the prime minister he saw the task was assessable so now the european commission that he has just been elected by secret ballot of m.v.p.'s on the cabinet you are just one he's now been elected head of the european commission that is the body that's now investigating tax havens so whereas the netherlands and all of their profit cooperating with this luxembourg has to lead european commission or you can have to go to court to get any documents that you want on this so again no conflict of interest the man who's overseeing looks a bit can tax even is now in charge of the investigation into tax havens which luxembourg is the biggest. one l. japan's io definition attacks in other words here in the u.k. in the city of london the biggest example of potus real prosecution schemes for example where banks are reselling the same bonds one hundred times two hundred times five hundred times padding corporate balance sheets accordingly and hiding billions and hundreds of billions of dollars of the laundered money i mean h.s.b.c. was involved in a huge money laundering scandal barclays caught riggin

hours the president of the european commission a man let's not forget who only a year ago was forced to resign as prime minister of luxembourg. promise of a thousand years of recent scandal despite least of his that all right and he does straight back right and david cameron was again says point as well correct yeah absolutely and then of course doing that very awkward sort of high five was the moment he got in realised he's going to have to deal with this guy what's the counterargument what are the people say other side's argument why are they for it well i would imagine almost nobody would vote to go into the you now if we went down. and the only five years parties i think it's a lot to do with the status quo the fact that we are there people seem to think it is a free trade union it's not as you would know it's a customs union and it's a very bureaucratic and difficult one one of the main arguments is people say well three million jobs are associated with the e.u. therefore we will lose three million jobs if we get out of the e.u. well three million jobs all right to be trading wi

today the actions of the european commission are not enough producers are expecting more support in response as they send their products to the poor or food banks produces expect compensation for the products they have already spoiled the money provided today would not compensate the actual losses. that after the break the more on the economic and political situation in ukraine in a world apart. our famous partition twitting that off. foreign government is using excessive force against protesting citizens does this mean we're going to see yet another intervention to democratize their government into the dirt like in iraq or libya wait wait nothing is going to happen because that politician is russian but why is this so why can the police beat up or terrorize protesters in some countries but in others if you lift one finger you're going to get a nato lesson in human rights well the answer is simple this tweet and any attempts to intervene from do a member of what happened because unlike what they tell you in school might does it make right for young uns out there old grandpa kirby remembers t

political leaders have been instructing or in the european commission to come forward with the commission of -- with initiatives of various sorts and that can have a positive effect. the treaty also offers the opportunity to the european to come forward with legislation in certain fields. it states explicitly that it can request the commission to submit any proposal matters on which it .onsiders that the union act clearly, the commission, the council and the parliament should and would work together. so, the european parliament has in suggestingtive ideas for future legislation, and it's important to take those as starting points for how and why this particular project was born because it was not one day when somebody said why didn't we analyze 25 different policy areas and suggest how additional gdp could be generated or whether there could be a rationalization of public .pending that has been the effect, if you like. it started in individual committees. they were individually doing work where they felt there was european action that was needed. sometimes it was the general kind. sometim

in march, the european union agreed on a package which the european commission proposed. half a billion euros in loops and grants have been mobilized by the european commission as part of package. over a billion in loans could be released in the coming months, and we are ready to consider further financial assistance should needs be identified by the i.m.f. during its next review submission. lateral trade measures have resulted in a 14% increase in ukranian exports to the european union in recent months. this is unprecedented, a boost of exports of ukraine to the european union. it's a way to compensate to some lose that is the ukranian economy is feeling because of conflict with russia. the european commission set up a support book to make sure the e-ukrainians have access to information. this is part and parcel of an overall political solution. we expect the upcoming elections to help accelerate such refunds. only a politically stable economical viable ukraine can ensure and consolidate its own independence. finally, we are ready to host a conference at the end of the y

germany's lufthansa has called on the european commission to reject the deal, citing the use of illegalate aid to break competition rules. they will need to get commission approval before they are officially able to take off. >> staying in the airline business, tragedy struck carrier malaysia airlines. it is facing a complete overhaul . the fund already owns around 70% and will buy out the other shareholders. malaysia airlines was already in trouble financially before it was hit by two major disasters. since then it is estimated the airline has lost $2 million a day. meanwhile, the federal aviation authority in the united states is barring u.s. airlines from flying over iraq. the faa cites the armed conflict in iraq as militants their fight security forces. it comes only hours after the isis state started and strikes over military targets. the ban applies to all u.s. carriers, but non-us carriers have already stopped flying over iraq. british airways said on friday it would reroute its flights that usually cross iraq year space. we have seen a lot of attention on geopolitical tensions i

the ukrainian president was welcomed by the european commission president to what many see as a meeting about war and peace. later, he announced an aid package to help stabilize the ukrainian economy and help rebuild war-torn eastern ukraine. but his warning to russia could not have been clearer. ,> we are in a very serious dramatic situation. we may see a situation where we reach a point of no return. if the escalation of the conflict continues, this point of no return can come. lateieve it is not yet too to find a political solution. >> with reports of uniformed russian troops joining russian-backed rebels in the east, ukrainian leader emphasized the situation was far more than a regional conflict. >> we are talking about the fate of ukraine. tomorrow, it could be about the security and stability of the whole of europe. that is what our negotiation today is crucially important for all of us. ofthe most immediate effect the ukraine conflict may be seen later in the day as brussels elects new leadership. an eastern european candidate seems likely to become council president, an unlikely

which is based on funding from the european union budget, and as the minister directly by the european commission. for thearrangements pooling of national moneys in the form of the european come fromt fund which 20 different streams and where the european commission is a service provider to coordinated. 28 national have development policies. muchlations vary as to how misallocation of resources follows from this. we have done our own analysis of this winch suggest that simply a these,programming of coordination, would result in a savings every year. if there were to be gentlemen pooling of the policies we could be talking about tone billion euros -- 10 billion euros. this kind of work, brought together from the different committees, sometimes from legislative proposals, sometimes from general areas where there could be a better allocation of resourceses -- of could translate these figures into one coherent whole. highlights a debate that has been going on in the think tank and intellectual community of the member states of the benefits of eu spending and the potential efficiency gains from a bett

today the actions of the european commission and not enough producers are expecting more support in response as they say in their products to the poor or food banks producers expect compensation for the products they have already spoiled the money provided today would not compensate the actual losses so it's r.t. international brand new poll suggests americans are increasingly unwilling to debate the scope of government surveillance online the trend now even has its own name the spiral of silence the study also challenges the view of social media as a platform for debate by suggesting sites like facebook and twitter actually encourage self-censorship eighty six percent of americans apparently will now only discuss last year's revelations by edward snowden in private face to face conversation but. family and friends the survey also suggests only forty two percent of all facebook and twitter users feel comfortable discussing cyber spying online the reporter also suggests the self-censorship used on the internet could be leaking into real life with people less likely to express unpopular views

today the actions of the european commission are not enough producers are expecting more support in response as they say in their products to the poor or food banks producers expect compensation for the products they have already spoiled the money provided today would not compensate the actual losses. and some news just in for president putin has just made a statement addressing the self-defense forces fighting troops in eastern ukraine is address comes as tensions in the region and once again spiked president putin said that russia will be providing humanitarian aid to ukraine's embattled eastern region he said that what is happening now in the. east of the nation is a humanitarian catastrophe the russian president once again reiterated calls for a cease fire urging the parties to take part in for the talks early ukraine and accused russian troops of trespassing over the border a moscow dismissed those allegations saying that kid is out of touch with reality and i hope you stay with us of the very latest news headlines for you at the top of the hour next month since they say they'll be bust

america countries not to spand the area trade with russia in the wake of moscow's food embargo a european commission spokesperson tells r t what exactly that even means by not pressuring. we are basically explaining them or. i would you would be. trying to from the current circumstances. more of that interview later in the program here in our national. fortune arteta national coming to you live from moscow with me marina josh welcome to the program more of america's allies are getting involved in iraq france says it will now join the u.s. in sending weapons to kurdish resistance forces in their fight against islamic state hardest meanwhile the british prime minister has cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis and let's now cross live to our correspondent poorly boyko who joins us now live from london well polly why is this rapid european response taking place now. well david cameron went straight into that cobra emergency meeting as soon as he got back from holiday he'd been in portugal with this family and he came under some criticism from some members of parliament for failing to cut the tri

sanctions are imposed both sides are affected but for now peter sound a spokesman for of the european commission thank you so much for sharing your views and thoughts here now there are dark days i had for finland economists say the country is heading for years of recession the tit for tat sanctions with russia are hitting the nordic country hard and it could take a decade to recover europe is going to offload how the trade war is being fought. for the past few months we've definitely been witnessing a rising tensions between russia and the west but what's happening now is already being described by many as a full blown trade war first in late july the e.u. slapped russia with sanctions targeting whole sectors of its economy four major banks were hit and one airline was completely grounded but then russia announced counter measures banning the import of billions of euros worth of fruit vegetables meat dairy and other products european producers are the worst hit and brussels has to compensate the losses the problem is the size of its emergency fund is around four hundred million euros while the

the creation of the new european commission is also topical.o be talking about sanctions with ukraine. that is the prime minister of spain saying that the economy is creating net jobs once again. we believe that there for a moment and come back to the top headlines. ukraine announced an increase in military spending before peace talks with vladimir putin tomorrow. a $3ne president has billion increase in defense spending. vladimir putin will meet with trade talks in minsk. have gained control of tripoli's airport. weeks of fighting triggered an accident with foreigners. libby is defunct parliament will resume sessions. that could set the stage for a leadership vacuum. hamas leaders have declared that they are not close to giving up in the violent conflict with israel in the gaza strip. warned thatanyahu any target connected with hamas or other militant groups in the area would be considered a target and should be evacuated. let's check in on the markets right now. jonathan ferro has the details. it is a quiet day given that there is no london i

. >> the european commission has pledged 125 billion euros to fruit and vegetable growers who say they are unfairly bearing the brunt of the sanctions. you haveole idea if got supply and demand following the russian restrictions, there is much more supply on the market. this is aimed at reducing the level of supply so prices do not drop below or to crisis levels. will last until november. it is destined to growers of terrance, apples, or carrots, and pairs and other products. they asked ordered fruit and vegetables to russia taking the total to over 2 billion. the new measures are an extension of a deal announced last week to [indiscernible] the import ban is impacting the economies of lithuania and poland. dairy, and fish products. the eu says it will continue to market -- monitor market development. >> their hopes of a export led recovery. exports fell half of 1% and turkey.ell 8% in and 14% in russia which has its own economic crisis and that figure in russia could be worse as this data was collected before moscow imposed that food ban. russia has said there is no harbor u.s.-made i

the european commission has expressed regret over russia's ban. >> the european union regrets the announcement by the russian federation of measures which will target imports of food and agricultural products. the announcement is clearly politically motivated. >> the commission said the eu's restrictive measures are directly linked with the illegal annexation of crimea and destabilization of ukraine. it added it reserves the right to take action as appropriate. >>> millions of chinese turned to social media to express themselves in ways they could not do otherwise. users of messaging apps iv have to register their real names. they'll have to sign an agreement promising to uphold the law. they won't be able to share political news without approval. >>> providers of some services will have to assign staff to deal with messages government officials view as inappropriate. the measures taur get apps such as we chat. >>> nhk has obtained the draft of a forthcoming statement by the chairman of the association of southeast asia nations. it will encourage progress between japan and north korea on a lon

the 5.4 billion euro project is funded by the european commission. it has been plagued by delays and has gone well over budget at a time of economic belt-tightening across the region. some are also concerned about the big or other potential of such technology. galileo will not just be able to work at where you are in a street, but also in a building. all 30 satellites needed for the system to operate are expected to be in orbit by 2020. >> a reminder of our top stories. public executions in gaza. 18 palestinians have been killed a gunman linked to hamas. they are accused of linking secret information to israel. shia militias attacked a sunni mosque in iraq. at least 17 people have been killed and scores of others wounded. moscow tohouse urges remove its tracks from ukraine or "face the consequences here co. the convoy -- face the consequences." the international community is not convinced it is a humanitarian convoy. time for business. hildebrand is with me in the studio. we start with the big story of the day, central bankers gathering in the u.s..

are ready to have negotiations, including representatives of the european commission, in order to prevent any unnecessary frictions with russia on this issue. poroshenko, itt is a day of symbolism and the prelude to ukraine's independence day celebrations. our correspondent has been covering the visit of the chancellor. we asked her if president poroshenko is happy with the level of support he is getting from germany. >> i think he can be satisfied with what chancellor merkel said today. she used this visit to strengthen his position. she seems to know very well that the ukrainian president is in the hot seat because not everyone here welcomes his , the fact thate he is ready to tell president to change he wants the constitution in order to win more regional autonomy. so, he wanted to send a clear signal by praising the russian course, by promising financial germanylear signal that supports poroshenko. merkel did not say much about russia, she just said it was not the right moment to talk about new sanctions, although they cannot be ruled out. many people i talked to in kiev germany was b

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european commission says the move is aimed at preventing an oversupply on the european market which could drag prices down and hurt growers. eurozone recovery has ground to a halt, according to new numbers from the eu statistics office which showed growth in the second quarter at 0%. analysts blame the slowdown on sluggish demand from russia. exports were down by 14%. sales to turkey dropped by 8%, but overall trade with international markets rose by 3% in june compared to the same time last year, driven by strong demand from china and south korea. germany's dax index bounced back from the losses it suffered last week. our correspondents and this summary from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> prices went up again on the german stock market after the steep decline of the german dax on friday shortly before the end of trading. these heavy upswings and down swings on the market are assigned of insecurity among investors about the further direction of the markets. at least one positive hit could be that several top executives of several companies have used the recent downswing to come back and

. >> lucy, the european commission says drivers are being charged different prices for exactly the same rental, depending on where they live in the eu. they say that's discrimination and against the policy. but the car companies say, hang on, we're not doing anything wrong. it is simply supply and demand. >>> it is midday in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. and 2:00 p.m. in northern iraq, where the u.n. has warned of a humanitarian disaster. one official saying that everything must be done now to avoid a potential genocide within days or even hours. international support efforts to contain the i.s. militants is growing. in the past hour, france announced it too will send a shipment of arms to kurds in northern iraq within hours. with more, here is the bbc's nick charles. >> reporter: with every image and every passing day, the potential scale of the humanitarian disaster unfolding in northern iraq is becoming more apparent. at this camp in the kurdish area of neighboring syria they're doing what they can to help. >> we expect to have further flow of refugees in the coming days. we are t

the leaders could ask the european commission to draft the proposals, but it's far from the tough actions that the government wants. >> nadine barber reporting live. >>> in afghanistan - six die after an attack on intelligence headquarters in the eastern city of jalalabad. a suicide car bombing was followed by a sustained gun attack. the taliban claimed responsibility. >> al jazeera has learnt a group of gangs in el salvador re-established a truce. homicides dropped by half after ns 13 and 18 street gang made a pact in 2012. violence broke out in january, when the rates crept up to nine murders a day. >> a fugitive columbian militia leader linked to 500 murders has been captured in panama, after posing as the owner of a construction company. he led 1500 militia men who killed thousands during the 1990s. >> now, to egypt, and a final decision on the death sentence handed town to the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood is expected today. mohammed backdeer was sentenced in june. the grand mooustie had overturned the death sentence. in a surprise move he was asked by the court to revie

. >> today the european commission president said, quote, this is a point of no return. this inevitable, that point of no return. do you see this being a pivotal moment, and do you think there's a way to turn the tide in ukrai ukraine? >> that's a great question. what we've seen over the last month has been a dramatic escalation of russian support to the separatists and now it's no longer support. they're pouring troops into ukraine. sanctions have unfortunately not changed president putin's cal cuelations. if anything i almost feel like they've emboldened him. yesterday's comments from president putin reminding us of russia's importance, reminding ucks that russia is a nuclear power he feels quite emboldened and that's why it's very important for nato next week to put a strong statement out. there's strong solidarity. the european union is already going to it looks like enhance sanctions against russia. the united states needs to do the same and there needs to be a robust security response. >> yeah, we'll be watching next week especially as some in the administration ar

the european commission has to elaborate concrete measures. >> that's it? basically more sanctions? is there anything else they can do? >> well, one source said ot -- to me that unfortunately ukraine is no member of nato. that would mean the only legal option was to answer with military force. so foreign ministers have had to look to other options. one could be helping president poroshenko to support the situation in the rest of the country, to get the ukrainian people a perspective for the future. all this in advance of elections scheduled for october. that would mean maybe the -- accepting the loss of the eastern part of ukraine control by separatists. >> so what are you saying? basically abandoned the east? is that an option that would be taken seriously? >> well, the problem is the western countries are stuck in a situation where they don't have measures, tools to react, so they have to think. one option is that. because what is the alternative? muddling through? or helping the country to avoid that the whole of ukraine will end up in a mess? >> thank you very much for that anal

the european commission said that gross domestic product across the 18-member bloc was flat in april to june, growth of .2% at the beginning of the year. inflation fell to .4%, that's the lowest rate in 4 1/2 years. this has led to analysts and economists increasing their call for the european central bank. they want them to follow the federal reserve and a easing of bonds to boost momentum. they're pointing, for example to the u.s. economy which also struggled to get out of recession, but which recorded a surprising growth rate of around 4% for the second quarter. now, some of the eurozone's smaller economies did post some growth. spain and portugal, .6% and the netherlands at .5%. that wasn't enough to offset the weak performances by the bloc's largest economies, germany and italy slipping back into contraction and france holding at zero. luke brown looks at the eurozone's so-called engines of growth and why they have stuttered to a halt. >> for the second straight quarter, the frank economy had disappointing results for the socialist government. >> the reality of the forecast, it'

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with the participation of the european commission representatives we expect that there would be three commissioners who will arrive in minsk. and the main. issue on the agenda will be consideration of the economic link between the customs union and ukraine between the european union and ukraine. which is an important subject. we. urged our partners to begin. politicised professional and pragmatic dialogue. conversation about how the commitments of ukrainian state on the free trade area with the c i s and. the commitments of which the agrarian side is ready to take with him but not yet rectified association agreement with the e.u. . coincide so how they're actually made to put together. this topic as you know. is laying with the. existing prices because the accusations. towards president xi are no coverage last november were. the association agreement and that served as a pretext to. begin the possible action to organize the protests which ended in a military an armed. and before that moment and after that moment we regularly urged the card is to sit down at the same table and talk abo

but every bit as good as it could you want to see as they had a european commission. it was a moment i completely don't care that all interchangeable is all this is a legend for your papers and for as you were a finalist be a would tell them look junk i said truck while in reality all the same completely the same as the president of the commission as the want to know the prison that's it but he is that to enforce the application of the rules so whether the warden is he will apply the rules inside the prison this is exactly what the head of the commission does what collins is who will best apply the ultra liberal policy the transfer of sovereignty the expansions they want to impose on various european populations the signature of the transatlantic treaty with the united states which refund money contest and which will fight tooth and nail and. ok may have civil cool point picture but we're going to take a short break right now we're back with matt into the band leader of france's national front just out about this war and i mention of you publicist and what she thinks

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discussed yesterday it was decided to restart the gas negotiations between russia and ukraine the european commission is also very much interested in that because. repeated warnings that they might actually cut off gas supplies from russia into europe they can only concern they can only have everyone in europe concerned and yesterday actually. kiev actually gave a promise that they would not intercept russian gas transit into europe to ukraine and a fourth issue that was yesterday. under discussion was this city for a cease fire and nationwide reconsideration in dialogue it was. agreed that we would restart the activities of the context group that has met several times already including representatives of the russian government ukraine the. republics and. there is an understanding that such a framework must be used more actively as a first step and we issued. relevant peel yesterday in minsk russia kindly offered its capital minsk as a permanent forum as a permanent seat for such a context in media meetings of the contact group. we understand that south southeast ukrainian militia representatives wou

confrontation but it's prepared to toughen sanctions on moscow as according to the president of the european commission. also as he addressed the media alongside the ukrainian leader the head of russia's lower house of parliament says any measures were also for hunnish ordinary europeans said again i. spoke exclusively to our team. while sanctions politics. diplomats are expressing doubts about the effectiveness of the strategy they see very clearly that it's their citizens who have to pay for the decisions made under this policy in reality by implementing these restrictions european nations have sent the bill to their own people and their own businesses they're making people pay for their political mistakes and even using these sanctions is impossible to isolate russia from the world. mosco in brussels have agreed that ukraine will have to pay the gas bills it still is to russia ensuring the same transit of russian gas supplies through ukraine is vital for the e.u. and that dependence on russian gas will remain at least for another decade according to the fitch rating agency it's predicted that other

confrontation but is prepared to toughen sanctions on moscow that's according to the president of the european commission jose manuel barroso as he addressed the media alongside the ukrainian leader and the head of russia's lower house of parliament says any measures will also punish ordinary europeans so again a risk in spoke exclusively to r.t. . by media is the sanctions policy spirals out of control more and more m.p.'s and politicians in general start to question its effectiveness if they see with increasing clarity that it's the people who have to pay the price for this policy basically one imposing sanctions on russia you governments make their own businesses and their own people pick up the tab make them pay for their political mistakes i think it's becoming more and more obvious that the sentiment of the political elite and the general public is shifting osco in brussels have agreed that ukraine will have to pay the gas bills it still owes to russia ensuring the safety transit of russian gas supplies through ukraine is vital for the e.u. and that dependence on russian gas will remain at least fo

of course the kremlin's already been warned by europe through the european commission president and byhe u.s. as well. but if they go ahead and do it anyway, what kind of response does ukraine expect outside of its borders from the international community? >> reporter: well, those are discussion that's have been continuously happening. the president of ukraine spoke with the u.s. president obama just yesterday. and we know that the ukrainian parliament is in fact meeting in less than an hour and one of the top priorities on their agenda is discussing sanctions against russia here in ukraine. so the ukrainian government already looking at actions that it may take in response to any potential action by russia. obviously ukraine will be reaching out to its partners in the eu. they've talked to the united states, spoken to the uk, seeking any sort of assistance in trying to prevent russia from moving into this area, which has been really -- this is a key moment for ukraine right now. the ukrainian military appears to be closing in close to retaking donetsk and luhansk, which have been rebe

key documents that we would like to see well the first reason for the secrecy is because the european commission and the u.s. trade representative they know that if people really found out about what was going on in these negotiations they would be up in arms there is already a whole range across the whole of europe what we've already learned about the teeth to the trade negotiation beals so if people really could see the line by hello you what is being because he hated of weight behind closed doors there'd be revolution in the street for example in germany there's a very very high wonders of teaching these new negotiations and people by and large are very very opposed to it the greatest poll that we have seen suggests the fifty five percent of the people in germany are against these new negotiations. the transatlantic trade deal definitely looks tempting on paper or the partnership would allow the removal of trade barriers or regulatory differences which are seen to hinder the growth of the u.s. and e.u. economies would actually be washed away plus america and the e.u. as collective g.d.p. woul