this will be partly realized in france partly in russia. free or for will be actually produced over here in moscow in russia. we are still talking about the employment of these of the usage of these ships. but i'd like to add. to what the foreign ministers were saying is that the usage of fancy ballistic missiles will. we have all of. our unanimity of positions of between france and russia that we do not want to see this missile defense. to be frets to national security is about fresh in france. and that this is an. early week that we do not want to see this as a new phase of. an arms race. no you know. we have partnership ties between with russia both through nato and frou frou the e.u. . now we would like to talk about the. interest that russia has in the operation in afghanistan that this is a good sign. on the on the. the concern that one. country surrounding afghanistan have to the situation afghanistan is a very important element for us all. on and so we have expressed the french point of view to the this transition process. to restor

. >> the swiss franc plunges against the euro. >> disputes in israel. it would be suspended all military ties with israel, threatened further sanctions. relations between the country deteriorated last week with the publication of the united nations report of an israeli raid on a gaza bound flotilla. >> the turkish prime minister is in no mood. >> israel has always acted like a spoiled child in the face of human decisions. they think they can get away with it. >> it started in may of last year. activists were killed. a u.n. report last week blamed demanded an apology from israel. turkey says -- israel says that they're just doing what the turkish do. let by are the strongest and most important nations at the present time. even when we have disputes, we should act out of our heads, not our guts. >> for now, turkey is still piling pressure on israel. but in all arms deals with this bill on hold. the prime minister says that he might visit gaza later this month. >> the libyan transitional council says that the last of the market of the supporters are about

literally france france's war plane was the first to fly in the a complaint of leave it to dogs and no fly zone over the country and france was also the first country to recognize the national transitional council even when you're for it speaking before thousands of people here in tripoli at the city's march to square the head of the antics the father literally. expert just days ago expressed his gratitude for these countries for all nato countries taking part in the military operation here in leave it especially for france for what's would they've done well it's not surprising that these. leaders are here after what's happened here. same time the father. just ahead of this visit pledge that they will be saved and he's mentioned that because the situation security situation in the country and in the capital tripoli remains very complicated fighting continues for at least half a stronghold over the country including his hometown see some six hundred kilometers east of the capital tripoli and bani walid where they have tried. always supported qatar and even and while there's still remain

an explosion at a nuclear facility in markkula in southern france one person reportedly killed several injured authorities say no radiation leak has been reported the explosion followed a fire in a storage area for radioactive waste according to the live figaro newspaper the facility is in the garden region it's a major site involved with decommissioning nuclear facilities and operates a pressurized water reactor we'll bring you more on this breaking news story shortly unsolved issues in russia u.k. relations should not stand in the way of healthy and profitable cooperation that's what the leaders of the two states concluded that their meeting at the kremlin artie's a nice and now a has more on the outcome of the first official visit by a british prime minister to russia for six years. president made of called the talks direct and constructive david cameron called them excellent the two leaders have pretty much agreed to disagree on their sticking points and saying that they have to be able to move forward in other spheres especially business a lot of talk at least in the new summer as

. >>> authorities in france reportedly dealing with an explosion at a nuclear facility. "reuters" says it happened at around 11:45 local time at a nuclear waste processing site in southern france. a news service cited the country's nuclear safety watchdog said 1% is dead, but that no radioactive waste has leaked into the environment. the blast injured four other people, one is reported to be in serious condition. around the time of the explosion, a fire reportedly occurred at the site, but was immediately extinguished. marcoule is a nuclear waste management site, it does not have any reactors. there are many nuclear-related facilities in the city. the asn said the explosion occurred near a furnace. france's electricity authority controls the marcoule nuclear energy waste management site. >>> this came in a short while ago, a field pipeline has exploded in kenya's capital, nairobi, more than 100 people are feared dead after the massive blast on monday in the east african nation. the pipeline runs through a densely-populated slum between the city center and an airport. the

last ten percent of its savings the swiss franc devaluated ten percent that means that everything will be ten percent more expensive in the future what we saw in switzerland is nothing than a coup a coup of concern to bring of switzerland and a coup means that people and politicians are not being asked if they want it or not if you ask a civilian if he wants to join the euro then he would clearly vote for no but. even more what we saw in switzerland with the central bank was a total unconditional. to brussels and to the euro zone and in the end of the day the euro will be also introduced in switzerland this is my view so all you can really speak about a coup which happened. much more still to come this hour including getting brace for a brain storm. join me and use the now i have a third annual global policy forum. leaders experts and analysts discuss the world's most pressing issues. and with colonel gadhafi now surrounded by the rebels later r.t. looks at how libya might become a breeding ground for extremists and face an even bigger civil war. now way a powerful explosion struck the

why it comes to the different approaches between russia and france france. tough sanctions on the syrian authorities while russia stands for peaceful dialogue but anyway the syrian situation is still to be discussed later in september at the u.n. the general assembly meeting in new york well they've talked about why the range of issues of course quite a worrying issue for russia the u.s. plans to build the anti missile defense system. in europe and france is once again . to talk about this with moscow in the future to continue negotiations and according to the french foreign minister there is hopes that they will be able to prove to moscow that the shield is not against russia. all powerful explosion a struck the indian capital new delhi leaving eleven people dead and at least sixty five injured a pakistani terrorist group has reportedly said it had carried out the blasts artie's british router has been looking into who might be behind the attack so far the home minister is actually saying that the and i am the national investigation agency has received an e

here on r t straight to our top story there's been an explosion at a nuclear power plant in southern france one person reportedly been killed several injured emergency crews are on site warning of a possible radiation leak or bring you more on this news shortly. turning now to other stories that we're covering first on r t a professor of politics at the university of kent dr adrian pabst joining us live in london to share his perspective on the visit of british prime minister david cameron to moscow that have. we covered earlier here in the program so thanks for being with us dr perhaps the leaders seemed satisfied with their talks in very friendly towards each other at the news conference do you think that this could be a reset in russian british relations. no i don't think it's going to be reset i think it's going to be more like a necessary normalization relations have been very bad since two thousand and six since the poisoning of alexander litvinenko in london and i haven't seen many by that tool meetings that may not in moscow london just the da to a g. twenty summits we're not seeing

and democracy and clearly enjoying an element of popularity but there you are in france. because he is rating at home now well you know both leaders want to appear to reach winner of this military operation mainly. for in town of political objective for instance in france is the next presidential election in two thousand and twelve but also we should not forget that for a kind of a christian can say mean all now and reckon struction contracts and in what way will france benefit from this eric looking at the economic point of view the agenda behind what's going on a moment. we don't know yet because it's very complicated there are a few weeks ago there are a lot of promises but we have to know that all is always in the background it is not the main reason you know libyan already is not so important when you consider the world production but it's very close to the european countries so it's one of the reasons of the of the war but we also have to consider the cattery position which want to catalyze. with the cutter reproduction and presumably as you say it's not all about e

power provides a vast majority of france's energy that there really is little to fear isn't there and they are actually saying there is not a risk there is no nuclear or radiation leakage. well i'll tell you what the records show that in the fifty nine nuclear plants that france operates currently since one thousand nine hundred sixty nine there has been forward t. one nuclear accidents and fifty one nuclear incidents reported officially so let's dispense and dispel with the talk about this is a safe well regulated well managed industry because the facts speak differently. we have a green party in france who is so sick who've suffered so many mass defections because it's got partial funding from the socialist party what am i trying to say that the so-called opposition to environmental mismanagement is in the pocket of subsidised by a political party so they help whitewash the nature of b. incidence so the french people i'm sorry to say have gotten a very very restricted and limited amount of information about nuclear accidents nuclear incidents so what does all this is sort of in trou

france but it was. probably nearly all nuclear energy to fall through the green berets and we didn't have that there are going to. be a part of asia and. i'm going to be like. oh commented. british leader. all right is daniel bushell live for us from brussels and those details what check back in with you later. turning now to other news we're covering on r t has warned israel that it faces a growing regional isolation as the turkish prime minister heads for a visit to egypt recip tape aired over and is expected to cement closer ties with cairo with both countries having recently strained relations with tel aviv on friday night a raging mob in egypt in capitals stormed and sacked the israeli embassy forcing its staff to flee had expelled israeli diplomats last week over the jewish state's refusal to apologize for the deaths of nine turks during last year's raid on a gaza bound aid flotilla the turkish prime minister says the attack was our policy but his country had chose to refrain from aggression middl

we have a green party in france who have souls who have suffered so many mass defections because it's got partial funding from the socialist party what am i trying to say the so-called opposition to environmental mismanagement is in the pockets has been subsidised by a political party so they help whitewash the nature of the incidents so the french people i'm sorry to say they've got a very very restricted and limited amount of information about nuclear accidents nuclear incidents so what this is this is sort of it's right now with this just quickly ask you i'm going to get on with this that we have therefore an impact on the perception of nuclear energy and munched amongst the french public now. well it seems from fukushima the french public has. certainly and decided that maybe nuclear energy is not safe that it can be dangerous and that it is vulnerable that is catastrophic your plant can go from an energy plant to a weapon of mass destruction if one looks at the damage and the ongoing damage caused by previous nuclear accidents in various countries so you know in answer to your qu

why it comes to the different approaches on syria between russia and france france calls for tough sanctions on the syrian authorities while russia stands for peaceful dialogue trying to resolve the situation of peacefully and once again all sides agree that the scenario in syria cannot repeat the scenario and with the act but anyway the syrian situation is still to be discussed later in september at the un general assembly meeting in new york at the united nations when it comes to its no secret that russia has been criticizing fiercely the military operation conducted by nato and this was a point of. misunderstandings and different approaches between russia and the west but right now both paris and moscow are saying that they're ready to cooperate and work together to bring back peace into libya to help every store of the country its economy its a society and more of course libya is also going to be discussed at the u.n. general assembly later in september all right from the arab countries were other issues were raised. call they talked about wide range of issues from nuclear nonproliferati

this is the swiss franc against the euro. you can see right here when they made that announcement it was falling off the cliff against the euro. the key question now is will this work and can the swiss national bank accordance? a chief economist has this. >> the issue is they could start printing money yesterday in perry and selling them in the market and buying primarily euros. about $26 billion last year. $13 billion loss at the first act of this year. it's a big burden to bear. it's piling up its balance sheet with currencies that are depreciating against the swiss franc. can it sustain those sort of losses is the issue. will it work? i'm not so sure in the long run. more often than not they fail because fundamental sources pulling the economy higher are still there. >> let's take a quick look to the markets after that. the turbulent day yesterday. this is what aged did today. -- asia did. shares fell generally. u.s. treasuries droed the most in 60 years on tuesday. it's the same old fears raising their ugly head. worries

of france and french and i look right at us to any laurie m l a dictator. ancora has warned israel it faces growing regional isolation as the perfect prime minister heads for a recent visit to egypt. as expected to cement closer ties with cairo with both countries having recently strained relations with television on friday night a raging mob in egypt's capital stormed and sacked the israeli embassy forcing its staff to flee her ex felt israeli diplomats over last week over televisa refusal to apologize for the deaths of nine turks during our last year's raid on a gaza about aid flotilla turkey's prime minister says the attack was a cause for war but his country chose torah frayne from aggression middle east analyst jonathan says the implications of the arab spring made israel's isolation unavoidable. it's important to remember that there are there approaches underway in the region right now which are in no way in which israel can in no way really exert any influence we are in the midst it might be said of a tectonic shift actually instituted picture of the

is in bed with the us to be nice it is telling france what chart because if you side with the unitedstates all the contracts that exist in france and russia including contacts because there's a contract or a submarine or a an aircraft carrier these could be in danger all that you'd be intertwined economic and military relationship between france and russia could be endangered and you could interrupt you could apply that sentiment to all of the other nato countries. but i think. germany yours also played in russia but countries like britain or italy. is not so tight to privately in the u.k. and russia of course as we just heard yesterday with a for the prime minister's visit. relationship to you in russia is not as friendly as warm as it is between france and russia at the moment especially in military matters so there is a of warning there and you know it's if you accept this plan then leaving to pay the consequences just briefly you talked about the possibility of a an arms race or has plans though of course to rid the world of all nuclear weapons is that really realistic now. know

there's been an explosion at a nuclear facility and mark you'll in southern france one person confirmed killed several others injured the blast followed a fire in a processing area of the site officials earlier warned of a possible radiation leak but say no emissions have so far been detected visibility handles nuclear waste with low levels of radioactivity let's get reaction now from french anti-nuclear activists to any lorry melody. thanks for joining us here on our team so fresh authorities have been quick to downplay the accident saying there was no risk to the area around the facility but are the french people around still worried well the french people around there and all the threats are about hope not informed and old. several hours before the authorities would even declare the accident and apparently no specific confinement measures are being taken put children or people to be safe or their friends is the world's largest consumer of nuclear power with some eighty percent of its power coming from atomic energy and of course the neighbors are germany and switzerland they've aband

breaking news this hour an explosion at a nuclear facility in southern france with one person killed several injured although there are concerns about a possible leak officials say no emissions had yet been detected outside the building. stronger relations for mutual benefit russia and the u.k. agree not to allow their divided opinions on the bidding go scandal and the resolution of the syrian crisis to stand in the way of a political and economic partnership. and to find out whether or not prime minister david cameron would have been a good k.g.b. agent joining me i need to now wait for details from the crowd. as it was good for business to promising multimillion dollar deals now we'll have more on that in business in twenty minutes. generating power iran plugs its first nuclear plant into the national grid facility at bushehr was built with the help russia. of italy moves closer to the center of the euro zone debt crisis as its crucial austerity package and there's a final stage triggering a new wave of protests and tough spending cuts. five pm in moscow i match reza good to have y

france is next with an exposure of 9 billion euros. the risk to british banks is much smaller with 2.2 billion euros. greece was given a chance to prove itself. one of chancellor merkel's closest allies insisted that a default was possible. >> what we have to do is to try to avoid it. when and if it comes, it has to be done in a controlled manner. >> so, europe's most powerful leaders assured greece that they were a part of the eurozone but they have to deliver austerity cuts and reforms. >> for more on the crisis in the eurozone, i am joined now from new york by the u.s. managing editor for the "financial times." thank you for joining the program. tim geithner said quite clearly that europe has been too slow on this, behind the curve as he put it. wire the american so outspoken? >> -- why are the americans so outspoken? >> the pressure has been building but what has changed is that there is a concern which is more akin to panic. there is deep anxiety now. what the americans know is that hoping that the worst-case scenario will not mat

are welcome to you this is all see a line from moscow the leaders of france and britain are in tripoli a high profile show of. support for the regime that means help and empower on the eve of their visit the head of the national transitional council asked for more weapons to fight pockets of colonel gadhafi loyalists still in their strongholds the rebel government thinks the ousted dictator is hiding in southern libya and planning a fight back however the new war already is asserting an increasing level of control over the country song that's cause for celebration but is. found out others aren't so optimistic. and months after tripoli fell into rebels hands those who back the old regime remain defiant but fearful in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. we will do anything from our own new memoir even if we have to give our own lives. so when support for the ousted leader it is solved once they see our camera yeah. that was a weird but it's how the camera why. it's the same situation with others two. hundred percent go

france is next with an exposure of 9 billion euros. the risk to british banks is much smaller with 2.2 billion euros. greece was given a chance to prove itself. one of chancellor merkel's closest allies insisted that a default was possible. >> what we have to do is to try to avoid it. when and if it comes, it has to be done in a controlled manner. >> so, europe's most powerful leaders assured greece that they were a part of the eurozone but they have to deliver austerity cuts and reforms. >> for more on the crisis in the eurozone, i am joined now from new york by the u.s. managing editor for the "financial times." thank you for joining the program. tim geithner said quite clearly that europe has been too slow on this, behind the curve as he put it. wire the american so outspoken? >> -- why are the americans so outspoken? >> the pressure has been building but what has changed is that there is a concern which is more akin to panic. there is deep anxiety now. what the americans know is that hoping that the worst-case scenario will not mat

well difficult to be in its mind but i mean probably is warning france which is now are a full member need to again because until recently it before sign because it was elected president was not part of command and now france is in bed with the us to mean is telling france what chart because if you side with the united states all the contracts that exist in france and russia including military contacts because there's a contract or submarine or a an aircraft carrier these could be in danger all the intertwined economic and military relationship between france and russia could be endangered and you could sort interrupt you could apply that sentiment to all of the other nato countries. but i think. germany all sorts of blatant will brush up but countries like britain or italy the. tight to what i pick trade between the u.k. and russia of course as we just heard yesterday with a prime minister's visit but i think you know the relationship can be you can russia is not as friendly as warm as it is between let's it france and russia at the moment this freshly in military matters so there is

france knocked them out of the tournament in 2007.ieve it or not, the kiwis haven't won a world cup since the competition first began in 1987. >> not surprising the clash of the all blacks and the blues attracted quite a bit of media attention. we have a look at how new zealand coach graham henry has prepared for the tough time ahead. >> reporter: this is a man comfortable with his selections as they come under the spotlight yet again. >> will this be a team you take into a major play-off game? >> i think you pick the best team for a particular opposition. we think this is the best team for this particular game. >> reporter: so graham henry has confirmed what most will be the top 15 we'll see come october, the toughest decision leaving out molina, still stranded on 9 98 tests. >> the first guy to say that would be himself. >> reporter: he played at least a cameo in the number 100. his disappoint the israel's delight, the 23-year-old's biggest test in his eight-match career. >> you want to get out there and perform. it's a big stage. >

let's get some perspective on this from paris with that macleod two point me only as a member of france's ruling party until two thousand and seven i thanks very much for joining us on the program first off us thirty protests are nothing new why do you think there's so much anger now towards cuts that italian premier berlusconi says are required to prevent a collapse i mean we're all learning to make sacrifices to get back on track isn't it. the problem is that there is no growth norm problem and to need to spend greece friends because a euro zone is not working. after ten years of people realize that. it's not working and governments are asking people. always more for more privileged. people really doesn't support in more this way of governing health care what about calls for greece for example to be kicked out or let out of the euro zone well that's something that german chancellor angela merkel has flatly rejected shouldn't accept will be considered for the blocks well being. i think that greece. leaves the euro zone soon. i think that greece cannot should port the currency of germany

sixty seven sixty five later on thursday the other quarter finals will see russia play serbia and france scallop against greece the winners and runners up of euro baskets twenty eleven will automatically qualify for next year's olympics in london along with britain's remaining top four of the top six teams work and an intercontinental twelve team playoff but the other three that's. now formula one driver of italia petrov believes his red team have put their technical problems behind them with six races left in the season the russian tanks third in the first grand prix of the year in australia and since then has only had six top ten finishes from thirteen races however in an exclusive interview with r.t. he says when i am back on track he would everyone know in the beginning of the season was. to a good start to lose sleep or eat or don't see. the ability to move so it is still largely. in the water but then suddenly with there were some problems because we did it in such an hour we are on the edge of the ball to two weeks lendin now the team is good really on one weekend we will see we d

again kick the can down the road france and merkel have been saying france germany and italy over merkel i was talking about how they want to wait until at least twenty thirteen when the european stability. mechanism is in place so they have some sort of a stew szell framework to go with with a bailout so i think that eventually greece will default but i think that it's likely to happen on october seventeenth ok why is october seventeenth of course the day when greece runs out of cash and you don't think that's going to happen but why is it that bailout is kicking the can down the road because they're not addressing they're not creating a scenario where greece or greeks. can say ok in five years and seven years whatever we have a viable plan to exit this this large that burden and go back into growth because right now the greek economy is in a collapse node so there's no way they can service this that and they're having problems getting their budget deficit under control even though they're cutting spending and that's what you're going to see so if they can't liquidate their debt and you

the of france and david cameron of britain this is an attempt to shore up this. takeover of the most all rich and the most prosperous country only after the time that. and r.t. spoke to russia's envoy to the u.n. who says the libyan experience is helping determine moscow's position on syria and you can see the full interview next hour but here's a quick preview. if you want to put up experience the last thing you do is that start a civil war and this is what happened let's face it our concern is that any sanctions resolution. on syria in the security council might be seen by destructive elements of syrian opposition as sort of encouragement looking at leading something similar to what happened in libya maybe happening in syria. that clearly extremely destructive consequences western colics swearing to us that this is not there and then some thought use military force well incidentally we have to remind the world statements and assurances from them of various sorts when we're working on the resolution in libya which then we're very quickly forgotten in the keeper

russia leads to france in the semifinals of cost to build european championships. reaching new heights world championship to roll back wins the last time in the league this season in style. put this is a point to be behind in zenaida's country to the brink of the davis cup. but first russia had just missed out on reaching the final of basketball's european championship season to france seventy one points to seventy nine the french nine take on defending champion spain in sunday's final i rush is my man i'm going to get a lanka talksport france taking the twenty one points but that wasn't enough france were almost always ahead with a tiny part that having twenty two points spain reached that on the right after beating macedonia ninety eight points that was fun collis nevada is getting an incredible thirty five points in that one. world champion hi john but just missed out on a world record at last night's golden league meeting in brussels the russian continued her domination. i have a correlation i will plank of last each and was in a league of around clearing to me

the swiss franc has been a safe haven. this chart shows the euro versus the swiss franc. as the euro has dropped, that has lifted the franc, until today, when switzerland said it won't allow its currency go below 1.20 euro. ira epstein at the linn group says today's swiss action helps the dollar, at least for a couple of days. >> tom: the dollar gets a bid because we're worried about the near term, and then we'll switch gears after the president's speech wondering what's up with our own fed, and the dollar's rally could be extremely short lived if the fed puts out another qe 3 type program because we debase our currency again. qe a reference to quantitative easing. with the currency intervention, a lot of folks on gold, and we did see a climb to its most recent high actually hitting over $1900 an ounce, and gold with a small drop, still closing around $1873 an ounce. meantime energy company sunoco with a nice rally. the company nots out of the refinery business. its two pennsylvania refineries are for sale. and speaking of deals, packaging company temple inland shot up 25

founder of france's big party thank you very much. now things are the better across in spain which also faces protests after its parliament ballot pressure and voted to amend the constitution to limit national debt other senators voting today with unions and rights groups vowed to fight it saying the death cap will decimate the welfare system and hurt the most vulnerable. of course the country's predicament is leading some to take matters into their own hands. this was the last time really carmen had guests over at her house just a day after artie came to visit she along with her fourteen year old son was evicted from the subsidized flat she called home for five years gave me the date every car i was fifteen days late with a payment i paid five hundred twenty four year zero and they still wanted a victory even though i paid everything and it was months ago soured out since then marie carmen has spent most of her time fighting to keep her apartment calm and collected but the pressure of losing a roof over her head caused mary carmen to

again kick the can down the road france and merkel have been saying that france germany and angela merkel how did and how about how they want to wait until at least twenty thirteen when the european stability. mechanism is in place so they have some sort of institutional framework to go with with the bailout so i think that eventually greece will default but i think that it's not going to happen on a couple something they're not addressing they're not creating a scenario where greece or greeks can say ok in five years and seven years whatever we have a viable plan to exit this this large burden and go back into growth because right now that we commonly is in a collapse mode so there's no way they can service this that a lot of the american banks were on the other side of these derivatives deals so they were ensuring that there was on the books the books of european banks so that in the event of the fall the european banks would yeah they would they would lose out on their bonds but then they would go to the american bank and say give us the money because when you wrote the insurance so th

france is next, with an exposure of 9 billion euros. the risk to british banks is much smaller, 2.2 billion euros. >> if germany does not bill grease out, we need a backup plan for when it goes horribly wrong. i do not get a sense of any backup plan. if a default happens, it will be messy. >> president sarkozy and chancellor merkle reaffirmed they are determined to save greece, if they can. bbc news, brussels. >> for more on the crisis shaking the eurozone, i spoke to christian fraser from paris. when you look at people taking part in emergency talks, it is france, germany, and greece. isn't that the problem, that the eurozone comes down to these two big economies to solve problems? >> i think you are right. and it is a rerun of a meeting in paris two weeks ago. the criticism from timothy geithner and robert zelig is that europe always seems to be behind the curve. they are reacting to problems, not solving the big issues. there need to be big decisions taken on the future of the eurozone. the painful truth is it will mean either closer

but in france, 75% of the country's electricity still comes from nuclear power. in the united states, fukushima was seen as a wake-up call. still, six months later there have been no substantial safety changes made at the 104 nuclear reactors that dot the country. >> where's the beef? where are the actual upgrades being done, and the answer is so far, nothing's been done. >> reporter: the exact cause of the explosion here in france is still unknown, but a french government scientist just told us with every incident like this, with every close call, there are leons to be learned and improvements to be made. diane? >> thank you, nick watt, over tonight in france. >>> and here at home the quest, the duel about getting americans back to work. today president obama sent that $447 billion jobs bill to congress, and members of congress finally got to see the details. abc's jake tapper tells us what they saw. >> reporter: it's a jobs bill so hot off the presses, the president's aides apparently did not even have time to bind it. >> well, here it is. >> reporter: economis

is facing a new trial in his native france for attempted rape. more and more french women are start together speak out about sexual assault and harassment in a way they haven't done before. >> what better symbol of french seductiveness than the mowl inn rouge. but the playful image of sexuality has recently come under scrutiny. when seduction turns into sexual assault, women have traditionally been under pressure to stay silents. it was only after the allegations surrounding dominique strauss-kahn in new york that a writer filed a complaint for attempted rape against the former i.m.f. chief. it involved an incident dating back to 2003. her mother originally talked her out of pressing charges, fearing her daughter would be defamed. >> a few weeks after the incident, i talked to dominique strauss-kahn. he said he had completely lost his head. he had had a sexual relationship with me several years before, and when he saw my daughter, he said he was overwhelmed and he had to have her, too. >> the attack on her daughter might have never come to light

national bank basically says they're sick of it they set a limit on how far it will let the swiss franc rise against the euro this is the latest attempt to get a handle on the out of control currency they're out of control and overvalued in part because of the influx of euros and dollars that have been streaming into swiss banks you know who's putting them there and i'll think right well that's been a trying to specially in the last few years that greatly appreciating the swiss franc i want to talk about all these issues with paul craig roberts he served as assistant secretary of the treasury under president reagan and is in atlanta georgia hey there dr robert robert let's start with something that you wrote that caught my eye you said launching tin is threatening the world not merely with war but also with inflation a talk about this and what you think the implications are regarding some of those decisions that we've been hearing coming out of switzerland and also with what we're seeing on a global scale. yes christine washington having wars and large tax cuts and having are sure a lar

because he has become extremely unpopular, even in tolerant france. and we see a front-runner in the socialist party saying he has a lot of explaining to do in his attitude towards women. >> we should mention there's still a civil case pending. >> another woman has accused him, has a complaint against him of attempted rape. >> which is a separate case. >> yes, in 2003. >> french authorities are considering whether to bring charges against him. >> you touched on this. listen, in france, political and scandals are seen differently than they are in the united states. that's for sure. given that, how do the french as a people, view him? >> well, if you look at the polls, he is extremely unpopular, even in tolerant france. something has happened here to where they are not forgiving him for what they heard about the way he's treated women, even though the charges were dropped against him. 80% of the french people who were polled in a recent poll do not want him to run for the presidency. 61% do not want him to even have a senior government position. >> inte

. >> susie: and leaders from germany and france wrap up an emergency conference call with one message: greece will remain part of the european union. it's "nightly business report" for wednesday, september 14. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. another greek crisis averted for now. the leaders of france and germany said today they are committed to keeping greece in the eurozone. and tom, greece's prime minister vowed to implement austerity measures so that country's economy stabilizes. >> tom: susie, the decisions were handled in a conference call between the leaders of germany, france and greece. that call was the focus of trading today after two major french banks had their credit ratings downgraded. moody's investor's service cut its rating on societe generale and credit agricole. the move came over concerns about the financial health of those firms. >>

why it comes to the different approaches on sea between russia and france france calls for tough sanctions on syria and off towards while russia stands for peaceful dialogue but anyway the syrian situation is still to be discussed later in september at the u.n. general assembly meeting in new york well they've talked about why the range of issues of course quite a worrying issue for russia the u.s. plans to build the anti missile defense system in europe and france has once again said that they are ready and hoping to talk about this with moscow in the future to continue negotiations and according to the french foreign minister paris hopes that they will be able to prove to moscow that the shield is not aimed against russia. the council of europe's legal committee is to look closer into swiss claims that fourteen european countries allegedly allowed the cia to operate secret prisons on their soil well the report by politician dick marty says you are saxons and those detention centers violated basic human rights and torture was widely views. if human rights commissioner has already urged po