belarus accuses the u.s. of escalating tensions over a decision to withdraw its ambassaors. >> a heavyweight clash in soccer as germany prepares to face off against france in an international friendly later tonight. ♪ >> the ecb has been showering europe's banks with money again, and they're taking all the cheap loans they can get. >> 529.5 billion euros is the number. that brings the total pumped out of the european central bank to over one trillion euros in the past couple of months. >> part of a special operation to prevent another credit crunch in europe's banking system. the hope is banks will use some of the money to keep telling governments afloat as well. >> we will be asking our markets reporter what this means. first, this report on the ecb's latest crisis-fighting move. >> is this bank in trouble? or this one? maybe this one? some 800 financial institutions have taken up the european central banks second offer of cheap money. but the ecb is not releasing many details. the banks are likewise keeping

my question pertains to the dictatorship of belarus. americans are bombarded with media reports on the middle east but few even know the country of belarus exists. i find that worrisome given that millions of dollars from russia have just been invested in the country for a nuclear energy program. secretary clinton said that she supported this program if belarus would adhere to national standards and regulations. the country did not seem to be -- from past actions, it does not seem like that is a possibility. what are we doing for our defense to make sure that this threat does not come about? we are worried about nuclear power in iran. is there any possibility that the dictator in belarus could partner up and develop something that is not important for u.s. interests? >> as i said in my speech, one of the concerns i have is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we have to be very conscious of the danger of that happening. it is what concerns us about iran and north korea. it concerns us about other nations as well. specifical

what about the world cup with the forget that despite any was lost belarus is still in the elite a world hockey bet you have any surprises in the works for the world cup. well i don't think there should be any surprises there although surprises are inherent in sports we can happen any time you go over we're not planning any surprises deliberately with the they're already planning to leave the illegal world hockey. the two thousand and fourteen world cup will be hosted in delhi where the numerous actually both some plans to take the right to host the championship away from the other and you to another country join with us what do you think of those rumors that is there any substance behind them were they just gossip. i heard that saw it's nothing more than talk this is a purely political process that has nothing to do with sports if it happens it will be a blow to their reputation of the hockey federation of. the world sports in general post after all bill rose has deserved and earned this world championships with the and we have done a great deal in preparations for i'm sure that if this

to metro bombers are executed in belarus by the relatives and human rights groups are saying that they were given a fair trial. and as more economic sanctions are piled on iran and we find the consequences may be felt more in europe. short on money emotionally traumatized and down on his luck father of two all part of the media's profile of the american soldier accused of carrying out a massacre in southern afghanistan sergeant robert bales has now been flown back to the states by the u.s. military amid calls for him to face trial in afghanistan or he's going to just as commentary for us. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold blood nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon to apparently committed the massacre is just one bad apple. this incident is charging and shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan this is not who we are in no way does he represent the. ethics and morality of the american serviceman and servic

you know i have never attacked any politicians who were in power in belarus before me it's up to god to judge their service you can take a look at my legacy at the legacy oceans carry each just love kid which you and others. and make your own conclusions i have never brought up anything from the past it's just care which has been recently portrayed as a hero by all russian t.v. stations which is the way what you all seem to forget is that government wanted to fix all russians from belarus musician everyone counted the russians what russians unfolds well below full so for it were not for the evil lucas schenkel were russians would have been shown the door long the goal of proportion we should keep that in mind as a matter of fact talking off poetics i would only mention one thing while he any iranian president crossed chilcote's in the persuaded maurice yeltsin to dissolve the soviet union such that they this is enough to show who he says it's a he but again it's not for me to judge him i know too much about your scale which any fine make at least a single fact public that would be en

thought it is officials in the european union have been closely following the case their relations with belarus of course have been strained for quite some time even before these arrests and the following trials that's a lot of. particularly human rights organizations in europe have a lot of questions to the russian authorities when it comes to human rights freedom of speech and also the approach to the opposition in the country they believe that those cases really should be looked into closely over remains. and. the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton just on saturday has expressed her hope that bellerose to grill in fact implemented moratorium on capital punishment as a matter of fact remains the only country in europe to have a death penalty are working at the moment and

the president of belarus. on december 19, 2010, lukashenko was given an opportunity to ease the iron grip of his police state and move closer to democracy by holding a legitimate presidential election. he couldn't bring himself to do it. he orchestrated a fraudulent election and then he turned on -- turned around on the day of the election and arrested all of his opponents who had the audacity to run against him and threw them in prison. how about that? i was in belarus shortly afterwards and met with their families. these people were distraught, beside themselves about what had just happened. one of these detainees who was eventually released came and saw me in november. alex mikalovic, one of the presidential candidates, who had been arrested, tortured and denied basic legal rights for months. recently given political asylum in the czech republic, where he continues to fight for human rights in belarus. his wife and daughters, whom i met in minsk in belarus are still being harassed by the k.g.b. as of today.

' continued use of capital punishment. >> belarus does not orientate itself on europe but countries likehe united states. it is demonstrating that it is a sovereign, independent state and with a right to determine its own laws. >> the two men's guilt was reportedly backed up with video evidence, but relatives claimed that they were framed and tortured into confessing. now that the last clemency has been denied, the men may be executed at any time. >> onto some economic news, and the jobless rate in greece has hit another record high. >> officials say about 21% of the work force was unemployed in the final quarter of 2011. young people have been hit especially hard with nearly 40% without work. as the government continues to implement tough austerity measures, analysts say the economic situation is bound to worsen further as ever more greek firms battle to survive and continue cutting jobs. german airline lufthansa says it is preparing for another turbulent year. >> profits at the firm dive by 18%, mainly blamed on high fuel costs. now, they are worried that business will slump even furth

of the european out of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking in belarus and questioning the officials approaches to human rights freedom of speech and their treatments all of the opposition this has in fact to lead to diplomatic route bellaver was told it's in basters from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from delhi rose to the european union foreign affairs chief catherine ashton already said that she strongly condemns the executions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin short also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about to worsen the situation and the relations which are in belarus and the european union even further. are reporting there. thousands of people have been arrested in new york are scores of protesters marched to mark occupy wall street six month anniversary police swept through the birthplace of the movement in zuccotti park as hundreds of demonstrators began to brecht tents over the past six months occupy r

of the european out of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking in belarus and questioning the officials approaches to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this has in fact still led to diplomatic route after bellerose fall dowd's its embassadors from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from bella rose the european union foreign affairs chief catherine ashton already said that she strongly condemns the executions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin shultz here also said that she is horrified at the news and this is just about to worsen the situation and the relations which are in belarus and the european union even further. reporting for us coming up in the program the legal immigrants traveling to the united kingdom in search of a breath of life but often thought of themselves sleeping on the streets with no job no money stuck in a legal no man's land this story for. the price of help wracked by debts the. china's

in belarus itself not everyone supported the executions for hours were laid near the home of one of the convicted men love of earlier his mother received notification from the court that the death sentence have been heard she thinks her son was made a scapegoat by authorities and you do they feel they can intimidate the police into silence but my sense is confession explains plan if you investigation in trial i think they could have executed him long guy this is them revenge on him and me. coming up with the program be illegal immigrants traveling to the u.k. in search of a better life. often finding themselves sleeping on the streets with no job or money stuck in a legal no man's. also the price of help racked by debt you hungrily eyes china's three trillion dollars. while a business savvy beijing lays down the rules. seventy three people have been arrested in new york as the occupy wall street movement marks six months since it made its stand against corporate greed and injustice in america police moved in to close a car the park after activists refused to stop pitching tents and to l

has been executed somewhere in belarus his mother has received the news from. high courts however at this point we still have no confirmation on whether or not that in. to execution have actually taken place wherever there are reports from russian and national television which are as good as official confirmation is saying that indeed the executions have taken place from the very beginning i thought it is officials in the european union have been closely following the case their relations with belarus of course have been strained for quite some time even before these arrests and the following trials that's a lot of. particularly human rights organizations in europe have a lot of questions to the russian authorities when it comes to human rights freedom of speech and also the approach to the opposition in the country they believe that those cases really should be looked into closely over remains. and. the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton just on saturday has expressed her hope that bellerose to grill in fact implemented moratorium on capita

to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further in belarus itself not everyone supported the executions flowers were laid near the home of one of the convicted men love. earlier his mother received notification from the court that the death sentence had been carried out she thinks her son was made a scapegoat by authorities. when you do what you say through they can intimidate people into silence but my sense is a full confession exposing their whole plan of investigation in trial otherwise they could have executed him long ago eight he's very high and join him in a nice and coming up on at the program the illegal immigrants traveling to the u.k. in search of a better life. often finding themselves sleeping on the streets with no job or money stuck in a legal no man's land. also the price of help wracked by debt and the new hungrily eyes trying to three trillion dollar cash while our business savvy beijing lays out the rules. seventy three people have been arrested in new york as the occupy wall street movement marks six months since it made

my question pertains to the dictatorship of belarus. americans are bombarded with media reports on the middle east but few even know the country of belarus exists. i find that worrisome given that millions of dollars from russia have just been invested in the country for a nuclear energy program. secretary clinton said that she supported this program if belarus would adhere to national standards and regulations. the country did not seem to be -- from past actions, it does not seem like that is a possibility. what are we doing for our defense to make sure that this threat does not come about? we are worried about nuclear power in iran. is there any possibility that the dictator in belarus could partner up and develop something that is not important for u.s. interests? >> as i said in my speech, one of the concerns i have is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we have to be very conscious of the danger of that happening. it is what concerns us about iran and north korea. it concerns us about other nations as well. specifical

my question pertains to the dictatorship of belarus. americans are bombarded with media reports on the middle east but few even know the country of belarus exists. i find that worrisome given that millions of dollars from russia have just been invested in the country for a nuclear energy program. secretary clinton said that she supported this program if belarus would adhere to national standards and regulations. the country did not seem to be -- from past actions, it does not seem like that is a possibility. what are we doing for our defense to make sure that this threat does not come about? we are worried about nuclear power in iran. is there any possibility that the dictator in belarus could partner up and develop something that is not important for u.s. interests? >> as i said in my speech, one of the concerns i have is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we have to be very conscious of the danger of that happening. it is what concerns us about iran and north korea. it concerns us about other nations as well. specifical

this young woman is in a metro station in minsk, belarus. the train is oncoming. you see the bystanders wave down the train. bystanders were also yelling at her get down in between the trackers. a nearby metro worker also saw this happen and cut the power. the train stopped feet from where she was on the tracks. a representative says this was a suicide attempt. it's weird that it was a suicide attempt and then she started listening to the people on the platform. she had second thoughts immediately after jumping down on the train tracks. >> i'm glad that train was able to stop. who knows how fast it was going before they alerted it. >> i got to think if i'm on that platform, too, i would have done the same thing. nobody wants to see that. everybody worked quickly to save this woman's life, even though she was willing to throw it away. >>> guys, there's a story being passed around the internet about a girl named roxanne meyers who we are seeing in this video. roxanne had to have her feet partially amputated because of video games. in this interview, roxanne says tha

network in capital managua and since that time they also grabbed a foothold with the imax networks in belarus in peru however since all that work there's been a major shift in the world of mobile internet to spite its initial advantage why max appears to be losing the fight against top incoming l.t.e. . we plan to migrate our existing why not start work over the next few months. to l.t.e. as well as launch incidence so we're presently in the progress of launching novosibirsk and we will. look to swap moscow in the very near future in april and we have sochi across the north and st petersburg. you know periodic after that you know there's still a good amount of debate as to the relative is the edges of why mexico t.-e. the two seem to offer roughly equivalent performance and despite the lean towards it. t.-e. is actually considered by the international telecommunications as a. higher potential speeds in the future and lower latency operators around the globe decided that l.t.e. is the way to go and the other early adopters of why mix technology. existing links and launch a brand new. despite t

ukraine, belarus and kazakhstan. not many knew about it, but it was huge. bill perry, secretary of defense, did a wonderful job on that. so there are good things going on. we've done some things. we now have a stronger iea, though not nearly strong enough. we have a u.n. resolution 1540 that requires every nation to take care of their nuclear material. so we have a lot going on. one they think that people don't know about, and i always think -- in this grim subject, we need to have a little bit of encouragement. one of the things that gloria and her team helped negotiate, we hope with the help of the nunn/luger program, ukrainians didn't want to give up their weapons without giving some economic benefit, and highly enriched uranium is worth money. you can convert it into nuclear

ukraine, belarus and kazakhstan. not many knew about it, but it was huge. bill perry, secretary of defense, did a wonderful job on that. so there are good things going on. we've done some things. we now have a stronger iea, though not nearly strong enough. we have a u.n. resolution 1540 that requires every nation to take care of their nuclear material. so we have a lot going on. one they think that people don't know about, and i always think -- in this grim subject, we need to have a little bit of encouragement. one of the things that gloria and her team helped negotiate, we hope with the help of

comes to matters concerning human rights and the freedom of speech and freedom of expression and belarus and as it stands right now is the only country in europe still to employ capital punishment in its legal system. well you can get the latest news videos and stories you may have missed at r.t. dot com here's some of what's there for you right now but. he wanted a whistleblower julian assange gets ready to run for the senate in his native australia and won't let house arrest get in britain get in the way. and are your appliances acting as cia agents the dark secret of the white goods which are keeping tabs on your family explain how they're doing it at our t.v. but come on. it is six months since the occupy wall street movement swept of the world with millions taking up the battle against corporate greed and inequality and now even though their camps are shrinking activists say the movement is far from dying down archies christine reports. every gaps of free will is good to leave it's a global the state should befalls up a nation a soul fly a media saturation we first met joel northam

lot of the european of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking in belarus and questioning the officials approach it to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this has in fact still led to a diplomatic route after bell was pulled out its investors from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from bella rose the european union foreign affairs chief catherine ashton already said that she strongly condemns the executions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin shultz here also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about it to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further a correspondent really good. story and we got a lot more lined up for you and a website all to dot com of course at the latest news and comments tastemaker the stories about a month for you tonight do your lot to get. do you have figured uncontrollably well chances are you're a terrorist say that's a

of the european out of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking in belarus and questioning the officials approach it to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this has in fact still led to diplomatic crowd her belly was pulled out its investors from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all their ambassadors from belo rose the european union foreign affairs chief catherine ashton already said that she strongly condemns the executions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin schulz also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about it to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further. this week the u.s. soldier named the u.s. named the soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan a soldier robert bales is no in the military detention center in kansas following the latest deadly incident involving american troops and result has got to come reports afghans are not convinced apol

he is already in to approve sanctions against belarus over recent executions of two men found guilty of a deadly metro bombing in the capital minsk last year many western officials and human rights groups condemned the said instead of refusal of the belorussian leader to pardon the man president alexander lukashenko defended his decision party. for me it was yet another tragedy in my life but above all i think sympathy for the parents of those people i did to mike did not help unfortunately here we are talking about a criminal case plane and simple well wolf the man committed an hour through just crime and there is no reason whatsoever to shill clemency the second still picture is a good body parts and the just the natural car i saw when i entered the station those images are forever with me i can see the sun record right now. absolutely certain that the court verdict and sentence were correct and justified i have no doubts about that whatsoever. so much for the full exclusive interview with memories as president in our show spotlight coming away a little more than an hour here on r.

easily comes to matters concerning she would rise and the freedom of speech is very much pressure and belarus and as it stands right now is the only country in europe still to employ capital punishment insley go system. get the latest news videos or stories you may have missed for most of our t. dot com is what's there for you right now the wanted whistleblower gili the sarge gets ready to run for the senate in his native australia and won't let his house arrest in britain get in the way no more online from our. having your appliances acting as cia agents there's a thought the dark secret of the white goods which are keeping tabs on your family we explain another doing it at our team don't call. it six months since the birth of the occupy wall street movement a movement that swept through the world of the dazzling speed attracting millions who were fed up with inequality and greed from tear gas to rubber bullets the bathroom wielding cops and forced evictions the occupiers aware that everything thrown out there but now many of their camps a sprinkling of the fever dying down as christine for

here more from belarus as president or if you show spotlight throughout thursday here on our t.v. well that's true over now the business desk where he is joining us live with all the latest what's up. well we've got lots going on at the my about matching the russian market have just been it's very early days but right now we're seeing small gains but also saying it's all about china at the moment because that the first actually market that i place that they set the tone for a much less you can say it's a negative outlook right there because the nikkei and the. both polluting at the fights at sea and commodity stocks are really sailing off to china raised its fuel prices by the most in. two years an executive from the hate people at an also knowledge is china's demand for iron ore is made out and there tumbled over the repairs sense as you can see stocks are in the declining and that's a second day and it's no surprise that mining stocks are really taking a tumble. because of that statement coming from the hague. if we move on have a look at the u.s. and see how they finished up ye

you can hear more from belarus president alexander lukashenko in our interview spotlight for thursdayhere on r.t. time now to get the latest market figures with katie at the business desk hello katie so china is still the dominant theme in the trading day very much. and it's. thinking and we think around the life of the china raised its prices by the based on why. two years and is that superbly hate britain also acknowledges that china's demand for or is out to the tumbling of the region as you can see asian stocks are the climbing first second day as mine is make use of building a quick retreat is. the chinese economy slowing we have a look at how the us finished up yesterday we can see that stocks fell after reaching stroke or highs they've had some great results this week yesterday it was very disappointing for the housing starts and the rest fell from a three year high for future housing is highest level since october two thousand interesting see how. we look at the oil markets we can see it is a mix of senses today because prices now. from the biggest decline in. polls in the us

reportedly horrified at the news and this is just about to worsen the situation and the relations between belarus and the european union even further. thanks very much indeed the reporting live from central moscow. this week the us name the soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan last sunday soldier robert bales is now in a military detention center in kansas following the latest deadly incident involving american troops and spoke to outrage among the afghan people and another round of apologies from u.s. officials results he's got a report afghans are not convinced by the excuses. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold blood nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon who apparently committed a massacre as just one bad apple. this incident is tragic and shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan this is not who we are in no way does he represent. the ethics and morality of the american serviceman and service

comes to matters concerning human rights and the freedom of speech and freedom of expression and belarus and as it stands right now is the only country in europe still to employ capital punishment insley go system. you can get the latest videos or stories that you may have missed archie here's some of what's there for you now. wanted whistleblower julian assange gets ready to run for the service in his native australia i'll let his house arrest in britain get away. and are your appliances acting as cia agents a dark secret of the white goods which are keeping tabs on your family. plane how they're doing it at r t dot com. they're just joining us twelve minutes past the hour and it's been six months since the birth of occupy wall street a movement that's what the world at a dazzling speed attracting millions who are fed up with an equality and greed from tear gas and rubber bullets to baton wielding cops and forced evictions the occupiers have weathered everything thrown at them but now many of their towns are shrinking and the fever dying down as christine for example reports. ever doubt

you can hear more from belarus president. throughout thursday here on our team well time now to go to business desperately need pilbeam is standing by with more so i understand investors are closely watching oil right now yes it really is the case at the moment this is staying at the geopolitical risk for the rest in provoking yet another spike about sauce to the head of the i.m.f. christine lagarde that this is one of the primary race for the global economy as the european concerns have now so lightly if we look at the ore prices for this we can see that they are rebounding from the biggest decline in three months after a report showed that crude stockpiles are falling in the u.s. meanwhile the obama administration is trying to cut off from its main source of income oil exports of course as a sanction over its nuclear program the u.s. is calling on a number of nations to cap iranian imports otherwise it threatens to cut that banks off from the u.s. financial system and saudi arabia is ready to boost supplies in order to stem

it comes to matters concerning human rights and the freedom of speech is pretty much question and belarus and as it stands right now bellers is the only country in europe still to employ capital punishment insley goal system. you get all the latest news producing stories you may have missed on the t.v. side of it here at r.t. though com our web site stories tonight might be interested but once a whistleblower julian assange aren't in the news again getting ready to run for the senate in his native australia now this is well let his house arrest in britain get in the way get more details online and here's a thought all your appliances acting as cia agents but you never thought about what the dark secret of the white goods but you keeping tabs on your family revealed online for us at our people. it's now six months since the birth of the occupy wall street movement a movement that swept the world with a dazzling speed attracting millions of a fed up with inequality and greed from tear gas and rubber bullets to bats and wielding cops and forced evictions the occupiers whether everything thro

comes to matters concerning human rights and the freedom of speech and freedom of expression and belarus and as it stands right now is the only country in europe still to employ capital punishment insley go system so had three in the program a remote access. to its running water or electricity pressure close up takes you to a sleepy village that the twenty first century is left behind. it's been six months since the birth. movement that swept the world out of dazzling speed attracting millions who are fed up with inequality and green from tear gas and rubber bullets to baton. wielding cops and forced evictions the occupiers have weathered everything thrown at them but now many of their camps are shrinking and the fever dying down as christine for our reports. never doubts that free will is what they'll be to the plough but let's say a ship of fools of a nation is sold like a media saturation we first met joel northam in the early stages of the occupy wall street movement i've been out here since october second degree a little bit just the whole. call of the corruption the felt like most

holes in their hearts and it's the radioactive cesium and actually the doctor dr banda subsidy in belarus who figured out what was going on was imprisoned by the dictatorship about others to try to shut him up because the belorussian dictatorship has a pro nuclear power agenda and they wanted this guy to go away in we just a little less than three weeks for him he's forty year license to operate expires what's going on up in vermont all kinds of stuff is going on we have a march against nuclear madness page on our website and on facebook listing all of the fukushima commemorations on march eleventh from the rest of the month and from on what we're probably looking at on march twenty second which is near forty plus one day is large scale civil disobedience in a nonviolent tradition there have been civil disobedience actions led by grandmothers one woman frances crow was in her ninety's and seven hundred times that we're not yanking the past five years i think there's going to be a lot more people on march twenty second i lived in vermont for a decade i can tell you the people in that state

in all of europe and all of the countries that used to be the soviet union was belarus. didn't use the death penalty last year. didn't kill any of its prisoners. we did that 43 times last year. the number is going down for us. we may be the only modern industrialized nation that goes into our prison cells, takes people that are already incarcerated and kills them as quietly as possible. we may be the last industrialized country in the world that is doing that but we are doing that less. we killed 46 times in 2010 and 43 time last year. that's the direction that things are going for us in this field. the state of illinois banned the death penalty last year. oregon's governor adopted a moratorium on killing there. maryland and connecticut may be close to banning executions as well. there may be a ballot measure for california to decide whether it wants to get rid of its death penalty. sentencing laws only went up. a newfound shyness about the fallibility of those that pass judgment plus fiscal concerns but sheer wonderment at the internationally unprecedented scale of the