thank you for all that from beijing. britain's prime minister, david cameron, has announced that a historic constitutional change will in the future give women in the royal family the same rights and the succession to the throne as men. he said the 16 commonwealth countries of which queen elizabeth is monarch have unanimously agreed to end the gender discrimination. an iranian actress sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison for appearing in an australian film that has been released. she appeared in a film about the social problems of a woman of living infinitely in iran. e hasnada, a small plan ha crashed landed on a city street in vancouver. all nine passengers were injured. the plane caught fire and broke up on impact. a person on the ground was also injured. some of the passengers are in critical condition in hospitals. the humble aspirin is back in the news today. a major international study suggesting that taking one aspirin per day could prevent some hereditary cancers. in particular, the long-term risk of bal

going east moscow beijing greece corporation as china becomes the first country letting a person visits off the stating he will run for the presidency next year. on america's energy corporate protests in boston and lead to a fierce response from the police who reportedly be taught war veterans taking part in the peaceful rally the top stories this hour on r.t. . live from our studios here in central moscow this is t.v. ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years yulia tymoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power will signing gas deals with russia two years ago ortiz alexian cesky has been following the events from outside the court where commission her supporters have been involved in scuffles with police. at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of you too ashamed of thousands of them trying to organize a march through the streets of kiev and being dispersed by the police with no real brutality but still some pushing and shoving and the situation was really explosive still several people were injured in the pushing and shoving with the po

about 30 students are studying at the fine arts academy in beijing. this senior student loves japanese manga and animation. he dreams of becoming a cartoonist. in august, a publisher commissioned him to enhance the hans christian andersen story to be published next year. he says he wants to introduce chinese traditional novels in his work, too. he visited j fair ahead of is graatn xtea the popularity of animation and severe unemployment in the country attracted thousands of people. he pitched himself to a comic studio. his work seems to go over well. >> translator: you brought your piece? >>ranslator: yes. >> translator: what are you good at? illustration? >> translator: yes. >> translator: your work has something in common with ours. why don't you visit us for an interview? >> translator: i am very pleased that they seem to like my work. and that makes me feel confident. my plan is to keep on working, and some day i dream of my comics and animation will enchant people around the globe. >> reporter: experts point out domestic products should focus on

draft called on damascus to and its crackdown on protesters or face targeted measures but moscow and beijing said this could open the door to a military intervention. has the latest from new york. russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin said the draft was too one sided he described the resolution as a confrontational approach taken by the european delegation and against the peaceful settlement to the crisis now this draft resolution which was proposed by france with the support of portugal the u.k. and germany but the one part of the text that many countries seem to disagree with was that that called for syria to comply with the resolution within thirty days and if it if not complied then the council would quote consider its options including unspecified quote measures and many council members including china russia brazil south africa interpreted these vague terms as leaving the door open to sanctions now of course russia has one is one of many countries that has been opposed to international sanctions against syria ambassador churkin says moscow believes the violence should

beijing correspondent there for us. this is also coming from the russian capital it's coming up very nearly seventeen minutes past the hour and still to come the merchant of death faces trial look at how the case of a russian businessman accused of stealing is casting a shadow over the u.s. justice system. let's turn to come but first some of new york's wealthiest tycoons could soon come face to face with the rage of wall street demonstrators hundreds of activists are planning to march their homes in protest against the widening gap between the rich and poor in america. joins us live from new york exactly. who are the people being targeted by this anti corporation protesters. well these protesters say they are targeting the five wealthiest residents in new york city and the names on this target list include c.e.o. of news corp rupert murdoch and the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan chase jamie diamond there are five people as i mentioned on this list and what we're being told is between four hundred and eight hundred occupy wall s

going east moscow and beijing a boost cooperation as china becomes the first country a lot of new putin visits office stating that he will run for the presidency next year. and america's anti corporate protests in boston meet a fierce response from police to report war veterans taking part in a peaceful rally. it's just after six pm here in moscow and this is with me wrong reception and straight to our breaking news for you this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years now yulia timoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power when signing gas deals with russia just about two years ago. following the events now joins us live from outside the court where the verdict went down i know you've been there with the protesters you've seen them there you've seen the police as well we've been seeing reactions inside the courtroom outside the courtroom bring us up to speed on the latest of what you see. well it has been certainly a very wild and long day here in kiev in central kiev where at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of thousands of t

and further effort to boost trade beijing has decided to cancel exchange fees between the u.n. and the ruble however despite increased trade volumes jacob now the chief economist from morgan stanley believes full convert ability for the yuan is still somewhere else. this two big reasons why full u.n. convert ability is maybe five years away the first is that currently there were un is undervalued if it was traded at its free market price it would probably appreciate by twenty to thirty percent and you can see that in the peak current account surplus is that china runs they've started to let the one appreciate again after a couple of years when they held it for us and during the crisis so in the last two months the un has appreciated against the dollar whereas the ruble and most other emerging market currencies are fallen sharply so it intil it gets to a fair market value i don't think you'll see it for free traded and the other reason why they move slowly is they're concerned about control and if the external value of the un is set by the market by the decisions of central bank

let's go live to beijing. just before we get on to vladimir putin, eunice, let's talk about this currency issue because certainly china had a very strong reaction to congr s congress' plan to push this bill through. but i just wonder how much actual teeth can china show on this? because they do need the u.s. at the end of the day because the u.s. remains such an important export market, and exports are so important for the chinese economy. >> reporter: well, absolutely. experts are very important for the chinese economy, but they can show that they are very upset with this potential passage of this bill. in fact, they have hired a lobbying dream team. this is -- we've heard that they reportedly hired a washington, d.c., law firm, and they also have organized a 12-member congressional liaison team in order to better argue their position. now, their position has long been that the passage of this bill would be detrimental to the economic relationship between beijing and washington and could potentially risk a tr

here is the report from beijing. >> beijing's forbidden city, this palace, home to china's emperors for five centuries. ordinary people could not even get a glimpse of what went on inside. but the revolution 100 years ago ended the the reign of the last emperor of china. what was once reserved for the will family is now a spot of tourists. they started to explore a new range of ideas, democracy, leaving a speech on nationalism. after 100 years, the modern world came rushing in. >> the man who orchestrated the orchestration is on display in this a square.men the celebrations for this special anniversary has been kept low key. some events have been canceled. >> the communist party is in power and celebrates things they think is irrelevant -- that is relevant. >> the 1911 resolution pose more problems. it stood for certain principles. democracy for one. china's communist rulers did not want people living by them. bbc news, beijing. >> win, lose, draw, i was is having a difficult time. in california on sunday, a young gentleman, through a hot dog onto the green. he yelled, tiger, tiger, tig

to impose penalties on its trading partners washington accuses beijing undervalue its currency to help its own x. exporters taking away american jobs but china has told the u.s. to abandon protectionism and stop politicizing economic issues the u.s. house speaker john boehner also spoke out criticizing the bill calling it pretty dangerous web journalist edward harrison says america is just trying to spread the blame for the global economic crisis to other countries. well the reason to bring it up is to show that the united states government is. in order to create a self-sustaining recovery and therefore the problem must be elsewhere that is the problem must be in europe it must be in china elsewhere it's not because our policies have failed course. that's really what is going on here the reality is that the u.s. government's policies have not been successful and as a result they're looking for other places to place blame or to share the blame for the economic crisis that is global at this point but nonetheless really the united states the reason that it was a huge trade deficit not jus

deal with its problems are becoming ever down to how wire it is beijing at this stage do you think. well i think now from the chinese top leaders it is very clear that china will not stand and stand a long time no will land a wall hand as they have expressed about right now china is still waiting for the final decisions of the summit and in the meantime a more specific proposal from those individual countries that need the money that to come made is that they do have hope through. the plan through the privatization program through the effective measures in pacifying the social disorder so that china could have a reasonable or for as best this money is going to be fat fifth in the meantime this money will be returned will help the purpose. on the other hand there are also talks in china. are there any other better ways to how the situation. for example merely buying the bonds may not be the object of but rather to help the economy to help create a job two through collaboration more of a direct investment from the chinese businesses instead of simply loaning the government money to th

even more later in the program where we foreign how washington is driving a bag of beijing for allegedly undervalue way you want and taking away american jobs. thousands of people unite against the government's latest round of austerity measures and a twenty four hour strike in greece flights in and out of the country are canceled schools closed and hospitals will be working at reduced capacity this nationwide protest comes after eurozone finance chiefs postponed greece's next bailout our correspondent sara firth is in athens. just a couple of hours' time you're going to be seeing the country's main labor unions leading thousands of people this entire square behind me outside the main parliament building protesting of course against the new wave of the surge which is that they see that in place with new announcements here nothing's the job layoffs this entire site recently has a really deep discontent amongst the public here flights in and out of the country have been cancelled schools and hospitals are expected to operate on the agency staff the public charter schools going to the store

from brussels to beijing why brazil needs chicago white sox billions. and -- brazil needs chinese billions. and also in this program, queen elizabeth arrives for the commonwealth meeting in australia. and it's already linked to good heart health. now it's suggested aspirin can cut some cancer rates. hello. thank you for joining us. in thailand thousands are fleeing the capital due to flooding fears. so far more than 360 people have died in thyland's worst flooding in decades. a satellite picture shows you how this is almost completely surrounded by water. in bank cock, we have the latest. >> we have a huge volume of accumulated water built up to the north of the capital and it's now making steady progress towards the center of the city. but it is still 15-20 kilometers away from the central business district where i am talking to you now. this weekend the authorities say could be decisive in how effective their management of the control of the water has been and how much of bangkok could fall under some part of the water. there could be some areas that

ok marina thanks very much indeed for bringing us the subject from beijing. and still had for you this hour here on r t the eurozone hangs by brad slovakia votes on a crucial deal which could decide the fate of debt strapped european nations and plans to bail them out. as u.s. banks are being kicked all around the u.s. are the reports from away which has to join occupy wall street's movement. ukraine's former prime minister you with uma shankar will face a court verdict later on tuesday she's on trial over charges related to alleged dodgy gas contracts with russia are teams like her she ask you looks at the case which itself faces allegations of being politically motivated. the biggest trial of the decade. the judge. to deliver his verdict on. the country. being accused of several economic crimes one of which according to the prosecution. deals with. the main point which is being speculated whether you will go to prison. now. this is the area for her but at the same time been lots of criticism coming from the european union. and many experts believe. may be e

back in beijing, the market for mobility is huge. hundreds of millions of people dream of owning their own cars one day. the government hopes they'll turn to electric bicycles and cars, even if they're powered by coal-fired plants. >> you can't completely prevent emissions. we're not talking about zero emissions. but they're being shifted to the place where the power's being generated, to the power plants. it's easier to filter them there than it is here in road traffic. >> the chinese government has identified e-mobility as a key industry in its current five-year plan. despite those goals, pollution and high co2 emissions will still be a part of daily life here in the years to come. >> now, we all know how misleading statistics can be. so, when i tell you that namibia has one of the highest per capita incomes in africa, that sounds like the country could be a potential role model for social development. but the money it makes from its rich diamond and uranium deposits goes right into the pockets of a very small group of people. so,

they are in beijing, begging. expanding bailout funds degrees, europeans have turned to try to lend them cash and china says it is willing. >> if you are looking for money, this is where you find it. seeking investment capital, europe is turning to its hour of need. they are here to persuade china to invest in europe. >> my experience talking to the chinese authority says that they are interested in finding attractive, solid, safe investment opportunities. >> some say the policy of fixing exchange rates to keep the product's chies cheap is unfair. $540 million every day since the first half of this year, making the foreign exchange a gigantic $3.20 trillion. about half his invested in america. about $800 billion is thought to be held in euros . the bank invested $30 billion last year. >> china has many other choices , and europe is one of those choices. hinteda's leaders have that they will want concessions. there should be less prejudice, that may mean the opening european markets more to china and not criticizin

going east of moscow and beijing. china becomes the first country of lot of visits. for the presidency. russia's prime minister is calling the already signed deals worth over seven billion dollars. the. protests in a fierce response from the police reportedly. taking part in a peaceful rally a movement.

i'm wearing now well as you said state suit here in small key beijing and right in your boots and just smacked with chinese government officials who are congratulated him on having such a successful trip so far and he reiterated the importance of establishing an even stronger bond between the two countries and right now as we speak his meeting with the chinese president and that's hopes that they are expected to have more of a little flavor rather than a financial one which is what we saw yesterday now it's important to mention that this is prime minister who is and first visit since announcing his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections and some say it's a signal for change and a focus for russia for many years the west dominated the country's political agenda and the strategic partnership that's when there was biggest and fastest growing economies many analysts say could signal a shift of balance in the power in the world and of course now that this has happened and shows that most school is ever more look in the east. room with russia's economy still have really depends on

and beijing that. as china becomes the first country vladimir putin visits often declaring he will run for the presidency next year. also reporting the americas and corporate protests in boston made a fist response from the police to. help war veterans taking part in a peaceful running. an externality for you we talked to malta andrus and she's the former chief accountant for the european commission.

going east moscow and beijing. china becomes the first country. for the president's. prime minister and his colleagues already signed deals worth seven billion dollars. in america's protests and a fierce response from the police who reportedly beat up war veterans taking part in a peaceful rally.

going east moscow and beijing boost cooperation as china becomes the first country vladimir putin visits after stating he'll run for the presidency next year. america's anti corporate protests in boston meet a fierce response from the police who reportedly beat up war veterans taking part in a peaceful round. a very warm welcome for you this is on see live from moscow with me will receive a shock and straight to our breaking news for you this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years yulia timoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power signing gas deals with russia years ago. he was following the events from just outside the courthouse where supporters have been having scuffles with police . at times it seemed that the tension would go over the top with the supporters of you to shake off thousands of them trying to organize a march through the streets of kiev and being dispersed by the police with no real brutality but still some pushing and shoving and the situation was really explosive still several people were injured in the pushing and shoving with the police one woma

going east moscow and beijing boost the cooperation of china becomes the first country of lot of made putin visit sapa stating he will run for the presidency next year. and america is anti corporate protests in boston to meet a fierce response from the police who reportedly war veterans taking part in a peaceful rally. global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow with me rule recent shake straight talk breaking news this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years yulia timoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power while signing gas deals with russia two years ago. following events for us now live just outside the courthouse there in kiev a good to see you alexi so we've certainly seen the footage of scuffles going on there at this point what how is the crowd but the crowd reacting to the latest. well the simmering tension of several hours ago has now downgraded to just bragging from the stage which we have been indeed witnessing for the past several months with the two sides of the protests breaking each other saying things towards each other but just se

going east moscow and beijing both cooperation china becomes the first country vladimir putin visits the staging hild run for the presidency next year. and america's and to call for a protest in boston's meet a fierce response from the police who reportedly beat up war veterans taking part in a peaceful ground. live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. with me will receive and breaking news at this hour ukraine's ex prime minister is jailed for seven years yulia tymoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power while signing gas deals with russia two years ago cesar lexy going to ski following the events now joins us live from i just outside the courthouse where supporters have been involved in scuffles with police so obviously emotions running high where you are at this point how are the crowd crowds reacting to the verdict. well now the simmering tension of several years several hours ago has calmed down a bit the crowd is slowly dispersing from the court area the police is the ministering its presence as well but just several hours ago as i mentioned there were tensions when the supp

, this is where you find it, beijing, economy booming, cash to spend. they're seeking investment capital, it's communist china that europe is turning in its hour of need. debt-ridden west looking east. the head of europe's bailout fund is here to persuade china to invest in europe. >> my experience, talking to the chinese authorities, that they are interested in finding attractive, solid, safe investment opportunities. >> export industries telling to the world china's dry economy, fixing its exchange rate to keep its products cheap is unfair but earns china huge amounts of cash. surplus of $540 million every day in the first half of this year, the gigantic $3.2 trillion, about half, 1.6 trillion, is invested in america and about a quarter, $800 billion, is thought to be held in euros. >> euros -- >> this bang invested $30 billion last year, much in africa. europe, he says, is not china's only option. >> china has many other choices and it has to weigh the choices. europe is one of the choices. >> they want concessions if they loan money to europe. there

eunice, the last time we saw the government in beijing was four years ago.hy are they doing it again? >> reporter: authorities are trying to shore up confidence. there are concerns about the economy and potential for default at the banks as the economy slows down. so because of that the government is buying up shares of the big banks. it's having a positive impact on the share prices today, but the big question is just how much of an impact this will have longer term. because back in 2008 the government had made a similar move by intervening during the financial crisis, a lot of people at that time said the moves were quite successful. but at the same time, the government had already announced massive stimulus plans. and that's the big difference this time around. the government really is much more limited in its ability to simulate the economy and so because of that people are saying the high inflation rate as well as the concerns about high debt and the overcapacity is really limiting what the government can do. andrew? >> okay. high inflation. you mention

the sole remaining russian tennis player in beijing has been. done by even lubitsch in the quarterfinals of the china open thirty two year old a big kitchen meaning composed the spy trailing five three in the first set to provide rallying to that opener seven six after usually challenge his long which turn but too little to no avail the twenty nine year old russian regaining his footing in the second though taking it but seeing seventy six but i but his celebrations were short lived the church once again found the key to dominating the mosque in the third the croatian seventy one often head to head meetings with the russian following the seven six six seven six games to two with. tiger woods has once again still in the gulf in the headlines with his latest return and once again the former world number one looks at pale reflection of his best finishing run one of the friday's dot com open six shots behind leaders brendan steele bernie bard mike betancourt and guard willis woods being the first hole before going on the slide the thirty five year o

general secretary of the communist party visited beijing the previous day and met with chinese premiere hu jintao. state run china's central television reported that while zutsi i discussing the territorial disputes between the two nations who gave a stern warning about vietnam and india's joint project. hu said that vietnam should not make any moves that complicate or expand the disputes. some countries including vietnam and the philippines are trying to coordinate an effort to negotiate with china for an end to territorial disputes in the south china sea. >>> now the world's largest opium producer is getting even bigger. according to the latest united nations survey, poppy production in afghanistan will increase by about 60% this year. the u.n. office on drugs and crime made the forecast on tuesday in its annual report on afghanistan's poppy farming. the plants are used to make opium and other narcotics. >> we still have around 1 million afghans. that means 1 million afghan families who are being and are affected by drug addiction. >> the u.n. says that more and more land is being use

people who live in beijing may actually be familiar with this particular twitter handler at beijing airu.s. embassy uses this account to provide hourly updates in ozone readings. the tweets include a reading of the finest particulate matter known as pm-2.5. these tiny particles are especially dangerous because they're small enough to enter not only the lungs but also the bloodstream. here we are, we're looking at pm 2.5, 19.0 moderate, o sewn 13.8, so 1 is good. not so bad local time this afternoon. oftentimes tweets of bad and hazardous readings contradict china's claim of blue skies. tension escalated in 2000 when a leaked u.s. diplomatic cable suggested china was nervous that the data released by @bay chingair, shortly afterwards beijing decided to block all of twitter within china's borders. that was one way of ending the dispute. a pretty classic example of taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut. you can access the information with a whole bunch of mobile apps. similar apps are available for other cities such as shanghai gang chow and hong kong. apps like this one called hk air, for

a solution may be found now in beijing and brasilia rather than in brussels. there are reports that leaders from the world's 20 richest countries are working on a deal to create a massive international bailout fund financed by increasingly rich emerging powers like china and brazil. the plan is said -- set to be discussed at the g-20 some along with the fate of the eu bailout fund. >> get a grip on your debt crisis or your export -- you will export recession to the rest of the world. that is one bluntness is being brought to paris this weekend by several visiting g-20 finance ministers. the first of three all-important summits for the euro from now until early november. this international economist said the eurozone is finally in a race to put together a more credible rescue plan. >> the issue is, of course, who should provide resources. is the european financial stability fund large enough, can it be leveraged? should government put their own money into banks? or to what extent markets are prepared to refinance banks and take a hit if there is an event in gre

for china it means undertaking financial reforms now that beijing might prefer to kick down the road. principle number two. assure financial markets that are transparent and have strong oversight. for the united states, this means clarifying new regulations and implementing sensible regulatory practices, and also means correcting flawed policies that led to massive consumer debt, a housing bubble, and unsustainable household leverage ratios. for china, it means speeding up financial reforms and strengthening oversight and transparency of nonbank lending, and also means correcting flawed practices that led to massive producer debt and the misallocation of capital. principle three. work to strengthen market confidence in our economies. for the united states, this means overcoming the market's lack of confidence in our government's able to take the necessary steps to protect our economy and keep it competitive. for china, it means overcoming a lack of transparency, not least, a death of trust in government data and questions about corporate can'ting and disclosure. principle four. free u

they can get a server in beijing. what difference does it make year or $3,000 buys 10,000 computers for 30 minutes. nobody has ever been given 10,000 computers for 30 minutes for $3,000. it is in the question that they looked at me at that stage and went, "what would i do with that?" that is the seat of the next step. there are lots of examples already happening around us, but this is the magic. as soon as the smart kids out there start figuring out what you do, we ignite this thing with a rocket ship. this has nothing to do with total cost of ownership or any of that. it has to do with being able to do things we economically could never do before. i will conclude i see the floor. >> thank you, tim. simon. >> well, now you know all about how computing. [laughter] let me give you a slightly different angle. i think of the cloud as being roughly categorized into two worlds. there is the clout as envisaged and manifested within the enterprise, which includes the city of santa francisco. large organizations of people who

this the remaining russian tennis player in beijing has been iced that mikail the time to even leave the church in the quarterfinals of the china open thirty two year old to be kicked for meaning composed by trailing five three in the first set for a while running that opener seven six after usually challenged his long which turn but today it will to no avail the twenty nine year old russian regaining his footing in the second those kicking it seems senseless but i but the celebrations were short lived the beach which once again fun the key to dominating the last fight in the third. set the one off in head to head meetings with the russian fall of the seven six six seven six games the two. tiger woods has once again still in the gulf thing headlines with his latest return and once again the former world number one looks a pale reflection of his best finishing run one of the friday's dot com open six shots behind leaders brendan still bringing forward not betancourt and guard willis woods early in the first poll before going on the slide the thirty five year old seemingly recording bo