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 fourteen i wi

the rules director wrong on our team headquarters and much of his r.t. let's take a look at the top headlines the presses stopped for good at britain's biggest selling newspaper mired in a phone hacking scandal media mogul rupert murdoch has pulled the plug with police investigating a tabloid for snooping on the mobiles of murder victims and the families of dead soldiers and people killed in terrorism attacks. in georgia for a high profile photographers have been arrested on suspicion of astronaut just days after nine people were sentenced to lengthy jail terms for spying the opposition has attacked president of feelings of ligi for targeting massive media saying he's a whipping up anti russian hysteria. few politicians are loudly condemn a rating agency moody's decision to downgrade portugal junk status and threaten possible retaliation averted send shock waves through financial markets and triggers worries that portugal could follow greece down the path to a possible assault default. and up next with sound you can revisit kyrgyzstan to assess its post soviet

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 support of t

in broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is r.t. let's take a look at your top headlines eight out of ninety one the european banks have failed stress tests designed to ensure they could withstand another financial crisis five of those are in spain. country commonly seen as the next weakest link in the euro zone on friday italy passed seventy billion euros of public spending cuts to slash its whopping budget deficit and with the euro sinking this week sarah firth reports on why the future of the single currency doesn't look so bright anymore. as the clouds gather. and the bad luck battle continues the times could now lie ahead. what everybody here. is for the future do you think countries like italy looking on increasingly unstable ground can the year i write out this financial still this is really something quite frightening and if indeed italy really goes into big trouble on the financial markets this is certainly a totally new phase of this euro crisis new dimension theory fairy tale was all too appealing countries trip save themselves

i don't know twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you with r.t. let's check out some other world news for you in brief now in thailand a new five party coalition government has been formed which will bring the country's first ever female prime minister to power it's after the opposition won a landslide victory in sunday's general election attending a clear majority of seats in the parliament its leader forty four year old. is the sister of the country's exiled leader toppled in an army koofi five years ago it's hoped the election will end the country's long running political process. a major gas pipeline in egypt has been hit by an explosion are cutting supplies to israel and jordan the blast rocked the facility just fifty kilometers from israel's border the one on the one hand responsibility it is at the time it's been targeted since an uprising toppled president mubarak in february. of venezuelan president hugo chavez will not be able to work up to hof he's likely stay in cuba for continued cancer treatment. chavez's opponents have accused the governm

exists only for the benefit of its creditors i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . let's not check some other international news in brief almost two hundred policemen caught in clashes with protesters near the italian city of touring a crowd of around six thousand were demonstrating against the construction of a high speed while a railway tunnel through the alps stones and petrol bombs were thrown at officers who responded with tear gas opponents of the project will live between tyranny and the french border a rail link would ruin the landscape and claim the tunnel construction could damage the region's environment. bangladesh police have arrested more than a hundred people in the capital dhaka demanding the government scrap a gas exploration deal with the us a left leaning citizens' groups as the arrangement could evolve bungler that for its natural resources and compromises the country's interests as it's facing an acute energy crisis government officials claim the contract will hold and the country's chronic power shortages stores open schools will close down to traffi

then we are in serious trouble all right as we are running down the week's top stories here on r.t. let's pause for a moment and check out some of today's world news police used tear gas and short rounds into the air to disperse a crowd who tossed a police station in the capital the clash followed an incident on friday when security forces fired tear gas to break up a demonstration in a mosque in the city many tunisians remain. unhappy with the way interim leaders are ruling the country rather since january is revolution that ousted president ben ali. egypt's foreign minister has resigned ahead of a massive reshuffle spurred by renewed public protests he'd only been in the job for a month but the interim prime minister has been forced to make changes after widespread anger over the government's record street crowds returned to cairo as many believe little change at the top since president mubarak was ousted. the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan has handed control over one of the country's thirty four provinces to local security forces it's the first step in a gradual handover of power ou

of attention we find out that none of that is true in modern real california christine for sound r.t. let's call it a recap of our top stories right out of business news now with very. hello and welcome to business here in r.t. and we start this hour with hanover where there will be fuel forth all over the later when russian president dmitry medvedev made stronger translator i'm going to talk about gas he signed up access to consumers in the biggest market for russian energy and that's more tangible now after germany the silence of paul the plug on your power energy minister sergei shmuck all estimates but this could increase the country's i know gas consumption by twenty percent he says germany may subsidize the building of gas facilities jointly with russia or russia says it's ready to me iran's prime minister putin earlier in the catered adding a new alliance to the north through network which will point gas to europe bypassing ukraine and belarus. now the heights of project scott all its continuance attract new companies russia's answer to silicon valley has unveiled a further thirteen

r.t. now let's start with gold which is trading the record highs as investors run for safe haven from the debt crisis spreading across europe seen jacobson from saxo bank believes the strength and precious metal will continue until the east politicians find a workable solution. gold is now the only currency even though ironically it's not really a currency that is validating your or your long term investment criteria is in the sense that this is a currency that cannot be devalued by printing of money i think the reason why gold is going out right now is that everyone seems to sense that the political solution once again becomes for owing more debt at a date issue we need to change her stary that will probably take some pressure off the rescreening gold but gold is going up today tomorrow and for the next week as long as the politicians play this game of hide and see and no decision making. now the spike in nervousness in europe in fact in the russian market you know less than from athens capital still believes there are good stories to tackle here. speaking about sectors i do think that i

r.t. top stories of the weekend off today now greece let out a sigh of relief this week as after long talks e.u. leaders finally agreed on how to help the country avoid it defaulting on its debt athens will now receive a new bailout worth an estimated one hundred and nine billion euros the plan a was agreed after greece approved severe austerity measures which sent thousands protesting on to the streets the rescue will also involve lowering interest rates on greek debt and extending the period in which it can be repaid the package also grants bankrupted portugal and ireland twice as much time to pay back their own loans meanwhile spain which has the highest rate of unemployment in the eurozone saw thousands of protesters converge on the capital on saturday with more rallies expected or some financial journalist patrick young says that bailing out failing economy won't help them in the long time i think it's going to prolong the agony unfortunately like everything we've been looking for for weeks we want to leadership from the european union and i think really the european union's own sort o

r.t. thomas let's take a look at your top headlines because to believe c accusers three georgian photojournalists including president saakashvili is personal photographer of spying for russia it's alleged the men that possessed secret information and had now been charged with espionage after reportedly confessing on video. from turkmen officials remain tight lipped over reports of that at least two hundred people have been killed in a closet in arms people in the city of la but on human rights groups say electricity and water supplies have also been disrupted. and rupert murdoch heads up to the u.k. for take charge of the phone hacking crisis that's threatening to engulf his media empire because scandal has reached the highest levels of government after a former editor who worked for prime minister david cameron was arrested on friday . now on r.g.p. we continue our journey around russia as martin andrews steps out of the capital and takes us on a tour of the country's second city st petersburg. hello and welcome to the program summer is the classic signs of visit russia a long weekend here in st

r.t. and let's see what's happening in the world of business dimitris here this. morning you're watching business switzerland is one of the top ten inverses in russia and the country's trade is only getting stronger both presidents are meeting today to talk a business the proposed free trade agreement of a wholesome cement plant near moscow business r.t. caught up with the swiss economic minister to find out what investors are looking at when it comes to. there is a need around need for technology here in your county the technology being. offered by the swiss companies to big companies and to small and mid-sized companies as well and of the other side to be in switzerland we buy in from different branches russian products russian production and development here and there is quite positively and what we stress is being one specced on a free trade agreement this gross can probably be increased significantly and that's what we are you mad. well reuss may sell stakes in seven companies to russia after accepting bailout funds linked to the states ceding of assets crisi

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r.t. . well let's see let's going on right now on this friday we have a country weeks away from defaulting on its debt one of the biggest media giants in the country and the world is being investigated by the f.b.i. for journalistic wrongdoing a former government employees faces sentencing in a case that's helping obama outdo every previous president for going after whistleblowers consumer confidence at a two year low because jobs are scarce such as one bit of bad economic news a and latter group of the most powerful men in the country meeting in the forests of california to do secretly face all these problems brews asked policy political careers and deals in private have sex with the male waitstaff well the latter three are actually what the allegations are they've been made in the past about the goings on at bohemian grove dumping around the stomping ground of the bikini and club which critics have called build river blessed now the club in this retreat has been around for more than a hundred years it's attracting the past presidents from taft and hoover to regen and george bush father and

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r.t. now let the countdown begin the united states has just one month to agree on raising the fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling which the u.s. has already blown through and gone through deadlines to raise it now the treasury today reaffirmed that august second is the deadline to raise it that is the drop dead date before the united states defaults on its debts now politicians despite this are still playing chicken with the debt ceiling making investors like the chinese nervous getting ratings agencies warning about the u.s. credit rating as we've seen all three do and all of this on the part of politicians is to try to get a deal done on deficit cutting that at the end of the day appears largely politically driven obama we heard this week blast lawmakers saying this. malia and sasha. generally finish their homework a day ahead of time. molly is thirteen sasha's ten. it is impressive that they don't wait until the night before they're not pulling all nighters. they're that. they're thirteen and ten. you know congress can do the same thing if you know you've got to do somethin

r.t. scale. about a summary of our top stories in just a few minutes right out there let's get a check up on the meeting. hello to you welcome to business r.t. stock markets are letting out a little sigh of relief at least for the moment they welcomed president obama's news of progress on raising america's debt ceiling is meeting with congressional leaders now to discuss a new debt cutting plan and the turn if it could point the way out of the impasse. it does seem that this is kind of what president obama was looking for you know four trillion dollars is a big star however the point where the enormous cuts is that as we think in greece for example is that really big cuts can actually damaged economic growth so much that in fact the government's finances can end up looking even worse and worse and there's a very fine line to be charged between not damaging economic growth and making the government's finances look good and i think that's a tricky line to go in the long and from the u.s. the key piece of data that unemployment report for june really showed the u.s. economy faltering and i think tha

r.t. dot com let's see what else is that right now there are widespread deaths and devastation from last seen to administer the government claims it's nothing more than a harmless firework instants. found out why more than eleven million websites have it blacklisted. by web search engine google. big business dreams and political ambitions are being made reality as russia's politically minded you think gather for a special summer camp parties because all of it went to meet some future russian movers and shakers. they're young they're enthusiastic and they want to be the best set in idyllic surroundings the twenty eleven seliger international youth forum brings together representatives from seventeen nations to discuss innovation politics and the future must media or else they find here is a plot for a japanese to meet brazilian and talk to the french people right at the same time so for me this is kind of a concentration of people as asian processes happening throughout the world this is the second year that the storm is open digitals to foreigners and those who have come from abroad are looki

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r.t. dot com let's look at some of the other features we'll find there now. detained for clapping their hands police violently crackdown peaceful protests marking a pansy in the capital a bell rope plus. for those who thinks the future is for them to meet the russian scientists offering to put burra live on ice so you can see it for yourself the details are at our t.v. dot com. airliners are at their most vulnerable during takeoff and landing and now. now there is an increasing threat from the ground from a beam of light more than fifty planes in russia have had laser shell into the cockpit this year dazzling piles just when they need all their concentration got to enrich our reports on the police hunt for the whole gas behind a potentially lethal lasers. already in the clear proof that the dazzle of a laser in the eye can be a major distraction for food bill or christian or not to do it meant and. the consequences could be catastrophic if some want to stop get it while flying an aircraft with hundreds of passengers on board and blinding pilots by laser beams

r.t. dot com let's see what else is there right now says a shuttle atlantis has docked with the international space station on its one mission delve deeper into the future u.s. mission here. it is your garden grow find out why the american city of michigan is considering it in the room behind bars and she doesn't teach them to patch. nato reports on the success of its bombing missions over the libya some countries taking part of a campaign in charity users and many in spain say they've simply been dragged into war and the pressure from washington what sarah ferguson was for a minute. 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 for staying there not everyone feels quite as a please with spain's involvement in libya least of all the spanish people. spanish government support. with spanish troops because they're not. there not to order that and their parliament and the government. recent polls have shown a large majority of the population and now against the military can pay this thing continues to play

r.t. an hour let's check out some other world news for you in brief the son and i don't like the gunman who killed at least seven people and injured dozens overnight and in the early hours of the morning in pakistan's largest city of karachi vehicles and car tires were on fire all throughout the city the violence which has been raging for five days has already claimed at least ninety three lives it was sparked by the decision of the city's most powerful political party to leave the federal ruling coalition and join the opposition. a blast has ripped through a mosque in the afghan city of kandahar during a service for the president's half brother he was assassinated earlier this week at least four people were killed among them a top cleric of the provincial council reports claim it was a suicide bomber the information has not been officially confirmed. israeli warplanes have bombed three smuggling tunnels along with another reportedly used by terrorists in northern and southern gaza the attack came in response to rocket fired from gaza into southern israel which caused minor damage to a hous

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r.t. moscow region. let me take you through three top world news stories this hour the ousted egyptian president is called to cairo for trial which is due to start in a week hosni mubarak faces charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him in february with barack faltering health had earlier raised concerns of this trial could be perspire held in the sinai was always undergoing treatment right now but adoption officials consider the ex-president is fit to attend court. the bombing said an iraqi bank where policemen were collecting paychecks from a northern town of to crete twelve people have been killed and dozens injured in the attack but it remains unclear how many officers were among them the twin blasts marked the fourth major attack on iraqi security forces this here now in jets at maty responsibility. now which is police have ended their search for the bodies of those killed in the massacre in a toy island sixty eight people now confirmed dead from the

r.t. dot com let's see what else is there a future there's anger at israel for stopping activists latest efforts to get aid to propane. some two hundred people wanted to board solve. this by in space as a canadian company plans to put the camera to be international space station. much zoom in. the city for the country next in russia close up. its way traveling two thousand kilometers east of moscow the call girl region in southern siberia it's one of the many areas where entire villages are becoming ghost towns as young people move to the cities and the older generation get fewer in them but there's one place where the residents have a good reason to stay like i went to find out what it is. here we are in the village of castor. grande region and for the past ten or fifteen years its population has been steadily increasing here is the reason why. it's monday morning and alexander a former prison guard is it work testing the incoming employees for alcohol. if they're over the limit there is a choice to be cited for a no show and lose thirty percent of them on salary my job three kilometers and be

r.t. washington d.c. . let's have a look at some other international news this hour collins first female prime minister next move look no one has already announced plans to form a new five party coalition government this comes after her if you type party won by slants like in sunday's general election taking clear parliamentary majority forty four year old is the sister of the country's ousted pm approximation of what toppled in the army five years ago. corporal in the armed forces is killed forefront of marines and injured another at a base on the yellow sea close to the northern border and nineteen year old also wounded is now in custody his motive for what may have been a suicide attack is still unknown south korea stations marines close to the volatile border with north korea. opposition activists in syria say security forces are raiding shells in detaining people in the central city of hama which was the scene of massive protests over the weekend at least twenty have been injured in one attempt to. monetise

r.t. mr carver let's talk us through the chronology of all this person has three photographers the knowing the charges one of them protested hours on a hunger strike and then suddenly a confession a conviction and it all ends with a suspended sentence what do you things happening here. yes this is a story unfortunately in georgia and you know all the you reported he wrote all the faith healing short investigation and this investigation had nothing with justice first of. all this investigation was secret and no information was given no two made the lawyers because of the legal reasons the information involved state secrets and nobody knows until now. already today you know these reporters were already released nobody knows in the world concretely there where charles dean. is for their testimony when. themselves as. charged and is guilty. when the only against all of the defendants against all the people who were arrested will they own to stephenie's and there is not right now the only. case. these people know any written documents no any independent witnesses no any other readers this is fo

r.t. live from moscow let's have a brief look now at a couple of international headlines for you and iraqi officials say twenty five people have been killed and thirty wounded in a car bomb and roadside bombing just north of baghdad it comes as an attack on the embassy zone in baghdad killed four iraqi civilians officials say militants fired a rocket late on monday night during independence day celebrations at the american embassy it hit a residential complex stuff the hotel workers and then sparked a fire there are no reports about casualties among and deceased. britain's prime minister is promising a surge in financial aid to afghanistan despite the planned withdrawal of u.k. troops david cameron is in the country for a two day visit where you hope to celebrate foreign forces progress in fighting insurgents whose plans were model after a soldier was captured and executed by the taliban. has sentenced its former president in absentia to a fifteen year prison term for trafficking drugs weapons and archaeological artifacts a fortnight ago ben ali was. sentenced to thirty five years behind b

european pastures being seemingly greener russia is arter all closed and not only geopolitically lets you assess the r.t. reports and crankier in ukraine. let's check out other international news stories we're covering in brief for you here you know world of fake bangladeshi police have arrested over one hundred people in the capital dhaka they were demonstrating against a gas exploration deal with the u.s. which they say could rock the country of its natural resources officials claim a contract is needed to meet bangladeshis growing energy demand a strike force locals all schools and businesses in the capital to close for a day. in iraq five policemen were kidnapped and killed at a checkpoint in the western province of anbar these sunny control there is a known al qaeda stronghold in the center of iraq's insurgency the attack took place on a major road linking iraq with syria and jordan the government were in uniform and driving a stolen police vehicle the. italian police have again clashed with demonstrators west of the city of cheer in protesting against the construction of a high speed rail tunnel t

pastures being seemingly greener russia is after all closer to them and not only geo politically lets you assess the r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. let's now have a look at some other international news in brief this hour almost two hundred policemen have been hurt in the clashes with protesters near the town and city of tearing the crowd of around six thousand were demonstrating against the construction of a high speed rail way tunnel through the alps stones and petrol bombs were thrown at officers who responded with tear gas opponents of the project who lived between tearing down the french border say a rail link would ruin the landscape and claim the tunnel construction davidge the region's environment. i think there should police have arrested him or that a hundred people in the company hold darko demanding the government scrap a gas exploration deal with the us a left leaning citizens' groups as their arrangement would rob bangladesh of its natural resources and compromises the country's interests as it's facing an acute energy crisis government officials claim the contract will help the coun

r.t. dot com let's have a look on screen t.v. results so far what most people are saying that these reporting methods are. ethical and must be punished twenty one percent however thing. as long as it doesn't cross the line seventeen percent believe the projects simply meeting the demands of the public while the rest say the trend mirrors society has moved towards less privacy and log on to our tea dot com to have your say. italy is bracing itself for a tough round of belt tightening as its parliament prepares to finally approve harsh austerity measures as part of efforts to prevent the further spread of the euro zone debt crisis which italy's finance minister has compared to the sinking of the titanic but his financial advisor marco poly explains the drastic austerity measures may make the situation in italy even worse. of course in the short term that my appease the markets but moving forward firstly is it may be difficult to actually implement these cuts as the british are finding over here but also severe austerity measures ma