congressmen say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign unless the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead for the ongoing war obama's ninety days of action without sanction runs out this week. and palestinians are out of pocket after israel holds back millions untouched dollars leaving tens of thousands of people without their wages. a very warm welcome here this is our live from moscow now russia must modernize its economy in the next few years regardless of who is in charge president medvedev sabine outlining the country's direction at the st petersburg former top business leaders and also a warning about the government's larger role in the economy along with corruption threatens development and must be tackled and he said now in our reports from before and some people spoke. but there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and as for real with his hometown as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go in the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles that the country is facing first let's take a listen

well i mean you know the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on you know there are there's not a lot of peace talks of we you know shall we say in congress i mean minus these few congressmen who are doing this i mean when boehner gets up and says that you know this is an issue i mean the reality is there's been or is somebody who supported prior prior you know interventions and prior actions military actions so no i mean congress is not going to you know in mass come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department defense discretionary funds to get around it anyway so it's a question of how effective it would be and let's talk about the military hardware that's being used in libya a lot of american made missiles and bombs and of course fighter jets as well i mean how much is the american military law be involved do you think in perpetuating the war spending merry go round on capitol hill do you think. as much as they ever are i

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are are you know going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to. come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be it works to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. well you know it r.t. so coming up this hour it's opens up another front against the palestinians. now based on its financial web tel aviv withholds millions in tax to the palestinian authorities leaving tens of thousands of workers without their paychecks and we'll find out why. precious continue to oxy were it with at least sixteen people reported dead in clashes on friday between police and demonstrators are demanding president assad's resignation meanwhile the u.s. planning a third round of sanctions as

congressmen prepared to cut off funding for the libya campaign saying a bomber is acting illegally and not seeking full approval to extend american military involvement cost ninety days the white house however denies it needs permission from capitol hill. plus a new wave of protests in syria as the e.u. moves towards a third round of sanctions against the country critics fearing it's part of a build up for another libya style it's a venture. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. good to have you with us this hour russia must modernize its economy in the next few years regardless of who is in charge present if it has been outlining the country's direction at the petersburg forum of top business leaders he also warns that the government's large role in the economy along with corruption threaten development and must be tackled parties and he said no reports now from st petersburg. well there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his hometown as president that he thinks m

congressmen say they will cut funding for the libya campaign and that's the president gets the proper constitutional go ahead to the ongoing war obama's ninety days of action without sanction runs out this weekend. plus the e.u. moves towards a new sanctions against syria that pushed its fear to be a build up for a libya style intervention. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is. russia must modernize its economy in the next few years regardless of who is in charge prism if it has been one of the countries direction at the petersburg form of top business leaders he also warns that the government's large role in the economy along with corruption threaten development must be tackled auntie's and he said now reports now from st petersburg. well there are certainly a lot of obstacles and president medvedev knows that became very clear and has for real with his whole term as president that he thinks modernization is the way to go into the future with russia he clearly outlined all of the obstacles that the country is facing first let's take a li

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i could still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on is not going to. come and say we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so it's a question of how effective it would be worse to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. the first round of protests have flared up in syria against president assad's regime with sixteen people reportedly killed in clashes on friday. planning a third round of sanctions because of the government's crackdown on protesters that let's cross live to brussels and get an update from our correspondent lindsey france lindsay what's the latest restrictions likely to focus on well bill reports are stating that the new restrictions are likely to focus on banks in fact twelve individuals firms and other entities are said to be focused on now alrea

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to. come and say we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be but it works to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. still to come this hour here in r.t. a woman's world at the bottom of the earth we join a russian filmmaker during her eleven month research expedition in antarctica to hear why she's drawn to work in icy isolation that. story coming up first a fresh round of protests have flared up in syria against president assad's regime with sixteen people reportedly killed in clashes on friday meanwhile the e.u. is planning a third round of sanctions because of the government's crackdown on those protesters and activists brian becker

did not have any sort of standing the reality is still a majority of congressmen are starr you know going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to. come and say we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama's currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be but it works. to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. there's a definite sense of urgency in europe right now france and germany insisted greek rescue needs to be sorted as soon as possible the virtually bankrupt nation now has a new finance minister he's an enviable task is to convince angry greeks to face more pain to get another lifeline bailout of billions well let's go to germany which is footing much of the bill for all of this years of your feet he's editor of the newspaper and joins me live in hamburg thanks very much indeed for being with us here on r.t. of

lawmakers actually have the capacity to effectively represent the people and while congressmen try to get obama to comply with the u.s. constitution a former reagan administration official paul craig well that says the u.s. is not ready fighting gadhafi in libya but they're not actually fighting a kadafi in libya but in china and russia could be next in line. libya is important to the administration because they want to be a china oriel investments china has massive all investments in eastern libya and the united states the omen is concerned by the report recently from the international monetary fund that within five years china would overtake united states as the world's strongest economy so washington trying to protect its enemy is trying to reduce any independent sources of energy that china has so that's what the libyan conflict is about you see now they're confronting channer in libya and the reason for the trouble in syria is the americans while the russians have the naval base of tortoise they don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean so so the americans now are

action in libya reaches its ninety day deadline on sunday a group of congressmen are suing president obama for resorting to be a change agent without official approval but voice of russia radio host common across a translator says he doesn't believe congress will pull the plug on america's involvement . the problem is that when there was a prior lawsuit during clinton's foray into the former yugoslavia dennis to censure a group of other congressmen even at that time filed a very similar lawsuit saying that it was illegal and it went to a district court but the district court said in the individual congressmen did not have any sort of standing but the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are you know going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to you know in mass come and say we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department to fund this question or a fund to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be it works in the you know to the

did not have any sort of standing but the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are starr you know going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on is not going to you know in mass come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department defense discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective would be worse in you know to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. well what happens now that the u.s. military's moving into yemen. if the west goes in with and starts bombing on behalf of unclear who then i think that will make the situation markedly worse later in the program a look at how secretly the launchpad un-band drone attacks could affect your very dangerous situation. plus what's behind the russia's frightening rate of teen suicides the highest in the world forty seven minutes. u.s. missile defense plans in europe will have to be revamped after t

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are star you know going to support the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to. come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be if it works in you know to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. of evolution in egypt first seemed more successful than the vicious stalemate in libya but since hosni mubarak fell in february around seven thousand people have been jailed by egypt's military rulers and this. is the revolution to install democracy has changed very little. some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government others have been brought up on spurious charges of court unquote insulting the military but increasingly and certainly given the incredible high number of detentions t

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to. come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be it works. to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power the u.s. military is also moving into yemen. the west goes in with start bombing on behalf of unclear who then i think that will make the situation markedly worse. later in the program when you look at how the super launching unmanned drone attacks could affect you know very dangerous situation. last summer months behind russians frightening to some sides. of our court system. the state should have less of an influence in russia's economy was part of president better vision of the nation's future that the international ec

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are still are you know going to support the actions in afghanistan and so on congress is not going to. come and say we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so it's a question of how effective it would be it works. to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. and they have this now including the tragedy of teen suicides struggles to rein in the epidemic even the experts say there's an all too obvious remedy at. the greek prime minister has admitted his country needs another one hundred ten billion euro bailout package to avoid defaulting on its debt it turns to convince the land again it rests on the shoulders of the new finance minister in athens so as he faces a real win win carrying out a raft of painful austerity measures the phrase fierce opposition from angry greeks to plans for

and it went to a district court but the district court said end of the individual congressmen did not have any sort of standing but the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on congress is not going to you know in mass come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to defund it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be if it works in the you know to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. this is all see and there's to a lot ahead this hour including the tragedy of teen suicide. struggles to rein in an epidemic even though experts say there is an obvious remedy at hand. also russia and china agree on pumping gas the price proves to be a problem but neither leave this summit empty handed after securing billions of dollars in business. the greek prime minister has admitted his

did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are starr you know we're going to support the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on and greece is not going to you know in mass come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to define it and decide. obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so it's a question of how effective would be it were. to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. coming up a bit later this we report on the tragedy of teen suicides russia struggles to raise an epidemic even though experts say there's an all too obvious remedy and as we discover a bit later in the program also for you russia and china agree on pumping gas that the price proves to be a problem nonetheless leave the leave somebody empty handed securing billions of dollars in business again details on that story to. the greek prime minister's admitted his country needs another one hundred ten bill

clintons are foreign to the former yugoslavia dennis kucinich and the group of other congressmen even at that time filed a very similar lawsuit saying that it was illegal and they went to a district court for the district court said end of the individual congressmen did not have any sort of standing the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on and congress is not going to. come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to define it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department defense discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be it works to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power. coming up a bit later this we report on the tragedy of teen suicides russia struggles to raise an epidemic even though experts say there's an all too obvious remedy and there's we discover a bit later in the program also for you russia and china agree on pu

did not have any sort of standing but the reality is i think still a majority of congressmen are going to support the the actions in libya and afghanistan and so on is not going to. come and say that we shouldn't be doing this and try to define it and besides obama is currently using discretionary department of funds discretionary funds to get around it anyway so you know it's a question of how effective it would be if it works you know to their benefit we do live in a military industrial complex type of world where they have they have the purse strings they have the power so much more ahead for you this half hour of news including the unmanned warfare in the gulf reports of a secret american drone base near gammon emerge along with rage alleged civilian deaths in the latest attacks as we report also news of the tragedy of teen suicide's russia's struggles to raise is an epidemic even though experts say there's also were obvious remedy and. three days into his job in greece's new finance ministers admitted he faces quote a real war in carrying out a raft of painful reforms to convince

congressmen say they'll cut funding for the libya campaign unless the president gets the profit a constitutional go ahead for the ongoing war obama's and ninety days of action without consent runs out this weekend. and the palestinians are out of pocket after israel holds back millions in tax dollars leaving tens of thousands of people without their wages. worldwide news or live from moscow city center this is our welcome to the program well russia must modernize its economy in the next few years regardless of who's in charge president it have to be in outlining the country's direction. form of a top business leaders he also warns that the government's larger role in the economy along with corruption threatens development and must be tackled and always of the computers before him cross right now and i need some big and optimistic statements from the russian president there at all it all sounds good but one would imagine there would be some rather big hurdles to overcome. right sounds great especially at a venue like this in the president himself mentioned that the important task now is to take a

congressmen anthony weiner admits sending in inappropriate picture of themselves to a young woman. welcome to "bbc news". i'm babita sharma. coming up, libyan authorities are accused of manipulating the media after presenting this child as a victim of a bomb attack. more than 60,000 people are attacking central and southern china after heavy flooding. -- evacuating central and southern china. for weeks, the violence has been building in syria. state television is reporting that 120 security personnel have been killed. human-rights groups say troops and the town have been unleashing it deadly assaults on anti-government protesters for days. the syrian government is allowing to respond decisively. -- vowing to respond decisively. >> syria's state tv has been showing this -- women asking for the army to comime here demanding protection, saying they have been attacked by snipers from rooftops. they said the security men were killed after they tried to help out. they have been showing a video designed to backed the regime's consistent message is dealing with an armed insurrection. the k

will vote for more military spending as they always do but there is a small bipartisan group of congressmen ten people in it who went further than verbal rebuke send they sued president obama on the grounds that he's violating the constitution but everybody here knows that the lawsuit is certain to be dismissed on procedural grounds because the u.s. supreme court has determined that members of congress do not have standing to file such suits and this is where it hits a dead end that it makes many one. whether or not u.s. lawmakers actually have the capacity to effectively represent the people. of washington's credibility in the future of the nato campaign could be frankly damaged if congress forced proc obama to abandon the operations or that david swanson a says the problem is that there is political confusion over exactly what's happening in the. that supporters make that the war powers act does not apply much less the constitution because this is neither a war nor hostilities this is something else this is a military operation that doesn't rise to the level of hostilities which is absolu

. >> at issue for many congressmen, he took a photograph of himself and yes from the privacy of the housegym. apparently a congressional perk, and a popular one. our nation's economy may be in horrible shape, but a lot of our congressmen are not. >> the precise location of the house gym is kept somewhat secret. we are here two floors underground in the house office building in its obscured little nook. and you can see this is the house gym. the door is locked and the only way to get in is for a member of congress to call and be buzzed in. even though you are paying for much of it, they will not let us show it to you. >> only for members. >> and they do not want to talk about it. >> i was wondering if i could ask you a couple questions about the gym? >> no. >> we are told it is nice in. there flat screen tv's, workout machines, basketball hoops, a swimming pool. >> you have to go to the rules. >> we can't come in? >> all that for less than half of the average cost for you at your gym. members of congress pay just $2 a month. a fear clearly subsidized by taxpayers. and how much does it cost