country's parliament pause in a sturdy package aimed at securing the latest bailout are to speed all of our reports from the greek capital. what we have seen though is on the streets of athens we saw a crowd of around one hundred thousand people gather in the square just behind me in front of of the parliament building not quite quickly escalated into violent clashes between police and protesters in a matter of seconds downtown athens went into essentially in an urban war zone for a couple of hours we saw molotov cocktails thrown flash bang grenades used also gas used extensively again here in athens as police tried to calm down pr

angela merkel has also been speaking about this. and she's been saying germany's willing to take part in boosting the esfs capital by about ten billion as well. she said essentially the low interest rates and this expanded essf could fill the financing gap. the merkel comments being taken as being fairly supportive. so that just means that we've seen bund futures gain slightly, and we've also seen euro/dollar perk up from its earlier lows as well. we got down to about 1.2748 on the euro/dollar. this is where it's down with stocks. pretty even really. thanksgiving tomorrow. volumes will be lighter today. bond markets, bunds reversing some of the gains from earlier. pretty mixed elsewhere. guilts not doing so well on the borrowing figures that were 2.6 billion pounds worse than forecast. this is public sector excludeing financials as well, and here we go with euro/dollar at the moment. we were down to 1.2740 a little bit earlier. the two-month low we hit earlier, 1.2661. >>> arcadia groups reported a drop in sales, but the firm, which

what german chancellor angela merkel is making her first state visit to portugal since the debt crisis began she's going to be meeting with the country's prime minister today is the german chancellor is expecting a warm welcome today she might want to think again at the same time as meetings take place we're going to be expecting protests to be taking place across the country and certainly in lisbon as they straight to start see measures of this and we seen an increase in the amount to say she laments and unhappiness with these measures now who trickles it with her you would become the southern european success story in a sharp contrast to what we seeing taking place in countries like greece but the reality of the situation is the push he goes facing much of the same if she's a rise in unemployment severe hits to the public sector all of this has really added to public on happiness is just approved the highest spending cuts ever in portugal's modern history and that's certainly going to have an impact as soon out of schools on the country who it is struggling in the midst of recession

kevin zero in first protests have started in portugal's capitalised and tonight where chancellor angela merkel's visiting people there blame the german leader for their nation's economic hardships the country may face a credit rating downgrade fitch has issued a negative outlook tonight r.t. sara first reports from the country's capital. political myself being more tolerant of the all star team measures imposed on lead in the past in that seventy eight billion year i bet there'll be no you won't welcome here today the german chancellor angela merkel is the crowds have turned up to protest against austerity measures that she's been having of the day when the country's president and prime minister back in d.c. are going to be delivering a supportive message to the very tough spots that they've been making a bit as we said a real difference of opinion from the population here that the government has a very strong popular and political opposition to the measures that they've been trying to tell us and portugal on the brink right now than placing the severest budget that they've had in recent times b

angela merkel's christian democrats also made headway on a key to demand. they want to raise it for retirees, despite paying into the system for years. >> it was important to discuss the issue again. many politicians to understand how difficult it is for low-wage workers. >> the criticize the plans as an expensive bid to keep the peace. >> on the sports, they have extended to seven matches. >> one week after beating them, they also down to them, but they had to fight for it. >> it was a nervous finish, but they hung on to get their wind. they took the lead early, chipping the ball after 15 minutes. they look like a team without a plan, but in the 40th minute they pulled it out of thin air. there were deflected off. the opposing team hit the back straight away. after the break, disaster. making it 3-1. held on to take all three points. >> sunday's other match came out on top. >> playing at home, the first to score with him and the 11 minutes. he sealed the deal with a kick in the closing minutes. there it is. bang. around the corner. the world's major cities

and, therefore, the u.s. >> we thank you very much for joining us today. >> back here in berlin, angela merkel said she looked forward to working side-by-side as friends and allies with barack obama. here is more on reaction in germany. >> chancellor merkel was among the first to congratulate president obama. she invited him to berlin and underscored her hopes for the future. >> we know each other well, and i look forward to working together to strengthen the trans-atlantic relationship between germany and the united states. >> germany's economics minister was another well-wisher. >> the huge interest among germans in the u.s. election shows how important america is for germany. that is why in the name of my party, the free democrats, i would like to warmly congratulate president obama on his reelection. >> election parties continued into the night in germany. across the political spectrum, the majority of germans and their elected deputies had hoped that obama would return to the white house. >> for us as europeans, it is especially important that americans have chosen a multilateral foreign

this is angela merkel has called on cairo to use its influence on cairo to ease heightening tensions in gaza. a yacht that washed up on a deserted island in condo was found with a badly decomposed body on board and 200 kilos of cocaine worth $120 million. the australian federal police said international law people have been monitoring the bozen's when it left south america until they lost contact with the last month. police in a small pacific island nation have not ruled out the population the death was suspicious. -- a boat from tonga. much more ahead. four people have been killed and 17 injured after a freight train crashed into a parade floats in texas. it was carrying u.s. veterans and was on its way to an event honoring wounded service members. it happened at a real across the in the city of middle and. our correspondence has the latest. >> this was a parade float. it was basically a group of people sitting on the back of a flatbed truck that was crossing over the will track when it was hit by a train. this was part of an event to honor war veterans. those who were sitting on th

. >> at the time, german chancellor angela merkel appeared unimpressed with obama 's performance. today, the u.s. president considers merkel to be one of his closest allies. last year, obama awarded to german chancellor the presidential medal of freedom, but merkel has been remarkably silent about the u.s. elections. her lack of open support suggests her friendship with obama may not be so close after all. but talk of a meeting this summer was also shut down. the chancellor had no plans to interrupt her vacation. at the last debate, obama talked about foreign policy. they came back to domestic issues and only once did he even mention europe. whichever candidate is elected, politicians say merkel's partners will be expected to play a bigger role in the world stage. >> europe is going to have to take on more responsibilities. the u.s. expects to do more militarily and expects us to get the turbulence with the euro under control, so germany is going to do more in every respect. >> the u.s., then pose a global role may be changing, but most germans still see obama as a hero -- the u.s

a stereotype measures gripping the country and rage crowds demonstrated in the streets blaming angela merkel for the financial pain they're going through and as r.t. sarah first reports next many question why something that failed in other countries should work in portugal. these measures have been killing is due to give us no future it's only for cattle and employment and misery to many people becoming desperate and it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people that are getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been as a sign of support for this thing daily to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the royal family become very familiar protest gatherings in europe but perhaps not so familiar the poetry girl here until recently have been much more tolerant of the strict austerity measures that have been imposed on them but as you can see here portugal's patience is really running out with record levels of unemployment now fifteen percent and the country about to enter it

welcome back here with our german chancellor angela merkel received a hostile welcome in portugal has hundreds of angry protesters agreed to her in lisbon they blame the chancellor for their country's a stair to drive resulting in painful cuts and tax rises as sarah first reports many wonder why board tical is following a path which is yet to reap rewards elsewhere. these measures have been killing is doing to give us no future it's only for cattle and employment and misery so many people are becoming desperate but it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people of god getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been bent as a sign of support but it seemed only to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the riot police become very familiar protest gatherings in europe but perhaps not so familiar portugal here until recently have been much more tolerant of the strict austerity measures that have been imposed on them but as you can see here portugal's patience is really

is limited budgets two years ago when angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy desperately needing british backing for a euro rescue fund promised stave it cameron they would rein in brussels cash trough now it's payback time and the brussels mandarins who control the e.u. is one thousand billion euros budgets are about to feel the pinch years dealmaking is supposed to yield a budget to twenty twenty covering infrastructure education research and development but after three years of economic turmoil in the e.u. and weakening political ties stock to visions are emerging david cameron is heading to brussels or more many are calling mission impossible he's under intense pressure at home to cut a new budget contributions and has threatened to veto anything beyond a spending greens a promise that goes down well at home where popularity is at an all time low but his hands are tied by what's gone before tony blair as the new deals mean the u.k.'s contribution to brussels is likely to go up in real terms and its cash rebates will be reduced by two billion pounds a year unless cameron can get more budget c

with me lucy catherine of the protests are starting in portugal's capital lisbon where chancellor angela merkel is visiting people there blame the german leader for their nation's economic hardships the country has had to adopt severe austerity measures to receive a bailout that was worth about eighty billion euros last year and artie's own sara furthur is on the ground in the portuguese capital sorrow describe to us what you're seeing and feeling there unless ben. well portugal's finances once again back under the spotlight that those are rife with meetings with the country's president prime minister the meeting coming to the critical time in the country just ahead of the toughest and the budget everything kind support your goals and of course in two days' time we're going to see portugal joined by over a year are you saying concave including spain angry thin a year. white general strike and now the chancellor is expected to deliver yet another message just to pull for the tough ostara he measures that the government has been pushing for if it comes at a vital time we see the prime minister ve

protests have started on portugal's capital lisbon chancellor angela merkel is visiting today people there blame the current german leader for their nation's economic hardships the country had to adopt severe austerity measures in order to receive a bailout that's worth almost eighty billion euros last year our case our first is in lisbon for us. political finances a once again under the spotlight as german chancellor angela merkel meets with the country's president prime minister another meeting comes at a critical time for the country just ahead of the final stages of the toughest budget that the country's seen in recent times and of course in a couple of days portugal will be joined with other eurozone countries including spain and greece in a euro wide general strike the german chancellor is expected to deliver another message of support for the very tough austerity measures that the government has been pushing through the country's prime minister has always been very supportive of the chancellor's austerity message saying that the only way to get out of this debt crisis is to st

the lot here moscow the german chancellor angela merkel says the friendship between moscow and berlin is made stronger by disagreements mrs merkel meeting president putin in the russian capital said important issues should be brought into the open the two sides also signed a number of important agreements details now from his health. of course this is. a strategic partnership with both leaders of refer to it of knowledge and that there are many questions in it lots of issues were talked about that if we look at international. stories then of course the escalating crisis in the middle east wasn't discussed why more serious and angela merkel has put the responsibility on the circulation of violence again on hamas and also in talking about syria where the question said that the last thing russia and germany want is care hasta in syria believe the two leaders have also discussed the human rights situation in russia and america actually came here to moscow for you already with a list of questions here by the members of the german parliament she said that she does have some concerns around

is our top story this hour protests have started in portugal's capital lisbon where chancellor angela merkel's visiting people there playing the german leader for their nation's economic hardships particular to adopt severe austerity measures to receive a bailout worth almost eighty billion euros last year sarah firth reports from the country's capital. political myself being more tolerant of the all star team measures in place the lead in the past in that seventy eight billion year i bet they'll know they won't come here today if the german chancellor angela merkel is the crowds have turned out to protest against steroids the measures that she's been having of the day when the country's president has a prime minister back in d.c. going to be delivering a supportive message to the very tough was that they've been making but as we said a real difference of opinion from the population here that the government has a very strong popular and political opposition to the matches that they've been trying to tell using portugal on the brink right now than placing the severest budget that they've had in

and throwing coffee great protest as events there spilling out of a comment by china chancellor angela merkel find out at r.t. dot com and watch has said to make themselves free. and they ask in conflict between israel and gaza ongoing violence in syria and crucial energy ties among the main issues for discussion by german chancellor angela merkel on her visit to moscow to me to present the let's get the details how this could all be going to see it so that theory leaders have a good relationship and often hold talks. what can we expect to come out of them this time around. while the german chancellor is set to meet with the russian president later on friday the two are expected to discuss these issues avoid the crisis in the middle east the iranian nuclear program and of course the call to be in syria also energy and trade ties are very important portion of the relationship between russia and germany so they're going to be talked about as well and also the two leaders are expected to discuss the human rights situation in the wake of several wars which children parents recently which some ske

live here in moscow the news continues now german chancellor angela merkel says the friendship between moscow and berlin is made stronger by disagreements mrs merkel meeting president putin in the russian capital said important issues should be brought into the open let's get to the details now live from our t.v. company going off in central moscow while the two didn't see eye to eye on everything as far as we can tell of course this is. a strategic partnership with those most leaders of refer to it as knowledge and that there are many questions in it but so they say that to this kind of dialogue at these meetings does help only strengthen this relationship even though there are differences of opinions on both sides of the issues were talked about but if we look at international. stories then of course the escalating crisis in the middle east was a discussed by both cedars and angela merkel has put the responsibility on this article ation of violence on hamas also in talking about syria where the one person said that the last thing russia and germany want is chaos in. syria and the rus

prime minister david cameron and german chancellor angela merkel are probably feeling pretty food today after the downing street dinner last night on the menu is mushroom and spinach tart venison finished off with a traditional german putting beneath the smiles and the friendly handshakes you can imagine that probably have been some quite awkward dinner conversation on the surface of it the german chancellor is here to discuss with the prime minister the upcoming budget meetings that will be taking place in brussels but of course there are much bigger. state most importantly the discussion about britain's position within the european union itself now the end of the meeting bayside says said that they were on the same end of the spectrum but is that really the story because of course in recent weeks here in britain we've seen the talk of a possible referendum in or around referendum or whether britain should remain within the european union really kicking up again you wouldn't have been the one to want to break that needs to angela merkel she doesn't look like a woman who suffers food gl