responsible action should be taken instead of these daniel bushell joins us now live for this in brussels. so the russian prime minister is effectively lashed out on the operation there in libya. yes he's made a speech in denmark and he was very angry he says that gadhafi is not the best person in the world sure he's made many mistakes done many bad things but that does not give the coalition the right to bomb indiscriminately his words were that they'll pull meaning could have his palace is in tripoli every night now coalition said their plan was not to get rid of gadhafi so his question was mr putin's question was why are the coalition forces obviously making this effort to go off to colonel gadhafi himself now we also heard that the experts here in brussels have confirmed that there is bombing going on by the coalition forces which is not being covered by the media here in the european union has putin added that oil was a key interest for the western powers pull the european powers who have gone into libya they want to get rid of f.e.m.a. install people who are more favorable to the eu

he joins me now live in bushels of brussels i said so. the e.u. says it's ready to buy oil from the rebels despite there being an oil embargo now how can that possible. well as. old as the roy in the eastern rebel held poll port of told broke an estimated value of one hundred twenty million dollars for the deal it's a one million barrel tanker the deal will go through qatar petroleum qatar being one of the few arab states due to the coalition's military intervention in libya and is a main user of libyan oil the main purchaser germany countries like france and italy are heavy users of libyan oil however there is an inboard go on trade in libya and the e.u. representative here in brussels mark o'mara says that only applies to held companies in other words sanctions only applied to the national old corporation the state held could be held energy company and all other companies business continues as usual was what he said now there are concerns that this oil will be used as a swap for all arms and that will raise the violence in the region of course t

members of the opposition joined a delegation in brussels to lobby for more assistance. >> dri been -- the arrival of a libyan rubble entourage was kept low-key. but they held talks with european foreign ministers. three weeks after intervention commence, they're pushing for a political solution to the end of the conflict. they hope to receive european aid for victims of the fighting. >> we have about 30,000 injured. 7000 are critically injured and their lives are in danger. >> the european union is pushing for intervention to guard against military intervention. germany is unwilling to get embroiled in another conflict but they're willing to help shake up the pieces. >> if you an office for coordination of humanitarian affairs sees a need and says we need a military escort, for example, to reach harbor by sea, then we will provide assistance so that medical help can continue to get in. >> he hopes new sanctions will further undermine the ability of muammar gaddafi to wage war against his own people. >> the former president of egypt, hosni mubarak, is in intensive care right now. he h

i'm joined by the escobar and from palo he's a journalist and author of obama does globalist on in brussels we have frederick erickson he is a director and a co-founder of the european center for international political economy and in denver he crossed the kind he is a professor of economics at the university of denver gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want to go to you poppy first because you've been on the program before ten years ago we came across this term well known sachs came up with it bricks and it was a well let's hope what it was was a sexy tool to sell the emerging markets stocks well ten years later it has taken on a life of its own and in researching this program it's either lionized or demonized i know where you stand where said we should be lionized or should it be demonized. it should be lionized in fact there are a lot of non bricks they should be part of bricks should be brutes something for something like thirty should be in indonesia should be in south korea should be a word instead the bric countries they started have south africa to h

condition under which they would support that now i've been speaking to military analysts here in brussels and they confirm that ground troops already in operation in libya. well it was daniel bushell reporting there from russell's. britain has become a hotbed for terrorism with extremist preachers and masterminds freely able to operate there the news is come to light in the latest wiki leak which reveals at least thirty five guantanamo detainees are being trained for terrorism in london mosques the secret files also suggest an alleged al qaeda bomber worked as an informer for british intelligence he's lindsey france reports now from london. eighteen of these detainees reported believed to have come out of britain were from abroad seventeen of them are either british nationals or at the documents said they were asylum seekers from arab countries who then filtered into the u.k. and received their training here in london now most notably in the documents finsbury park mosque was cited its northern london mosque here that was cited as quote an attack planning and propaganda production base an

we asked our correspondent in brussels why they think the migrant crisis in italy is not their problem as well. >> there is a fear if you open the borders of the first sign of refugees coming in, you open the floodgates and create a precedent. the legal mechanism in the european union for changing existing rules, being that refugees come into one country, that's as far as they can go legally. that would open up borders to elsewhere. those rules were introduced to deal with the rate of refugees. ministers have been saying that is hundreds of thousands of people in dire straits to need help immediately. the official response today was simply that this does not warrant that kind of opening of frontiers. it is within the realm of something one country can deal with. millions of pounds are being poured into border controls for help dealing with libyan refugees fleeing the trouble there. the issue the germans raised today was simply that tunisian refugees are economic migrants and did not warrant the opening of borders to give a safe haven as refugees in trouble. >> is part of the problems d

it has forced them to take loans from brussels. the bank lost huge amounts when the commercial sector burst. so far, ireland has had to pump 46 billion euros into its stricken banks, and a cash injection of another 24 billion euros would make 70 billion. that is almost half of the entire country's annual gdp. the irish finance minister created two new universal banks. >> for more on the stress test, i spoke earlier to our brussels correspondent, tony kolly. i ask first about the reaction to the deal on the table. >> one said that at least it was not 40 or 50 million, the horrendous figures that had been floated recently. there is some relief that figure is within the 35 billion contingency, which is enshrined in the imf program for ireland, so we do not have to go back to tap a special mechanism of more money. but nonetheless, is a huge figure and put another burden on the irish state and ultimately, taxpayers will have to pay this money back. >> what will they do given that portugal may soon need an even bigger rescue package? >>

are they really necessary or can we actually brussels just take their place oh i think it's clear that the european union is of course a formidable in this instrument but that does not replace the sovereignty of the individual states to its. clearly the twenty seven member states are still sovereign countries who have understood of course that being more united for example economic policy is something which is in the interest of each and every country but the not such thing as a european government or something like european governance because. the president of the european council and compatriot of all this has been very successful in getting the different states of the european union closer to each other also when it comes to fiscal policy and i think this gives new opportunities for growth on the european continent do you think it has any theory that belgium evaporation and those are the words of your prime minister in one who is in charge right now given pressures of more independence across europe in general i don't think there's a question of evaporation and i'm convinced that we

short of money for food and if prices double he doesn't know what to do then you will sure i'll see brussels on the ground in libya local doctors say that five civilians have been killed in heavy shelling of misrata by duffy forces this is the only western city still controlled by the rebels and for more than a month of intense fighting nato is being criticized for failing to break the siege of the city by the party's troops political researcher marty dias. says the alliance is one in the conflict in libya instead of helping. it was all. over are talking about here is the politics of nato and the united states and its role as the e.u. are not about unifying or ending that deadlock what they're doing in libya is actually insidious they are prolonging the conflict because it's the longer this conflict takes the more entrenched the transitional council and their services to transit what they've been doing is they've been playing a teeter totter they've been helping the rebels then ceasing help helping the rebels and then reducing help they want to divide the country and weaken it this is why i'

brussels. energy analysts forecast crude oil prices are unlikely to drop anytime soon with the conflict in libya and beyond showing little sign of letting up canada based political research or not it doesn't row told me earlier that nato wants to stay in libya to prolong the fighting between gadhafi troops and rebel forces. we're talking about here is the cost to. nato and the united states and its role is that you are not about unifying or ending the deadlock what they're doing in libya is actually insidious they are prolonging the conflict because the longer this conflict takes the more entrenched the transitional council in their services the transit what they've been doing is they've been teetering playing a teeter totter they've been helping the rebels help helping the rebels and then reducing help they want to divide the country we can this is why i'm saying this is an insidious process. and chicago based radio host and author steven lemmon has told me that nato wants to put the oil rich

brussels. all energy analysts forecasts that crude oil prices are unlikely to drop anytime soon with the conflict in libya and beyond showing little sign of letting up patrick ayers from the online political magazine spike told us here at r.t. that nato members involved in the conflict have no clear plan in libya more interested in public city rather than protection. what we've seen over the last month now is basically a geopolitical mayhem where you have countries who are all in this kind of shabby coalition which is kind of flaking off not really knowing what they're trying to achieve but no real sense of a strategy no real sense of an end game whatsoever the way i would characterize this is more kind of p.r. imperialism these are the kind of the western leaders grandstanding on the international stage for very short term goals they don't really know what they want to achieve but they're doing it for their own personal reasons to try and make themselves look like kind of great international l

devastating blow to terrorism by killing a group of high ranking militants the security service raid in brussels republic of english said to have killed several terrorists from the inner circle of don't whom are of the most wanted man in the country now the libyan intervention is the first military campaign launched by barack obama since becoming president this is raise questions over whether he is he's rather following in the footsteps of his predecessor who got america into two conflicts are just more important i have spoke to civil rights campaigner cornel west about obama's actions. dr cornel west is among america's most provocative intellectuals a princeton professor and lifelong pioneer of working class rights and racial justice. at this year's left forum conference in new york city dr west's appearance drew thousands of activists aiming to revitalize the american left look at the solidarity. with the once a vocal supporter of u.s. president barack obama dr west tells archie why his opinion has drastically changed dr west thank you very much for taking the time to speak with r.t. with us t

are in iraq understand we have ten point six million belgians and of course in some cities like in brussels there's a situation where we have more than one hundred nationalities that is of course one of the advantages of being an international city and the city where the different communities can find their place but of course. the situation as far as the demographics and spencer and is essentially based on being a country that is what is welcoming each and everybody who comes through to this crossroads of the european union where you fear that those people who are of arabic descent are well integrated and. sergeant society well depends. of course the integration efforts been they still have to continue to in order to be successful you heard some comments for example from medical then also from people in the united kingdom speaking about the difficulties when it comes to integration but honestly think that the girls and society is a place where most of the people are. accepting each other and try to make a good future for their children without having too many conflicts i must insist upon t

being the main importer of living oil ati's daniel bushell who's in brussels explains the significance of this mission. the deal will go through qatar petroleum qatar being one of the few states due to the coalition's military intervention in libya and is a main user of libyan oil the main purchaser germany countries like france and italy are heavy users of libyan oil however there is an inboard go on trade in libya and the representative here in brussels michael mann says that only applies to help companies in other words sanctions only applied to the national mall corporation the state held the held energy company now there are concerns that this will be used as a small forms that will raise the violence in the region of course the u.n. security council has imposed on him go on the import of weapons and it also raises questions about the motives of the coalition raising accusations that its control of libya's stocks was the motive all along the rebels certain to get a lot of money from this oil deal less certain is who people are going to get this money of course a lot of these young

brussels. field prices are unlikely to drop in the near future as the foreign intervention in libya shows a little sign of letting up after nearly a month of action patrick hayes from the online political magazine spike told r.t. that wasn't well thought through and is aimed at publicity not democracy what we've seen over the last month now is basically a geo political mayhem where you have countries who are all in this kind of shabby coalition which is kind of flaking off not really knowing what they're trying to achieve with no real sense of a strategy no real sense of an end game whatsoever everyone's been kind of goading each other on saying well we need to kind of step in but no one's really want to get to committed but it's very striking that you know it takes a moment for affectively for sarkozy cameron and obama to make this statement that you know we have this united front which was on the washington washington post the times and the moment but i think this is actually very opportunist

by for european customers turmoil in the arab world is causing a spike in prices at a time when brussels looks at alternatives to russian energy. blaming the victims the u.s. is accused of failing to protect the innocent children trapped in prostitution are being jailed instead of health official reports and say there are at least one hundred thousand child sex slaves and america. and not in my backyard britain is a largest gypsy community compares it to battle a veteran from its decades long haul the egyptians that claim excuse me the gypsies claim they are being persecuted by all others who say the drivers of pride and drives down house prices. next it's all about german beer sausages and culture and the russian capital that's coming up in moscow. hello couldn't target and welcome on this week's mosque while program we're taking a look at german influence and culture here in the russian capital and see countries have had strong legs for centuries and battles the size so the positive connections between the two are only apparent so joining a lot of anger is as we start this week's progr

by one of the total t m p u terrorist strike is now just a question of time the new bush will see brussels and in syria president bashar al assad has appointed a new prime minister after dismissing the old cabinet attempt to ease the arrests in the country dozens are being killed in two weeks of fighting the government blames outside influences for the arrests independent journalist james corbett believes foreign military intervention could be on the cards. the president is being set right now with the libyan case and if they are able to get away well i suppose if the forces of western imperialism are able to get away with this in libya then it's really just a question of implementing to seem scheme in syria and we've seen how it can be done by for mentoring and funding and training and harming and supplying the rebel forces in the country and basically covert attempts to implement regime change and i think that's exactly what an intervention in syria would be about ultimately it would be to isolate iran obviously syria being an absolutely vital strategic partner and a long term partner of

vie for european customers turmoil in the arab world is causing a spike in prices at a time when brussels looks at alternatives to russian energy. blaming the victims in the u.s. is accused of failing to protect the innocent children trapped in costs that are being jailed instead of official reports say there are at least one hundred thousand child sex waves in america. and not in my backyard britain's largest to keep me in the prepares to battle addiction from its decades long home to get beat in the gypsies and claim that they are being the persecuted but local residents say the crime rate is high and the house prices are down because of the camp. up next it's all about german beer sausages and culture in the russian capital that's coming up next. hello couldn't target and welcome on this week's must wire program we're taking a look at german influence and culture here in the russian capital and three countries have had strong legs for centuries and battles the size to the positive connections between the two are only apparent so joining a lot of anger is as we start this week's program

else are meeting in brussels to discuss sanctions against the syrian regime the unions three largest countries germany france and the u.k. are all pushing for tougher measures despite yesterday's decision by the u.n. security council to stay away from the conflict for more on this we go live to brussels where john author of the book humanitarian imperialism joining us live good to have you with us are russia and china have blocked it out because they condemn the violence in syria saying there's no grounds to interfere but sometimes they seem determined to go ahead what do you think is the driving force behind their initiative. well i don't know exactly what their motivations is but they think. the problem with syria is exactly what was predictable when they intervened in libya if you want to intervene in libya and we see why you don't think that would be. the first thing was why don't you intervene in behind and why don't you intervene in. both israel and so on but there he was against intervention you know against their allies and of course they are not going to intervene against th

on the line from brussels there thank you for being on the r.t. international news. japan has raised the nuclear alert level at the quake hit fukushima plant to the maximum of seven it puts the crisis on a par with the chernobyl disaster now the decision was based on new data showing that want radiation had leaked from the damaged plant than previously thought but officials say that the upgrade doesn't mean the situation's become more critical the operator of the fukushima plant appears to be no closer to restoring cooling systems at the reactors another powerful aftershock across eastern japan forced the operator to evacuated start a month after that massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country leaving over thirteen thousand dead let's talk now to independent nuclear energy consultant sean burley on the line from the bernie thanks being on the program high levels of radioactivity been reported at the fukushima plant for several weeks now doesn't start or why is japan way to go until now to raise the severity level was up to the maximum i mean what makes you think

. >> getting brussels to look again at its open borders policy may not be easy. the agreement was established by germany, belgium, france, luxembourg, and the netherlands in 1985. its aim is to create a single external border to guarantee free movement to those inside the area without the need for a passport. residents are cozy and now prime minister -- presidents are cozy and prime minister berlusconi are working on this. while president sarkozy concerned about his bid to stay in office next year. they warn of the danger of unchecked migration. that is one reason is opposes such a threat to the french leader of a period not -- this poses such a threat to the french leader. they gave the impression they wanted more cooperation and less and bickering. it shows the issue of immigration remains divisive within europe. that has not gone away. >> ford has posted its best third quarter -- first quarter profits in years. quite a turnaround from when the company was on the brink of bankruptcy. >> rising petrol prices are fueling this change. sales rose to $33 billion. >>

it has forced them to take loans from brussels. the bank lost huge amounts when the commercial sector burst. so far, ireland has had to pump 46 billion euros into its stricken banks, and a cash injection of another 24 billion euros would make 70 billion. that is almost half of the entire country's annual gdp. the irish finance minister created two new universal banks. >> for more on the stress test, i spoke earlier to our brussels correspondent, tony kolly. i ask first about the reaction to the deal on the table. >> one said that at least it was not 40 or 50 million, the horrendous figures that had been floated recently. there is some relief that figure is within the 35 billion contingency, which is enshrined in the imf program for ireland, so we do not have to go back to tap a special mechanism of more money. but nonetheless, is a huge figure and put another burden on the irish state and ultimately, taxpayers will have to pay this money back. >> what will they do given that portugal may soon need an even bigger rescue package? >>

we have sir david richards opposing they motion. 30 years' service as a diplomat, in baghdad, brussels appeared in 2003, david returned to become the u.k. special representative to iraq. the head of defense and intelligence at the fo. he was director of defensive information warfare within the ministry or the department of defense. he was responsible for the security of more than 40,000 classified intelligence in 55 locations around the world. a journalist and recently moved to become assistant director of the henry jackson society, he is also a ubiquitous media commentator. i think you do to be in new york this evening. is that right? i'm very grateful that you arrange your flight to be here this evening. can i ask you to come forward and speak? [applause] thank you very much. something that may be quite exciting to do before you speak, who of you here have a view of the motion? "in this house believes the whistleblowers make the world a safer place" is the motion. by a show of hands, those of you who would support that motion. "this house believes whistle blows with the world a safer

welcome to nato headquarters in brussels. under a pleased to introduce the commander of operation admiral james harding. naples has been enforcing the national security council resolution for a full week now. we continue with the great military as the regime continues and indiscriminately attack its own people. [inaudible] admiral harding will give more information on the aspect of the mission in a few moments. from the league of nations was the tomb [inaudible] this increase has contribution from qatar, and sweden. yesterday nato allies met with partners to discuss libya, the didier condition and further the broadening of the international contribution in support of the mission. all concerned continued commitment to the operations to protect the people. the north atlantic council met earlier this week with the chair person of the african union. the agreed the african union placed a key role in achieving a peaceful solution to the crisis and it will continue to maintain a close eye on the union as well as other relevant inter

team as they continue to discover russia this time they travel to the republic of more home some of brussels most accomplished artist. prospect. copes. a trip to the republic of. just over six hundred kilometers east of moscow it's home to around nine hundred thousand people must be some of the fittest in the country. maybe when it comes to speak it's definitely a major player. holiday are more likely to head to the beach. but you can't really travel around without at least having a go at some winter sports. some stuff. every day dozens of people have the tracks here and shooting them cross-country skiing experts absolute beginners. i finally got the right equipment but i have been a very long time since i've struck keys. and there was always the promise of some complaint to look forward to. when you no one told me that i was going to have to trek through the forest to reach it. till maybe the hardest thing known to human cohen scandinavians to do this for fun. but. this one much more. but finally i made it over the top down to the told it's. just about four or five miles. ok. we've got thro

i asked our correspondent inn brussels why this sudden shi in status. >> i think that nato feels under pressure since yesterday when britain and france said not enough was being done. france always wanted america to lead the way in this mission and was not pleased when the european allies themselves were in charge. i feel that nato is responding to what is seen to be the moodod we must step up this fight in libya or face stalemate with gaddafi who was clearly not going to step down and be in for a long war. what it means is that those members of the libyan forces are contributing in qatar, i don't know. putting food on the ground is a complete change of dynamic and completely outside of the u.n. resolution which has always been about protecting civilians, not army rebels or anything else. so, i think we are into a new phase if nato is on the record saying this. >> prosecutors and egypt have arrested the former president hosni mubarak and his two sons as part of the investigation into corruption and abuse of power. mubarak is currently receiving medical treatment for heart problemsms. e

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survive for european customers turmoil in the arab world is causing a spike in prices at a time when brussels looks at alternatives to russian energy. blaming the victims the u.s. is accused of failing to protect the innocent those children trapped in prostitution are being jailed instead of official reports say there are at least one hundred thousand to child sex slaves in america. and not in my backyard britain's largest gypsy community prepares for battle taken from its decades long home gyptian seems plain they're being persecuted but local residents say the crime rate is high and the house prices are down because of the camp nearby and now we follow extreme rafters taking on the challenge of some of the wildest waters in russia our special report on the big river is next. sunlight cannot reach the depths of this gorge the torrents of water gushing through it crushed up against the treacherous rocks this is where the belladrum river as its narrowest locals colas place gold. has taken millions of years for bella river to wind its way through the great caucasus mountain range the end result