joining the european union no fanks the outcome of this weekend's election in iceland is likely to put an end to the countries of pursuit of e.u. membership as a recent poll shows trust in the bloc plummeting to all time lows. and the official numb.

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join the european union no thanks the outcome of this weekend's election in iceland is likely to put an end to the country's pursuit of even membership as a recent poll shows trust in the. all time low. and the official number of guantanamo bay prisoners on hunger strike rises to one hundred with at least one.

joining the european union no thanks the outcome of this weekend's election is likely to put an end to the country's pursuit of the e.u. membership as a recent poll shows trust in the blog to an all time low.

join the european union no thanks the outcome of this weekend's election in iceland is likely to put an end to the country's pursuit of even membership as a recent poll shows trust in the bloc an all time low. and the official number of guantanamo bay prisoners on hunger strike rises to one hundred with at least twenty of the detainees being force fed and some even hospitalized. and live from our studios in moscow this is. going to have you with us the f.b.i. says it has received a recording of a boston bombing suspects talking about jihad with his mother russian security services alerted the u.s. back in two thousand and eleven and that one of the sound they have brothers views but the bureau dismissed moscow's early warning after making checks here's our tease you can with commentary on why the f.b.i. might have failed to take proper action. in the wake of the boston bombings it's the f.b.i. now bombarded with questions they let the alleged boston bomber tamerlan and i a go off to work after they ordered multiple times for the last two years russia want not only the f.b.i. about ta

joining the european union no facts come of this week in iceland is likely to put an end to the country's pursuit of a new membership and poll shows just in the bloc plummeting to all time low. and official number of hunger strike one hundred at least twenty of the detainees being force fed and some hospitalized. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t.m. john thomas glad to have you with us the f.b.i. says it has received a recording of a boston bombing suspect talking about jihad with his mother russian security services alerted the u.s. back in two thousand and eleven that one of the brothers held extremist views but the bureau dismissed moscow's early warning after making checks here is artie's going to japan with commentary on why the f.b.i. might have failed to take proper action. in the wake of the boston bombings it's the f.b.i. now bombarded with questions how could they let the alleged boston bomber tamerlan and i have go off the radar after they've been warned about him multiple times over the last two years russia worked not only the f.b.i. about tamerlan son

she sought to keep britain to surrendering any of its sovereignty to the european union. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: her admirers said that she rejuvenated the britain's faltering economy. courage, she had in abundance. in 1982, when argentina invaded the falklands islands she took great britain to war and won. she became baroness thatcher. elder statesman for a party struggling to find a worthy successor. at ronald reagan's funeral, she already had suffered several strokes. today, the trumpet sounds for the iron lady as well. david wright, abc news london. >>> to that escalating on the north korean peninsula. new signs that a north korean missile test may be coming soon. abc's bob woodruff is on the ground in seoul with the latest. good morning, bob. >> reporter: there's so much talk about the last couple of days about a possible missile launch by north korea. even on wednesday. more speculation this morning about a possible nuclear show of force. there's an indication that pyongyang may be planning. in this ongoing provocation, including north korean kim in this ongoing provocation,

>> reporter: well, he could basically go anywhere inside the european union. keep in mind, no border controls or anything in the european union. they have to out out a warrant in every country for the police to actually look for him there. one of the country they're looking at is belgium. surprising, everybody seemed to have known that this man was very, very smart and very, very dangerous. he's someone who's been almost a criminal celebrity in france. he's been a part of heists and robberies. put in jail in 1998 originally for 20 years. got out after ten years in 2010, but then put back in the locker in 2011 for violating the terms of his parole. certainly he is someone known authorities and when they knew he had a lot of criminal energy and also a lot of criminal intelligence. a lot of people in france will have to answer very tough questions. >> real-life mystery. thanks. fred, appreciate it from london. >>> at the guantanamo bay detention center in cuba a brawl between inmates and guards. the incident happened yesterday. officials say the inmates attacked the guards with i

no trust in the e.u. what does that tell you well actually that the politicians and the governments and the european union especially in the united states has done such a lot of things wrong and has misused the treaties we made and to which we would be all the time that there is no faith anymore in in our experts to stabilize or even to the feet across now of germany at the forefront of the e.u. bailout policies are certainly been bearing the brunt of supporting the struggling euro zone is it actually fair for a lot of the abuse and the complaints to be targeted at germany considering all the help that it has done. well you know there is an old german saying some hundred years ago the german emperor williams a second said the german spirit will use the problems of the world and my impression is that we try again you know to convince european partners to do it the german way but the other countries especially in southern europe portugal spain greece italy and france not to forget they count do it that way because they have a different economy they are not that efficient at the german economy is and they ha

by european economic culture is david camerons recent speech about britain's future in the european union. no, this beach is about many things, but i think the speech also matters in as much as it represented yet another mist of virginity by major european politicians to address unequivocably a problem that is, perhaps, even more fundamentally dangerous for britain and much of the rest of the euro in terms of that e use superstate tendencies. and this is a problem of values, attitudes, and how we forgive and institutional expression in the economy because as i illustrated in becoming europe, the prevailing conviction across most of europe is that the state is the primary way in which we address common problems and meet our responsibilities and obligations to our fellow citizens. such obligations might be realized outside the realm of politics does not apparently appear to large numbers of european political leaders, including, i have to say come a considerable number of center-right european politicians. so in this regard have often wondered what a concerned person would think if you read a p

economic crisis in the euro zone could somehow lead to a hypothetical callet of the whole european union there is no way that the euro zone can last they may keep it going for a few more years by invoking ever more extreme measures but ultimately the euro zone is going to break up the economics that break it up it may be civil disobedience or violence on a very large scale that eventually get some of those mediterranean countries out and after that i think the big question then is well what is the european union for and i think that the alternative model that a growing number of people in the e.u. were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation a europe based on trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that can only grow in support as the years go by. and as we reported earlier here on our two year the tough economic times are hurting even the most vulnerable. yeah i feel like i mean a laying on a good scene and the blades bad i don't know how he's going to jump or not thousands of disabled in the u.k. could soon be forced to prove to the gulf and they are

germany party he says the figures are no surprise given all the mistakes europe's movers and shakers have been making. the politicians in the governments and the european union especially in the euro states has done such a lot of things wrong and. misuse of treaties we made and do it reese will be kept all the time that there is no face anymore in in our experts to stabilize already even to defeat the crisis some hundred years ago the german emperor the second said. the german spirit really use the problems of the world and. my impression is that we try again you know to convince europeans you must do it the german way but the other countries especially in southern europe portugal spain greece italy and france not to forget they count do it that way because they have a different economy and they have to find their owed their own to which one of the most important is to get back their old currency when they can read the original value of their money and can compete internationally once again i think these countries are more or less on their own they have to manage their problems first in their own country and the troika has the tools especially not internatio

crisis in the euro zone could somehow lead to a hypothetical collapse of the whole european union there is absolutely no way that the your own can last forever they may keep it going for a few more years by invoking ever more extreme measures but ultimately the euro zone is going to break up the economics that break it up it may be civil disobedience or violence on a very large scale that eventually get some of those mediterranean countries out and after that i think the big question then is well what is the european union for and i think the alternative model that a growing number of people in the e.u. were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation europe based on trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that in any given support as the years go by. as a reporter very shortly the tough economic times are hurting even the most vulnerable that. you. feel like you're laying on a gay teen and the blade is going to drop or not thousands of disabled in the u.k. could soon be forced to prove to the government they are does able do not get the money they need. the u.

crisis in the euro zone could somehow lead to a hypothetical collapse of the whole european union there is absolutely no way that the euro zone can last forever they may keep it going for a few more years by invoking ever more extreme measures but ultimately the euro zone is going to break up the economics that break it up it may be civil disobedience or violence on a very large scale that eventually gets some of those mediterranean countries out and after that i think the big question that is well what is the european union for and i think the alternative model that a growing number of people you were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation europe based on trade europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that only grow in support as the years go by. this is r.t. and greece is again turning to for some cash it wants to hold germany to a promise made to stump up the reparations dating back to the second world war but berlin which has already provided the vast majority of a two hundred forty billion euro rescue package given to athens is refusing to talk about it more o

percent now up to fifty three percent of those polled saying they have no faith and no trust and that of the european union poll hempel who i spoke to a bit earlier here are not all targeted for germany party he says the figures are no surprise given all the mistakes that europe's main leaders continue to make. the politicians and the governments and the european union especially in the euro states has done such a lot of things wrong and. misuse of treaties we made and which we swear we kept all the time that there is no face anymore in in our experts to stabilize all going to be free to cross some one hundred years ago the german. second said. the german spirit really use the problems of the world and. my impression is that we try again you know to convince european partners you must do it the german way but the other countries especially in southern europe portugal spain greece italy and france not to forget they count do it that way because they have a different economy and they have to find their owed their own to which one of the most important is to get back their old currency when they can reach to

crisis in the euro zone could somehow lead to a hypothetical collapse of the whole european union there is absolutely no way that the eurozone can last forever they may keep it going for a few more years by invoking ever more extreme measures but ultimately the euro zone is going to break up the economics that break it up it may be civil disobedience or violence on a very large scale that eventually get some of those mediterranean countries out and after that i think the big question then is well what is the european union for and i think the alternative model that a growing number of people knew you were talking about which is a europe based on cooperation a european trade a europe based on nation state democracy i think that vision is one that can only grow in support as the years go by. the u.s. military is being so it's almost daily that the go on time of a hunger strike is are increasing in number but the official figures to lower than that claimed by luhrs who say the majority over the one hundred sixty six detainees have been starving themselves for nearly three months now the official figures ro

european union system files and for. paying the money to the european union to help . the other two contras you may embarrass. no but this. problem or it's because you know economy or suffering as economic drama continues with politicians and bankers drawing a painful measures to execute the eurozone i.m.f. back bailout plan it's all too clear to ordinary cypriots who is going to be bearing the brunt of this is mother for example have a monthly pension cut from one thousand one hundred eighty nine year olds to just over one thousand a month ago why they cut from people who have special needs they cut from their people for his part allies question all cypriots would like answered as well. tesser silvia r t make a c.s. cyprus. and as you've just seen the capital nicosia has been rocked by a wave of protests with people venting their frustration throughout the week activists crisostomo out a meeting says the so-called bailout package has effectively destroyed of a separate economy i don't think that it's correct to speak for the bailout because this is not that they loathe it can be best described as an overnight u

the road map which was presented the european union, united nations, but no israel. the expulsion to talk about sure drones plan and what about those people that were removed from their homes still living in caravans and destroyed synagogues and communities and schools? today we have president obama talking about a timetable for withdrawal of today and samaria. that is not 10,000 it is 200,000 or whatever the number is if they leave a few settlements in place. it seems to me your comments at the end about one of the fellows who said you looked at this on a diplomatic level but not that the human level the people involved are the ones who count and i don't understand the compulsion on the part of the united states to make the plants for israel who is a sovereign nation. [applause] >> the compulsion is an interesting phenomenon. every secretary of state the except the obsession immediately upon entering the building and happened to paul, rice and even carry they want to do the same thing. i agree completely with your timetable but the road map had a time table 2005 the

that was a very bad thing to have done in the first place at the same time the european union really treated cyprus fairly no not in any way cyprus has been made a scapegoat because essentially there is a german election coming and what the germans want to do is demonstrate that mrs merkel is being very very strong and bold against all those people in the southern mediterranean who the german tabloids love to hate and regard as being lazy people who don't do enough work where many say that the authorities that we you really fudged this whole deal but also what about their sons did they get the figures right how come seventeen billion euros was quoted as being in the first place and now that's been increased to twenty three billion euros that's quite a difference why can't they make their mind up well of course of the european union has a fabulous history of not getting it sums right bear in mind that the european union itself has not actually been able to help its alters sign off the european union as a kite for the last eight years so there are certainly key reasons why this could happen to be fair part of

but the european union said today there's no need to take such steps. in economic news, there was word the u.s. federal reserve wants to keep longterm interest rates low through at least mid-year. the news came in the minutes of the fed's last meeting. the report gave wall street an early boost, and it never looked back. the dow jones industrial average gained 128 points to close at 14,802. the nasdaq rose 59 points to close at 3,297. saturday home mail delivery is back on for now. the u.s. postal service said today it's delaying plans to end saturday service because congress will not allow the change. back in february, the postal service said it would have to cut back to five-day-a-week delivery by august, to rein in costs. the agency ended its last budget year with a record loss of nearly $16 billion. the university of connecticut today celebrated its eighth national championship in women's basketball. the huskies beat louisville in a rout last night in new orleans, 93 to 60. it was the most lopsided win ever in the women's national title game. louisv

cyprus is part of your peer european union system files and for when cyprus was paying the money through the european union to help. the other two contras you may embarrass. no but this cyprus have a problem or it's because you know economy or suffering as economic drama continues with politicians and bankers drawing a painful measures to execute the years old i.m.f. back to bailout plan it's all too clear to ordinary cypriots who is going to be very deprived need as his mother for example have a monthly pension cut from one thousand one hundred eighty nine year olds to just over one thousand a month ago why they cut from people who have special needs they cut from the people for his part allies question all cypriots would like answered as well. does or sylvia our team make a c.s. cyprus. and as you've just seen in that report the capital nico sia has been rocked by a wave of protests with people venting their frustration throughout the week business consultant jeremy fever says the way the cyprus crisis has been managed highlights the lack of vision i think the debate here is obviously much water than the particular case of cyprus and the political message

money they have to be supported with the hard facts but if we create that offshore no we didn't it was the european union which we had that is rather it was created by the cypriot authorities with the approval of the european union while syria was a top or a major topic that was touched upon during this interview putin saying that an end to hostilities must come from both sides in the conflict it has always been russia's point to you to find a solution to what's going on in syria he also touched on the point of what's always said that russia is arming a sad blow to me appeared and said there's no laws anywhere that would make that. it's illegal to there's no law stopping only the doing of business with a legitimate government which the assad government still remains however what there are laws against is power military groups the recent past three point five tons of the missions and weapons have been given to the opposition fighters in syria by outside forces now there are laws against that serious international law and he said that that must stop and you can logon to r.t. dot com for a full transcript o

laundry for dirty money they have to be supported with facts we create that of sure no we didn't it was the european union that created it rather it was created by the cypriot authorities with the approval of the european union germany is russia's largest trading partner in europe and with around a quarter of a million people expected to come here to hanover for the trade fair hoping to do a little bit more business in the future but we'll also be getting a glimpse asked will be where the future of the relationship between angola merkel and blood in me of putin is heading after we hear what the two leaders have to say after they've sat down and discussed the many things that need to be talked about by the two leaders and on the back with more news in just a couple of minutes don't go away. speak your language might be worn out of the. program some documentary some spanish matters to you. a little turn to angles stories. spanish find out more visit. wealthy british style it's time to write on. the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global finan

european union system files and for. paying the money through the european union to help to stand up to contras you may embarrass the man yeah. no but is that cyprus have a problem or it's because you know economy or something else as economic drama continues with politicians and bankers drawing a painful measures to execute the years old i.m.f. back to the bailout plan it's all too clear to ordinary cypriots who is going to be very deprived need us as mother for example have a monthly pension cut from one thousand one hundred eighty nine euros to just over one thousand a month ago why they cut from people who have special needs they cut from their people for his part allies question all cypriots would like answered as well. yes or sylvia our team you can see a cycle. as you've just seen at the capital nicosia has been rocked by a wave of protests with people venting their frustration throughout the week charlie mcgrath head of the wide awake news portal says the situation may turn violent as people feel the full of fact of the measures the european stability mechanism was set up a lot of people myself included were talking abou

your talk was the human element is the roadmap the saudis presented involves the european union, the united nations, the u.s. no israel. expulsion talking about sharon's plan and the support for it, what about all those people from their homes who are still living in caravans, still without jobs, destroyed synagogues, destroy communities, destroy schools? today we have president obama talking about timetable for withdrawal of judea and samaria. that is not 10,000 people. that is 200,000 or whatever the number is if they leave them in place. it seems to me the comment at the end of your talk about one of the fellows said you are looking at this on a diplomatic level, not the cumin level. the people involved are the ones who count and i don't understand this compulsion on the part of the united states to make the plans for israel as a sovereign nation. [applause] >> the compulsion is a very interesting phenomenon. every secretary of state picks up this infection immediately upon entering the building. it just happened to john kerry who seems to do the same thing. i agree the timetables are nonsensical. the road t

they don't trust the european union has risen from twenty three percent in two thousand and seven to seventy two percent last year in the u.k. previously half the population had noconfidence in the e.u. well that's almost seven percent now in germany europe powerhouse in its biggest economy thirty six percent had lost their trust in europe back in zero seven and two thousand and twelve almost sixty percent in italy it was twenty eight percent you skeptic five years later it's more than half paul hampel from the alternative for germany party says the figures aren't a surprise given all the mistakes europe's movers and shakers have lately been making. the petition them to give them in the european union especially in the euro states has done such a lot of things wrong and. misuse of treaties we made and doing it will be kept all the time that there is no faith and evil in in our experts to stabilize already even to defeat the crisis some hundred years ago the german williams a second said the german spirit will use the problems of the world and. my impression is that we try again you know to do europeans as you must do with the german way but the other countries e

much bigger risk and there is no guarantee for that greek case and cyprus case have highlighted the lack of real trust between the countries members of the european union and eurozone and this is what's tearing europe apart before everything goes away he probably the poor european approach is stronger if you are in a crisis the blame game starts and who is responsible who is the scape called who came be blamed for this and that and now we are in deep in this blame game situation who came be blamed for it and i think we should be a little bit more humber. and looking for that everybody was was responsible and everybody feels a little bit creepy and should be a little bit more critical so critical but there is a very strong on both anti you and anti terrorism sentiment among people don't you think that the risks are higher of a split within the euro zone and the european union their concerns and concerns but i think these concerns are understandable because. of risks bits spoke about one point six trillion ural i mean nobody can imagine able to sit mean one thousand six hundred billion euro pieces i mean major label for average citizens. you have to expl

european union countries. france comes the worst period 47 tested positive for horse dna. greece was the second-highest. roughly one in 10. in britain, 150 tests were conducted. no positive results. today the european commission said of 20 two hundred tests it 2200cted, less than 5% -- tests it conducted, less than 5% were positive. the tests are far from conclusive and not even comparative. >> i am not satisfied. they have to be more reliable and more uniform. the commissioner has suggested 10 tests for some states. for others, it is 100. it is evident the rules on testing are tightening. in light of today's report, no doubt there is still much to do. >> a quick look at some other news from around the world. iran has been hit by the most powerful earthquake in 40 years with tremors felt across india. there are conflicting reports about casualties, but across the border in pakistan, hundreds of homes have been destroyed. electric -- electoral authorities in venezuela have declared nicolas maduro the winner. his challenger has urged a recount and asked venezuelans to take to the streets. today, family members and senior political figures attended a private servic

european union countries. france comes the worst period 47 tested positive for horse dna. greece was the second-highest. roughly one in 10. in britain, 150 tests were conducted. no positive results. today the european commission said of 20 two hundred tests it 2200cted, less than 5% -- tests it conducted, less than 5% were positive. the tests are far from conclusive and not even comparative. >> i am not satisfied. they have to be more reliable and more uniform. the commissioner has suggested 10 tests for some states. for others, it is 100. it is evident the rules on testing are tightening. in light of today's report, no doubt there is still much to do. >> a quick look at some other news from around the world. iran has been hit by the most powerful earthquake in 40 years with tremors felt across india. there are conflicting reports about casualties, but across the border in pakistan, hundreds of homes have been destroyed. electric -- electoral authorities in venezuela have declared nicolas maduro the winner. his challenger has urged a recount and asked venezuelans to take to the streets. today, family members and senior political figures attended a private servic

just completed a big investigation of google and found no problem in commercial manipulation of product and that sort of thing. the european unioning at it. but there's not an obvious federal oversight body when it comes to the possibility of electoral manipulation. i didn't find any reason to believe that google was presently doing this i'm, i didn't come to the story with the idea that they would. but it's sort of a thought experiment. you're trying to measure how powerful they are. and then you get to the question, let's imagine that somebody wanted to misbehave. is there anybody kind of watching the store on this it's not clear to me there is. >> the "washington post's" craig timburg, appreciate it. >>> a very funny april fool's day prank on the nation courtesy of the president. time for the political sidebar. take a look at what the white house just posted on youtube. >> he looks like you're expecting somebody else. but april fool's on all y'all! >> that clip hit just before the peter cottontail paid his belated easter visit to the white house, for more than 35,000 people are now with the first family on the south lawn for

european union with canny pension, but right now that is the message. >> letta's message is that it was up to every house to get their economic house in order. they said there was no difference between that reduction and a robust economy. >> they have to go hand in hand. the goal is not specific deficit targets for growth rates but for people to find work again and enable companies to expand. >> he was given a warm reception but did not show any time -- signs of battening down from his position. his next stops are paris and brussels. >> how is mission europe going down? for more, we go to our chief political correspondent, melinda crane. tell us more about his reception. >> it was friendly. the chancellor definitely praised the steps taken so far and she welcomed and wished letta a lucky hand for the sake of europe and germany. she was quite firm and made it clear that germany would be sticking to their guns as far as the need for continuing to cut back on that and get finances in order. mr. letta also is saying that he does want the governor in harmony with germany saying that he would be asking the chancellor to share some of her experiences as to how to manage