e.u. countries struggle with shoojit budget cuts the government the largest states. paying for the problems of smaller nation. to the lisbon treaty. the new arrest in an f.b.i. sting fuels fears of homegrown terrorism in the u.s. criticism of the agency's entrapment tactics the wrong people. sending too much junk mail might put one man in jail russia's investigation into one of the world's biggest spammers sends him on the run and slashes circulation of e-mail ads by one thing. and on the basis. of the granite. state. that much more and if it is. a very warm welcome to you. live from moscow france is seeing another day of disruption and another crippling two hundred million euros loss for its finances the pension reform people have been protesting against has already been stomped and it seems the tide is now turning against the unions who have been paralyzing the country's economy. out of a report. saving face the french trade unions are still taking.

e.u. country. and the international olympic committee's concerns over the lack of snow in sochi have been addressed as the officials praised pace of preparations for the twenty fourteen winter games. but first the nuclear poisoning of former k.g.b. officer alexander litvinenko is back in the picture his murder in london four years ago caused a deep strain in relations between russia and the u.k. but british foreign secretary william hague is now in moscow seeking to restore ties and catherine those are the now reports despite disagreements the two sides are determined to work together. it doesn't did seem that the two sides have basically agreed to disagree one of the major issues that throws a shadow over relations between moscow and london is of course the case of. a former k.g.b. officer was poisoned by a radioactive substance polonium two ten in london just a few years that britain believes that the main suspect in the case a russian state duma did deputy the bellboy has been refused extraditio

europe bypassing the current transit country ukraine the main pipelines and the running other gas from lead south stream project and not booker backed by the u.s. and e.u. and there are other smaller project turkey's and the region minister says the country is ready to accommodate all of them. implementing one project doesn't mean that we can show another one has the capacity to develop each and every project because consumers need it there is demand not only about today when there is a global crisis we should think about two thousand and fourteen two thousand and twenty going demand will increase. then it may be too much gas for europe analysts say some project will likely be abandoned in the race to build new pipelines russia is trying hard to come securing gas and customers analysts say turkey is agreement to lay this out through turkish waters came at a cost russia will have to invest after three billion dollars into some high. pipeline strategically important for turkey the question is what will be the price because now we see that first of all turkey wants russia to invest my project it's the first benefit and the first part of this payment the s

e.u. countries struggle with huge budget cuts the government solve the largest states. paying for the problems of smaller nations and the calling for amendments to the lisbon treaty. a new arrest in an f.b.i. sting fuels fears of homegrown terrorism in the u.s. and criticism the agency's entrapment tactics are catching the wrong people. too much junk mail might put one man in jail investigation into one of the world's biggest spammers some soon on the run and slashing circulation of even by one fifth . of all news twenty four seven. france is seeing another day of destruction and another crippling two hundred million euros loss for its finances the pension reform people have been protesting against has already been rubber stamped and it seems the tide is now turning against the unions who have been paralyzing the country's economy. reports. saving face the french trade unions are still taking people to the streets despite the fact that reform they're protesting against is a given still angry french citizens say the show must go as ordinary persons look on drinking their

country. and well germany and germany parties to mark twenty years of being reunified e.u. economies struggle to stick together we talked to experts about the practice facing the union. first though a un panel says opium production in afghanistan has dropped by half this year but it's led to an almost three fold surge in prices thursday's report says that could encourage farmers to cultivate more of the heroin producing crop the survey also suggest the hype was prompted by a plant infection that devastated yields it adds that despite nato operations the size of the area used to grow poppies remains the same the south and west are the major growing regions which are also taliban strongholds extremists to rake in the cash but as our teams policy we are explains for many farmers it's still their only source of income one of which is tightly controlled by militants and even drug addicted police. abdulrahim used to put people behind bars for doing drugs now he's been put there himself but the former army commander denies the charges he insists he never swayed from the right side

e.u. countries struggle with huge budget cuts the governments of them are just stage become angered at paying for the problems are small nations and. the lisbon treaty . of homegrown terrorism in the u.s. and criticism the agency's entrapment tactics catching the wrong people. not from our studios here in central moscow this is francis' seeing another day of disruption and another crippling two hundred million euros loss for its finances the pension reform that people have been protesting against has already been rubber stamped and it seems the tide is now turning against the unions who've been paralyzing the country's economy. saving face the french trade unions are still taking people to the streets despite the fact that they're protesting against is a given still angry french citizens say the show must go as ordinary person. their coffee and mineral water members of trade unions and students continue taking to the streets just outside the french senate protesting a reform that is pretty much already guaranteed to take place they haven't even had a chance to learn the new slogans but it's n

e.u. countries like austria and germany have already agreed to hand over the personal data of citizens in june the e.u. and the united states signed a so-called swift deal which gives american officials access to old bank transactions within europe and even a lift in both an austrian politician and member of the european parliament says there are no guarantees the dates are going to be misused so the requirements for data protection in europe are not met like they should be every time when it comes to terror and prevention of terror and measures and collaboration between states between the united states and european states then we have this big big problem that. the same requirements that for us in europe. normal cannot be met within the usa so this is an ongoing debate in lots of issues it's not only swift it's also appear now in the past passengers. that are collected when one is flying overseas so we have a. problem that the us except expects us to adapt to their standards but it's very difficult to convince them that they should alter to ours concerning especially data protection ther

e.u. countries on this and the other dogs and the. tax but in the u.k. relations and coming up short.dr rather and thank you very much for talking to lottie now first of all tell me how much it costs the u.k. to be a member of the e.u. well that's a both a very important question and a very tricky question to ask in the first instance the treasury writes a check to the european union every fortnight to the sum of eight hundred million pounds now that's not the whole picture because that is basically that's the gross contribution some of that money comes back as part of the overall net deal over which the treasury has a pair of limited so that's not necessarily well spent however. if you factor in the direct and indirect costs associated with the you membership the overall bill for business and for the country could be as high as two hundred billion pounds a year the problem is that nobody knows this because there has not been a cost benefit analysis if you say you membership so there's a huge question mark there which taxpayers alliance and other organizations are campaigning to get t

e.u. countries suffering the worst with the recession latvians have voted to give their center right government another chance to save their embattled economy the prime minister's coalition partners seem to have got the majority they needed in saturday's election in support of his harsh austerity plans there's also been a boost for a party in the present in the large russian speaking minority to which wants to mend string times with moscow the harmony center has secured about a quarter of the vote with the ruling party suggesting that could lead to a rolling government. and so is america's biggest country and one of the world's largest developing economies is choosing a new president but brazil's hugely popular leader known as lula can't take part this time because he served a maximum term allowed that's not stopping him though lining up a successor who could become the country's first female president lauren lister is in sao paolo for us. it is a really big day as you mentioned that later lou legist silva has enjoyed eighty percent approval rating in this country over the last two terms it's b

e.u. country and as our reports. the tranquil setting of the french seaside town of derby is expected to be the perfect backdrop for this so-called troika dialog to meet them individually and his colleagues in the protests are cozy and angle of merkel are expected to discuss many issues not only relating to european matters but also those concerning the international community specifically the tasks that lay before the group of eight and the group of twenty stability in the middle east the ongoing situation with afghanistan and of course iran's nuclear ambitions those are all going to be on the agenda when the russian president and his colleagues from france and germany sit down to the table but they're bringing a lot more to these discussions specifically issues that are more closer to home relevant to europe and the relations between european states and russia specifically a visa free regime for russian citizens is expected to be brought up in the discussions russia citizens at the moment are requested to by the sc

e.u. countries part of the blame is being put on a welfare system that means the unemployed coming better off on benefits but is there any reports even though the government wants to force people off welfare to work the jobs just aren't there. once the seat of an empire now the holder of an unwanted unemployment accolade new figures reveal the u.k. has the highest number of households in any of the e.u. these largest economies in which no one works it amounts to over eleven percent of homes long term unemployment is growing as a proportion of total unemployment but a bigger problem is perhaps hidden from the official unemployment statistics and that is the proportion of workers households in britain so one of six of all children for example for example grew up in workless households which is the highest figure in europe are some measure of thirty nine year old sondra hey has never had a job she had her first child at sixteen and went on to have three more none of the fathers is around saundra gets the equivalent of more than twenty thousand dollars a year in benefits but she says it's bar

e.u. countries like austria and germany who really agreed to hand over the personal data of citizens and in june the e.u. and the u.s. signed the so-called swift deal which gives american officials access to all bank transactions within europe. should portuguese politician a member of the european parliament told me earlier that washington doesn't want to allow the e.u. the same access. now at this point we are sending about nine ninety six million bits of financial transfers ninety million messages financial messages each month to the united states so this is billions a year and. the european citizens turn to us to see. how well is this happening at this point the flow of data is from the e.u. to the u.s. and there is that theoretical possibility of diverting this this this way of the data but still ethical reciprocity it's not real reciprocity and asymmetrical reciprocity it's not reciprocity at all so at this point we do not address process with the united states really between mr brown deal which was rejected by parliament and shift to which was approved and then with my vote against bu

e.u. countries suffering the worst with recession latvians have voted to give their center right government another chance to save their embattled economy the prime minister's coalition partners seem to have gotten the majority they needed in saturday's election in support of his harsh austerity plans there also been a boost for a party representing a large russian speaking minority which wants to mend strained ties with moscow the harmony center secured about a quarter of the vote with the ruling party suggesting that could lead to a role in government. well in the way of soon here in our t. the daffs you can go to beach stress. well they started to fill in like grave visit where. this feels very very strange the soil is very cold and also heavy now i'm doing all right at the moment but i think it's going to get a lot more scary we explore what it feels like to be buried alive although in the interest of taking away the strain. research this week shows that americans mistrust of their longstanding news media is at an all time high online talk show host laura harford is now ask people why t

e.u. countries for example austria and germany have already agreed to hand over the personal data of citizens when in june the united states signed the so-called swift beale which gives american officials access to all banking transactions within europe well greta rush he's a politician and member of the european parliament joins me now live from brussels thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. now the the so-called swift deal allows the u.s. access to the new citizens banking history now is the u.s. really after other information and if it does get that information how well would that data be protected. well if i were an investigator trying to. you know collect intelligence out of several kinds of data i would i would like to have a talk i would like to have bank data travel as we see with the passengers names records also well why not biometric later and also e-mails phone calls etc but i am not an investigator i am a politician so i am a representative and i know that's hundreds of millions of european citizens five hundred millions well who like to give their pin codes. to eve

e.u. member countries rejected plans to increase the e.u.'s budget by six percent and they said the demand is unacceptable in the current cash strapped environment according to your a skeptic am a p gerard barton the only solution to the financial problems is to get rid of the single currency. their problem is always that there isn't enough european union not with us too much of it but they don't have enough power so they see every crisis as an excuse for demanding more power to solve the problems that they've created in the first place economically it's in a terrible state because of the european single currency greece portugal spain all these countries their economies are going down the tube so the economies of countries like germany and france and the u.k. it would be a lot more healthy if they weren't burdened with the regulation and in the case of france and germany with membership of the euro and of course they have to bear the tremendous burden of failing at countries like greece and of course spain and italy and portugal what we need

necessary, offending countries would be stripped of their e.u. voting rights. the problem for many countries working at this summit is the plan as it stands necessitates a change in the treat dwhray governs the way the european union work. most countries find that simply unpalatable, but yet at the same time they also know since germany is the economic powerhouse of europe, they have no choice but to listen to it. so countries like ireland could have a problem on their hands. remember how long it took them to agree to the current treaty? no wonder they were looking glum. even he knows europe must have some plan in place. >> we would like to see obviously a situation where the matter is doubtless in a specific and narrow a context as possible. >> in other words, please don't change the treaty. many months of negotiation will be needed to come to any deal and some fear that none of this will tackle the deep, underlying structural problems that lie at the heart of the euro zone. the economic future of many millions of europeans depends on what happens next. matthew

e.u. countries and embassies taking part like the house of sweden.s is going to perform for us now. and as we watch them perform, we're going to go ahead and talk about some of the other reasons why you might want you and your family to come out and see some of the wonderful opportunities that are going on. missy freeney is the coordinator of children and youth services at the d.c. public library and she joins me right now. this is pretty funny. >> kids will love it. >> and they love everything going on here. and they love the blue moose. and this is rolando with his dance moves. those are fancy dance moves. >> thank you. i'm glad you like it. >> reporter: but tell me why d.c. public library has decided to become a part of this? >> we wanted to educate the children about the european nations so we're holding workshops in every single library across the district and featuring every e.u. member nation. and we added the preschoolers and we're adding that aspect. >> reporter: and to get people to discover d.c. public libraries again. and all right, what

e.u. i can't help noticing that countries around the world that's interesting rather well and incidentally getting quite a good market share in europe quite often countries that aren't actually members of the e.u. i think eventually we will have a referendum and i believe those of us who think we would be better off outside the e.u. will win that was douglas caldwell that member of parliament talking at the freedom saying here on the fringes of the conservative party conference in birmingham. and that was laura emmett our european correspondent reporting for us. has been whipping up some anti russian sentiment of late so president vet is no trying to clear the air using cyberspace in an online video inventive says the better russian leader is using aggressive talk towards moscow to bolster his presidential election campaign r.t. sarah first took a closer look. and if it is a bloke we can hear president. making specific reference to the election campaign in bellary and saying that it's based almost entirely on entourage and slogans and i should say shouldn't russia's own willingness to prov

getting quite good market share in europe quite often countries that are actually members of the e.u. i think eventually we will have a referendum and i believe those of us who think we would be better off outside the e.u. will win well that member of parliament talking at the freedom zone here on the fringes of the conservative party conference in birmingham. bellerive seems to have whipped up some anti russian sentiment of late so president medvedev is now trying to clear the air using cyberspace in an online video medvedev says the belorussian leader is using aggressive talk towards moscow to bolster his presidential election campaign for if it takes a closer look. well in his footage bloke we can hear president. making specific reference to the election campaign in bellary and saying that it's based almost entirely on entourage and slogans on accusations of russia's unwillingness provide support and also direct criticism to the russian leadership so the person misstated his use his behavior in the past often to deal with the school topics such as this and this time we've heard hi

frights fine country thrown out the because the one thing the e.u. wants to do is to keep on expanding it certainly doesn't want to contract but yes that is mooted in the proposals that they could take away britain's sorry take away countries voting rights if they infringed these financial regulations and requirements and i think this is where it could affect the u.k. because the u.k. is a very large budget deficit and we could well find ourselves that we won't be affected by this and then find that under the rules that we actually have our voting rights removed even though we're not a member of the euro because we infringe the requirements on budgetary deficit so cameron should give us a referendum you obviously won't because it's the last thing on earth that he wants because he knows that he would there would be a no vote in the u.k. so we'll see another typical tory weasel out of this situation whereby as i said earlier he'll try to claim some fantastic victory like john major did with the treaty on european union while at the same time leading us

able to adapt and do very well big block countries and big block units that are run by unaccountable bureaucrats and not doing so well so coming out of the e.u. i think would be good for us i think also it would be good for the european union it would show people right across europe that actually having brussels run your country for you is not good. if you could figure that because well thank you very much that was douglas caldwell that member of parliament talking about the freedom zone here on the fringes of the conservative party conference in birmingham as europe is once again rocked by on rest thanks to the economic crisis right laura i met live in birmingham thank you very much for that. a criminal court in thailand has rejected a request by the u.s. to drop a second set of charges against alleged russian arms dealer viktor boot the decision dense washington's plans to have the man extradited to the u.s. and face trial on terrorism related charges and you hearing is expected to begin in bangkok on october fifth artesian thomas is following developments. the united states has been trying to get add victor boot and have him extradited to

e.u. all of the country's nuclear to turn to see military jobs slashed been false similar calls from germany and france has caused washington to worry over nato as capabilities. russia's relations with the european union and nato come under scrutiny next in our interview. hi mr berndt koff it's good to have you with us today. the image of modern russia evokes fear in many european and what has all the prejudice come from. indeed i sometimes notice that russia in the eyes of europeans is a country that in essence continues the tradition the settled by the soviet union or something like that but i don't think this approach is entirely correct russia is a completely new country it has a new foreign policy it has gone through substantial reform. and there is no longer any difference in ideology between russia and the rest of the world the reason for all this prejudice as i see it is the fact that we still bear the legacy of the cold war we can't get rid of it. my generation grew up in a time when it was absolutely obvious that the world is split into there was the world of the warsaw pact and th

getting quite good market share in europe quite often countries that actually members of the e.u. i think eventually we will have a referendum and i believe those of us who think we would be better off outside the e.u. will win carl's well that member of parliament talking at the freedoms and here on the fringes of the conservative party conference in birmingham. well it was more of our europe correspondent a russian ancient fighting technique adopted by the k.g.b. brings from a new following across the world so much so in fact that the twenty ten hand to hand fighting world cup finals are being held in the u.s. for the first time i was up for a challenge a correspondent a feisty garroted you can go into the fighting spirit for tea. for comedian a louis his sham hand to hand fighting is still new. he mostly does judo and teaches tai boxing but this russian born sport takes the best that laments of many fighting techniques. when you think about it it's more real than anything else plus as an artistic aspect to it which is you don't need to spend a lot of times on the floor which is

getting quite good market share in europe a quite often countries that actually members of the e.u. i think eventually we will have a referendum and i believe those of us who think we would be better off outside the e.u. will when that was douglas caldwell that member of parliament talking at the freedom saying here on the fringes of the conservative party conference in birmingham. and i was or am at our europe correspondent ok but now to our top story tonight that close call for brazil's two presidential favorites in the voting there let's bring into the conversation dr kay scoldings an expert on the country joins us now from the tricks of the netherlands thanks for being with this is appreciated president lula has been widely praised as me for brazil's rapid ascension as an economic powerhouse do you think is chosen successor can keep up the pace if indeed she does win in the end because i think it will shift for the most likely to win the second drawn to rule by and large continue mr lush policies and if international economic circumstances remain favorable for brazil she will mo

country it's fifteen years now since the devastating war which tore apart bosnia's muslims. communities the results are also likely to signal whether bosnia will be fully accepted into the e.u. and possibly the country plans for joining nato. most of us have to take a degree or two of stress at some point in our lives but when things get too much in russia there is now an extreme therapy on offer it is being buried alive the spot a few grave concerns artes of a bennett spring to try out this earthly past self and like. above ground there are a few signs of life. below the surface a man trapped with his greatest fear is pavel has just been buried alive for twenty minutes not torture but extreme therapy. the first thing you experience is a panic once your face is covered with dirt if you start tasting as i'm thinking of what the hell am i doing down here or for the bee i don't want to come down to simply know on a place like these these are the grave digging therapists modeling the burials on an ancient form of self in light and practice by shamans they wanted to make the rights more accessible believing everyone can benefit. is the most effective and powerful method overcome

isn't possible if these two major powers on the continent the you on the one hand in european countries e.u. member states leading you remember socialist france and germany and on the other hand russia don't don't find a positive way to manage the political situation political tensions economic dynamic on the continent and we've seen a very good example of that during. the crisis in fact a bloody crisis such as the russian drug war russian children war which was only two years ago but also over issues like gas deliveries and the destruction of them and the whole tensions over ukraine so the last two years have shown how vital it is for moscow and e.u. member states but true to manage their relations positively all of those points you've mentioned is exactly why russia has been pushing for changes in the european security structure and it really does want to have a greater say in strategic issues because at the moment it feels very left out as you talk about peace and stability on the european continent do you think it will actually win support from paris and berlin and this summit could mak

divided country it's fifteen years since the devastating war which tore apart in one of them serbs and croats communities results are also likely to signal whether bosnia will be fully accepted in the e.u. and the country's plans for joining a doe. and the rubik's cube european championship has been held in budapest competitors tested their skills in speed and agility as well as some unusual ways to solve the i kind of iconic eighty's puzzle there were also some mind bending cues with rows of five by five squares but no one managed to beat the world record holder who was there this time of just over seven seconds still stands. here we are to you live from moscow we've got much more coming for you next hour including. well i just don't feel like we're getting all the facts the news media isn't just news anymore no news is news slush entertainment it seems like they triumph in facial why everything. why don't americans trust the evening news anymore the resident gathers opinions in new york. also find out why spending twenty minutes buried six feet under could be the perfect stress buster. both those stories coming up next hour this hour we're going to take a short break and i'll be back

e.u. and the benefits involved if countries did hold it's not a tall clear what would remain of the union. let's stay with the story now and talk to alexander a german member of the european parliament joining us live from frankfurt so we saw you saying a lot of financial concerns inside the eurozone tell me this so germany and france got their way and convince the e.u. to consider changes to the lisbon treaty is this a case of the strongest countries bullying others to get their way. well it certainly is not the best example of cooperation if you have two member states running ahead and then expecting that twenty five others are going to follow instead of trying to find a common approach together with twenty seven member states and one has seen the reactions at the council so far that it is not very welcomed what germany and france are trying to do at the moment are now. money you cause break ups in every part of life do you think the united europe is heading for a political divorce perhaps well it is not a political divorce but it certainly is a political question how serious we are abou

one interest rate for a country like the united kingdom where the economy tends to different rates in the north and the south as a percent you can have one for the whole of the e.u. . for the moment and the effect it's having on society. that's something that you see continuing absolutely be a particularly because people have been forced into this economic political. against their will in many countries even being asked with. the feeling of powerlessness in the face of the people being forced into something they don't want to belong to they're just bills. now you advocate for. people here the freedoms and saying it's a very good say. complete withdrawal from the european union is that really a. point in the future for our future prosperity as a. country like china india south america. africa we do our future. in would face. businesses and. we've built. our future wealth is being global the view of little europeans who see everything. thanks very much for joining us. has been whipping up some anti russian sentiment of late and president medvedev is now trying to clear the air using cyberspace in an online video medvedev says the belorussian leader is using aggres

countries like germany and france and the u.k. will be a lot more healthy if they weren't burdened with e.u. regulation and in the case of france and germany with membership of the euro and of course they have to bear the tremendous burden of failing out countries like greece and of course spain and italy and portugal what we need is to get rid of the european single currency get rid of all the over regulation on business and allow economies to actually revive and become more healthy under proper free market economic conditions the wide things that go on at the moment is they can ever inevitably only get worse. still to come on the program sale season for americana rubbish. we russians are not thank you and robert should know what we say take your junk away with you know. these are just some of the items on sale at bargain prices with the risk of pollution and disease thrown in for free. and then come true there is one there are the streets of some russian towns driven from the woods by a summer heat wave and a search for food. president obama has been forced into some major changes to his ad

e.u. and the benefits involved if countries did hold a vote it's not a tall clear what would remain of the union. reporting well it's on the job and member of the european parliament warns that the e.u. . financial troubles could lead to a political crisis. it certainly is not the best example of cooperation if you have two member states running ahead and then expecting that twenty five others are going to follow instead of trying to find a common approach together with twenty seven member states and one has seen the reactions at the council so far that it is not very welcomed what germany and france are trying to do at the moment it is not a political divorce but it certainly is a political question how serious we are about tighter sanctions when certain countries might endanger the eurozone as a whole and when we're trying to find a coordinated economy to approach so it is definitely a political question now and it might develop into a crisis if member states are not trying to be realistic but try to preserve what they have just as threat itself is certainly not going to help we had that

e.u. the new york times reports in may reach eight point nine percent of the country's g.d.p. investors fear that greece will be unable to close that gap creek ten year bond yields have jumped one percent on the news. and staying with the e.u. the european commission plans to launch legal proceedings against its own member states that pay over flight fees to russia the move is a roundabout measure to eliminate billions of dollars in fees that russia charges european airlines to fly over siberia germany france finland and austria will be the faster face proceedings at the un. twenty three member states are also under investigation the commission says countries doing unilateral deals with russia is uncompetitive as the aviation rules require all e.u. citizens and companies to be treated equally. up in mind what if the solution is really simple and has already been outlined by russia the mechanism of these commercial agreements will be dismantled but it will happen in such a manner not to shock the companies which get the payments at the same time russia will consistently raise it