now e.u. leaders hope to be able to move decisively and save in the euro at this week's summit on the continent wide debt crisis the eurozone is battling to prevent the single currency from disintegrating john gaunt who leads the e.u. referendum campaign in the u.k. says countries are better off leaving the union before it collapses. today i'm talking to john gaunt british media personality and head of the e.u. referendum campaign he's demanding that the british people should be allowed to vote on whether they want to remain members of the european union john gordon thanks very much for talking to r.t. now first of all tell me a bit about the e.u. referendum campaign is this is purely about getting our democratic right to have a vote because three leaders of promises that it was a labor party manifesto commitment by tony blair then gordon brown of course and then david cameron famously in oppositions gave a cast iron guarantee that he would have a referendum on the subject so once i realized i

without thinking either of the e.u. or the your pm court of human rights in affects every aspect of our lives because we are part of it we were never given the chance to vote on it that's why it's becoming a hot potato and this lie that they're spinning in a nick clegg and david cameron we're all in this together well actually we're not because nineteen out of twenty four of the. cabinet a multi millionaire and briefly about the students do you support what the students are doing in terms of going out onto the streets burning stuff throwing things but our support students completely in their right to protest today in the daily telegraph front page the metropolitan police chief are saying don't let you choose children go on these protests what a load of nonsense i don't live in a country where our chief of police tells you to come protest because of course you can't condone it send throwing extinguishes off through she could kill somebody however the same token they got carried away i do think it's right there protesting

discuss the e.u. in the lisbon. three i'm joined by stephan unique in stockholm he's director of corporate relations at the center for european policy studies in london we go to robert oulds he's director of the bruges group and in amsterdam we cross to harry vaughan he is a dutch socialist party member of parliament and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger or a gentleman crosstalk grows in effect you have differences of opinion here so i wanted to be shown first of all i'd like to go to harry when the when the lisbon treaty was being sold peddled to the europeans if i remember correctly the one of the selling points was that they would never be bailouts of member countries but that's what how they watered it down saying look this is we're never going to go that far you know where you know we're not going to violate the sovereignty of other countries we're not going to certainly pay for people to make mistakes in my memory failing me because i remember that that was the selling point i know that was on

the e.u. zero is that facing a fork in the road meaning either reassess the entire project or and this will inflate may get john even more wound up is if they have to go to the for the the fiscal side it's a monetary union but the fiscal side is empty so it really to make it make sense fiscal sidelight means somebody in brussels determines all of the budgets of member countries it's an either or proposition right now because over the last few weeks this crisis is going on no one's come up with any solid ideas outside of a lunatic idea called a euro bond or a new you e bond what do you think right name we had to fork in the road. well the situation is much bigger than the year of sixteen or seventeen countries if you go wider and look at the european union which is twenty seven countries twenty five of those countries have breached the rules on debt and deficit and then if you go even further to the usa where virtually all the individual states are in difficulties or in bankruptcy i mean califo

and russia present ultimately to a free trade area between the e.u. and russia so two very important points. political analysts there dr fraser cameron well malaria could be killing tens of thousands more people in india and help officials think new research suggests there's an alarming number of unrecorded deaths as charan singh reports it's raising questions as to whether the world health organization is massively underestimating global malaria death rates. in india's eastern state of bihar one more victim succumbs to malaria it's a treatable infection yet it's due dates more lives in india than each i.v. . that malaria has spread everywhere near our village no medical teams come to help us and hospitals are far away poor people like us a dying at this hospital and many patients believe they have the parasite to infection don't you think i have a very high temperature and i think i have malaria i've come to the doctor for treatment because many people in my neighborhood have malaria a new study has found that malaria kills more than. the number of p

they want to see the e.u. officials focused on one core measuru will. but that's easier said that than done, because we we've got a division in the e.u. where belgium and spain are looking to pump more money into the rescue pot and germany and france are saying only about 10% is all that's been dipped into. germany's more in favor of giving extra powe to the european central bank to buy more got to the bonds. then the talk and debate over do they issue single european bonds? one single e. bond as opposed to these individual government bonds? so they've got a lot to talk about. as long as the markets don't focus on the division but the measures announced. >> the -- >> more on that shortly. >> thank you. >> let's take you back to our main story. julian assange, founder of wikileaks back in a london court as he seeks bail. this after prosecutors challenged bail by the judge. well, his lawyer spoke oths the high court just a few moments ago. >> today's hearing is entirely a matter [inaudible] there have been no changes in the circumstances. -- going to be v

and russia present ultimately to a free trade area between the e.u. and russia so two very important points. now just some other world news this hour a suicide bomb has rocked the iraqi city lobby seventeen people more than twenty others were injured police say the explosion went off on provincial councils office comes as the country's prime minister nouri al maliki is attempting to form a new government after eighteen months eight months i should say of deadlock. swedish police have launched a special investigation into saturday's twin blasts in stockholm which the country says were a terror act one person was killed and two others injured in the explosions a swedish news agency says it received a warning ahead of the blast a message to announce the country's military presence in afghanistan and support for the author of controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad. in new york the son of jailed financier bernard made off has been found dead on the second anniversary of his father's arrest mark made off was found hanging in his apartment just days

the e.u. is furious as hundreds of people remain in custody envelop groups following violent protests from the opposition to alexander lukashenko win in the presidential election demonstrations demonstrators i should say have been sentenced from five to fifteen days of administrative rast two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly been released. and poland rejects moscow's report into the april plane props that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and thorough meanwhile the late leader's brother the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried. now the inner workings of u.s. politics at state level have been under intense scrutiny since the latest wiki leaks disclosures are due you spoke to journalist and best selling author laura flanders for her take on american domestic and foreign policy. or two sitting down with broadcaster and bestselling author laura flanders laura thank you very much

the e.u. furious as hundreds of people remain in custody in delaware following violent protests from the opposition from the opposition to alexander lukashenko when in the presidential election demonstrators have been sentenced from five to fifteen days of administrative arrest we're getting reports that police are now trying to disperse a crowd of protesters outside the detention facility two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly been released. polling rejects moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and meanwhile the late leader's brother who's the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was about. the inner workings of u.s. politics at the state level have been under intense scrutiny since the latest wiki leaks disclosures r.t. spoke to journalist and best selling author laura flanders for her take on u.s. domestic and foreign policy. parties sitting

that is a good thing because the e.u. won't have to do any of this wrangling because they have this ready post 20 1. but what happens between now and 2013? that's what investors want to know. there's talk in germany pushing that investors will have to take a hit and share some of the pain if one of these euro economies may have to be bailed out. >> a haircut, so to speak? >> yes. >> but we're going to be discussing all this in the world business report in about 20 minutes time. thank you david. cheers. >> supporters of one of the 2002 rivals in the ivory coast say they plan to take to the streets again. al activists, internationally recognized as the winner of november's election say they'll make another attempt to take control of the media and offices. the incumbent is refusing to give up power and there are growing fears of the return to civil war. our correspondent john james is with us. what sense do you get in terms of environment on the streets that there's a lot more trouble ahead? >> well, people are very concerne

e.u. and u.s. officials have already condemned the violence but as with the observers president alexander lukashenko simply told everyone to mind their own business but we do sometimes the o.s.c. forgets that it came to observe the election not to control its. when it comes to gas it's not for them to evaluate. europe's last dictator as he has been dubbed in some western media did receive some praise from observers they've all agree this election was much more democratic than the previous one in two thousand and six the relative freedoms given to opposition candidates in the run up to election day was marked as a positive sign the e.u. promised dollars billions of euros if there are signs of free and fair elections what they're looking will be able to collect some cash from the e.u. while enjoying a fourth consecutive term in office is the question many are asking alex on the real question go promised his people political changes but no change in power he's already made good on one half of that pro

the e.u. is furious that hundreds of people remain in custody in belo groups following violent protests. from the opposition to alexander lucas psychos win the presidential election demonstrators have been sentenced from five to fifteen days of administrative rast two of the nine presidential candidates have reportedly been released. and poland rejects moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was open and borrow meanwhile belaid leaders brother the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried. well more on those stories in thirty minutes times to say with r.t. up next month's kaiser and stacy herbert give they're going to take on the latest financial headlines this week they talk about fraud and financial activism that's coming up in the kaiser report. guys are this is the kaiser report that is.

and russia for that ultimately to a free trade area between the e.u. and russia so two very important points. now to some other world news this hour sweden has described saturday's twin loss and stuff terrorist attack one person was killed and two others injured in the explosions the swedish news agency says it received a warning ahead of the message denounce the country's military presence in afghanistan and support real through the controversial call tunes of the prophet muhammad. in new york the son of jailed financier bernard madoff has been found dead on the second anniversary of his father's arrest mop laid off was found hanging in his apartment days after he was named in a new lawsuit by the liquidators of his father's empire walk and his brother andrew were under investigation had faced any charges in the massive ponzi scheme which was the biggest investment fraud in u.s. history seventy two year old bernard madoff was sentenced to a one hundred fifty year prison term for embezzling billions of dollars. the u.s. envoy to afghanistan and pakista

of the e.u. we've been signed to do join me in seeing from you in a few moments from. also e.u. fury as hundreds of people remain in costs to be invalid probably violent protests against alexander lukashenko election victory. conspiracy theories running wild in poland. plane crash that killed the post president and ninety five others aviation experts say the centro port au prince and sorrow meanwhile relate brother who's the former prime minister of a country claims the wrong body was buried moscow is baffled by the plague. from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me nice and now way it's six pm here in the russian capital eight thirty pm in new delhi where billion dollar deals military agreements and high tech link ups are the result of dimitri medvedev high profile visit to india the russian president also sealed a number of agreements on nuclear power to satisfy growing energy demands in the world's second most populous nation live now to our current thing joins us from the indian capital guardian multibillion.

now first of all tell me a bit about the e.u. referendum campaign is this is purely about getting our democratic right to have a vote because three leaders have promised us that it was a labor party manifesto commitment by tony blair that gordon brown of course and then david cameron famously in oppositions gave a cast on guarantee that he would have a referendum on the subject so once i realized it was vance i thought yeah hold on this is wrong and i do believe we've been denied our democratic right it would be costly to implement a referendum on being in the i mean the u.k. is already a member of the european union it's better just to let sleeping dogs lie yes he would be costly but it's costly to be in it it's costing the british taxpayer forty . eight million pound a day to be in the we've just given on the island another seven billion pounds of our money saw another four hundred fifty million pounds in the budget increase it's going to be even more than that so it's costly already and anyway i'm not saying to get out what i'

and the e.u. is furious that's hundreds of people remain in custody in velvet rooms following violent protests from the opposition to alexander lukashenko when the presidential election demonstrators have been sentenced from five to fifteen days of administrative harassed two of the non presidential candidates have reportedly been released. also poland rejects moscow's report into the april plane crash that killed the polish president and ninety five others but aviation experts say the russian probe was an open and thorough meanwhile the late leader's brother was the former prime minister of the country claims the wrong body was buried. full of details and all those stories in thirty minutes up next it's spotlight. so again welcome to spoil the long the interview show on our resolve in three more years for the show is going to take months. and a decade so the us.

e.u. summit in brussels a permanent fund was agreed upon bailed out euro zone countries that are at risk of bankruptcy thousands of people continue to take to the streets all over you are protesting tough spending cuts another general strike in greece called public transport disruption and closed schools banks and demonstrations were staged by trade unions all across the continent from the czech republic to spain ireland one of the country's worst hit by the crisis has already had to apply for a bailout irish musician and political activist jim call from the band of the calls believes his home country needs to abandon the euro. what we're actually experience here i believe is a top down engineer financial crash an implosion of the world economy by design designed so as to effect a corporate takeover not just our own country but many other countries around europe were having to submit to draconian welfare has called started going to impoverish the irish people more people even people in thi

and e.u. bailout of one hundred fourteen billion dollars the feeling on the streets there is that ordinary working people and the less advantage to being made to pay for the mistakes made by rich bankers and prophecy speculators one of the groups who resent this the most is the german taxpayer europe's largest economy is floating the bill for bailouts and e.u. excesses and there's a growing feeling amongst germans that it's not fair that they should bail others out of the action in london is expected to take place around parliament be around a thousand police on the streets of westminster is protesters tried to directly not be m.p.'s into voting against a fee hike but it's widely believed this will be the end of civil unrest in the u.k. if the fee hike goes through more people are expected to join with the students in what's already being dubbed a winter of discontent as the european people feel more and more they're being required to pay for the mistakes of a privileged super rich few. report

the e.u. is rule of law mission in kosovo says it will now launch its own probe into the allegations general unix takes on war crimes and obviously with crimes very serious . should be sufficient evidence. should we be responsible for dealing with them we will certainly look into the issue. mr hashem times she has dismissed the reports is baseless and the farm a tree and is threaten to sue it's another shocking twist in the history of this already troubled region. and e.u. peacekeeping in police cars stand guard twenty four hours a day each side of this bridge that divides the serbian and albanian parts of the town of meet the wreath said ten years after the end of the cost of unworn ethnic divisions here still run very deep bass with the release of this report people are now saying that they feel about a let down by the international community here supposedly charged with protecting them all these years are less a bit. of a. new crew members of the international space station and making thems

nobel prize an absentee of many western countries are calling for his release but some critics say the e.u. as is in no position to talk about those speaking out against the government beijing says the award is an insult from its judicial system a third of the country's invited to the events have not shown up and support trying to. american companies channeling funds to the whistle blowing web site we have stopped all payments but are still allowing money to flow to violent embraces groups supporters of the site and its founder are now turning against these firms which include pay pal visa and master card. russian authorities detained a woman who was reportedly linked to terrorist groups and had been planning a suicide bombing attack in moscow twenty two year old came to the capital from the southern republic of income check on wednesday. next march andrews tours moscow

watara has been recognized as president-elect by the u.n., u.s., and e.u. as well as a group of west african nations. he has urged his supporters not to resort to violence. but in a country which was once seen as a haven of peace and prosperity in west africa, many people are frustrated by its continuing paralysis and division. a power-sharing deal may yet be worked out. but further ethnic tension seems inescapable. jackie zard, bbc nules. >> russia and european union have reached a deal which could allow russia to become a world -- a member of the world trade organization next year. the president of the e.u. commission described the agreement as a milestone. russia, the only major trading nation outside the w.t.o., has been negotiating for nearly 20 years to become a member. thousands of protesters have staged demonstrations outside parliament in athens as the head of the international monetary fund, from greece, europe and the euro. civil servants, students and workers marched against austerity plans and budget agreements with the european yuent and the i