he wants to protect london and the city of london. forward, that will be a key interest for him. >> this is a piece in the telegraph. right of center. leave, we have to face the facts that most of britain's problems are not caused by the british slothonic , low skills, a culture of easy gratification, underinvestment, and infrastructure. what has changed? hasasn't changed at all -- it changed at all? >> are the politics changing and that is why his views are changing? the british economy is generating strength at the moment. >> you have an economy that is generating growth. the fastest-growing economy in the g7 and a lot of people would say fantastic. the problem is, we were lagging everyone else to come out of this recession. it has taken a long time. hasn't given the politicians -- hasn't given the politicians a false sense of security? >> most politicians in the eu would accept the argument that we need reform. the question is, how long will it take to get everybody on the same page? it may take a decade. will britain wait a decade

>> in london? >> in this play on this stage? >> in this play in london, yes, never done it there.o, no. but, you know, they are great devotees of noel coward in england, he's a favorite son, and to play coward in london is such fun. anyway, the role is such a crazy lady, you know, i just love doing that. >> how do you process all these years later being on the stage where your mother first started? >> well, in fact, it hadn't really kind of come in and centered in my mind until now, where i really -- because i have played london before, gypsy and also the old vic, you know, i've done other shows in london, but not for 40 years. i'm back to london for 40 years to do a play. so to play there, i think she would be tickled to death, knowing that was what i was doing, i hope she would. she was a wonderfully unique and very special, very darling woman. >> yeah. i've had the honor of seeing you on stage a couple of times, most recently with james earl jones. >> good, yeah. >> wonderful production. and you intimated a moment ago that the memory for lines is in a different compartment. it

london. so more world news in grief now thousands of libyans have turned out in the privilege of protest against the parliament's call for international intervention to restore security to the country made the request as clashes between rival militia groups continue in and around the capital the new government has said it's willing to commit forces however the u.n. special envoy to libya has said he plans to go to tripoli next week to try me go shoot a ceasefire between two of the main militias. clashes have broken out in a pakistan's capital between a police and anti-government protesters as tens of thousands took to the streets calling for the prime minister's resignation reportedly sixty thousand demonstrators gathered after the arrival of two opposition leaders imran khan and a well known anti taliban cleric the unrest represent the biggest a challenger to the premier now was sharif whose government is accused of corruption and abuse of power. the outbreak of ebola in a west africa will t

the london ftse, a bit of a laggard. 0.6% higher.he xetra dax -- now remember, the germans have a very high beat or a very high exposure to what's going on in russia, and when you see an abating of tensions there, you see the germans sighing relief. 1.4% higher. the cac 1.1% to the good. the ibex is 0.7%. as we take a look at the foreign exchange rates as well, the euro/dollar 1.3385. french are at it again. they've been saying we want the ecb to get the euro down to a more appropriate rate. i wonder what that appropriate rate is. at 1.3387 is where it's trading. dollar versus the canadian, 1.0882. and cable, sterling versus u.s. dollar, is trading at 1.6727. all right, we need to check in on how those asian markets fared. who better than sri jegarajah. >> hi there, steve. the markets are doing a reasonably good job of shrugging off the geopolitics and some of the uncertainty you were talking about emanating out of ukraine and the complex in the crisis there. but let me just stress, because it is the summer, we're not seeing real con

london. a middle east journalist who's covered the region extensively believes the e.u. and us are not interested in totally crushing the islamic state they are reacting not pretty active in preventing actually the civilians of being attacked by isis groups and these isis troops they are well known where they are where they move they could be attacked before hand that they are not doing this. leads to the conclusion from my side that these isis groups are working in some way in coordination with western interests this is syria is concerned that's where isis has grown over the last year or so and they did not do anything to stop isis in syria. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria but we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition who will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. a dutchman i wanted by israel for saving a jewish chi

london. coming up on r.t. international air and aid will take you through the booms and busts of the financial world but if you're in the u.k. we meet people living with a red genetic condition that prematurely ages them stay with us. baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the police but now this will be made even earlier starting at nine or ten pm depending on their age and the day of the week can the government impose a curfew on youths well yes if we think about it people under eighteen can't sign contracts join the army smoke cigarettes or vote because they're legally not responsible for their own actions so yeah that whole freedom of association guaranteed by the constitution really only applies once you're an adult who can in theory be responsible for associating with certain people on a street corner at midnight although legally this is ok ideologically there's something wro

and in london more than one hundred fifty men women and children gathered to highlight the suffering caused by the blockade have a look at the symbolic protests in the heart of westminster demonstrators placing themselves and wooden boxes to highlight the confined spaces the people of gaza have to endure to read more about that right now online at r.t. dot com while you're there we've got the story also i want how a recent social media posting has attracted the attention of the u.s. secret service after a message supporting the islamic state militant group was sent from just outside the white house. in the meantime the islamic states offensive in iraq continues and entire kurdish villages are reportedly being massacred by jihadists militants that have managed to occupy large areas of northern iraq the population of the village consists mostly of the yazidi. minority persecuted by islamists are considered to be devil worshipers by the she harvests thousands of years people have fled their homes to escape the onslaught i mean while e.u. foreign ministers have agreed to supply heavy wea

in terms of city of london now i would posit that that's a good thing because the u.k. is overly reliant on the shysters and chromes in the city of london and they should get into some other businesses aside from speculation you know the city is an important part of the u.k. economy and you would argue and i probably would agree that it's too big of a portion of the economy but at the same time everything in the e.u. mitigates against the city actually succeeding. the financial transaction tax that will impact on the city if we get this new commissioner for financial markets that impact on the city but as you say germany has benefited fantastically from the e.u. since its inception some of the new well yeah well i mean the whole idea of the euro was put forward by germany as a way to stealthily reunify you know germany is the split remember what everybody's measurement i remember you know then he didn't want to bring it back together and i think it was that's or who said you know no you never want to put these two together again that's a terrible idea so they brought ar

in four years and as long as london's buying scheme has proven to be more the most of fresh efficient and popular cycling systems in europe there are also problems that can be soft peddles including the mounting costs and cycling safety issues now probed by campaigners voiced concerns that almost sixty people have been killed and more than two thousand severely injured in cycling incidents since the scheme's introduction activists say london's streets are not safe enough despite the government's promises to make the city a bicycle friendly one and now with one of the major sponsors ending its involvement in the program its success is being questioned for them artes modern andrews reports. there are now over five hundred bike sharing programs around the world double the number from just a few years ago london's bike scheme set up by the previous mac and livingston is now the second largest cycle hire system in europe it remains an affordable and enjoy the way to travel around the city so far so good but what's the future for cyclists in the british capital arrange a voyage being put in

london. thank you joining us are a lot international today up next here on the network aaron a taking you through the booms and busts of the financial world unless you're joining us from the u.k. thanks for doing so you're bound to shoot into orbit for the global headlines with george galloway and his trusty smile. it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists young latin americans were sent to cuba by the u.s. government to overthrow that government yes the u.s. agency for international development organized for these young people to go to cuba to recruit and set up new political activists however the infiltrators were not very good at their jobs and the cuban authorities were able to nab these well funded travelers in their country this is nowhere near the first time that the u.s. government has tried to meddle in cuba in two thousand and nine usa he tried to set up a twitter like program to organize people in cuba and we can't forget about the

the global financial center sometime just new york some time just london if the u.k. or drop out of the e.u. then frankfurt germany would emerge as a big player and potentially eclipse. the city of london because they would be over there with the euro and you over here would be more just what the pound were it's interesting i suspect that isn't really the case the problem is of course that the the other countries in the european union particularly germany and france are terribly envious of how successful the city city is so there are talks now that support a new e.u. commissioner one for financial markets only and you can be absolutely certain that if that happens the city is going to be incredibly scared because what's going to want to do is make sure they introduce rules that affect the city of london only and start shifting the axis of financial but. they're going to shift the axis over to frank what they mean this is why you have things like greece going bankrupt is that the german economy the financier's have done remarkably well during this crisis that's kept th

in the city of london it has the biggest example of potus. schemes for example where banks are reselling the same bonds one hundred times two hundred times five hundred times padding corporate balance sheets accordingly and hiding billions and hundreds of billions of dollars at the laundered money i mean h.s.b.c. was involved in a huge money laundering scandal barclays caught rigging markets lloyds just caught mess selling another huge scandal royal bank of scotland of course involved in a massive scandals you don't find these scandals over there in germany and france as as much seems like these four banks are in the. even more so than wall street or the four horsemen of the banking apocalypse so maybe germany the rest of europe would like to get their hands as far away from the shysters in the city as possible because they are the really the scum of the skull you think it's not being envious that they have had enough of the action well yankee yes i thought it was they germany's got an export business i mean they actually make stuff they do a

safety is a big issue on london roads.'re a third more likely to have an accident on a bike than you are traveling in a car. given how many cyclists there are in london, deaths are thankfully relatively rare. when it happens, they're remembered by white painted ghost bikes left at the scene of an accident. they serve as a stark reminder to other cyclists and drivers to stay careful on the road. getting on a bike anywhere in the world is a risky business as we're hearing on our world to wheel series on bbc. >> i fell down and broke my arm a year ago. a couple months ago i broke two bones here. >> it's not just the risk of falling off your bike. people in some cities just aren't used to seeing women on bikes. >> people sometimes make bad comments to me. look at this woman. why is she cycling like that? she's gone crazy. >> reporter: cycling isn't just a way of getting around for many londoners, it's a way of life. many come here for a well deserved cup of coffee after their two wheeled escapades. over the next week, cyclists

or better still, a house in london.are pretty in the british capital is currently the ultimate object of desire for wealthy investors worldwide, but that trend comes with devastating consequences for london as a city. real estate prices have shot up. ordinary citizens can often no longer afford living in their own capital. one very smart is this man has put two and two together. he came up with the idea of the live-in gardens. >> welcome to primrose hill, a neighborhood in the heart of london that successfully manages to create the illusion of a small english town -- so successfully, in fact, that ordinary people cannot afford to live here, and that is just how the superrich who have taken over the area like it. a row house like this costs around 4 million euros, and events are accordingly high. if a tenant cannot be found, owners simply allow their buildings to stand vacant. the value goes up anyway. one man who has been watching this for a while is arthur duke. >> a lot of overseas purchases were sort of a tro free pr

a few clicks away in london more than one hundred fifty men women and children gathered to highlight the suffering caused by the blockade in gaza the symbolic protest in the heart of westminster saw demonstrators place wooden boxes to highlight the confined spaces the people of gaza have to endure a more that story right now at r.t. dot com so is this one as well a story on how a recent social media posting has attracted the attention of the u.s. secret service so after of message supporting the islamic state militant group or sent from outside the white house. in the meantime though the islamic states offensive in iraq continues and entire kurdish villages reportedly been massacred by jihadist militants that have managed to occupy huge areas of northern iraq the population of the village consisted of the. the minority are persecuted by islamists considered to be devil worshipers by the jihadists thousands of years of the people have fled their homes to escape the onslaught meanwhile e.u. foreign ministers have agreed to supply heavy weapons to the kurdish forces in iraq to help them

in four years since its launch london's bike hire scheme is proving to be one of the most efficient and popular cycling systems in europe but there are also problems that can be soft pedaled among which are draining costs of the program and actually all those of cycling safety issues. reports. there are now over five hundred bike sharing programs around the world double the number from just a few years ago london's bike scheme set up by the previous macin livingston is now the second largest cycle highest system in europe it remains an affordable and enjoy the way to travel around the city so far so good but what's the future for cyclists in the british capital. region being put in place which allows cyclists to go. around the city on quieter less populous roads there's a cycle superhighways there's already several of those in the city in another five . years but to the math adds up the project is draining enormous funds and barclays well and. it's association next year the bank pays just a sixth of the cost of keeping the bicycles on the road and transport for london said it was left w

than we've received back again that is the the relative surplus between scotland and london. million poems as well. who won one thousand six hundred pounds of disco. and over the last five years every scoby one of those six hundred which. is not just about finance of course i mean the reason for scott becoming independent is not that would be richer the reason for scott becoming independent the scope of the nation the nation should be self-governing they govern the feels better than allowing someone else to do it for them but who was a balance sheet calculation that's very much in favor of scotia independence but can you tell me exactly what is difference between the devil marx and the in july that you're proposing but as far as i'm concerned note that most of the scots there saying you know we're fine as long as there's more power to the scottish parliament within the u.k. plus when it control over taxation and welfare why go through so much trouble for much of the same not come because westminster won't see control over our economy and welfare they've said no to that if rej

that is why you have record .umbers in london pitching in >> this has been a barometer for the london housing market. does it get tougher? it is not good for anyone. >> right. >> what will happen when interest rates go up? >> there may be a correction. it is uncalled for. themselves in. >> we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us with what is happening. i am going to bring you a bloomberg exclusive. resilience in the face of western sanctions. currencies are part of the story. let's talk to the cfo who joins us on the phone from moscow. good morning to you, sir. is the fact factor that we have seen key currencies in your market depreciating? how big of a factor was all of that. >> look, it is a significant factor. 2014 versusing at 2013. it is depreciating against the dollar 12%. so, that was a positive impact so, a much greater, obviously, depreciation of the ukrainian currency. having said that, we have made some very positive and large efforts in cost reductions and have achieved almost $200 million in cost reduction compared to last year. rallied because citigroup put o

or better still, a house in london.are pretty in the british capital is currently the ultimate object of desire for wealthy investors worldwide, but that trend comes with devastating consequences for london as a city. real estate prices have shot up. ordinary citizens can often no longer afford living in their own capital. one very smart is this man has put two and two together. he came up with the idea of the live-in gardens. >> welcome to primrose hill, a neighborhood in the heart of london that successfully manages to create the illusion of a small english town -- so successfully, in fact, that ordinary people cannot afford to live here, and that is just how the superrich who have taken over the area like it. a row house like this costs around 4 million euros, and events are accordingly high. if a tenant cannot be found, owners simply allow their buildings to stand vacant. the value goes up anyway. one man who has been watching this for a while is arthur duke. >> a lot of overseas purchases were sort of a tro free pr

need to be in london? to be an office for a year or do we take it on the days we need it? much more efficient use of space . one other thing tied to residential is a more more office buildings have been reused as residential to be convert it and that has taken down the amount of office available in a london which has driven price. >> if i look at the london property markets on the commercial side and think i will work from home. i will have a video conference. where does it leave your company? a good place. that is our marketplace. more and more companies are doing just of that. they are saying, let's allow people to work close to where they live and come into london when they need to. a platform that allows you to do that. more and more companies are doing that. costsve 70%-80% of your and everybody is happy. , you arenal question always at the front line of startups, people creating businesses. people do more of that and it will give you more. if you look at the likes of the eurozone, you your politician

crosstalk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest dmitri lennox in london he is head of the london bureau for voice of russia also in london we have alexander clocks and he is the founder of global political insight and here in moscow we cross to michael hughes he is a journalist and foreign policy analyst who often writes for the huffington post and the examiner right gentlemen crosstalk rules of fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it dimitri in london if i can go to you as we sit down here with the presidents of ukraine and russia have met in minsk there is no outcome of any possible one on one but they shook hands at least that ok. those wanting out of time is certainly out of money and a lot of people losing patience particularly the europeans particularly anglo merkel. where are we in this situation right now and we all know that winter is looming and russia and ukraine have no gas deal. well we're in the middle of a few conflicting lines i think. during her recent meeting with poroshenko with president poroshenko chancellor merkel centra

with rapid expansion it's obvious that the bara spikes here in london are a great success rolling the idea routes around cities in the u.k. and around the world as a healthy eco friendly form of transport the benefits are clear but the public safety traffic issues and road infrastructure must stay the mezz main priority of the scheme. a lot of them coming up next to an r.t.a. international perhaps a curious case of benjamin button we meet people living with a rare genetic condition which makes them look many times older than their real age but if you're joining us from the u.k. becomes george galloway. baltimore is considering making their curfew for minors even stricter for the last twenty years children caught on the street up until midnight were in deep trouble with the police but now this will be made even earlier starting at nine or ten pm depending on their age and the day of the week can the government impose a curfew on youths well yes if we think about it people under eighteen can't sign contracts join the army smoke cigarettes or vote because they are legally not responsible

london. but it is anger in the us the military style police response to peaceful rallies over the shooting of an unarmed abang teenager refuses to subside the protests that followed michael brown's funeral have been peaceful but more nationwide rallies against police brutality are planned for chewstick citizens all over the world will take to the streets demanding security forces stop using tear gas and heavy weapons during rallies they're planning to protest near police stations and u.s. embassies. amid the unrest in ferguson to police offices have been suspended for their harsh rhetorics now when one went on on twitter to say protestors should be killed like rabid dogs while another appears to have posted a video two years ago which he says he's a killer who's also ready to kill anybody political columnist ted rall believes the approach of a predominantly white police force in ferguson made the rallies inevitable. what we're talking about is a powder keg that was ready to explode we're talk

washington and london didn't accept that but putin made that perfectly clear another nature. there's no we're not going to do great because that's one step two for all of that's if you like russia's back door yeah i mean if you let me go to let me go back to washington if only if i mean if he stands up and says no we're defending our national interest that's automatically equated into aggression we give me the logic or the illogic of that statement well peter it's not about what the russian interests alone it's about anybody's right to have interest. what russians are fighting for right now it's everybody's right to have a national interest at all because as a colleague of mine remarked a few years ago there are no country's only rebellious provinces you've got this imperialist thinking in washington is embodied by karl rove's comments ten years ago to a new york times reporter saying oh we're an empire and we create facts and all of your reality based people are left to examine them afterwards these are people who believe that their will is the law they don't believe that th

london from iraq to libya not open up the world update but. turned out in tripoli to protest against the parliament's call for international intervention to restore security in country it made the requesters clashes between rival militia groups continue in an all around the capital no government has said it is willing to commit forces however the un special envoy to libya has said that he plans to go to tripoli next week to try and negotiate a cease fire between two of the main militias. and clashes are broken out in pakistan's capital between police and government protesters as tens of thousands took to the streets calling for the prime minister's resignation reportedly sixty thousand demonstrators gathered off to be a rival of two opposition leaders one iran another a well known taliban cleric and the rest represents the biggest challenge yet to the premiere. of corruption and abuse of. the outbreak of ebola in west africa will take at least six months to bring under control according to doctors without borders activists say the abode of spr

now in london gang crime looks to be falling but communities are now worried about a different kind of violence taking place let's get an explanation without. gang crime and shocking scenes like these were becoming rarer in london shootings it for them by a half an stabbings by a third over the last two years but community leaders a nice sounding the alarm over recent upturn in violence and ironically some blame operation trident a police scheme relaunched to tackle gangs after the london riots in twenty eleven what tribe has done taken out many of the low low level tear apart soldiers that used meat on the street and the small amount of drugs and let the boy and now people are fighting over it out for it and the people who are now stepping into that void are more violent than the one that it's a concern born out in recent crime figures in parts of north london knife crime has risen by thirty percent in the last twelve months while turf wars have been sparked by the vacuum left after active gang members were jailed community project leader sheldon thomas runs anti gang schemes in the c

london. run a small world headlines for you now starting with twin explosions in the iraqi capital that have killed at least eleven people and wounded more than thirty others one of them went off in a busy shiite area during the morning rush hour so far in august more than a thousand civilians have been killed and the ongoing efforts by the iraqi army to repel the islamic states onslaught. elsewhere several and kill thirty protesters were injured in scuffles with police in the spanish city of santiago de compostela that was where german chancellor angela merkel was meeting with the spanish prime minister to express solidarity over spending cuts authorities said that the tough response was justified because the demonstration was full. i'll be back at the top of the hour the latest news headlines hope to see that they stay with us after the break coming up the dark secrets of the nazis and the biological experiments on people. if you look at my generation of americans and even more so at the mi

london and after the break here on r.t. international the dark secrets of the nazis and their biological experiments on people. if you look at my generation of americans and even more so at the millennium there are a lot of people with all sorts of piercings and tattoos everyone wants to express themselves by getting the exact same cliched tattoos and piercings as everyone else but can we discriminate against these people because of their and out appearance normally people are against discrimination because of punishes people for the way they were born their raise search gender but no one was born with big metal loops stretching out their ear lobes so essentially yes you can't judge someone by their tattoos and piercings because they got these done consciously as an adult i mean we all know that you need to dress up either first date or job interview to make a good impression and well having the words thug life written up your forearm are not very convincing to me that you are going to make a valuable employee he or girlfri

but you know you've got i mean the banking system is actually quite exposed not london directly i mean we got relatively little direct exposure but when you look at the french banks you look at the italian banks and so on and finland of course has exposure as well. and then we have exposure to those banks over here and it's really actually it exactly that so i think this is actually a very dangerous game that's being played and i'm just worried there's a complete disconnection between various departments in government you know say defense and intelligence services and so on so forth and the financial end why do you think they are a market in london is already starting to make a move down because all that russian money is leaving the saying now let's move on i want to get to gold because of course gold money dot com is where you hang your hat these days and you are one of the foremost experts on gold in the world i'll sir there's a fair statement i'll say that my hope is that. the gold market is going through a radical change so tell us about it is going through a radical change in lond