the children says it will carry on lobbying the government for the help poor families need and julie henry and her children will go on fearing that the next energy bill they receive will be the one that drives them into debt laura smith london that wraps up our main news block here in r.t. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories shortly after the latest business news with kareena. and i welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me this hour european equities are higher following a slide early in the day the downturn came on fears that eurozone credit downgrades could have worsened the region's debt crisis late friday ratings agency standard and poor's downgraded nine you countries with france and austria losing their prized aaa grades and portugal plummeting to junk status now let's cross live to our business desk now to see how the news has been affecting moscow's trading floors hello marina so are the russian markets reacting. hiker in the wall the russian markets are actually making a comeback after opening in the red about one percent for both the r.t.s. is now actually

this is something that single mother of four julie henry can't afford to do very often boiling the kettle for tea hers is one of eight hundred thousand families in the u.k. in fuel poverty struggling to pay for heating and electricity in the last three years she says her bill has doubled and it's a constant juggling act the more go to the bill and for food and school uniform than you don't have not into safe so that's the difficult bit of what children have to eat all of them have to eat and their school uniform i have to buy and on top of the car down the electricity use and the lie bill i try to call down so many. is now working. the warm home discount is a government scheme aimed at helping low income families heat their houses adequately in the winter but charity save the children says energy companies aren't contributing enough to the fund meaning only three percent of families are getting the help they need with disastrous social consequences growing up in a cold and. has a really profound impact on children in terms of their physical health in terms of mental health in terms of the

save the children says it will carry on lobbying the government to help poor families lead and julie henry and her children will go on fearing that the next energy bill they receive will be the one that drives them into debt laura smith london. now to some more headlines from around the world violence has erupted between rattle militia groups the libyan city of going on leaving at least three people dead and around fifty injured they reportedly used machine guns and rockets and we can shoot outs fighting began when the local military council demanded tribe hundred members accused of aiding colonel gadhafi the interim government's attempt to broker a cease fire in the area failed to take hold. for many years leaders have called a crisis meeting during a fourth day of violent protests against austerity cuts down demonstrators clashed with police and interest some hurling stones and viable officers. although it was a proposed health care reforms to try to drop the still deep frustration of public sector wage cuts and widespread corruption. italian authorities say a sixth the body has been fou

save the children says it'll carry on lobbying the government for the help poor families need and julie henry and her children will go on fearing that the next energy bill they receive will be the one that drives them into debt laura smith r.t. london. he just a few minutes we got some inside analysis for you on the u.s. presidential race that's coming up in our latest interview right after rick up of our a top stories in the latest business news right now with a new hampshire behind the curtain across america on the target a day after the news for you last week of course of the markets opening this new start of the week that's right actually european equities have turned positive in late trading after the french government successfully sold treasury bills and now all of that despite the fact that standard and poor's downgraded the credit ratings of nine years of nations including france let's take a look at the numbers now u.k.'s foot seek gains over a quarter of a percent as media and publishing company pearson rose two point seven percent in germany the dax was supported by a two point fiv

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henry hutchins told police his wife was dead in their bedroom on july drive in white oak. police classified her injuries as tarek mehanna to the upper body. hutchins is being held without bond. >>> nine team died in two days. two of therm were killed when a van slammed into a tree and landed on top of a police cruiser. three men were thrown from the van. two police officers were among those injured but both are expected to survive. police believe just before the chase, someone in the van fired off some shots and then sped off. >>> investigators still have not determined what caused a deadly crash in anne arundel county saturday that killed four people. this happened on route 50 in disaifd sonville. 55-year-old terry davis was driving the car hit head on by another car driving in the wrong direction. three teenagers in the car died at the scene. -- this happened on route 50 in davidsonville. >>> newt gingrich and mitt romney are tax each other on the eve of tomorrow's primary in florida. romney is leading and gingrich is in second. gingrich and romney both ause each other o

the fourth of july would always be a wednesday. 3 (henry) "each year,,o ur purrent calendar which is so everybody haa to redo their schedules for everything a waste of people's time." time." thh hopkins professors say a standardized calendar ould make it easier for personal and business planning. 3 the cost of a chance at winning millions... is going up. the price of tickets for the powerball jackpot wiil double to two dollars.the starting powerball jackpot will also double... from 20- million dollars to 40-million. they are also reducing the number of red ápowerá balls.... which will drop youu odds of winning.the 2 dollar price starts january 15-th. 3 ravens say they have a limited number offtickets vailable for the january 15tt game... they go on sale átodayá at 10. thhy can be purchased through tickettmaster dot com... or 410-547-seat...or any "ticket master" outlet. 3 those tickets thht go on sale today, will cost most people at least a hundred dollars each. buu t-shirt makers aad players say you can still feel like part of the excitement for a whole llt less. 3 joel d. smith is

july 26th what actually happened at bull run. here we have the innovation in war reporting. henry raymond decided his field reporting days were over after this. he resumed his editorial intoments, but he began to hire professional war reporters going out into the field with the armies, sometimes with the army's blessing, often without the blessing. there was a natural competition, give and take, between the reporters and the generals that you still see a little bit of today, a couple examples of this in the first weeks of 1863 after ambrose burnside conducted the failed offense, and then in 1862 tried to flank march around lee's army, it began a rain, the army was bogged down, he boosted the moral by issuing whiskey, and now they were drunk and bogged down, and now it's known as the mud march. the reason is because a "new york times" reporter sent back a story. burnside was helpless, army was hopeless, bogged down and drunk. it was horrible. burnside wanted him arrested and shot. this is the first confrontation between generals in the field and the reporters watching whases going

police say 60-year-old henry gordon hutchins called 911 on saturday to report his wife was dead in his julye. officers found carol francis carter in the bedroom with trauma to her upper body. police took hutchins into custody and charged him with first-degree murder. he's being held without bond. >>> this morning police are working to identify the two people killed while trying to get away from police. officers say the driver of a minivan lost control of his vehicle, causing it to land on top of a police squad car. this happened early sunday morning in the 400 block of taylor street in northeast washington. all three passengers inside the minivan were evected. two died -- evicted. two died, a third is in the hospital in critical condition. two officers in the parked squad car suffered life threatening injuries. the officers were responding to the original shots fired and then were not part of the pursuit. >>> u.n. inspectors are expected to continue their tour of iran's nuclear facilities today as concerns grow over the country's desire to build nuclear weapons. iranian officials say that t

police say 68-year-old henry gordon hutchins called 911 on sunday to report his wife was dead, on his julyarol francis carter was found in her home. her husband is being held without bond, charged with first-degree murder. >>> today in maryland, opponents of the same-sex marriage bill will be holding a rally in annapolis. a hearing on the bill is scheduled for tomorrow. rally organizers say the group supports maryland's current definition of marriage which is between a man and a woman. governor martin on, mally is making passing a same-sex marriage bill a priority this year. >>> governor o'malley's -- governor on, mally is apologizing for -- governor o'malley is apologize eing for wife's controversial comments saying cowards passed the legislation from passing. she made the speech at the lesbian, gay, transgender equality forum last week. katie o'malley issued a statement saying she regretted the comment. >>> a new poll shows that marylanders are split about governor o'malley's job performance and agenda. marylanders gave him a 55% overall approve rating in a new "washington post" poll. 50

court for a bond hearing today. 6 #-year-old henry hutchins called police saturday afternoon and told them his wife carol was dead in their bedroom on julyve in the white oak section. police say she suffered trauma to the upper body. >>> a deadly weekend on area roads. nine people were killed in four separate accidents. early saturday morning in ann rae a. run del county, power people were killed in an accident on route 50 in davidsonville. police say a car driven by 55- year-old terry davis was hit head-on by another car driving in the wrong direction. three teens in that car died on the scene. also on saturday, two people were killed in an accident on route 544 in queen anne county. maryland state police say a woman aaccidentally hit a hunter walking in the roadway. she went out to help them and then both the driver and hint hunter were hit by another vehicle. the driver stayed on the scene. in the district, a police chase ended with two people dead and three others injured. this happened around 3:30 sunday morning on taylor street northeast. a van slammed into a tree and then landed on top of a police cruiser. two men in the van were

up next, julie the accidental housewife, shows you how to get rid of those pet scents. you know what we're talking about. that's henryo adorable when you first adopt them, but then that feeling of, she's so precious, turns to what were you thinking? >> the author of "the accidental housewife" is back to help you with getting rid of pet scents and shedding and all that stuff. >> this is henry. >> the things to remember, the rules of paw, i call them, a clean carpet because you don't want that stuff to saturate. you want to soak it all up because if it gets underneath, you're going to have an even bigger problem under the padding. and you want to be sure that you clean and deodorize because they mark their little spots and they'll go again. you want to use ammonia because that's what marks them. the ammonia will track them to pee again. >> don't use ammonia. >> right. i get tongue-tied. i'm getting on my knees because that's how i do this. i love to save money. good, old white vinegar is terrific. and baking soda. the first thing, like i said, is you want to take a microfiber cloth or paper towel so this way you won't

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