this is putin we're talking about. have you ever seen putin not look icy? (laughter) this is him two months ago at his inauguration! (laughter) that's a great day for putin. this is him two weeks later at his surprise birthday party. (laughter) this is putin playing with kittens. (laughter) this is him personally ordering the death of a reporter. same face! this is vladimir putin full of child like wonder at the first snow of winter. (laughter) first snow of winter which, in russia, i believe, comes a week after the last snow of the previous winter. so the peres has spent hours dissecting the body language. probably just about time for... >> are we making too much of a big deal? >> jon: there you go. (laughter) the 1213 hand wringer from rockefeller plaza. that's your lamestream liberal media for you. wall-to-wall coverage of something that they're not sure if it really matters. that's why you can see the genius of fox news, they know this is enormously important. >> vladimir putin looks at our leaders and he sees weakness. >> at one point the president's c

"holy mother of god, free us from putin," they sing.ut the performance was shorter than the edited version appears. they actually sang for less than a minute, but it was long enough to draw the wrath of the state. then members who were not detained have become more cautious. they only agreed to meet us at this disused factory where they sometimes rehearse. afraid of being recognized in public, they were masks to conceal their identity. since their friends were arrested, they have realized how far putin's government is willing to go and how it has shaped russian siety. >> these are or president as he is called today, is the most important man in the land. at home, it is the father. a couple of notches lower, the mother. it is the same chain as always. that is what we want to destroy. as long as putin and his cronies are in power, nothing will change. >> since the three women were arrested, there have been regular protests to demand their release. "freedom," chant the demonstrators. many artists and intellectuals support the convent. many

they're now facing the same court that handed putin critic a long jail sentence in 2010. human rights groups fear this could turn into another show trial. >> indeed, many -- for many observers, the pussy riot trial is the tip of the iceberg and reflects the kremlin pose a growing intolerance of the government's opponents. >> mossdale introduced a string of new laws to crack down on dissidents. activists say president putin, now serving a third term in office, is not heeding calls for it into a more tolerant of political opponents. >> opposition activist alexei cannot stop thinking about what happened on may 6. on the day, he was among tens of thousands of people who protested against vladimir putin's returned to the russian presidency. the authorized demonstration began peacefully but then escalated. the kremlin blamed the opposition. he insists the demonstrators were provoked by the police. >> it is totally obvious that the police behaved wrongly. they came down hard on the demonstrators, beating them. you can see how shocked the people were. not one of us planned to pro

the refrain of the song is "holy mother, theroux putin out.he entire performance lasted less than a minute. but it has divided russia. >> these women have sinned. they have broken god's laws, and i do not want this sin to spread like a disease across russia. >> i am here to protest against the injustice the women from pussy riot are experiencing. >> on friday, police cordoned off the court building to prevent scenes of chaos as the trial began. but opponents and supporters of pussy riot have a vow to continue their campaigns. >> the kremlin could have just ignored pussy riot. it -- even many of putin's opponents find a ofpunk band too radical. but the state takes a hard approach and the young women and by doing so turns them into icons of the anti-putin protests. >> coming up, the issue of doping at the olympics. >> first, a quick look at some of the other stories making news. israel has begun burying the five israeli victims of wednesday's suicide bomb attack in bulgaria. the israeli tourists were targeted when on the way to a coastal resort

powerplant that's why my security nko was also present there with mr putin. in the normal course of events in a whole that's the way it will be. in december this year we play into a the foundation for the theory in it which will cost a few billion dollars. but he opened. as we can see chinese businessmen are very interested in russia the realize they can reason big money here us in a number of chinese businessmen here with perfect knowledge of the russian language which means they have delegated at least five years of their lives to learning in order to make money specifically in russia so what what about ordinary people in china are the interested in russia people often see these days the east of russia will soon be populated by the chinese do you think they are interested in moving here. if you look at china's written history. and we can find then as to conical there were kept day after day. the past two thousand years scrupulously of the. negative story hundred years is not that big of a deal for them but that is true to china was expanding geographically

a phone conversation with mr putin to me in the wake of the incident and we have. data. reciprocally but we have not exchanged any official you documents or statements russian the russian media is also welcome to ask your questions come your son to d.d. . but do use the microphone. i have a question. but i didn't hear the gun and as we all know that turkey. has been. of the assad regime in syria three of them were from. has indicated. a change nobody leadership in syria at the same time is impression and cherokee. interested in stability more than any other countries in the world don't you believe that following. president assad syria might. become much quick myron chaos which might also affected neighboring countries. because it isn't then him. and then the dynasty this is. this is. us that. we honestly. have across thank you for this question. should. first of all we share. our outlook on the issue of providing stability in syria. we are categorically against. any. any. violation of their territorial integrity. as you know. syria. has already taken action that has caus

over the past few months, putin has showed that he is ready to solve the dispute. the contrast with the action of prime minister medvedev could be a way of testing japan's willingness to make a compromise. >> all right, nhk moscow bureau >>> british bank chief executive stepped down amid an interest rate rigging scandal. he said he was stepping down because of a level that risked damaging the franchise. he stepped down one day after marcus announced his resignation. regulators ordered barclays to pay a $350 million fine after manipulating interest rates. the interest rate is used by libor for banks it lend money to each other. more than a dozen other institutions are under scrutiny. the british government decided to set up a special parliament to look into the scandal. >>> people in japan have been watching a political drama play out and guess how it'll end. . one of the most influential members quit the ruling democratic party. ozawa add falling out over a plan to raise consumption tax from 5 to 10%. now noda is hitting back. he is expelling law makers who voted a

has vowed to support the united nations. >> putin obviously does not mean what he says. the russians are supporting the assad regime, and that has led to the situation on the ground where both sides had decided to fight until the end. the russians are not looking for a diplomatic solution. >> a showdown is looming. what, if anything, will come out at the next security council meeting? >> nothing will come out of it. the russians have given no signs that they are willing to look for a diplomatic solution. they are supporting president assad and his regime, but the situation in syria is changing a lot, and this is probably a lot more interesting. rebels have entered central quarters of damascus, and the fight might be over earlier than most observers had thought in recent months. >> ok, thanks very much. >> the organizing committee for the london olympics says security at the games is top priority. in recent days, there have been serious allegations of the number and quality of private security guards. >> meanwhile, athletes, officials, and media from more than 50 countrie

mother mary, please drive putin away, this el scream. days later, three women were arrested, two of them mothers to young children. they have been in custody ever since. they're charged with hooliganism and could face a sentence. this is her husband, peter berselof, and gera, the 4-year-old daughter she hasn't seen in four months. when you've had the fleeting glimpses in the courtroom, how does she look? how do you think she's taking it? >> she looks very good, and she's taking it as she's supposed to take it as a political, artistic and solid and creative and powerful person. >> the band specializes in sudden and on which illegal performances. >> we knew at some point we could get arrested. but of course, no one expected the arrests would come after this particular performance. >> reporter: the punk prayer s was -- the orthodox leader patriarch kyra has wildly saying as the putin's pourer has a miracle from god, but it's outraged many of the country's faithful. this is a disgusting thing to do, says this woman. they should go to jail, s

the band unhappy with the friendly relationship between putin and church leaders.hree got arrested after the february performance and are still behind bars. nadia is one of two mothers still in custody. her daughter being told putin is responsible. she is facing seven years in prison. demanding their release, supporters of the band picketed the russian embassy. something you get to do in america. >> we have the freedom to express ourselves, to play music in the street. to play music in venues. that's why we are here. >> to draw attention to the issue, hoping to build pressure on putin to back off. >> people like him will never win. in the end, the human spirit will overcome. >> protesters have been detained for demonstrating on onbehalf of the women. and parliament enacted new laws aimed at preventing demonstrations. and in moscow earlier this month, prosecutors said they need more time to prepare their case against the band members, so they asked for an extension, which means the women could be held for ten months before the formal court proceedings against them.

more complicated there's more tension in the world there's more uncertainty in the world president putin saying that some global partners are taking unilateral action against some countries for example libya also the issue of syria the russian president saying the russia must work to make warring parties sit down and talk peaceful dialogue as well president putin also saying that some international partners are being very aggressive in pursuing their economic agendas around the world russia also needs to take a more proactive stance for its own benefit also president putin saying that russia's tools of influence around the world will be pragmatic and simple as well also saying that russia needs to promote its military developments needs to strengthen his position in asia pacific region latin america and to europe and also touching down that when it comes down to the global financial crisis possibly a threat of recession in the eurozone at the moment but that is just the tip of the financial global i spoke we'll be back with more details on this live on r.t. after a short break. culture i

fierce fighting in syria's capital as special envoy kofi anna travels to moscow seeking president putin support to end the bloodshed. if you can you see that in building living which is what does that mean it means americans live in trees integration and so that's how immigrants in belgium feel about a new starter they say is nothing more than a guide for savages coming into the civilized world. to get away to rest or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a california retreat. onscreen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r t with me. well serious harm conflict has now closed in on one capital damascus and its suburbs the fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the opposition says it's some of the worst fighting since the crisis began and threatened a full scale assault on boy list units across the country but as artie's my financial reports from damascus the real picture may not be as dramatic. clashes between the army and

syria's capital special envoy kofi annan travels right here to moscow seeking support from president putin to end the bloodshed. we. live in which is what does that mean it means broken sleep in trees integration insult immigrants in belgium feel about a new star kid they say is nothing more than a guide for coming to live in the civilized world. a getaway to rest or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a california retreat. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow. syria's conflict is now closed in on the capital damascus suburbs with battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the opposition says that some of the worst fighting since the crisis began and threatened a full scale assault on loyalist units all across the country but as financial reports now from damascus the real picture may not be quite dramatic. clashes between the army and rebels never stopped here in syria now the fighting is going on here in damascus damascus has been co

uprising against the government began as a special envoy kofi annan travels to moscow seeking president putin's support to end the bloodshed. the new see that in belgium leaving losers who does that leave the munira can live in trees tend to gratian insults about how immigrants in belgium feel about a new starter kit they say is nothing more than a guide for savages coming into the civilized world. to get away tourist or a place to decide the world's great occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a california retreat. from screaming all mine twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is our. most serious armed conflict has now engulfed the capital damascus and its suburbs with fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the military is thought to have deployed armored vehicles near the city center after the threat of a full scale assault on loyalist units across the country is in damascus. clashes between the army and rebels never stopped here in syria now the fighting is going on here in dama

fierce fighting in syria's capital as special envoy kofi anon travels to moscow seeking president putin's support to end the bloodshed. although if you do more good news you didn't build your living it is that you need to be right because even trees integration insult that's how immigrants in belgium feel about a new starter they say it's nothing more than a guide for south asians coming into the civilized world. to get away to rust or a place to decide the world's fake occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a california retreat. thank you for joining our team this tuesday it's eleven o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen. well serious armed conflict has now closed in on the capital damascus and its suburbs with fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the opposition says it's some of the worst fighting since the crisis began and threatened a full scale assault on loyalist units across the country but as artie's marie financial reports from damascus the real picture may not be as dramati

uprising against the government began a special envoy kofi anon travels to moscow seeking president putin's support to end the bloodshed. when you see that in belgium we live in who is is what does that mean it mean americans live in trees pentagrams insult that's how immigrants in belgium feel about the new starter at explaining basic behavior even the know how to use a child to grow. and get away to rust or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a telephone retreat. hello and welcome to our tea this tuesday it's nine o'clock here in moscow i'm karen tara was here is armed conflict has now engulfed the capital damascus and its suburbs the fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the military is thought to have deployed armored vehicles near the city center after the threat of a full scale assault on loyalist units across the country. is in damascus. clashes between the army and rebels never stopped here in syria now the fighting is going on here in dama

base say their fate will not be decided by the judge but by vladimir putin himself. bbc news, moscow. >> you are watching "bbc world news america." we will go live to london where the olympic action is underway, and the chinese are doing back flips about gymnastics gold. in india, power has been restored to millions of homes after one of the biggest power cuts ever. even the water supply in nine states in the north of the country were affected and up to 370 million people felt the impact target that is more than the population of the u.s. and canada combined. we have a report now from delhi. >> on the tracks, but not on the move. they were stranded in northern india after a massive power grid failure lasting six hours. the metro in the capital city of delhi, which normally carries 1.8 million passengers daily, was also temporarily shut, which means lots of waiting around. >> of the water. and then there were the problems. the entire country was at a standstill. >> bit chaotic roads were even more congested. more than 300 million people were affected by the power fail

i mean officially and honestly speaking by the russian federation under president putin i believe he has strong influence over the president himself but surely assert and if the opposition is so weird to give the power of attorney to any one of the leaders whether it's about a dog on the turkish prime minister or shall it be let's see barack obama then there should be a meeting between both superpowers in this case diplomatically. with a peaceful effort in order to calm down all military conflicts so far under undue massacres streets unfortunately so far today as we have witnessed and now in my done a neighborhood. and some some narrow streets actually inside damascus today. talk about putin putting pressure on assad or at least you know in some part in intervening and getting some sort of resolution are you saying that putin should actually put pressure on assad to step down and have his regime replaced by no other fish no no no no big bill no actually i didn't mean that not to pressure him to step down i feel that the president is under a huge attack by international community i'm

p including the lines virgin mary drive putin away.ere for about a minute but it offended many believers and shortly after the performance three of the band's members were snatched off the street and currently face up to seven years in prison. they've been held with no bail since february which is almost five months. their trial finally began in moscow today. the official charge is hooliganism with, quote, religious hatred. is this about religion or politics? the prosecution says the women's treatment and the charges are fair but there appears to be more to it. although church and state are officially separate under russia's constitution, the orthodox church is one the primary supporters of putin. and has claimed a leading role in setting moral standards. this cozy relationship has led much of the russian public and celebrities to champion the pussy riot cause. reenlet recently a lawyer for the band said, the documents tried not to make it look like a political case, but for us, it's obviously political. and when someone says there's n

uprising against the government began a special envoy kofi anon travels to moscow seeking president putin's support to end the bloodshed. when you see that in belgium we live in who is is what does that mean it mean americans live in trees pentagrams insult that's how immigrants in belgium feel about the new starter at explaining basic behavior even the know how to use a child to grow. and get away to rust or a place to decide the world's fate occupy protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a telephone retreat. hello and welcome to our tea this tuesday it's nine o'clock here in moscow i'm karen tara

the latest example on a renewed crackdown on civil liberties and dissent since president vladimir putineturned to the presidency in may. >> a small group of protesters gathered in front of the duma to show their disdain for the legislation. they fear the new law will tighten the screws on harmless civil-rights activists by granting them foreign agents. >> putin, medvedev, the finance ministry, the whole kremlin party united russia, they are the real agents. they are selling out our country, and its wealth. >> without doubt, it is and absurd law, ridiculous. it is like being back in a stall in -- stalin's era. >> a majority of duma the beedis approved the legislation on first reading. human rights fear for their future. under the new law, all ngo's receiving international funding have to register as a foreign agent. their accounts and financial sources must be checked regularly by state auditors or the face drastic fines. the kremlin argues the label is necessary. >> there are groups in russia that are politically active and are supported by foreigners. they present the results of their

key sticking points are what is expected to be discussed between kofi annan and president vladimir putin today in fact russia saying that the west is not living up to the promises that were agreed upon in geneva just a short time ago which were to promote a dialogue between all parties involved in the conflict and for all sides to lay down arms in fact russia saying the west is using this as an opportunity for the u.n. resolution to try and impose sanctions on syria and possibly also to promote a foreign military intervention something that russia is really trying to avoid pointing to libya as an example as a way that western military intervention just didn't work out saying that the situation in libya right now is just as messy as it was before the uprising in libya russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that the west is trying to blackmail russia into swing to their side lavrov also said that threatening russia over its position on syria is beyond the scope of diplomacy and decencies forcing regime change is something that that russia says is unrealistic in syria because bashar a

fierce fighting in syria's capital as special envoy kofi annan on travels to moscow seeking president putin support to end the bloodshed. and you see that in building believe in who is who does that mean it mean americans live in trees. and jibberish an insult that's how immigrants in belgium feel about a new starter kit they say it's nothing more than a guide some are just coming into the civilized world. to get a way to run a store a place to decide the world's fate talk about protesters demand transparency and media coverage as the wealthy and powerful gather at a california and retrieve. news uncomment broadcasting live from the heart of moscow on charon. well syria's armed conflict has now closed in on the capital damascus and its suburbs but fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the opposition says it's some of the worst fighting since the crisis began threatened a full scale assault on loyalist units across the country as artist maria finish now reports from damascus the real picture may not be as dramatic. clashes between the army a

be the focus of today's meeting between international peace envoy kofi anon and president vladimir putin in moscow russia is accusing western nations of not working toward peace in syria and blackmailing moscow to take action against the syrian government thomas joins us live now while the talks do come at a crucial time for syria's violence does get bloodier every day and foreign powers are failing to find common ground on how to end it sean what can we expect from this latest high level meeting. well karen certainly there has been a lot of international tension and exactly how to resolve this conflict again is syria of course the west having one side russia and china on the other side wanting to promote dialogue with of the current administration in syria and that is what kofi annan and president vladimir putin are expected to talk about today now russia says that the west is it not living up to their promises that were agreed on yet in geneva just earlier not too long ago and talk those promises were to promote all sides to lay down arms and to to start dialogue so that there can be c

after the blazing summer sunshine three days with planned talks with the russian president vladimir putin. hard times increase the meaning difficult ones for immigrants to the economic crisis being blamed for reports of increased racial intolerance recently human rights group report suggests that police are refusing to give assistance to foreign victims of abuse and are accused of often failing to investigate complaints properly greaves now takes a look at allegations i was in a phobia and austerity refuse to greece. around the country crumbles some parts of greece seeing firm foundations take root. we want a nationalistic state all of them should go back to where they came from. the word of an elected official as unemployment grows hand in hand with extremist sentiment looking for people to blame for their current plight the golden dawn party has proven to be the prime outlet for public anger that if you ask me about violence i would have to say yes we do have violence increase the not the violence you're suggesting it is the violence that thousands of greeks suffer from but those gangs

president obama spoke with russian president vladimir putin today regarding the escalating violence in. this after a bomb in damascus just this morning killed syria's defense minister and his deputy. also president assad's brother-in-law. syria's interior minister is among the wounded. many fear the country is tipping into chaos. here's how secretary of defense le leon panetta the assessed the attack. >> this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. for that reason, it's extremely important that the international community working with other countries that have concerns in that area have to bring maximum pressure on assad. >> there are also reports today of five separate explosions near a military base in the capital. the division there reportedly led by bashar al assad's younger brother. correspondent a man mew ha dean is in cairo with the latest. obviously, the headline at this hour is the white house confirms president obama has spoken within russian president vladimir putin critical of moving forward with the situation in syria? >> that's correct. there was supposed

will not take sides in this conflict well i i don't think they can expect that russia and president putin have been very firm. that they are not going to participate in regime change and overthrowing president assad has been very important that president putin has done this that he has stood firm on this issue had he not stood firm on this we would probably be. in a regional war or world war three at this point because the intention of the british obama who is a british puppet french turkey is to force russia to back down make concessions and the fact that russia has not done this i think the world owes a debt of gratitude because this is only been that factor plus the u.s. military opposition has been what has prevented the war so far for these talks the opposition of already said they will no end to into any dialogue with sad do you think most code could put pressure on the opposition to change their mind on this stance. perhaps i think the fact that the president putin was meeting or lavrov meeting with the opposition groups. is a good sign russia has played a very consistent grohl in

putin lifted in did not react much. he said at the peak of the boom in 2007 he went to moscow and tune in to come -- putin took him. by then his confidence was huge. he was believing that russia had truly reemerged because of the massive bill that russia had enjoyed. and so he said that putin questions are much more about needling bush about the mortgage-backed securities and other debts which the u.s. had. and then come out of the blue katie goes to bush, would you like to meet my dog? okay. let's make your dog. out comes his dog, this big dog. he says, s.c., bigger, better, stronger. this is a massive change in attitude which has taken place as far as this is concerned. telling me about how seriously the attitudes are changed in emerging markets. a decade ago emerging markets, no one was willing to listen to us. evaluations were really cheap. the whole sort of place appeared to be a real mess. now all of a sudden a decade later in the country with emerging market ties had a lot of hype around it. so that is when i dec

russian president vladimir putin criticizes the west for interfering in arab conflicts saying promotion of democracy is aimed only at maintaining influence. headlines today seriously to accuse the u.s. of fueling deadly violence in the country by partnering with the rebels as his army holds a military exercises on how to repel an attack from the outside. and in the business bulletin a billionaire like very hostile and his former partner battling in. high court all the details in about twenty minutes. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm a rover sushi i live in moscow russia is mourning more than one hundred seventy lives lost in devastating floods in the southern resort region of krasnodar on friday night over five thousand houses were hit by a wave caused by torrential rain which some witnesses describe as being up to seven meters high i reported on the aftermath tom bot. today is a day of grief and a day of mourning for the victims of flash floods in southern russia the search for bodies does continue as does the cleanup operation made more difficult by the lack of su

cuba and russia have always been strong and this meeting between the two leaders castro and vladimir putin serves to reaffirm those relations in fact this is the third time that they've met the first time back in two thousand in havana cuba and a second time here in moscow one time three years ago and then this meeting that just took place now in this meeting they discussed trade agreements and the economy how they can help each other's economies grow and also diversify also they talk about mutual ways that they can invest in each other's governments and economy another way is energy transportation and telecommunications industries the ways that both countries can work to shore up those industries now continuing in his brother's footsteps fidel castro the cuban revolutionary and former leader of cuba raul castro this is his international tour if you will before coming to russia he was in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mention that he really enjoyed russian winter

putin and russia blocking any action on syria.tory will make headlines in the next 24 hours? chris cillizza is back with us. we can talk about where they're going because romney is going to be in ohio. tomorrow the president starts a two-day tour in florida. george w. bush talking about the politics, the mudslinging and how he feels now. this was at the hoover institution at stanford. >> pretty unattractive metaphor. i said i crawled out of the swamp and i'm not crawling back in. and you know, i'm interested in politics. i'm, you know, i'm a supporter of mitt romney. i hope he does well. but you know, he can do well without me. >> and he also made the point as he has before that he believes that you should not get in the way of the current kin habtant of the oval office. >> he's kept to that, andrea, i would say. he really has kept an incredibly low profile since leaving office. one think i say about george bush, we think of the eight years he was president, six years as governor before that. this is somebody involved in politics

she's even made fake television ads mocking putin.nd, her father is the mentor to putin. her youtube videos have more than 2 million views. so like many young people these days and similar to the movement with barack obama perhaps in 2008, she and young people in russia are using the internet to push their social movements. it's going to be very interesting to see how this beautiful, young 30-year-old blond bombshell that's on shows like "big brother," you know, how she ends up perhaps politically motivating people in the anti-putin movement in russia. >> you know, hala, i thought something was really interesting that i read, that the new u.s. ambassador to russia recently appointed, one of the first things he did was to contact her and make sure he was following her on twitter and set up a meeting with her. it goes to show how powerful this young woman really is. >> and how much of a following she has. half a million followers on twitter and on television stations everywhere it seems these days. >> all right. hala, excellent story. i

in essence what president putin is saying is all fighting first has to stop before anything else can move forward and then all sides have to come to the table and have serious negotiations in discussions only then can real change take place and that change possibly meaning updating the constitution to allow for this is done in damascus one thing that russia is trying to avoid at all costs he says that if the armed opposition is allowed to overthrow the current government then the government now will become the opposition and this will start a vicious cycle that will be never ending and he pointed to afghanistan as an example of where this is happening something that russia is trying to prevent which is why they are so strong in saying that all sides have to come to the day table and negotiate properly sean thanks for bringing us up to a to up to date r.t. shaun thomas there. push more to come this hour including europe's furious farmers they say someone's milking the system of the not seeing a drop of the earnings either we report on why they're making a splash outside the e.u. parli