in iran the feeling is that the united states and the e.u. are already rapidly on the decline in number of dictatorships that they have been backing have been overthrown dictatorships that they are backing like saudi arabia and other oil rich arab regimes are growing their future is becoming more questionable and the attempts by the united states the e.u. and the oil rich dictatorships to create a civil war in syria. and to overthrow the syrian government so far failed after two years so american policy in the region is and is not doing well and the iranians feel that as time goes on it is the iranians who will be in a stronger position although the united states has been very brutal and the e.u. towards iran by trying to prevent trade by trying to hurt ordinary people and even now iranian radio and television networks english persian arabic and spanish have all been banned on the european satellite. asia so the freedom of information is being blocked by the united states and the e.u. so the people across the globe can't hear the iranian voic

in iran the feeling is that the united states and the e.u. are already rapidly on the decline in number of dictatorships that they have been backing have been overthrown dictatorships that they are backing like saudi arabia and other oil rich arab regimes are growing their future is becoming more questionable and attempts by the united states the e.u. and the oil rich dictatorships to create a civil war in syria and to overthrow the syrian government so far failed after two years so american policy in the region is not doing well and the iranians feel that as time goes on it is the iranians who will be in a stronger position although the united states has been very brutal and the e.u. towards iran by trying to prevent trade by trying to hurt ordinary people and even now iranian radio and television networks english persian arabic and spanish have all been banned on the european satellite. asia so the freedom of information is being blocked by the united states and the e.u. so the people across the globe can't hear the iranian voice which isn'

and no compromise in sight e.u. leaders care up for a clash over cuts as they arrive in brussels to hammer out a budget deal. thanks for tuning in to news and analysis from around the world broadcasting live twenty four hours a day here from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy coffin of any of course you're watching our t.v. well onto our top story which is sochi twenty fourteen it's now exactly one year until the opening of the twenty forty and winter olympic games here in russia special giant clocks as you can see right there behind me broadcasting live have begun the countdown for the event that will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi now the clock behind me is the one in the center of moscow where we are right now and it's ticking in real time so you can see that it's about the twenty three hours twelve minutes and fifteen seconds left until the winter olympics kick off now it's also that sounds somewhat wrong. it's also home straight for organizers who say final preparations are on track and finishing t

and while the e.u. leaders partly are fighting over where to cut there's one item that's apparently immune from any austerity measures the e.u. is reportedly planning to spend more than three million dollars to wage a so-called propaganda blitz against its critics in the social media for more later on in the show i'm going to be later on joined by nigel farage from the u.k. independence party stay with us for that interview from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head as his confirmation hearing in the stand that kicks off john brennan is widely seen as an architect of the u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny however around remnants canada see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad and that's after years of keeping it secret parties going to camera ports brennan's confirmation my broaden the horizons for american drone fleets. in the shadows

and no compromise in sight e.u. leaders care up for a clash over cuts as they arrive in brussels to hammer out a budget deal. bert tuning in to news and analysis from around the world broadcasting live twenty four hours a day here from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy catherine of any of course you're watching our team well on to our top story which is sochi twenty fourteen it's now exactly one year until the opening of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games here in russia special giant clocks as you can see right there behind me broadcasting live have begun the countdown for the event that will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi the clock behind me is the one in the center of moscow where we are right now and it's taking in real time so you can see that it's about the twenty three hours twelve minutes and fifteen seconds left until the winter olympics kick off now it's also. somewhat wrong it's also home straight for organizers who say final preparations are on track and finishing touches are currently

with the cost benefit of actually being a member of the e.u. interpreted by the other members not being a team player in this regard. and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts at the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen protests continuing even until today people very angry at the. imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions are on their potential jobs well that you cannot agree upon a budget of their own. i think it's very much carson states you herbert reveal the politicians they say are responsible for the financial turbulence in the e.u. . is george osborne lying i mean that's the question is it just lying bald faced lie is he telling the british people i am george osborne i'm a despicable liar i lied to you i tell you that i'm going to prosecute bankers i've never prosecuted bankers bankers have their hands in my pockets i'm completely conflicted i take bribes i'm a liar my name is george osborne i lie i'm a liar my name is george osborne and i lie i'm a liar my name is geo

cannot agree upon a budget of their own and while the e.u. leaders are fighting over where one item that's apparently immune from any austerity measures the e.u. is reportedly planning to spend over three million dollars to wage a so-called propaganda blitz on its critics in the social media nigel farage from the u.k. independence party says the project would violate one of the main principles of the european parliament. they decided that they got to train in how staff in the run up to the european elections of twenty fourteen train those people to go online to look at facebook twitter and other social media sites and to correct that's their word not mine to correct any misapprehensions that may exist about the european union and i have to say the fact that it's a parliament that is doing this that is using taxpayers' money to do this says a lot about the institutions that all brought about parliaments is the person is it's him a chair of parliament he's the speaker in westminster he's the chairman in other parliaments around the world but he

and the e.u. over its nuclear program now earlier economist and commentator kyung lah clottey told r.t. that egypt had no choice but to us up to help from iran but i think egypt has has made it quite clear that it wants to go its own way. but the muslim brotherhood has come to the realize. with a cunt. as important as powerful as iran in the region. there will have to be give and take and should they decide to such a confident confrontational cause with iran. it would prove counterproductive if egypt is in dire straits and it will require assistance from any number of muslim countries to to get back on its feet again. well in thirty five minutes sean thomas will be here with you to deliver more news taking you through that max and stacey will look into how they believe wall street could lead the world into another financial meltdown say with our teeth. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my next concert no holds barred look at the glob

and while the e.u. leaders partly are fighting over where to cut there's one item that's apparently immune from any austerity measures the e.u. is reportedly planning to spend more than three million dollars to wage a so-called propaganda blitz against its critics in the social media for more later on in the show i'm going to be later on joined by nigel farage from the u.k. independence party if they with us for that interview from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head as his confirmation hearing in the stand that kicks off john brennan is widely seen as an architect of the u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny however around remnants canada see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over a classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad and that's after years of keeping it secret parties going to camera ports brennan's confirmation my broaden the horizons for american drone fleets. in the sha

and no compromise is in sight e.u. leaders gear up for a clash over cuts as they arrive in brussels to hammer out a budget deal. good evening we've got news and analysis from around the globe broadcasting live right here from our moscow headquarters you're watching r t with me lucy conference of well let's get straight to our top story now we've got the sochi winter olympic games it's now exactly one year until the opening of the twenty fourteen winter games in russia special giant clocks that you can see or perhaps the woman in that show are counting down in the biggest cities and they've begun that begun the countdown for the events that will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi but the clock is also a ticking for the organizers who say that final. operations are on track and finishing touches are being made to make the event unforgettable for how things are going on the ground let's turn now to our team's andrew farmer who is in sochi probably slightly better weather than here in moscow tell us exactly how

well a budget battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off two of the blocks traditionally noise zone seeing eye to eye with britain leading calls for cuts to the budget france accuses the u.k. of people kristie more on that just ahead. u.k. government is trying to get its hands on private web information it's drawn up a document referred to by some as the snoopers charter which looks to give authorities more rights to spy on its citizens online despite concerns over invasion of privacy sarah firth looks at whether such measures could enhanced national security. the main area of concern surrounds this the draft communications data bill and proposals in it that critics say could see the public left wide open to having their facebook accounts or twitter e-mails read anything that they visit online the websites that they gayety logs by the government now understandably those plans simply have a hugely controversial with critics labeling it the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligence

with the costs and benefits of actually being a member of the e.u. interpreted by the other members. not being a team player in this regard and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts on the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen the protests continuing even until today people very angry at the cuts imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions their potential jobs while the e.u. cannot agree upon a budget of their own. and while leaders are fighting over where to cut if there's one item that's apparently immune from any austerity measures the e.u. is reportedly planning to spend over two million euro to wage a so-called propaganda blitz on its critics in the social media. from the u.k. independence party says the project would have violated one of the main principles of the european parliament. they decided that they're going to train in how staff in the run up to the european elections are twenty fourteen train those people to go online to look at facebook twitter other social media sites

you're watching our line from our moscow headquarters e.u. leaders have started tough negotiations over the blocs next budget valid for seven years from twenty fourteen the financial wrestling comes with u.k. prime minister david cameron in one corner leading calls for major spending cuts and crisis the countries in the other i just i saw cilia explains what else makes the talks so complex. we've seen some of the leaders who had arrived here already making strong statements first of all david cameron continuously saying that if the budget is not brought down to a level that he is happy with there will be no deal we've heard from other countries who are saying that they may use their veto if they are not happy such as the czech republic to simplify the current going on right now it would be between northern and southern countries you could say the wealthier nations versus those that actually depend more on the e.u. funding and on the one hand you have countries like the u.k. germany the netherlands denmark these countries are supporting harshe

with the cost benefit of actually being a member of the e.u. interpreted by the other members not being a team player in this regard and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts on the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen the protests continuing even until today people very angry at the e.u. . imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions are on their potential jobs well that you cannot agree upon a budget of their own. it's sad image is everything in politics and in these times of austerity the e.u. is eager to do whatever it takes to maintain a good reputation even if it means spending big two million euros have apparently been earmarked to spend on a p.r. war with online euro skeptics nigel farage from the u.k. independence party things such actions that show the bloc of no one than a banana republic they decided that they got to train in house staff in the run up to the european elections of twenty fourteen train those people to go online to look at facebook twitter and other soc

and no compromise is in sight e.u. leaders gear up for a clash over cuts as they arrive in brussels to hammer out a budget deal. good evening we've got news and analysis from around the globe broadcasting live right here from our moscow headquarters you're watching r t with me lucy conference of well let's get straight to our top story now we've got the sochi winter olympic games it's now exactly one year until the opening of the two thousand and fourteen winter games in russia special giant clocks that you can see or perhaps the world in the next show are counting down in the biggest cities and they've begun that begun the countdown for the events that will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi but the clock is also a ticking for the organizers who say that final preparations are on track and the finishing touches are being made to make the event on forgettable well for how things are going on the ground let's turn now to our tease andrew farmer who is in sochi probably slightly better weather than here in mos

e.u. summit kicks off to all the clubs traditional economic powerhouses are nothing i'd to eye with which in leading calls will cuts to the budget as france accuses the u.k. of hypocrisy on this just ahead. tunisia is bracing itself for a third straight day of street battles friday sees the funeral of a key opposition figure who's a fascination became a catalyst for the late latest wave of anti-government protest the country's trade unions have also called a general strike to protest against the creep believed murder was pinned on the slum is leadership in the latest showdown police are used tear gas on a mob boss rolling stones angry protesters chanting anti-government slogans trying to approach the country's interior ministry in the capital tunis archie's crew was also caught up in the end rest as artie's maria from national now reports. temperatures are still very high and tensions are still at the very day. the very risky level the level that is threatening and challenging the security

and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts at the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen the protests continuing even until today people very angry at the. imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions are on their potential jobs while the e.u. cannot agree upon a budget of their own. but reveal the politicians they say are responsible for the financial turbulence in the e.u. . is george osborne lying i mean that's the question is he just lying bald faced lie is he telling the british people i am george osborne i'm a despicable liar i lied to you i tell you that i'm going to prosecute bankers i've never prosecuted bankers the bankers have their hands in my pockets i'm completely conflicted i take bribes i'm a liar my name is george osborne i lie i'm a liar my name is george osborne and i lie i'm a liar my name is george osborne and i live. now from a drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for the cia and his confirmation hearing in the senate joh

with the cost benefit of actually being a member of the e.u. interpreted by the other members not being a team player in this regard and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts on the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen the protests continuing even until today people very angry at the cuts imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions are on their potential jobs while the e.u. cannot agree upon a budget of their own. it's sad that image is everything in politics and in these times of austerity the e.u. is eager to do whatever it takes to maintain a good reputation even if it means spending big two million euros have apparently been earmarked to spend on a p.r. war with online euro skeptics nigel farage from the u.k. independence party things such actions show the blog is no more than a banana republic they decided that they're going to train him how staff in the run up to the european elections of twenty four team train those people to go online to look at facebook twitter other so

waive the cost benefit of actually being a member of the e.u. interpreted by the other members as not being a team player in this regard and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts at the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen anti yesterday protests continuing even until today people very angry at the cuts imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions are on their potential jobs while the e.u. cannot agree upon a budget cut of their own. for more on the story i'm joined by robert oulds he is the chair of the bruges group think tank sir thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us now cameron says he's going to budget veto a budget deal of significant cuts aren't made of course as our reporter you just heard her mention there this is the first time. the first summit after he announced the referendum plans are angering many people in the do you think that he's being too confrontational here. with david cameron the british prime minister doesn't really have much of an alternative

budgets have battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off to the books traditionally like powerhouses all seeing eye to why . leading calls for cuts to the budget of france accuses the u.k. of focusing on that just ahead. to news there is bracing itself for a third straight day of street battles friday sees the funeral of a key opposition figure. his assassination became a catalyst for the latest wave of anti-government fury the country's trade unions have also called a general strike to protest against. it some normally is most leadership there to show police used tear gas more troops and to protest his chanting anti-government slogans were trying to approach the country's interior ministry in the capital tunis party's phone crews also called. rufe national polls. temperatures are still very high and tensions are still at a very dangerous the very risky level the level that is threatening and challenging the security instability in this country trade has happened continuing throughout thursday we've seen many many people on

a budget battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off to all the clubs traditional economic powerhouses are thing i had to eye with which in leading calls for cuts to the budget as france accuses the u.k. of the park received on this it just ahead. to asia is bracing itself for a third straight day of street battles friday sees the funeral of a key opposition figure who's assessed the nation became a catalyst for the lead latest wave of anti-government protest the country's trade unions have also called a general strike to protest against. murder which come pinned on the slimmest leadership in the latest showdown police a used tear gas on a mob boss trowing strains of angry protesters chanting anti-government slogans trying to approach the country's interior ministry in the capital tunis its crew was also caught up in the end rest as artie's maria for national now reports. temperatures are still very high and tensions are still at the very day. the very risky level the level that is threatening and challenging the securi

and the e.u. over its nuclear program earlier economist and commentator karen mokhtari told our team that egypt had no choice but to accept help from where it can get it. but i think egypt has has made it quite clear that it wants to go its own way and where it stands but the muslim brotherhood has come to the realize. with a comment. as important as powerful as iran in the region. they will have to be give and take and should they decide to such a confident confrontational cause with iran. it would prove counterproductive so egypt is in dire straits and it will require assistance from any number of muslim countries to get back on its feet again or coming up after a short break abby martin meets with experts and activists to take a critical look at america's new defense appropriations act you're watching our two you stay with us. saudi arabia has ordered its retailers to construct one point six meter tall barriers in the middle of their stores a rather unusual demand is that something related to e

budgets have battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off to the books traditionally like powerhouses all seeing eye to why britain leading calls for cuts to the budget for france accuses the u.k. of focusing on that just ahead. to news here is bracing itself for a third straight day of street battles friday sees the funeral of a key opposition figure. his assassination became a catalyst for the latest wave of anti-government fury the country's trade unions have also called a general strike to protest against. it some normally is the most leadership latest showdown police used tear gas the more troops stormed a group of testers chanting anti-government slogans were trying to approach the country's interior ministry in the capital tunis party's film crew is also a quarter roof national report. temperatures are still very high and tensions are still at a very dangerous the very risky level the level that is threatening and challenging the security instability in this country has happened continuing throughout thursday we've se

a budget battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off jus off the blocks traditional economic policy and seeing eye to eye with britain leading calls for cuts to the budget as fronts accuses the u.k. of hypocrisy on this just ahead. judy is bracing athol for a third straight day of street battles friday sees the funeral of a key opposition figure. is a fascination became a catalyst for the latest wave of anti-government fury the country's trade unions have also called a general strike to protest against the chill we believe murder which are some pin on the islamist leadership in the latest showdown police say used tear gas on a mob throwing stones angry protesters chanting and government slogans were trying to approach the country's interior ministry in the capital tunis actually its crew was also caught up in the end west as a teaser maria from now reports temperatures are still very high and tensions are still at a very dangerous the very risky level the level that is threatening and challenging the security instabilit

is it turkey is going to benefit or is it going to be the e.u. that benefits. i think turkey would benefits more the us do in a crisis in a very deep crisis we can see the economic recession we can see the institutional crisis and we see again to use a crisis of our common currency and that makes it very difficult to find together a common approach for issues like foreign policy for energy policy that's why i think that we should try to cooperate with the turks without having a full membership. of them in the european union that makes it easier for instance in the security issues we can in security issues we can cooperate with them. in nato or on the by letter level but not necessarily in a group we're just not fully fit what about how the issue of human rights certainly the e.u. like to talk harold how it always has an excellent human rights and their staff and the other but however unlike europe turkey for example ankara has more journalists jailed in iran and china come behind what would make of that or is she just simply conveniently ignoring that aspect of

a budget battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off the clock traditional economic policy and seeing eye to eye with britain leading calls for cuts to the budget as france accuses the u.k. of your posse on this just ahead. judy is bracing athol for a third straight day of street battles friday sees the funeral of a key opposition figure. is a theft the nation became a catalyst for the latest wave of anti-government fury the country's trade unions have also called a general strike to protest against a chill we believe murder which as some pin on the islamist leadership in the latest showed on police used tear gas on a mob throwing stones angry protesters chanting and government slogans were trying to approach the country's interior ministry in the capital tunis actually its crew was also caught up in the end rest as artie's and maria from now reports temperatures are still very high and tensions are still at a very dangerous the very risky level the level that is threatening and challenging the security instability in t

turkey joining the e.u. now i don't think those things change it is fundamental nature but they will require is continuing with all the european union. twenty twenty five and i look very different and structures of power in that geographic expand. and hopefully it will look quite different and its ability to compete in its democratic candidate than it does today with civic and principle in the reading of this it relates the purple presents. particular part of the program up here. the way that it is that we can move that process to see the other way the. we haven't ruled anything out but the problem is this piece out of it was discussing with the main. at this stage the disadvantages of those things that there is no single market. to exist and i'm there all the arrangements that apply for norway and switzerland would have a vision of this advantages in respect of the united kingdom. and in any case there are aspects of the. when i was being asked to vote when you were asking actually right members if it was a

leaving the e.u. any time soon striving for more about them that's because politics is a here he is saying all right well then if we look at this european market parliament which is now potentially going to be a huge obstacle to what's been hailed to this historic deal how do you see this playing out i mean could this budget sort of be undermined by essentially e.u. parole corsi. well constitutionally the well within their rights to reject this thing and send it back and have another go at writing this know whether they actually do that will probably depend on the fine print of the budget i mean this is an element of pork barrel always comes into these things if you can be if you can play off of people in the parliament that they will agree to the thing then maybe the you can get through but already the reason you call them to say he won't be able to support this deal with the heads of one of the major groups and all of them socialist group there are likely to be supported there's going to be a rocky

with the cost benefit of actually being a member of the e.u. interpreted by the other members not being a team player in this regard and also as this talk is happening talking about budget cuts on the e.u. level we see the budget cuts on a more local ground level we've seen the protests continuing even until today people very angry at the. imposed on them on their livelihoods of their pensions on their potential jobs while the e.u. cannot agree upon a budget of their own. for more on the story i'm joined by robert he is the chair of the bruges group think tank sir thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us now cameron says he's going to budget veto a budget deal of significant cuts aren't made of course as our reporter you just heard her mention there this is the first time the first summit after he announced the referendum plans the angering many people in the e.u. do you think that he's being too confrontational here. david cameron the british prime minister doesn't really have much of an alternative but to try and block any crease i

well a budget battle in brussels as a fresh e.u. summit kicks off two of the blocs traditionally though it is seeing eye to eye with britain leading calls for cuts to the budget france accuses the u.k. of people kristie more on that just ahead. u.k. government is trying to get its hands on private web information it's drawn up a document referred to by some as the psni charter which looks to give authorities more rights to spy on its citizens online the spy concerns over invasion of privacy or to sarah firth looks at whether such measures could enhanced national security. the main area of concern surrounds this the draft communications data bill and proposals in it that critics say could see the public left wide open to having their facebook accounts or twitter e-mails read anything that they visit online the websites that they gayety logs by the government now understandably those plans simply have a hugely controversial with critics labeling it the snoop is charter now perhaps more concerning is the latest report by the intelligen

well while the e.u. leaders are fighting over where to cut there's one item that's apparently immune from any also already measures the e.u. is reportedly planning to spend over three million dollars to wage a so-called propaganda blitz on his critics in the social media well nigel farage from the u.k. independence party says the project would have violate one of the main principles of the european parliament. they decided that they got to train in how staff in the run up to the european elections of twenty fourteen train those people to go online to look at facebook twitter other social media sites and to correct that's their word not mine to correct any misapprehensions that may exist about the european union and i have to say the fact that it's a parliament that is doing this that is using taxpayers' money to do this says a lot about the institutions it all brought about parliaments is the person is it's him a chair of parliament he's the speaker in westminster he's the chairman of the parliaments aro

leaving the e.u. any time soon striving for more about domestic politics and say here he is saying all right well then if we look at this european market parliament which is now potentially going to be a huge obstacle to what's been hailed to this historic deal how do you see this playing out i mean could this budget sort of be undermined by essentially e.u. parole corsi. well constitutionally the well within their rights to reject the thing and send it back and have another go at writing this know whether they actually do that will probably depend on the fine print of the budget i mean this is an element of pork barrel always comes into these things if you can be if you can play off enough people in the parliament that they will agree to the thing then maybe the you can get through but already the reason you call them to say he won't be able to support this deal with and the head of one of the major groups and all of them socialist group said they were likely to be supported so it's going to be a roc

it is now an e.u. mission.just two days ago tony blair said the european union is not about peace, the european union is about power. i think what he meant is the european union increasingly will be about war, because the response to mali, the response to it being an e.u. mission -- and we've heard it all around the chamber today, the liberals urging us to intervene militarily in syria, support from right and left in this house that the e.u. should intervene militarily. i have to say this: if you really think that taking on fundamentalist, radical islam in battle is something that we can somehow succeed in, i suspect we will launch ourselves in the same way we have in afghanistan, on a decade of unending, unwinnable misery. i do not want the united kingdom to be part of a militaristic, warlike european union, and that's the speech that i've heard both from you, president hollande and from most people in this chamber today. [applause] [speaking french] >> translator: no now, mr. callanan. >> thank you. mr. presi

officials in fact the staff of the e.u. council is on strike over how much money some e.u. leaders make were curious to so here it is germany's chancellor angela merkel has a monthly salary of about twenty one thousand euros of which about four thousand euros as her pay as the member of the german parliament president of the commission jose manuel barroso is earning about twenty five thousand euros a month these figures might not actually seem like anything outrageous but you have to remember that the strike takes place against the backdrop of not just related salary cuts for many. european public servants. russia's billionaire alexander lebedev and his son you gave me how one the license to operate a new london t.v. station it will be it will base its content on the stories from newspapers the evening standard and the independent the team beat four other applicants for the right to a twelve year license to broadcast to an estimated four million homes other contenders include a former mayor candidate stephen norris and a former channel more chairman luke johnson london live

of some medicines people have died so iranians feel blood is on the hands of the americans and the e.u. . under such circumstances the iranians feel that they really cannot give anything at the negotiating table because the europeans and americans will interpret this as a sign of weakness so the iranians are going to wait and see if the europeans and americans make any reasonable change in their policy they might do it in camp but do the americans go there with good intentions do they really want to agreement or is it just talk the talk. well i'm just going to compare a little bit this administration with the previous and i think this administration we can say i think it's been more willing to negotiate with a ring and when obama came to power i think they extended their hand they sent letters to the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and i think they didn't get responses i think they tried to use diplomacy track to i think they they they would be much more willing than previous administration to use i think to engage iran interim solution but i think the problem here i think it's it's

in sticking with this story angry crowds on the streets of ireland may spoil the mood of the e.u. leaders as they celebrate a historic budget deal cutting the blocks spending for the first time now it's the european parliament's turn to have its final say on the agreement and the look set to block in the budget plan after a secret vote in what is seen as a revolt against e.u. leaders economists james midway weighs in. constitutionally they're well within their rights to reject the thing and send it back and have another go at writing this now whether they actually do that will probably depend on the fine print in the budget or already present you politick to said he would be able to support the steel and the heads of one of the major groups in the parliament the socialist group said there are likely to be supported so it's going to be a rocky ride i think this budget over the next few months cameron's right talk about this being like a reduction in a credit card limits and of course you can have your credit card limit reduced and still spend carry on spending more money now that's

of some medicines people have died so iranians feel blood is on the hands of the americans and the e.u. . under such circumstances the iranians feel that they really cannot give anything at the negotiating table because the europeans and americans will interpret this as a sign of weakness so the iranians are going to wait and see if the europeans and americans make any reasonable change in their policy. but do the americans go there with good intentions do they really want to agreement or is it just talk the talk. well i'm just going to compare a little bit this administration with the previous and i think this administration we can say i think it's been more willing to negotiate with a ring and when obama came to power i think they extended their hand they sent letters to the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and i think they didn't get a response and i think they tried to use diplomacy track to i think they they they be much more willing than previous administration to use i think to engage iran interim solution but i think the problem here i think it's it's more deep i think we can'

of france and poor e.u. states resisted with spats between opposing the it is threatening to undermine the talks or because the chair of the group think tank says it this unity within the e.u. . we have seen the limits of integration here we have different national interests clearly colliding and there is the situation was national governments are having to impose austerity across europe not just in the eurozone but also in britain because of course there's just not money available any lot of course there is also another issue to do with the budget and that's to that's to do with the fact that eighteen years now the european court of order to haven't been able to sign off awfully the accounts because a lot of the spending is goes on wasteful projects but of course more alarmingly it's also subject to a great deal of forth and corruption and that's why literally eighteen years the accounts haven't been fully signed off. of a deal envisioned sweeping cuts to a number of e.u. projects including integration and

of some medicines people have died so iranians feel blood is on the hands of the americans and the e.u. . under such circumstances the iranians feel that they really cannot give anything at the negotiating table because the europeans and americans will interpret this as a sign of weakness so the iranians are going to wait and see if the europeans and americans make any reasonable change in their policy. but do the americans go there with good intentions do they really want to agreement or is it just talk the talk. well i'm just going to compare a little bit this administration with the previous and i think this administration we can say i think it's been more willing to negotiate with a ring and when obama came to power i think they extended their hand they sent letters to the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini and i think they didn't get a response and i think they tried to use diplomacy track to i think they they they be much more willing than previous administration to use i think to engage iran interim solution but i think the problem here i think it's it's more deep i think we can'

of a deal envisions sweeping cuts to a number of e.u. projects including integration and infrastructure where millions of euros are reportedly still being allocated for a p.r. blitz against the blocs of critics on social media websites you're skeptical nigel farage from the u.k. independence party says the project would violate one of the main principles of the rip in parliament. they decided that they going to train in house staff in the run up to the european elections of twenty fourteen train those people to go online to look at facebook twitter other social media sites and to correct that's their word not mine to correct any misapprehensions that may exist about the european union and i have to say the fact that it's a parliament that is doing this that is using taxpayers' money to do this says a lot about the. good old what about parliaments is the person is it's him a chair of parliament he's the speaker in westminster he's the chairman in other parliaments around the world but he has all the rest of the staff are supposed to be ne