nick griffin, now an elected member of the european parliament, was invited for tea with queen, but he was barred from buckingham palace after he made it public, very public. >> the palace had made it very clear they will not discriminate against any elected m.p. and it is the proper thing to do. >> the palace make clear they would keep him away, but they could not keep him away from the microphone. >> i was invited as elected member of european parliament because i have the backing of the people. it is more symbolic now that they have decided to keep me out. it down in the unlikely event he wanted to, he cannot go quietly. one of them was bundled away by minders. >> apologize, you government howard! -- new government coward! >> despite the palace concerns, would they have minded mingling with a leader of the bnp? >> it was his right to attend and a democracy if he was invited. >> despicable as the politics may be, he has been democratically elected and he has a right to come. if he has exploited that position, i think palace is correct. >> his fellow member of the european parliament

the european parliament would make shier they are carried out. the private rating agencies should be be european rating foundation which would to the german. this rating foundation would be limited to country ratings is very important only for country ratings to start competition with and between the other rating agencies. it would be dent of the central bank and influence of the commission of the member states. the foundation should be independent financing itself for selling ratings to investors. in future it is mandatory to have two ratings. one of them from the european rating foundation. now i have spoken a lot about initiatives of the financial market reform in the e. u.. however, financial markets are more interconnected than in any other market. thfer, if you really want to prevent another crisis from happening, we need to reach international agreement on financial market reforms. the most important form in global reform in emerging economies. in the submit last june all countries agreed, i quote "to lead on a sustainable path" however, th

the european parliament asked for four concrete measures in this respect. first, the european commission must receive the necessary competencies' to work and to be able to implement. second, compliance with the stability must be enforced on the basis of the rules that more emphasis on the competitiveness. third, control of compliance needs to improved through tough sanctions. tough sanctions could range from naming, warnings, and losing voting rights in the council, blocking eu money for agriculture, structural and cohesion funds. the commission should receive a more rights in order to be able to get recommendations to member states over the formulation of their economic policies and budget. competitiveness needs to be a part of the economic policy. this is very important. do not create devaluation when you are competitive. you cannot be competitive in the international market. this is why the competitiveness is one issue we need. we need the direct crisis resolution which comes interaction in actions like this. this could work at less to stabilize the europ

. >> i was invited as an elected member of the european parliament. it is symbolic. it is even more symbolic now that the political leaders have decided to kick me out. >> in the unlikely event he had wanted to, he did not go quietly. he was bundled away by minders. >> white don't you apologize, if you -- why don't you apologize, you gutless cowards? >> what ever you think of the man and his policies, he was invited. >> despicable as his policies might become a key is a democratically elected, and therefore he has the right to come. he has exploited the opposition. i think the prime minister is correct. >> buckingham palace does not want to repeat this -- the chaos his appearance on question time created. but the private appearance has now become a very public route. wherever he goes, trouble follows. bbc news. >> you are watching "bbc world news." the headlines so far -- an international court says that kosovo illegally declared its independence from serbia. and is willing president hugo job as a result diplomatic relations -- you go to chavez break off diplomatic r

a table with an open over simon vet saman has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament a monkey's concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than welling insurgency ganesh again. r t washington d.c. . couple of news stories here in brief amateur for the use of words showing that crush inside the tunnel of the press. police say they've now identified all but one of the raids victims in the city you describe more than three hundred others were injured as well as festival goers try to pack into the entrance the organizer of the largest take of it says it will never be again. the u.s. and south korea have started military drills off the korean peninsula a four day operation code named invincible spirit includes twenty ships two hundred

with to talk it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning war drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again. r t washington d.c. in. afghanistan is to take control of its future by two thousand and fourteen plans to hand power back to local authorities and the country will discuss that couples largest international conference in decades britain and pakistan have said that some international forces may remain beyond the deadline to train afghan police and soldiers the conference also dealt with reconstruction aid and development in the water and country as well as fighting corruption and the rampant drug trade russia's foreign minister pledged that moscow will conti

which and talk it over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones for the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again r t washington d.c. . this week the hague's international court of justice ruled good cause of those declaration of independence was legal while the court's decision is non-binding it sparked international controversy in the u.s. and many european countries praised the move toward its dangerous precedent and still wants dialogue between serbia and kosovo belgrade argues the court only focused on the declaration and said nothing about the legality of cause of as an independent state so be it claims because of a secession in february two thousand and eight v

cable with a coke over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency gonna. r t washington d.c. . call a top world news stories brief a bomb at a bus stop in bangkok's killed one person and injured at least ten the explosion happened shortly after the polls closed in a parliamentary election but a government candidate was up against a jailed leader of the recent bloody protest in the capital police refused to speculate if the two events were connected. how to footage is emerged showing the crush inside the tunnel at the german music festival which killed nineteen people police say they've now identified all but one of the love her aids

would pull it over simon vets' him and has produced the research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot moore's demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh she can. r t washington d.c. . hispanic groups in the u.s. are calling for reform of the country's immigration system and an end to unjust policies as human rights activist jorge ramos tells. immigrants don't have enough representation. latinos are on the represented politically we are fifteen percent of the population and we only have one senator that has to change this is it is incredible that the most powerful country in the world is persecuting and discriminating against eleven million people so again there's a lot of misinformation on the contributions of

with and talk it over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year po tested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh i can. r t washington d.c. . and savita era cosmonauts and american astronauts who flew the first international space mission are celebrating the flight's thirty fifth anniversary so it is a polar mission was the first joint space venture between the u.s. and the soviet union a mark and new era of cooperation well to talk more about the stork mission we're now joined by correspondent sean thomas hello to you sean so this was quiet miles back down to man's exploration of space tell us more about it. well certainly thirty five years ago today. and the two cosmonauts

which would pull it over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people rather than quelling insurgency gonna shake out. r t washington d.c. . and still to come here on r t married to a birder we speak to the wife of an ultranationalist gang member who was found guilty following a market bombing that took fourteen lives and also. i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there to show the eightieth floor to. work for the. boy because. artie's very own new york resident asks if ground zero is an appropriate place for a mosque. now when israeli courts convicted an arab man of rape by deception after he lied to an israeli woman he slept with about being jewish well some say it's a jus

which would pull it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people rather than quelling insurgency ganesh i can. r t washington d.c. . and then to you war peace camp set up in front of london's westminster parliament has been removed by dozens of police officers protesters claim their democratic freedoms and a right to free speech are being violated the very things the government said it wanted to defend when it went to war in iraq and afghanistan. democracy but only on our terms that seems to be the message coming from the powers that be in the u.k. capital as a peace camp is finally removed from the government's doorstep as dozens of bailiffs and police sweeps to clear out th

cable were to get over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency gonna shake out. r t washington d.c. . soviet era called the north american astronauts who flew the fuss international space mission authentic race in the flight. three the thirty's upon a mission with the first. between the u.s. and the union a new era of cooperation. thomas reports on the historic mission well that wasn't what they were hearing the car in all of the moon landings was there but does it rank in terms of the space exploration. well it certainly does alice and mainly as a symbol that ended the space race between the soviet union and the united states up

the youth of the stabilization and association agreement which is now being ratified in the european parliament so things are happening with the e.u. this question will be addressed i'm sure at some point and that serbia can have what i think that can really serbia have one thing going for membership and still taking this really obstinate position over kosovo it surely it can't work like that and some people might say by taking this very strong position still despite the very painful past events that in fact this could spark even more violence in the region by. reaction to this latest decision about the independence. well of course. many things can lead to more violence you know. the only the only side that can create violence in. the moment are of course of all because they are controlling that their authority serbia does not but they're also going to have a lot yes it does claim that life is improving then the region obviously a lot of support from the u.s. and much of the e.u. in effect it has been a successful breakaway certainly from the point of the course of ns and as the deputy prime mi

with to talk it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are feeling rather than quelling insurgency vanish again r. t. washington d.c. and still to come here on our team mosques in manhattan. i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there and why i showed the eightieth floor to turkey yeah. why because a. lot of parties a very own new york resident asks if ground zero is an appropriate place for malls . and israeli courts convicted an arab man raped by deception after he lied to an israeli woman he slept with about being jewish but while some say it's justice critics argue it's a thinly veiled excuse for racism. this jewish jerusalem suburb is surrounded by arab ne

cable with a corporate over simon vets him and has produced a research report on druce with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people rather than quelling insurgency gonna shake on our t. washington d.c. . but our small the international news making headlines at this hour and more than sixty killed and over one hundred injured is the house to train hit a stationary want moved in india because of the crash is not yet clear with poor maintenance husband playing for the wrong lanes of train collisions in the country it's the second major roadway incident in west bengal this year in maine nearly one hundred fifty died when a passenger train derailed and was hit by a freight train was rebels that denied claims they set up as holmes the truck. u.s. of

with to talk it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again r t washington d.c. . and a grammy award winning russian pianist and conductor is appearing in court in thailand over a child sex charges if found guilty i'm hopeless could spend up to twenty years in jail for earlier this month thai police detained the musician for allegedly raping a fourteen year old boy which he denies but he also was then freed on bail to continue a world tour although he must appear court hearings every twelve days the pianist claims his arrest was triggered by the detention of a time musician he knows who is suspected of involvement in

cable with and talk it over simon vet saman has produced the research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot moore's demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again r. t. washington d.c. . also video calls mills an american astronauts who flew the first international space mission to celebrating the flight of. three the soyuz apollo mission with the first joint space center between the u.s. on the soviet union a moment a new era of cooperation across almost tell us where pools on the historic mission . thirty five years ago today. and the two cosmonauts a book board their soyuz station undock from the apollo command module that had tom stafford deeks leighton and brandon vance those three astronauts were on board the

table were to talk it over simon vets' him and has produced a research report on drones for the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people out of fueling rather than quelling insurgency gonna shake out. r t washington d.c. . well pakistan is one of the countries where u.s. drone use is most prevalent where the population is becoming increasingly skeptical of this western country strategies and intentions so how is the u.s. trying to fix their bad reputation and wipe the slate clean of civilian deaths money of course u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton wasn't pakistan last few days and unveiled five hundred million dollars in aid projects all part of a five year seven point five billion dollars package deal but can this really help win over the

table with to talk it over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot wars demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh i can. r t washington d.c. . and now to some other stories making headlines in the world more than sixty people have died and over one hundred have been injured when a passenger train slammed into a stationary one in eastern india because it's not known about paul nations has been a factor in previous rate disasters in the country only two months ago nearly one hundred fifty died of one passenger train was paid by freight said it's rebels denied claims they sabotage the truck. u.s. officials are allowing b.p. to keep the cop on its ruptured oil well in the gulf of

table with to talk it over simon vets him and has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot morris demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency. r t washington d.c. . well coming up after a short break it's the business news with daniel stay with us for that. hungry for the food we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we hope you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. p. welcome to the business program the russian government is heading for a potential showdown with the key industrial sector in the econo

a table with an open over simon vet saman has produced a research report on drones with the european parliament among his concerns are the consequences of terrorists getting hold of such weapons a scenario sunlight likened to real life but deadly robot. demonstrators outside cia headquarters at the start of the year protested against indiscriminate killings by unmanned weaponry they say that rather than winning wars drones merely make more enemies by killing mostly innocent people are fueling rather than quelling insurgency ganesh again. now to other international news this hour here in r.t. more than sixty people have been killed and over one hundred injured as a passenger train hit a stationary one in eastern india the cause of the crash is not yet clear but poor maintenance has been blamed for the rise in train collisions in the country it's the second major roadway incident in west bengal this year and made any hundred fifty died when a passenger train derailed and was hit by a freight train maoist rebels denied claims they sabotage the training. u.s. officials are allowing b.p. to keep the

. >> ifill: in a related action today, the european parliament offered one of the toughest responses so far to the bank crisis-- voting to limit the amount of cash bankers can receive in upfront bonuses, beginning in january. >> lehrer: next, an update from the troubled east african nation of somalia, where children are being deployed in war. jeffrey brown has our story. >> brown: it is, according to "foreign policy" magazine, the number one failed state in the world. for nearly two decades, somalia has been plagued by civil wars, clashing militias, piracy off its shores, and a series of governments with little power, unable stem the violence, which has left thousands of civilians dead. into that vacuum has stepped an islamist rebel group called al- shabob that holds sway over large parts of the country and, with ties to al qaeda, has helped turned the country into a haven for terrorists. last year, international hopes, and a great deal of u.s. aid, were pinned on a new leader, sheikh sharif ahmed, but his government continues to control very little of the capital, mogadishu. few ame

strength, competitiveness, and the maintenance of our social morals, so i have to thank the european parliamentts cooperation. and also thank the commission for having played its role and for retaining and sticking by the community approach, for it continues to be belligerently active, although sometimes it is hard for governments, but that is the main point for europe, to have our best interests at stake. thank you. [applause] >> "book to be close court in prime time wraps up tonight with best sellers -- both tv close " in prime time accepting that would best sellers. -- "booktv" wraps up tonight. why to much testing is killing the american school system. tonight on c-span2. >> the most important mission as a journalist, the most important mission in journalism is to confront those who are in power, to question those who are in power so we can prevent abuse of power. >> since 1986, jorge ramos has hosted the show on the largest television network for spanish speakers in united states. we spend an evening with him on sunday. >> citigroup campus progress held its conference in washington, -- a g

parliament saying 10% of all mechanical transport should all be by bike. we also held a summit on road safety and, there again, we referred to a european and that wanted to have only half of the fatalities over a period of 10 years. quite important because many people don't cycle because they feel it is not safe. and often they're right, but you have groups like here of pupils being guided by their parents and also supported in a first phase by the local police to go together to school. it's called bike pooling to school and so parents join in as volunteers, but there is also the local authorities and regional authorities, it's part of the program to make this possible. we had the resolution in 1997 to go for more cycling, but the first bicycle plan was in 2005. there is a new plan coming up and there is also a new pedestrian plan for the first time. we don't have yet, but we are also going to have pedestrian plan. as i mentioned already, road safety is also on the agenda. yet having a plan and having it put into practice is -- i don't have to tell you, two different things. we have had that hearing in the brussels parliament asking for the results of the pla

about wearing an islamic veil and the lower house of the french parliament has voted in favor of banning the book in public and other european countries i expected to follow that example in throngs and woman wearing a face covering muslim veil in public will have to pay one hundred fifty euro fine and listen paul last russians if wearing a veil insults representatives of other religions twenty four percent believe the veil does not offend twenty percent believe that there does offend other religions and more than ahead fifty six percent of respondents all get against public display of religious symbols at all back to peter ok i'd like to go back to our guest in paris so when you want to you want to finish your point about. the day that the reasons why. some of these garments are being banned even in the in the greater middle east in the muslim world itself in some areas like in universities. yes because we have to face just to to this problem you cannot just say ok it's freedom of the women to wear the niqab of the book or on the full veil it's so strange to say no to the war in afghanistan and here in europe we just say we

european commission before those plans are presented to this house. >> my right honorable friend is entirely right the u.k. barometer should be shown to the parliament before it's shown to anyone else and that's always going to be the case under this government. i am pleased to report that subsequent to its publication a number of international bodies have all recognized it was an extremely good budget that's going to help put this country back on track. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can the prime minister give the house a clear pledge on child poverty today? will there be fewer children in this country living in relative poverty by the end of believe apparent? -- parliament? yes or no. >> we're committed to meeting child poverty. please remind him this budget in spite of all its difficulties does not add a single family to child poverty. wherein in contrast to the last government that put up child poverty in -- by 100,000. they shake their heads, check the figures and come back and have another look. >> mr. robert buck land. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will my right honorable friend give an assurance that all new academies who will be set up will be ob

european commission before those plans are presented to the house? >> hear, hear. >> my honorable friend is entirely right. the uk budget should be shown to the uk parliamentthe westminster parliament -- before it is shown to anyone else, and that will always be the case under this government. i am pleased to report that subsequent to the publication of our budget, a number of international bodies -- such as the oecd, the eu, the g8, and the g20 -- have recognized that it is an extremely good budget that will help to put this country back on track. >> hear, hear. >> can the prime minister give the house a clear pledge today on child poverty? will there be fewer children in this country living in relative poverty by the end of this parliament -- yes or no? >> we are absolutely committed to meeting the child poverty targets. i remind the honorable gentleman that this budget, despite all its difficulties, does not add a single family to child poverty, in contrast to the last government, who put up child poverty by 100,000 -- they shake their heads. check the figures and come back to me. >> will my right honorable friend give an assurance that all new academie

european commission before those plans are presented to this house. >> my right honorable friend is entirely right the u.k. barometer should be shown to the parliamentfore it's shown to anyone else and that's always going to be the case under this government. i am pleased to report that subsequent to its publication a number of international bodies have all recognized it was an extremely good budget that's going to help put this country back on track. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can the prime minister give the house a clear pledge on child poverty today? will there be fewer children in this country living in relative poverty by the end of believe apparent? -- parliament? yes or no. >> we're committed to meeting child poverty. please remind him this budget in spite of all its difficulties does not add a single family to child poverty. wherein in contrast to the last government that put up child poverty in -- by 100,000. they shake their heads, check the figures and come back and have another look. >> mr. robert buck land. >> thank you, mr. speaker. will my right honorable friend give an assurance that all new academies who will be set up will be oblig