here with r.t. now greece has seen a glimpse of hope after european leaders came up with a plan to fight its debt crisis after long negotiations e.u. governments agreed on a range of measures designed to help the debt stricken country to avoid a default greece will receive a new bailout now worth an estimated one hundred and nine billion euros the move will see interest rates on greek debt lowered and the period in which it must repay its loans doubled greece has been battling its debt crisis for the past eighteen months and a scene of violent protests from a disillusioned public journalist simon young says that despite the second cash handout troubles in greece are far from over. president sarkozy has been saying in brussels you know greece is a special case it's received this special support from the europeans and other countries won't receive that but of course. i mean do we believe that i'm not sure that we do because it's inconceivable that the europeans wouldn't step in very and it's also i th

with r.t. live from moscow now the borders between russia and kazakhstan have been broken down when it comes to trade as the first customs union joined the three neighboring countries it's been in the making for more than fifteen years and draws parallels to how the e.u. works by making shipping goods between countries simpler and easier but there is another candidate which could soon become part of this new born enterprise. reports from kiev as the change of power in the crane revived ties with moscow talks of the key of joining the customs union between russia belarus and. a possible move many experts describe as highly beneficial for all sides the world of goods and services produced in ukraine more or less meet market standards and are needed in these countries and the larger the market the more countries specialize in producing certain goods at the moment all of the loose ukrainian concepts stand produced competing goods and are not using them. vantages customs union will have to become mo

and leading aviation analyst david lipman told r.t. the poland is trying to put some of the blame on russia because the truth is too hard to accept. the accident was a simple one it's a type of accident that followed a mistake of a type which is happened countless times before in aviation history this was such a human tragedy such a political tragedy for the polish people that they they they've been they've been given the truth and the truth is unbearable they can't take it now i don't think that the polish investigators think they can pin the blame on anybody else but i do think that they are looking to pin some of the blame on somebody else but we're very much across developments in this story for you will bring you more coverage an expert opinion on the results of the investigations for the night we've also got details of the plane crash including a firsthand accounts of witnesses at the time it should r.t. dot com on our website. one of the big credit rating agencies is warning that it's reviewing spain's status among the main reas

london watching r.t. live from moscow still have for you this hour europe's struggle to keep the euro flow takes another hit as the world's eight largest economy wakes up to the reality it's deep in debt. and israel's prime minister has to step up in advance. and boycott bill which aims to support settlers but has been dubbed an affront to democracy. police have made the first arrest in connection with russia's worst ever boating disaster they've detained the owner of the company that rented out to bulgaria cruiser and the person who certified it sit for sale meanwhile divers are set to conduct a final search of the vessel looking for the remaining twenty four bodies of the one hundred thirty people believed killed and the tragedy is of the site for us. the first two arrests have been made in the ongoing criminal investigations the first. she's been arrested because she was the owner of the company that rented the bold gari or pleasure boat for its final cruise and it's thought that she may have known abo

earlier r.t. spoke with it will of anderson a spokesman for the union of russian communities in sweden and someone who knew anders breivik personally he says the news came as a shock to him although he believes breviary was surrounded by things that could potentially influence his actions. i could not imagine i cannot even imagine that. you must have been brainwashed he had an ego and. who thought that in relation to girls for example the there are other guys. who'll be. working with. and that kind of a little bit. but it will still on you knowing. be on the other hand if you lose the sack. very slight. compared to but there is an ethos of both do nomination saying automation. each and bam are trying to. on the other hand there is just a lay. relation who. got it right and that. central oslo is basically like just isn't. wrong way you want to say it. justin darden a research fellow with the dubai initiative says recent years have created the perfect environment for far right extremism to flourish.

and on our website r.t. dot com you can read the account of one man who alone saved almost eighty people from the. many appraise the captain of the only ship that stopped and helped the stricken pleasure cruiser he modestly points to his crew and passengers as the real heroes he said that everyone was touched by what they saw and rushed to help without hesitation he went on to describe help they took their own clothes and gave them to the will this morning website r.t. dot com. washington says it will consider a proposal from moscow to reopen talks with iran over its nuclear program idea suggest making limited concessions to terror and if it goes along with the demands of the international community the statement comes after u.s. secret state hillary clinton held talks with russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov in washington they also touched on libya with mr lavrov saying that russia has more understanding on the issue with the u.s. than with some of its european partners let's get the latest from marty's

here with r.t. live from moscow where it's now is just a quarter past the hour the notorious guantanamo bay prison camp has been ruining lives and reputations for years many detainees went on to be released without charges after years of torment he spoke to former detainee miranda couldna who says that he was the victim of sadistic torture methods but full interview coming up in about fifteen minutes time right here on alt. i saw many people got killed on the culture in common so. i was one of those sorts of survive those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i would not sign papers. i was forced to agree that i may be a member or not you want to go and eyes and lots even really i didn't know what their time. used to be when they asked me what i tried and tried to do and i said i'm not a member of them and they brought me papers prost me to sign i refused and that's why. they're forced me to write me to sign or make you sign by electoral electroshocks another time the foreseeable

so you with r.t. let's check out of some of the international headlines for you in brief this hour and al qaeda linked militants in somalia hope not to allow international aid workers into the drought and famine hit country the u.n. wants eight hundred thousand children in the region could die from starvation that's why the islamist groups pledge some food aid is getting through to some of the stricken people that earlier this month militants said they would allow international assistance in the crisis. foreign ministers from north and south korea have held their first talks in three years the unofficial meeting took place of a regional forum in indonesia two sides agreed to new school the six party talks of appealing against nuclear program however the u.s. secretary of state said it was. but the negotiations in this north korea for. its atomic incident since. nato has carried out french strikes on the libyan capital or you think about these headquarters on friday a crowd rallied in tripoli in suppor

you're watching r.t. it's good to have you with us today now a human rights group in israel are preparing to go to court over a new law which makes it illegal to boycott jewish settlements in occupied palestinian territory the so-called boycott bill that proved by the parliament in tel aviv imposes fines that allow settlers to sue boycott organizers for damages rights groups say the legislation is completely unlawful and violates free speech israeli settlements on the occupied territories are illegal under international law guy el ad executive director of the association for civil rights in israel says the bill is a stark reminder of an ongoing erosion of civil rights in the country. the passing of this law it was a bad day for freedom of speech a bad day for is a democracy and even more unfortunately it is only the current presentation of the rising wave of because this nation that is gradually drowning the foundations of is that of the work ethic is there for many years of living rightfully so has been

you would r.t. live from moscow now recovery efforts are continuing on russia's volga following the country's worst of a boating disaster something a pleasure cruise at our border area is being towed out of shallow water before being lifted out of dry land water has to be. pumped out of the sun can hold to make the record right enough to lift you could see you examine the ship to determine why exactly the bulgaria sites you weeks ago one hundred and fourteen people are confirmed dead after the tragedy with eight still listed as missing the boat owners are under investigation and two people have already been charged with violating safety regulations. or i don't know if we look at some other international headlines for you here on r t and al-qaeda linked militants in somalia a valid not to allow international aid workers into the drought and famine hit country un ones that eight hundred thousand children in the region could die from starvation despite the islamist groups pledge that some food aid is g

and more world news from r.t. this hour the white house is threatening that president obama could veto the republican debt limit plan and speaker john boehner wants to cut public spending and raise the limit congress has less than a week to raise the country's multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling if it wants to avoid a potentially devastating effects monograms republicans for stalling and refusing to accept a balanced approach. human rights groups say syrian security forces have killed eight people in need of ask a suburb residents responded by throwing stones and closing roads with piles of burning tires several people were wounded in the raid that happened after electricity and phone services were cut off in the area now over fifteen hundred people have been killed across the country since the brutal anti government crackdown started four months ago. landslides in south korea have claimed at least thirty two lives as heavy rains brought chaos also older areas of ten college students died in their sleep as mud and

it with r.t. still ahead for you the love of labor how india's hard work ethic is the driving force behind the country's economic success leaving western countries legging behind. and from a russian orphanage to a golfing prodigy reporter the young man's latest challenge to try to trace his siblings. as to his talk on the first rupert murdoch has made a public apology for the phone hacking scandal that he called serious wrongdoing by the news of the world he's rapidly losing allies on both sides of the atlantic with his media empire crumbling on all sides but as i started checking the reports from new york it seems there's still a strong market for tabloid titillation. sex drugs cheating and lies phony political scandal flashing dirty laundry racy made up celebrity gossip and crime stories almost beyond human imagination the. old list is served on a platter and sold for a couple of quarters by tabloids publish marilyn's hope those bar or something to kids moms in the freezer. i bought it veteran j

r.t. athens. we have more stories for you our novice log on to our website our to dark offer access to fresh prince videos and much more and here's a case of us there right now art is correspondent is reporting firsthand from one of the both of us freedom for. sale to be blockaded gaza. and also online for you again soon brian the aircraft pilots were the laser. first time . jail for the life threatening. three men convicted of trying to blow up synagogues in new york have been sentenced to twenty five years behind bars for the terms were handed down despite the federal judge involved in the case admitting that the crime was provoked by the government as if he's ready to put my reports this new strategy has ordinary americans outraged. for nearly a decade the u.s. has waged a widespread global war on terror it's required a multitasking military effort overseas on the domestic front u.s. officials have decided to double down recently announcing counterterrorism plans that refocus resources on comba

it with r.t. let's look at some other world news for you in brief this hour police of stormed a kindergarten in southern malaysia where a man armed with a machete held thirty children and teachers captive none of the hostages were injured in the seven hour siege which ended when security forces reportedly shot tear gas and in order to subdue him he's now in custody but it's motives are not yet understood. a train has had a bus on a railway crossing in northern india killing at least thirty five people and the bus was on its way from a wedding party with about eighty on board when his absolute broke with the other man a crossing most of the other passengers have been injured the train pushed it more than five hundred meters before coming to a halt. will host thirty thousand and eighteen a winter olympics. beat its two european rivals munich in germany and i see in france it's third time lucky for south korea which previously bid to host the games in two thousand and ten and two thousand and fourtee

sort of r.t. athens. was greeks cry out against the toughest sirrah the measures it's the germans going to bear the brunt of bailing them out lawyer marcus curry the greek rescue package is a result of the fear of contagion and puts athens creditors at risk. people believe that the greek crisis might create a contagion to other more developed economies politicians are afraid people who are afraid take very very unreasonable decisions the first decision to allow greece to have a very generous credit last year and a credit to a sovereign country means just as long as the common southern country has a lead in goods has not paid to take the credit or people who have been creditors will remain at risk so we are in a very very dangerous phase of european monetary policy. institutional policy because we have stayed away straight away from the institutional norm diverted which is laid down in the treaty and overnight in on the ninth and tenth of may on the french influence of the european economic. community and

on the web site r.t. dot com you can read the account of one man who alone saved almost eighty people from people daria many have praised the captain of the only ship that stopped and help the stricken pleasure cruise if he was asleep points to his crew and passengers as the real heroes he said that everyone is touched by what they saw and rushed to help without hesitation he went on to describe how quote they took their own clothes and gave them to the indy is more on our web site at r.t. dot com. washington's proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in russian american relations that's according to foreign minister sergei lavrov now in the united states but he's got a church car and spoke to us from our washington bureau a little earlier. portman is alive rove is meeting president obama this morning and is taking place the meeting is taking place behind closed doors so there's no way of knowing what they're actually discussing it could be the weather but they are definitely more p

with a rapid change of heart sorry this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital with the word twenty four hours a day top story this hour with a rapid change of heart rupert murdoch and his son james have now reportedly confirmed they will give evidence to a parliamentary committee investigating the u.k.'s phone hacking scandal this comes hot on the heels of earlier reports that they declined the summons it's alleged that several of murdoch's newspapers were engaged in rampant voicemail hacking and bribed senior officials and authorities and the reports the media mogul's red top rise over the decades was littered with red flags warning of what was to come. rupert murdoch's push to expand in british media has come to a halt popular political rage overthrown hacking the sports news corp to drop its paid to buy satellite broadcaster b. sky b. but some say he's already killed the british press and they were saying it's far back as one thousand nine hundred eighty one that's when he went on a media spending spree and bought

this is r.t. welcome kevin owen it's eight pm here in moscow right now our top story for you thousands of egyptians have been gathering in cairo's tahrir square demanding a faster pace of reform just five months after ousting hosni mubarak as president there's a million man march the rallies expected to be the biggest demonstration since the uprising protesters want to keep up the pressure for the change on the country's interim military rulers and seen former regime officials brought to trial we're going to talk to our correspondent listen now in tahrir square just little bit later on in the program. that will be coming up shortly tonight let's move on from now hundreds of pro palestinian activists have been blocked in their attempts to reach garza by air as they try to defy israeli policies many are being stopped at european airports was several have been deported as they arrived in tel aviv so far only one activist has managed to cross the israeli border and fall asleep here spoken to. dozens o

with r.t. and we highlighted the week's main headlines on the recent show and welcome to the program now this week greece erupted into some of the worst civil unrest it's seen as thousands of angry protesters flooded the streets of athens the eurozone has agreed to extend a lifeline to the economically crippled country people raged against tough new cuts and tax hikes which were needed to secure a second hand out now faced with a twenty eight billion euros worth of austerity measures protesters gathered in front of the parliament building stones of police smashed windows and set fire to property police was. ended with tear gas and stun grenades dozens from both sides were injured many demonstrators were at the time and the e.u. and international monetary fund are preparing to release an extra twelve billion euros in the next two weeks without the money greece would default on its loans within days but financial journalist dmitri says that the greek government has simply board itself rather a st

you with r.t. in this hour georges a witch hunt alleged spies gathers pace as the charge of their knowledge for russia pleads guilty but will journalists say the suspects were forced to confess to send a clear message to the rest of villagers media community. plan children are treated as a commodity really sarkozy in russia is something not quite right and personal capital biological not a bug. it's eleven years since the israeli army withdrew from lebanon however the consequences of the war against hezbollah and the palestinian liberation organization are still being felt members of the south lebanese army who fought alongside their israeli counterparts say the country they've backed has let them down these policy or have the story. and there's only one thing for wise national dreams about and that is to return home at home a southern lebanon and he's stuck here on the other side of the border in northern israel. that's my whole five kilometers away eleven years ago for was was one of several thou

r.t. moscow. we'll be back with a recap of our main news stories for you will be on the business update with kareena stay with us here live in moscow. our balkans our business sports and the south thanks for joining me ratings agencies are playing hardball with greece standard and poor's say they would consider a plan by french banks to roll over privately held greek bonds as a default french banks because holders of greek sovereign debt have proposed three new gongs when they mature louise cooper from b g c partners says a bailout is not the answer economic reform is the key to its financial health. if you look at me amounts of debt greece has you've already had one hundred ten billion bailout package remember this is a country of only twelve million people they just cannot afford to pay back the level of debt that they have and the reform program is terribly important for greece making the country will productive selling off state assets reducing the size of the public sector getting private own

with r.t. and live from moscow now when it comes to having a baby some couples are ready to embrace every possible method to achieve their dream while illegal in many countries commercial surrogacy is an option and russia can carry a heavy financial and emotional price at it very prescribe the reports not of how legislation will fail to protect those involved in the process and i should warn you there are some possibly disturbing pictures in this story these first photos of them tom made him an orphan seen he was ill his genetic parents refused even to hold him and the boy has a rare and incurable genetic disease but that don't cover they simply threw him out like an unwanted kitten and picked a healthy one. his healthy twin brother enjoys family life and john has no one but hospital staff helping him to survive the boy's sorry mother also disappeared soon after the delivery little and on stories just one of the shocking examples of shortcomings in the russian family code that seeks to regulate

all these at r.t. dot com. a russian sub started panic buying painkillers the reason a forthcoming government bad on certain pills containing cold to you being sold over the counter all the moves aimed at keeping drug addicts from using them to make dangerous narcotics but some experts fear it's the people in real pain that will suffer now you may find some of the images in eagle grove have to report disturbing. they call it a crocodile because its use of skin turn skilly before it falls off virtually unknown ten years ago it's a mixture of petrol solvents phosphorus and most importantly cheap medicines continue to painkiller it's now become rich a second most popular drug after heroin which the cheaper and more easily available alternatives injecting this lethal cocktail rock uses flash in months most die within three years i have only been using it for two months i wish i never started. the government's come up with a simple solution for now i can still buy coding can pain drugs off the shelf but for next yea

has dismissed twitter it wasn't told r.t. the washington's actions are violating moscow's personal space that's its missile threats against europe come from the south why is the us placing part of its military infrastructure in the north or close to russia's borders this is the question that we can't get and. let me ask the legal guarantees that the system is not aimed at russia which is a big conflict between republicans and democrats in congress and they start to explain that conflict but we're not interested in that what's important for us is that the u.s. is behind this project and they should provide security for all partners russia is very flexible if there are some fabricated political reasons they rejected our suggestion to integrate our means of anti missile defense then there's another scheme they could be cooperation between two independent systems if nato wants to defend itself that's no problem but if russia wants to provide its own security. otherwise it's like when you come home and discover somebody else's bod

someone who knows anders breivik personally told r.t. he was shocked by the news but says oslo is a place where radicalism is in the air. i could not imagine i even imagine that he must have been brainwashed or he had an ego and especially who in relation to girls for example the there are other guys that i. have worked with. and that kind of a little bit. but still almost but you know i. on the other hand. the sas there is going to. be compared to but there is any. denomination. that are trying to. on the other hand there is just ole. and then you have wars. basically like just. wrong way do you want to. security analyst chris from manchester in the u.k. thinks that norway was just not prepared for this type of crisis. what we're talking about here is a possibly a lack of resources it is instructive today that. the european organization pulling all three police forces in europe europe all. together said that setting up a group of fifty or so experts to aid police forces across europe people looking inward as opposed to. the question the

with r.t. live from moscow thank you for joining us today recovery efforts are continuing on russia's volga river following the country's worst ever boating disaster the sunken pleasure cruiser that is being towed now to shallow waters starts before being lifted out onto dry land water has to be pumped out of the sunken hole to make the wreck life enough to lift experts eager to examine the ship to determine exactly why the two weeks ago one hundred fourteen people are confirmed dead after the tragedy eight still listed as missing the boat owners are under investigation and two people have already been charged with violating safety regulations. let's check out some of our international headlines for you in brief this hour and al qaeda linked militants in somalia have vowed not to allow international aid workers into the drought and famine hit country the u.n. warns that eight hundred thousand children in the region could die from starvation despite the islamist groups pledge some food aid is ge

here with r.t. still have you this hour georges which hunt for alleged spy gathers pace has targeted for russia plead guilty local journalist say the suspects but with a pass the senate a clear message to the rest of georgia's. class children treat it as a commodity look at why you feel rushed and sometimes not the white. part of course not as. it's an eleven years since the israeli army withdrew from lebanon however the consequences of the war against hezbollah palestinian reparation organizational still being felt numbers of the south lebanese army who fought on the wrong side their israeli counterparts have a country they got down on a story. there's only one thing for those national dreams about and that is to return home but home is southern lebanon on stuck here on the other side of the border in northern israel. that's my home five kilometers away eleven years ago for was was one of several thousand christian mini's to flee with the israeli army as it left lebanon for eighteen years the israe

r.t. . as david cameron tries to explain his links with rupert murdoch's empire bush's brother gary cole believes those ties could take their toll on cameron and his. what really gave the story legs was the fact that david cameron to the then disgraced. cosen of the conservative party for the maiden is director of communications i don't think without without that kind of that legs given to the story i think it probably wouldn't have been quite as big as it is now but the fact is there have been some errors of judgment it turns out shared by the governing conservative party but the prime minister david cameron yet again his chief of staff has been shown to be essentially instigating a cover up about the connections because in how to do the phone hacking and making sure that the prime minister then leader of the opposition david cameron didn't know about it there's been a large amount of fingers in isn't just a kind of heads in the sand and that is lethal for a prime minister and he's now in a

a very warm welcome from this is r.t. live from moscow i'm rory singh shy british police have announced a seventh arrest over the hacking scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's embattled media empire and follows a statement from his news corp company saying it's dropping its bid to take control of britain's largest satellite broadcaster and move isn't intended to head off public outrage over allegations that several of its newspapers were engaged in a rampant phone hacking. addle has grown to include the british government and police officials who stand accused of complicity and corruption only time across the atlantic shocked us senators are calling for a probe into allegations that nine eleven victims were also targeted by murdoch's newspapers result he's a lawyer and it reports the media mogul's rise over the decades offered plenty of warning signs of what was to come. rupert murdoch's push to expand in british media has come to a halt the public and political rage overthrown hacking has forced news corp to drop its b. t

providing new opportunities by advancing their tradition with technology preassure either r.t. carola india and you control our website for more features and analysis of our stories here is what's in the wind at r.t. dot com today. doctors and prison officials are blamed by human rights investigators for causing the custody death of whistleblowing where sergei magnitsky law. delivering junk russian postal workers are caught stealing from parcels and making up the wait with trash. former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn's hopes of a political comeback are all but dash now that a french writer has officially filed a complaint for a two thousand and three rape a tan strauss kahn's lawyers now pledged his suit tristan been on for slander meanwhile the current assault charges against him in new york continued to add away was the investigation questioning his alleged victim's credibility it's why aimed at the hotel made every case of her asylum application and the law to lie about income tax but even these developments are likely to prove too late to revive scouse khan's reputatio

rush's nato envoy tells r.t. his concerns over the american missile defense program in europe we've got his exclusive interview for you in full at r.t. dot com. if. if. more world news tonight the pakistani taliban claims are holding two swiss tourists who were kidnapped earlier this month the militants say they will release them if the u.s. frees an imprisoned female pakistani scientists the taliban provided no proof of say the hostages are in good health this was couple sees while on holiday in southern province on the first of july. the first funerals for victims of norway's form attacks have been held in oslo a week after the tragedy after a memorial service in the capital crowds gathered leaving a massive small tribute to the seventy seven who died the man has confessed to both the massacre and bombing is being questioned for a second time by police. protestors in kosovo is north of blocking a convoy of nato vehicles reaching their base hundreds have barricaded the road in response to the alliance taking con

r.t. has exclusively spoken to colonel gadhafi son who believes nato just wants to feast on levy is reaches. these countries is a piece of cake rich guys or you and me have more than one hundred million dollars deposits abroad so we have to show you the scale that it. and we have to get used to because this is the only obvious to go on between. us and i think it's as simple as that. check out the full version of this explosive interview on our website r.t. dot com. a chance for a breakthrough on a common missile the fan system is up for grabs today for nato the alliance had anders fogh rasmussen is in russia's city of sochi for talks and the missile shield is something that's guaranteed to be brought to the table. has more from the spot. and it has been russia's concern for a very long time now russia doesn't want and the arms race and if nato is to place its anti-missile defense shield in europe and then trying to sell defense shield that's going to be covering it big part of russian russ

hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me russia is having to face up to its own banking scandal the former heads of russia's fifth largest lender bank of moscow are facing criminal charges after its huge bailout regulators discovered a third of the bank's assets or in bad loans or in acosta has the details. everything is sorted when v t v the over bank of moscow and discovered bad loans worth knowing a billion dollars which is about one third of the bank's assets but this isn't the first time the bank is involved in the scandal the all the one involved the building that you see it right next to me which is at the mayor's office and that was because the former had all the bank of moscow unviable to do was accused of shady loans to construction companies are run by the former mayors right now he has since fled the country and the warrant has been issued for his arrest the bank of moscow now getting fourteen billion dollars which is the biggest bailout of a russian history that will be given over a ten yea

well r.t. has spoken exclusively to colonel khadafi son who believes that nato just wants to feast on it live because richard's. these country is a piece of cake rich full of jazz. and we have more than one hundred million dollars that's abroad sold we have. got it. and we have to get this done because he's the only obstacle between. us and because. it's a symbol of the full version of this exclusive interview on our website of course that is art si dot com. now at seven minutes past the hour here in moscow the judge of the hague tribunal has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of record luggage that's after the court refused to postpone the hearing at the request of a former bosnian general knowledge was then ordered out of the courtroom for interrupting the judge and speaking out of turn earlier he had threatened to boycott the hearing complaining he hadn't been able to choose his own a defense lawyer more than a month after his arrest was accused of ordering is the massacre of thousands of m

well you can go to r.t. dot com for more comment on where north korea's nuclear program is heading plus a lot more to well here's what's online today the new york hotel maid who accuses the former i.m.f. chief of sexually assaulting her goes public saying she wants to see dominique strauss kahn it behind bars. and heroes of the world unite we report from comic-con and sadly a go on the biggest axwell of fiction finest fantasies. kossovo has sent its special forces to serve populated north after a tit for tat. trade data cost to flare up police seize control over one of border crossing while the other two are being blocked by local serbs because of those move has been of widely condemned by the un and the e.u. among others and it's feared it will stoke ethnic anger possible proclaimed its independence in two thousand and eight when it unilaterally split from serbia while some six hundred thousand serbs still live in the region but refused to recognise casa vest sovereignty because it was independence has been

five thirty pm in moscow these are your r.t. headlines a rescue that's become a recovery effort divers retrieving more victims from the doomed pleasure cruiser that sank sunday in the volga river in russia's republic of tatarstan. goals. for me no matter who is the fifth the number of dead now stands at fifty four has shocked relatives struggled to come to terms with how their loved ones were dragged to their deaths within minutes. russia's president orders those responsible for the tragedy to be identified and punished blaming the disaster on decrepit barges cruising the waters. coming up in a multi award winning report on one of the biggest environmental and human rights catastrophes in u.s. history stay with us here on r.t. . lewis blayse. let's say. there's a. day. when they're easy. long. sleep. most of the carbon that we buy from across the earth is millions of years old cold particularly interesting because per unit of energy generated coal actually it may be the cheapest fuel but it also releases the balls curve to be wi

that was r.t. correspondent. who is on board one of the ships started by greek authorities from sailing to gaza. on thursday the u.k. part that came to a halt was more than half of all state schools forced to close and disruption to air and ground transport hundreds of thousands of civil servants to the streets advanced the government's plans to slash their pensions and increase the retirement age lauren it fold the action. down tools are with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's public sector workers walking out unhappy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less they're going to fish might. get lucky if i work for me to think that if it looked ok with it if it was it changes that it make it eventually or very necessary to fix the way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things like being. in the quality to pensions by so much as it is these people do a huge variety of key work from teachers an

security council to try and stop it so that you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and still ahead here on the program no man's land french finance minister christine lagarde steps into the global economies temple as the first woman ever to head the international monetary fund. and a rift between allies like pakistan is on a mission to expel america's drones from within its borders. the captain of a guard ship has been arrested by authorizing a staff to try to leave port without permission several ships with activists and humanitarian aid for the blockaded palestinian territory are stopped in the port of parama near athens and it happened on friday campaigners claim that greece is working under the orders of israel and the us the photo is a drawing parallels to the guards around convoy that was stormed by israeli marines last year resulted in the deaths of nine people one r.t. correspondent is on board one of the ships has been seized she says people are still determined to carry on with their mission despite greece's actions. th

in washington christine r.t. . that's one of many stories we're going online for twenty four seven at r.t. dot com always a wide variety of content that's sometimes a bit more off beat these stories the spread of robin hood arrives in central russia instead of purging a bush on the breadline thieves left money other note for saying that she should use the money to help herself also from us on the amazing tale of love and fertility of male swans vanished she is only young after a stray dog killed the man. for more on the single father success of the course all of these stories too long to watty dot com. equal access to education for children of different backgrounds may be a very good idea but it's nonetheless getting a mixed response in india right now the government's unprecedented right to education act aims to provide compulsory and free education for all children aged between six and fourteen but it's india's centuries old social divide that's getting in the way of that as artie's prostrated reports. it's dawn

live from moscow this is r.t. you're watching the weekly with me kevin now in a roundup of the main news stories from the past seven days from us and first republicans in the u.s. senate voted to block democrat proposals from resolve a debt crisis a bipartisan solution is now being discussed in congress as there's only a narrow time window for the u.s. to raise the debt ceiling that expires on choose day after that the country would be unable to make the repayments on its loans before the vote was yet more protracted pickering on american t.v. networks. as the latest from new york. sunday morning on all the talk shows here in new york we saw these u.s. lawmakers give interviews the republican saying a close deal deal is close to being reached the democrats coming on t.v. saying that it's inching closer but there is no final agreement because the entire congress cannot agree or the lawmakers cannot agree on where to make cuts if this debt ceiling is raised so what we see is just another chapter in this long ball of

r.t. london. britain now officially recognizes libya's rebels as the legitimate government and has expelled colonel gadhafi is diplomats and it's also one freezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libyan oil assets to help fund the rebels tripoli insists it will not enter peace talks to be a form of civil war until nato stops its airstrikes well you want talks with the rebels and big gazi also making little progress towards a cease fire professor mark elmer from oxford university things there won't be the dramatic collapse of good art is regime. it's nato expects. additionally britain has recognized governments not on the basis of all that we like them are with oracle they control the territory of the states. lost control of parts of the b a but clearly the rebels don't control it yet so this is a new precedent conductor or dangerous or the other problem is that the rebels on the ground seem to stall even with the nato bombing raids and if you remember when this started more than four months a

r.t. with me kevin zero in the scorches strikes back the sons of elton brushes heat wave right now but the real danger is on the ground the fate of the smoldering pink box but spark another choking smoke in some of the report on that for you also this one too. like lifting closely between washington and moscow as the u.s. bans travel from russian officials thought to be linked to a boy of death in jail even though the probes are not yet complete. germany's finance minister is not happy at one of the key points in the greek rescue decided by e.u. leaders last week he says the eurozone fund did not agree to a blank check for buying greek bonds and in another development the i.m.f. is warning france that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis i spoke during european economist thomas take us and he said if france struggles too much future bailouts won't happen. francisco is the same way as we've seen other countries in europe in that case it's the end of the li

you're watching r.t. welcome to the program our top story now greece is now set for a lifeline from the e.u. the parliament passed a vote on how to implement tough new austerity measures the cuts tax hikes were a condition for twelve billion euro distant rescue cash however the move sent thousands of angry protesters onto the streets of athens and this center first reports plans to sell off the greek assets to the highest bidder also fanning the flames. greece is not for sale the message from a furious public has plans to sell off many greek assets pushes ahead quick so incredibly proud of their heritage many people feel that the privatization proposals is simply stripping grace of public assets potentially up for grabs for the lenders banks water companies and train operators among many more at stake in the large telecommunications company aig he is also the sale with the. o.t. there's been a continuous crime for the past twenty years they've sold off our company piece by piece and now we only own a smal

there are more of our stories online at r.t. dot com let's see what else is there right now nasa says shuttle atlantis has docked with international space station on its final mission delve deeper into the future u.s. space shuttle era. it is your garden grow find out why the american city of michigan is considering getting behind bars and she doesn't ditch vegie patch. while nato reports on the success of its bombing missions over the libya some countries taking part in a campaign don't share that enthusiasm many in spain say they've simply been dragged into war under pressure from washington sara furthur ports from madrid. we appreciate spain's contributions to enforcing the no fly zone and the arms embargo the nato led mission is on track a pat on the back. the not everyone feels quite so please with spain's involvement in libya least of all the spanish people. spanish government support. with spanish troops because they're not. or they're that their parliament and the government but not the public opinion recent polls have s

with r.t. live from moscow now barack obama's recently announced afghanistan drawdown plan has been. slammed by republicans they say withdrawing thirty three thousand troops by the end of next summer is too much of a military risk but i want to use it lauren that list finds out that the talk of change may just be a symbolic gesture as there is no end in sight to the u.s. presence in the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where the error your. examples are strewn through the near decade war familiar aftermath we have anybody pegged down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration before news of the blast we're starting this drawdown from position of strength about u.s. plans to begin pulling troops out of afghanistan but there are declarations on the ground from afghan activists of mi

r.t. menwith hill yorkshire denmark is to bring the barriers back down those borders with germany and sweden the moves now going down well with e.u. colleagues say it violates europe's much heralded open border agreement that is really reports on how it signals war in times for the block. the danish officials insist that this is to prevent drug for what end of the go migrants from entering the country but the move has been regarded as a bad sign not just by the left wing politicians and the opposition and denmark itself but also has been severely opposed to by the e.u. officials in brussels and especially by denmark's neighbor germany they insist that this is a violation of the showing in agreements of the open borders in europe and they also say that this is not a wise move at all to make during a particularly volatile time for the european union when countries are bickering over border disputes and over cash and money issues some believe that this actually may signal the end off united e

hello and welcome to your r.t. business bulletin très a european banks start the week in a mixed mood most are relieved passing the stress test but there are still wide open to sovereign shock from bad debt with the u.s. and europe investment analysts though think that could open doors for russian lenders. the german banks in particular were exposed to toxic assets in the united states. the german banks for example were exposed to iceland they had nineteen billion dollars of exposure to iceland. and the irish banks the english banks are also not feeling very well. the. u.s. by. are still suffering from their exposure to toxic assets so within this area within the euro ration market the russian banks which has gone through the crisis relatively well are actually in a position. with cash to go around to spend money and buy up. relatively good assets been in europe and so this purchase my spirit of international is a first step and we may see some of the commercial banks. following suit doing the same sort of thing. t