if they want to go than they should if they don't use the euro it's not really. i couldn't care less but if that's what they want then we'll just continue without them. they can't leave europe never became part of it because of their own mentality and colonial past. when you're going to be able they are not in the euro zone if they want to leave i say go for it i'm not sure what they'll get out of. those germans that say that they are concerned whether the u.k. remains in the european union or not they find their infer something of a shock should the united kingdom opt for independence because if the u.k. were to leave the single market would string by fifteen percent and three hundred billion euro worth of annual trade would face extra costs and this would affect of course everyone those in german chancellor angela merkel's own party of wondered if the u.k. as a truly became a member of the e.u. great britain of the and into a part of europe for more than one thousand years has always been uneasy with being a member of the european union so now it comes to befor

money that was stolen i think about a thousand euros. turned to crime after he couldn't afford to pay the medical bills for his now ex-wife who suffers from m.s. . i rolled my own branch because of what they did to me he gave me loans are crazy interest resource have to take more loans to pay for them they robbed me so i robbed i'm not proud but i think the state forced me into this position so what's going through your head as you're walking down here knowing that you're about to commit a crime as soon as i had a small plastic toy guns as i was approaching the banker's oxman nearby there was a bag near the street so i said to the caucus should check it out i hope this would be obstruction then i went into the bank and did what i did it was all over in five minutes. he bored what he needed then turned himself into the police after spending a year behind bars part of the conditions of his release that he maintains a twenty meter distance from the bank remains angry with the portuguese government who he says are encouraging this type of be

we saw the euro getting back up to 1.3143 on wednesday. jeff and julia are from bratislava where they've been speaking to those members. i'm wondering whether this suggests quite a bit of division on the governing council. what do you think? >> yeah, ross, i think that was very clear where there is division on the governing council. once we had the press conference yesterday in the meeting, then you start to get the leaks. some question as to whether one board member voted for no move at all and a number of board members may have voted for a 50 basis point cut rather than 25 basis points. but i just wanted to borrow your horse racing analogy for a moment here, ross. because if the hope was that we got the lower euro on the broad announcement that we got yesterday alongside the 25 basis point cut, then i think what happened this morning is the horse pulled up lame. once we had mr. nowotny with us and we started to talk a little bit about whether there was really preparation being made for some cut in that deposit rate, the story changed som

the euro stoxx 50 also doing pretty good. across the atlantic on wall street, the dow up just slightly at this hour but still safely over the 15,000-point level, and the euro trading at a value of $1.3152. >> some three months after a spectacular diamond heist out of brussels airport, belgian police are saying they had made a significant breakthrough in their investigation. >> 33 suspects were arrested in early morning raids in belgium, france, and switzerland. police also reportedly seized many of the stolen diamonds. on february 18, eight masked men made their way onto the runway of brussels airport and stole diamonds worth 37 million euros. as they were being loaded onto an airplane. >> prosecutors have detained the captain of a container ship that crashed into a control tower in genoa, the lead's busiest port. >> at least seven people were killed and two are still missing. the collision occurred at night during a shift change. the technical failure is believed to have been the cause. >> the external stair case is all that

the euro skeptic movement in britain continues on its off would trajectory if the u.k. independence party finishes second. by election. was a major force to be reckoned with. as the united nations says more than seven hundred people were killed in violence in iraq last month we look at the how ordinary people are dealing with possibly one of the country's worst crises in recent history. around the clock this is the live from moscow with a thank you for joining us today washington is now officially considering arming the syrian rebels of this off the holding back for two years it's all according to the defense secretary chuck hagel the dramatic twist comes just days after u.s. officials claim that they have a confirmed intelligence pointing to the use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime and the latest now from washington and. so far the administration has been reluctant to arm the rebels directly although its allies have been doing that for the past two years there have been persistent reports of increasing radicalization of anti assad forces you have an al qaeda af

and it's a happy day for euro skeptics across britain the u.k. independence party stole the show at another british byelection ukip came in second in south shields which is perceived as a staggering result considering the party do not even stand in the constituency in the last drawing or election more on this two watson south. now we've seen a growing public support for the non mainstream parties and certainly you kids being right at the center of that they were coming. on labor's heels throughout the campaign trail we saw the charismatic leader here backing his candidate richard elvin but as we've seen recently with you keep growing support the public are really responding to these mainstream party politicians that. give a straight answer to a question about the bush or a. porcupine as you know when you can't get a straight answer. ask a question you get a straight answer is a straight talking not a spade a spade so it shows how far they've come to get that second place in such a short amount of time and certainly the mainstream political partie

the euro skeptic movement in britain continues on its. independence party finished yet another byelection establishing itself as a major force to be reckoned. as the united nations says more than seven hundred people were killed in violence in iraq this month alone different to how ordinary people are dealing with possibly one of the country's worst crises in recent history. news twenty four hours a day live from moscow this is with me will receive it's a pleasure to have you with us today. and washington has now officially started to consider that the syrian rebels this after holding back now for roughly two years that's all according to the defense secretary chuck hagel the dramatic twist comes just days after u.s. officials claim that they have a confirmed intelligence pointing to the use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime though it is from washington and. you can. so far the administration has been reluctant to arm the rebels directly although its allies have been doing that for the past two years there have been persistent repo

euro skeptic britain. referendum by the end of twenty seventeen command was a hit to lose trust in a united europe as well. syrian troops fight for control of a rebel stronghold of the lebanese border believed to be a key supply route for opposition forces at least fifty eight people have died in the battle for the city. and atomic allegations iran that gives the go ahead for u.n. inspectors to visit one of its nuclear facilities but only if they sign a protocol. about the country's nuclear program we speak to the head of the international nuclear watchdog. international news twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. . well to stay or to go that's the question at center stage of british politics as a pros and cons of e.u. membership are thrashed out a draft a bill on an in out referendum recently issued by the ruling conservative party says it must be held before the end of twenty seventeen it's been hailed as paving a clear route towards change their opinion polls suggest an exit from the e.u. is the m

mark uses at least one took a day, worth 11 euros. he pays just three euros himself. his company pays the remaining eight. >> it is a real advantage. i go to the bakery and pay with a voucher. i only pay extra if i go over the limit. >> employees benefit, and so does the local catering industry, but at a huge cost to the state. one example of many, which analysts say france can no longer afford. >> the french are used to this kind of social welfare, but the system has to be financed, and reforms are urgently needed in view of the crisis and the aging population. >> the french economy is not growing. unemployment is at a record high, and the budget deficit is under 3% allowed under european rules. the average worker cost his employer about 35 euros an hour. >> as far as unit labor costs are concerned, they've been climbing steadily in france. that has not been the case in germany. friends has failed to remain as competitive as germany, which has managed to lower its labor costs. >> that has made france less attractive to small and medium- sized companies. analysts say

mark uses at least one took a day, worth 11 euros. he pays just three euros himself. his company pays the remaining eight. >> it is a real advantage. i go to the bakery and pay with a voucher. i only pay extra if i go over the limit. >> employees benefit, and so does the local catering industry, but at a huge cost to the state. one example of many, which analysts say france can no longer afford. >> the french are used to this kind of social welfare, but the system has to be financed, and reforms are urgently needed in view of the crisis and the aging population. >> the french economy is not growing. unemployment is at a record high, and the budget deficit is under 3% allowed under european rules. the average worker cost his employer about 35 euros an hour. >> as far as unit labor costs are concerned, they've been climbing steadily in france. that has not been the case in germany. friends has failed to remain as competitive as germany, which has managed to lower its labor costs. >> that has made france less attractive to small and medium- sized companies. analysts say

up above a certain level which i believe will be around two hundred thousand euros he and his family have. a visa a five year visa will which will be renewed if he keeps the house well as i can see greece is moving towards. closer. stronger relations with russia but not everybody is happy we know that greece expected to raise fifty billion euros in privatization among other things as selling natural gas assets and there are media reports suggesting that u.s. and european authorities are advising greek authorities know not to sell it to those sort of things we are going to do carry on the procedure as it has been planned the best offer wins and we welcome the russian proposals the russian companies that are entering that have entered the procedure as far as i know they have very good proposals its two main factors that are important the sum of money that is offered but also the gas plan because you can understand especially for an economy which wants to get out of a crisis we want the cheapest possible energy for the next five to ten years but did your government receive any sign any

if britain didn't join the euro we were told that there would be a massive divestment out of the u.k. particular in car manufacturing what is what we've seen over the last few years actually record investment of car manufacturing in britain and we're not in the euro thank goodness we're not in the year and indeed our exports other parts of the world the commonwealth the bric countries including russia the civet countries vietnam and so on and so forth we've seen record exports to those countries so we live in a global. globally competitive world as a global race on and with all the economies and i think the united kingdom as an independent sovereign country would be better trading with the rest of the world also with the european union but with the strictures and the strait jacket of the european regulations now the british have long had a strained friendship with their continental colleagues but one of the our european cousins think german chancellor angela merkel has repeatedly called for britain not to turn its back on europe spoke to some germans to get their thoughts on the u.k.

leaves the whole thing without a rival rivals including the euro zone. will have some very big realize losses and also you know the germans are the ones that have benefited out of the euro zone most of their growth over the last four five six years has been to other eurozone countries so the germans very very keen to keep. well you know at this point a lot of investors are being put off by the end certainty regarding this issue and in a purely economic basis it would be probably very damaging for the u.k. to leave i mean does the u.k. fully understand the possible ramifications of exit from the e.u. . well what would have been really damaging to the u.k. called is if we'd been stupid enough to join the euro zone but thank goodness we said no otherwise we'd be in a very similar state to many of the mediterranean countries today so that was the first big good decision that we made now i do understand the argument about uncertainty even though i very much take the view the trade would go on between britain and the rest of europe completely out of affected b

they had reported 25 million euros.ear, they have attempted to sell off two steel plants in brazil and united states. the stock in frankfurt, though, is still up 4%. >>> also in germany, rwe met forecasts for first-quarter figures. ebitda across the period just topped $3 billion. core profit was down slightly, hit by sluggish wholesale energy prices. rwe has maintained its outlook for if the full year and investors say that's okay, the stock up 0.5%. >>> shares of h&m are lower. the retailer reporting sales growth of 1%, well below forecast. so far this year, h&m has struggled to keep up sales momentum with the retailer blaming unseasonably cold weather in its core european market. meanwhile, the fashion giant is speeding up expansion across emerging markets. >>> and shares on the london exchange have followed upwards following the full-year figures, reporting a 7% rise. most of the sales growth they say was driven by its information services division. earlier, we asked the ceo if this was now more important for the bus

britain's euro skeptic u.k. independence party makes huge gains in local elections securing over twenty percent of the vote sending a message to worried governing conservative party. u.s. u.-turn america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria amid reports of an alleged government led village massacre. and killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the worst ways of violence since the withdrawal of u.s. troops two years ago our top story this hour. around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center in moscow britain is governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with the former political side of the euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains but the results show that ukip has so far grabbed twenty six percent of the vote well coming second in the election in south shields pushing the tories into third place. is following events which could have long lasting repercu

the euro stoxx 50 settled in negative territory, however. trading is still under way for the dow jones industrial average, and it has not been doing a whole lot on the day. currently at 15,264. the euro-dollar is trading higher for $1.2892. >> sports news now, and it sounds like something of an end of an era. five days after winning france's top league championship, soccer superstar david david beckham says -- david beckham says he is retiring at the age of 38. >> he was the premier league championship six times in the champions league once. he has also played for real madrid, l.a. galaxy, and paris, which won the french title on monday. the former captain played 115 international matches. >> we are going to a short break. when we come back, the 70th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising. >> stay with us. >> thanks for staying with us. >> welcome back. on this day, german forces ended the jewish resistance that fell in occupied poland. >> thousands of children were smuggled out of the ghetto before then, albeit without their parents. one

the average wages just 360 euro and it has been for years. about 3.5 million romanians, or one-fifth of the work force is seeking work abroad. the effective families torn apart can be long-lasting. dancing allows christie and not to forget it of the fact that they actually have mothers. the live in a children's home. they barely have had any contact with their mothers who work somewhere in the eu. he does not even know where his mother is. >> i think she's somewhere in germany. >> i discovered my mother on facebook two weeks ago, but she did not even want to write to me. she asked how i was doing. she has to work all day and does not have time. >> four years ago, even then she had no one to read stories to her. her mother left to find work abroad when she was a little girl. >> do you know where your mother is? >> yes, in spain. >> many believe their children are better off living in a home than accompanying them abroad. >> where would you like to live? >> with my mother. >> when she first entered the orphanage, she still had hope that her mot

the euro stoxx 50 up by nearly 1.5%. the euro slipping against the greenback, trading at a value of $1.2875. back to france where president hollande says europe must act immediately to lower youth unemployment, which now tops 50% in some countries. >> he was speaking at the start of talks between french and german cabinet ministers working on a joint initiative to present at next month's eu summit. >> with 6 million young people in europe lacking either a job or training placement, many analysts are warning of a new jobless generation. a new program launched on tuesday aims to prevent that. >> the whole european idea is at stake. nobody thinks the european union can take care of all our needs, but the eu should at least give its citizens hope and protection. >> the measures include helping small and medium-sized businesses get moans to expand operations and create new jobs for young people. another idea is for more countries to adopt germany's dual education system was on the job training. and young people are being enco

the average wages just 360 euro and it has been for years. about 3.5 million romanians, or one-fifth of the work force is seeking work abroad. the effective families torn apart can be long-lasting. dancing allows christie and not to forget it of the fact that they actually have mothers. the live in a children's home. they barely have had any contact with their mothers who work somewhere in the eu. he does not even know where his mother is. >> i think she's somewhere in germany. >> i discovered my mother on facebook two weeks ago, but she did not even want to write to me. she asked how i was doing. she has to work all day and does not have time. >> four years ago, even then she had no one to read stories to her. her mother left to find work abroad when she was a little girl. >> do you know where your mother is? >> yes, in spain. >> many believe their children are better off living in a home than accompanying them abroad. >> where would you like to live? >> with my mother. >> when she first entered the orphanage, she still had hope that her mot

the euro stoxx 50 up by nearly 1.5%. the euro slipping against the greenback, trading at a value of $1.2875. back to france where president hollande says europe must act immediately to lower youth unemployment, which now tops 50% in some countries. >> he was speaking at the start of talks between french and german cabinet ministers working on a joint initiative to present at next month's eu summit. >> with 6 million young people in europe lacking either a job or training placement, many analysts are warning of a new jobless generation. a new program launched on tuesday aims to prevent that. >> the whole european idea is at stake. nobody thinks the european union can take care of all our needs, but the eu should at least give its citizens hope and protection. >> the measures include helping small and medium-sized businesses get moans to expand operations and create new jobs for young people. another idea is for more countries to adopt germany's dual education system was on the job training. and young people are being enco

soonest possible those categories for example open sions that need help even at the time when when euro zone was created back in at the end of one nine hundred ninety s. helmut kohl and the german chancellor ignored signs and the fact and experts have been saying that pointed that out for him that italy was not ready to join the euro zone he was very well informed and very well aware of the fact of the special reset this country and the succession may pose to the euro and two years later the same happened with greece it was accepted but it wasn't actually ready as experts were saying why at that time countries like italy like cories were so forcefully dragging you think. well it was the european dream then the very you have to look for also other responsibilities or i did we insist in the monetary union we. come over political how was that possible why did we do such a mistake i'm telling the responsibility goes of brussels. to the whole of the european union. and dr no the european union is facing a major challenge it must change it must be taught by the mistakes of the past. but. and

bailout loan the bailout compiled by the troika will start with a three billion euro trance of cash later this lay. out tensions are brewing over austerity as france shows signs of wanting to loosen the spending reins france's fina minister pierre moscovici says the era of us thirty is over or germany in contrast continues to support the procedure the french finance minister says all star city on its own impedes growth his comments follow the european commission statement in that gave france two more years to reach its deficit targets as the economic recovery is expected to be delayed and in turn will give it she added the french president francois longed a boat turning against german inspired cas on its day i asked jacobs and chief economist from saxo bank about the french position. as these politicians speak at home in front of a home audience they tend to be more restrictive more less restrictive in terms of how they talk about things generally they have a different audience as soon as they get into the diplomatic circles of course they become more and it's constructive and more

an indicator of the standard of living that's plummeted almost fifty billion euros in the last three years while government data has thursday by forty five percent so where do the optimists sounds while the good news these measures have improved the country's budget deficit to three point eight percent to put that in perspective that's now very close to the figure sets by the european union but for the greek people though of the most alarming trend is the unemployment rate that stopped twenty seven percent mostly the country's youth and that's going to get worse four thousand civil servants are being laid off this year alone with the number is set to triple by the end of next year one expert says no matter how the number is set up now the money will still have to be repaid the greek government is trying to image. it budget deficits by simply slicing the public investment and continuing continuously delaying statements about its directions so in reality if if the greek states. were every monday all those reports did. you know that this is so that's why they insist that this i mean lis

europe's finance ministers signed off billions of euros a bailout funds today heavily indebted greece and cyprus received huge loans to prop up their ailing economies cyprus got the green light for the first three billion euro installment of its bailout agreed in march after tense negotiations with international lenders greece has been relying on cash injections for the past three years and it will now get another eight tranche worth four point two billion euros and also a further installment of three point three billion euros later this year well despite the greek government's claim that the money is putting the economy back on track many believe the country is paying too high a price for that help as media culture over reports. as been three years says greece was granted its massive bailout by international lenders since then the harshest areas he measures have driven the economy into the ground but some claim that the risk hope on the horizon for grace and that it's about to turn a corner let's see now how greece's economy ferrous today compared to what it looked like in the last f

- weak euro. a lot of those young people, particularly from the southern european countries, have come to germany and contributed to the germany economy. >> -- the german economy. >> the germans have a pretty good, but there were may day demonstrations today. what can you tell us about those? >> there are demonstrations every year on the labor day here the mood has not been -- on labor day. the unions do warn about the growing gap between the rich and the poor. they are worried about low wages. they are worried that people are not saving enough money for old age. that is a growing problem. there are concerns, but the mood is relatively peaceful today on the streets of berlin at least. >> union leaders here and across europe are calling for an end to austerity measures. can we expect chancellor merkel to hold the course on that? >> she has a lot of pressure from opposition parties and from her european partners. we have seen the new prime minister of italy meeting with the president of paris today.

the euro stoxx 50 also higher today. in new york, the positive trend continues -- actually, it has changed direction and is lower, but it was positive earlier. the euro-dollar is currently trending lower. sony has announced it is considering a proposal to sell a big chunk of its film, tv, and music operations. >> the idea apparently comes from an american hedge fund this as money from the sale could be invested in sony's ailing electronics unit. sony's ceo did not give a timetable for a decision on that idea. >> in soccer news, bad news for dortmund fans. >> dortmund's emerging superstar will not be able to play. he tore a muscle in his by three weeks ago in the semifinal against madrid. he is still recovering. it would have been his last game with dortmund. next year, he will be playing for -- you guessed it -- bayern munich. >> with two german squads vying for the top title, some of the best players will be competing in wembley on saturday. the rest are headed to florida, but it is no vacation. >> not really. did germa

the euro stoxx 50 also higher today. in new york, the positive trend continues -- actually, it has changed direction and is lower, but it was positive earlier. the euro-dollar is currently trending lower. sony has announced it is considering a proposal to sell a big chunk of its film, tv, and music operations. >> the idea apparently comes from an american hedge fund this as money from the sale could be invested in sony's ailing electronics unit. sony's ceo did not give a timetable for a decision on that idea. >> in soccer news, bad news for dortmund fans. >> dortmund's emerging superstar will not be able to play. he tore a muscle in his by three weeks ago in the semifinal against madrid. he is still recovering. it would have been his last game with dortmund. next year, he will be playing for -- you guessed it -- bayern munich. >> with two german squads vying for the top title, some of the best players will be competing in wembley on saturday. the rest are headed to florida, but it is no vacation. >> not really. did germa