into the realms of financial security because those who are using this arguing for changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they won't punish them and for countries that are fiscally irresponsible and a permanent centralised funds to bail those countries out when they do get into trouble essentially france and germany don't want to pay the price for other countries irresponsible money management ever again as they did earlier this year where your in all the. so there you are creator of this economic block a trading bloc a very powerful bloc where when there's a crisis it is the individual member states who have to pick up the pieces and. the elites who run this is the euro skeptics say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the eurozone differ so much it's impossible to have a common monetary policy and it's the strong soffits germany particularly paid the lion's share into a seven hundred fifty billion euro fund to bail out greece earlier this year it was a move that was opposed by more than half of germans chan

leaders the lisbon treaty needed to be overhauled.the reworking it includes a permit rescue fund to handle any future crises. angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy did not get what they wanted in terms of punishing countries that fail to reduce their debt and deficit levels quickly enough. they were aiming for an immediate suspension of voting rights for offenders. the president of the european council is set to report back on how changes to the treaty could be implemented in december. >>> chancellor merkel took a gamble at this summit, but didn't pay off? we put that question to our correspondent in brussels. at -- did it pay off? >> yes, it did. she lost one battle, the suspension of voting rights. frankly, the bigger prize was the one that she got, which was the agreement to look into ways of putting this permit crisis mechanism, the permanent bailout mechanism as was agreed it temporarily for greece into the treaty. that means reopening the treaty. the wording is clear in the summit conclusion, limit it reopening of the treaty. what t

will now seriously be on the table in the next months allow mug russia nato meeting to take place in lisbon and possibly even before that when they take secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen visits moscow well one the particular area in which both russia and they can cooperate is in the own going issue all of afghanistan and maintaining peace in that area and also in the ongoing fines against drug trafficking that comes out of afghanistan earlier this week several leading u.k. newspapers and made the statement that russia would be sending troops back into the country to help in training afghan forces now russia's envoy they say to be a ruggles that has flatly denied that he said that russia will no account be re entering afghanistan russia of course for a bit said decade long war in afghanistan from nine hundred seventy nine to nine hundred eighty nine and to be free and i call it in the house said the russia has no wish to go back into the country what he has said russia will be doing though is possibly supplying helicopters to the ongoing fight in afghanistan and will also potentially h

including the need to change the lisbon treaty to punish countries. picking up the pieces american forces pulling out of iraq leave behind piles of unwanted and poisonous and junk for locals to clean up and sell it to their home. eat not sleep instead of plunging into a peaceful hibernation hungry russian bears head into a. gun sometimes people. now takes you want to tour all haunted moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween in the russian capital. this weekend thousands of people will dress up as.

just a month before the lisbon summit many experts agree the proposed security concept be welcomed by all analytical think tank criticizes the concept of the lack of a unified perception of threats to the alliance with countries to suit their own goals and fail to find a common threat the need to secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen says he is sure the walk real time. proposed missile defense shield. like russia to become a pot system. thank you for joining our program first of all how would you assess the recent some in. it's only important for russia to work at various levels both in large scale form. the european union the united nations in the always see anyone formats in other forms and says well russia has existed was developed in europe for thousands of years so we have a long history of relations with the leading european nations so i mean that's why whenever i'm asked whether this summit has brought something new. that would be holding joint summits with france and germany for at least three hundred years it's a very important because both france and germany are in the. eu

the russian president has and i'll kill the ten the next month's nato summit in lisbon while with a meeting with french and german leaders the move has been welcomed as a significant step towards closer ties with the e.u. . russia has a grim. coal's foldback a try for education as the legal licenses have the government efforts to make the road safe. we're bringing you global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow now a group of militants who broke into the parliament of russia's republic of chechnya have all been killed in the course of a security operation at least three other people died after the gunman started shooting inside the building in the city of grozny. is in the chechen republic for us. we're in cross and the moment we're at the parliament building has been stranded by the militants the whole area is a blog to know and what we know so far is that four militants drove into the parliament's parking zone they fell because one of the parliament members and the militants who are believed to belong to al qaida opened fire three people have been killed in the crossfire a

relationship specifically of course the russian president's agreement to attend the nato summit in lisbon that will take place next month that many already viewing as a sign that russia and nato are getting over some of its differences and difficulties and are willing to work together. we're happy the russian president will be taking part in the russian native summit in lisbon that's because nature is new strategic concept is aimed at creation without the conjurers including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle easy shoes together. so of course this is a very important step for russia and the european union this decision to work closer with nato are discussing the potential for russia to join the european anti-missile defense program according to the leaders was also discussed and of course a number of other issues on which previously europe and russia did not exactly see eye to eye on specifically of course the war in south of thousand and eight and today president sarkozy actually said the best way f

russia is present in the treatment that it would attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomes a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. you know it's meant to came during talks between the russian french and german leaders and the french resort of the real katrina server is there following the meetings. singing from the same hymn sheet and all smiles at a summit in the french seaside town of deauville the leaders of germany france and russia were so keen to emphasize their newfound similarities the even spoke alike dialogue and compilation verne ship they were not after concrete results rather the aim was to shape future relations and central to this was me the middle age of accepting an invitation to attend the nato summit in lisbon next month. we're happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at cooperation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues togeth

the first russia's president dmitry medvedev will attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort to deal with. is the following the meetings. yes to nato russian president dmitry medvedev showed relations between his country and the european union are on the mend by agreeing to attend the nato summit in lisbon next month speaking at a joint press conference with angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy the russian leader spoke of a growing need for greater structure of european security and it seems he's finally being heard. we're happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at corporation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues together and not be enemies anymore. the summit in the french seaside town of divvied appears

this is significant because the summit in lisbon is a kind of milestone as the north atlantic treaty organization is rethinking its strategy for russia to be included in this process is a guaranteed sign of an integrity participation in the european union the true also drew attention to the format of the summit. i hope this cooperation format will be kept in the future. this is a very useful format which allows us to discuss all sorts of issues in a friendly and transparent. and the reason why so many are paying attention to it is because it isn't the first time france germany and russia stepped up to the plate together in two thousand and three they formed a coalition of the unwilling refusing to support the us invasion of iraq seven years on they definitely have more than a head. and in deciding the financial future of your so a first glance the success of this summit in this quiet french city may not be immediately obvious but the shift in relations is more than evident the french region where the summit was held is famous not only for its wine and cheese but also for its apples a

sustenance to the afghanistan presence and this it will be the issue which will be discussed at the lisbon nato summit which russian president putin that it will attend on the for twenty of the head of nato anders fogh rasmussen will be in moscow on november fifth and of course this is down to be also one of the major issues to be discussed during his visit. to discuss russia nato as joint operations in afghanistan are now joined by afghan parliament member. mr sultanzoy russia and nato have shown that it's possible to fight together against the drug trade in afghanistan tell me why why hasn't this been done sooner. i think this is a very. welcome. news. it's. not enough but it's a good start i think to fight the drug. eradicate the drug problem in afghanistan and we should not look at it as an afghan problem it's a global problem requires a multi-pronged multi-track approach that would require the russian and the european and american cooperation not only in afghanistan but also outside afghanistan to interdict trafficking to dry up the chemical precursors that come from chemical companie

new penalties including the loss of voter rights for countries which break the budget rules about lisbon treaty amendments is set to dominate a meeting of heads in brussels and very soon very soon will come back to our top story with more details on that. a pakistani born american has been arrested for carrying around surveillance on the washington d.c. metro was part of a suspected terror plot for two med is accused of providing support to people he believed were al qaeda members but who were actually f.b.i. agents and u.s. counterterrorism officials said there's no indication ahmed was ever in touch with real militants but still the incident has helped to stoke fears of so-called homegrown terrorism in the u.s. and does artie's marine airport found out critics say the f.b.i. may not be fighting terrorism so much use and trapping vulnerable humans. may two thousand and nine according to the f.b.i. the four men intended to carry out their planned day for african-american muslims are arrested or you have to say sarah paraded in front of new york news cameras presented as the faces of home

leaders the lisbon treaty needed to be overhauled. the reworking it includes a permit rescue fund to handle any future crises. angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy did not get what they wanted in terms of punishing countries that fail to reduce their debt and deficit levels quickly enough. they were aiming for an immediate suspension of voting rights for offenders. the president of the european council is set to report back on how changes to the treaty could be implemented in december. >>> chancellor merkel took a gamble at this summit, but didn't pay off? we put that question to our correspondent in brussels. at -- did it pay off? >> yes, it did. she lost one battle, the suspension of voting rights. frankly, the bigger prize was the one that she got, which was the agreement to look into ways of putting this permit crisis mechanism, the permanent bailout mechanism as was agreed it temporarily for greece into the treaty. that means reopening the treaty. the wording is clear in the summit conclusion, limit it reopening of the treaty. what

them with germany and france finding their desire among other members for a major reform of the e/lisbon treaty. at a meeting of eu foreign ministers in luxembourg today, france and germany said they want a new round of trade reforms, which they say would prevent a repeat of the debt crisis that engulfed greece, spain, portugal, ireland, and gutted confidence in the euro. >> the prime minister had a difficult task. he had to calm the nerves of many e members, angry at a recent compromise by heavyweights germany and france and their bid to change the lisbon treaty. >> this debate is going in the wrong direction. it's a mistake if our goal is to change the treaty and return to the 19th century. with the reintroduction of census law. >> since this lot is an old term meaning that those countries facing the most also have the biggest say in european affairs. tempers have been freed since last week's meeting between the german and french ministers. they carved out a deal that would prevent automatic sanctions against the huge deficit offenders. angela merkel gave ground to nicolas sarkozy for

from were happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at cooperation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues together and not be enemies any more. the summit in the french seaside town of deal appears to have bridged more than a few gaps the french german or russian leaders found common ground on creating a new monetary system and maintaining dialogue with iran. but if you're on iran we have confirmed that we will follow the agreements that were reached earlier on the one hand we should stick to the sanctions that were imposed on the other hand we should prompt iran to cooperate on all issues. even previously sensitive areas became get another point of contact like the georgian military aggression in south ossetia in two thousand and eight. we have to continue diplomatic efforts through the georgian authorities have to commits to north using fools and our russian friend

russia's president dmitri medvedev will attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort of a view. is following all the. many experts are already saying that the mood of resetting ties which started of course with russia and the united states is now moving eastward with relations between russia and the e.u. also growing closer stronger better talk all the three leaders russian president dmitry medvedev and his colleagues angle of merkel and nicolas sarkozy took the chance to reiterate the friendship and the nature of trust that exists at the moment between the three countries and they want to continue investing into that trust and building on that friendship to develop their relationship specifically of course the russian president's agreement to attend the nato summit in lisbon that will take place next month that many already viewing as a sign that russia and nato are getting over some of its differences and difficulties and are w

to changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want. a responsible and a permanent. fund to bail these countries out when they do get into trouble. in germany to pay the price of the country's irresponsible money management ever again as they did. europe. so there you are we have created this economic block a trading block. a very powerful block of crises if you the individual member states who have picked up the pieces and you know. they meet. but this is the euro skeptics say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the eurozone differ so much it's impossible to have a common monetary policy and it's the strong soffits germany particularly paid the lion's share into a seven hundred fifty billion euro fund to bail out greece earlier this year it was a move that was opposed by more than half. chancellor now says she couldn't do that again without risking action from the constitutional court in germany in theory changes to the lisbon treaty would mean individual countries would be able to hold a r

the alliance's military presence in its youngest member states the move comes ahead of a summit in lisbon which will focus on the creation of a single missile defense system covering the whole of nato and afghan security russia's proposal is likely to come up at the meeting and perhaps earlier when the alliances secretary general visits moscow the foreign ministry is keen to stop nato pushing any further to the east now for more on this issue because we are now joined by you or your local off director of the franklin roosevelt foundation for united states studies at moscow state university so previous calls have not stopped nato from increasing its military presence in its new member states what are the chances do you think that russia has a new demands will be fulfilled. well i see the chances are pretty good for us the wall we're talking about there reset of the relations between the united states and russia these days and there are a lot of talks about the improving all relations between nato and russia as well and certainly there the first step on this road would be to limit a substan

of this meeting nato meeting in all is born really european good leaders want to bring russia to lisbon and they want russia to be to be present at this meeting and to try to resolve the problems pending problems in the european security but that that is not that doesn't mean that the new security architecture will be put in place on the on the maidan so the situation is very is very interesting because of the on the right hand they do not want to change the security system but on the other hand they want to involve russia into the existing more to involve more into the existence of architecture on the surface it seems like there is a sort of a warming of relations between europe and russia in your opinion how would you assess the level of closeness between the two so we have overcome a certain period of uncertainty and tensions in their relations and we are discussing right now a partnership for modernization but it is for sure that we have to think about some breakthrough measures such as new investment agreements and maybe. because your business or director of european programs of mo

who are helping the russian president who will be taking part in the russian native summit in lisbon that's because nato has new strategic concept is aimed at corporation with the contras including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle easy shoes together. so of course this is a very important step for russia and the european union this decision to work closer with nato are discussing the potential for russia to join the european anti-missile defense program according to the leaders was also discussed and of course a number of other issues on which previously europe and russia did not exactly see eye to eye on specifically of course the war in south to thousand and eight and today president sarkozy actually said. the best way for the situation to to develop and to progress would be for georgia to sign a non invasion agreement and for russia to agree to post european observers in those territories. we have to continue. to the. north. and the russian friends in return. many were expecting to hear mor

next month's nato summit in lisbon meeting with french and german leaders the move has been welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. . and israel is facing criticism over a recently adopted building requires non jewish citizens to swear loyalty to the state initiative is straining already uneasy relations with the arabs who refuse to pledge themselves to a country they say is snatching. immigration tensions are rising in germany following chancellor merkel statement that multiculturalism has failed in the country next talks to a german journalist and author on what's behind the integration dispute and where it may lead stay with us. dr karp is a renowned journalist and academic but his views on islam have caused an outcry has been investigated by the german government has received multiple death threats. what are your issues with islam whenever you see a tripe and. in brazil that is untouched by a different culture everybody is going to stand up and to say you have to protect this tribe that is not affected by western or eastern or muslim or whatever culture you hav

lisbon treaty economic collapse the new measures include punishing those. piles of trash the american troops. might be contaminated and dangerous. being sold for cheap prices. across the country. well now it's time for the sports with your. hello and welcome this is sports today i'm you know neal and these are headlines this hour. peace and quiet in two world cups we'd seen which draw a complaint about russia's campaign. christmas number one new car line wozniacki will take the world's top ranking in two twenty eleven after she clearing her place in the semifinals of the w t a championship. zero from two at c.s.k. moscow's worst starts are your only campaign in years with the army mangling down to a second straight defeat this time. now what was fast beginning to overshadow both countries world cup campaigns looks to have been defused england standing don their complaint after russia's most senior sporting figure apologized for any misunderstanding over comments made by his compadre it's in recent weeks sport minister to tell you adding he has great respect

german chancellor merkel says that there will be joining a summit in lisbon, but have dismissed rumors that ato wold seek -- next month's summit will map out a future strategy for nato. >> little members probably agree the new strategic direction should seek -- nato members agree that the strategic direction should seek cooperation with russia. the german chancellor does not envision a formal role for russia within nato itself. rick that it is a partnership. when we reach concrete agreements -- >> it is a partnership. when we reach concrete agreements, we should use common -- concrete projects to show we're working together. russia should take place -- take part in the muscle it -- russia should take part in the missile defense program for europe. regret we're faced with the real threat. we -- >> we are faced with a real threat. we need real defense to protect our pocket -- populations effectively. >> he attended a security conference with germany's opposition green party. in contrt to e chancellor, they're in favor of russia joining the alliance. >> i nato should offer russia talks on

financial discipline and new ways of handling economic downturns including the need to change the lisbon treaty to punish countries which break their budgets. scramble for the door of top u.s. officials at the white house with a number of excuses but some believe they're just deserving a sinking ship. taking out the toxic pieces american forces pulling out of iraq leave behind piles of wanted and poisonous john for locals to clean up and sell at the risk of illness. and sleep instead of plunging into a peaceful hibernation hungry russian bear is having to town to stop and sometimes tap people. doesn't have lines here in our team sports news is next joins us now in the studio and i have to say hugh grant's got quite a swing on him you were taking a sneak peek at my bullets and yes we've got proof golf some say the doctor should stick to their day job but you granted he's playing well on the greens more not reena plus the rest of the sport. great to have your company this is sports today i'm you know me on these are headlines this hour peace and quiet inside the world cup bid team which dr

financial discipline and new ways of handling the konami downturns including the need to change the lisbon treaty to punish countries which break their budgets. as scramble for the do or top u.s. officials quit the white house with a number of excuses but some believe they're just deserving a sinking ship. taking out the toxic pieces american forces pulling out of iraq leave behind piles of unwonted and poisonous junk from locals to clean up and sell at risk of illness. and aid not sleep instead of plunging into a peaceful hibernation hungry russian bear is head into town to hunt livestock and sometimes a tap people. those from the allies here in the back of the top of the hour in the meantime will bring in a sports have date with natalia. hello and welcome you all with us for snooze an hour to you thanks for joining us this hour and here is what's coming up why the open premier league leaders in need lose at spartak moscow to ensure a thrilling last few weeks and they russian championship. media ankle surgery has cost him a productive season bought me to their sort of seems to be regainin

financial mistakes and agreed to the lisbon treaty to an economic collapse of the new measures include punishing those overspending and creating out . of the myth becomes true as bad as a really are wandering the streets of russia driven by hunger as their winter food supply would largely destroyed by the summer heat wave. is about the best choice human remains as part of. the sports with. hello and welcome this is sports today i'm you know neal and these are headlines this hour. peace and quiet into the world cup seem will draw a complaint about russia's campaign. christmas number one carline wozniacki will take the world's top ranking in two twenty eleven after securing her place in the semifinals of the w t a championship. zero from two at c.s.k. moscow's worst start to your only campaign in years with the army mangling down to a second straight defeat this time and. now what was fast beginning to overshadow both countries world cup campaigns looks to have been diffused england standing don their complaint after russia's most senior sporting figure apologized for any misunderstandin

referendum that every major political party in britain promised us which is the referendum on the lisbon treaty what they are now saying is what has been ratified it's too late no it isn't too late we should have a referendum saying do you accept the terms of the lisbon treaty or do you wish the government to renegotiate those terms and that would give i'm sure we get to renegotiate that would give a british government a very strong position a very strong mandate to renegotiate so that's what we want to do now the question that is also arising should we have a referendum in or out. i'm less clear there what the outcome would be. i think probably after a good campaign we would actually get an out vote but i'm less confident of it and of course if we had an inner vote on the part and the people voted to stay in then i suppose the issue would be off the agenda for twenty years so from my point of view that is a high risk route i would just like to see the referendum that we originally were promised it was interesting to me members of the european parliament who are opposed to the e.u. as a

there's complementarity here not exclusivity or issue on which i'm sure we will be able to agree lisbon. you know. i am fully in favor of a few blocking on the basis that secretary general rasmussen has pointed out. from a german point of view we also know this quite important lobbying for russia. in the visa free travel or even just managed to overcome some of the goals in gaining a visa to travel to washington to germany and as mr sarkozy already said we have to do it step by step but we should move forward in this direction. and as i understood it the washer is awaiting from us that we. get rid of the visa not the moral but step by step in the nearest future thinking. i see say a couple of words on this. as regards and this is the position. the positions are as they are they are pragmatic positions and based on the domestic politics and the realities within each country everyone understands that visa regime has to be abolished we understand also that this cannot be done by just a one time pressure and so we agreed as regards our countries that this has to be a process but we need to

in the french resort of the bill doesn't that get obsessed will expand next month's nato summit in lisbon. and people in the u.k. take the streets to protest against plans to slash public spending cuts to be announced later are expected to be the largest in decades and will influence how to hundreds of thousands of jobs. now russia's relations with the european union and nato come under scrutiny next in our interview. hi mr coffee it's good to have you with us today over. the image of modern russia evokes fear in many europeans what does all the prejudice come from. this but with indeed i sometimes notice that russia in the eyes of europeans is a country that in essence continues the tradition settled by the soviet union or something like that but i don't think this approach is entirely correct russia is a completely new country it has a new foreign policy it has gone through substantial reform but there is no longer any difference in ideology between russia and the rest of the world the reason for all this prejudice as i see it is the fact that we still bear the legacy of the cold war we