aid to spain it wrongly accused the country's queue cumbers of causing the deadly e. coli outbreak it has so far claimed twenty two lives most of them in germany where a restaurant is now being investigated as a possible source the negative publicity over spanish produce has destroyed the country's vegetable exports and there's reports it may mean another round of global hysteria. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany planed spain as the source of the e. coli it's not that's costing innocence punished brewton vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it would all be obvious statement sure an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today is a check i mean to the spanish vegetable and fruit industry calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to ban all friesen vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction in brussels called disproportionate use of our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spiri

spain cannot continue to compete on beaches and sun alone. >>suarez: we were trusting for too long the classical sun and beach tourism. for a while it was ok, it seemed a good idea but in the last ten or fifteen years, it didn't work. it didn't work because there were other destinations where people were, especially i am thinking about turkey, i am thinkingabout egypt, i am thinking about tunisia especially. and we were losing those tourists. >>reporter: spain has benefitted from tourists drifting back after unrest in these countries and also has another benefit, having heritage on its side. >>boyano: "it looks for the beach, it looks for the sand, but not only this. they are also look a lot for the cultural, to see the museum in barcelona, the offer we have in girona, all the area of girona. also the gastronomy and especially the shopping." >>reporter: but tourists are spending less and cultural trips tend to be shorter, with travellers visiting spain for a short weekend trip instead of staying for 2 weeks. >>john teasedale is a british expa

only about a german restaurant the source of the polish bug but it's a little relief for struggling spain after it was initially blamed for the outbreak . eleven am in the russian capital you're watching artsy let's take a look at the top stories of the week serbia has asked the hague to question the former general rock a lot of who's accused of genocide as a potential witness and their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict but it appeared at a war crimes court for the first time this week kaya charges against him monstrous and noxious the former bosnian serb army chief has been indicted on eleven balance of war crimes including the murder of a thousand muslims as the next hearing will take place in a month lot it has been on the run for sixteen years and was arrested in serbia just over a week ago and his extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective for the country's membership but it's because you know as are reports that he doesn't appear to be. closer measures are. still waiting for the green light serbia's arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb a

and spain may be a step closer to an e.u. bailout after germany wrongly it said the country's cucumber had caused europe steady call i outbreak he claims have destroyed the country's fruit and vegetable exports think it's now being pointed at germany beats parents as a possible source of the contamination which has claimed twenty two lives and as lower end it reports it may need another round of global hysteria. some q. cumbers kill that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany planed spain as the source of the it's not that it's costing innocence punish brewton vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it will but all the all the statements are an absolute lack of responsibility what is happening today is a check made to the spanish vegetable and fruit industry calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to all fruit and vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction brussels called disproportionate emission of our colleagues fr

now reports on how the accusation is costing spain here. some cucumbers kill that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany blamed spain as the source of the code it's not that's costing innocent spanish fruit and vegetable export is around two hundred million euros a week and it will but all the obvious statement sure an absolute responsibility what is happening today is a check made to the spanish vegetable and fruit industry. calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to all three thousand vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction brussels called disproportionate. our colleagues from the european commission say russia's decision goes against the spirit of the w.c. oh frankly i don't know about that but the cucumbers the people of aden that's not the kind of thing that raises your spirit. it's a very delicate time for the spanish economy which is teetering on the edge of needing an e.u. bailout this is decidedly not a good moment for one hundred fifty thousan

into bailout territory spain will now seek reparations from the relevant authorities in . after its prime minister criticize the european commission for not supporting the country enough particularly off to the infection with proven not to have come from spanish cucumbers spain has a titan tosca ahead of its repairing its reputation as a reliable exposure of fruits and vegetables all over the you position essential to its ailing economy nor add it all to brussels give us your thoughts on the stories we're covering by heading to r.t. dot com use an analysis of the to every minute here's what's there for you to discover today. smartphone the careless with confidentiality of millions trust your devices with private data but one firm says it can unlock the treasure trove and sell your info for half defeat. a devastating blow to several villages in a sample russian republic as an ammunitions devil disaster lights up the night sky the details and video are at r.t. dot com. also this week russian prosecutors charged a chechen man with murdering prominence russian journalist anna

but it's a little relief for struggling spain after he was initially blamed for the outbreak . the russians are you watching r t with josh you serbia has asked the hague to question the former general who's accused of genocide as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened and balkans conflict lot of the period of war crimes court for the first time this week calling the charges against him monstrous abduction for a bosnian serb army chief has been indicted on eleven they're now this war crimes including the murder of eight thousand muslims and. the next police hearing will take place in a month lot of been on the run for sixteen years and was arrested in serbia just over a week ago as extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective for the country's membership fees country does all reports that you dream doesn't appear to be any clue. still waiting for the green light serbia's arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief and luggage was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot in the european union's door a potential members

the cucumber has turned into now full of discord between germany and spain after millions of euros is lost in revenue following false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of the deadly european. break. georgia buries the victims of a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital as human rights organizations from around the world demand president saakashvili accounts for the incident. a.t.m. in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program. the former bosnian serb general rock a lot it will make his first appearance in front of the hague tribunal later today his arrest an extradition have been touted by the e.u. as a key objective for serbia to gain membership to the club but critics believe the bloc will now simply widen the goalposts leaving the country still chasing the carrot on the stick. still waiting for the green light serbia's arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief on luggage was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one for it and the european union store a potential membership c

until two thousand and eight and spain signed up to the international convention banning they use. it with libya now once again the enemy saying it is part of nato finds itself fighting a regime that it itself helped to arm and the trail goes back much further to spanish banks which provided the financial fire how it instill laws and to make their deadly weapons of war we wanted to bring this thing forward uses as kind of a way to illustrates what things there is between a bank and civilians are conflicts without legislation there remains a direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the banks the finance and therefore to the banks customers current and looks really transparent about what they are using the savers money for so it's not easy to find a recent report by spanish and years to ten revealed that as many as fourteen banks since they don't fold with funding weapons produces the p.v.a. is the spanish banks in most active financing producers of controversial weapons and it's exactly this kind of large scale financing that containers are now trying to rei

also spreading hysteria over a killer a cucumber that's cripples european vegetable markets pushing spain prematurely accused of starting a deadly outbreak to the brink. and the man a suspected of shooting dead journalist anna politkovskaya is officially charged investigators claim they have enough evidence to prove the chechen fugitive pulled the trigger. welcome to the weekly here on out we are highlighting the top stories of today and this week. i want to mention two questions as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans and the nine hundred former bosnian serb general is in custody at the hague where he's accused of eleven counts of war crimes including genocide this week he made his first court appearance before the tribunal he didn't make a plea but he did tell the prosecutors that the charges against him were not and the pictures his next appearance will be in the next month's time of light it had been on the run for sixteen years before being arrested in serbia just over a week ago he said his extradition was key to the hopes of joining the u

until two thousand and eight in spain signed up to the international convention banning they used. with libya now once again the enemy spain is part of nato finds itself fighting a regime that it itself helped to arm. and the trail goes back much further the spanish banks which provided the financial firepower to insta loss and to make their deadly weapons a pool if you want to think forward use this as kind of a way to illustrates what the there is between a bank. civilian deaths and conflicts without legislation through means of direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon produces and the banks that finance their fall to the banks customers transparent about what they are using the savers money for so it's not that easy to find a recent report by spanish and ten revealed that as many as fourteen banks in spades folded funding weapons produces the b.v.a. is the spanish bank has been most active in financing producers of controversial weapons and it's exactly this kind of large scale financing they complain is now trying to rein in pushing for the development of all right

until two thousand and eight and spain signed up to the international convention banning the use. we're living in now once again the enemy and it is ours and need to find itself i think a regime that it itself helped to arm. and the trail goes back much further the spanish banks which provided the financial firepower to instill laws and to make that deadly weapons if. you want to bring this thing forward uses as kind of a way to illustrate what think there is between a bank and civilian deaths in conflicts. without legislation means a direct connection between civilian deaths the weapon cookie says and the banks that finance their food to the customers bring some transparency about what they are using the saviour's money for so it's not easy to find a recent report by spanish and yes it's revealed that as many as fourteen banks in state. funding weapons produces the b.v.a. is the spanish bank active in financing for controversial weapons and it's exactly this kind of large scale financing they contain is now trying to rein in pushing for the development of more robust policies to

german scientists originally thought it came from cucumbers shipped in from spain.s a mistake but haven't pin downed the real source that has infected thousands of people. >>> street battles are raging in the yemeni capital sanaa where witnesses say loud explosions went on all night long. fights between pro and antigovernment forces, state tv says security forces are bombing capital building. >>> a pakistani police official says more than 200 afghan militants crossed the border and attacked a checkpoint in northwest pakistan. the gun fight raged for more than 24 hours. 23 members of the pakistani security forces were killed. >>> japan's prime minister has survived a no-confidence vote in parliament. naoto kan has been criticized for his government's response to the march tsunami and the nuclear crisis that followed. but the opposition motion to unseat mr. kan was defeated by 293 votes to 152. had the motion passed, he would have had to step down within ten days. >>> google's had its share of problems in china but the latest spot of trouble may have implications beyo

and again, as i say, presumably the focus being on spain, because it was spain that was initially singled out by the germans as the probable source of this outbreak. we now know that that is almost certain to have not been the case. >> much anger continuing there in spain amongst those affected. but just on the health aspects of this, obviously very worrying, because food is distributed around the continent so easily and so fast. people want to know how they could possibly escape any safety checks. >> well, i'm sure they will, and that's exactly what these ministers are going to be looking at, trying to work out how this could have gone on for so long. i suppose some of the health aspects of this have been that it's taken a week for the virus itself to manifest itself in illness within individuals. it takes time to get into the food chain. therefore, we may well find that, comparatively speaking, it has actually been relltil quickly reacted to. but i think that the big focus is going to be, as you said, on the anger coming out of places like spain. i mean, the spanish economic is already

spreading hysteria over a killer few companies cripples european pressure to bear markets pushing spain from a chilly accuse of starting the deadly bug outbreak to the brink about. the man suspected of shooting dead journalist anna politkovskaya is officially charged investigators claim they have enough evidence to prove the chechen a fugitive told the truth. but the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly welcome to the program now prosecutors in serbia want to question rocco as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict in the one nine hundred ninety s. a form of bosnian it so general is in custody at the hague where he's accused of eleven counts of war crimes including genocide this week he made his first court appearance before the trial you know he didn't make a plea but he told prosecutors the charges against him of what monstrous and i think his next appearance will be in a one month lot as had been on the run for sixteen years before being. arrested in serbia just over a week ago you said his extradition was

and spain may be a step closer to an e.u. bailout or to germany wrongly said the country's cucumbers had cause europe's deadly e. coli outbreak and the claims have destroyed the country's fruit and vegetable exports meanwhile the finger is now being pointed at germany and it's been sprouts as a possible source of the contamination which is so far claimed twenty two lives and as laura and reports it may mean another round of global hysteria. some cucumber scale that much is clear and it's also become apparent that although germany playing spain is the source of the e. coli it's not that's costing innocent spanish fruit and vegetable export is around two hundred million euros but we could with all the statements show an absolute lack of responsibility for what is happening today is a check made to the spanish regimen for industry. calling the european health watchdog discredited russia says it had no choice but to ban all friesen vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction in brussels calls disproportionate use

and incumbents have become a couple of discord between in germany and spain after millions of euros in revenue lost following false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of a deadly european economy i outbreak. and russia accuses the global commission on drug policy of promoting narcotics are pretty issues a report calling for the legalization of certain substances and find out why sir. but a major fire has broken out. a storage depot in central russia triggered explosions and injured at least fifty seven people two elderly people have died from heart attacks brought on by the incident and still one person remains unaccounted for and i was having our joins us live for more details on this island we've seen some just spectacular pictures here on our t.v. and now it's been more than twelve hours since the fire broke out any sign of it is a beginning to die down or the situation has it's slightly improved at the size of the fire but it is still described as being very serious indeed of course they could spread across the central russian region of that moved here late last night w

spain is taking that as exoneration.ty prime minister going on radio this day saying that spain does not rule out taking ann action against the german thoughts who causes all the losses to the spanish export industry. >> how large of an industry is it? i mean especially when we talk about potential damage with this publicity or negative publicity could do to it? >> reporter: the export producers association says that they are projecting losses of $29 0e million in just this first week. it's an $11 billion annual industry. and about a fourth of that revenue come from germany. about a fourth of the nine million tons of exported food and vegetables goes to germany. germany is a very big player in this. spain says a, they lost monday and, b, they lost image. they're planning to try to get compensation out of germany or the european union. they really don't want to take this lying down. >> what about domestic consumption there, al? are people there in spain, are they more cautious? are they afraid of consuming the products th

until two thousand and eight when spain signed up to the international convention banning the u.s. . with libya now once again the enemy spain is part of nato finds itself fighting a regime that it itself helped to arm and the trail goes back much further to spanish banks which provided the financial firepower to instill laws and to make

and spain may be a step closer to an e.u. bailout after germany wrongly said the country's cue cumbers had called europe's deadly e. coli outbreak in the claims of destroyed the country's fruit and vegetable exports meanwhile the think it is now being pointed at germany and it's been sprouts as a possible source of the contamination which is claimed twenty two lives well for more on this i cannot cross to agents of which he's a writer research and financial analyst joining us on his web cam there in what is or is thanks very much indeed for joining us now it does seem that germany is to blame for this outbreak but why were they so quick to blame spain instead of searching for the source at home from the very beginning. well i think that's understandable when something goes wrong when it is only human nature to try and put the blame on somebody else in germany the very powerful you are accusing the poor innocent spanish cucumbers of being the cause of the e-coli outbreak now nevertheless i think that there's probably a more su

spain later denounced the deal as insufficient. judging by the strength of feeling here today, the level of compensation is likely to go higher. the funds will come from an existing new budget and will not involve further contribution by the u.k. taxpayer. there was fault assigned to germany for an accurately assigning blame to spanish cucumbers. >> to not rush to give information on the source of infection which is not proven by bacteria logical analysis. as this spreads and unjustified fears all over europe. >> there were attempts today to reassure consumers by saying that the outbreak was limited to germany and that it was safe to buy vegetables. >> you can go and buy your cucumbers, by whatever the fresh vegetables are, as long as you take the usual precautions by washing them, keeping your own hands clean, all of that. >> the battle over compensation is not over. for a start, farmers in the eu have long had political muscle, and countries already slashing budgets are fearful of any financial losses. bbc news, luxembourg. >> fo

percent sixty percent in the fire you have their homes and their developments spain will be the next one to topple but why should the united kingdom which is already facing massive recession massive cuts in our social services massive cuts in our essential services and public services cutting down of our armed forces cutting down of our police etc etc why should we the u.k. taxpayer pay energy the german taxpayer pay for the ineptitude of the greek government i say we shouldn't i say let's get out of the euro and the now. financial guru max kaiser has his say about the use for natural woes and overwhelming debt dependence you can catch up with his unique analysis later in the day. a generation ago or two generations ago the word work implied accumulating savings but now the word work. accumulating debt so what they're saying is you young people out there who are entering the workforce if you work really hard you will accumulate massive. learning lessons from the japanese crisis that's the main aim of the new clear forum in vienna which began on monday in the opening session of the me

it's too late to save greece spain could be next to talk. if we just keep pumping money into greece it's only putting off the death of their autonomy they are already bankrupt we have to wake up and smell the coffee and say enough is enough greece is going to go ireland's going to go portugal and of course the big one everyone is worried about is the state of supply and that is what some of our banks like portaloos have been reducing our liabilities in spain because clearly the property slump in spain is much bigger than the spanish government is telling people they say there's only been a drop of eighteen percent i do radio shows in spain people are losing seventy percent sixty percent in a fire you with their homes and their developments spain will be the next one to topple but why should the united kingdom which is already facing massive recession massive cuts in our social services massive cuts in our essential services and public services cutting down of our armed forces cutting down of our police etc etc why should we the u.k. taxpayer

and a cucumber has become an apple of discord between germany and the spain after millions of euros in revenue were lost following a false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of the deadly european eco light. anguish and it tears replaced shock in georgia families and bury the victims of a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital sparking outrage from human rights organizations demanding an investigation. with r.t. live from moscow on the research welcome to the program now go about it charles is gone before the hague tribunal for the first time and a claim that he's gravely ill the former of course an army general also stated that he won't enter a plea to what he called the of not just charges against him like that she said he needs more time to understand the charges that he's facing and you hearing has now been set for the fourth of july he's indicted on eleven cal. of war crimes including the genocide of around eight thousand muslims it being on the run for sixteen years and his arrest and extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key obje

there's a feeling in spain right now that the germans look down their noses at countries like spain. this is an example where the finger of blame was appointed to quickly. the german agriculture minister may have to be eating a little bit of humble pie tomorrow. >> thank you. a left-winger who once had close ties with hugo chavez has .eclared victory i the daughter of the disgraced former president >> after a long and often bitter campaign, the results supporters had wanted to hear. exit polls have given the former military officer a slim lead over his rival. the results have yet to be confirmed. his supporters are convinced it will be him. ? >> we are very enthusiastic of the results. we're very conscious of the results. >> it was clear the vote was too close to call. amid too tight security, he turned out to test his own ballot to try to overturn a narrow defeat he suffered five years ago. he was feeling upbeat about the chances. she hopes to follow in her father's footsteps. she is the daughter of -- he is currently serving a 25-year jail sentence for corruption. proponents say sh

spain later denounced the deal as insufficient. judging by the strength of feeling here today, the level of compensation is likely to go higher. the funds will come from an existing new budget and will not involve further contribution by the u.k. taxpayer. there was fault assigned to germany for an accurately assigning blame to spanish cucumbers. >> to not rush to give information on the source of infection which is not proven by bacteria logical analysis. as this spreads and unjustified fears all over europe. >> there were attempts today to reassure consumers by saying that the outbreak was limited to germany and that it was safe to buy vegetables. >> you can go and buy your cucumbers, by whatever the fresh vegetables are, as long as you take the usual precautions by washing them, keeping your own hands clean, all of that. >> the battle over compensation is not over. for a start, farmers in the eu have long had political muscle, and countries already slashing budgets are fearful of any financial losses. bbc news, luxembourg. >> fo

cucumbers become an apple of discord between germany and spain after millions of euros in revenue are lost following false accusations the spanish vegetable was the root of the deadly european a call i break. anguish in tears replace shop in georgia families very the victims of a savage police crackdown that left hundreds of other protesters in hospital sparking outrage from human rights organizations demanding an investigation. one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t m arena joshua welcome back a lot of has made his first appearance in front of the hague tribunal claiming he's gravely ill a former bosnian serb army general said he needs more time to understand the charges he's facing and refused to enter a plea he's indicted on eleven counts of war crimes including the genocide of around eight thousand muslims lot of have been on the run for sixteen years he's arrested. tradition was touted by the e.u. as a kid objective for serbia to gain membership to the club. still waiting for the green light serbia's arrest an extradition of former bosnian serb army chief on luggage wa

news the bad news is good news is actually on the stand because if well look at greece for a look at spain portugal was saying that for the first time in many years they dealing with the structural underline the reforms which will cause faster growth over the medium term going to pay for all of the germans going to say hey we'll pay for it we will always pay for it i mean really that's where push comes to shove here and merkel has an electorate ok i mean if if some something isn't done the going to have their own tea party movement i feel the feel the first person actually i've heard say that this is this is good news for the year i think the problem is that they're trying to address right now and not the actual problems to exist in the in those countries you know by providing more money than not really solving the underlying problem and they're trying to force countries through to revalue their currency through through changing domestic prices you know at the height of recession forcing these countries to go through yet another round of austerity and that's that's that's the wrong how can

expected defaulting greece portugal ireland and i think i think spain as well. so what happens when the contagion. it's great mark scheerer i mean will when we will we have more than pigs only there is a significant danger all the contagion the on what's price in the markets. i think is going to be i think the markets to pursue mistaken too short term are looking on the whole european situation again i'm going to come back to what i was trying to say in the beginning that the period of fiscal consolidation and of the president of structural reforms with the positive for europe in general so i think the risk of contagion is relatively small you know what about this slippery slope here ok moral hazard i mean if there's always going to be a bailout. you know it has to there has to be a contradiction there i mean the money runs out eventually the question is if the question is on its own bailout if it is just a bailout then you know structural reforms don't take place so if if it's money that actually results in structural reform then that that is the exit i just th

this is the protests here in barcelona spain in the center of town the plot of the council yawn where hundreds if not thousands of people are camping out here from all walks of life to protest the economic terrorism being committed against them by their very own government this is what the people here at the say. for all the americans out there who don't know what's going on what's happening here in barcelona spain this is not only about trying to bring about some politician is speak oh it's about it general their general way their countries function i would say it's funny to pieces and we're here and we can't say anything because they don't give us any opportunity to change anything and they were this was only the beginning but we have a large amount of people gathering to protest against a lot of the corruption in the world we've got in politics politicians and bankers and yeah economy in spain is pretty bad official figure for youth unemployment forty five fishel figure in general plus minus twenty percent but they're just to. look for solutions ourselves and not sort of arm in a g

people not buying the food supplies from spain and the international community has been looking into where this is come from in fact one cases even popped up in the united states with this new strain of e. coli i but really it's a big political fiasco at this point in time it's been more than a month and at this point time they cannot find the origin in fact germany came out and said to spain we're sorry we did not really need to jump the gun we don't really know where this eco lie has come from now this has spawned the united arab emirates from the banning cucumbers coming from four different countries in europe including germany and spain and russia of course banning all vegetables coming in from the e.u. a move which brussels has said is a disproportionate response to what is happening right now so there's some speculation that this could all be mass hysteria now one. bushell in russia said that this entire syndrome or this entire incident is bringing into question all of europe's food safety laws and watchdog systems in place this is what he had to say . supermachine was because