had plans for an referendum the u.k. has become his main target criticized britain for splintering the bloc saying his duty was now to bring europe out of its lethargy but as he says are cilia reports he could be trying to prop up his own plummeting popularity. there's been a lot of your skepticism growing in the u.k. and david cameron had said that he wants to put the membership of the e.u. to a vote in twenty seventeen and went along i was asked this question a lot simply said europe existed before britain joined it you know. it was very noticeable how long has really been trying to go on the offensive it was acting up showing himself to be a strong leader at this point because he himself is facing a very large and growing euro skepticism in his own country if you just look at the latest figures there's a pew research showing that even if most french people still want to remain as part of the eurozone seventy seven percent of french people think that this closer economic ties with the entire union has been detrimental

and the u.k. is trying to drive its own economy in the best way possible i think our land is criticizing the u.k. when in fact he has plunged his own country into this deep a long term recession so really the u.k. is not here to take lessons from a socialist government that with high taxes passports the country he saw in country into severe difficulties even mr hollande is asking for more political union and this will require a new treaty so on the occasion of this new treaty david cameron could really. of beneficial. for the united kingdom and eventually as i say he has promised a referendum so i don't think what mr landis saying is causing any damage or is really influencing any situation in the united kingdom. and while the embattled economies are struggling to dig themselves out of the recession oh many big international companies are still managing to save cash in their shifting their profits around the world to cut their tax bills as developing countries and are paying the price we explain w

there are one hundred of the u.k.'s biggest companies but new research shows that they're still cutting corners by saving money on tax ninety eight of the footsie one hundred companies in the u.k. run the holding or subsidiary companies off shore these include high street giants such as barclays bank and tesco it's unlikely to make easy reading for the british government which has spent the past four years promising to climb down on corporate tax avoidance now actually is the charity that's been looking into the issue and i'm here to talk to tax policy expert mike lewis who also the report where these findings come from. mike thank you very much for joining us the british government's been promising to clamp down on tax avoidance for a while now we've seen a number of stories and scrutiny towards companies such as starbucks and amazon and google so it looked like progress had been made but what did you find when you looked at the bigger picture a new research found that tax haven operations and companies are almost uni

u.k. armed forces admit to holding dozens of suspected militants without charge any british base in afghanistan now the public and parliament want to know why they were kept in the dark over the detentions. u.n. and international officials urged britain and france to drop their plan to supply this year's rebels with weapons as opposition factions split among themselves. jobless and in jeopardy e.u. leaders warned of the block seven point five million young unemployed need work soon or they will be driven into the arms of extremism. it is four pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program britain's confirmed it's holding up to ninety afghan nationals at its camp bastion base of ghana stand without charge it's thought some have spanned more than a year and detention lawyers say the u.k.'s actions are unlawful drawing a parallel with america's notorious guantanamo bay sarah first has a story. we heard a fairly robust defense for the defense secretary philip ham

u.k. armed forces admit to holding dozens of suspected militants without charge at a british base in afghanistan now the public and parliament want to know why they were kept in the dark over the detentions. one of fishelson top diplomats urged britain and france to drop their plans to supply weapons to the rebels in syria while opposition factions accuse each other of betraying the revolution. plus jobless and in jeopardy leaders warn that of walk seven point five million young unemployed need work soon or they'll be driven into the arms of extremism. which you might see coming to you live from the russian capital at seven pm here a marina joshing welcome to the program how britain's confirmed it's holding up to ninety afghan nationals at its camp bastion base in afghanistan without charge it's thought some have spend more than a year in detention the ministry of defense says it will be ready to hand over the prisoners to local authorities once all the legal obligations are met but lawyer

u.k. independence policy makes huge gains in local elections at securing over twenty percent of the body sending a message to war and governing conservative policy. you i'd say you america is not considering sending weapons to rebels in syria i mean reports of an alleged government led village massacre. and seven out killed in the baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which is suffering one of the last waves of violence since it was sure all of us troops two years ago. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with me thanks for joining us britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections with a form of political outside the euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains early results show. twenty six percent of the vote while coming second in the by election in south shows pushing the tories into third place point of all of these falling events now which could have long lasting repercussions for british p

with no u.k. britain it's important but the truth is of course europe could survive without britain its still would be european union it would be still a very large market it is possible it is thinkable we can have a european union without britain among germany's euro skeptics there's a grudging respect for their british counterparts challenging brussels bureaucracy however they fear they could be in for more of that bureaucracy should the u.k. leave it will probably have a backlash for the european thinking and then they may think well now we have these oddballs and we can go even further with the way of centralizing everything and even overregulating more than we have already and how do the german people feel about britain looking into divorce. if they want to go than they should if they don't use the euro it's not really. i couldn't care less but if that's what they want then we'll just continue without them. they can't leave europe never became part of it because of their island mentality and

this is r t tonight u.k. armed forces admitted to holding dozens of suspected militants without charge at a british base in afghanistan now the public and parliament want to know why they were kept in the dark over the detention of. syrian opposition factions accuse each other of betraying the revolution as top international officials urge britain and france to drop their plans to supply weapons to the rebel. us lists and in jeopardy leaders want to block seven point five million young men and boys need work soon or they'll be driven into the arms of extremists. very good evening just join is very good to have you company it's eleven pm wednesday night here in moscow money was kevin first britain's confirmed is holding up to ninety afghan nationals in its combat student base in afghanistan without charge it's thought some of spent more than a year in detention the ministry of defense says it will be ready to hand over the prisoners to local authorities once all the quote legal obligations are met but lawyers

the u.k. independence party we can see here that the conservative party they've suffered quite a significant defeat losing three hundred twenty seats so far we can see the labor party not doing too badly with two hundred sixty significant gains they're gaining those seats and the liberal democrats the tories the conservative parties partners in government the coalition partners they're losing one hundred six seats in the u.k. independence party there it is with one hundred thirty six councillors getting a seat in the u.k. so far now many see this as a potential threat to the three main political parties and the next general election in twenty fifteen. stevenson he's editor of the u.k. political news websites politics dot co dot u.k. he's been talking to us here. here at r.t. and he says it's too early to predict that ukip could perhaps win those parliamentary seats in the next election in twenty fifteen but by touching on issues like immigration it really is clearly striking a chord in u.k. po

is free to stay in the u.k. he arrived illegally back in two thousand and three but when the home office tried to deport him he appealed and an immigration tribunals ruled that hugo suffers from schizophrenia and had made up the atrocities he was granted leave to remain in the u.k. because he's at risk of committing suicide if he returns to kenya you would normally think that this is not appropriate person to bring into the problem moves if you look at the european convention of human rights it is possible for him to stay here because criminal of the two have a sort we've seen in other parts of the world like sierra leone or join a gentle saddam such like or in. that sort of character and this is one of those he . he's going to be allowed to walk the streets of britain and that's the problem john theo is the first potentially dangerous individual that the home office of tried and failed to deport jordanian terror suspect abu qatada has avoided extradition for over a decade patatas lawyers argue it's against his

you can take it to 50 and you never had to look at u.k. until u.k. recovers.osophical. >> it is. for 60 million people, there is great retailers there. what i'm looking to do is build a global food and company care, acquiring ellis to take earth's best on an infant children's feeding business across the world, buying, you know the business in the u.k. that we bought allows us to take celestial seasoning, rice chips and carrot chips on a global basis. if you come back and look at the bigger consumer package goods, they have not built global businesses. back to your question. listen, only 25% of the households in the u.s. consume hain products. 95% bought organic products. so, number one, there is a lot of leg room and a lot of runway for us to grow in the u.s. but the other thing is there is some great values in europe and u.k. to buy some great brands. >> your stock is more highly valued than those companies you said, listen, are growing 2-3%. therefore, your stock is vulnerable. to any sort of chink. was everything perfect? no. >> so step back for a second. l

britain's euro skeptic u.k. independence party makes huge gains in local elections securing over twenty percent of the vote sending a message to warren governing conservative. say you tell america is now considering sending weapons to rebels in syria i made reports of an alleged government led village months ago. and seven i killed in a baghdad bomb blast the latest deaths in iraq which are some pretty wild waves of violence since it was trial of u.s. troops two years ago. international news and comments live from moscow this is aussie with me you lash from our hello and welcome to the program first britain's governing conservative party is dramatically losing seats in local council elections would be for political outside of the euro skeptic u.k. independence party making impressive gains early results show u.k. about how soap on grabs twenty six percent of the vote while coming second in the by election in south shills pushing the tories into third place. is following a bounce which could have long lasting rep

why from moscow day u.k. armed forces to holding dozens of suspected militants without charge at a british base in afghanistan now the public in parliament what know why they were kept in the dark over the detention. u.s. officials and top diplomat surge britain and france to drop their plans to supply weapons to the rebels in syria one opposition factions accuse each other of betraying the revolution. jobless and in jeopardy e.u. leaders warn that the blocks seven point five million young unemployed need work soon all be driven into the arms of extremism. and over again even if the choice is kevin i would no doubt th key to nine first is ours i just mentioned. britain's confirmed it's holding up to ninety afghan nationals has come past in base in afghanistan without charges though some spend more than a year in detention the minister of defense says it will be ready to hand over the prisoners to local authorities once all the quote legal obligations of met but lawyers still say the u.k. has acted unlawfully

paul nuttall from the u.k. independence party says the row is another sign that it's time for britain to go it alone when you're in a recession and this country is in a double dip recession at the moment when you have huge amounts of youth unemployment when you have british people being put out of work when you have british people whose wages have been reduced significantly because oversaturation of the employment market makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to have an open border policy the government and a totally false position on marriage they're making noises in. saying that they want to put even more restrictions in place but the problem that they've got about this country the e.u. lauren basically tells us that it's a little reason why we should get out of european union and get out now. there's also no unity in a what do you use to be a powerhouse or do it in europe and germany and france are ads loggerheads are following a meeting with chancellor angela merkel and president francois hollande in paris al

the european commission is taking the u.k. to court over the rise of easy it isn't living in the country britain is accused of discriminating against people from the bloc while london in response is calling the move a land grab and says it will fight every serp of the way artists as us will hear reports. the european commission is once again looking more closely at the affairs of its member states not one that's making particular noise especially when the citizens of that contrary is the commission's decision to lodge a case against the u.k. of the european court of justice because the commission says that the u.k. has the discriminatory against nationals of other e.u. countries in receiving welfare now there's already been reaction from the u.k. particularly angry ones from the government i want to from the work and pensions secretary who says that he will not cave in he says a brussels is once again launching a land grab and over reaching its areas of responsibilities and meddling into the affairs of national governments now

u.k. armed forces mit told him dozens of suspected militants without charge of british base in afghanistan now the public a part of what i know why they were kept in the dark over the tensions of. u.n. officials and top diplomats search britain and france to drop their plans to supply weapons to the rebels in syria while opposition factions accuse each other of betraying the revolution. and jobless and in jeopardy e.u. leaders warn of a bloc seven point five million young unemployed soon all they'll be driven into the arms of extremism. alone nine pm here in moscow wednesday evening very good evening schieffer just joined us it's kevin owen here at r.t. from first britain has confirmed it is holding up to ninety afghan nationals of its combat student base in afghanistan without charge it's thought of spent more than a year in detention the ministry of defense says it'll be very to hand over the prisoners to local authorities once all the quote legal obligations are met but lawyers still sa

just as it is in the interest of the u.k. to have good trading relations with the rest of europe the idea that were we to leave the we would then not have trading agreements don't have free trade access not negotiate things that would be in the band of benefit both to europe and to the u.k. but that's just not the case and the germans want to sell us mercedes and b.m.w.'s just as we want to sell things to the germans and the rest of you you so whether we want to stay or to leave there is no doubt that a close trading relationship will exist for many years still to come when looking at this debate i mean it seems like there are two camps of the moment the political one and the economic one it obviously britain's business backbone things quitting

and u.k. they they say they want to see an end to violence there in syria but they're sticking to their hard line on president said can this insistence on getting rid of him really lead to peace. well we have to look at we have to say that the u.k. prime minister is in washington as well powers are gearing up for a conference on syria that would bring representatives of the syrian government and the syrian opposition to the negotiating table president obama david cameron spoke about their hopes for syria they reiterated they want bashar assad gone and they want a transitional government to be put in place and in david cameron's words they want to shape that transitional government they want to shape the opposition david cameron is here after talks with the russian president last friday at russia's black sea resort of sochi here's what he said about this new round of international efforts to mediate a solution. we welcome president putin's agreement to join in efforts to achieve a political sol

this comes as u.k. academics some cia rendition flights are shedding light on america's secret overseas prisons. right washington glass russia for its anti aircraft missile supply in syria but bessie ends of the e.u. arms banner that paves the way for direct lethal aid to rebel forces. learn from moscow this is archie with me with say up to ninety afghan nationals being held without charge at the british army's camp a stand in afghanistan lawyers say that intention of the clients is unlawful drawing comparisons to guantanamo bay let's get more on this now from our jesus who joins us live so why are so many people held at this particular camp without charge . well we heard a fairly robust defense for the defense secretary philip hammond this morning when he confirmed that around eighty or ninety afghan detainees are being held in camp bastion now he said that it was observed to suggest the britons running a secret detention facility this comes on the back of u.k. lawyers who are acting on behalf of some

also we know the u.k. independence party has a growing support base of the tories starting to come around to their vision. you know i think some of them are i think the real risk here is that they don't because you know that the tories that i've heard speaking since that initial results have indicated that they think it was a protest vote and i think it will be extremely dangerous for the conservative party to think that twenty five percent of the british electorate only voted for ukip protest i think the cat is out of the bag about the true cost of being partly you to the people of this country people are voicing their opinion and they want something done about it now either the conservatives will act now or they risk being out. all right christopher clarke from north. to business school thank you very much. thank you. and also had a bahraini activist says a u.k. mates highway is being used against human rights campaign is in the gulf states and you can hear from her after the break. manufacturing consent

police staged raids across the u.k. after the gruesome beheading of a british soldier in london part of the suspects were a wedding known to all sources and one is understood to be a twenty eight year old muslim conduct. on and on and it's one of the more spontaneous atomics calls by the rapid spread of radical movement london's multiethnic suburbs godfather by britain's ministry forays a bold. op and smog police stations and dozens of cars a set ablaze as riots group still holds a false night's finding out across the swedish consul. on reinventing the board tara obama prepares a major security we're branding taking in the hunger strike power lines down tom abate on the white house has grown. used to russia and iran the while this is all see with me. and welcome to the program it's been revealed that both suspects in the cold blooded murder of a soldier in southeast london were only a raiders of british security services long before that they allegedly beheaded their victim in broad daylight with a machete machete i sho

world news a brief note the u.k. says it will remove non-essential embassy staff from libya's capital tripoli the city seen mounting political uncertainty and violence over recent months including a car bomb attack on france's embassy bridges announcement comes just hours after a bomb targeted a police station in the eastern city of benghazi where two similar attacks have taken place this month. thousands of gathered in belgrade to protest the handover of serbian territory to kosovo authorities it comes as the two governments agree on a brussels brokered treaty to normalize regional relations but also paves the way for serbia's even session the agreement is fifty thousand ethnic serbs on the cost of a rule in a region prone to ethnic strife belgrade ever remains adamant in its refusal to recognize cross overs in state. after the terror attack on the boston marathon cities across the u.s. are looking to blanket the streets with more surveillance cameras but authorities are at odds with privacy advocates who are concer

u.k.'s conservative party split the gay marriage some had police try to i don't know most of the road to the bill it's just around the corner. least be cool language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing stories do you. see them trying. to find out more visit. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total destruction of the culture in mexico i tell you what i mean this is not going to impact asylum in mexico whatever happens here. we're eating at about six in the in the open in a you know all the ordinance or. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system. welcome back. well the hundred inmates in gone time have now been on hunger strike for one hundred five days in a drive to highlight abuses at the tourist detention center one prisoner

now our top story u.k. prime minister david cameron and russian president vladimir putin have met to thrash out a path to peace in war torn syria trying to bridge the differences on the issues. he's been following the talks at the black sea resort city of sochi. literally seventy two hours after the u.s. state secretary john kerry met the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow david cameron the british prime minister came over to the city of sochi the whole city of the twenty fourteen winter olympics that's where the russian president will be meeting most of his international callie's over the coming months and the biggest intrigue of this meeting here in sochi was whether david cameron would sing to the same to you as john kerry did in moscow now after months of harsh criticism coming from russia towards the west for taking one side in the syrian conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels even pushing for arming the syrian rebels and providing them with military training and even

u.k.'s conservative party also what odds over the gay marriage both those stories just around the corner. so . dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have these healthy guinea pigs in the regular society they're not able to use prisoners many more they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to paul deadly pills he didn't pass away he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him down. is pharmacy really about helping people. some of these traditional chili lines they've been bred and developed and passed down from generation to. this is a total struction of the culture of new mexico and i tell you what i mean this this is not going to impact asylum in mexico whatever happens here we're going to have the whole world now we're eating out about what's in the in the marrow in the you know all the organs that work for. genetically engineered crops why do you think this country is full of obese and sick people because we have a crappy food system. looki

those germans that say that they are concerned whether the u.k. remains in the european union or not they find their infer something of a shock should the united kingdom opt for independence because if the u.k. were to leave the single market would string by fifteen percent and three hundred billion euro worth of annual trade would face extra costs and this would affect of course everyone those in german chancellor angela merkel's own party have wondered if the u.k. is a truly became a member of the e.u. great britain the intricate part of your for more than one thousand years has always been uneasy with being a member of the european union so now it comes to the fore we have to deal with the summer i think promised britain a referendum on e.u.

police stage raids across the u.k. off to the daylight decapitation of a british soldier in london both suspects are already known to authorities and one is understood to be a twenty eight year old muslim. analysts warn of more spontaneous attacks caused by the rapid spread of radicalism in london multiethnic suburbs spurred by britain's military for is a broad. up in smoke police stations and dozens of places. for a fortnight fanning out across the swedish capital. reinventing the war on terror as a major security rebranding taking in the hunger strike paralyzed. the white house is drawing top stories this hour. on screen online international news and comments live from our studio center here in moscow this is. it's been revealed that both suspects in the cold blooded murder of a soldier in southeast london were on the radars of british security services before the attack they allegedly beheaded their victim in broad daylight with a machete video footage shows one man describing the attack as revenge for british milit

how much money the u.k. treasury forks out for the european commission every month and the fact that they've got such gains shows how fed up the british people are with the political status quo in this country look pattern emerging is very clear the ruling coalition parties the conservatives i'm the liberal democrats have sustained losses in council seats quite significant ones in fact labor have made slight gains nothing to write home about this was really the night of the u.k. independence party why the count so far they looks like they've gained an average of over twenty six percent of the vote in the wards where they were represented in so overnight we've seen a real change to the british political landscape because there are now going to be ukip councillors all over the u.k. some might end up holding quite significant power and it's you know this is a party as i said it was seen as a very marginal and three recently it was the place none of the evolve parties a place where people launched their protest

they want to get rid of you we asked the u.k. home office about their policy towards destitute siloam see cuz this is the statement we got failed asylum seekers have no right to remain in the u.k. and no need for protection they have a duty to return home and any support provided is temporary well individuals make those arrangements the u.k. government will say people don't need to be in this situation but i think that callously masks the reality they are in limbo mainly for years after time who are living with nothing absolutely nothing not even the u.n. millennium goal over in five dollars pity when the glasgow city authorities say they want to help people like arise but our hands are tied because of policies made over six hundred kilometers away in westminster the law has been constructed in such a we actually illegal for the council to provide support for asylum seekers so what has happened is that the numbers of destitute people have to rise and build up over the years it's a terrible situation it's a humanitarian crisis or

u.k. security services are under fire for failing to prevent the brutal daylight murder of a soldier in london on wednesday nine suspects have been arrested so far and at least two of them have been tracked by m i five for years when was allegedly even offered a job by the agency the killing of muslims by british forces overseas was used as justification for the attack but despite fresh fears of homegrown terror u.k. officials are defending the country's foreign policy is sara first reports. a flag at half mast a grizzly attack with a machete style knife and a murdered soldier his death leaves behind a two year old son the seemingly behind this crease a max seeking to bring scenes of violence usually seen in war ravaged parts of the world to the london suburb of will in a poignant interview r.t. spoke to an army officer who told us of the reaction among some in the armed forces to remain anonymous anger of the moment and. not scared scared. you never get someone to. be scared i witness acc

the u.k. and russia go ahead to go head to head on syria with many differences to overcome prime minister cameron is meeting president putin sought you to find a way out of the ongoing conflict. general election campaigning wraps up in pakistan had of the milestone democratic vote that's already been dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. and the crew of the international space station deal with a leaking cooling system all the details of the incident just. it's five pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program well u.k. prime minister david cameron isn't russia to try and rush out a pass to peace in war torn syria together with russian president vladimir putin the two leaders are meeting in the black sea resort of sochi and as are like here chefs in our reports the two sides have quite a big gap to bridge. well literally seventy two hours after the event which in was meeting john kerry the secretary in moscow he's meeting the british prime ministe

demands from the u.k. accusing its leaders of splintering the. gay rights parade in the georgian capital tbilisi attacking the activists who needed police help to escape the area. but faces obstacles from power as the rebel forces there despite evidence of atrocities committed by them in the. top stories this hour. live from studio center here in moscow the cia has gone too far with its spying operations that's the message from russia's federal security service commenting on the recent scandal involving an american agent uncovered in moscow this week. the implications of this. i visited the f.s.b. had called in moscow the f.s.b. officials told me that they knew from day one since ryan fogle came to moscow that he was working for the cia that's why they had a very close eye on him and the most important formation here clearly is that this is not the first case over the past three years in fact in fact since two thousand and eleven there have been four cases like that but one story which the f.s.b. officials wanted to draw particular attention on i