of a state that is too low there's serbia should go on trying to form part of the e.u. which means much more than simply belonging to a union a well organized judicial system with human rights for. them of expression of the struggle against organized crime bribery and corruption of minority rights all these are achievements of the e.u. will serbia enter the e.u. i don't know first of all they have a crisis of expansion today it's clear that we won't be in the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro is a currency the turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to help members of the union that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis i promise to guide serbia to a path where no one could say that we don't want to enter the e.u. but the truth is that the world is a lot bigger because of it because my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia are not the e.u. or russia. doesn't mean that that's interesting you don't see that serbia will have to s

plan will mean centralized to brussels control over national budgets which those against it say means handing over sovereignty to the e.u. . and a video in which the father of the late former russian security agent alexander litvinenko blames boris and barrow's office before his death that videos not been passed to scotland yard was poisoned by radioactive polonium in two thousand and six and the self exiled tycoon of wanted by russia was named among the moscow. how he comes with the sport. hello welcome to the latest was on day five of the french open in the top stories. morning in paris for seed andy murray targets a place in the last thirty june but must overcome even a six time champion wrap on the dark days later it's on day five of the french open . while poles apart i guess the rounds get knocked out remaining williams has to be nice to set a big meeting with two thousand and nine champion but like as not serve up. on the third time lucky the russian women's basketball team able to improve on two successes and the big ones medals by state in a plane for gold at this summer's games in london. but first to the tenn

my view is that you push that dept on europe itself on the e.u. which as an external downs or the eurozone which does next in order out. of course the germans feel that this is like placing their bets on the germans or it's not it's putting that on the europeans the germans are also europeans as the greeks are on peahens in the portuguese are either you see the euro zone as a curacy area. that goes or else the political will to agree a girls or a loose you just say as a currency with seventeen different national debts which will put you in the kind of where where you are not just strong in those two to two if you're a very small is economy that we have ten years ago but it's not strong enough to endure the kind of financial crises that we are moving faster to something that they get now i want to draw your attention to portugal a year ago portugal received a bailout from the e.u. and the i.m.f. now the government says that it is committed to austerity but how do you view the rescue package has it helps any. no it hasn't always it is in a recession and s

perhaps none better than the band e.u. whichng right now. [ music ] ♪ say oh . >> reporter: that call and response making the audience part of the performance, gregory sugar barrel yet learned that -- bear elliott learned that call and response from chuck brown. >> he's like the redskins, like the washington monument. >> reporter: when sugar bear and e.u. were kids in '73 chuck brown let them open for him. a big break. even let them use his big amplifier. >> we had enough equipment to put in a grocery cart. >> and then. >> he came and said son you're going to be a star. right then and there i knew i wanted to be like him. i came up playing rock and roll. you know. black sabbath, jimi hendricks. i was a rocker. but then not rock with drugs. rock and roll, ok? then when i met chuck, i knew that was my calling >> reporter: when sugar bear got nominated for a grammy, went on soul train. >> he asked me where did my influences come from. the first thing out of my mouth was chuck brown. he said oh, yeah. the godfather. chuck brown was

whether you placed at the depths of my view is that you believe that theft on iraq itself on the e.u. which is next on that or the euro zone which us next in order. of course the germans feel that this is like wasting that of the germans well it's not it's putting that on the europeans the germans are also europeans as the greeks are on peahens in the portuguese are it's either you see the euro zone as a curacy area that goes or else the political will to a great girls or and you see it just as a guru see with seventeen different national debts which will put you in the kind of trap where where you are not. strong enough to do it in your very small zyuganov india we have ten years ago but it's not strong enough to endure the kind of financial crises that we are moving faster to something that and they'd. penny pinching efforts in the u.k. or putting the public at risk that's the claim of critics who say drastic cuts to police will leave people water of all artes over better reports from london. the protest policing itself is a rare sight especially one this big that's because these proteste

in your country love to go to quit as you know greece is another thing greece is a member of the e.u. whichas spending way money then ago duesler was that because then one day it came out that it didn't have anything like that it took advantage of the surveyors which is not a state but a union it still is a trust one another one is that serbia is far behind any of the zuma member countries will serbia enter the e.u. i don't know first of all they have a crisis of expansion or you know today it's clear that we will be in during the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro is a currency the turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to help members of the union that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis as i promised to guide serbia to a path where no one could say that you don't want to enslave you and the truth is that the world is a lot bigger. just a bit because my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia are not the war syria. doesn't know that that's

e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more of them permanent a stary controlled by brussels while a backlash against cuts sweeps across europe the plan will mean centralized brussels control of national budgets which those of gans did say means handing over sovereignty to the e.u. . and as ireland decides whether to back or reject the fiscal treaty up next r.t. sits down was richard boyd barrett an irish politician and campaigner. today i'm talking to richard boyd barrett he's a member of the irish parliament and a leading light in the new campaign on the referendum on the fiscal pact which thanks for talking to us tell us just what the fiscal pact is the pact is a european agreement which countries are being asked to sign up to which will compel the goldmans to reduce debt and deficit figures by a certain amount per year over a long period of time and what we're concerned about is that that in effect because of all of the gambling debts of banks and speculators have been put on to the books of the state and that this would mean permanent austerity billions worth of colt's e

which goes against say the u.s. handing over sovereignty to the e.u. . and a video in which the father of the late former russian security agent alexander litvinenko blames for his firm's office before the stamp of the past just yardwork name was poisoned by radioactive polonium in two thousand and six and the self exiled tycoon want to buy russia is named among the masterminds. some headlines here in our team sports next with mine. well welcome this is for an art scene with me remind coffer of plenty of french open tennis news up ahead but first let's go to the headlines. for job which continues his quest for a maiden french open title after beating blood in straight sets to go through to round three. sisters alex venus of voyeurs joins serino on the french open losers list following defeat two of its current bonds cup hole now faced russia says that like because that. is it third time lucky russian women's basketball team aim to improve on their two of them big bronze by staking a claim to the summit at the upcoming games in london. but first to tennis

europe the plan mean centralized brussels control of national budgets which those against it say means handing over sovereignty to the e.u. . and a video in which the father of the late former russian security agent alexander blames the boris berezovsky for his death has passed to scotland yard live and go was poisoned by radioactive polonium in two thousand and six and the self exile tycoon want to buy russia is named among the masterminds. who we had lines here on our team up next a special report on the dress to consequence of the use of chemical weapons during the war in vietnam state with. the dow chemical company in midland michigan. seventy two million liters of defoliants sprayed by the u.s. military over south vietnam beginning in one nine hundred sixty one were manufactured and sold by american chemical companies including dow monsanto and diamond shamrock. at the time vietnam was divided into northern south the us supported the government of south vietnam and military intervention intensified after nine hundred sixty five. but the us made strong resistance from guerrilla forces who used dense jungle as their b

the plan will mean centralized brussels control of national budgets which goes against it saying means panning over sovereignty to the e.u. . as video in which the father of the late former russian security agent alexander with any uncle blames boris berezovsky for his death has been passed to scotland yard the man code was poisoned by radioactive polonium in two thousand and six and the stealth exiled tycoon wanted by russia is named among the masterminds. next maximizer and stays however take us behind the financial headlines to tell us what's really happening on wall street that's the kaiser report coming up next on r.t. . scotcher this is the kaiser report there and london is celebrating other elected officials stacey herbert let's talk about this. of the cooling she's going to be on a big barge floating down the. the senate oh that's exactly yes well she is one of the longest serving monarchs technocrats kleptocrats and we have the unelected j.p. morgan official of tony blair who's been in the news this week leveson inquiry press relations unhealthy says tony blair well the important part of this of course is that a

e.u. countries which will stick to a principled position and respect international law and the sovereignty of serbia over its course of territory but it would certainly be one step too far particularly to do that because he does have a nationalist constituency a patriotic constituency. to take care of as well and he's associated with them and they will he will not want under any circumstances to recognize as the session is because of formally the danger is of course that he does what party did we recognize the kind of secession this. kosovo albanians informally by giving them every attribute of a sovereign state you possibly can without actually formally recognize it as that would be the way that the e.u. would try to handle it in the majority of its members and i hope. it would manage to stay principled enough and strong enough to avoid the fate of falling in that direction what about domestically what sort of stability can we see there with politics in serbia if he does win which looks as if he has of course he'll have to co-exist will he not with a parliamentary coalition headed by ted

e.u. treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more than permanent austerity controlled by brussels this while a backlash against cuts sweeps across europe. the father of poisoned former russian security agent alexander litvinenko blames fugitive tycoon of boris berezovsky for his son's death but all of this in a video which is now being passed to scotland yard. on air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. live from moscow with me wrong reception the u.s. says it's time to consider taking direct action in syria even if that means going against international law this follows the massacre of more than one hundred people in the syrian town of houla with damascus and the rebels are blaming each other for the atrocity russia has about a block any moves for intervention at the u.n. but washington says the security council can be bypassed. still a test. well what was exactly said is the fact that the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice said that the syrian government is solely responsible for the massacres that took the massacre that took place in syria last week those those commen

bailouts which could mean further painful austerity for more on that aspect of this economic situation enjoyed by analysts next week as live from athens to research generally generally against the e.u. i.m.f. which would impose harsh austerity measures on the country what are the chances the parties on the left will win power. at the moment it seems from very initial polls that the policies of the lift will do well however a month is a long time in greece politics and we also have to understand something else that there is a bit of cognitive dissonance see it in the sense that if you ask most greeks about the bailout dash they're very happy to take it if you ask them whether they would rather be of the year with eighty percent will say yes if you ask them about the austerity of course they say no i think that they may be some ways that the memorandum can be renegotiated to take away the worst of the us there eat some of the supply side with loans and full greece today able to stay within the european union in that way but of course the political leaders have to come clean with the population and greece is said to run out of money as early as next month and the country lacks a unifi

e.u. member state which is putting the fiscal treaty to a vote. obviously european issues, aaron, among those that you're worrying about, no doubt, in the markets. but let's have a look at india, because that is a real worry, isn't it, one of the power houses for growth, and it's not quite falling off a cliff, but little a bit of a stumble. >> absolutely. we're talking about india's economic growth, measured g.d.p., gross domestic product, really hit the skids, if you will, the first three months of this year, 5.3%. that's what they got. everybody was expecting a figure of more than 6%, but now we're looking at one of the slowest growth rates in nine years. we haven't seen this since 2003. it really marks a dramatic slides in fortunes for a country that was used to growing at 9% or more. it was a country that had really combig ambitions to challenge china always the top economy t. is asia's third largest economy, but it's been dogged by high inflation and a weak currency. in fact, the rupee since july of last year has fallen 27%. in terms of value

e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more than a permanent stare and told by brussels while a backlash against pot sweeps across europe the plan will mean centralized process control of national budgets which those against it say means handing over sovereignty to the e.u. . and the father of the late former security officer as an infant and guy who died of radioactive poisoning in london in two thousand and six reveals the names of those he believes were behind his son's death itself exiled cycling varies very softly from brushes to ones britain to extradite is named among the masterminds. as they have minds here in r.t. in just a few moments al they're not discusses the world's gloomy economic future with an american author and member of the global business elite jim rogers. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. again a welcome to spotlight. on. today the gues

e.u. sociology, which mainstream sociology and it's just us producing inside a society that has the vision of labor. persists over at the multiple generations raised yon, cooperatively and has a division of labor, which basically to some degree are now offering. i've discovered looking, i invite colleagues that something like -- let's rounded off a little bit, and the history of life that new sociology has been reached. it's a very rare condition and it is very slow in coming. so up until about 250 million years ago there is not a single case, even though no lerch population and insects of all kinds and then when they got in the age where there is nothing we could see any sign-up for a good long while, we got things i in good time, when they appeared, these writer x, when they appeared, these writer x, when they appeared, these writer x took over the world. they a lot outweigh leverage in most habitat, all based on the lan. they outweighed 74 to one. in the fall of the vast insect mass, the answer loan can't even though they only have a tiny fraction of the species, about only one third. t

e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more permanent a spirity controlled by brussels while a backlash against cuts we've so cross if you are. the father of poisoned former washington your d.h. the example video blames for today's tycoon boris berezovsky or his son's death a video which has been passed to scotland yard. one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie the u.s. says it's time to consider taking direct action in syria even if that means go when against international law this follows the massacre of more than one hundred people in the syrian town of houla with damascus and the rebels blaming each other for the atrocity russia's vowed to block any moves for intervention at the u.n. but washington's has the security council can be bypassed charge is worried a fortnight has the latest. well what was exactly said is the fact that the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice said that the syrian government is solely responsible for the massacres that took the massacre that took place in syria last week those those comments were also echoed

e.u. fiscal treaty which poland state amounts to nothing more than permanent astaire and told by brussels while the backlash against cuts sweeps across europe. the father of the late former security officer alexander litvinenko died of radioactive poisoning london in two thousand and six reveals the names of those he believes were behind his son's death. of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie the u.s. says it's time to consider taking direct action in syria even if that means going against international law this follows the massacre of more than one hundred people in the syrian town of houla with damascus and the rebels blaming each other for the atrocity russia's vowed to block any moves for intervention add the un but washington says the security council can be bypassed artie's more enough work i has the latest. well what was exactly said is the fact that the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice said that the syrian government is solely responsible for the massacres that took the massacre that took place in syria last week those those comments were also echoe

e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more than permanent stare and control by brussels while a backlash against cuts sweeps across europe. and the father of the late former russian security officer alexander of any onco who died of radioactive poisoning in london in two thousand and six reveals the names of those he believes were behind the son's death. and in the business bulletin the version of the markets in the first hour of trading a rebound from wednesday's losses all the details in about twenty minutes. it is eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie the u.s. says it's time to consider taking direct action in syria even if that means going against international law as follows the massacre of more than one hundred people in the syrian town of houla with damascus and the rebels blaming each other for the atrocity russia is valid to block any moves for intervention at the u.n. but washington says the security council can be bypassed are just merida pork ny has the latest. well what was exactly said is the fact that the u.s. ambassado

permanent staff selected candidates are then placed on a reserve list for about a year from which various e.u. institutions can choose if you keep people reserve list this list is only valid for a certain time off to which these people probably find jobs so where's the value added in that the cost of hiring people could be much higher we also need to select people on the broader. geographical bases so we need to make sure that people from all countries be presented there is an additional cost for that she adds that in an exercise comparing the cost of each new hire and twenty nine international bodies including the world bank and the united nations episodes average cost per person is still lower but in this context. where millions of jobless e.u. citizens are hanging by a thread critics say that no amount of justification is going to make this situation appear like taxpayers' money well spent yes or sylvia r.t. brussels. you're with r.t. on air and online twenty four hours a day so ahead for you in this hour of the over the strong arm of the law go rages in the u.s. over an alarming rise and

e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say amounts to nothing more than permanent austerity controlled by brussels and this while a backlash against the cuts sweeps across europe the plan will mean centralized to brussels control of national budgets which those against it say means ultimately handing over one sovereignty to be. and a video which the father of the late former russian security agent. blames that boris berezovsky for his death video is now going along to scotland yard live in ankara was poisoned by radioactive polonium in two thousand and six in the tycoon wanted by russia is named among the masterminds. are next here on oxy your hard earned cash is slowly being stolen from you on a daily basis and the only man with an explanation of how or why is max keiser and the cost report right now. i am i stutter this is the kaiser report there and london is celebrating all the elected officials states europe let's talk about this. of the cooling she's going to be on a big barge floating down the. the senate oh that's exactly yes well she is one of the longest serving monarchs technocrats klep

e.u./u.s. security policy have close working relation with department of state policy coordinator's offices, and this is also a field which is developing quickly. so what could be the agenda? if we have the tools now, if we have the will, if we should have, on the e.u. side soon, the agenda, what could happen? first, rule of law which could preserve open and free cyberspace. but we need for that norms of behavior inside cyberspace, norms of behavior. we have as another domain existing laws and rules which have to apply and implement, and this is a very technical challenge. as commissioner malmstrom explained to you for budapest convention, before conflict in cyberspace we have dimension of cyber convention but also some results of some -- [inaudible] we also had in new york. we have international humanitarian -- [inaudible] in the cyberspace. and confidence measures are important, and we think should be, could be developed to stabilize cyberspace. the principles of human right laws apply. and to have the common vision on -- [inaudible] essentially f we want to shape the agenda. secondly, on cyber crime and cybersecurity w

of the second largest party has refused to join any administration which pledges to stick to the country's bailout agreement with the e.u. and i.m.f. if a last ditch attempt to form a national government fails new elections will follow the greeks are deeply divided over harsh budget cuts which came as the price of international cash injection is continued the e.u. has already warned that money will continue to flow only if things stick to agreed austerity measures the german finance minister said the eurozone will deal with the greek exit from the single currency should it happen. crisis management a.c.m. partners says the block is now trying to save face as turmoil is unavoidable but. you're basically. trying to tell the world the markets generally is that look if greece doesn't agree to these are steered the measures or continue to propel them that you know that. i stared measures that we put in place for the second bailout then we are we're going comfortable allowing greece to play all i think what's really interesting about the three collections and i do think that there will be a second round of elections is that t

e.u. austerity policy now with sarkozy going and merkel's party suffering a major setback in sunday's local elections which direction do you think the e.u. might shift. while we have a long period of time. seeing the. killin sarkozy corp. i think it's going to change not. only faces but they think the way we see europe we see europe and also the way we see the economy itself we. utilize human resource. always you know two resources and we need to use drugs we can do the jobs it seems you need there's maybe you can see at least these two barely believe that people is going to. another thirty degrees is going to screw this the closer to me that it's come out as a from daily grease star thank you. deadly sectarian violence linked to syria's unrest has shaken neighboring lebanon in its northern city of tripoli at least two people were killed in clashes between sunni muslims posed president assad and alawite supporters of the syrian leader meanwhile syria itself claims it's being targeted by a terrorist alliance comprised of al qaida and elements backed by regional powers the country's been enduring a series of

franz heads to the polls in a runoff but which will define whether nicolas sarkozy will get the latest e.u. leaders and what he's opposed by the crippling debt crisis. there gyptian presidential campaign is marred by escalating violence as protests against the miniature rulers turn from being peaceful and and and deadly clashes. plus anti-government rallies expected in moscow a day before pledging a putin take so that from dmitri medvedev as russia's president. and up next it were explored the connection between big banks and the revolutionary drive across the globe as we talk to also and a war correspondent chris hedges. chris hedges is an american author journalist former war correspondent and respected expert on middle east politics the pulitzer prize winner is also a man who is suing the us president and secretary of defense will be talking about that and a range of other issues as mr hedges joins me now for a one on one interview thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. sure we have seen a lot of violence and instability over the past couple of years the arab spring foreign inte