watching r.t. coming to live from moscow these are the top stories of the week brutal protests to greece after the government approved cars new cuts to stop the country from drowning in its debts now an extra twelve billion euros of aid are coming to the rescue of greece's economy within weeks. the international criminal court issues and arrest warrant for the could obvious claiming the libyan leader ordered attacks on civilians to suppress young going civil war but in an exclusive interview targeting gadhafi son explain why people who support is nothing more than a ghost popping. a u.s. captain of a gaza flotilla ship is arrested by greek authorities for trying to leave port without permission several international vessels were activist and humanitarian aid on board were forced to anchor in greece waters following what activists believe this pressure from israel and fill us up next our special report on how tans of thousands of people survive in the world's largest garbage village. you know bill help me

this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow ten am in the russian capital a marina joshie thousands of protesters are packing out central madrid angry at the economic woes engulfing spain demonstrators from all across the country have been marching for weeks to demand quick action to deal with the country's debt a mass unemployment. was in madrid to hear what the protesters now known as indignance have to say. the cash in spain is going mainly down the drain at least that's the opinion of thousands of people who've rallied across the country. we're going to follow in the footsteps of latin american countries take care of my mexico the government is controlled by the european bank and i have no i don't care about the people. so the people decided it's time to voice their concerns loud and clear before they lose more than just the shirt off their back spain has one of the highest unemployment rates in the eurozone so while the european leaders have been occasionally meeting and comfortable quarters to talk

i could have you with this is r.t. coming to live from the russian capital with the twenty four hours a day eight of ninety eight european banks have failed stress tests designed to determine whether they'd fall in the event of another crisis the majority of those are in spain the country fit to be next in line for buying out the one on friday it's a seventy billion euro worth of cuts to fend off its own spiralling debts but first reports the euro fairy tale seems to be moving closer to collapse. as the clouds gather. and the bag battle continues dark times could now lie ahead. everybody here. is afraid for the future if you are saying countries like italy looking on increasingly unstable ground can the year i write out this financial storm this is really something quite frightening if indeed it's only really goes into big trouble on the financial markets this is certainly a totally new face of the euro crisis new dimension here a fairy tale with all too appealing countries trip saving themselves for a bite of the g.c.'s but

r.t. tonight. still to come up in the program as well the former allies left out in the cold. i was told you know too much put the way they treat me now is a shame because me to run away and know they spit on my face i mean a former south lebanese soldier who blames israel for forgetting those who helped fight hezbollah over a decade ago we got his story coming up also georgia's witch hunt for alleged spies gathers pace as the photographers charged with espionage for russia plead guilty but local journalists say those confessions were forced to send a clear message to the rest of georgia's media community more to tell my story to. tripoli refuses to negotiate over colonel gadhafi stepping down the news was revealed by libya's foreign minister during a meeting with his russian counterpart in moscow let's go live now to r.t. is katrina. relief for us the only said moving story what else is being said in moscow today what do we know. well according to russian officials it was actually the libyan side that asked for this meeting which gives diplomats in moscow cautious optimism be

good to have you with this is obvious is r.t. coming tonight from the russian capital top stories now for a diplomatic and dustup between russia and france moscow reportedly hits after the french almost dropped the libyan rebels saying it was a violation of the un resolution on the conflict. of the year as well as the concern for the worse is political get to get stung graded to junk status with panic spreading all over the world where it's lent. germany is reportedly planning to sell cheap hundred tanks to saudi arabia in a move sparking human rights concerns and condemned by opposition politicians as illegal. and also reporting this hour as japan approves a second disaster recovery budget devastated communities caught up for more psychological support and fears grow ever radiation levels in the area around the question. are your plans nuclear worries and even anxious nations looking to their own atomic energy supplies and whether it's worth the risk the director general of the world. tells r.t. how he says his industry's future that's

r.t. . coming up on the program they say the way you are what you eat well that might not be such a good thing we've got a special report coming up on covering all oneness link between everyday food and deadly disease surely i see this in each year to be out of the business first showing to be treated. quite a bit of share actually have and stock markets are letting out a little sigh of relief at least at the moment they have us so far welcome to president obama's news of progress on raising america's debt ceiling he's meeting with congressional leaders and new debt cutting plan either term benefits could point the way out of the impasse. there's still a long way to go in terms of the the two positions coming together however we haven't but we've got limited time for that to happen i mean yes it is good news that we've got a bipartisan gang of six with both republicans and democrats within it coming up this proposal we know that almost fifty senators listen to the proposal in detail yesterday for a

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital moscow has raised over fraud supplying weapons to libyan rebels and over ambiguous interpretations of the un security council resolution on libya foreign minister sergey lavrov has also once again said that the sides in the syrian conflict should resolve their differences through dialogue only when our correspondents are you know because there is a ministry for. libya was the key issue discussed during a meeting between two foreign ministers that's following france's deployment of arms to libya france admitted it air drops guns in order to help civilians protect themselves and according to french foreign minister when it comes to protection of civilians all measures are justified they claim that u.n. security council's resolution allows them to do so washington isn't it is unacceptable that it violates the arms embargo to libya and so but in foreign minister has said even though two ministers two countries have similar on libya's future that has to

good to have you with us this is r.t. coming to live from the russian capital would be twenty four hours a day top stories this hour nato says it's not going to build a joint anti-missile system with russia doesn't find it necessary to provide legal guarantees a shield won't be targeting the country. deep into a stalemate. runs out of a. campaign over libya and germany u. turns on its policy of abstaining from the conflict so it can deliver a bomb to its. is ejected from the war crimes court forcing the judge to enter a not guilty plea on his behalf charges including genocide in the balkans war and some. one sided justice. and more developing stories in less than half an hour from now on the mean time we need to form a war correspondent he's taken a walk of almost a thousand kilometers just to talk people war that's our special report next. one. that's the same way if you're going to support the troops you've got to support toward earth you don't support it keep your mouth shut about it. don't. be quiet if you can't. support it

good to have you with us this is r.t. comes you live from the russian capital would be twenty four hours a day top stories now this nato says it's not going to build a joint anti-missile system with russia and doesn't find it necessary to provide moscow with legal guarantees a shield won't be targeting the country it's punches the donald deeper into a stalemate. as the alliance runs out of missiles for its air strike campaign over libya and germany u. turns on its policy of abstaining from the conflict so it can deliver a bomb to its war a nice. general recommend outages ejected from the war crimes court forcing the judge to enter a not guilty plea on his behalf without it faces charges including genocide carried out in the balkans war as some serbs accuse the hague of one sided justice. i'll be back with more news for you and more developing stories in less than half an hour from now the meantime we need to form a war correspondent who's taking a walk of almost a frozen kilometers just to talk people out of war that's our spec

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua into the program rupert murdoch's embattled media empire news corp has announced that it's dropping its bid to take control of britain's largest settle i broadcast or the move is intended to head off public outrage over allegations that several of his newspapers were gaged and rampant phone hacking scandal has grown to include the british government and police officials who stand accused of complicity and corruption across the atlantic shocked us senators are calling for a probe into allegations that nine eleven victims were also targeted by murdoch's newspapers but as artie's lorimer the reports the media mogul's rise over the decades offered plenty of warning signs over what was to come. rupert murdoch's push to expand in british media has come to a halt public and political rage over thirteen hacking has forced news corp to drop its bid to buy satellite broadcaster b. sky b. but some say he's already killed the british press and they were sayin

victims of their crimes still begging for justice i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . coming out differences on missile the fans from moscow from washington said more concerns and trying to place a body guard admiral stay with us to find out what that means. after fifty eight years of formally being out of war we report on why north and south korea still haven't signed a peace deal and who is benefiting from tension along the thirty eighth parallel. norway's police have released the first list of names of those killed by anders behring breivik in friday's mass killings of explorers has his client is probably insane and unaware he killed as many as seventy six people but the man who has admitted his guilt claims he is not alone in a mission to turn back the tide of immigration in europe and it has been finding out many warned of a new wave of brevik style terror. and ethnic hatred that led to the slaughter of schools of innocent young people on does brave it the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left. for supporting open borders an

this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm maria joshing the private security firm formerly known as blackwater is on trial in the u.s. now over allegations that it killed innocent civilians in iraq four years ago because two x. employees claim the company overcharge washington for protecting state department staff in war zones a firm which is now called z. provides more of mercenaries for the u.s. in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scales in two thousand and seven as hired guns were accused of shooting dad seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad despite a lengthy legal process no one was punished over the alleged massacre the company is now set to take an even bigger role in afghanistan as the u.s. withdraws its combat troops and as our team is going to reports there is concern washington could keep covering for its hired killers like this iraqi man son nine year old arab league. khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago his brain f

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. 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 bright senior officials and authorities and that 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 public and political rage over thirteen hacking has forced news corp to drop its bid to buy satellite broadcaster b. sky b. but some say he's already killed the british press and they were saying it as far back as one thousand nine hundred eighty one that's when he went on a media spending spree and bought am

watching r.t. coming to live from moscow eleven am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now one hundred people are now officially confirmed dead following the sinking of a pleasure boat on the volga river and what is russia's worst boating disaster many of them are children who were packed into a games room on the bulgaria vessel when it went down in just a matter of minutes on sunday a total of around one hundred thirty people are sought to have been killed in the tragedy we now cross live to of course my. russia's republic of tatarstan where the accident occurred. tom many bodies remain trapped in the water as we now tell us how the recovery operation is going on and any word yet about when and will be completed. well the arena we've been talking to some of the recovery authorities the emergencies ministry divers that have been going out hour after hour to a platform above the the sunken bowl daria three kilometers out from the bank in the volga river and they say and the emer

the victims of their crime still begging for justice and then a second reporting from washington r.t. . coming out differences on missile defense moscow feels washington is ignoring its concerns and trying to place a bodyguard in its bedroom stay with us to find out what that means. visit of north korea's nuclear and void visit to the united states for an exploratory meeting to see if the sides are ready to get back to the negotiating table. norway's police have released the first list of names of those killed by anders behring breivik and friday's mass killings critics lawyer says his client is probably insane and unaware killed as many as seventy six people a gunman who has admitted his guilt claims he is not alone in a mission to turn back the tide of immigration in europe as a war and it has been finding out many warned of a new wave of british style terror. and nick hatred that led to the slaughter of scores of innocent young people and his braving the massacre to which he freely admits was a justified strike against the political left for supporting open borders and multiculturalism and

r.t. throat sunday. the us media has come under fire for its reporting a number of high profile criminal trials the case of single mother casey anthony acquitted of murdering her two year old child earlier on this week has been the center of heated debate for years now and if that isn't a sincere churkin reports there are concerns that public opinion is on julie swayed by the headlines rather than the evidence. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system legally after shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects sat down in the street and obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty sets laying on our stomach in our back as we ride or as we flee to beating suspects into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not. entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do to perp walks that parade suspects in handcuffs for the world to see. to a media frenzy devouring some cases and not others i finally had it before the.

you with r.t. coming up later this hour guilty intil proven innocent does the front page cover us criminal cases muddy the waters of the justice system we are concerns that many trials are being prejudiced. also from passion to profession find out how young indian entrepreneurs to their bright ideas and to cash. next though the owner of the news of the world rupert murdoch is due to fly in to london to confront a crisis of his troubled british tabloid police now investigating with deletion of millions of e-mails that were potentially valuable evidence of the phone hacking scandal the papers accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime a number of arrests were made on friday including going to and he calls and he's a former editor of the paper he's also served as the prime minister's media chief the tabloids from a royal correspondent was also arrested both member later released on bail the promise is announced to the independent public inquiries as a result of

watching r.t. coming to life from moscow was me wearing a joshua welcome to the program one hundred people are now officially confirmed dead following the sinking of a pleasure boat on the volga river and what is russia's worst bowling disaster eighteen of the bodies recovered so far are children who've been enjoying a day out with their families on the bulgaria went down in just a matter of minutes on sunday tom barton is following the search operation. we've been talking to some of the recovery authority as the emergencies ministry divers that have been going out hour after hour to a platform above the sunken bowl daria three kilometers out from the bank in the volga river they say and the emergencies ministry say they're going to try and finish the recovery of the bodies by the end of today that's obviously a very tricky process it's taken them a long time so far divers have had to be going inside the rooms inside the boat they've had to be working steadily through those in teams some divers going ahea

welcome back to join us you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie and these are the top stories spaniards unite in anger over their government's failure to deal with the country's economic woes as thousands rally on the streets of madrid spain has the highest unemployment rate and the eurozone with over twenty percent of the population out of work. and the u.s. is struggling to strike a political deal over its own debt crisis with possible default looming next week hillary clinton has a tampa tries to reassure asia's markets promising an agreement will be found. the mastermind behind the worst peacetime massacre in norway's history's to appear in court to explain why he carried out a twin terror attack that claimed over nine thousand lives and has varying brevik has admitted responsibility saying his actions were not a crime but a call for change. and germany makes a one eighty turn his stance on nato intervention in libya and approves a hundred million euro loan to the rebels and take it off the campus also in

could have you with this is r.t. coming to live from the russian capital b. twenty four hours a day eight out of ninety eight european banks have failed stress tests designed to determine whether they fall in the event of another crisis and majority of those are in spain the country fair to be next in line for they want on friday it's only past seventy billion euro worth accounts to fend off its own spiralling that result the sort of first reports the euro fairy tale seems to be moving closer to collapse . as the crowds gather a graph in the uk will continue down times keep now life ahead of. everybody here. as for the future if you think countries like italy looking on increasingly unstable grounds can the year i write out the play natural still this is really something quite frightening if indeed it only really goes into big trouble on the financial markets this is certainly a totally new face of this euro crisis. the mention here a fairy tale with all too appealing countries chipped they didn't sell through bites of the g.s.t. apple now nenni a letter of q

welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow these are the top stories of the week as well as the latest news stories the man charged with norway's first ever terrorist attack admits responsibility for the bombing in the capital and the shooting rampage the fall of the double atrocity claimed more than ninety lives on friday and radical new orleans has brought to light the growing ethnic tensions in the country. global economic recoveries a risk death crisis talks in the us collapse within the government this comes after the e.u. throws a new lifeline to greece over the past album bring euro back from the brink. and battle media mogul rupert murdoch braced himself for a legal battle in the u.s. over planes that the nine eleven victims phones were hacked but many americans believe the scandal is merely a symptom of society that recently neglects its people's rights to privacy. plus the u.s. led coalition of ghana stand against control over to local security forces there revocations concerns about the future of

good to have you with us this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital b. twenty four hours a day top stories now eight out of nineteen european banks have failed stress test based on a worst case economic scenario a majority of them were in spain meanwhile italy has approved the toughest thirty budget aimed at averting a full scale financial crisis. rupert murdoch has made a public apology for phone hacking by the news of the world is rapidly losing hours on both sides of the atlantic with his media empire crumbling all sides. preparation work is underway to lift a russian cruiser from the bottom of the volga river the operation is aimed at shedding more light on why the vessel signed with the north of around one hundred thirty nine. cannot be back with not a summary for you in about fifteen minutes from now on the meantime e.u. governments cut back spending to tackle that's that refused to budge europeans themselves unless convinced that they should pay for the mistakes of banks and politicians next we hear from a u.k. trade union leader who says the publ

stay with us here on r.t. coming up problems chinese fighters head off a u.s. spy plane over its territory raising tension between beijing and washington. bad behavior. business partner behind bars find out what officials say he did wrong in a few minutes. but first britain now officially or. recognizes libya's rebels as the country's legitimate government and exparel colonel gadhafi has diplomats it's also unfreezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libyan oil cash to help fund the rebels tripoli and says it will not enter peace talks to end a four month long civil war until nato stops its airstrikes u.n. talks with the rebels in benghazi are also making little progress toward a cease fire british opposition m.p. and peace campaigner jeremy corbyn things britain is in effectively trying to play the role of judge and jury in libya's future. he's involved selves in a civil war between the sensational government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect this is going to run for a very long time and incredibly nasty and bloody there are human rights abus

this is r.t. coming up later in the hour guilty until proven innocent does the front page of the no cases muddy the waters of the justice system we are well into. concerns of many trials are being credited as coming up shortly also. by their young indian businessmen and looking to inspire and innovators they forge a pathway from a country's long standing on chairs. the owner of the news of the world's rupert murdock's to fly into london to confront a crisis that is troubled british tabloid police are now investigating the deletion of millions of e-mails that are potentially valuable evidence in the phone hacking scandal papers accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime a number of arrests were made on friday including that of andy course in a former editor of the paper who's served as the prime minister's media chief the tabloids form of all correspondence also arrested both men were later released on bail the prime minister's also announced two independent

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie a chance for a breakthrough on a common missile defense system is up for grabs today for nato the alliance had anders fogh rasmussen is russia's city of sochi for talks and the missile shield is something that's guaranteed to be brought to the table the time has more from the spot. and it has been russia's concern for a very long time now russia doesn't want an 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 a big part of russian russia's territory then of course an arms race exactly what's going to happen according to present the great if we could see it starting by as soon as two thousand and twenty russia and the united states have signed strategic arms reduction treaty especially for the purpose of preventing an arms race and this seems to be an apple of discord at exactly going to do the opposite and your. defense is going. as easy as maybe hope to.

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm renay joshie welcome to the program had of the international atomic watchdog is visiting japan's fukushima nuclear plant for the first time since march as devastating earthquake and tsunami it has promised to help with the recovery effort and discussed what aid is needed at a meeting with the country's prime minister as well as killing thousands the natural disasters cause the plant's reactor cores to melt and leak dangerous amounts of radiation into the environment but the i.a.e.a. chief says the workers at the plant are capable of bringing the leak under control by early next year as plant residents evacuated from a town close to the area held a belated memorial for the data missing on the radiator no man's land but even manny of those who survived a struggling. their own nuclear nightmare artist alan thomas explains. a triple disaster on a scale the world has never known causing damage and destruction and uncertainty forcing tens of thousands of japanese ref

watching r.t. comingto live from moscow the international atomic energy agency makes his first visit to japan's crippled fukushima plant the consequences of the nuclear nightmare have seen a rise in the sinai suicide rate and the four months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami. president obama appealed to the public to pressure congress into a compromise over its debt ceiling just a week before the u.s. could potentially default for the first time in its history. and a top north korean diplomat is set to travel to the u.s. for talks on resuming stalled nuclear disarmament goshi asians it comes days after and boys from the north and south met for the first time in two years and agreeing to renew six party tops. all next financial guru max geyser and his cohorts discuss the latest financial headlines for the kaiser report next. geyser. this is the kaiser report are you psychotic. well. statistically one of you should be psychotic if you look at this first headline max an unprecedented one in sixty

and r.t. . coming up this drone find out why the u.s. is being urged to leave an air base it's been using in pakistan. first greece was not the only country to be hit by protests this week as u.k. public sector workers took part in a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants voiced their discontent with government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed and destruction was caused to traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades and it has the story. down tools are with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the 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 bang saying make more profit. get looks like i'm working for me it will be back a little bit here it will take it to changes that it may consider pensions or very necessary state is a way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things like

still to come this hour here on r.t. cross clash and find out why did the militia never religious monument in ukraine has led to blood and. the first nato says it's stepping up airstrikes on libya to turn the course of its campaign against colonel gadhafi forces leaflets dropped from coalition planes a bombing run can happen any place any time they launch claims to be hitting only military targets but a growing number of innocent libyan say they fear death from the skies russell's already apologized for killing civilians by mistake although tripoli claims the number of reported deaths is said to be much higher than nato is willing to admit you know that is now threatening to retaliate against europe unless the air strikes stop parties american otieno is on from. the road from the capital tripoli to brag he's lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled and. this is what's left of the airport in the center of. home to one of the country's oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway ju

incidentally it's also going to consign us to the economic slow lane for many years to come if this continues. you will r.t. and coming away in just a few minutes here net gains the technological revolution of the trade of indian fishermen how mobile phones have transformed their business and their lives. plus what's behind romania's wish to unite with a neighboring a multitude over the reports from both countries where tensions are high. germany is reportedly selling at two hundred battle tanks to saudi arabia talk of a deal has caused outrage among germany's opposition politicians who claim the government would be breaking its own export rules peace activist young wagner says that he fears that heavy weapons could be used to crush the regime protests in the region you must see the weapons deal. in concert with all the in contrast with the. with the regional dominance of the region so it will soon obvious and region that it has to be straight after all the uprising so it seems to which is one of the first of certainly the battle tanks are in against iran to further threaten iran and syria and all of it be

r.t. is coming here live from moscow scandal surrounding rupert murdoch's media empire has gone international after u.s. senators called for their own probe into his news corp company it follows allegations that some of murdoch's newspapers attempted to bribe the new york policeman who access to the call records of nine eleven victims fueled by public anger the british parliament has even showed you will they vote to pressure the mobile to drop his bio plans for the country's largest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. which it out its editor of the day online news service believes the scandal will grow to threaten murdoch's hold on his in tire media empire. where this does become a question for national security is the idea that police are selling private phone numbers and private contact details of people like the royal family and the prime minister obvious is not necessarily the same to sell these things to a newspaper as it would be to sell them to a terrorist organization but if you can do one you may be able to do the other so it's very serious the whole edifice of news international is dee

r.t. beijing. coming to life in the heart of the russian capital is now a quarter past the hour here. for more on the stories we're covering here let's take a look at through some of the items that are lined up for you right now and. to the heavens to get to the. course. of the monastery. clashes between police and. across. the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred the global financial headlines. are i tell you with. international headlines for you this hour at least thirty five people have been killed nearly fifty two explosions in a town north of baghdad. government buildings as people gathered on the road a roadside bomb went off and followed monday's attack in baghdad. four civilians died when a rocket was. independence day celebrations at the american embassy it hit a hotel workers complex and sparked a fire. britain's prime minister is promising a surge in financial aid to afghanistan despite a planned withdrawal of u.k. troops david cameron's in the country for a two day visit where he hoped to celebrate forei

r.t. to come forward slash business for the latest stories and market scores and i will be back in fifty minutes time the headlines are next weekend. first tree removal called clear cut. second explosives are used to blast to go deeper than the piers a. third of the remains are removed by machinery. finally the unborn and soil is deposited in vallecito. mountain top legal on our team. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia. we've got the future of coverage. of a failed state this is not a production looking worn out of. a force it let me show you some scary thought you showed us a pretty trieste piece of they have no idea about the hardships to face. plate one it's businesses are all going to need some pretty are made of the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. to nineteen forty five don't on t. dot com. he. says. in some petersburg he's available in hotels a story and a little ambassador in a sense bill to

r.t. and coming up later in the program a depression weight spreads across japan sending the country's already high so it's had a great soaring as excited over every day asian groups the population falling marchers quake and tsunami. the debt crisis raging in europe is claiming more and more economic sculpts spain's suffering recession and mass unemployment has now been put on review by the credit rating agency moody's the international monetary fund has warned france that its credit rating could be slashed if it does not impose more spending cuts because while the euro zone's biggest bailout recipient greece has been dealt another blow by one of europe's main creditors germany's finance minister has warned the you won't write a blank check to buy bonds the bonds of failing countries in a move also intended to deter other troubled states from believing more relief is on the way despite reckless boring and economics author patrick young says greens should have been pushed out of the eurozone although that. this is typical of contagion we've been talking about it for weeks we have you know when

r.t. is coming to you live from moscow the accident at japan's fukushima facility triggered safety fears all around the world forcing some countries to think twice about using nuclear energy but for energy hungry china it seems his demands are so high that there's just no alternative. morton reports now it's focusing instead on developing new technologies to make atomic plants more safe. with the global spotlight firmly back on the safety of nuclear power following japan's tsunami and the problems at the fukushima daiichi plant china is looking at spearheading efforts to make the industry safer much safer the chinese are investing millions in research into reactors powered by the elements a metal proponents say as common as lead and one which despite some concerns would lead to. power plants with fewer safety issues as well as other benefits. thore and based reactors certainly have advantages release from thore and is greater than from uranium the by products from using thore and less toxic than from uranium and it's much harder to make weapons from those my products. public outcry following

r.t. don't come. on a visit to russia's north caucuses present dimitri medvedev has declared that the death of the lawyer said to get magnitsky in custody has highlighted the problems facing human rights in the country he also touched on extremism and intolerance which he believes must be full of pie the whole spectrum of society are to your question of has this report. a lot of issues were on the table at this meeting president need to get a focused on the role of the civil society and combat terrorism in preventing them resolving ethnic conflicts and also be discussed being investigated looking into the death also dmanisi a lawyer who was accused of being for over huge money laundering scheme in russia but died in prison because of huge wave of criticism both in russia and among the international community for talking about extremism of the media have said that even though a lot of progress has been made over the past few years there's still a long way to go before this problem could be fully resolv

r.t. is coming to you live from the heart of moscow and coming away shortly drone die lemme find out why the u.s. is being urged to leave an airbase it's been using in pakistan. or greece was not the only country to be hit by a protests this week as a public sector workers took part in a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants are voiced their discontent with the government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed and that disruption was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades artie's lore and it has the story. down tools up with industrial action an autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out on happy with the planned reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less but i kept saying. that if. i work for me it didn't take me back if you take it so that. it changes that i make it a pension or very necessary to fix the way to address it so i think we do need to make cutbacks in things i thin

r.t. . and i still to come on the program here on our t.v. not so international monetary fund french finance minister is elected as the new head of the i.m.f. it's sparking concern the funding could remain a western audience. greece was not the only country to be hit by protests this week u.k. public sector workers took part in a national day of strikes on thursday hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants voiced their discontent with government plans to change their pensions half of the country's state schools were closed and destruction was caused to air traffic during the biggest industrial action in decades parties and war and it has the story. down tools up with industrial action and autumn of discontent starts here this time it's the public sector workers walking out unhappy with the plan to reform of their pensions which they say will see them paying a lot more and getting a lot less but again if it came up. if. i'm with the money if i can speak the back a little icky a way to fix the changes that i may consider pensions or

well coming up in a few minutes for you here on r.t. drawn out to drawdown despite barack obama's plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come and paying for the conflict with blood and money. organizers of appropriate. to defy greek sailing back and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs the statement came after a number of ships were found to be damaged with activists condemning what they said was sabotaged by israeli security forces the greek government offered to deliver be surprised. to live in turn as want to prevent the civilian fleet from reaching gaza a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people dead after israeli commandos stormed the. british campaigner david he's been involved in transporting relief supplies to gaza told r.t. how his own vessel was once attacked in the same way the full interview is coming your way in about ten minutes from now but here's a brief preview for you the meantime. we were trying to get to g