i particularly like to use it not just to tack about u.k. stuff. but also the u.k. economies position and the global economy and a lot about the global economy. i'm someone who's spent a lot of time thinking about international issues, and i try to explain those, especially now, so crucial to everybody's lives. explain them in a simple way. sort of a teaching functions, and also a reporting function. >> what did you learn when you were larry summers aide back in 1997? >> well, i certainly learned he's a very smrt guy. i learned it's interesting to have a serious academic economist at the heart of things at a time when international issues were pretty important. now they look like pretty small change. when i got there, it was july 1997. that was just the beginning of the asian financial crisis which began with this deevaluation by the thigh government then rolled into all these other crisis. we felt -- there was a time magazine cover of larry summers, bob ruben and allen greenspan as the committee to save the world. and it did feel like that at the time. i learned th

britain's foreign secretary says that russia and the u.k. have each expelled a diplomat from their embassies amid a row over alleged spying a russian envoy to leave the u.k. two weeks ago after accusations of espionage surfaced he claimed that russia booted out a british official in moscow weeks later for more we go live to our correspondent with the details sara firth in moscow and laura emmett in london good to have you both with us to you first laura what's the british foreign ministry saying about this. but we have had a little confirmed by the british foreign ministry william hague the foreign secretary race unless the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain has indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tenth off what hague is cooling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against bush interests here in london then we are also haring of cool strong the other and that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the

the u.k. the energy it will also build nuclear power stations for india it's going to be building through in southern india and the agreement signed today will set out the roadmap for building two additional nuclear stations a nuclear power stations in southern india and both leaders are quite clear that any. important in their relationship. russia is positive about energy cooperation in the future and i told the prime minister today that india is a convenient partner in the energy field it applies not only to nuclear energy where we've achieved a lot in the past few years but also in the extraction of hide your codes. i am particularly. corporation. enconcept it reflects. our. defense ties between both countries is also very strong russia is india's largest weapons supplier and most of india's weapons hardware comes from russia and of course before that from the soviet union the agreement signed today. is the joint development of the fifth generation fighter aircraft this is this is the only

is the u.k. is impenetrable and perhaps one day it will suffer its own we can leaks of its own but i was rather amazed like you about the scale of this and how on earth did this happen any what do you think about that i mean is it again we're not going into the realm of conspiracy thinking all that big i mean one person if you think more people are involved in this or they don't want to say more people are involved because they don't want to show how we lax do security is i mean they want to point they want to put look for a fall guy maybe this guy was involved in it just wrap him around in it and then you know we say we found the guy. i think probably that is very much the case that there is a fall guy in that seat and it's very much to spare there blushes as well but i have to say having worked on the inside the security around a lot of the databases that governments use in the west tend to be pretty lax and pretty sort of retro they don't tend or certainly weren't focusing until very recently

i was in the u.k. system. i went through u.k.' high school and oxford university and then on a scholarship went to harvard as a graduate student. but you've always spent a lot of time going back and forlt. my family were there. my mother was american, although living in the u.k. so i've always felt a pretty close connection. and laura has always been a very activist journalist. and you'll know of her as a very activist work and there's been a fine line between her reporting and her wanting to change the world, which she's tried to do in a lot of different ways. i've always felt that i was rather the boring establishment member of the family, working my way up through the inside and maybe a bit less actively political, so we are interested in a lot of the same issues. >> sisters, and i think she said it herself, is a lefty? >> yes, i would certainly say that. in the u.s. see would seem lefty, but here she would, toolt she's not in the sort of mainstream and i guess i'm mainstream. >> and she does a talk show and does some writing f

what is his government doing to make sure that the u.k.'s number one hospital-killer becomes the nhs' number one health priority? >> i think the honorable gentleman makes an extremely important point and i know that he is chair of the all-party parliamentary group on thrombosis. actually i think the answer to his question what are we going to do about this? the first thing is to make available more information because it was a freedom of information request to the all-party group that showed only 14 acute trusts in england were even close to meeting the goals to risk-assessed to the dangers of thrombosis and blood clots. so he's right. i think the best we can do is more information and that will actually help us to make sure hospitals are coming up to the mark. >> steven williams, thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister, i'm sure is aware is world aids day. what is the coalition government doing to make sure the stem of hiv is staying both at home and abroad. >> the right honorable gentlemen is right for this issue and we need to look at

and the u.k. launches a major criminal investigation into the student tuition fee riots that saw the country's worst on the rest of the decade students vented to anger as m.p.'s voted through measures that can see them paying three times more intuition. coming up our debate program cross talk this week peter lavelle asks his guest whether the euro really has a future stay with us. if you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle a currency in crisis and under siege what does the future hold for the euro is it destined to be a weak currency or is it time to seriously consider ending this monumental monetary experiment. you can. see. to discuss the future of the euro i'm joined by john ganton birmingham he's the u.k. spokesperson for the e.u. referendum campaign and in london rick ross the rodney shakespeare he is one of the founders of the global justice movement and another member of our cross talk team you know on the hunger or a gentleman crosstalk rules or effects you can jump in a

i was in the u.k. system. i went through u.k. high school and i went to oxford university and then on a scholarship went to harvard as a graduate student. but i've always spent a lot of time going back and forth, my family were there, my mother was american, although living in the u.k. so i've always felt a pretty close connection and laura is -- has always been a very activist journalist. and you'll remember, a very activist work and has been a sort of fine line between her reporting and her wanting to change the world. which she's tried to do in a lot of different ways. eve always felt i was rather the boring establishment member of the family. working my way up through the inside and maybe a bit less actively political. though we are interested in a lot of the same issues. >> sisters -- she said it her ssm as a lefty? >> lefty. we would say that. in the u.s. she seems lefty but she would seem like that here, too. she's not in the sort of mainstream. and i guess i'm -- we would say over here i'm captain mainstream. >> she does

when i this is different is that the u.k. has now put forward what most people would say is a credible plan for putting the debt on a downward path. you're not only borrow less, but you're not allowing the stock of debt to rise in the next year. that is not what is happening in the u.s. >> us not, my guest said that, if you're over 65 or 70, you get free bus rides. >> 60. absolute insanity. gordon brown introduced -- there are quite a few freebies that were introduced by him that now cost a lot of money. free tv licenses for all the people. that is option 0 for 70. -- over 75. you get a free ride to watch the bbc. if you buy a tv, you have to buy a tv license, which cost a little under two hundred dollars. and that goes free to people over 75. even if they're well-off. it is even more extreme with the case of the bus traveling. if you are over 60, everybody in britain can get a card to give them free bus travel. it that is a point of contention. david cameron was pestered in the campaign and election to say that he would keep

britain's foreign secretary says russia and the u.k. have each expelled a diplomat from their embassies amid a spat over alleged spying william hague says a russian envoy was asked to leave the u.k. two weeks after accusations of espionage surfaced he claims russia booted out a british official a week later moscow has yet to comment artie's laura emmet has more from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled the diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tense after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it

and the u.k. >> these latest revelations won't change the way the u.k. and the united states work together, the memos make it very clear it's more the british media and chattering classes feeding the idea that the special relationship was fading. the politicians, it seems, were much less jittery. however, a potentially embarrassing picture of senior conservative politicians effectively bending over backwards to please the americans, promising much closer political ties, even offering honesty to keep things sweet. but in the end the men ultimately conclude the special relationship at least have some strategic value for the united states. for that reason, they say it's important that the u.k. public and british government are both made to feel valued. >> president obama has now left the main u.s. air base in afghanistan after an unannounced visit. he had been there to meet the afghan president hamid karzai but the white house said bad weather prevetchted him from traveling to kabul. the two men did talk over a secure telephone link. mr. obama also spoke to

train operators around the u.k.s set that have -- more than one such for their services were not running. passengers trapped overnight on a commuter service inurface in x filmed these images. >> there was no decision as to what to do with our passengers. that was the most frightening thing -- we had no indication of when we would make it back. >> this is the a-57. 200 drivers spent a second night in their cabins here. the man charged with reviewing our preparations for winter travel says the u.k.'s unpredictable weather -- >> in scandinavia, canada, east coast of north america, they know almost to the week when their winter will come. they know how severe it will be, how much snow they will get. here it is completely different. >> roads did allow the first delivery for three weeks, into supermarkets. some shortages of food and fuel supplies are still in more isolated communities occurred . >> we have been three days without bread and milk. >> without -- wherever you travel, there is one other shared experience. scho

what is different is that the u.k. have put forward a credible plan for putting the death of the downward path. you are borrowing last but not allowing the deck to ride. that is not what is happening in the u.s. >> this is a small thing for you. if you are over 65 or 70, you get free bus rides? >> over 60. gordon brown introduced to this. these are freebies that cost a lot of money. a free tv license is. s is one over 75. you get a free ride to watch the bbc. if you buy a television here, you have to buy a television license which costs under $200 and that goes free to people over 75 even if they are well off. even more extreme is the bus travel. over 60, everybody in britain can get a card to entitle them to free bus travel. that is a point of contention. david cameron was pressured on the campaign to say that he would keep fit. the treasury would like to get rid of it. it is crazy to be getting -- giving this free travel to a lot of rich pensioners and a rigidly people. >> -- and rich elderly people. >> this new gove

and why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k. in just a few minutes. america's unofficial envoy to north korea says his visits provide an opening for pyongyang to return to dialogue over its controversial nuclear program earlier richardson had said the secretive state would allow inspectors from the international atomic energy agency to examine their facilities so praised north korea's president says i'm not responding to the south's recent military exercises new disputed sea boredom. said it would not retaliate for what it called a provocation despite previous threats of the weekend russia called an emergency meeting of u.n. security council warning that you drills could aggravate tensions but delegates failed to reach a conclusion. or games all to still be precarious balance on the peninsula. this is the fourth direct provocation of u.s. south korean military exercises in less than a month we're really talking about many many ships in the area fifty to seventy ships hundreds of aircraft tens of thousands of troops operating just a few miles three to

john referred to the seven billion going from the u.k. to help the ari situation now the behind that is the fact that our land owes the british banks one hundred forty four billion and you see it's an entirely new completely john hiatt on we see into line let me bring you rodney by leaking seriatim which is yes you know clearly out of go rolling out the no money scotland . keep going we are mainly on the royal bank of scotland and we've just recently about a year or two years ago the british people never asked about it we bailed them out we're now effectively buying their out again one of our biggest banks because you're right they're completely indebted to the irish economy that's what's behind this this is what the british people haven't been told should crushes in the banking industry but it is also down to politicians and lack tribulation you know agree with you rodney in your analysis that it's worldwide isn't just europe i would agree gentlemen gentlemen i think it's very very interesting is we brought in the comparison of the unite

and the u.k. launches a major investigation into the student tuition fee riots that saw the country's worst on a rest in a decade. ilona shows up next and takes a look at whether shari'a style laws may be entering the u.s. penal code stay with us here on r.t. . welcome the loner show will get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can we live out of washington d.c. today a bloomberg poll shows that many americans aren't so happy with the federal reserve they either want it structured changed or sixteen percent want the fed abolished altogether but is this just a temporary reaction thanks to our terrible economy or as a really sign of change or ask mark calabria of the cato institute next several states across the country believe that sure real law is creeping into our justice system and they're trying to stop it more than seven state legislators are drawing up measures to ban shari'a law but is this really a necessary move or just a sign of islamophobia we're going to host a debate on the is

recovery weaker than thought official data shows the u.k.'s economy over the first nine months of two thousand and ten was not as strong as first thought the office for national statistics has revealed yeah vince cable can't dance either all right stacey lambert thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max when i come back i'll be talking with ellen brown and her ideas about reforming the banking system for real don't go away. or is that so much could be easily made a lot of people are curious but what are you hearing if anything two thousand game shows is just how fragile the world is was. originally. i welcome back to the kaiser report time now to speak with ellen brown she's the author of web of debt she's got a new piece out austerity fails and you know lead time for some a deficit easing world with a cause report on brown thanks max tell us about this deficit easing well what prompted me to write this piece was that ireland's bonds were just downgraded by moody's by five notches. category and this was after they excepted i

does all the time but he still that's true and it's reprehensible here well i mean i think that the u.k. has actually done well job of making sure that kids are protected they did this when it comes with child pornography they put pressure on i asked piece to make sure that they weren't actively allowing individuals to access child pornography these are sexual abuse images of children i think in this instance as well they're bringing players to the table they're talking about you know ways that they can make sure that kids are not acts i see this constant it's not about censorship it's not about legislating morality it's about protecting children from harmful from harmful content and what we know is that so many kids are actually access and it's content and despite the fact that we've been saying for over a decade yes parents should use filtering technology they should use panel controls you know that there's been a huge increase in the amount of kids who are accessing acting out sexually there's been a huge spike in the amount of kids who are sexually abusing other kids because of the

the u.k. expels a diplomat from the russian embassy on suspicion of espionage reciprocates the move in retaliation there are fears that new spy around like threaten the recent foreign relations between moscow would love. to see a billion dollar defense and energy deals with india retreatment bit of is in for a cultural treat on the second day of his visit russia even would explore the phenomenon of the bollywood film industry. to. talk to the georgian opposition leader you know question about the state of democracy in the country and its relations with its neighbors. just that with the. often when interesting railways you say you mission is to introduce democracy to do region to make it more democratic place conflicts with the image of your country in the west georgia is often presented as a beacon of democracy what don't you like about the current version of the church and democracy. the myth of georgia as a democratic country.

in the u.k. of course there's a huge pushback against companies like are kidding around by philip green and vodafone finally the year in the u.k. figured out that hey they're not the ones who should be absorbing all this cost they're pushing back and getting arcadia and philip green and vodafone that actually pay the taxes owed instead of just going through these offshore tax havens let's move on max now i don't see the at the next i because we have this global kleptocracy it's not possible without a very integral player in this whole scheme is the i.m.f. and i want to talk about this because it's a big story and it's a big story going forward because one of the themes we've been talking about is we said at last year at this time we warned about the emergence of a global currency war and that no currency is more crucial to that than gold so i met says complete four hundred three point three tons of gold sales program so you remember earlier in the year the i.m.f. announced they were going to sell

why iran wants to cut its ties with the u.k. . just a few months. moscow has warned lawmakers in washington that any change to a new nuclear arms reduction deal could destroy the pact foreign minister. said that for russia the start treaty is not up for renegotiation. the u.s. senate rejected one of them from republicans seeking to today the ratification. when they hold a majority in congress democrats hope the treaty will have enough support. u.s. president urge the senate to ratify the document by the end of week describing the start treaty as a national unity. slashed by one third of joe national security network think tank in washington says the republicans want to disrupt it's ratification. many of these amendments are designed to make a political point attempting to either embarrass the administration or cause debate on the floor they could bring others to the side of the rejection of the treaty these are all failing they need to get a majority vote and the democrats have fifty eight out of the hundred votes right now so they're not making muc

that is in the u.k.nd many newspapers, that means there is less -- there are a lot of stores that are not true. the great thing about the sunday is that the stores do not have to be as true. i thought i was a very worrying. you would never hear that in any serious newspaper in the u.s. i was taken aback initially and then rather compressed about them that -- the impression of -- the attention to detail and in new york. >> i ran the press complaints commission. >> who controls it? >> it was an attempt by the newspaper industry to demonstrate that they had set up a body to seek to raise press standards, particularly standards of invasion of privacy and inaccurate reporting. partly to stop either political party that won the election to bring in any controls of the press. they wanted me to run it after the first -- he had not made much of an impact, and i tried to run up standards by getting the public to complain about anything they thought was unfair, wrong, inaccurate, distorted, invasion of privacy, thi

and in the u.k. public anger of budget cuts grows with thousands of students expected to hit the streets in protest at a trampling of fees to go to university. tackling traffic terro with moscow's bottlenecks consistently ranking among the world's worst we'll look at how local drivers are learning to take advantage of the jams. and coming up in business update for the first time ever russia sells more ball movement off the field hit six month highs will have the details of about twenty minutes time. watching aren't you going to live from moscow i'm renay joshua welcome to the program bonus time is approaching on wall street and to the anger of manny the rewards are set to rise but it's not just bankers bonuses going up so was unemployment across america all linked to the massive seven hundred billion dollars bailout to the biggest financial institutions in the country are reports. next the sculpture thirty thousand dollars now the first floor thirty thousand to thirty two thousand if an artist were t

first though britain's foreign secretary says that russia and the u.k. have each expelled a diplomat from their embassies amid a spat over alleged spying william hague said a russian envoy was asked to leave the country two weeks ago after accusations of espionage surfaced he claims that russia booted out a british official in moscow a week later moscow has yet to comment earlier this month a russian working as a paramilitary aide to a british m.p. who was arrested in london for allegedly spying. we keep leaks founder julian assange says he's fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there assad who's in the u.k. on bail is due to face the swedish courts over sexual assault charges in a case many argue was politically motivated as artie's lawyer amateur reports sweden's media and legal establishment are sticking together to defend the country's reputation in the face of accusations of spin. the charges leveled at founder of wiki leaks julian our souls have awakened the world to justice system the scandinavian countries re

conditions in some parts of the u.k. for the worst imaginable. traveling by foot was not easy either. conditions were not much better in wales, particularly in the north and east. 30 centimeters of snow fell on high ground. >> i have been there for about an hour and a half and we have had four or 5 inches of snow. >> all of the trucks are stuck. >> back in northern ireland, and dozens of christmas parties for cancelled this evening as those who made it to work just wanted to get home. the snowfall here was the worst for 25 years but tonight isn't looking much better. emergency weather warnings have been issued. this is for half of northern ireland. overnight snow is also forecast for wales and the southwest of england. in some places, it started already. >> the chinese prime minister is in pakistan for a three-day visit where he will sign billions of dollars worth of trade deals. he is expected to reassure pakistan that they are an important partner despite the growing partnership between china and india. >> there is no diplomatic -- here, pakist

mike hancock and the u.k. says she was gathering information on nuclear facilities the russian consulate is now waiting for their official permission on the british side for a personal meeting with the to libya to london had initially blocked access to the woman and this didn't stop western media from relishing the board style scandal and digging out new characters such as another russian blonde who is a tool of a terrorist boss helps. the media suggests mike has a fascination with eastern european women. and if you also have a fascination with spies candles you'll get plenty more on our website at home and of course we'll feature plenty other stories too including. thirty functions on refunds blog one of the main roads for almost an hour after a fellow supporter by rival. the kooky princess of pop wants to record a song in russian as producers think it will drive the funds crazy. a growing number of americans believe the war in afghanistan can be won according to say a bit just released in the u. hearts and w

britain's foreign secretary says the russian the u.k. each expelled one of the diplomats around spying it's the first dishonoring in the two countries relations and small school in london began working to reset ties there and it has more from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled the diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tenth after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to what the foreign office here had done with this of course is a huge embarrassment for the foreign secret

the u.k.n more attractive location for international business by reforming the outdated and complex rules for control of foreign companies. we have seen a steady stream of companies cut that left the u.k. over the years. we're not content to sit by and watch our competitors reach away on our corporate tax state undermined. n.y. another tax issue a corporal -- of crucial importance intellectual property. for a long time we have argued we should increase incentives the ability to develop new products ithis country. to encourage busesses to invest in the u.k., we can confirm that we will introduce from april 2013, although or 10% corporate tax rate on properties that are newly commercialized. i can tell the house that the results of this measure, glaxo smithkline will announce a new 500 million pound investment program in the uk. including new manufacturing, a 50 billion down -- 50 million pound venture-capital plan. and build a new biopharmaceutical plants in this country. in total they estimate

accuses him of espionage and in sweden he faces allegations of rape a son was arrested in the u.k. where he was seeking refuge later being granted bail after a legal wrangle and now has to wait to find out whether he'll be extradited to sweden clearing my name is not to be a hard task i have the highest task i have is to continue on with my work the whistleblower continues to leak into the new year. following yukos had me come out of the course he was found guilty of laundering over twenty five billion dollars worth of oil and sentenced to fourteen years in jail he has nearly served out an eight year sentence for tax evasion and fraud and faces another six behind bars russia has been criticized for politicizing the case but putin says compared to financier bernie madoff's one hundred fifty years fourteen years is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. and last but not least twenty feet from both legs john the money will be organized manner. it was a nail biting way to the announcement with russia and england going head to head to the very end. little sloshes secured the bid with hi

fighting an extradition order to sweden because he won't be treated fairly there a son who's in the u.k. on bail is due to face the swedish courts in three weeks over sexual assault charges in a case many argue is politically motivated and laura emmet reports sweden's media and legal establishment are sticking together to defend the country's reputation and accusations of spin. in sweden it's not many people who say today that they suspect. it's a case of. you know not being the best of men until rape charges were leveled at julian our songs the founder of wiki leaks the state of sweden's justice system might not have been something that kept you awake at night but now sweden is requesting a song his extradition from the u.k. the having unprotected sex with two women they call it rape. the charges being dubbed sex by surprise are songs allegedly refused to wear a condom and it's a crime unique to sweden here in the u.k. people say it would be funny if it wasn't so serious this just seems ridiculous to me and it's actually diminished the whole issue of of rape and i regret that deeply an

u.k. switzerland and perhaps japan might forward temporary new group to jointly develop an effort to bring together sources of capital to recapitalize all major banks that's right in the solomon sea not illiquidity what does this mean it means going back to two thousand and eight when hank paulson went from congress and said give us some money to cover our bills for a few months because we are illiquid he was aligning he did not tell the congress that the banks are insolvent had he been truthful then congress would have shut down the insolvent banks and they would have created some new banks that were not run by frickin financial terrorists like goldman sachs j.p. morgan he'd lie now mervyn king told the truth but of course that information did not get into the public domain it's globalization for the bankers when it's convenient for the bankers but everyone else of course does not benefit from having globalized information except for wiki leaks and julian sun best life so dangerous by tho

something that kept you awake at night but now sweden is requesting a song his extradition from the u.k. the having unprotected sex with two women they call it rape. the charges being dubbed sex by surprise a song's allegedly refused to wear a condom and it's a crime unique to sweden here in the u.k. people say it would be funny if it wasn't so serious this just seems ridiculous to me and it's actually diminished the whole issue of of rape and i regret that and it's such a shame it's been an injustice to the sand women and to feminists and victims of rape even in sweden the original prosecution through the allegations out on black america then began the release of a quarter of a million u.s. diplomatic cables revealing and humiliating for the u.s. government all of a sudden sweden's director of public prosecutions decided to break claims were valid and sweden swallowed it whole including some of its most outspoken commentators it's clear. not a person who should be jailed for journalism if he has committed a sexual sexual offense then that's a separate issue from wiki leaks. i do not th