the families of britain. he predicted that living standards would rise, but prices are rising in britain's families -- they are squeezed them what not tell usor did is the office of budget responsibility confirmed that the british people will be worse off in 2015 than in 2010. this is official, you are worse off under the tories, year after year. and in the extraordinary admissions, no mention of the triple-a rating. what the prime minister called the mark of trust, which she said had been secured. he said it would be a humiliation to be downgraded, so not just the down-graded chancellor but a humiliated chancellor, and what about borrowing? in his budgetaim speech that he was on course. even he can't believe this nonsense. debt is higher in every year of this parliament. he will borrow 200 billion pounds more than planned. but what did he say in the june 2010 budget. he said two benchmarks. he said we're on track to have that falling in a balanced budget by 2014. or as he called it, the four- year plan. thes

so the leaders of britain france say they could well supply weapons to the syrian rebels despite a u.n. embargo well on our website we're asking you what that could perhaps lead to well let's look at the results so far on screen where we can see that to most of those who voted say over forty percent say that this will only prolong the conflict and lead to more bloodshed we can see there about a quarter twenty four percent say this will cause other countries to both sides in the conflict ultimately setting the whole region on fire slightly fewer believe that such a move would spark a worldwide diplomatic crisis and just seven percent say that this could actually lead to an end in the conflict with the opposition emerging victorious that's what you've said so far if you haven't already done so because to vote on our own could he would have to say well for analysis on the possibility of western nations arming the rebels let's join r.t. contributor afshin rattansi he is in london actually we just saw the results of our web site there the majority say that if you do start arming the rebels

the mindset during the war was really focused on britain as our main rival. this is all overthrown three years later with the marshall plan in 1947, but that's another story to be told that my next book. one of the reasons for the collapse of british imperial power in 1946 in 1947 with this rapid and violent because britain was rapidly running out of dollars and the u.s. treasury was managing that process. if you look at the debates going on behind the scenes and the british government at the end of 1946, early in 1947 on burma, greece, palestine wall collapsing by oakley is all about dollars. we have to make the pound convertible in july of 1947 the only way we can possibly make the commitment is if we start holding on to our dollars. we have to let the empire go when that very much part of harry dexter white's agenda. let me say a few words about the characters in the book is they are indeed fascinating, john major keynes and harry dexter white. they're as different as chalk and cheese or bourbon in afternoon tea. that when i look in particular. these were

these are some very far flung islands from britain a tiny territory now nevertheless the islanders are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of remaining a british overseas territory but this isn't just a question of national identity we know that the argentinian government's already dismissed the vote as a propaganda exercise cooked up in london but there's the prospect of all that a lot of people are talking about now they're speculating surrounding how much oil there is an estimated sixty billion barrels of oil potentially to be found in the falklands basin and that's worth about one hundred sixty seven billion dollars to compare that with britain's oil reserves well they seem scant in comparison the u.k. has an estimated two point eight five billion barrels of oil so if this estimation proves to be correct if the falkland islands do indeed have these sixty billion barrels then we're talking about more oil than the reserves of the usa could tar or even libya to talk about this i'm joined in the studio by ken hurst he's a journalist came to what extent is this dispute a question o

of britain is tied to fraudulent banking tricks and crime so now that this is going into receivership now that the world's credit is collapsing britain won't go the way of cyprus so you have a lot of these islands are going into bankruptcy whether it's ireland cyprus i sort of course they stood up to the bankers so they're going to they're going to survive but britain is an island nation about to sink as they point out in this case with nicholas levine he was running a ponzi scheme a ponzi scheme pays returns to investors from other investors' money or their own until rather than legitimate profits no legitimate profits cut to. the ponzi economy that i said this man is like into the ponzi economy he appeared in my eyes is the economy of the u.k. here is what george osborne in his budget while we were in new york he tried to speak it and he thought we wouldn't notice this but we're here to cover it budget twenty thirteen george osborne pins hopes on housing boom taxpayers will underwrite the mortgage of hundreds of thousands of home buyers and take stakes in a newly built houses in a f

-- supplies to britain. they had a large map where they were also tracking what they believed were the known positions of u-boats. and backett knew that u-boats mostly traveled on the surface, he knew how many hours the patrol planes were flying, so he was able to figure out how many u-boats should have been spotted by them per hour. of when he compared them to the actual numbers that were being spotted, they were only finding a third of a fourth the number it seemed they ought to be. so apparently, in other words, the u-boats were seeing the approaching patrol planes before the patrol planes saw the u-boats, giving the u-boats time to dye and escape -- dive and escape detection altogether. the answer turned out to be very simple yet overlooked. one day an air force officer asked blackett, well, what color are coastal command aircraft? turned out most of them were painted black because they'd opinion night bombers that had been pressed to serve for anti-submarine duty. black is a very good color at night, it

it's a big issue in britain. britain had flown a jet carrying a million euros to cyprus just dm case they were needed. >>> straight ahead on the program, we'll hear exclusively from aaron levy about his new plans for going global and we'll leave you a look at how futures are trading ahead on wall street after some ugly data out of the eurozone. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." the euro grooum group chief comes under fire in cyrus. he says the levy on bank depositors is inevitable. russia criticizes the eu's handling of the crisis as the summit between the two sides gets under way. dimitry medvedev says the eu is behaving like a bull in a china shop. chinese factories posted a rebound in march activity after a slump during the lunar new year, giving hope that at least there a gradual recovery is on track. sdwra you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> and a bit of good news out of britain, briefly, markets were waiting on this figure. sterling is jumping b

in britain. the u.k. is accused of double standards for supporting falkland islanders right to self-determination while depriving others of their land. europe to vote on a far reaching ban on pornography including on the web but liberty experts fear a different cover up a chance to snoop on anything that uses it doing online. pakistan could be next the u.s. sanctions over a gas pipeline project is launched with iran in defiance of washington pressure. i welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow. lawyers for guantanamo bay inmates say around one hundred men in one of the prisons are on hunger strike in protest over disrespecting the koran and confiscation of personal items the prisoners condition is said to be rapidly deteriorating and reaching a potentially critical level geo political analyst ryan dawson who's written extensively on guantanamo believes inmates they're desperate to draw attention to widespread human rights abuse. they really have very little other recourse other than a arguer strike it's

tough in britain. because britain is great itself around the world supporting. the rights of self determination of those in the fore and gardens and what about the rights of the trade goes on and now i think what sadness about that story is that many of the took us the answer here in the cape and now i would face it where men he simply want the right to return home and he put that in stark contrast of what's happening in the franklin guidance right now on the one hand you had pointed out by killing as many huge amounts of money sending troops to defend this. actually this colony against argentina is claiming on the other hand you have been spending equal amounts of money to stop to take a fight and it from returning to their home to the contrast really is a very dark tale of king identity and have. we seen the take our side in this treat it to the folks in the island as well international business consultant adriane salvucci explain to us why he thinks wrote the referendum's of pointless step and a long running dispute between britain and argentina it's like ask

it's a question of the sovereignty of the islands of the see around them and that present belongs to britain and it is claimed by argentina the view than thought the island does it completely and absolutely irrelevant all right go ahead irrelevant that is not true the the wishes of the will of the islanders is very important here this is what it's all about it's about what do the people of the falkland islands want to live under do they want to live under the crown of the united kingdom or do they want to be part of argentina they have overwhelmingly decided that they want to be part of the united kingdom and this wasn't a tool by the united kingdom actually this was the whole referendum idea came from the falkland islands governments it was the falkland islanders themselves that have the right of self-determination and shrine into their constitution as the falkland islanders themselves have decided to exercise this right of self-determination now david cameron in london said that he would back the falkland islanders no matter what the outcome of the vote and they he has done so in argentina

determination doesn't apply group of people living on an island miles away from the mainland of britain ok that was very clear look jump in. i tell you it certainly does it doesn't matter if it's one single person they have the right of self-determination is clearly outlined in the u.n. charter this is a very fundamental rights and they have exercise this right and the world should listen ok you guys are being real quick here alex. it. could be short for the past few years the argentine gorgon has accused the u.k. of a policy of twenty first century calling at least some into ireland's athene they were for him the most interesting and important tool by the u.k. to show that the wheel of the island be respected the need for people to have lived in most of cases most cases for their entire lives in the silence ok richard but peter peter out peter i would say that it's not it's not isn't it a little bit of a church or it was a very lively richard first place. and the problem is it's not a question of what the island does think it's a question of the sovereignty of the islands and the see a

it's going to be long to the falkland islands governments so this idea that britain wants to hold on to the islands for oil is equally ridiculous let's not i'm going to go back to a quick point that i wanted to go back to a point that there richard made earlier that no one in the u.k. cares about this issue people certainly care about this issue and they care even more when we see the sort of campaign of intimidation by argentina against the falkland islanders you know when secretary of state john kerry went to london and had his first press conference as secretary of state the very first question asked by british media was about the u.s. position on the falkland islands of all the issues going on in the world today that was the very first question asked by the british media ok richard jump in yes of course of course it was because they knew that they could needle the british because traditionally the british and the americans was supposed to be friends but in this case the americans the neutral between britain and. the. wall. ms patrick the american delegate to the un was decided to

the debate around britain's membership within the has taken center stage here in britain and it's not going away anytime soon in the u.k. independence party all you keep is the name of ill health the view that person would be better off out and as for their leader well if you haven't heard of him yet where have you being he's the firebrand politician he once told the president herman van rompuy that he had the charisma of a damp rag his outspoken views often raise eyebrows but he seems to the fleck criticism with these years all through all the man he survived a plane crash just whatever then tell him where he can or can't make we are of course talking about nytol for us thank you very much for joining us let's get straight to you kep the party do you think david cameron put the promise of an in out referendum on the table so that's your thunder stolen isn't it well i mean he said if he wins the next general election well that looks pretty unlikely following a renegotiation which given the temperature in brussels looks virtually impossible in five years time he's going to give us a sa

britain france and probably behind them america getting pretty panicky about. team of overthrowing. saudis just not working whether that's where something that they really want or whether they just want to neutralize syria by reducing it to chaos we can't really tell but certainly if they start to pour weapons in in a big way obviously it's going to make a difference but on the other hand one third at least and probably a majority of the syrians do not want to be living in a sheria state so there is going to be a desperate fight whatever happens and of course you can be sure that iran on equally will say well if this is the way britain and france are going to behave we shall do as much or they are a lot closer to syria than britain and france all right so that's a response from iran but what about the response from britain and france is neighbors see if they go ahead without a sanction from the e.u. what sort of diplomatic fallout could that lead to. well it's not terribly surprising but the word is that there is going to be a meeting of the this afternoon is that there's going to b

and britain that this could be an issue that could really force the britain to think about other potential ways of isolating themselves father and perhaps even a british exit from the european union. british conservative m.p. brooks newmark told me earlier that the prospect of bankers leaving london is much worse than public outrage at their excessive pay packets. we're well aware of the toxicity of this issue and we're well aware of the insensitivity of many bankers some of the big banks in terms of the way they have rewarded themselves given these times of what's starting but there is a practical problem which is that the people who are in banks and banks themselves are very mobile so they can go anywhere in the world they don't need to be in london or paris or frankfurt or even zurich for that matter they can go anywhere and do their business because most business is done online or on a telephone or can be done abroad city of london is a hugely important center for us in terms of our expertise it contributes a huge amount to the extract and if we damage that by trying to penalize those

protecting people's right to help determine the way britain's late. amounts of us over there for in it comes to the folk and islands referendum you going to read a lot about today it's going to be in all of the papers it's going to be on both of the nice channels a story you won't have heard about many given the job is that the trade off now the fact that you won't have heard of it doesn't make it any less shocking cause i didn't possibly work in. indian i did see parity and though grouping of violence the largest of which is the ag garcia not many people know that as the last u.s. military air base from which we seen the us launch attacks on iraq and afghanistan but back in the one nine hundred sixty s. and that was home to a population of roughly the same as the folk and guidance around two thousand indigenous people back and the u.k. struck a deal with the us which flew them get a discount on arms and saw the us get diego garcia for their military base and most of the population were they were forcibly evicted from their homes many of them will mov

argentina argues britain has no right to the islands and says geography is on its side.he distance is 1400 kilometers, and they are 400 kilometers from argentina. in 1952 they failed to take back the islands by force. 6500 argentinians and 250 british were killed in the war. britain has promised to protect the inhabitants but argentina says they will save the island. oil and gas have been found and britain and argentina want to profit. >> for more, go to our website, dw.e, and stay with us, we will have more at >> preparations began to elect a new pope. they were gleaned as for who would be the next pope. but the cardinals gave nothing away. >> we have a week to know one another better. that is all i can say. >> is the next pope from latin america? anything is possible. >> at the same time, rome was rife with speculation. some media reports said it showed details of a sex ring in the vatigan. the cardinals continued deliberations and at the end of the week, frederico lombardi announced the conclave for a new pope would begin tuesday. final preparations are underway in th

tough words in britain. if britain is to great itself around the world those supporting the rights of self-determination of those the four gardens what about the rights to trade some of this now i think what side this about that story is that many of the to go see and say here in the u.k. now all spirited women he simply want the right to return home and he put that in stark contrast with what's happening in the felton guidance right now on the one hand you had pointed fighting. spending huge amounts of money sending troops to defend. that actually this colony against argentina is claiming on the other hand you have been plenty equal amounts of money to stop the table fired from returning to their homes for the contrast really is a very dark side and truly and how. we seem to take our side in this created to the folks in the island is an international business consultant told us argentina could find itself out of its downs if the dispute is militarized it's like asking the ultra right wing israeli settlers o

predict the worse for britain if it quits the e.u. or what do you know that they dealt here well i think one of britain's leading economists professor tim kong is actually one of our members and writes literature on the benefits of living the our lot of the arguments of the pro e.u. brigade on you know we lose jobs we looted we would lose try our net actual fact completely thoughts and have no foundation in fact. opinion polls are over fifty percent fifty five percent of people at least would want to leave the european union out and that's on the basis where you've got the whole of the political establishment most of the media the press t.v. right now actually pushing the line are well you know this thing that's wrong with the e.u. but we have to stay and it's for our benefit if we actually had a fair referendum in this country with an equal amount of time and money for both sides are no doubt that the no side would actually win and we would leave the european union so i think that public opinion is coming now why there are lots of pe

why britain's brightest of bailing out for better lives elsewhere we examine what's making a pack up of the damage to the u.k. . hello good evening thanks for being with r.t. it's kevin and here tonight just after nine now moscow time first egypt's opposition has lashed out at washington for meddling in the country's affairs its leaders are refusing to beat secretary of state john kerry has arrived in cairo they accuse america of siding with the ruling was lame brotherhood despite egypt sharp political divisions looks at what the u.s. chief diplomats intentions could be. he says that the purpose of his visit is essentially to discuss regional and international issues have a wide spectrum of egyptian leadership that is refusing to meet with him the criticism is coming from liberal and secular leaders and they accuse kerry and the united states of siding with the muslim brotherhood and they accuse its leader mohamed morsi of essentially stepping into the same role as the ousted dictator hosni mubarak now it is true that the united states has maintained close ties with morsi but the cri

britain consider supplying arms to the syrian rebels while the us pledged more aid for the opposition fighting president also on the way expert opinion on how the support could steer the bloody syrian conflict. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people we live with. over sixty percent of. this is a problem. it was like the big. elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about there were really good public health campaigns that people were really focused on this problem certainly should be about a lot less h i think a lot less human suffering. this was the envy of employers. he had good reason to trust no one. his body was found on the floor of his huge empty house. but did he die of natural causes. the mystery of stalin's day and i see. you're watching live from moscow israel could become the first ever country to be formally designated as the united states major strategic ally the ambitious goal is apparently on the agenda at the annual american israeli public affairs committee gathering that's kicking off in washington known as a pack if the plan b

hiller's britain was trouble america. just like of interest. of course it did not work out that way. the civilian economy is vastly more complex than the problems of defeating u-boat's. the war against the u-boat's, everyone agreed on what the measure was, how many merchant ships you save in as many you sunk. when you're dealing with the economy, what is the measure of merit jacket depends on your political ideals. so those were much less successful, but certainly in terms of how they were disciplined but could be applied to problems in industry, very quickly. a follow-up here. >> i ask the question. when i get a college and went to work in the summer of 1953, when i was doing as a young engineer was operations research. we call the time and motions. >> you get into all of the low -- all of the terms. that went bike earlier. they tended to have a somewhat narrower focus. and the deal our guys were making plans for how much this approach should be applied, particularly when you got into things of analyzing or close through the factory and schedu

britain is continuing to lose young professionals to countries with a better economic outlook that's despite government plans to cut the top rate of income tax in april many believe policymakers aren't doing enough to prevent scores of talented and skilled people from escaping the country in search of a potentially more profitable life or does andrew farmer has the story. jetting off in search of a new life abroad that is what three and a half million britons have done over the last decade but it isn't just pensioners seeking a retirement in the sun latest figures show that actually two thirds of them are professionals age twenty two to forty four and it's feared the outflow of talent is actually hurting the nation's economy clearly a lot of these people are trained professionals who are seeking to build a life elsewhere and i think that that's something policymakers should be very concerned about so what are the reasons for the exodus chiropractic feet treats dozens of high end london kind suffering from stress every week britain's high rate of tax he says makes many consider emigra

coming up later in the program economic migration britain's brain drain continues with hordes of young professionals leaving the country despite government plans to reform tax rates plus. welcome the boy ready to play a little music. sit back and enjoy the ride as astronauts on board the international space station team up with the well known musicians back on earth to take you on in musical odyssey. u.s. president has been forced to give the green light to automatic budget cuts potentially worth eighty five billion dollars the so-called sequester is kicking in because congress failed to agree a deal for an alternative rock obama has blamed the republicans for refusing to prevent what he called dumb spending cuts and sort of lawmakers refused to allow democrats to close tax loopholes and by the rich the sequester now puts hundreds of thousands of jobs on the line and the impact on the u.s. economy it's no financial recovery cost the globe economist and author richard wolfe says the people will ultimately end up paying for the crisis manufactured on capitol hill. republicans and democra

and argentina when desirous claims the islands were stolen from it by britain two centuries ago for more on what's really at stake over the small remote archipelago let's now cross live to our t. sara firth who is an london hello to you sara so we know that it's the full concern not to dance li populated with less than three thousand people living there so there's got to be more to this than just patriotic flag waving there right. well it's been an interesting day fifty day for paula one question for the folks indicted and of course the outcome of that a fluke own conclusion really no one thousand nine point eight percent of the folks indicted to voting to remain part of the case. have another referendum followed the fierce war of words between argentina and brazil argentina has been researching it thanks to the audience that cools the mohini. now we see nothing it's more of west play out it is unlikely that argentina is going to accept the outcome. got referendum and they said that it is a. tree belongs to it of course we've really seen this escalation in the tensions between argentina