of europe for centuries and. centuries deeply quite patronize you know i think it's wrong i mean i get it demonstrates that you're a man of the far right the you're a man and you're closely associated with the far right than a mainstream society muslims are being part of europe for generations to suggest that some of the times you're telling me to essentially it sir. for with century muslims if they have been in my country there have been they have been studying the real base in the last thirty years so this is not in centuries a well have been lost. been muslims have been muslims in bosnia and that's all what we know about it and they were there because of there was many compiler doesn't i'm sorry but they were if you allow all i this is a point peter that the friend from from the from cooper nagin some somehow thinks that the bosnian war was caused by the bosnian muslims and no bite and borno by deserves it demonstrates to you his agenda is about opposing islam opposing muslims always constantly attacking our f

and europe is not islamic and have not been muslim country. they have been here i think i think you know i think he's actually right or wrong that you need to ask you right i'm sorry would respect have been part of the d.n.a. of europe for centuries and to suggest a solution is really just. twenty of centuries deeply quite patronize you know i think it's wrong i mean i get it demonstrates that you're a man of the far right the you're a man you're closely associated with the far right than a mainstream society muslims are being part of europe for generations i do suggest there's some ominous signs of telling me to essentially. with century muslims if they have been in my country there have been they have been studying the real base in the last thirty years so this is not in centuries a well have been muslims have been muslims that have been muslims in bosnia and that's all what we know about it and they were there because of there was many compiler wasn't i'm sorry but if they were if you all are this is the point peter that the friend from fro

for countries that are these emerging democracies instead europe in the u.s. are talking about handing over billions of dollars to the middle eastern mediterranean to countries torn apart by revolution and unrest and despite the opposition in the u.k. there are also some who believe it's the duty of developed countries to help those in trouble we're lucky to have a democracy. democracy israel i think the middle east needs our help it's going to. question transition that's the moment. to despise our problems are told we can't just close up we have to look at the worst place we lived but it may not be as simple as that unlike europe after the second world war egypt and. they're developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid package the government's made extensive attempts to build relations build up regimes which now being destroyed whether we're looking at military aid over the years to egypt or what we're looking at its big deal tony blair was shaking hand

can we engage europe's central power and think about a new world in which europe is not the center of, uh, the dynamism that we see, and can we harness the potential of the trans-atlantic relationship to deal with rising powers elsewhere, lots of issues that are confronting us. >> charles, you've told us no need for a special relationship. why? >> i wouldn't disagree with what dan just said in terms of what germany can offer the united states. there should be a good, strong partnership, but if the question is a special relationship, ala u.s./britain or u.s./israel, then i would say that kind of relationship is neither desirable or feasible. it's not desirable because i think the united states should work with the e.u. as a collective entity, not with individual e.u. member states. and when we work with individual e.u. member states, that tends to come at the expense of their willingness to participate in a broader european enterprise. the british, for example, very skittish about the e.u. the polls, again, tilting towards relations with the u.s. not strengthening the e.u. in the big s

they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and while we were sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated world populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers but just recently the peace was disturbed after the recent revolution in tunisia in just two weeks the island became flooded with a wave of refugees many spend their entire days this wandering around town there have already been reports of thirst and vandalism and several have been arrested we've been talking to the locals and some of them or you know afraid to come out on the streets when it's dark it takes around three days to seal from tunisia to lampedusa and these are some of the actual boats used by the refugees to get here and you can see they're not really that big so it's really hard to believe that sometimes up to three hundred people can cram on eac

can we engage europe's central power and think about a new world in which europe is not the center of, uh, the dynamism that we see, and can we harness the potential of the trans-atlantic relationship to deal with rising powers elsewhere, lots of issues that are confronting us. >> charles, you've told us no need for a special relationship. why? >> i wouldn't disagree with what dan just said in terms of what germany can offer the united states. there should be a good, strong partnership, but if the question is a special relationship, ala u.s./britain or u.s./israel, then i would say that kind of relationship is neither desirable or feasible. it's not desirable because i think the united states should work with the e.u. as a collective entity, not with individual e.u. member states. and when we work with individual e.u. member states, that tends to come at the expense of their willingness to participate in a broader european enterprise. the british, for example, very skittish about the e.u. the polls, again, tilting towards relations with the u.s. not strengthening the e.u. in the big s

things the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial that we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what the europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually coordinating among some of the governments that are most affected the instruments. to the international community in the short term are very limited i mean imagine if in two months time colonel gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done and clearly one obvious thing to do or one immediate thing that could be done is a visa ban on the regime if the violence continue at this rate. that would at least avoid color and prevent colon a gadhafi from traveling europe and put up his tent in several european capitals as he has done over the past few years anything beyond that introducing the freezing of assets is going to be more complicated but clearly ta

nato miss our shield in europe but creating this is no easy task some republican senators in the us have proposed the pentagon deploy an anti-missile radar in georgia russia's neighbor moscow is opposed to such facilities close to its borders saying they threaten the country's security some experts doubt long term american military presence in georgia is possible but many agree and new u.s. base in central asia will most likely appear before too long. and welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being with us it says it's a privilege having you so well first of all let's start let's start with the news from washington where four republican senators are calling on the administration to place a part of the missile defense radar in georgia rather than putting it in turkey well is this proposal acceptable because georgia is not a nato country well for the moment we're not close within nato to deciding where we're going to put radars were at the very very beginning of the process of determining what this missile defense program will look like and part of determining what it will

on europe and the world. rising oil prices really like a tax on consumers which will force many to do vigils to pay more at the pump to fill that tanks and it will leave them with less disposable income and money to buy other stop the calculation is very simple here and of course high oil prices may lead to full food heating cravell everything and deplete consumer spending power we'll have more analysis in just about ten minutes time in our business program so see you in the studio absolutely thanks very much for this fuel you're there. and russia is marking that a fan or of the fatherland day paid tribute to the nation's army servicemen and war veterans people are flowers and war monuments across the country president returning to b.f. has placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the kremlin wall in moscow the holidays are also seen as the unofficial man's day russia major fireworks display will also take place in moscow and other cities tonight. and hundreds of thousands of people living with a

they hope will be their gateway to europe.t is hard to say how many migrants have arrived in recent weeks. some estimates say of to 7000 come from chinese alone. more than 1000 in a single night. many italians. the migrants will soon be arving in the hundreds of thousands. the german government says the european union should help italy but that it does not want to take an economic refugees. >> distributing the refugees around europe cannot beat the solution. most of these people are fleeing neither political persecution or war or anything resembling civil war. that means that the decisive task is to help mediterranean states secure their borders. >> opposition parties say that european union member states have a duty to take in refugees. >> it is not about building higher walls. it is about acknowledging and dealing with the chaotic situation. we need to stop building defense systems in cooperation with dictatorial regimes. >> countless migrants from across africa are languishing in libya camps only a tiny minority managed to

wave of immigrants fleeing the turmoil in north africa could inundate the country as the rest of europe gets ready to foot the refugee bill. as greeks fight back against all stirred sea measures it comes on fears that billions of dollars in aid is going to the middle east at the expense of europeans the details of me coming up. and hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting lifesaving drugs. six am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t we start tonight in italy where rome has been raising the alarm about the potential influx of up to three hundred. thousand libyans with the country in the throes of a possible civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the an arrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already fled italy's southernmost point lampedusa close european shore to the troubled region that's where r t z or piskun of joins us with more. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see a tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighty

brings us the latest on greece and the state of europe's economy. all the elements of a perfect storm for many citizens here in the u.s. the worst possible time to be pumping cash into uncertain regimes what with the economic tensions and the economic problems here in the e.u. at the moment not only in the soft underbelly of europe as we've been seeing in reports this hour but it's richest states as well greece is paralyzed at the moment with a nationwide strike hundreds of thousands of workers have left the job to protest as the recession there goes from bad to worse and more than one in three young people there are a unemployed at the moment interior ministers of southern e.u. states like italy and spain are meeting to find a way to stop the desperate migrants from north africa the middle east who are trying to come to the sure trying to battle and floor find a way of managing is something. called the chancellor of germany is giving a speech today to say that the financial problems of many of those southern e.u. states will not spread to germany o

europe's in danger of drowning under a wave of illegal immigrants. north africa and the middle east as many as three hundred. nations around the world. billion dollar democracy package. but many are desperately needed at home people crippling. the state. level corruption and mismanagement. in short supply. you with a. welcome to the program. three hundred thousand illegal immigrants could arrive in the country as they flee the ongoing bloodshed in libya the italian foreign minister is warning of an exodus of biblical proportions from north africa across the region has already seen thousands of refugees from. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and more leaders sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated world populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers but just recently

we would like to have inclusions through the mediterranean and europe. i hope that europe will live up to its commitments and offer protection and assistance to are fleeing a war. >> as debate continues, the consensus on assistance for those affected still seems a long way away. >> germany has lifted his travel warning for egypt. this comes as berlin moves to normalize relations with the transitional vernnt in cairo. the minister paid a visit to the capital with promises of more economic and development aid. >> the german foreign minister visited tahrir square. only two weeks earlier, it had been the focal point of the country's resolution -- revolution. now, they enthusiastically received their german guests. there are offers of assistance. >> this is unacceptable for a lead to use violence against his own people in this way. we welcome the clear line taken by the international community. >> he called for sanctions to be imposed on the gadhafi regime. egypt can look forward to german assistance on their path to democracy. >> we will closely coordinate e

vonnegut enters combat in europe. he is captured during the battle of the bulge. soon he is riding in a boxcar with other american p.o.w. to dresden a supposedly safe german city unlikely to be bombed. so dresden was this beautiful, cultural city that was not a military target. as vonnegut rode in on a train, he was able to view this beautiful city, and then he was placed in a slaughterhouse where the rest of the prisoners of war were held. his slaughterhouse was slaughterhouse five. over here we have an exhibit that we call the dresden exhibit that it's really his world war ii experience that became so important in his writing and his world view later in his life. i'll start with his, a photo that was taken right he was released -- after he was released as a prisoner of war. along with fellow prisoners. we also have his purple heart that was donated by his son, mark vonnegut, to us. he received the purple heart for frostbite, and kurt vonnegut was embarrassed to have received the purple heart for frostbite when so many of his friends had suffered from other types

of eastern europe expected. to have a deal with him but it didn't warrant saw. sanctions or rather symbolic so there are noise konami. pressure on the question yet unlike united states by the way we should be imposed just economic sanctions the european union preferred to be just political ok you are saying that the sanctions don't work and you're also saying the opposition is weakened bellary so what chance do we see of democracy ever winning in that country. in the short term perspective i don't see a big chance for that because position is weak and of course the position is heavily heavily damaged by a recent wave of repressions at the same time i don't believe that in the middle of europe. heart. of the retire in the rule can last for for a long time saw in a couple of years time. situation availability will change thank you very much for your. editor in chief of russia in global affairs magazine thank you. now a unique admission replicating a return trip to mars reached an important milestone this week frid

and the interest rate policy in europe is impossible to do. because you need lower interest rates for the poor weaker countries. you need higher interest rates to stem inflation in germany. that gonna be a big dilemma. i don't go as far as george soros who said this will tear europe apart. but i do think when you're looking at that kind of dynamic, europe is going to have more problems. >>sager: alan the development in tunisia, and the ripple effect across the region are overshadowing the forumhere. is there concern in the corridors that this contagious will spread to the rich oil producing countries in the gulf? >>friedman: in a word no. the concern is more about egypt. we have seen violence and unrest in egypt this week.we've seen definitely that the post tunisian situation is emboldening north african nations. there's a whole another story playing out in lebanon where hezbola is now calling the shots. but i would say the saudi arabian situation in the gulf emirates are not at risk from this kind of uprising. for a variety of reasons that ar

and across europe. over many decades of fostering different separate communities. you know in a way that was well meaning but in a way that has failed because those communities of remain separate people have not embraced a single identity that binds them together and i think therefore if we talk about states state about multiculturalism yes it has failed ok but you're talking about state backed multiculturalism here you're saying it's partly to blame but there are other politicians in the e.u. who say that immigrants who fail to integrate they also to blame can you just cut straight through to the chase here is there someone or some group who we can truly blame for this. well i think. what the politicians have said is that it is the it's the government's responsibility and i think governments have to be held to account i'm loath to blame people that are that are coming here i mean it is incumbent upon both the state that is hosting immigrant communities and also on those communities themselves so i think it's a bit of both but i think i think what the politicians.

>>friedman: that really makes you a europe wide company. i know you have been expanding outside italy, what are your activities in emerging market countries, in asia, or elsewhere? >>castellucci: of course our main target for next year is to continue to invest into the italian network to developto the bottleneck the network, but we are also proceeding very fast on the internationalization >>we are building or managing toll roads in india and brazil, we are participating to new tenders and we are talking to potential partners to consolidate the business in those countries. >>friedman: and are there other markets that you are interested in: china, south east asia, the middle east thatyou are interested in? any of those places? >>castellucci: yes, but for the short and medium term our main priority is to go deeper in those countries where we are present, india and brazil are continents and we believe that we can play a significant role inthose markets without dispersing the resources elsewhere. >>friedman: so are those markets rather that old

europe response. the eu condemned the violence in libya and tells its citizens to get out of the country. >> oil prices hit 2.5-year highs as countries moved international staff out of libya. >> there are reports coming to us that military planes and helicopters around our five -- are not faring in the crowds of and that as government protesters in the libyan capital. libyan state television said a large-scale operation is now under way, aimed at what it calls pockets of terrorism. all phone connections to libya have been cut. we do know that at least 60 people are reported dead in tripoli, and muslim clerics are calling their followers to join the protesters. we begin our coverage with this report. >> a convoy of vehicles left tripoli traveling at high speed. eyewitnesses said members of gaddafi's close families -- close family were sitting in the suv's. unconfirmed reports say the libyan military has bombed crowds. the government controls the media, so there is no way of verifying the claims. even l

is most likely to suffer the most out of this wave of unrest tourists europe europe is yet like of course i already know already started last week my prediction in the wall street journal is they paid the price if you read the article. first boats arriving from tunisia of people just want to entry to the day the boats you know arrive in these islands they have a plan to do is a. is the island's first i said in the article that be refugees because you're bizarre the upheaval tourism industry is that so right away people have no money so they made the immigration and this is a big problem for europe illegal immigration coming in and of course from a business point of view egypt did much more business with europe the united states and the states was providing strategic support not only weapons to egypt but the business of the europeans gone holiday shoppers say and you know if there is an islamist government in egypt you can forget about going to the beach and some say europe is much more close to tunisia in egypt than you neistat so you're quite hawkish on iran to pray mildly if you believe

it's the same thing in europe.germany pulled out of the euro and created a new deutschmark, the deutschmark would go up so much that they'd lose all their customers-- the point you were making. so there's sort of a balance of financial terror in europe as well. so the germans keep reluctantly bailing out ireland and greece and portugal and... - and something we see in europe that is reminiscent of the '30s that i don't think we've seen in north america is violence in the streets. so people are dying now through riots, protests, and so on, but that was true in the '30s here, too. in winnipeg... ...in new york city, in ludlow, and... - sure, there was violence, there were strikes, a lot of people forget. - could we, if we play it wrong, have some of that here? - well, i think the politics are ultimately where the tire meets the pavement on this thing, because if the public won't stand for deflation in areas that are being forced to deflate, then the governments don't have any... they can't sustain the situation, so t

says it's politicians lack of action that lead europe's to europe's immigration crisis it's the fault of the governments not facing the facts standing up to reality standing up to the social phenomena popping up throughout europe in sweden and denmark as well you can you can't blame a whole. group of people for not doing this or that but you can you can blame the politicians for not dealing with the problems not not turning them into subjects can be criticized and and deep it is that we've allowed that too much multiculturalist doc mazin top issues to being represented in the public sphere and now we've gone gone even further to practice legislation against hate speech against the defamation and limiting the free speech and and the soul which is european we have to start opening up to criticism and start forming a new policy. and the united states known as the world's biggest cultural melting pot seems not always to achieve a good mix either later today we report on how white supremacists still want deep within society here some of what to expect. are. going. to rally will sell lots o

europe hasn't made it past the point of no return. it is not yet a union that is deep enough to withstand a serious reversal. i would simply say the jury is out as to whether this pause in the european project is just yet another period of second guessing, soon to be replaced by the next step towards deeper union, or whether we are actually witnessing the high water mark of europe. and in the clears ahead, we will see europe begin to cycle in reverse. i think it would be a problem if that happens. i think the united states desperately needs a collective europe as a partner. but unfortunately, the united states has very little ability to affect this process of renationalization that's taking place in europe. >> we are going to take two more questions. first from tom dyckman, then from the gentleman in the center. >> the process that you has been talking about typically takes a good deal of time and a lot of hard work. we seem to be faced right now with some very serious problems that don't have that time to deal with, in particular i'm

migrants from egypt seeking a refuge in europe some countries fear the e.u. is in danger of losing control of its border adding fuel to a fierce debate over multiculturalism on the continent. and business is looking at potentially one of the biggest deals in russia's banking sector that's the acquiring the bank of moscow the russian capital chances of becoming a global financial center find out in twenty minutes time. worldwide news live from moscow this is art well both sides hope to cement the trend towards more positive relations as a foreign minister sort of visits the british capital this is the first high level visit since ties deteriorated following the killing of former federal security service agent alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six. he was a. high low or so a broad range of subjects were discussed we were watching the press conference just a short while ago. talk to us about the steps that have been agreed upon which will help improve bilateral relations. well this was a media briefing that said caleb rauf and william hague coun

eight am here in moscow this is r t thanks for joining us now after decades of mass immigration into europe major leaders are lining up to say multicultural societies is not working but in austria free speech activists is on trial for saying more or less the same thing elizabeth some of their faces of three years in prison for inciting religious hatred after she criticized and shari'a law r.t. if you got that he got reports from vienna. it was just a night with. a european citizen peacefully debating islam with a muslim is nothing unusual in a multicultural country like little stream but it's a topic not always discussed in such gentle fashion but i do mean not to burn the koran out about your readers. studying what is. learned how to. know your enemy elizabeth subject to change has been on trial in a vienna court on charges of may. what is described as a hate speech against islam a left wing all strand magazine recorded and published a speech at one of his seminars lending who are important i have nothing against people who want to practice their faith. but i would like them to do this in

effectively will lose all semblance of control -- peripheral europe. now, what is a child entitled to expect in a world controlled by adults? there's the united nations convention, but as the news tells us every day, it means nothing in many places. a british children's author whose books sell all over the world, decided to visit israel and gaza, the setting for his book, "the kites are flying." here is his personal account. and that a couple of years ago, i wrote a story about max, who makes a film about the wall that divides palestinians and israelis, about a young boy on the palestinian side and a girl on the israeli side. they become friends who fly their kites. to them, the wall is a barrier. max c. is anger and despair all- around, but in the children, the beginnings of hope. i was brought here to israel first and then to gauze that as an ambassador for save the children to see the work they do and find out on the ground whether or not the children on both sides see a chance for peace or whether my book was sentimental nonsense. who is the black

member states all the anniversary was marred by a recent council of europe report alleging that cos of both leaders including the current prime minister were involved in crimes during the war of the one nine hundred ninety nine and clued executions abductions that organ trafficking claims claims which serbia wants the u.n. security council to investigate a marker for the british serbian alliance for peace says the u.s. and the e.u. did not look into it earlier because their roles in what happened would have emerged. the key thing is we go back to those eleven years to when serbia was being bombed when people were being butchered on bridges in schools and hospitals or rowing stations where people were being killed in the name of our supposedly good albanian leadership that needed protecting with its population those crimes that were committed a great service at that time was so huge that to admit that in fact the reality was that the albanians that the us was sponsoring at the time were indeed stealers and slavers and villains in a variety of different kinds would be to the legitimize o