as granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton party. and the later today will be travelling to another year of how the city of perm a james brown. i. live . live. live. live just. keep but i round up all of our main stories is just a few minutes ahead thank you. to . nearly a billion people in the world for knowing from everything. in the united states even our trash cans are full of the food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just thrown away not and cheese from the german oh you clearly my supper by. the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill take just made one doesn't dumpster egg whites. delicious breakfast for the family ate some toast for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of fish. with the end of the boer war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapon specifically at. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by just t

is a famous for its precious stones and little industry today there we head to a remote village tom barton finds out about the harsh realities of. you cut ehrenberg is one of russia's biggest cities but a few hours away it's a different world where we were going even tarmac would be a luxury that's it the end of the road from here to the village it's just forest time for me to dip this and go even further off the beaten track. eventually we saw it welcome to the village of newspaper population ten people two horses two cows no running water no electricity and one rather strange name it was founded in one nine hundred twenty four by a group of collective farm workers who wanted to branch out on their own but they had a problem. to step missing your village they had to have permission so they applied for it through the local paper when the permission was granted they named newspapering things. spread larner is one of only two people to have lived here all their life the other is clean up after her husband died she continued to live here alone every winter there snowed in so what if they need

but the parish provides a little optimism for greeks who financial woes continue just snowball tom barton ports. curriculum brucia threatens to throw herself from her office window in downtown athens she and her husband have had their salaries cut have debts and a mortgage they can't pay and now they've just learned their jobs are under threat she was eventually talked down after many hours on the ledge. this is where her all and proceed work and this organization tried to provide housing support for people on low incomes or they did until two weeks ago when the government announced this place was closing all over seven hundred staff here because their jobs. at frantic meetings in corridors and offices distressed workers try to find out what will happen to them this otherwise ation has been going strong for sixty years and it's not fair to send the money to other departments they want to take our money to cover other holes they want to take money for other necessities put all our families will be unemployed if we could save greece ok but there's no way that money will fill the gap with th

mineral rich mountains have made the region amounts of senator from metal manufacture and as artie's tom barton discovered for many locals it's more than a profession it's a passion. russia's ural mountains have a long history when it comes to metals and mining for centuries they provided the rule materials but allowed russian industry to grow and now they're trying to adapt in the steel mills in industries around the mining and trying to adapt to modern conditions and the modern steel industry it's those things that are the examining in our ports. and metals the surroundings of blacksmith the fowls and the years and of alexander lucic cough and his fortune russia's mountainous you'll reach it for the past thirty he's now as much a part of this world as the homicide holmes from c i n work and fence posts but he still remembers the very first thing he made. this spoon. it's so much more than just a simple food it's the thing i hold dearest. that it whereas alexander is content hammering one piece at a time the urals also contains smelting operations on a truly industrial scale this plant turns t

trade and at least according to the alexander they all share the spirit of this man and his metal tom barton r.t. . the meter is here with a business near so dimitri russia has major gas pipeline north stream it seems could lose some of its capacity where at least the country will not be able could not be able to use it to the full extent when e.u. regulators have made a decision that pipelines linking nord stream to europe's gas infrastructure is should reserve half of their capacity for other suppliers now doesn't this decision is most likely a reaction to russia's charging a higher price for its gas but it could lead to even higher gas prices according to winter's how german company that built the linking pipeline. this would be a stranded investment of fifty percent of the capacities and in terms of efficiency it would not make sense at all that we don't use the fifty percent of the we should be having is that for me i cannot find any other single ship who wants to do with the book the capacity because he has no gas he wants to be transported to that location when this is the reason why

city teeming with gems the local craftsmen are importing precious stones from home broad archies tom barton went to find out why. from its beginnings as an outpost of the fledgling russian empire you could tear and word has grown up as a city which exploited the mineral wealth of the ural mountains it's gone on developing on that line throughout its history and it's those themes the exploitation of the region's rich mineral wealth which i've been examining in my report the fairy tale mistress of copper mountain it tells of the mysteries of the legendary greenstone malik light hidden in russia's ural mountains but molokai it is not some room this looks like a pile of rather dull mountain rocks but step over here and when we have water we can see something of these rocks natural beauty these are the stones of fuel the legends and fairy tales of the urals and they also feed the still hands of local craft these men are cutting and polishing precious stones and sheep among the treasures the most famous greenstone of the mall emerald. it should be large one hundred percent trails loosely and with

but as remote as it gets tom barton found it anyway and this is his report. you could use one of russia's biggest cities but a few hours away it's a different world where we were going even tarmac would be a luxury that's the end of the road from here to the village it's just forest time for me to go even further off the beaten track. eventually we saw it welcome to the village of newspaper population ten people two horses cows no running water no electricity and one rather strange name it was founded in one thousand nine hundred eighty four by a group of collective farm workers who wanted to branch out on their own but they had a problem. with a point when the to establish in your village they had to have permission so they applied for it through the local paper when the permission was granted their name to newspapering things. straight line or is one of only two people to have lived here all their life the other is galena after her husband died she continued to live here alone every winter has snowed in so what if they need help. when if you don't get help

as granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton party. and it's time for guinness and a green lager again as moscow hosts its st patrick's day celebrations revellers gathered in the capitals center to mark ireland's most famous holiday to join the festivities. there's no doubt that when you think of us in paddy's day you think all the islands and the irish people themselves but also the most iconic of all all saints sam paddy himself today at the old celebration just said that just like the rest of the world from new york to bangkok to beijing as well as yet in moscow not muscle has actually been celebrating its impact is aces ninety ninety two and it's cultural events like this that actually tie of russia in hiding to get back into the business and trade and you know i did this out of used to minorities in terms of a culture as they join having fun and making people smile and having a few drinks so none of them patrick's day celebration is complete until you have an island that's a crowd and that they get there and say hey we migh

leaners granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton party. now a new best seller book has won the hearts and minds of american women the erotic novel sparked debate over its change the perception of explicit material that is there halfassed asked your boss about it. the book fifty shades of grey by e.l. james has taps the new york times bestseller list and it's filled with graphics that is this kind of sexual liberation or to prey very in our culture this week let's talk about bad well i think that if it's so popular that it must mean that you are really into this subject but you don't really want to know so maybe. so maybe it's perfect because it's a book so no one can see that you're reading it yes quite safe to do it do you want to read the book i was on my left side i have to read i could hear more about it when you're done do you think you'll let your daughter read it. what's bad about it spin nobody's ever going to get over six years of always so it will it will live to the end of over time but people have a problem with things l

his granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton party. like many cities small scale turned green for a day as crowds gathered in the capital center to celebrate the traditional irish holiday so patrick's day artist a punk also joined the revelers in russia. there's no doubt that when you think of us in paddy's day you think all the island and the irish people themselves but also the most iconic of all all save them paddy himself today at the all our blood was celebrating just like that just like the rest of the world from new york to bank called to beijing has not as yet in moscow not moscow have actually been celebrating sometimes days of nine hundred ninety two and its cultural events like this that actually tired russia hiding to get back into the business of entrained and you know why did they have the fuse the analogies in terms of a call just a joy having fun and making people smile and having a few drinks so knows them catch each day celebration is complete and still you have an island beza droughts and that's the beginning

mineral rich mountains have made the region our massive center for metal manufacture and as artie's tom barton discovered for many locals it's more than a profession it's a passion. fire and metal the surroundings of blacksmiths for thousands of years and of alexander looser cough and his forge and russia's mountainous euro region for the past thirty he's now as much a part of this world as the hammers and tongs fancy iron work and fence posts but he still remembers the very first thing he made this spoon. it's so much more than just a simple spoon it's the thing i hold dearest that it put whereas alexander is content hammering one piece at a time the urals also contains smelting operations on a truly industrial scale this plant turns thousands of tons of molten steel into thousands of kilometers of oil and gas piping this isn't about craft and skill anymore say engineers here it's about science and needs detailed education. technical specialists here need computer and mass skills to work this increasingly complex machines so we have to train them up here these vast holes are the direct descen

tom barton r.t. . it's time to get the latest a business update from natasha and ukraine's got its sights set on buying less gas from russia we understand was that. gallant threatens to buy gas from germany if russia fails to offer a significant discount now russia is the sole supplier of gals to ukraine and it's been refusing essential to cut the price in its long term contracts ukraine's prime minister recall laws are of on wednesdays why gals from germany's r.w.d. may help ukraine save some money but experts actually doubt this plan is going to work they say if it happened the volumes of such supplies would be very low certainly not enough to kiev to stop buying gas from russia not to mention that ukraine's transportation network is designed to pump gas in the opposite direction from russia to europe and now staying with gas it looks like russia will be able to use the full capacity of the north stream pipeline its newest route to europe the e.u. regulators say pipelines that link the north stream w

leaners granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton r.t. . that it's time for guests and a green lager again as moscow hosts st patrick's day celebrations rattle those gathered in the capitals center to mark ireland's most famous holiday about drawing the festivities. there's no doubt that when you think all of us in paddy's day you think all the island and the irish people themselves but also the most iconic of all saints sampat he himself today at the all i was celebrating just said that just like the rest of the world from new york to back and called to beijing has not as yet in moscow now moscow had actually been celebrating simply how these days is nine hundred ninety two and its cultural events like this that actually tied russia in a hiding to get back into the business and trade and you know why did they have a few similarities in terms of a culture they enjoy having fun and making people smile and having a few drinks so none of them catch each day celebration is complete and still you have an island that's a problem and that t

country for its precious stones but big industry has metal on its mind when it moved in and as tom barton reports about took the shine off the jewels. from its beginnings as an outpost of the fledgling russian empire. has grown up as a city which exploited be mineral wealth of the ural mountains it's gone on developing line throughout its history and its those themes the exploitation of the region's rich mineral wealth which i've been examining in my reports the fairy tale of mistress of. it tells of the mysteries of the legendary greenstein current he didn't russia's ural mountains but malik right it's not something. this looks like a pile of rather dull mountain rocks but step over here when we have water we can see something of these rocks and natural beauty these are the stones of feel the legends and fairy tales of the urals and they also feed the still hands of local craft these men are cutting and polishing precious stones and cheap among the treasures the most famous greenstone of them all emerald. should be large one hundred percent translucent with the main properties being colo

as granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton party. it was a funny line there about no newspaper delivery but it lost me right back here moscow turned green for a day as crowds gathered in the capital to celebrate the additional irish holidays and patrick's day congratulations to our very best if you're celebrating it more so join the revellers. there's no doubt that when you think of death and patty's day you think all the islands and the irish people themselves but also the most iconic of all saints some paddy himself today at the o.r. but was celebrating just that bad just like the rest of the world from new york to bangkok to beijing as well as here in moscow not muscle had actually been celebrating some of his days of ninety ninety two and it's cultural events like this that have tied russia in hiding to get back into business in trade you know why did they have of use the analogy in terms of a culture's bane joy having fun and making people smile and having a few drinks so no sympatric day celebration is complete until you

a trade and at least according to alexander they all share the spirit of this man and his metal tom barton r.t. . the busy business tales catch up with dimitri either greece getting even more money yes that's right the i.m.f. is giving it thirty six and a half a billion dollars that is probably good news for the country will look at that in just a second on the markets reacting first of all looks like russia might not be able to use the full capacity of its nord stream gas pipeline project because either you regulators are now saying there are basically pipelines linking nord stream to europe's gas infrastructure need to reserve fifty percent of their capacity for other supplies now this initiative they say is the most likely a reaction to russia's charging a high price for its gas but we've also heard an opinion that this move could lead to even higher gas prices that's according to winter's hall a company which built a linking pipeline. this would be a stranded investment just fifty percent of the capacity isn't in terms of efficiency it would not make sense at all that we don't use here

grows among the greeks who call themselves captives of the economic crisis are based on barton joins us from athens. tom the greek salmon tackled across europe so tell us what's been going on a day of anger on a day of anger ever. it has been a day dying there indeed here in greece and across europe in belgium protests saying austerity cuts have gone too far in cities all across from sort of especially big demonstration in paris with this same mess. thousands of students on the streets in spain wanting to reverse cuts in education spending there and huge demonstrations in portugal spain and portugal people they're really feeling the pinch share as their governments try to balance budgets and cut spending that's left that it really exposed to this debt crisis and no more so than here in greece in the parliament behind me lawmakers have once again sat late into the night many nights now having to really make savage cuts to their spending all across the sectors of the economy yesterday here on the day before we've seen police come out to protest saying their wages have been cut far too much a twenty two pe