there was a large german population there. what has to remember, at that time, how many germans there were spread around different parts of europe. they had been under the german empires, but also the austro- hungarian empire. hitler's argument at the time was that i want to bring the germans back within the reich. many people thought he was only trying to get the germans back. they had a certain sympathy, or were at least not prepared to fight back. it would be a price to pay for world peace. soon after, when hitler occupied the rest of czechoslovakia the following march, it became clear he was not just interested in taking the germans back, but wanted to seize the territory of other countries. >> why do you think chamberlain thought he would live up to the signature on that paper? >> doug cooper said of chamberlain, as lord mayor of birmingham, his previous position; nobody had ever broken their word to him. he could not imagine hitler breaking his word. he was a very good chancellor, chamberlain, but as you see from the edw

german government.he report was published by the u.s.-based institute for new economic thinking, which is financed in large part by american billionaire investor george soros. he has long been calling on germany to give help to weaker eurozone countries and has called chancellor angela merkel 's policies shortsighted. meanwhile, a ratings agency moody's says germany could be overwhelmed by the debt crisis in the long term -- meanwhile, ratings agenciy moody's. it warned that top states could lose their credit ratings. >> the meetings reidy -- the moody's rating is justified. the question is why they are blind towards the americans and british because the problems there are not smaller than in europe. >> the downgrade of the rescue fund did not surprise the markets. traders said they had expected the move. >> let's cross over to our political correspondent for some analysis on this. doom and gloom on all sides. tell us more about economists and what they are really saying. >> the report was commissioned

the first big german based is due to be closed down this autumn. most troops will leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. that makes for an enormous logistical challenge. germany alone will have to pull out masses of equipment and 1700 vehicles. >> then there's the question -- how do we get it to germany? we do not have the option of a marine route. relations with afghanistan's neighbors are complex, and they will want money, so we have to plan the withdrawals ourselves. >> much will depend on whether pakistan allows convoys to cross its territory. a good deal of the hardware, though, they have to be flown out, which is expensive. the hope to put a price on the withdrawal by autumn. >> let's move on to business news now. hence continue to roll at barclays on tuesday. the bank ceo resigned effective immediately, and just hours later, the chief operating officer also stepped down. >> barclays is accused of manipulating the libor interest rate, which banks use to lend money to one another. >> the bank has already been fined for the move, but politicians

jakarta is said to be looking at german leopard tanks. but it is still unclear whether a deal will go through. on the sidelines of the political talks, merkel also made a plea for religious tolerance. in jakarta, she visited a church. christians make up around 9% of the population. muslims, 88%. officially, there is freedom of religion in indonesia, but there have been some attacks. merkel said faith should be a unifying rather than dividing factor. that led to a sports news now, the 2012 summer olympics get under way in just over two weeks time. germany will be hoping for its share of the metals. >> one of the team's big hopefuls is part of the men's diving squad, who picked up silver in beijing four years ago. >> the pull of the european sports park in southern germany is no place to relax in the sun. his every job has just one purpose -- to help him win the gold in london. >> the priority is the synchronized 10-meter platform because we have had the most success with that and even won a medal in beijing. we would like to do that again.

well the average german as you say this is eighty percent of the german population don't understand why german taxpayers' money and french take spears money is used in order to bailout spanish saving beings which have made big errors in real estate investment so there is has never been before such an enormous split between the political class in germany the members of parliament of the parties. the great coalition of euro rescuers except the leftist parties and some descending apiece on one hand and the german population which is more and more skeptical and continues to reject the view of rescue policy but who starts rejecting all the political class as you say germany and certainly as you said eighty percent of germans are certainly feeling feeling the wear and tear of having to fork out so much money as you were mentioning a moment ago they don't always understand where all their taxpaying money is going to across the eurozone if if the germans are fed up then who else is there a prop up the struggling euro zone. well i think germany is the country of the us and although being the anc

the tent, a german police woman. files destruction has sent shockwaves across germany's political spectrum. >> who ordered the files to be shredded and why? who knew about it? once the facts are clear, we will discuss further consequences. >> it is high time we ask questions about the structural mechanism of germany's security architecture. >> the parliamentary committee investigating the murder series still has much work to do, but its chairman has criticized the handling of the case by germany's security agencies. >> specific mistakes were made in cooperation between germany's intelligence authorities. in some cases, agencies were actually in during the investigations. >> further embarrassing information has come to light. german media is reporting italy's domestic intelligence service warned its german counterpart about right-wing extremist activities over 10 years ago. the parliamentary committee will probe that issue as well. >> all right, so not such good news for the german intelligence services. what are the

but well meanwhile many germans are worrying that inequality is among e.u. nations may lead to the euro's downfall artichokes on a boycott of the story not taking from others and not giving your own that's what made to vary their suit his company grow from a small soap shop a century ago into a multi-million euro business nowadays. to him iranian company is of course different from running a country or a union of countries but all require fiscal discipline but. before we do anything there should be unified fiscal and economic policy it is not acceptable that spain subsidizes things that are not subsidized in germany and it does it at our common expense trading all across europe mr is in favor of keeping the euro what he doesn't agree with is that common currency should necessarily mean diluted responsibility in myself and forget i think countries like spain or greece use the euro in quite opportunist ways they used to pay eight or nine percent interest rates before joining the euro but after they came on board they got access to low rates that germany or fra

most members of the moat -- german government. he was specifically criticizing the vice chancellor and fdp leader philipp roesler. while it is understandable that he was very frustrated about philipp roesler's remarks, i think it is a little disingenuous of mr. juncker, because we're going into an election year in germany and it is inevitable that the other parties will distance themselves from chancellor merkel in the run-up to the election and tout their own ideas for saving the euro. >> no keeping politics out of this crisis. thank you for that. well, for all the tensions, the hopes for action from the ecb has given a lift to italy on the bond market. >> borrowing costs fell today but the auction about 5.5 billion euros of medium and long-term bonds. >> policy-makers in rome are breathing a sigh of relief. monday's auction of italian 10- year bonds was well-received and rates were attractive, too, falling below 6%. it was an encouraging sign after june's euro jitters drove up rates. the hope that the european central bank could

until 1945, it was part of german territory and had a large german population.n winter 1945 with the russian red army continuing its advance, the occupation authorities that up an airlift to evacuate germans from the area. planes departed loaded with the back kiwis, mainly women and children. normally a seaplane such as this one holds 17 passengers. during the airlift, they were crammed full with up to 80 people. on march 5, a plane carrying four crew members, 10 adults, and 60 children took off. a 14-year-old who was fleeing the area with his family saw what happened. >> the plane took off. i watched it from the ground. what i saw is that the plane flew up, tipped mid-air, and fell into the water. >> he has his own theory about the crash. >> i believe the aircraft was overloaded. >> others disagree. they believe the seat plane was shot down by a russian tank. one woman survived. everyone else died. >> after it crashed, i saw one wing of the airplane, and that is it. the sirens went off right away, but nothing really happened after that. basically, there was not

but the big favorite is the german eight-man rowing team. they have been world champions for three years running and have continually improve their performance. their motto -- go for gold. >> we have not been beaten for three years. we put in the hard work and now are going to make it count. >> the sprint team is also shooting for glory. she is already a four-time champion and now wants to add the individual kyack title claim london. germany will be competitive in many different disciplines. in beijing, there was a winner on the podium in 19 different sports. the triathlon team will also be top contenders in london. four years ago, he was a surprise gold medalist and is now considered a favorite. >> one-day race is definitely my thing. i can focus myself 100% on that day and be very disciplined. >> germany's chances are limited this time around in ball sports. only the field hockey and volleyball teams manage to qualify for the london games. >> the training these athletes and door in order to reach these levels are unbearable for most. >> it

. >> and the billions for spanish banks as german lawmakers say yes to another bailout plan. >> investigators in bulgaria work to identify a suicide bomber who attacked a bus load of israeli tourists. >> in syria, rebels appear to be widening their reach and control. >> rebels say they control the country's border crossings with turkey and iraq. >> diplomatic efforts to cut off support for the regime failed yet again. russia and china vetoed a united nations security council resolution threatening sanctions against damascus. >> in language we have heard before, russia said the draft would have opened the door to foreign military intervention in syria. >> we will get reactions in washington in just a minute, but our coverage begins on the ground in damascus. >> activists have posted videos on the internet that reportedly showed the chaotic situation on the ground in damascus. they say the army is mobilizing more forces but that anti- government forces are holding out. reporters say the fighting has spread to the presidential palace. the display of force follows wednesday's suicide bombing, whi

. >> germans feel the warning is a result of putting themselves on the line for countries like greece and spain that had neglected to make the painful spending cuts in germany did. they are also up in arms that their politicians have failed to make good on promises since 2008 to create an eu-based ratings agency to take the place of groups like moody's. >> it may not look like the eurozone crisis is darkening skies in berlin right now, but moody's is concerned the problems in greece and spain could undermine germany's financial footing. the ratings agency is also worried that german banks could lose billions if borrowers in southern europe default on their debts. that could force berlin to come to the rescue again and put an even bigger burden on germany's finances and on its taxpayers. >> for decades, germany has been spending more money than the government has been taking in. to fill the summer news slot.ng- i think germany is pretty stable, and nobody should be trying to undermine that with speculation. it just makes matters worse. >> moody's announcement has rekindled debate about

the germans agreed again on thursday to open their wallets for a fellow eurozone members in trouble. >> that is right. germany's parliament approved an aid package for spain's troubled banks. the bailout could be worth up to 100 billion euros with germans financing about 1/4 of that. >> this is the 10th time the parliament has voted on a bailout package since the eurozone crisis began, and support for all the best use is wearing thin in some places. >> german lawmakers have already backed several packages, but concern is growing about how much europe's debt crisis is costing taxpayers. the finance minister says it is essential that the stability of the spanish banking sector is protected. he denies there is a risk of losing the money and says madrid will be liable for the funds. >> anyone going on about the liability of collective banking debts in the eurozone does not understand the seriousness of the issues, the -- the economic and political concerns at stake. >> spain will have to fulfil certain conditions. it will have to restructure its banking sector, but the opposition social

zone's new bailout fund is already under pressure under challenge from stronger economies aren't in a german court. and america's hunt for doing the sounds appears to be continuing is set to bring you the final episode of this interview show. hello and thank you for joining our tea this tuesday it's ten o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen taraji well despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intensifying across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence archies more infant is in damascus. situation is very dramatic in syria as president bashar assad has recently sat series now in the real state to go and this is exactly what we see right now here on the ground the question between the rebels and the syrian army have only been this clayton recently and the last several hotspots of the fighting in the central part of syria not far from the city of palms that northern part of the proper turkish border on the syrian iraq people but the fear is clashes

zone's new bailout fund is already under pressure under challenge from stronger economies out in the german court. and america's hold for julian assange appears to be continuing while our t.v. is set to bring you the final episode of this interview show. hello and thank you for joining our team with me karan this tuesday it's nine o'clock here in moscow now despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intense defying across the country as well as new york damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence let's get more on this now from artie's marie of the notion of who is in damascus for us maria how dire is the situation there and who's the u.n. really pointing the finger at this time. well current situation is very dramatic in syria as president bashar assad has recently sat series now in the real state to war and this is exactly what we see right now on the ground the clashes between the rebels and the syrian army have only been escalating recently and the last several hotspots of

zone's new bailout fund is already under pressure under challenge from stronger economies and the german court. and america's hunt for julian assange appears to be continuing while archie is set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. in the process of oil goes on tehran retaliation fears as the e.u. sanctions only rolled q.q. or the business just got the twenty votes the oh. thank you for joining our team this tuesday with me karen tara well despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intensifying across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence. as and damascus. situation is very dramatic in syria as president bashar assad has recently sat series now in the real state to go and this is exactly what we see right now on the ground the clashes between the rebels and the syrian army have only been this place in recently and the last several hotspots of the fighting in the central part of syria not far from the city of palms that north

not miss the opportunity of german companies offer a sees possibilities. especially if it comes to the branches in spain. we are very open to taking part in promoting these goals. >> german companies are sure to be grateful for the influx of skilled workers. but for spain, the exodus of young, motivated job-seekers could create problems for the country fell economy long term. >> right. now we turn our attention to the battle between the small farmers of europe and the big agricultural corporations. the european court of justice has ruled in favor of the farmers, allowing them to use their own varieties of seed even if not officially listed. >> the ruling allows for more innovation and sustainability in a sector which is good for innovation and sustainability. >> it was grown from seeds that do not have an official eu pedigree. the owner stands to benefit from the court ruling. >> potatoes and carrots in particular have an enormous% range of flavors that he will not find in mass-produce varieties. >> until now, only produce to run from registered seeds was

. >> the german foreign minister is visiting egypt today. what is on the agenda?basically, it is interesting, because for president mohammed morsi, it is important that he gets international backing against this military. he got international backing on sunday from the u.s. foreign ministry. he is going to saudi arabia to try to get some backing against the military. for him, the visit by the german foreign minister. >> thank you very much for that. >> western-leaning parties have taken early leads in libya's parliamentary poll. at the results hold up, they would counter the trend of islamist victories in egypt and tunisia. the final tally is not expected for days, but initial results from tripoli and benghazi show an emergent leave for the coalition led by jabril, the former prime minister of the rebel government. the muslim brotherhood is in second place. syria now and international peace envoy kofi annan says he has agreed to a new approach with president bashar assad to ending what assad himself has called all-out war in the country. kofi annan describes the l

german officials are refusing to comment. >> i can say anything about it. especially our talks with chinese officials. >> justice ministers will bring up the case in meetings with chinese interviewer's. >> a scandal that has rocked germany's intelligence services has cost it another top official his job. >> it goes back to the discovery domestic intelligence failed to notice a seven-year killing spree by a neo-nazi cell. erich fromm will be gone when his contract? prizes. >> he acknowledged the agency failed to spot the neo-nazi cell. >> for more on this, we go to our political correspondent, simon non-. >> we have the resignation of several individuals. this investigation has claimed the head of the federal criminal office. is there more to come, do you think? >> the two top officials charged with dealing with this type of crime have stepped aside. the head of the police investigations and before him, erich fromm, the head of germany's's domestic intelligence agency. i think both of those resignations were probably necessary given that unprecedented series

zone's new bailout fund is already under pressure under challenge from stronger economies and in a german court. it looks like the u.s. has no intention of giving up hope of getting their hands on julian assange. we'll bring you the final episode of the whistleblowers interview show at eleven thirty g.m.t. this tuesday. screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week on karen thanks for being with our team and despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there isn't tons of firing across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence artie's more if it isn't damascus. situation is very dramatic in syria as president bashar assad has recently sat series now in a real state to war and this is exactly what we see right now here on the ground the clashes between the rebels and the syrian army have only been this collating recently and the last several hotspots of the fighting in the central paul it's all syria not far from the city of palms in northern p

our country from the troops so they'll be million people is the german. not to help but to pay while references to the countries nats of past have appeared more than once in the greek coverage of the bailout germans remain unswayed in their position to pay for somebody else's debts polls consistently show that the majority of germans are stronger against financing greece and source beans bailout as one customer of this restaurant put it before placing an order one should check not only the menu but also his wallet some say this bleed of opinions between the power and the public represents a test of germany's democratic system democracy begins at home begins and begins in. spain we have a national parliament and. it. and if there's a common currency is is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy and it was. your historical mission to bring democracy in the road no and very certain about now. is destroying democracy they said peace to be hardworking but in case if europe's most productive country it seems just nev

german chancellor angela merkel is forced into ray u.-turn as a tele and spain window find for lower boring rates on bailout loans. and as the european union's a brother on a rainy unoiled cake sent tehran says it's been stockpiling money and goods as a buffer against sanctions from brussels. hello welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow i'm year shapovalov with the latest news and a review of the week's events a transitional governing body is the latest solution put forward to end syria's bloody internal conflict the idea was agreed at an emergency international meeting held in geneva on saturday then forces of the new plan is for syrian people to decide the face the fate of the country for themselves with no demands for regime change. has been falling about this for. it's been a diplomatic roller coaster from the start it's been going through ups and downs and even before this conference in geneva. russia's foreign minister said met with hillary clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said she changed her position

and the wild german intelligence finds evidence al qaeda is behind some ninety terror attacks in syria but suggestions are rebels have been passing that own victims of a fatality is of the regime. and the united arab emirates follows the example of saudi arabia and bahrain as it leaves the french clampdown protesters but the west to stay viable. here's from russia and around the world this is all she was me thanks for joining us finally continues in a serious city of aleppo with troops trying to hold a rebel advance the country's commercial hub has been plagued by fia street battles for several days since opposition fighters began their souls they says two more senior syrian officials have defected from the government and here's all she is a son avoid. over the past few days has been. at the center of a major military operation reno that the army the syrian army used tanks used military helicopters to strike its targets the free syrian army has also. enlisted a lot of support for it's a parade. they're calling it. and there are some reports on the eve of this battle they received major

and a test of chancellor merkel's authority the german parliament is set to vote on whether to funnel spain's beleaguered banks but although lawmakers are widely expected to back her child still have to face down a rebellion and we've had her ruling coalition. thanks to we hear from economics professor william hankel who explains why he thinks the euro is driving europe into a financial abyss. here is skepticism is in fashion these days but are today's guest was against europe's common currency before it even came into being professor william hanka a prominent german economist is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for your time sir you were among those who launched a legal action against the euro all those years ago you must feel vindicated now i think an economist like me is like a doctor the social doctor he feeds will sponsor for the society and so this is the reason why i want like a good far as wanting his child. the child has to look to the traffic on the street and my job is to warm up to consequences of see you or not see governments are sinking so very very. complicat

media a little bit after the recent meeting in may between the russian president putin and the german chancellor merkel is now something like up to ten percent off you know disobedient publications in germany for example regarding the terrible massacre in a whole. so in effect germany and other countries are in directly supporting the likes of al qaeda or she had a sore islamic fundamentals fundamentalists in this chaos now that is occurring in syria which of course could mean that they could what perhaps take over the power vacuum so this is a major problem that the west in effect is perhaps supporting an islamist takeover . yeah this is in fact happening right now and we can assume very clearly i mean i receive private messages of members of the family of soldiers you know doing service in libya right now without any official knowledge of the parliament without any official knowledge of the you know control of the people in the parliament for our secret services so that is quite interesting my best guess is that german illegally and secretly is also doing service in syria right now

german parliament vote on whether to funnel cash to spain. and it's nice of you to join us here today. live in moscow renewed clashes in syria between rebels and government forces with a series of heavy explosions and shelling heard in the capital the opposition fighters they do say they are behind the latest damascus that killed several top officials but although there has been some condemnation that's being drowned by strong go western calls for more action against assad and. reports from damascus. we were earlier been hearing reports that it's been a massive very intense bombing but as you can see the building is not very much damage some windows broken and actually this is all the damage as we can see from here also from what we can see from here we can understand that the explosion happened inside the building free syrian army has already claimed responsibility for what happened and for that blast and for the killings the news about blast has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been seen fo

while german intelligence finds evidence al qaida find some ninety terror attacks in syria just since rebels have been pouncing their own victims often stray televisa of the regime. and the united arab emirates follows the example of saudi arabia and bahrain as it leaves a fresh clampdown on protesters but the west stay silent. fire from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in damascus and opposition fighters are ready in themselves for a major advance on syria's key city of aleppo the country's commercial hub has been plagued by fierce street battles for several days since opposition fighters began their assaults this as two more senior syrian officials have to fact it from the government here's on a boycott. over the past few days aleppo has been at the center of a matter major military operation we know that the army the syrian army used tanks used fighter jets military helicopters to strike its targets the free syrian army has also. enlisted a lot of support for it's a parade. they're calling it di

this week saw the german chancellor angela merkel returning from an e.u. summit defeated for the first time in years and years have agreed to allow the rypien bailout funds to fall money directly to struggling banks germany had strongly opposed this option but was forced to give in after insistence from spain and italy you can only get analysts michael ross says the decision will cost the germans a lot but will not fix the euro zone's core problems. this will make on bono ways we have a very big problem problem a very huge problem and it is not solved as a whole as a matter of fact i call it unconditional surrender of germany which we witnessed in brussels the southern countries with a new euro zone finally got the credit card that there always wanted a credit card for whom the german pick taxpayer has to pay and very interested in the question how long germany would do this the tax burden in the future will become very very high and i know already of people who are keeping the country because they fear that the tax will become higher and higher and to ger

we have coming up: african inspiration -- a kenyan businesswomen shares her experience of applying german know-how. equal access -- a social entrepreneur in colombia invests in the education of disadvantaged students and mongolian modernization -- making prefabricated buildings fit for extreme conditions when companies talk about going global, they also mean the global transfer of knowledge and know-how. modern communication plays a large role in this. but it's the investment in individuals that allows ideas to develop in the first place. the exchange program afrika kommt, africa is coming, picks up on this. here german companies like daimler, commerzbank and siemens foster the development of engineers, managers or marketing experts with high potential from africa. lucy murina was one of the first twenty participants. three years after taking part in the program, she tells us how she has been able to make use of this experience back home. lucy mutinda works out every morning for 40 minutes. she never misses a day. when she lived in germany, she regularly went to the gym. but now she's got