more you're watching r.t. now europe is on high terror after belgian authorities arrested several radical islamists twenty six people were seized for apparently plotting attacks for the christmas period and suspects are being linked to international terror organizations and chechen militants daniel bushell is one of the developments for r.t. . police here in brussels say they busted an islamic terrorist cell tied to russia's republic of chechnya which is planning attacks through three throughout europe so it is swooped on fifteen people suspect of recruiting jihad is to fight in iraq and afghanistan it comes just hours after all storage is launched pre-dawn raid on homes of another eleven suspects who were tied to a cicily are linked in its work the belgian prosecutor's office said quote there were an international terrorist group using its stream internet site and saw al mujahideen to plan an attack it comes as part of massive coordinated raids across europe in countries like the netherlands denmark and germa

this is r.t. welcome reads eight pm saturday night here in moscow i'm kevin owen and one story dominating our coverage tonight the nato russia summit and breaking news from that summit in the last few minutes in fact the nato secretary general says that russia has accepted the alliance's proposal to work together on the european missile defense nature of nations decided that the airlines will quiet the capability to defend european territory and populations against the style attack. and they extended an offer to russia. cooperate with us. let us do this together and i'm very pleased that president medvedev has taken up that offer much more detail on the breaking news over the coming hours here on r.t. main town the alliance has said all along it wants to see russia as a part of that message was made clear at the meeting currently taking place in lisbon where nato has adopted a new strategy that includes cooperation with russia has cut. the details from lisbon. critics of the organization will of c

r.t. sells south korea meantime sort of gabriel off who is one of russia's leading political journalists told r.t. that there are ways for china and russia to protect their trade from american dollar fluctuations. we've seen something very dangerous in the global economy and that is the financial sector dominating over industries basically what we see now is americans pumping these dollars to the financial sector once again ignoring the industries that the american position is totally explicable i can't really argue with the americans the most so that's what all depends on the on the states given the framework of the international financial system i would emphasize the initiatives at least the idea which is being discussed between russia and china and that is to switching to yuan and rebels in the bilateral trade now the chinese russian buy a little trade is not as huge as the us china is certainly this will not will not kill the u.s. dollar that is to say we do have alternative options to

r.t. if everyone welcome to russia is a committed to ensuring the government of afghanistan is in full control of the country as soon as possible the afghan foreign minister is in moscow where he met his opposite number sort of a loved one off to discuss russia's role in the stabilization of afghanistan moscow pledged to continue to financial and military aid and to provide the tools to stem the flow of drugs. he has been following the talks for us. the two foreign ministers meeting today in moscow or c. seem to be pretty happy about the way the corporation is going this cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking has been very strong of late we know that russia has donated twenty thousand kalashnikov rifles to afghanistan to the interior troops in afghanistan to fight the spread of drugs as well as the recent joint u.s. russian operation in afghanistan after which almost one ton of herion was destroyed and several drug labs were shut down in the country so obviously the two minister

r.t. travel to central asia to explore what's being done to revive the our old see. you with r.t. as we're highlighting the top stories of today and all of this week and i'll see crew spend a thirty two hours in a u.s. jail after filming a peaceful protests near the so-called school of assassins in the u.s. state of georgia reporter kalen forward says she and her camera man were handcuffed and put in the same cell with criminals and despite condemnation from human rights watchdog the o.s.i. see the case was ignored by the media. it started off as a rally outside a u.s. training camp for latin american military and police officers followed this nonviolent protest caught everyone by surprise dozens were arrested police targeted journalists along with the activists i'm a member of that right. i'm a member of the five i'm sorry ok i'm sorry among those arrested were r t correspondent kayleen support and r.t. cameramen john conway both there on assignment covering the protests that brought together thousands of people. the only thing i asked the officer to please remove the handcuffs t

for moscow this is r.t. and a report suggests that china is planning to send a top foreign affairs diplomat to north korea as part of attempts to ease tensions on the peninsula beijing wants an emergency meeting of the six nations involved in north korea disarmament talks south korea says it's just not interested in formally resuming talks on the subject at this time tensions have been stoked by the u.s. sound south korea holding four day joint military exercises in the yellow sea near the disputed maritime border john garang has reportedly put its surface to surface missiles on alert it comes just days after the north claiming it was provoked fired artillery on an island belonging to the south killing four people leonid petroff korean studies lecturer rose says u.s. efforts to keep north korea on edge coming dangerously close to deliberately sparking a conflict. there are many questions about the reasons behind the u.s. and involvement in the military exercises that has been already the fourth military exer

tests are cilia r.t. yokohama japan. planning to come here and r.t. this hour including. kind of the you know. as an imperialist power republicans seem eager to throw countless piles of dollars at us to finance mostly of the cost of social benefits. and of investigation into costs a bit more in trafficking network raises concerns about the region becoming a breeding ground for gruesome crimes. military assistance is what's on the table as the lebanese prime minister is coming to moscow so to reread as expected to meet with his counterpart vladimir putin during the two day visit ahead of his trip r.t. talked to the lebanese premier on relations between the two countries as well as international issues such as russia's role in the middle east peace process watch the full interview in just a word twenty minutes here here's a preview. and therefore i think russia could play a very important role that is mean your friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance and think through the international community because it i

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories shock tactics a controversial russian artist asks online users to electrocute him in a bid to promote freedom of expression he was once slammed by religious groups for staged fiction. the was sued for inciting religious hatred ten years ago but fled to bulgaria before the court's decision. fighting for hell's hopes are a fading for a better health care system in the u.s. as republicans gain control of the house and vowed to repeal barack obama's reforms some americans claim they're forced to forgo while treatment because insurance companies refuse to cover the expenses. and the price of beauty say this magix of shoppers playing russian roulette as they end up with.

this is r.t. coming to life from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program russian businessman victor borge has landed in new york after being extradited from thailand suspected of arms smuggling if convicted in the u.s. he faces life in prison but moscow says it will continue to fight for bush citing his extradition as illegal as marine forty nine are reports. u.s. justice department refuses to give me personally any comment regarding what will happen next to victor boot but i can tell you that prosecutors are preparing to address the media some point wednesday that would detail how the the trial would proceed if there is to be a trial where he will be held in the time being as i mentioned i did reach out to the justice department to just find out basic questions when the arraignment would be where mr boot would be relocated to whether he would be held under special administrative measures that the justice department wrote me back saying that they would not comment or answer any of my questio

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a very warm welcome to this is r.t. life from moscow with me unless have it the impacts of the wars the us is fighting in iraq and afghanistan is being felt on home soil of greater than at the recent figures show a record high number of young veterans are committing suicide each month gallonage account investigates what pushes so many us soldiers to take their own lives when they're returning home from frontline danger each day eighteen american veterans commit suicide in the last few years more u.s. military personnel of taken their own lives than have been killed in either iraq or afghanistan the numbers raise a question where is the battle really happening in the field or at home. only home. or. even took him over. and is mentally never returned. to. you. and a year and a half and torture. are there. these parents share a similar tragedy one of losing their children who had gone to war in iraq strong and healthy man and came back deeply traumatized and haunted by nightmares. thousands of american troops returning hom

r.t. moscow. seem time to break out chopsticks as a little later we're giving a tour of moscow's very own chinatown. the star because what i look and smell are great we've got the ministry of chopsticks here fortunately i can use that. wonderful chinese food in the russian capital for certain words and discipline to. join the moscow team in ten minutes from now here on next it's the business news with kareena. and i welcome to our weekend business program good to have you with us policies to stimulate growth are the best way to ensure the comic recovery doesn't falter according to the president of the world bank it's a view that appears shop at odds with the austerity measures being brought in across europe correspondent pool caught up with robert zoellick in st petersburg this week to discuss the recovery trade and currency wars. much of the debate is talked about the current account imbalances and sort of rebalance seen aggregate demand that has a worthwhile role but i think it needs to be combi

hello you're watching r.t. we're live from moscow welcome to the program the international space station is marking an epic maston today with its tenth anniversary and a decade of constant service it's the longest period of continuous human habitation outside the south misfit while some are again questioning the immense cost of the project others say the potential future benefits for mankind are unmeasurable. their reports. the second two thousand the first permanent crew reaches the international space station as the world watches its arguably humanity's most them vicious engineering project to date a mixture of science technology and political cooperation between formal sworn enemies in the ten years since the says has expanded to the size of a football field and received two hundred lives it has. now the station is nearly complete but the jury in what it has achieved is still out there for sure but up to before the i.s.o.'s is a breakthrough of corp before there were separate space agencies now they work tog

live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day so unflattering assessments of the world leaders by u.s. diplomats and spying on the u.n. secretary general that's information anyone has no access to after classified documents from u.s. embassies across the globe were revealed by whistleblower wiki leaks well for more on this we cannot cross of course. in washington. the files can tell us foreign policy secrets but has the leak exposed anything really surprising or even explosive. well bill you're right those are thousands of cables from american embassies around the world sent to washington and from washington they expose diplomatic information never manned for public eyes for example the documents show hillary clinton ordered american diplomats to spy on u.n. leaders including ban ki-moon and the permanent security council representatives from china russia france and the u.k. another file suggest for example two years ago the us ambassador in georgia reported about georgia preparing a major attack

live from moscow this is r.t. britain so it's a bigger show of anger yet against the massive cuts the country faces to plug its debt this week tens of thousands of students descended on london against plans to triple their college fees they burned banners and broke windows and hold objects up police more than fifty were arrested the harsh budget cuts come inside with a dispute over paying to run the european union which is in line to get even more money from member states next year david campbell bannerman who's a british member of the european parliament told r.t. why he thinks britain would be better off spending the money back. when you look at where the money's going i mean expenses account has gone up by eighty five percent that's for entertainment you're getting film prizes there's money going on the hunting day private golf clubs you know it's a huge waste of money there's no excuse for any budget in fact it should be. posted about this two point nine nine percent increase is being great cut relative to six

it is r.t. here in moscow good to have you with us there is a possibility that a currency union between russia and the european union will be created that's a message from russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel who have pledged to strengthen economic ties between their countries. has more now from the german capital. judging by what we've heard today in berlin on friday russia and germany are continuing to move closer together an increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor on go america will have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many years like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and science but even talked about the possibility of. currency union halls of course and that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both

of course you can get more news stories from r.t. by logging on to our website at r.t. dot com has a look at what's the three right now breaking rather it's russian lawmakers lead by example in the fight for no smoking. and home alone to make the internet a safer place for your children all that and what all to dot com. for. decades ago an agricultural bid to boost the soviet economy destroyed central asia is great aral sea there's an even more ambitious plan on the way to reverse one of the wells worst one made environmental disasters. from reports from kazakhstan attempts to bring this dying lake back from the brink but. there are people living at this harbor who have never seen the water which once lapped at its walls the former port city of a raskin kazakstan was once a bustling hub of business and human activity but beginning in the one nine hundred sixty s. rivers feeding massive cotton fields for the soviet union diverted water away from the rivers that fed the erroll sea. when i came in she was close to the city my husband and i have by and would swim to the isl

this happens every time one hundred people the internet both elect modem r.t. to receive a massive electric jolt anyone can vote he'll do this every night for a week or until he's hospitalized i think you're born rich or so if this is a test of how society interprets freedom do they want to use it to save or to kill me this is a lot about our society. mother matty says his electric shock treatment is symbolic of what he calls the oppression of artists specifically says ship of art by vocal religious minority. then years ago he shot the radical film in which he was authentic we crucified. i'm not the sort of got seven inscription on his back. a prominent orthodox christian he thought that i was asian and russia sued him for inciting religious hatred and knew there was no position there people had the right to be protected from having their beliefs insulted the man deserves punishment all they feel for him no beauty he's crazy. at the moment but i'm about to did not wait for the court decision and fled he's now living in exile and bulgaria won't just touch our ci

well later r.t. speaks to american democratic congressman dennis kucinich about the financial situation in the u.s. he says the country's economy needs to be completely reformed. the structure of our system is wrong it doesn't work anymore for the average working person the american economic system when it comes to delivering to the practical aspirations of americans is falling apart look the economic system itself is the problem and the whether it's a democrat or republican in charge of it look it's a faulty vehicle right now we have to change the structure of our economy or people are just being dealt out of the economy what you would expect people to do or they're mad. about you can watch that interview in full hair in our t. in just over an hour's time. police in the u.k. over the launch an inquiry into how the force handled wednesday student marches which turned violent riots broke out among tens of thousands of students who took to the streets of london protesting government plans to slash educ

thanks for being with us here on r.t. mr kirk now we are in the midst of what's being dubbed a currency war with the u.s. and china really at loggerheads each accusing the other of currency manipulation you think there's a way out of this and well there may be a way out of it but i'm not. certain that we're going to get out of it any time soon the g. twenty summit did not come out with any. consensus on currency balances they certainly came out with strong resolution of the so that it's not good they said volatility is not good and all this other stuff is not good but actually agree on a way to on the way to resolve it aside from recognizing the problem and saying yes let's try to resolve it and then of course the. issue of global trade imbalance is do you think the u.s. is justified in. export having countries like china and germany succumb to their reliance on exports in order to rebalance trade it when appropriate well you know i don't know if the u.s. is justified but i will say the u.s. has a terrific trade deficit a

so that's the news from r.t. i'll be back with a look at the headlines after a short break stay with us live here in moscow. seventy six hours of intense fighting. six thousand dead at a beach front battlefields several kilometers long. and now there is only one person who cares. if we are surrounded by garbage everywhere but also there are. on this beach which of course is very most appropriate signification a symbol of everything that's wrong with our goddamn government allowing not only garbage but to accumulate where somebody goes died. a new battle is going on. will the history be protected. return to terra what julian cooper story on our t.v. . sweet and clean. salty and very useful. radioactive. and dangerous. and even dead and desolate. keep their unique secrets their unique lakes. if you just joined us a very warm welcome with the latest news in a roundup of the week's top stories this is. the arrest of an all news crew covering a peaceful protest in the u.s. is criticized by organizations as a crackdown

with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. in moscow. the russian capital is thailand's extradition of russian business invicta boots to the u.s. as illegal washington is accused of using unprecedented political pressure to handed having handed over america says the man nicknamed the merchant of death trafficked to dictators and conflict zones around the world is going to church can brings us now the latest from washington. according to some reports victor board is expected to wendy in new york at nine pm local time there following a very contentious extradition procedure this that puts lawyers family in the russian embassy in thailand said they had no information of that coming it was apparently just put on the plane in a very speedy manner and sent to face trial in the u.s. we contacted the f.b.i. for more commas they did not comment but they said they were going to hold a news conference this wednesday will definitely keep you posted on that the u.s. you can imagine is more than happy to have mr boat on their soil he was detained in t

here with r.t. we're coming to you live from the russian capital still to come on the program as russia has more help from nato. many experts. say yes'. energy efficiency advice coming from a business visit to germany with details of that story coming up a little later. the people of switzerland approved a proposed law to expel foreign criminals from the country the nationwide ban that was initiated by a right wing policy measures had raised questions over whether this was discriminating against immigrants. for us. so today in a referendum the swiss people have decided in favor of a new law making it mandatory for foreign criminals convicted of serious crimes such as murder and rape to be kicked out of the country now this has been a very controversial issue since the proposal was initially passed and today the decision has been made the swiss are in favor of this law. change of mentality. what the population wants and they will become stricter towards criminals it doesn't have anything to do with n

you're watching r.t. broadcasting live from moscow welcome to the program and news crew has been taken into custody in the u.s. state of georgia while filming an annual rally in their military base thousands joined the un authorized demonstration calling for the closure of fort benning nicknamed the school of assassins but that's not going to change in washington d.c. for more on this guy the what's going on there now and when can we expect the release of our news crew. well kerry our crew is stealing geralyn columbus georgia we have no idea when they're going to be released arctic correspondent kayleen ford and cameraman john conway were arrested while covering a massive rally outside ford banning which hosts a training center for latin american military officers and policemen thousands of people gathered at the gates of that institution in the state of georgia with demands to shut it down among its graduates are many of latin america's most notorious torturers mass murderers and dictators some call for

speaking exclusively to r.t. . says the global titanium market has already we bound it from the bottom of the economic downturn you do is to brood in the ocean i think that the global try to a new market is possible to move to try. as the player which controls a third of the market is also recovering two thousand and ten has become the turning point volumes are increasing and we are into superior even more substantial growth of around twenty percent in twenty eleven. back in two thousand and seven the company agreed on a program aimed at increasing capacity to forty six thousand tonnes of titanium production pretty here and has postponed this because of the crisis when do you plan to achieve this goal national concept that and development concept till twenty fifteen implies a shift from the role materials market to the manufacture of more advanced products in areas of industrial titanium i should point out that vs n.p.r. is the only vertically integrated holding with titanium grain at the input and finished product

stay with us here on r.t. and you can see the full documentary in about ten minutes from now well from natural beauty to a crime against nature the gulf of mexico oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters the world has seen hundreds of millions of gallons of oil spewed into the water following an all of rig explosion when our coverage of the disaster is virtually disappeared from america's press however bob who wrote a book on the catastrophe told r.t. nothing has changed with industry regulation and the problems are still lurking that's all special interview coming up next. six months ago the worst environmental disaster took place in the us a b.p. oil spill unleashing more than two hundred million gallons of oil into the gulf coast how could this disaster have been prevented and why has this story fallen from the front pages joining me now to talk more about this topic is bob cavanaugh our author of disaster on the horizon and c o of a look at technologies thank you very much for sitting down to

well in an interview with r.t. sophie shevardnadze serbian president boris tadic says that despite economic problems the cost of a remains one of the top issues for the serbian people that's later this hour here knotty. konami cries this. unemployment and the kind of problems on the top of our agenda and this is a totally true without a strong economy and the real development you cannot defend your state and the national interest but people are not thinking of course always are not the problem anymore we have a confrontation between serbs and albanians not between should be and cost so because we don't trick when i score so in the us we have a confrontation between service and obedience for almost. fifty years and on the end of the day we have to solve that kind of conflict. blocking not only serbs sort of single billions but also a whole region in terms of progress and development only true or we can achieve some solution that can be acceptable for great. once the world's fourth largest lake central asia as i'll s

r.t. . what is nato sets out its plans for the decade to come is also looking ahead russia's nato representative says the country wants more joined up thinking in the advance to ensure security isn't threatened. now after we have lived through the conflict in south ossetia under a sharp decline in relations it turns out we might have needed such a test on the one hand these events have shown that old nato policies were provoking such an adequate regimes like the suckers really warm to bloody actions on the other hand nato did not get involved in this conflict because europeans did not support the most aggressive part of the bush administration for us nato was a big headache it used to be an enemy now an unpredictable partner the left hand of which doesn't know what the right hand is doing we are tired of this we want more stability and security on our western borders and in the long run maybe even certainty that there will be no trouble at the whole i think the americans are finally heard

r.t. yokohama japan. the outgoing u.s. senate is starting its last series of sessions before the newly elected members come in this january thing is going to look tough for barack obama the post-election period called a lame duck session this is the last chance for the president push his initiatives through the democratic majority was severely reduced following recent elections and one deal at risk is the nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia which could face strong republican opposition political expert dr dominic lieven says obama is desperate to make this tricky work to win points at home. for the moment everything's less important than internal battles on cap. hill. you know within the sort of american political elite there's simply obsessive lee hostile to each other and competing for power nothing else really counts and therefore you know international treaty is the whole range of foreign policy issues to simply become again essential to see in and who's out in washington well i think it's partly that they feel t

and you've got an opinion on any of our stories head over to r.t. dot com and have your say with exclusive coverage videos and features there's plenty to keep you busy here's a quick taste of what's it like right now. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad doesn't even acknowledge israel's right to exist but find out how some jews have made themselves and their home and these lawmakers state. plus the story behind why russian naval bases could soon start appearing around the world in foreign citizens could begin serving in the russian armed forces all the details at r.t. dot com. now more international stories for you this hour here in r.t.e. in seoul so south korean foreign military personnel have clashed with police as they rallied to show their anger at the country's response to artillery shelling by the north ex soldiers want to be punished for the attack which killed four people including two marines tensions between the koreas remain high as the us and the south are planning large scale military drills said to begin on sunday has issued new war

watching r.t. coming to live from moscow a marina joshua into the program first stop the alleged arms trafficker viktor but has left thailand after being handed over to u.s. authorities it follows the thai government's decision to approve his extradition washington accused of a number of crimes including trying to sell weapons to rebels in colombia if convicted he could face a life behind bars let's get the very latest now from of course. igor the extradition decision wasn't expected until the end of the week and he's already on his way to the united states it's all happening very quickly so why is a surgeon. well it is everything is at the moment are pretty extreme. he quickly it's really difficult to see what's the reasons behind this urgency. this is really big news since we were expecting a thai authorities to review its exhibition on friday and now we're still waiting for official comments from the russian foreign ministry and from washington as well who to lawrenceville say that this is even

here with r.t. we're coming to live from the russian capital still to come on the program this hour as russia plays more healthfully its campaign in afghanistan many experts doubt that the war there can be one of the. glittering understand you're going to use for heating you do need gas develop your nuclear power the good. energy efficiency advice coming from vladimir putin during a business visit to germany stay with us for the details. twenty six suspected terrorists with alleged links to al qaeda were arrested in europe this week eleven of them are suspected of being part of a chechen islamist network planning to commit attacks in belgium group is also thought to be raising money for terrorism in russia's volatile north caucasus region those were detained in connection with a separate probe targeting an extremist group recruiting jihadi fighters from iraq and afghanistan british security analyst peter power says once it's lost clear that russia and the west are fighting a common enemy the potenti

r.t. yokohama japan. america is taking a new approach in its efforts to build peace in the middle east it's offering israel twenty of the most advanced warplanes of the build in exchange it wants a temporary freeze on building in the occupied palestinian territories washington's put stealth fighter jets were three billion dollars on the table and a pledge to fight any international resolutions against israel in exchange america wants israel to pause construction in the west bank for three months and promises not to request another freeze when that deadline is up palestinians are criticizing the plan angry that the proposal will not apply to east jerusalem now discuss this further with he's the head of the land advocacy project yes it's a group working against the violation of palestinian rights thanks very much indeed for joining us there live in israel so what do you make of the offer of warplanes in an effort to revive peace talks. i could hardly hear you and what you make of this what do you make of th

has considered itself the example for others to follow next hour here on r.t. we asked people stateside where they think we'll now live. is america and everybody always looked up to us but how much longer the resident gauges opinion in new york about who wields influence in today's world interesting that we're not called it already today. good news for motor sport farms in the week russia's premier making a number of firsts in formula one of late this season saw its first ever driver taking part of the country will host its first ever grand prix in sochi in twenty forty and now to be a russian car competing to be first past the checkered flag russian restraint from literally option is still somewhat noon. but that might not be the case for much longer he has and bishops and aims had hoped that by fischer before one. of the first cases they should appoint but that was the age. this was. watching but for now he's currently stuck in go karts. that's because no russian company has ever built a formula one car in fact the image of russian cars internationally is qui

r.t. yokohama japan. still quite a con this hour here in r.t. including. at the. sundown as an imperialist power. republicans seem eager to throw countless piles of dollars at us the fans mostly at the cost of social benefits. and investigation into a cost of organ trafficking at work brings the spotlight on to claims that hundreds of service had their body parts moved and sold during the war. military assistance is what's on the table as a lebanese prime minister is coming to moscow saad hariri is expected to meet with his counterpart vladimir putin during the two day visit i had of his trip are to talk to the lebanese prime premiere on relations between the two countries as well as international issues such as russia's role in the middle east peace process and watch the full interview in about twenty minutes here in r.t. but here's a preview. therefore i think russia could play a very important role does mean your friends in the arab world we need to use our relations with russia in order to communicate the arab stance and think through the international communi

and if we get we've got so much more for you on our website r.t. dot com including videos blogs and forums here's a look at what's online right now for you is getting closer to the real russia through classes and everything from drama to traditional cooking find out how you can join in. some children's balloons hope and criminal gangs steal millions of dollars from various a.t.m.'s around moscow r.t. dot com reveals how they did it how they were caught. women's rights in afghanistan continue to be violated despite international efforts to intervene a shocking number of women face domestic violence and abuse with a growing percentage committing suicide because of a lack of trust in the justice system with courts destroyed and judges killed artie's paula steer reports now on a situation that shows little sign of improving. it's a choice no mother should ever have to make her children or her family her husband's thrown her out and this woman's parents were only take her back if she abandons the children she had with him. this was i'm feeling so alone

r.t. nato seems to be sending a clear message it wants russia as an annoyed the bloke is meeting in this been right now and he's courting moscow to sign up to a joint defense shield and it's hoped that present attendance could signal an historic turning relations between the two sides. explains the common interests the former rivals now have. today here in lisbon portugal where the nato summit is taking place russia nato relations are expected to be key on the agenda russian president dmitri medvedev is expected to be here in talks with nato as the alliance continues trying to improve nato russian relations we've seen u.s. president barack obama call for nato to reset relations with russia similar to the reset that the u.s. called for that was an editorial in the international herald tribune and he also called for this summit to be the place that nato establishes that it sees russia as a partner and not as an adversary now he on the agenda will be afghanistan this is an area where we've se

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we're coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. and coming up in just the next few minutes here find out of alberta new security measures that are giving americans our thankless holiday. well there are fears that belgium could be next on the growing list of eurozone countries teetering on the edge of economic collapse international bond investors are sounding the alarm after the country's debt level reached one hundred percent of its annual national income and it comes hot on the heels of violins monumental bailout mass protests in portugal where the country is on its knees i president bush and also saw huge demos on wednesday thousands of students flooded the streets angered at plans to increase tuition fees and cut university budgets windows were smashed and fire started and several people were injured in some parts of the country and school pupils also have marshals they will be affected by the rising fees set to take effect in two thousand and twelve all of out of from the e.u. referendum campaign says people are fed up with th

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but economists max fraud wolf told r.t. that american monetary policy looks like washington is trying to tackle its financial woes at the expense of others. it's absolutely true that the united states of late has made don't mess to clean policy that was short sighted and that did not consider the rest of the world even though it's a well known fact that if the united states undertakes actions like quantitative easing that decrease the value of the dollar this can have negative and severe rounds occasions in terms of global money supply and the value of other currencies and it could look reasonably in some cases like the united states is trying to get out of its economic trouble by exporting that trouble to someone else in the death so that sort of disaster of two thousand and eight and early two thousand and nine we did see a coming together with russian and brazilian and german and japanese and american and french leaders and british leaders coming together and trying to do things carefully so that each country could push

the r.t. crew was arrested while covering a peaceful protest outside a military academy in the state of georgia dubbed the school my son the two crewmembers spent around thirty two hours in jail here for they were released on bail. more news tonight. the recent nato summit in lisbon was not just about talking politics it seems after a long day's work at the meeting french president nicolas sarkozy was kept awake by all accounts by an excessively noisy party at his hotel what was it about your well turned out parrot lee to be the delegation from georgia which isn't even a nato member and through a sizzling social reportedly i say again with less than with no less than eighteen prostitutes at least that's what a portuguese newspaper is claiming anyway the party which is also thought involves some armenian delegates porter came to an abrupt halt after sarkozy and several other officials complained to hotel staff it's not clear whether the georgian president mikheil saakashvili himself was there a

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