cash trough now it's payback time and the brussels mandarins who control the e.u. is one thousand billion euros budgets are about to feel the pinch years of deal making is supposed to yield a budget to twenty twenty covering infrastructure education research and development but after three years of economic turmoil in the e.u. and weakening political ties stark divisions are emerging david cameron is heading to brussels or more many are calling mission impossible he's under intense pressure at home to cut a new budget contributions and has threatened to veto anything beyond a spending greens a promise that goes down well at home where popularity is at an all time low but his hands are tied by what's gone before tony blair as the new deals mean the u.k.'s contribution to brussels is likely to go up in real terms and its cash rebates will be reduced by two billion pounds a year unless cameron can get more budget cuts from brussels he may face more rebellion in his own party and germany's angela merkel desperate for a deal to sow focus can back to saving the euro but

a major battle is underway in brussels over the e.u. budget as it made gulf between us and contribute billions to the those who depend on its bonds to go later in the program. plus russian activists ramp up their attempts to sue madonna the material girl is a threat to run a tube society story after the break. i never thought i could earn a living this way. natalee a shell of i as a lawyer should test small arms so that's what i was to machine building client natalee also lost count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no way i'm so tired of shooting. the clowns history goes from making firearms during world war two to ballistic missiles from your class submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the advancing germans south here also became the heart of soviet military production closed off to for less for hoffa's century it thrived on the lesser wounds of the soviet mili

another major battle is underway in brussels of the e.u. budget group eight more gulf between those two million c.d.'s and those who depend on its phones. late in the program. russian activists increase their attempts to sue mcdonough. story after the break. british live demo minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies it allows men to pass them up on the letter to power essentially children are a setback for women who want to be successful and equal to men so they want to give men the option of taking maternity leave or would that be paternity leave i don't know i kind of see the logic of her view but my question is featherstone is why exactly is success in the corporate world the primary goal of life for men and women as a feminist i would think you understand that wanting to fight your way up the ladder to buy a big car to replace your shortcomings is a very male way of judging success are women who choose to have families failures or at least unsuccessful in your book even as a man i know that my pocket is really empty

about -- with brussel'' red tape. brussels has limited their working week to a maximum of 48 hours. >> workers' rights need to be protected, but it seems we have gone a little bit too far in some places. what we have done is restricted our competitiveness in the market. at the end of the day, if you look towards asia and china, they have not got such strict laws. >> a lot of britain's employers complain about eu regulations. among them is oakland international, also located near birmingham, but oakland does not deny that the advantages of e membership far outweigh the disadvantages. it used to be hard to find warehouse workers, for instance. now, polish immigrants happily fill those vacancies. they say they want politicians to make it an easier place to do business. >> it is very important that europe sees itself as competing against the rest of the world rather than competing against each other. we should not be into a battle between what the uk is doing against, what -- u.k. is doing against ireland against what ita

and the stage is set for a trillion euro showdown in brussels the e.u. is next budget splits the block into with poorer nations demanding continued aid for the rich reluctance to up their share. of world news live from our moscow headquarters here watching r t with me lucy cotton of all the people of gaza have awoken up to a relative calm today a ceasefire between israel and hamas reached a late on wednesday seems to be holding up for now eight days out of violence has killed five israelis and more than one hundred and sixty gaza residents but the truce had a shaky start with several rockets fired towards israel after a deal was reached artie's post leader has more from tel aviv. i in some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed in years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spine now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same time it brings with it to roughly a million israelis who live in the south of israel and who've been on the receiving

my friends in brussels tell me you know. so tonight perhaps we'll be in agreement on a somewhat modified. plan because all all the member states see that the alternative which would be a rollover of the two thousand and thirteen spending ceiling and certain. areas is not very attractive to all of the other states well well it does seem however that there is divisions within the countries over the budget i mean talk a little bit more about the unity or perhaps lack thereof in this walk. well there's certainly more than one block there's definitely the net contributor is the net recipients and then there are the countries that have only relying on arm and regional funds in both camps. but that in a way it is nothing new but the gap between the member states has increased dramatically because of the euro crisis which has simply shown the huge differences in competitiveness and that that is the extra point and also one one thing is new that this time for the first time there is no german french deal before on agricultural spendi

they come to him to complain, blaming brussels for the problems in the u.k. and across the european union. >> past centralization when it comes to labor law, when it comes to financial service regulation, when it comes to even fairly mundane things like agricultural production, there is this extraordinary degree of centralization. harmonization has not created a utopia. it has created misery and poverty for millions of europeans. >> this seaside resort lies in the heart of his constituency. most of the arguments when it comes to the you relate to the economy. -- most of the arguments when it comes to the e you relate to the economy -- most of the arguments when it comes to the eu. >> i think we're just failing to allow a lot of the time, and then our own country is suffering. we're too busy dealing with everyone else. am i think the -- >> i think the eu has a lot to do to get itself out of trouble. >> those in favor of the eu are in the minority here, but they are part of. one growth organizes cultural exchanges -- one group organizes cultural exchanges. they

he is a research fellow at the brussels institute of contemporary china studies in washington we have brian becker he is a national coordinator for the answer coalition and in san francisco we cross to drew gladney he is the president of the pacific basin institute and a professor of anthropology at pomona college i gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want jonathan i'd like to go to you first we have a transition in china a ten year transition now we're going to have another ten years under this leadership what's the difference going to be. well i think essentially it's a choice for continuation we have a line appear of felf seven fairly conservative leaders and surely the guys who could really make a change in terms of economic political reforms have been largely sidelined and replaced to for example the state council so i think probably we will see more of the same i really don't as this debate a lot of bold and fundamental reforms in this country in the next five or ten years ok brian where do you come in on that ok because you know we've eve

journalist for the dow jones news wires and the wall street journal who's been covering this all in brussels take a listen. joining us now machinist as a journalist for the dow jones newswires and the wall street journal she's been covering all of this. budget talks collapsed leaders failed to reach an agreement on the budget with according to your reporting wealthier countries saying there just wasn't enough restraint in their proposed seven years bending plan your there are you on a good feel for the politics and this sticking points to how real are the divisions because of course we hear about them but i don't know how real they are if this is just political theater and i'm saying that in the context of course here in the u.s. where we've seen debt ceiling wrangling and budget wrangling becoming the status quo kind of political theater there is absolutely political theater involved in these negotiations i believe tony blair famously said that they were actually tougher negotiations than the ones he had to hold to to negotiate the northern ireland peace process so it really is the place th

coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie european financial wrangling in brussels could lead to no deal at all the german chancellor seems to have lost faith and members abilities to work together s. talks and a second day at stake is the trillion euro funding for the club with countries battling over whether the bloc needs to tighten its belt or poor in more cash pushing hardest for cuts as britain's prime minister s r for us now explains. still a lot of wrangling going on over the sea budget as the talks continue of course the countries like britain like the netherlands that have very much pushing for the cuts are up against the other side of the euro zone countries such as great such as spain really need that money and say the mall cuts that they managed to achieve within the budget itself the less likely it is that the european parliament will have preferred and so calls you can see these talks even though they've taken say much time and effort ultimately ending in failure as german chancellor angela merkel has pointed out there's a very real possibility that there will s

welcome to "european journal" from the dw studios here in brussels. good to be with you. let's take a look at what is coming up in today's program -- chinese investors bring a touch of eastern promised to french vineyards. military protests in portugal bring crisis even deeper. the people of albania lived under a brutal, stalinist dictatorship for more than 40 years. one of the most brutal regimes in eastern europe. under the iron grip, hundreds of thousands died, and many more dissidents were sent to prison camps. these days, as albania tries to show a new democratic base to the world, even hoping one day to become a member of the european union, the past is still there to haunt it. former political prisoners are fighting a bitter battle for compensation, but not even hunger strikes seem likely to convince the current government. >> we go to the site of the hunger strike. the word "democracy" is still written on the wall. strikers refused food for weeks, and then police came and took away their water and medicine. this is where one strikers set himself on fire. the man d

at a summit in brussels later this month. well david cameron has actually limited powers when it comes to how much money the british taxpayer is forced to pay to the european union each year because the vote in the parliament was for the express a few the house of commons was or should be a cut in the e.u. budget that's a real terms cut in the amount of money that britain hands over to the e.u. each year what will happen is that there will be actually some kind of increased it even that will be a real terms increase or cash increase because he can't actually stop more money going to the european union under the terms of the lisbon treaty he doesn't actually have the power to stop that so it will of course hopefully strengthen his hand to say look i'm really not in a position to hand over more money because of the problems within my own party but anything other countries want more british taxpayers' money for their own taxpayers as well to add more money into the coffers then that will go ahead so video has powers of actually

still to come, the latest on the eu budget talks from brussels. and more analysis on the fiscal cliff. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some day, your life will flash before your eyes. ♪ make it worth watching. ♪ the new 2013 lexus ls. an entirely new pursuit. >>> headlines today, president obama will get a lot of in-sput this week from u.s. businesses, labor and civic leaders on how to tackle the looming fiscal cliff. this before he sits down with house and senate leaders on friday. japanese gdp shrinks. and may be in recession. and it's one step forward, two steps back. greek lawmakers approved a 2013 budget, but unlikely to sign the next tranche of aid in their meeting today in brussels. a very good morning to you. welcome to the start of your global trading week here on cnbc. president obama is planning to discuss the if being this we fi week. he'll meet with business leaders and house and senate leaders to begin bunl the talks. the presidented a republicans are at odds over raising taxes for wealthy americans. >> i'm not wedded to every detail of my

s cash flow to brussels r.t. sarah firth as the details from london for you. well the most significant defeat for the government since they came to power we saw two m.p.'s standing alongside labor calling for real time cuts to the budget now those negotiations over that budget are going to take place in brussels later on this month the prime minister david cameron has been calling on his policy to stand with him in his approach to these negotiations that he being talking about a rise in line with inflation which would have been at about two percent the government today very much trying to downplay that defeat they're saying of kools they're going to be fighting for the poor things best interest but clearly many members of their own policy feeling that the best wasn't good enough it was a significant that the fifty three tory m.p. that has left the government looking increasingly disconnected not just from their own policy but from the british public as well certainly when it comes to this question of the e.u. you know we heard the prime minister nick clegg spe

stark differences of opinion between the major economies and the budget talks in brussels in the. brain sentences nearly two dozen medics in jail treating contestants just a day after amnesty international revealed the worsening human rights record. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. on kerry johnston well our top story now the cease fire agreed between israel and the palestinian group hamas late on wednesday has now held firm for more than twenty four hours but the truce had a shaky start with several rockets fired from gaza immediately after the deal was sealed the main question now is whether israel is going to ease its blockade of the palestinian territory as artie's put us there reports from tel aviv. some of the fighting we've witnessed in the years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spine now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same time it brings with spikes to roughly a million israelis who live in the south of isra

plus the valve brussels with european leaders set to cross swords over the trillion euro e.u. budget while their public back home angrily protest over a stair. niamh of the russian capital you're watching r.t.l. marina joshua welcome to the program now more than a week of bloodshed on the gaza border has halted with a cease fire to an strikes which have killed five israelis and more than one hundred fifty palestinians the truce began shakily with several rockets fired into southern israel after the deal was sealed here is our correspondent in tel aviv policy. a ceasefire has been announced and agreed to by both israel and hamas this is the second time in two days that we've heard such an announcement but this time it's a new does seem as if it's accurate now the ceasefire is a surprise to everyone it comes off to a bloody day both in israel and gaza early on wednesday there was a bus bombing in tel aviv twenty eight people were injured and very much the reaction after that bus bombing was that he was not going to launch a ground offensive into gaza rather than announce a cease

plus the battle of brussels where the european leaders set the cross swords over the trillion euro e.u. budget while they are probably back home angrily protest over. one pm and the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie now more than a week of bloodshed on the gaza border has holton its with a cease fire to an strikes which have killed five israelis and more than one hundred fifty palestinians the truce began shakily with several rockets fired into southern israel after the deal was sealed here is our correspondent in tel aviv policy. no ceasefire ends some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed in years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spike now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same time it brings with spikes to roughly a million israelis who live in the south of israel and who've been on the receiving end of constant and watches of rockets but i say if it holds because it is perceived as being rather fragile it certainly is a truce that came by

plus the battle of brussels with european leaders said to cross swords over the trillion euros e.u. budget while their public back home angrily protest over a stare at. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie now more than a week of bloodshed on the gaza border has halted with a cease fire to and strikes which have killed five israelis and more than one hundred fifty palestinians the truce began shakily with several rockets fired into southern israel after the deal was sealed well we can now cross live to our correspondent paula sleazier who is in tel aviv for us paula it's been several hours now since the cease fire agreement came into effect so what are the politicians and the people say about the deal. well the ceasefire ends some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed in years between israelis and palestinians the final death toll is five israelis who have been killed and more than one hundred and fifty palestinians who have died many of these palestinians also billions of women and children there's also wide scale destruction and devastation

me reading the british press reporting on david cameron's comments where he's saying hey brussels is living in a parallel universe and he blamed the european commission essentially for the breakdown saying that they're insulting taxpayers by refusing to accept cuts in its budget or make reductions in staff pay or perks complaining that two hundred staff earn more than he did so i'm curious if those complaints have merit or if this is just kind of part of the political grandstanding. i think a bit of both i think first of all it's important to remind viewers who look at this and think oh my god this is this massive thing at stake the actual core of the debate is about one percent of one percent of the total. economic output so we're talking about one percent of one percent it's not a lot of money that doesn't mean that it should be badly spends and mr cameron has a point that there is waste and we've seen every administration that there is waste and there is space to cuts what he doesn't however mention that often is that the spending of the european commission which is the bureaucrac

budget talks get underway in brussels britain's place within the european union has never before seen so you uncertain with support for the flagging we've come to one of the u.k.'s top members clubs to find out just how you run a successful club and more importantly how do you keep those members happy i think the key thing to be successful in the members club is to listen. i think if you start with listening listening to your membership and what they're looking for you've got to educate them sometimes you've got to inspire them right you've got to build long term relationships based on loyalty and honesty. but fundamentally you need to have a vision. europe's visions become blurred in recent times as reality has set in huge unemployment to sweat the e.u. the stereotype hits hard in large scale protests and now a common occurrence in britain an anti e.u. political party ukip has seen a rise in support from people who feel britain would now be better going it alone my party ukraine dependence party is quite happy with friendship cooperation and try which is the way that this has been so

s deputy pm warns the country could become isolated inside big after rebel lawmakers both in brussels. britain nothing to do with europe. and america's record military budget. as the presidential candidates resume campaigning in the aftermath of superstorm sandy. hello and welcome to our team this friday with you now is me karen tara and the disc seven o'clock here in moscow now evidence of brutality by syria's rebel fighters has been branded shocking by human rights organizations and the u.n. says the killings of syrian soldiers if confirmed constituted a nother war crime online footage appears to show the summary execution of twenty eight syrian troops in the north the video can't be independently verified but is seemingly of rebels beating and kicking the soldiers some of whom were wounded before shooting them and it happened after anti assad fighters overran army checkpoints between damascus and aleppo while china is calling for a phase ceasefire and a gradual power transition in syria the united states plans to get greater influence for frontline militants the president of arab l

the rebel more makers vote to cut the brussels budget while polls show many britons want nothing to do with you. even from moscow where if you're watching around the world my name's kevin zero in this is r t and first this hour evidence of brutality by syria's rebel fighters has been branded shocking by human rights organizations and the u.n. says the killings of syrian soldiers if it is confirmed constitute another war crime online footage appears to show the summary execution of twenty eight syrian troops in the north this video can't be independently verified but it is seemingly of rebels beating and kicking the soldiers some of whom were wounded before shooting them dead meantime china is calling for a face cease fire and a gradual power transition in syria the united states is planning to get greater influence for frontline militants investigative journalist james corbett told us it's in washington's interest to silence the crimes committed by the rebels. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately that is being completely ignored becaus

conservative party has brussels has encroached on the sovereignty of member states . it really does trespass international responsibilities for the feds and it's talking about the e.u. looking after it. so it's a direct assault on sovereignty as i said this really is about politics rather than the military this is about actually furthering the cause of it one the united states and europe because they want to single a single defense industry they want control from the part of their foreign policy and they're actually involved in they want to get in for the high intensity conflicts in their terminology and that means war in my terminology they want to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers and. navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. a trillion euros question is in the spotlight as europe's leaders sit down to hammer out budgets for the next seven. program. russian activists around their attempts to. build a threat to the. story and more often the great. british live demo minister lynne featherstone said that since women have babies

. >>> and this is just another monday morning in brussels. when cheerleaders take over, not everybody is a fan. >> we got to send them our like dolphins cheerleaders. i could watch them watch paint dry, thank you. >>> i'm showing you a video of two incredible animal rescues, and it all involves human brute strength. the first one is henry the pig, he's an 800-pound yorkshire pig. >> many could on, henry. >> can i ask who just left the giant pit the size of an 800-pound pig in a barnyard. >> people are starting a thermal project and henry got in there. what you're looking at are fire hoses and they're filling in the hole with firewood so henry can climb out. >> 800-pound, i'm not surprised they're trying to build steps for him. >> he said if he gets out of the hole, get out of the way. >> the steps do work. >> oh! >> now a second guy is in the hole trying to push him out and finally, henry makes it. >> get out of there. oh! >> and they scatter. >>> and henry like takes off. >> yeah, henry. >> there's one more rescue i need to she you. this is

let's go over to brussels now for the reaction. we've been hearing from spain. many other countries are joining today's protest. how worried is brussels about this massive pressure coming from the streets today? >> talking to commission officials, of course, they are taking note, watching with interest, watching with concern that a series of strikes could turn into serious rebellion on the streets. we have already seen this in athens to an extent, but this kind of concerted union action could turn very nasty indeed. having said that, the message is -- what are we to do? if we do not impose austerity on those we are helping to bail out, how do we guarantee that we can finance greece, may be spain, may be portugal again, may be italy -- maybe greece, maybe spain, maybe portugal again, maybe italy? both firms saying there is no alternative, and they must impose restrictions and cutbacks if they are expected to provide billions in bailouts to countries such as greece. >> where is the debate then on member states? angela merkel is the leader who is most associated wi

let's cross over to brussels and find out more from jeff. another round of talks. what proposal laurell the table? >> same as ever, i'm afraid. greece immediately needs a 31.5 billion euro payout. they are overdue for the payment. the recession is worsening in the debt crisis in greece is getting worse even though they are implementing more austerity measures. we have a three quarter circus in the year. european central bank, the imf, and the eu cannot agree whether and how to pay are the latest rancho funding when greece clearly cannot meet the targets for debt reduction. of that is the issue. it has kept the ministers of late once before and it may well again. there's no clear hint whether they will actually reach an agreement. greece's cyanamid they are bankrupt. >> is there any sign an agreement will be reached? >> not really. technically, they were bankrupt last friday but they survived it. on saturday, the head of the euro group and prime minister of luxembourg have a long talk with angela merkel and came out suggesting they cleared away most of the difficult