the collapse of the euro with a measure of but europe is the u.k.'s biggest trading partner wouldn't it be a huge blow for british prosperity if the eurozone were to fall apart there will be a big economic cost for all of earth's our banks will be hit in the u.k. and i don't welcome but i think politically it will liberate these countries to have their own currency is they will be able to float there will be able to get their economies moving again the moment they're stuck in a free within the straitjacket we call the euro many are saying that we've only seen the beginning of protests against austerity measures on the streets are you one of them or do you think it's going to fizzle out in two thousand and eleven i think it will get worse and i do fear you know you have some extreme problems in greece in spades in portugal very high unemployment where like in spain you're almost approaching you know one in every two young people is unemployed that is not sustain.

has lived in the u.k. since childhood she was ill for five years weaken tired with debilitating night sweats before doctors finally diagnosed tuberculosis deep in my heart i knew something was wrong i stopped working i stopped doing all the things that i normally do a movie of all of energy. but i've become a sort of roll of the tired grumpy middle aged woman doctors aren't sure where pereira picked up the illness but say she could just have been standing next to the wrong person on london's public transport network i was so ashamed because tb to me maybe because i come from sri lanka originally was a disease of poverty and it's. not deliberate but a lack of cleanliness a lack of hygiene in iran due. to me. it was consumption it was what mimi dies over in la. it was what it was to do with sort of darkness it was d.h. lawrence it was not comfortable me in my nice little move west london home pereira now has to take antibiotics for six months and will then be well statistically she's much more likely to take

it's funny because the u.k. banks indebted to the irish banks and vice versa so do other words the u.k. . population is actually bailing out irish banks yes but they all waiting out our banks but what what's always annoyed me even more is here is the beginnings the beginnings of a sort of xenophobia backlash with the germans saying oh we're bailing out those feckless greeks and the tabloids here saying muffing docu about bailing out the irish where is you and i both know the half of the money that's going to be taken to ireland to the irish banks will then be smartly returned to british banks because it's the british banks who where ultimately bailing out so we will blame the irish but get them to bail us out seems to me to be doubly on just right so you have all of this this bailout money and debt extending and pretending ending up generating fees for the very bankers that create the debt to begin with no g.d.p. growth no want to line growth unemployment is skyrocketing now let's get back to generation debt for

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and that all the surge of tuberculosis in the u.k. the contrary that's pumping huge sums to fight the white plague abroad cruzan able to tackle it's alarming spread it heard. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow and alice have it the media because of the polish presidential plane crash last april was the crew's refusal to land akmal turners of their field the investigative committee has presented its final report on the accident which killed the late polish and ninety five others all season he said now we have the details. for the first time the last seconds or heard before polish president lech kaczynski is plane crashed near smug around. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport class or inexperience and flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main causes behind the tragedy in their final report less revenue per year to make a timely decision to land at the reser

that upsurge of tuberculosis in the u.k. the country that's pumping huge sums to fight the white plague abroad proved unable to tackle its alarming spread out home. this is r t it's ten pm here in moscow around the world eight in the evening in prague in madrid welcome if you just joined us for a viewer watching on kevin now in our top story the immediate cause of the polish presidential plane crash last april was the crew's refusal to land as an alternative airfield the investor the committee is presented its final report on the accident which killed the late polish leader kaczynski and ninety five others in this and now it has the details. for the first time last seconds or heard before polish president lech kaczynski plane crashed. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport class or inexperience in flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main causes behind the tragedy

under the upsurge of tuberculosis in the u.k. the country that is pumping huge sums to fight the white plague of broad proved on able to tackle it's a longing to spread out how a. very warm welcome to see this is all to live from moscow with me alice have it now the immediate a cause of the polish presidential plane crash last april was the crew's refusal to land at an alternative airfield the investigative committee has presented its final report on the accident which killed the late polish lead elections get a ninety five authors in these and now we have the details. the film that was put together by the interstate aviation committee or i see demonstrates the last thirty six minutes of the flight by combining graphics with cockpit recordings and one of the moments that we can take a look at. you can see that the crew was calm and confident into the end continuing their landing despite warnings from the aircraft automated system to. the committee highlighted what they believe are the three main causes that led up to those final

on an upsurge of tuberculosis in the u.k. the country is pumping huge sums to fight the white plague abroad proves unable to tackle its alarming spread of. disease r.t. it's eleven pm now you're a moscow around the world not at night in rome seven am in sydney wherever you're watching welcome to our top story this hour with me kevin no in the immediate cause of the polish presidential plane crash last april was the crew's refusal to land at an alternative airfield the investigative committee has presented its final report about the accident which killed the late polish need to ski and one thousand five others he's innocent now i reports. for the first time last seconds are heard for polish president lech kaczynski as plane crashed near my ground. on board. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus or inexperience in flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main cause

in the u.k. the country that's been pumping huge sums to fight the white plague of broad brews on able to tackle lawmakers spread. seven yet another energy dispute with one of its closest neighbors join business tsotsi in twenty minutes time for more. very warm welcome see this is all t. live from moscow. the end media to cool the polish presidential plane crash last. what was the crew's refusal to land at alternative airfield the investigative committee has presented its final report on the atherton which killed the late polish leader lech kaczynski and ninety five others he's an ace and now we have that he's hells. for the first time the last seconds are heard before polish president lech kaczynski his plane crashed near smolensk turn on one board. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus were inexperienced in flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they f

u.k. david letterman told us why the air traffic controllers can't be blamed. controllers do not have the right to refuse pilots something that they want to attend they can only advise them they cannot refuse them so it is it's actually. misleading statement and in a lot of parts of the world it's actually wrong for the polish president to say the controller should have told the pilot not to land the controller did not have the right to tell the pilot not to make an attempt. now the draft report did deem pilot error the cause of the crash so far in this final report we haven't heard that we are hearing that not one person is to blame but like i said we could hear otherwise as it's still ongoing but you have to remember also poland and russia have a deep and difficult history together when this first happened the tragedy it looked like they were going to work together vote very closely and throughout the eight months of this investigation it seemed to be the case when the first. draft was r

is back and spreading through the u.k. ranking the worst in western europe victims and doctors give us their story also. and i see soldiers happy ending the last of five ships with three hundred people on board is being led to safety by ice breakers for almost two weeks stranded on russia's far east coast. those stories still to come in the meantime the twenty first century's most infamous detention centers still holding inmates despite president obama's election promise to get it closed guantanamo bay has become a trademark for human rights abuses since taking its first prisoner nine years ago . reports cuba's far from happy at having america's dirty work still carried out on its soil. it's a place forever immortalized by images of torture known by its abbreviation get america's notorious detention facility in guantanamo bay cuba has been the source of world condemnation where abuse lack of legal recourse and indefinite detention is the norm it's also been the subject of decades of strife with cuban authorities who argue

tonight and other news find out why these sixty thousand asylum seekers will be left to live in the u.k. and what it actually means for the security of the country and europe as a whole that's online to. portugal's breathing a faint sigh of relief tonight after raising over one and a half billion dollars in its yearly bond auction but it's come at a price with investors demanding high interest rates for risking their money in the debt strained country it's been seen as a test of whether portugal will need a eurozone bailout like its struggling currency partners greece and ireland dr marcus kerber political scientist from berlin university says portugal would cope much better if its problems with those problems if it wasn't an e.u. member. de portugal is totally trapped by the situation. if we if portugal were not in. union of the country would simply devaluate in order to to gain some time in order to reorganize the economy with the current parity for all for you it is all of this impossible. for portugal to put the country go on the path of growth this is the problem we cannot solve by

the work of the u.k.'s border agency has been slammed in a report by british police the documents suggest at least sixty thousand asylum seekers will be left to live illegally in the u.k. because the agencies lost trace of them all robin simcox is a research fellow at the center for social cohesion he told me that the situation is resulting from the u.k. as open door policy and its obligations as an e.u. member britain is essentially lost control of who is coming into the country and once you can secure your borders you can't secure your country this is a outrageous situation that's a lot about why there's a huge problem with the britain's inability to deport generally. being part of the european union we often can't deport people but their country of origin because it may contravene the european convention on human rights on top of this there's a systemic problem where the huge backlog of cases and we have something like a half a million backlog of cases simply can't be processed and can't be dealt with q

this comes as he appears in court in the u.k. a swedish extradition war. portugal insists it does not need a bank bailout as it comes under pressure from germany and france to head off a potential euro zone crisis. icebreakers reach of the last for a fortnight in freezing waters off russia's far east coast. it is six o'clock in the morning on a wednesday in moscow this is r.t. and we're glad to have you with us we can leaks founder julian assange has a briefly appeared at a london court on tuesday he's fighting extradition to sweden over sexual assault accusations he claims the charges have been fabricated in order to eventually prosecute him for espionage in the u.s. over the release of government documents defense lawyers argue that a son could be sent to guantanamo bay where even face the death penalty if tried in the u.s. archies lore and it has more. it was essentially what they call a case management herring today which is when they set the date for the main herring and just check that all the evidence is in course of being prepared in a timely fashi

that upsurge of tuberculosis in the u.k. the country that is pumping huge sums to fight the white plague abroad proves unable to tackle its alarming spread the whole. this is r t it's not nine pm here in moscow around the world six in the evening in london three in the afternoon and one is there is welcome i'm kevin owen with this hour's roundup of the top news stories and first the immediate cause of the polish presidential plane crash last april was the crew's refusal to learn there's an alternative airfield the investigative committee has presented its final report on the accident which killed the late polish lead aleck itchin ski and ninety five others he's innocent as the details. for the first time the last seconds are heard before polish president lech kaczynski his plane crashed near smolensk turn on one board. in the crew and nord warnings from the aircraft's automated system to the whole lap and advice from the air traffic controllers to land at an airport plus or inexperience in flying and bad weather the intersta

the cable companies didn't prosper in the u.k. as they did in the united states, and they dropped out so the bbc stepped in about 11 years ago and took it over as one of eight or nine digital channels in the u.k. the bbc runs. >> in the beginning, who owned it and who controlled it? >> the cable companies owned it and controlled it. when it was set up, there were quite a number of fairly strict understandings with parliament as to how it was going to operate. most of those actually to some degree still apply to how we operate, because many of them make sense. >> was it originally sold to the bbc or did they just take it over? >> the analog cable license was handed over from the cable companies to the bbc. that since has become irrelevant because analog cable hardly exists in the u.k. anymore, the audience has transferred to satellite and digital terrestrial. >> how is the channel set up and who controls it? >> i'm in charge, it's pabt of bbc news so i'm part of the management team that produces a great number of different programs

was around two hundred thousand people more coming to the u.k. than leave it to any out that on top of the assignment seekers and the backlog and of course we're going to have a massive problem we just need to be much stricter laydown much stricter criteria on who should be allowed into the u.k. and i don't think we've got it in control in anywhere near amount enough because it is a. the portuguese finance minister says he doesn't expect lisbon to ask for a bailout to resolve its economic problems senior officials from the country been resolutely denying media rumors that portugal is being pushed to ask for a one hundred billion dollars package to discuss this in more depth as catch up mode financial advisor marco pitiful is joining us on the line from london tonight mr pitts poly evening to you well we're hearing the germany is reported to be making this move to push lisbon to take the money to prevent the crisis from spreading further must ask you is plunging another country into debt really the only way to save the euro is it actually worth sa

ahead of the program lost in the u.k. authorities have no record of thousands of asylum seekers and why that happened and what it means for the country's security. first the wiki leaks founder briefly appeared in a london court as he continues his battle against extradition julian assange just wanted in sweden to face sex crime allegations which he claims have been fabricated in order to eventually be prosecuted when i speak i was challenges in the u.s. or emmett's following developments. it was essentially what they call a case management herring today which is when they set the date for the main herring and just check that all the evidence is in course of being prepared in a timely fashion we do know know when the full extradition extradition hearing is going to be that is going to take place on the seventh and eighth of february so we've got to wait another sort of three weeks for for the full herring to happen and julian assange has appeared in court on tuesday for this case management hearing after it was a that he m

russia and the u.k. look to the north as all jains ross nafta and b.p.c. were multibillion dollar deals to extract the untapped riches of the art of together. and russian lawmakers approved a key nuclear arms reduction deal with washington they'll ratify it before the end of the month after counterbalancing changes made by the u.s. senate to the new start treaty. which is a live from moscow i'm marina joshua into the program the report on the causes of the plane crash in western russia which killed president lech kaczynski last april has caused outrage in poland warsaw has launched its own probe in an attempt to prove some of the blame lies with russia the interstate aviation committee found at a polish crew bad weather and pressure to weigh and word of blame for the tragedy. has more. for the first time the last seconds are heard before polish president lech kaczynski plane crashed down securing all onboard. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plu

was around two hundred thousand people more coming to the u.k. than leaving it to any of that on top of the asylum seekers and the backlog and of course we're going to have a massive problem so i look at the situation being resolved. well i think britain has to be a lot more stringent on who are allows in the country for a long time now the perception is that britain has become a soft touch on immigration now of course there is a a decent way of dealing with immigration control in an immigration but the problem with statistics like we hear today is that it impacts everyone else the genuine for example refugees and asylum seekers are often tarred with the brush of just being a wave of all immigrants coming into the u.k. so i think we just need to be much much stricter criteria on who should be allowed into the u.k. and i don't think we've got it in control in anywhere near mount enough as it is all right robyn simcox such fellow at the center for social cohesion could have run a program through i think speed with r.t. . live from moscow this is r

and an officer of tuberculosis in the u.k. the country that's pumping huge sums to fight the wife plague abroad luzon able to tackle it's a loving spread at home britain's been named here to be capital with thousands diagnosed with the disease that it. is a growing line of critics warning countries who are bracing the single currency the boarding a sinking ship aussies spoke to a british i mean about why europe needs to open its eyes. today i'm talking to david campbell newman the. euro skeptic political policy ukip he's at the forefront of the campaign against what he calls the european superstate mr campbell brown and thanks very much for talking to r.t. now you compare the european union to the former you the smells the at the end where do you think the similarities lie i think what it's about is actually trying to force a very different countries together very different economies together under one state to state effectively the united states of europe with quite an element the soviet union to it i'm a member of the europe

russia and the u.k. look to the north as oil giant. b.p. multibillion dollar deal to a struct untapped riches of the arctic together. and russian lawmakers approve a key nuclear arms reduction deal with washington. before the end of the month after balancing changes made by the u.s. senate to the new start treaty. with the top stories of today and the week this is the weekly on r.t. now poland has questioned the conclusions of a report into the causes of a plane crash in western russia which killed president lech kaczynski last april warsaw has launched its own investigation now aiming to prove that some of the blame lies with the russian air traffic controllers are now reports now on what the interstate aviation committee found in its investigation. for the first time the last seconds or heard before polish president lech kaczynski his plane crash near smolensk turned on board. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus were inexperien

u.k. banks bailed out by taxpayer money preparing to hand out balm for bonuses ignoring us public pressure to limit the payouts. and israel's political infighting casts a shadow of its international image as no one is sent to meet russia's president during his middle east visit thanks to a strike in the israeli foreign ministry. as martin luther king's birthday is remembered world why some modern day political figure is in the u.s. are accused of using the civil rights icon to excuse america's wars abroad. this is our coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program and some of them may have been bailed out by the taxpayer but britain's biggest banks aren't letting that stop them giving their employees bumper bonuses it's a decision and of finance of political and public pressure at the curb the payouts and the severe cuts being made elsewhere across the economy are just lower emmett's asked london's neediest what they say. this is. the homeless and needy queue up fo

and the u.k.. the u.k. strategic security defense review and with that the washington defense and security community has been very focused on outcomes and what it means for british defense policy. we are also pleased to appeal to host to talk about not only these issues but some of these little issues that play a role here and there. your royal artillery in 2001 since then you commanded units all love of the british army. you take contingence of 99, sierra leone in 2000 and trying operations and difficult environments commander of nato international security assistance force in afghanistan, 2006 and 2007 which as i believe when we first ran across each other and appointed commander in chief of u.k. land forces 2008 and chief of general staff in 2009 and you to cut your current duties and meet october of last year. just one last thing, before you decided on a military career you do interesting people believe research of people who spoke here you were considering becoming a woodworker, race car driver or jour

russia and the u.k. look to. extract. and russian lawmakers approved a key nuclear production deal with washington. before the end of the month. changes made by the u.s. . you all with r.t. as we're highlighting the top stories of today and this week welcome to the program poland has questioned the conclusions of the causes of a plane crash in western russia which killed president lech kaczynski last april warsaw has launched its own investigation to prove that some of the blame lies with russian air traffic controllers. reports now on what the interstate aviation committee found in its investigation. for the first time the last seconds are heard before polish president lech kaczynski his plane crashed near smolensk turn on one board. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to call up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus or inexperience in flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main causes behind the trage

was around two hundred thousand people more coming to the u.k. than leave it to any out on top of the asylum seekers and the backlog and of course we're going to have a massive problem we just need to be much stricter laydown much stricter criteria on who should be allowed into the u.k. and i don't think we've got it in control in any. amount enough because it is a very. what you are to live from moscow let's not take a look at some other stories from around the world today warning it's parliamentary speaker as interim president after weeks of widespread and rest for the former leader from power as his first act in charge for hold on the prime minister to form a unity government hundreds of security forces are patrolling the streets in an attempt to restore order and chaos and moving on the streets of the capital on friday president ben ali fled to saudi arabia and officials say he won't return to office. the first official vote count from the sudanese referendum to decide whether the south will seek independence from the north has gone in favor

and the u.k.. the u.k. strategic security defense review and with that the washington defense and security community has been very focused on outcomes and what it means for british defense policy. we are also pleased to appeal to host to talk about not only these issues but some of these little issues that play a role here and there. your royal artillery in 2001 since then you commanded units all love of the british army. you take contingence of 99, sierra leone in 2000 and trying operations and difficult environments commander of nato international security assistance force in afghanistan, 2006 and 2007 which as i believe when we first ran across each other and appointed commander in chief of u.k. land forces 2008 and chief of general staff in 2009 and you to cut your current duties and meet october of last year. just one last thing, before you decided on a military career you do interesting people believe research of people who spoke here you were considering becoming a woodworker, race car driver or jour

the wiki leaks founder julian assange should peers in the u.k. court as he fights extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations which he claims are politically motivated plus. a breakthrough in the rest. of russia's case with the icebreaker is now close to achieving that and finally. this is r.t. it's midnight here in moscow now my name's kevin owen and our top story the portuguese finance minister says lisbon will not ask for a bailout through his old would see economic problems media reports claim the country is being pressured to apply for one hundred billion dollars rescue package the financial advisor marco petro polio earlier on is a bailar wouldn't solve the fundamental flaws in the concept of the eurozone. this is not in any kind a way a final solution for the european debt crisis it is just buying time for these countries so that hopefully they will be able to get control of their fiscal situation and the markets will start to to believe in them again that they are able to service their debt moving forward in reality what's happe

with the u.k. the whereabouts of tens of thousands of asylum seekers are unknown to our home office blonder well the border agency has simply shelved almost half a million unsolved cases with some of them dating back to the ninety's robin simcox from the center for social cohesion says the u.k. has lost control of its borders due to new regulations britain has essentially lost control of who is coming into the country and once you can secure your borders you can't secure your country this is a outrageous situation that's a lot of why there's a huge problem with the britons inability to deport generally being part of the european union we often can't deport people but country of origin because it may contravene the european convention on human rights on top of this there is a systemic problem where the huge backlog of cases and we have something like a half a million backlog of cases simply can't be processed and can't be dealt with quickly enough so you have a lot of people and that immigration las

because continue to hit the population all the u.k. hit the coen brothers if you've got say the say are. also a bit extreme story well so if chilly in on the last most winter activities take place on solid ground with all this sea russian ice diving seas extreme sport fans journey beneath the surface our cameras go there to give you a look if you want to see what that's like is that arctic dot com. world news in brief the exit british prime minister tony blair has faced the country's iraq war inquiry for the second time over his role in the lead up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous answers after witnesses question parts of his testimony blair says he discussed regime change with the then president bush an admitted ignoring advice the war was illegal and he was protestors outside calls for blair the stand trial of. the albanian fabric of children or at least three people have been shot dead and several others injured during a rally thousands of protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office demanding the government