although russia has good or indeed for william hague russia has good relations with all the european countries and of course we've seen that much vaunted reset button being pressed between russia and the u.s. but we have so far failed to push the reset button on russia u.k. relations and that's going to be something that will happen during this visit over a number of years the relations haven't been very good really things came to a bit of a head in two thousand and six with the murder of former russian security officer alexander litvinenko in london that disrupted relations in a way that really hasn't been mended yet the u.k.'s chief suspect in that case and is now a duma deputy and although britain has repeatedly requested his extradition russia cannot extradite him because it's against the constitution and that's something that this relationship hasn't been able to see past their. in a variety of spots including the closure of the british council offices in moscow smaller things all through the u.k. is harboring what amounts to around forty people who are wanted on the criminal ch

well this was a media briefing that said caleb rauf and william hague counterparts in russia and the u.k. gave together and they gave it together wasn't a coincidence it was really a very united sort of briefing they obviously took took great care to present a united front william hague talked about the narrowing differences between russia and the u.k. he said when we disagree we can talk about it and that our disagreement shouldn't stop us from cooperating he did warn though that in this working relationship there will be no big step there will be no big pity where we so everything's ok now it will take it will be a measured improvement a slow improvement where they take measured small but practical steps and william hague talked about some of the practical steps that will be taken including installing a new hot line that joins downing street in london and the kremlin in moscow let's hear what he had to say. countries continue to see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time there will be no giant leaps it is a very measured practical steps and this welcome visit i

russia has good or indeed for william hague russia has good relations with all the european countries and of course we've seen that much vaunted reset button being pressed between russia and the u.s. but we have say fall fails to push the reset button on russia u.k. relations and that's going to be something that will happen during this visit whenever you talk about russia having a better relationship with the u.s. in recent years and other western european countries but why have the white house russia and the u.k. . relationship has been less than friendly over the past four years what are the issues we're talking about here. well over a number of years the relations haven't been very good as you say and really things came to a bit of a head in two thousand and six with the of former russian security officer alexander litvinenko in london that disrupted relations in a way that really hasn't been mended yet the u. case chief suspects in that case and is now a demon a deputy and all the rest and has repeatedly requested his extradition and russia cannot extradite him because it's again

the british foreign minister william hague has warned that peace efforts with israel and palestinians could be a casualty of the uncertainty in the region. he also said israel was putting itself at risk by refusing to compromise on settlement build up, and he urged the country to step back from using what he called a belligerent language. his comments have not been well received in israel. >> a simulated chemical weapons attack in israel this week. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been talking of the threat. with egypt, israel feels another iran on its doorstep, but on a visit to the region, the british foreign secretary william hague expressed differences. the impact on the middle east peace process with the palestinians. >> it will get steadily more difficult, and within a few years may become impossible, and that would leave us with decades of potential conflict and even deeper difficulties in the middle east. it is one of our top priorities in foreign policy in the coming years. >> there was an effort launched by president obama last year, and it is already floundering. unite

it's one of our top priorities in foreign policy over next few years. >> william hague there. a u.s. government investigation into toyota cars have found no problems with the electronics in the vehicles. since 2009 the japanese firm has recalled more than 12 million cars and vans across the world to deal with problems such as sticky accelerators and sudden acceleration. steve kingston reports from washington. >> it was one of the worst p.r. disasters of our times, world's biggest carmaker told by thousands of drivers that their toyotas had suddenly inexplicably accelerated, sometimes with fatal consequences. >> we're in trouble. there's no brake. we're approaching an intersection. hold on. >> here in california, the 911 caller and three others were killed. toyota settled out of court with their families. the government's asked engineers at nasa to consider whether toyotas electric struggle -- electronic throttle was at fault. >> the jury is back. the verdict is in. there is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in toyotas. period. >> instead nasa ide

have it live from london the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov british counterpart there william hague addressing reporters after a morning of meetings let's run down some of the comments made by both of the gentleman there starting with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov off he said that they continue to improve a broad range of economic ventures together between london and moscow level off saying that there are six categories of mutually beneficial areas that will be implemented between russia and england some of them are the areas of finance high tech energy efficiency small the to boost and to help small and medium sized enterprises one of the final comments being discussed right there with the reporters out of iran and london and moscow both agreeing to cooperate further in keeping an eye on iran. for what you're saying regarding iran's nuclear intentions iran should join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty in accordance with the international atomic energy agency they also discussed working together more closely on the possible development of a european security treaty th

love rolled me to his british counterpart william hague is the highest level visit since relations declined after a former russian security service agent alexander named died from poisoning in london in two thousand and six he's a lawyer and has been for the. we have seen a series of meetings today which have really focused on the positive points in what has become a rocky relationship between russia and the u.k. and because of that a lot of what was talked about were economic ties and trade ties of course trade russian and u.k. amounted to around seven billion dollars and russia is one of the e.u. heyst most important trading partners foreign minister lavrov outlined six priorities for improving the trade relationship he talked about finance he talked about working together in the nano tech sector of energy efficiency of course one of these big projects coming up for us here is the end impacts corporation on olympic infrastructure strengthening the small and medium businesses in russia cleaning the residence environment in general they also talked a bit about modernizing communication link

i don't partnership but it hasn't dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let him. see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time giant leaps it is a very measured steps this welcome visit an important steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office. working practical relationship. issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly one of them being trained but it does seem that in the past every attempt has been made to put this relationship back on track it's been deemed railed in some way in the latest example of that is new carting the guardian correspondent who was refused entry to russia this month there was something wrong with his accreditation that's why he wasn't allowed back into the country but of course that's not the only thing where when this relationship was the matter of alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six the british law enforcement's main suspect is under a new gulf

. >> william hague has also urged restraint. he visited the kingdom only a week ago, but britain's close ties could prove to be a liability. among british exports are tear gas and other riot control equipment. >> we believed them to be for trial and evaluation purposes. we do now, in the circumstances, reveal all our exports. >> there is worry that the unrest could spread further. as oil prices rose today, a sign of the jittery markets varia. in yemen, street rallies continue. violent clashes are a regular occurrence. libya is also facing a change. last night, video posted on at the web that showed clashes in libya was the third biggest city. today, a libyan television showed only a pro-government rally. >> artifacts are still missing from the museum in cairo. authorities say a number of men have been arrested and that journalists have just been allowed inside since the unrest. >> it houses the secrets to the world's most mysterious and civilization. today, the egyptian museum is heavily guarded by the army, but on the first nig

tuesday in an attempt to turn a new page in the country's relationship sort of a lever all of them william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin to prevent any patient probes visit comes after years of simmering diplomatic tensions between london and moscow the most recent spot unfolded just two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied entry to russia or after violating accreditation rules quickly resolved the reporter was allowed back into the country. check out our t. dot com place you can get more stories blogs nurses have your say as well online right now fasten your seatbelts that's the invite russia is developing an atomic powered train which could they say take passengers further and faster than ever before you get the background on this exciting technology story and i'll take. this brain of harry potter drawing fans of the younger generation to israel but all is not as it seems as you'll find out if you take a look at our team. a unique mission imitating a return trip to mars has reached an important milestone as friday marked the midpoint of th

billion dollars that's always a positive that lavrov can focus on when he meets foreign secretary william hague he's also said jill to see prime minister david cameron and make a speech at the london school of economics on the agenda for european security cooperation in europe's missile defense project russia e.u. and russia nato relations and the situation in the middle east and afghanistan together with iran's nuclear program those last two points russia has allowed allied forces to use its transport routes for troops and supplies crucial for the war in afghanistan and it's also led fruitful negotiations with iran on its nuclear program the fact remains however that while russia has good relations with all the european countries and the reset button on russia u.s. relations has been pressed and appears to be working to visit to the u.k. may not be an easy one however slowly progress is being made in particular with person expressing interest in resuming cooperation with russia on securing. the fight against terrorism that's expected to be officially voice during last visit. egypt has been gri

rife that mubarak had fled cairo he's headed to germany and he said british foreign secretary william hague said that colonel gadhafi had left tripoli in the midst of the ongoing crisis there but protesters are now very heated up it's all very hot in each of these countries and the fact that they might be falsely made to believe that they have won that they have a victory is very dangerous because they heating up the of the situation opens the door for other countries other power structures to come into egypt into coming to libya into coming to tunisia and all of the other countries to try and take some advantage in some cases might be greater than from what is happening in the charge shell of a political party's headquarters in a country policed by the military todd levy image many in the west would associate with a democratic nation however this doesn't stop world leaders from speaking about a newly democratic egypt. the country is now being watched over by the armed forces while a partial curfew is still in place in cairo many key figures of mubarak's regime remain in the current cabinet

was off the table when it came to dealing with the libya question also british foreign secretary william hague said a day of reckoning would come for those who have caused this violence in libya well one of the things that the sanctions will bring into play is the referral of colonel gadhafi and his regime to the international criminal court now there are some that believe that should be all one of the senior officials appear before that criminal court some embarrassing revelations about his dealings with the west in recent times could come to light. magine if. only for seven because aberrational libya their. trio their you know. the international community all the shady deals all the shading financial deals with italy specially which has at least fifty billion dollars oil interests and their daughter relationships so they're actually every european government not to mention the u.s. an arms dealer. would be a fantastic short. well any investigation into what's happened in libya is some way off what is happening right now though is a humanitarian crisis on the border between tunisia and libya

earlier this week in an attempt to turn a new page in the country's relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between guarding streak in the kremlin to improve communication and love rove's visit comes after years of similar interest from attic tensions between lovers are the most recent spat unfolded on a two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re-entry to russia also a violation accreditation rules it was quickly resolved though in the reporter was allowed back into the country. take a quick look at our t. dog comes tonight it was a place he gets a lot about going to our stories blogs analysis out the chance of you'll say as well online right now fasten your seat belt drive russia's developing an atomic powered train which could they say take passengers further and faster than ever before really interesting technology story one tonight but check it out chief you want to know more about iran we brought you this yes they didn't catch it the grave of harry potter is drawing fans of the young magician to israel but. is not as it seems check it out home t

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big wigs foreign minister of britain william hague saying more my gadhafi is in venezuela just before gadhafi gave a speech in tripoli for example but now he has come out with a passion plea for foreign powers to stay out of the conflict in so much as to allow the democratic process and the people to elect their own leaders in that region themselves he gave several examples of how interference has brought the reverse effect of what the west wanted have been one such organization democratically elected and then put on the terrorist list as soon as they were elected he also said that the islamist occasion of north africa was on likely in his view if the democratic process was allowed to take its natural course of course this is having an effect on the economy already we're seeing brant oil prices at one eighteen dollars a barrel. to double in the short period and he said that there were western power. to interfere that would further damage the world economy which is of course being hurt by high oil prices we've seen the economy suffering already and so let's listen to what were they rep

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london tuesday at an attempt to turn a new page in their country's relationship sergey lavrov and william hague agreed to establish a hotline between downing street and the kremlin aimed at improving relations visit tums after years of simmering diplomatic tensions between london and moscow the most recent spat unfolded two weeks ago when a british journalist was denied re entry to russia after violating its accreditation rules it was quickly resolved when a reporter was allowed back in the country. the president of belarus says the opposition will be called bashed on the head on less and stops the stabilizing the country alexander lukashenko is warning comes just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protests protests in minsk was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets as polls closed in december's presidential race more than six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates yet or in chief of the magazine a russia in global affairs tells r.t. that altho

a shame to that our foreign secretary william hague has not made it absolutely clear that for the rights of the people of egypt there really has to be this going really has to step down i'm afraid william high here in london has been saying well you know you have to let the egyptians sort this out for themselves. just like this in egypt at the moment international pressure can be absolutely crucial and it seems the international pressure is all going the wrong way. just a few moments ago we were showing the live pictures from tahrir square and the latest pictures as well but iran's ayatollah says the events in egypt are quote an islamic awakening what do you think he means by this and would you agree. well not necessarily an islamic awakening and i think what we haven't had in egypt for the last really since the second world war is any kind of real democracy and this is what the people of egypt now want they've had enough of dictatorship they've had enough of very powerful influence by western powers and they've just simply decided that we want a democracy here that simply means from the

also the partnership that it has in dialogue with nato and on improving european security and william hague the british foreign secretary also underlined the importance of that relationship let's hear him speak to those countries continue to see a patient steady improvement in relations it will take time there will be no giant leaps it is a very measured practical steps and this welcome visit is an important part of the steady improvement in relations which we initiated on our side when the coalition government came into office and as a working practical relationship on bilateral issues and on global issues it is undoubtedly on an improving trend. and alongside the bilateral relationship that these two countries have and are trying to improve there's obviously that cooperation on the international stage and in terms of that they have issued a joint statement on afghanistan which talked about the transfer of power in afghanistan also talked about troop withdrawal set up assessing a sort of loose timetable for that and also the fight against the production of drugs in afghanistan which is a h

needed is the security council to address that it's not there's not all that much they can do they william hague our foreign secretary said this afternoon that one of the things they should do is to make make it very clear that people who commit crimes against humanity in the course of the surplus of the affair will also follow crimes off towards well that's a good as far as it goes but i don't think it's going to have any real effect on the on the situation around your place to answer this what impact do you think all this is going to have on britain's relations with libya. well of course it depends on the outcome i think that it isn't just britain it isn't just britain's relations with libya i think libya's standing in the world is going to be radically altered by this either we're going to see a return to the pariah state status of thirty years ago only this time he won't just be president reagan who is declaring that gadhafi is a mad dog it will be the whole world i think or we're going to see some new structure in libya and that's very very difficult to read because there isn't much there a

that is why we're investing in the national cybersecurity program that i know william hague and i'm sure to work on counter-prolive medication. the biggest threat we face comes from terrorist attacks some of which are carried out by our own citizens. it is important to stress that terrorism is not linked exclusively to any one religion or ethnic group. my country, the united kingdom still faces threats from dissident republicans in northern ireland. anarchist attacks have occurred recently in greece and italy and, of course, yourselves in germany were long scarred by terrorism from the red army faction. nevertheless, we should acknowledge that this threat comes in europe overwhelmingly from young men who follow a completely perverse, warped interpretation of islam and who are prepared to blow themselves up and kill their fellow citizens. last week at davos i range the alarm bell for the europe to return to their economic dynamism. though my message is complex, my message is equally stark. we will not defeat terrorism simply by the action we take outside our borders. europe needs to wake

that is why we're investing in a national cybersecurity program that i know william hague talked about yesterday and we are sharpening our readiness to act. the biggest threat that we faced comes interest terrorist attacks, some of which are sadly carried out by our own citizens. it is important to sthreas terrorism is not linked -- stress that strism is not linked to one ethnic group. anarchist attacks have occurred recently in greece and italy and of course, yourselfs in germany were long scarred by terrorism from the red army faction. werked acknowledge this threat comes in europe overwhelmingly from young men who follow a completely perverse, warped interpretation of islam, and who are prepared to blow themselves up and kill their fellow citizens. last week at davos, i ran the alarm bell for the urgent need for europe to recover its economic dynamism and today, my message on security is equally stark. we will not defeat terrorism simply by the actions we take outside our borders. europe needs to wake up to what is happening in our own countries. of course, that means strengthening,

. >> i have a second question which is the british foreign minister william hague it's time for the administration take bold steps in israel-palestinian peace process considering what's happening in the middle east. >> well, i think the president has and this administration has been from day one actively involved in seeking a lasting peace between israel and the palestinians. and we understand and we know that our lack of involvement by this country is not likely to produce the outcome that the world hopes for with peace. only through active engagement involvement can that happen. we have and we will continue to do that but just like in this instance, we cannot construct or force on those two entities -- something that they're unwilling to take steps to do themselves. >> you started off by calling for the arrest of journalists to stop. our own reporting shows that the military police weren't involved. do you still think that the egyptian military showed professionalism, impartiality and restraint. >> i would refer you to what i said a second ago. obviously, the restraint that we saw has been impor