also, indonesia faces a massive fuel price rise as parliament considers adding subsidies. south africa's vineyards used to pay their workers with bottles of wine. now the government is introducing new laws to stop binge drinking. football crazy or angry? we will look at brazil's growing protest movement. nationsof the world's are in ireland, the official focus of the g8 summit is on boosting the global economy, but the war in syria is dominating diplomacy ahead of the meeting. our diplomatic editor says divisions are growing between russia and other members of the group are good -- group. >> i think there is some trust between two people, the foreign ministers john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state, and the russian foreign minister sergey lever of. when you go wider and the two administrations, there is not much trust. on the american side, they believe that russia is seriously supporting assad's ongoing onslaught which saw the fall of qusayr. i think that is one of the factors, that seriously worried the obama administration. are the russians really serious? or are they

before he signed, he did not confide the groups of the parliament -- coincide the groups of the parliament. >> promissory leader of the european greens, rebecca harms. thank you very much. >> eu countries like portugal are seeing their economies continue to shrink. the most talented young people continue to leave. >> portugal was shut down by another general strike. more people saying that their leaders are out of touch and incompetent. >> the two biggest labor unions and portugal out on strike. together they have more than a million members. the result, traffic backed up for miles. the strikes are a response to a government austerity drive. two years ago, portugal excepted a 78 billion euro bailout. in return, they committed to strict cost-cutting measures. >> we are using this general strike to call for a change in our national politics. we want to bring in and to the belief that -- end to the belief that austerity is the inevitable path. >> business leaders and opposition parties have echoed the labor unions call for a change of course. many say the center-right government has been too

before he signed, he did not confide the groups of the parliament -- coincide the groups of the parliament. >> promissory leader of the european greens, rebecca harms. thank you very much. >> eu countries like portugal are seeing their economies continue to shrink. the most talented young people continue to leave. >> portugal was shut down by another general strike. more people saying that their leaders are out of touch and incompetent. >> the two biggest labor unions and portugal out on strike. together they have more than a million members. the result, traffic backed up for miles. the strikes are a response to a government austerity drive. two years ago, portugal excepted a 78 billion euro bailout. in return, they committed to strict cost-cutting measures. >> we are using this general strike to call for a change in our national politics. we want to bring in and to the belief that -- end to the belief that austerity is the inevitable path. >> business leaders and opposition parties have echoed the labor unions call for a change of course. many say the center-right government has been too

the new parliament terrines are joining -- parliamentarians are joining a club. >> on st.mark's square in zagreb, croatia seems to be at home in the european union. that goes for the musicians in front of the parliament building , for croatian cuisine, and the architecture of the capital. but for 12 croatians, the eu is really moving into focus. a member of the social democratic party will represent croatia and the european parliament for a year. >> i fulfilled my political dream, to see my country member of european union. in the meantime, i became political realist and know that within the european union, nations and individuals and families must fight. >> the croatian parliament is marking statehood day. it is also celebrating eu accession. no other country had to negotiate as long and as hard. as the guests of honor know, the criteria for admission are growing ever stricter. >> you have to have some pressure to be better. >> his next appointment is in downtown zagreb, just below the parliament, at his party's headquarters. he has been an observer at the eu for a year n

. >> i saw a smoke grenade explode and the whole parliament was covered with smoke. >>> two young boys fight inside a cage. >> i think everybody's sighing enough now. >>> and an angry driver plows through a crowd. watch what happens when people behave wildly. >> oh, my god! >> what's your emergency? >> we've got a mass, mass riot. >>> our caught on camera acting inappropriately. >> all the way to the ground and grab her booty and was pounding with himself. >>> and plain just go too far. caught on camera out of line. >>> hello, i'm contessa brewer. welcome to caught on camera. from poll significances to police, sports stars to security guards. it seems almost everybody gets out of line sometimes. in a world full of cameras, those moments can live forever. in the case of our first story some poor judgment even becomes an international incident. a goodwill basketball game takes an angry turn when players stop passing basketballs and start hurling chairs. >> quickly you realize this is not your typical sports altercation. >> it's an international basket brawl and it is caught on camera by

agreement where members of parliament signaled that they are not yet ready to agree to a deal. now, they say they feel blackmailed. a member of the delegation even resigned from his post. all in all, they are very angry. if it was the strategy at the irish presidency to put pressure on the parliament to come to agreement, i think this strategy totally backfired, and now it's even worse than before. lex what if there is no routine? what are the consequences? >> for the moment, it is not dramatic. there is still time to negotiate. even in the worst case, if there was no deal, it would not be a total drama. but it would be more problematic and having a multiannual framework because then they would have to have a very general and principled discussion every year. i think it is in the interests of all sides to compromise, and it might come, as it always is in european politics, at the last minute. lex thank you very much. -- >> thank you very much. still to come, the comments from denver and sparked a major market selloff as well as reaction from frankfurt. first turn our attention

agreement where members of parliament signaled that they are not yet ready to agree to a deal. now, they say they feel blackmailed. a member of the delegation even resigned from his post. all in all, they are very angry. if it was the strategy at the irish presidency to put pressure on the parliament to come to agreement, i think this strategy totally backfired, and now it's even worse than before. lex what if there is no routine? what are the consequences? >> for the moment, it is not dramatic. there is still time to negotiate. even in the worst case, if there was no deal, it would not be a total drama. but it would be more problematic and having a multiannual framework because then they would have to have a very general and principled discussion every year. i think it is in the interests of all sides to compromise, and it might come, as it always is in european politics, at the last minute. lex thank you very much. -- >> thank you very much. still to come, the comments from denver and sparked a major market selloff as well as reaction from frankfurt. first turn our attention

every wednesday while parliament is in session prime minister david cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. prior to question time the house is wrapping up of the business. this is live coverage on c-spa c-span2. >> we must make sure when we get the smugglers prosecuted correctly and make it the right source of the sentence. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is the secretary telling the house today -- going house today -- telling the house today she is content with the delay in the implementation of the imf procedure? this delay is frustrating, frustrating the security services, putting billions of pounds -- and importantly helping us against organized crime. what he going to do about it? >> mr. speaker, we are doing everything we possibly can. are we frustrated? yes, we are. are the police frustrated? yes, we are. we have to make sure it is robust and it is legal, and we will get there. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my

the european parliament has submitted amendments to further clarify in the provisions the conditions under which the judgment of a tribunal of a third country is enforceable under e.u. law. the commission will look at these proposals. madam president the commission believes that the quick adoption of this proposal would resolve any major loopholes created when companies collect personal data of european citizens and different sovereigns. the commission therefore comes on this parliament to support the objectives and principles of the e.u. data protection reform with adoption. thank you very much. >> thank you very much commissioner borge. i would like to give the floor to claudine pepper. >> and president, commissioner, my data belongs to me. that is the cornerstone of the european thinking on delta protection. the state also recognizes that my data belongs to me. i decide what happens with it. that principle must be respected by the state. at those boundaries must be taken seriously. reports from the u.s. are cause for great concern. it is good that we are discussing the matters her

the party is the third largest in hungary's parliament. he sues anyone who describes it as a neo-nazi party. it prefers the term national radicals. these bikers are also national medical's. the recently tried to corrupt a march organized by holocaust survivors. they thundered past budapest was the biggest synagogue, carrying banners with said, cassette and step on the gas -- "step on the gas." the government has banned the slogan. >> the slogan was not supposed to be provocative. we like stepping on the gas. >> the european union is not relevant here. instead, there are maps of greater hungary before this treaty divided the country. the far right extremists want the territory hungary lost after the first world war return. this is a central theme of the radicals, as is anti-semitism. the hungarians who have come to this rally are very well aware of this. the countries openly racist, anti-semitic, and homophobic, but this man posy friend from poland was apparently less aware. >> they are visiting us for three days. i think this is a very nic

and the other possibility is let's give each colony five representatives in parliament. you know, a parliament of 400 members on any issue of the americans are going to get out voted. so i think it was and irreconcilable issue, which is why not only the americans ultimately result it -- revolted, but why every revolution for self-determination has tended to be successful. >> it wasn't king george's fault? >> nobody has come up with an answer to that. i am -- you know, king george the third is not going to be -- he is probably not going to win any, you know, i.q. awards. but he is not down. he is very, very conscientious, maybe to conscientious. maybe he would have done better if he had left things aside. he was not the devil and the tyrant that the americans define him as in 1776. >> since september 2001 we have been in and the fact a state of war without boundaries of space or time permitting be executive to take in his singular opinion all appropriate actions which has included taking lives when u.s. citizens, incarcerating people indefinitely without trial. what the f

the commission is ready to consider any improvements they european parliament would consider necessary in this respect. that is why we need to work for swift adoption of a package that some of the member states would like to see >> the following day in the european parliament catherine ashton briefed members about political unrest in turkey where protesters had been demonstrating against the government, this is an hour. >> and about to get the thoughts to the heads, lady ashton from the european commission to report on the situation in turkey. >> in many ways a tough situation. can i say to distinguished members of the european parliament i am grateful for the discussions i had with some of you over the last two days. as you have seen less night turkish police launched a major offensive to review istanbul. there was intensive use of teargas from what we saw. and reports of widespread injuries. this is a major cause of concern. by following events closely from the start and make two statements, one from my spokesperson and directing myself from june and a coordinated closely with my col

the un parliament. and they will ratify plants of racism against the far right leader. about muslims praying out on the streets, and there it -- and the occupation. thousands of protesters are rallying in central frankfurt against austerity measures across europe. there have been demonstrations in spain, portugal and greece. from frankfurt -- >> it started peacefully but in the air was the feeling that it may blow out. on the sidelines, it did. police chased protesters back on to the official march -- and the demonstration was meant as a showing of force, for germany's financial center and the heart of the european bank. the message was for more austerity than financial regulations. uppy -- i would call this theft. >> they are against the policies of their own government. angela merkel has been the driving force behind austerity policies across the european union. >> i disagree with the politics of angela merkel and the german government, because privatisation and poverty -- >> demonstrations take place

syrian members of parliament -- a syrian member of parliament had this to say about the attacks. >> the explosions took place close to a police station. this resulted in so many victims and other losses in the area. rsese suicide or's -- suicide were not really identified. we do not know where they are from. victims are all over the place. these suicide bombers went into the city through spots that are not under control. >> rula amin is following developments from syria. what is the latest? >> what we know is that nobody has claimed responsibility so far. the government accusing terrorist groups as usual. a number of people among those killed were members of the police force, because it happened inside one of these police stations, according to one monitoring group. a number of civilians were also killed and injured. it is another reminder of what is going on in the capital, that despite the governments very tight control, the rebels are still still able and capable of getting to the heart of the capital. marjeh square is a landmark square inside damascus. >> thank you. a rebels seize c

, particularly on days like this that in this parliament, in this place we are all human beings. we all have families and the motions. so let us try, just try, to build a kinder and gentler with each other in a further deliberations of this parliament. >> polls show a greater threat to opposition leader tony abbott when voters to take to the polls. the election was set for september, but could be brought forward. >> the australian people have dealt for long time with the bickering and fighting. they will be looking for to electing their own leader. ofmr. rudd have any chance leading his own people, he will have to prove he can lead a unified party. >> the mongolian president has been reelected by a narrow margin. vote.bout 50% of the he campaigned on building mongolian wealth from foreign investment and mining. the german chancellor says she welcomes talks with turkey about joining the european union. but angela merkel said turkey's application will depend on its human-rights record and reform. it has been criticized for its recent crackdown on protesters. about 1 million portugu

the move has left residents of morris with just a three-seat jury in parliament -- the move has left president samaras with just a three-seat jury in parliament. >> the blow to the stability of the jurisdiction was delivered here. the government's smallest party voted to pull out its two ministers. the move had been foreshadowed for days. on thursday evening, another meeting of coalition leaders broke off without agreement. three crisis talks in four days -- all to seek agreement on the future of the state broadcaster. premier antonin samaras ordered the station shut down last week, saying it was raised that money, but the outrage staff has found support from the angry populace and parts of the coalition. samaras wants to found a new broadcasting while the leftist want ert to go back on the air. the government is now left with just a thin majority in parliament. >> following the eurozone financial meltdown in 2008, the du spent nearly 1/numeral three of its economic output on saving banks -- the eu spent nearly will 1/3 of its economic output on saving banks, but a few years on, fina

the move has left residents of morris with just a three-seat jury in parliament -- the move has left president samaras with just a three-seat jury in parliament. >> the blow to the stability of the jurisdiction was delivered here. the government's smallest party voted to pull out its two ministers. the move had been foreshadowed for days. on thursday evening, another meeting of coalition leaders broke off without agreement. three crisis talks in four days -- all to seek agreement on the future of the state broadcaster. premier antonin samaras ordered the station shut down last week, saying it was raised that money, but the outrage staff has found support from the angry populace and parts of the coalition. samaras wants to found a new broadcasting while the leftist want ert to go back on the air. the government is now left with just a thin majority in parliament. >> following the eurozone financial meltdown in 2008, the du spent nearly 1/numeral three of its economic output on saving banks -- the eu spent nearly will 1/3 of its economic output on saving banks, but a few years on, fina

the bill will be put to a vote in parliament on friday. >> the european parliament has voted to allow members of the schengen zone to reintroduce temporary border controls through next year if there is an emergency. >> the schengen agreement allows free travel across 26 european countries without border checks. riddick spirit anew move will set back the cost -- the critics fear the new move will set back the cause of german reintegration -- >> many crossed the rhine river to shop on the other side -- many crosse the rhine river to shop on the other side. the mayor cannot imagine having a border crossing here. >> driving across, as you can see here behind me, is totally unproblematic. from my local perspective, i consider our open border to be very valuable, and we should maintain it as long and as well as we can. >> but most eu parliamentarians see changes to the schengen agreement are necessary. the reforms will eventually allow member states to close their borders for up to two years, but only in exceptional cases. germany supported the push for the new rules. >> some countries are

the bill will be put to a vote in parliament on friday. >> the european parliament has voted to allow members of the schengen zone to reintroduce temporary border controls through next year if there is an emergency. >> the schengen agreement allows free travel across 26 european countries without border checks. riddick spirit anew move will set back the cost -- the critics fear the new move will set back the cause of german reintegration -- >> many crossed the rhine river to shop on the other side -- many crosse the rhine river to shop on the other side. the mayor cannot imagine having a border crossing here. >> driving across, as you can see here behind me, is totally unproblematic. from my local perspective, i consider our open border to be very valuable, and we should maintain it as long and as well as we can. >> but most eu parliamentarians see changes to the schengen agreement are necessary. the reforms will eventually allow member states to close their borders for up to two years, but only in exceptional cases. germany supported the push for the new rules. >> some countries are

c-span: was he an elected member of parliament? >> guest: he was an elected member of parliament. c-span: i remember reading in your book that they stood together for some 15 elections? >> guest: yes. amazing, isn't it? c-span: how many times was he elected as a member of parliament? >> guest: now you've--you've got me. very many fewer times than he stood as member of parliament, i tell you. he stood for about six different seats. he was a member for about four. you've really got me on technicalities. but his last--his--his longest time he held seats was when he first married my mother, when he represented dundee in scotland for 11--nearly 14 years, and then from the middle 1920s to two or three years before he died, he represented woodford, died, he represented woodford, and that was nearly 40 years. c-span: how--how many times was he prime minister? >> guest: he was prime minister three times, which people are surprised at. he was prime minister in 1940 to '45, and then he was prime minister in what was called the caretake--caretaker government, which was in jul--may '45 when it

this was the reaction from the head of the russian parliaments international affairs committee. it's a scandal, the u.s. and british special service tapped medvedev's phone at the 2009 g-20 summit. the u.s. denies it but we can't trust them. it's a total lie. now, you might think it ever so slightly hypocritical of the russians to complain about people spying on them and some people might argue it's hardly new the diplomats are interested in listening to each other's conversations, certainly in civil liberties terms, none of this is anything like inflammatory as the original allegation that the americans have been involved in the blanket surveillance of ivilian conversations. there is a window, albeit a misty one, that shows smiling faces and collaboration on the outside but behind the scenes, friendships come way behind in need. the diplomatic competitive advantage. lawrence lee, al jazeera, at the g-8 summit. >> in brazil, protests are growing in the country's largest cities. they say the government is neglecting public services while spending vast ams of money to stage next y

here is the report from the day of his swearing in. [ music ] >> reporter: the old parliament but a newth africa's first black president. at his side the man who freed him. earlier they gave way to scenes never witnessed before. as they greeted nelson mandela. thunders applause. the president elect took the oath, the first of 400 to be sworn in. nearby his wife. >> i declare nelson mandela duly elected president of the republic of south africa. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: they broke the rules. >> this is the day for which we have waited for over 300 years. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is the day of liberation. >> reporter: thousands of faces in expectation of nelson mandela. he promised freedom, now promised >> people of south africa have spoken in this election. they want change. and change is what they will get. >> reporter: the massive have a democratic voice and they are using it to with welcome in the first parliament that represents the people of south africa. >> that is it for this week's second look. i am gasia mikaelian. thank you for watching. the oakland colosseum

>>gain, refused to resign over allegations that he misled parliament. opposition parties are not satisfied. they say they will trigger an investigation. >> at the election just three months away, both sides are determined to win the argument. >> this scrutiny is unwelcome attention. the opposition says he wasted too long to scrap the euro drone project. in a grueling hearing, the defense minister defended his leadership. he admitted mistakes, but rejected calls for his resignation. >> we did not manage the project as carefully as we should have. procesthatevertheless ends with the right outcome is no reason to resign. rather, it is caused to learn from these mistakes so that these problems can be avoided in the future. >> they are calling be failed a drone project a disaster. the social democrats want a full investigation and they are calling on him to step down as defense minister. >> we will come back on wednesday to have committee fully investigate this case. >> it parliamentary investigation can take place before the elections but all parties agree

member states and receive a majority back in parliament and washington has come under fire for using its prison data collection program with germany shown to be among its biggest surveillance targets let's talk about this to ross anderson he's a professor of security engineering at the university of cambridge thanks for joining us here on r.t. today now isn't it a little bit too late for this given the scope of washington surveillance activities. well we've known for many years is that if you cut your debts in the usa then the u.s. government could get at it with a warrant. to shocking about the current revelations is that it seems for the past four years or so that the american intelligence services have been able to snatch that out of its cats in the usa so it's not just a matter of going to get access to individual stuff but potentially looking through all our stuff and this may be a real wakeup call for companies and individuals in europe and elsewhere does it matter that looking through all our stuff as you say many people have nothing to hide what are they got to fetch. well ev

welcome back to the kaiser report imax geyser time at a target george galloway a member of parliament here in the u.k. george galloway welcome to the kaiser of art all right george galloway i got to get to this right away you're a guest scottish independence tell us the economic and monetary reasons for your position for first of all it wouldn't really be independence we'd still be in the european union and we'd still have an unelected monarch as our head of state and of course the question of which currency we would use is a moot one. bank of england the treasury would surely not allow an independent country to operate the punt because that would be giving the scottish government power without responsibility and the westminster or thought it is in the city would have no authority over what the scottish government the newly independent scorcher state was doing with the currency doing with rates of tax doing with interest rates and so on so that's an impossibility so the possibility a marriage is of joining the euro well how's that going who in scotland would be persuaded to go quietly

those are the member states now here and for the european parliament there's this exhibit which showcases some of the key moments in the history of the european union will certainly some of these will be more familiar to citizens of the country where it actually took place when it comes to institutions how they function how they work service and showed that most europeans know very little about what actually goes on that would want to survey by your barometer it shows that the knowledge of it that europeans have with us is just three point four points out of ten this survey also shows that a majority of e.u. citizens think that the e.u. is a good thing however a majority of them also think that their voices do not count fifty four percent in fact now in this report it also says that only twenty five percent of europeans know that there's even an upcoming election in two thousand and fourteen to elect their members of the european parliament right behind me there is no democracy in the u.k. nor in germany or in brussels we need more. developments for stronger involvement of citizen well th

so far, this bill was actually only passed by the lower house of parliament, so what happens now? >> the bill now goes to the senate before being signed into law by president putin. that's considered to be a formality. >> john: i wouldn't actually be so sure about that. remember, this is the man that we're talking about. ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) seriously, at this point, i firmly believe that vladimir putin is three months shy of having his own calendar. come on, come on. we can come up with a better title than that. better. yes. there it is. ( cheers and applause ) that is the perfect one. so gays are coming under attack in both france and russia, but there is one place where, apparently, they have found a home. >> a stunning revelation coming from the head of the catholic church. pope francis says there is a gay lobby at the vatican. >> john: i don't know if i call a vatican gay lobby a stunning revelation, really. the whole building is basically a liberace fever dream, unless you don't mean an architectual lobby. >> "gay lobby" i think is kind of a confusing term. we use lob

. >> again, refused to resign over allegations that he misled parliament. opposition parties are not satisfied. they say they will trigger an investigation. >> at the election just three months away, both sides are determined to win the argument. >> this scrutiny is unwelcome attention. the opposition says he wasted too long to scrap the euro drone project. in a grueling hearing, the defense minister defended his leadership. he admitted mistakes, but rejected calls for his resignation. >> we did not manage the project as carefully as we should have. a process that nevertheless ends with the right outcome is no reason to resign. rather, it is caused to learn from these mistakes so that these problems can be avoided in the future. >> they are calling be failed a drone project a disaster. the social democrats want a full investigation and they are calling on him to step down as defense minister. >> we will come back on wednesday to have a committee fully investigate this case. >> it is unclear whether a parliamentary investigation can take place before the ele

know mike is in the european parliament are trying to prevent the us from keeping the continent under secret surveillance expose weeks ago by whistleblower edward snowden the european people's party has back to proposal that would force washington to alert e.u. officials if they wish to gain access to citizens' data we'll for more on this let's talk now with a member of the p.p. party mr vause thanks for coming on to the program today why is this only happening now because the european commission did know about their surveillance program. no we didn't know about these prison program and we were. very very upset about the situation now the situation we can't accept and we have to be with it one is europe allowed to become so vulnerable in the first place. so in the european parliament we are all ways handling the questions of fundamental rights and also we are dealing now with the reform of our own data data protection issues and a very for the issue of prison is not what we are expecting from other countries to deal with the data of our own citizens and to very far we are. finding the

s to extend a large legislator for another eighteen months the parliament has already perspire on an election planned for june over concerns the conflict in syria main flame tensions and hamper the vote in lebanon. terror attacks constant drone strikes in vicious sectarian strife pakistan's nuclear let the government faces a lot of ugly challenges but amid the outbreaks of violence many other issues such as an immense lack of energy are left on the sidelines as reports now on the few attempts to solve the problem the problems they face and the enormous hurdles. business is far from booming at this textile mill in pakistan several times each day the machines come to a halt there's simply not enough power to keep them running forcing them to sit idle for up to fourteen hours a day the mill has resorted to burning wood to keep up production but for a factory employing four thousand people it's an unsustainable solution this is day to be affecting the number of people you can employ you must provide jobs and job creation can you have than if you have energy and energy is personally what

the bill won approval in the lower house of parliament on tuesday. activists fear it will be used to go after anyone who supports gays and lesbians in russia. >> greece shut down its public broadcaster midweek in one of the government's most drastic measures yet to cut costs. athens said the station had squandered huge amounts of cash. the news took the employees by surprise. many presenters said their .oodbyes on life tv -- live tv two and a half thousand people lost their jobs. some kept working in protest. thesands of greeks took to streets in solidarity with major unions calling a nationwide strike. >> we live in poverty. and now they are cutting freedom of speech and freedom of thought. >> the government says the broadcaster will be relaunched as soon as possible, but with a slimmer budget and fewer employees. laid they's president cornerstone for berlin city, marking the official start to construction work. it was badly damaged during the second world war and later torn down by the east german government. the rebuilt palace will feature a baroq

openingde those remarks to parliament after it was comfortably elected as prime minister.e was invited to move into his seat, which he did. one of the first things he spoke about was the need to end drone strike. its sovereignty and independence must be respected, he said. and that there was a dire condition to the economy, so bad that it was beyond imagination, that tackling that would be his first priority. commented on the crippling power shortages here. although we did not hear specifics about how he is planning to tackle that, and we are expecting a more detailed policy speech later in the week, he said the country has suffered tremendously because of dictatorship over the years, appealing for unity, reaching out to all of the political forces to act together, attempting to improve the conditions of the people and the country. he may need to turn quickly to the international monetary fund for a bailout as their finances are in a poor state. >> people will be looking carefully to see how he deals with those two big centers of power in pakistan, the army and the religio

in the years in which i have served as prime minister, predominantly i have faced a minority parliament and i have also faced internal division within my political party. it has not been an easy environment to work in. but i am pleased that in this environment, which was not easy, i have prevailed to ensure that this country has been made stronger and smarter and more fair for the future. thisvery proud of what government has achieved, which will endure for the long term. i'm very proud of the way in which we read -- we achieved health reform. very pleased that we pushed through and put a price on carbon, and historic reform that will serve this nation well, and which required us to have the guts and tenacity to stare down one of the most reckless campaigns in this nation's history. what we have achieved through disability care, to launch on the first of july this year, apparently, an obvious reform to everyone now but something that it took this labor government to get done. i'm very proud of it. i'm very proud, too, of the work we have done in australian schools. today, we have passed

the pilot project has garnered praise from parliament and educators alike.ey believe a more inclusive system would better serve all school children. >> individual instruction can work if you pay attention to each child's abilities. where can they improve? >> but the class has proved too much of a challenge it is why she is lobbying for local government to keep open the special needs schools. her son struggles in integrated classes. >> we knew he could not handle a lot of the work. he noticed they were faster and given different material. he asked why he was getting something else to do when they are already further. >> mattias is 17. he can do basic math, reading, writing. >> i played soccer on saturday with my friends. >> he receives intense instruction on science and language skills. there are two to three teachers with a toss of nine students. >> we have children who cannot speak when they come to us to learn to express themselves after we work with them to build up their communicative abilities. i'm not sure that kind of instruction can be offered at dif

the pilot project has garnered praise from parliament and educators alike.ey believe a more inclusive system would better serve all school children. >> individual instruction can work if you pay attention to each child's abilities. where can they improve? >> but the class has proved too much of a challenge it is why she is lobbying for local government to keep open the special needs schools. her son struggles in integrated classes. >> we knew he could not handle a lot of the work. he noticed they were faster and given different material. he asked why he was getting something else to do when they are already further. >> mattias is 17. he can do basic math, reading, writing. >> i played soccer on saturday with my friends. >> he receives intense instruction on science and language skills. there are two to three teachers with a toss of nine students. >> we have children who cannot speak when they come to us to learn to express themselves after we work with them to build up their communicative abilities. i'm not sure that kind of instruction can be offered at dif

after the war they evolved again, turned into a real gorilla force in the lebanese parliament.y take credit for forcing israel out of lebanon in 2000 and have since set up what many call more than a state in the area. their long time stated goal is to establish a theocracy in lebanon. as their popularity surged again in 2006 they fought israel to withdraw. among the biggest critics of hezbollah and their decision to arm the syrian government in a war of the gulf states, leaders said they would consider taking action if they continued their involvement, having a meeting in a saudi arabian city. message that clear ,f such intervention continued then those countries would look at taking certain procedures .gainst hezbollah personnel >> joining us from london, our middle east analyst and journalist. very good to have you with us. just how crucial is hezbollah in the syrian conflict. could they tip the balance of power? crucial.re very hezbollah has been the only power in the middle east that has been able to, you know, fight israel to a standstill. their direct involvement is extre

in a speech but " -- before parliament, he called the protesters thugs and terrorists. his message was well received by the country's politicians. >> one thing is certain -- we will not give the demonstrators any chance to erode our society. >> the prime minister's strong response has further stoked attention. his critics accuse him of trying to take away democratic freedoms, and that has inspired a growing number of demonstrators to join the protest movement. >> dramatic developments, so let's go straight to our correspondent to find out what is going on right now. >> it is absolute mayhem. huge amounts of gas, fires are burning while protesters are throwing stones. a few hours ago, there were thousands of people gathering at taksim square. no one was wearing their gas masks. then, without any provocation or warning -- i was standing just a few meters from a line of armored vans -- they unleashed gas into the thousands of people in the square. many people fell. you could see nothing. people were drowning in the gas. i saw dozens of people in may were taking the most se

erdogan has been speaking in parliament this morning.et with protesters towards the end of next week. we'll keep our eyes on what is going on in turkey. also what is going on with the ten-year treasury yield as well. yields continue to climb higher. a big impact for global investors everywhere. i want to make things more secure. [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat more dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>> just joining us, a recap of the headlines. tear gas and water cannons used by the turkish government to clear taksim square protesters. >>> this is the hearing into ecb policies is under way. >>> and u.s. lawmakers call for the man who says he leaked information. he checks out of a hotel and disappears. >>> tu

dear colleagues-this u.an parliament has -- european parliament has consistently criticized the mediafreedom in turkey, and i think the past two weeks have concerned our conditions. i hope the recent events as we are might prove to be a turning point for turkey. i thank you. [applause] >> translator: thank you. mr. president first of all i want to thank our representative and vice president, and commissioner for that very clear statement. that is what needs europe to have these clear statements. this day of erdogan won't change, mr. erdogan said, and that is a dangerous threat because he has to change, unless he wants to lead turkey away from europe and away from respect of european values. yes, a majority has supported erdogan at the last election. maybe still development don't know. but i know many supporters are who not on the erdogan side today but are protesting in taksim and it's very strange that mr. erdogan who started his political clear to push the military back, which is a good thing, now uses the same deep state, especially the police to attack peaceful demonstrators. poli