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by the european parliament prepared by the european commission that in fact are not helping very much to a business environment in the european union that are not very business friendly so say we would like to remove at least some of them we would like to have a liberal free market not a market which is violent by a never ending number of thirty s regulations second example is of course the common for in the security policy you can see that it's very hard to achieve any common approach whenever it comes to some crucial questions that in fact the e.u. member states i think much more on their own then on some common basis and i think this is natural and we have to count with that we've seen protests here in brussels against the e.u. which of their demands do you sympathize with of course it's. could be understandable from certain point of view from their point of view from trade unions probably to a few but it doesn't mean automatically that they are right i think that they have to understand and trade unions all around europe should understand that we live in times of very uneasy auste

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europeans had a chance to play a central role here. back in his campaign, closing guantanamo was a high part of his platform. it went as far as to close it down in his first year in office, a feat he did not achieve. partially because of a lack of support from europe. >> the hopes were that european states would take guantanamo bay inmates, but europe did not give obama much help. that is an example of the west needing your's help. it -- that is an example of the u.s. meeting europe's help. >> i think the europeans are schizophrenic on this. they say we should close guantanamo, but i don't see much readiness on the part of the europeans to take some of the people and put them someplace where they take them off our hands. >> the united front is always presented for the cameras, but obama as european partners failed to give him the support he needed to solve the guantanamo problem. europe and the u.s. also took a long time to agree on a unified approach to handling muammar gaddafi's murderous violence against his own people in libya. ger

security council and now three european powers to european union powers would have the roi to block key world security decisions the vote was put forward boy a spanish member for the european parliament she's saying that there is necessary corporation this time of economic crisis but the trouble is spain is one of the big without a permanent seat it's understandable why they would want to have one but there is growing concern that european union can't really deal with its problems at home so it shouldn't be lecturing other states around the world on how to work with the world security issues at the moment you know many paths. to us from brussels. well the e.u. wants to steal power annoyingly from foreign countries but from its own members as well critics say later today we speak three years skeptic any keep your claims the union is trying to save the control of financial policy individual governments. for the first loop you might look well if you go behind you want particular risk the point is that there are some hidden measures that might lead to further harmonize off a fiscal policy a

authorities or european institutions. the way. now the crackdown on anti-government protests in syria is intensifying with only times reports of the shelling residential districts in the third largest city of homs human rights groups more than seven hundred fifty people have been killed since the unrest began almost two months ago and with the crimes are international pressure on the country to stop the violence is also a growing economy recently introduced sanctions the u.s. is reportedly considering running regime change was asked for and it recalls parallels with the libyans in our day which started the similar initiatives are going on a test. rebels clash with security forces hundreds die and the west calls for the bloodshed to stop sanctions slaps down and arms sales him. but this isn't libya's spring it's syria and it's following a road map that may have to just one place for its african arab neighbor nato intervention who watches it's a regime dissent that tantalizing western leaders there's great excitement in was

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if they want to or take advantage of the generous benefits system in most european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa the signing of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no longer control. or to brussels while the unrest in north africa and the middle east is causing friction between the e.u. members earlier this week european employees voted in favor of requesting their own permanent representative and seat at the u.n. security council as part of an overall plan of the common defense and foreign policy but the earth has caused discord among some member states the u.k. has already said that it will not give up its permanent seat on the council for the sake of a single european seat of the charles town of things britain or fight to defend its new and influence. is no way that the british government or the british conservative delegation and i speak for the conservatives in the european parliamen

work if they want to or take advantage of a generous benefits system in march european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa at the soiling of the shingle in agreement on visa free travel e.u. leaders moyles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no longer control the new bush or altie brussels. well the unrest in north africa and the middle east is causing friction between the e.u. members earlier this week european and he's voted in favor of requesting their own permanent representative of the u.n. security council as part of an overall plan. of the fans security and foreign powers the move has caused discord among some member states the u.k. has already said that it will not give up its permanent seat on the council for the sake of a single european elephant charles taluk things britain will try to fan its influence . there's no way that the british government or the british conservative delegation i speak for the conservatives in the european parliament we would su

a lot of debates how to make european union more democratic in my feeling the european parliament itself. by the way which can represent to some extent nations and people of europe but not the only one and from my own feeling also the european council is the institution which is very representative when it comes to representation of individual member states and nations so i do not like very much the fight of some kind of tension between the european council on one hand and perhaps european commission or european parliament on the other hand it doesn't serve any good and i think that these institutions through rather cooperate then to compete with each other you believe the e.u. does. respect to listen to a small estates integration is also to some extent very emotional issue and of course those trees who are so-called founding fathers of the european integration might be more emotionally bound with the whole for the rest concept than those who joined later so you can see probably more hesitancy towards the whole integration of concept in those countries who joined the european union late

european union based sooner than the seat or the un security council while giving it more power as a single block we could damage the strength of some of them the states and dependence. also georgians have to turn to the international human rights to get justice for murder convictions by high ranking officials exposing their inherent flaw in the country's most trumpeted legal system. are you watching r t live from moscow welcome to the program international pressure is mounting on syria with the government's intensified crackdowns against any opposition coming under further scrutiny for living in america's footsteps in europe it's not sanctions on the country's top officials including an arms embargo travel ban. reports there are concerns it has very little to do with the promotion of peace. rebels clash with security forces hundreds die and the west calls for the bloodshed to stop sanctions slapped down and arms sales in. but this isn't libya's spring it's syria and it's pulling a roadmap that led to just one place for its african arab neighbor nato intervention who watches it's a r

members earlier this week european m.p.'s voted in favor of requesting their own permanent representative and seat at the u.n. security council as part of an overhaul plan of the common defense security and foreign policy but a move has caused the scorn of some member states the u.k. has already said that it will not give up its permanent seat on the council for the sake of a single european city charles taylor explains sites to expand its new ones and friends. there's no way that the british government or the british conservatively geisha and i speak for the conservatives in the european power that we would support any move which weakened our ability to project our foreign policy interests and clearly being founding members of the un security council with a veto as a permanent member this is a major plank in being able to project our foreign policy interests and indeed we were so successful recently in collaboration with our french colleagues in securing u.n. security council resolution nineteen seventy three over libya so

the recent influx of refugees from the arab world it breeds mistrust between europeans mulls over under president border control measures. plus russia and the world to commemorate sixty six years of victory over the nazis but fascist followers in ukraine it tarnishes get it worse reply attacking war veterans . we are highlighting of the week's top headlines here on r.t. welcome to the program now the rest in syria may be spilling into neighboring lebanon where over five thousand refugees have fled in the past weeks to escape violence at home reports say one person has been killed and five injured in northern lebanon and gunfire coming from across the border with syria now this week the u.s. mounted pressure on damascus with secretary of state hillary clinton promising to punish bashar al assad's government over the ongoing crackdown against protesters the european union has already imposed economic sanctions on the regime and as the u.s. attorney tougher measures many say washington's appetite for intervention is leading to a libyan a scenario in syria are things going h catapults. who

has done orbital reports european unity could be on the brink of collapse the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a beautiful between two of the e.u.'s founders france blocked all train services from italy after finding carriages full of african migrants italy had handed out visitors visas allowing travel in the european union but shots of the trust on which the e.u. used he's a free regime realize he does shawn kind of mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy has not implemented in a good way to rules. for thousands fleeing the violence in north africa italy is the nearest e.u. border security experts who've studied the country's patrols on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes we responsible of the fact that the that the un's just on the sea with people coming from outside and they are not able to fix the problem we are not criminals terrorist madmen we don't want them here. protested to the french embassy for quotes voile asian of european principles france counts as it alrea

earlier this week european m.p. decided to request their own permanent seat on the un security council as part of a plan over all of the defense security and foreign powers and the move has not been met favorably by some member states that already have some sort of council including britain and france u.k. said it would not give up its own place at abiding for the sake you may need to hear of their every piece charles town explains to defend its new way unfolds. there's no way that the british government all the british can serve the delegation and i speak for the conservatives in the european parliament we would support any move which weakened our ability to project our foreign policy interests and clearly being founding members of the un security council with a veto as a permanent member is a major plank in being able to project our foreign policy interests and indeed we were so successful recently in collaboration with our french colleagues in securing un security council resolution nineteen seventy three over li

there's no unity in the european union in politics. we've seen that again just recently over the invasion of libya and the same with the portugal's economy the un general assembly has just voted to give the european union as a single block much greater powers this move to get a permanent place on the u.n. security council is expected to receive much more a position. with the e.u. wants a moral authority for itself on a level position of power is. already great and expensive large. and with an adult in about twenty minutes. we have to look at the expense of parliament itself and there is a very. very simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brought so. and the other will instruct work it costs additional almost three hundred million euros per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels to strasburg so let's have only one c. and we give and we can show my perfect example to the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money. recent controversial court i think is in georgia have

european states and also. those states. that are hosting that kind of people you know neighborhood course but having said this we have to take care of and protect people where do they are sold to say recruit recruited by. by people. that are. making commercials who are after all does or not the whatever whatever people say whatever people feel towards towards them and see even if they sympathize then they vote for their governments first of all in order of those governments to protect their own citizens so do you think that if the governments will continue putting the rights and the interest of their own said he is in front of everything else may this continuing unrest continuing immigration lead to. a worsening of relations in general between the european countries and the arab and north african countries are there signs that there may be problems. maybe problems of course you can see already that on the european continent immigration is causing a lot of political kumari. so that is why we have to handle this in a careful

president obama in ireland at the start of his european tour. the eruption of a volcano in iceland promise warnings that european travel could be disrupted again, if and 89 dead and a town devastated as a tornado goes through the midwest. we begin in ireland, where president obama has begun his six-day tour to europe. he got down to business soon after arriving, holding talks with the prime minister. those talks are said to be centered around the debt crisis and economic recovery. the president then visited a town where he had distant relatives. this trip is aimed at emphasizing the strong historical bonds between the u.s. and ireland. [cheers and applause] >> a cheering crowd gathered in central dublin to gather for the president's speech to the irish people. >> hello. [cheers and applause] hello, ireland. [cheers and applause] my name is barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> obama launched into a folksy address which at times seemed almost like a campaign speech, focusing heavily on his irish roots. disconnection goes back almost 200 years. t

european states and also all. those states. that are hosting that kind of people you know neighborhoods sort of course but having said this we have to take care of and protect people where do they are sort of recruited by. by people that. make you commercial so our lives or not the own whatever whatever people say whatever people feel towards towards the immanence even if they sympathize then they vote for their governments first of all in order for those buildings to protect their own citizens so do you think that if the governments will continue putting the rights and the interest of the realm said is in front of everything else may this continuing unrest and thinning immigration lead to. a worsening of relations in general between the european countries and the arab and north african countries are there signs that there may be problems it may be problems of course you can see already that on the european continent immigration is causing a lot of political moral. that is why we have to handle this in a careful way and that is

, portugal, spain, the european tradition should remain in place. question -- is a non-european imf director a wise idea at this juncture? pat? >> it certainly is not john. the reason is the imf is the mechanism through which the europeans are funneling american dollars to bail out greece, portugal, and the other countries of europe, ireland. which are in actuality bailouts of those banks. a lot of the third world countries or developing countries are saying you know the westerners have had the imf for a long time. they use it as their private piggy bank and don't give us the same deals they give to greece the portugal. the europeans have got to visit and they're going to keep it. -- have it and they're going to keep it. christine lagarde is very able. she's first in line. >> what about gordon? >> he's been killed by cameron, he's gone and he ain't going to get it. >> lenos the science pretty well. >> he doesn't get along with the prim minister of -- prime minister of great britain january. >> what do you think? >> it's absolutely going to be a euro

with the european union, this process of ours, our process with the european union, well, is is a process that started in 1989, and this is now about 50 years, more than 50 years, we are at the doors of the european union. and there is a european union that does not still accept turkey as a member. this is their understanding. and whato we lack in turkey? what do we lack? i mean, the-- there are countries among the 27 members who are well behind turkey. so turk sepresented-- a political obstacle. weep toecome a european union member. we doing our best so that we become a member. but for the last eight years, the efforts-- i know my efforts, t, unfortunately, the european ion ill continues very clearly is-- is changing the rules of the game in the middle of t game. i mean, presenting obstacles that are not part of the european key. it is not honor. they don't stick to their promise. we say open the doors. that's enough. and th are putting-- that they did not put to anybody else. what is this? they have to stick to their commitment. and now they are bringing such an extreme level and turkey

two months ago several european countries and the u.s. started bombing the gadhafi loyalists in libya today the old world is feeling the kickback from the operation as thousands of refugees are coming from the continent every day from libya and other arab countries several states like denmark and belgium have already introduced strict control measures on the borders others proposed to leave. which allows the free travel inside the united europe and is the . want to stop all the. horrors the ivan thank you very much for coming thanks for being here i did i really am here every day with your yes that it's a real pleasure to have you well first of all speaking speaking about immigrants about the big problem that we're having especially in sad and you have there if the unrest on the other side of the mediterranean continues all the european country ready to. immigrants who are well additional restrictions be introduced just well i would say that for the time being we are not prepared. because there is no really good and sharing within the say

authorities or european institutions. the crackdown on anti-government protests in syria is intensifying with army tanks reportedly shelling residential districts in the third largest city of. human rights groups believe more than seven hundred fifty people have been killed since the unrest began almost two months ago and with the crackdown international pressure on the country to stop the violence is also growing thawing recently introduced eve sanctions the u.s. is reportedly considering calling for regime change now anders artie's lorimer reports parallels with the libyan scenario which started with similar initiatives not going on notice neither. rebels clash with security forces hundreds die and the west calls for the bloodshed to stop sanctions slapped down and arms sales in. but this isn't libya's spring it's syria and it's calling a road map that led to just one place for its african arab neighbor nato intervention who watches it's a regime dissent tantalizing western leaders there's great excitement in washington

can work if they want to or take advantage of a generous benefits system in most european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa the soiling of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no longer control. altie brussels and earlier this week european m.p.'s decided to request their own permanent seat at the un security council it's part of a planned overhaul of the use common defense security and foreign policy but the move has not been met favorably by a member state which already have a seat on the council like britain and france the u.k. said it will not give up its own place of the body for the sake of what a united europe there i mean trials turn against britain will fight defend its you and inform. there's no way that the british government or the british conservative delegation and i speak for the conservatives in the european powers that we would support any move which weakened our ability to project o

we have to look at the expenses of the european parliament itself and there is a very. very simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one it's. costs additional almost three hundred million of your olds per year if you have to move once in a six week from brussels to strasburg so let's have only one seat and we can give and we can show by practical example to the people of europe that we are able to save the taxpayers money. recent controversial court decisions in georgia the country's legal system under the spotlight of the acquittal rate of less than one percent and he accused the government of tightening its grip over judges catherine approach over reports social status in georgia sometimes enough to avoid punishment. a high profile murder and a low profile investigation the case of sandra give leon he became a byword for poor in two thousand and six the twenty eight year old banker attended a furtive party for one of georgia's top police officials where he fell into an argument with one of the guests the next morn

there wa positive reaction from european leaders following the arrest. the german foreign minister said that serbia now has clear prospects for the new membership if it -- eu membership if it remains on good terms with its neighbors. nationally, there were signs of relief from brussels. >> for serbia, the winds have turned. the countries have turned toward serbia. >> this is proof that no one can continue to escape justice forever. it proves the rule of law works and war criminals can and must be arrested. >> it demonstrates that serbia recognizes the key importance of reconciliation. regional reconciliation is a key political criteria in the eu entry process. >> the reconciliation -- the reconciliation will help but it will not guarantee membership. the next step is the trial. here at the international criminal tribunal in the hague. >> world leaders meeting for the g-8 summit in france welcomed the news of the arrest. u.s. president barack obama said it was an important day for the families of his victims. german chancellor and the markell welcomed the

european m.p.'s have voted for a permanent seat at the security council but their hopes are shared by all. also find out why finnish authorities released to the man behind a website serving as a mouthpiece for terrorists. the head of the international monetary fund has been charged with a sexual attack attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment dominique strauss kahn was pulled from a plane in new york minutes before he was due to fly to paris and questioned on suspicion of assaulting a hotel maid but the director of the transit research institute job believes not everything may be as it seems well first of all you know we have to maintain that he's innocent until proven guilty but having said that our jaws frauds press has reported that it was made to be some dirty tricks from his political rivalry and we hear a star cozy of course say that this is very you milly hating for the i.m.f. chief and also let us not forget that he's caused strauss kahn has a lot of uproar in the united states recently when

european arrest warrant. it was a five-ship project by the european union meant to be about terrorism and it's not been about terrorism. scotland yard has said come p plying with these warrants, it is taking our resources up. that was what i was testifying about, diverting the key resources for member states to do ridiculous things like this. i would rather the u.s. be using its -- the uk be using its antiterrorism resources to look who's preaching hate to render terroris terrorists, not to get pple who haven't paid their bill at a petrol station. >> what, in your opinion, should we do as far as intelligence gathering capability, talking about the cia or fbi, to be making sure there is complete cooperation between the european countries at risk like we are and not ve to worry about there being an impediment. i'm really concerned after having heard what you said today that information that we might need in order to stop somebody like bin laden or one of his n minionfrom perpetrating another attack on england,

european arrest warrant. it was a five-ship project by the eurean union meant to be about terrorm and it's not been about terrorism. scotland yard has said come p plying with these warrants, it is taking our resources up. that was wt i was testifying about, diverting the key resources for member states to do ridiculous things like this. i would rather the u.s. be using its -- the uk be using its antirrorism resources to look who's preaching hate to render terris terrorists, not to get people who haven't paid their bill at a petrol station. >> what, in your opinion, should we do as far as intelligence gathing capability, talking about the cia or fbi, to be making sure there is complete cooperation between the european countries at risk like we are and not have to worry about there being an impediment. i'm really concerned after having heard what you said today that information that we might need in order to stop somebody like bin laden or one of his n minions from perpetrating another attack on england, france

or for abuse or european institutions. a crackdown on anti-government protests in syria is intensifying with army tanks reportedly shelling residential districts in the third largest city of homs he writes groups believe more than seven hundred fifty people have been killed since the unrest began two months ago and with the crackdown international pressure of the country to stop the violence is also growing following recent introduced e.u. sanctions the u.s. is reportedly considering now calling for regime change there to results is laurent reports parallels with the libyan scenario which started with the initiatives are not going on noticed. rebels clashed with security forces hundreds die and the west cools to the bloodshed to stop sanctions slapped down and arms sales in. this is in libya's spring it's syria and it following a road map that led to just one place for it accurately an arab neighbor nato intervention who watches it's a regime dissent that tantalizing western leaders there's great. and washington. aspect of

european arrest warrant. it was a five-ship project by the european union meant to be about terrorism and it's not been about terrorism. scotland yard has said come p plying with these warrants, it is taking our resources up. that was what i was testifying about, diverting the key resources for member states to do ridiculous things like this. i would rather the u.s. be using its -- the uk be using its antiterrorism resources to look who's preaching hate to render terroris terrorists, not to get people who haven't paid their bill at a petrol station. >> what, in your opinion, should we do as far as intelligence gathering capability, talking about the cia or fbi, to be making sure there is complete cooperation between the european countries at risk like we are and not have to worry about there being an impediment. i'm really concerned after having heard what you said today that information that we might need in order to stop somebody like bin laden or one of his n minions from perpetrating another attack on eng

, portugal, spain, the european tradition should remain in place. question -- is a non-european imf director a wise idea at this juncture? pat? >> it certainly is not john. the reason is the imf is the mechanism through which the europeans are funneling american dollars to bail out greece, portugal, and the other countries of europe, ireland. which are in actuality bailouts of those banks. a lot of the third world countries or developing countries are saying you know the westerners have had the imf for a long time. they use it as their private piggy bank and don't give us the same deals they give to greece the portugal. the europeans have got to visit and they're going to keep it. -- have it and they're going to keep it. christine lagarde is very able. she's first in line. >> what about gordon? >> he's been killed by cameron, he's gone and he ain't going to get it. >> lenos the science pretty well. >> he doesn't get along with the prim minister of -- prime minister of great britain january. >> what do you think? >> it's absolutely going to be a euro

things should not be given up in favor of european or for abuse or european institutions why does the e.u. need reform we have to try to change the paradigm of the e.u. itself because for the last fifty years the e.u. has been driven by integration restored for the wrist for a guy. as a closer union by the idea that the shifting of powers waltz from national level of the european level is a good thing with. another. of the time seems to be over. and what we need are some second thoughts what exactly should be executive on the european level and what should be executed on the national level to find out the right balance between the european level and the national level give us an example of how the e.u. is wasting money first of all we have to look because some member of the european parliament we have to look at the expenses of the european parliament itself and there is one very good example very simple example why the european parliament should have two seats one in brussels and the other one in strasbourg it costs additional almost three hundred million euros per year if you have t

things should not be given up in favor of european or for abuse or european institutions. the crackdown on anti-government protests in syria is intensifying with army times reportedly shelling residential districts in the third largest city of homs human rights groups believe more than seven hundred fifty people have been killed since the unrest began almost two months ago and with the crackdown international pressure on the country to stop the violence is also growing following recently introduced e.u. sanctions the u.s. is reportedly considering calling for regime change now and is not is the realm of reports parallels with the libyan scenario which started with sabrina shootings are not going on notice. rebels clash with security forces hundreds die and the west calls for the bloodshed to stop sanctions flacks down and arms sales in bob gates but this isn't libya's spring it's syria and it's calling a road map it made to just one place for its african arab neighbor nato intervention. watches it three seem to sense that tantalizing western leaders these critics. the pros

now the european court of human rights has a rule but the case against russians jailed. of course he was not politically motivated however it has found his rights were violated during his arrest in two thousand and three cause he is currently serving a jail sentence stealing billions of dollars for what was russia's largest oil company has also the latest. in this latest twist in this story involving god with her kind of post speak the court of european court of human rights has rejected the claims by the russian tycoon that his trial his prosecution has been politically motivated right from the onset but of course he has been making these claims that one of the reasons aside from having headed one of the of biggest companies oil companies then is the fact that this has been captivating because he has been claiming that the russian political elite were involved in maneuvering this case well as of today the european court has rejected these claims and have put that matter to settle now another point though that they did agree with carter called ski's that's a violation of

they want to or take advantage of a generous benefits system in my eyes european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa at the signing of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's books that they no longer control you bush will see brussels. under the ninth of may russia was celebrating victory day one of the most important and memorable occasions in the country's history it marks sixty six years since soviet and allied soldiers defeated nazi troops in a world war two a spectacular parade in red square saw twenty thousand troops marching alongside biliteral might a minute of silence was observed in memory of the twenty seven million soviets who died during the war but meanwhile in western ukraine veterans who fought to free people from the nazi invasion were attacked by violent nationalists parties alexy a witness to the events. holidays for millions and street brawl for sam unlike most of the post soviet region in may the n

the european court of human rights has ruled russia's prosecution of formal oil of. course he was not specifically motivated the charges in its trials but did however find that his rights were violated during his arrest in two thousand and three all the acts head of oil giant you calls on once russia's richest man is currently in jail for investments i'm not evolving let's get the latest while we're going to test the theory of this to say what exactly did the european have to say today. well in the decision of the european court of human rights of a big check to the appeal of qatar and his lawyer schooling me that the prosecution had been politically motivated the court cited the lack of incontestable proof basically which means that the a lawyer so got of course he had failed to provide sufficient solid evidence to back. these claims has to be said though that in two thousand and three when he was arrested kind of course he had been financing opposition political parties now according to chronicles he and his supporters it was because of his political side that he w

or through european institutions. now seven indian officials responsible for the worst technological disaster in history have been released on bail after a court refused to give stronger punishments well they were found guilty of a huge gas leak in one thousand nine hundred u.s. plant which resulted in the deaths of up to twenty pounds and people of the disaster in bhopal say that more than a quarter of a century later just. joins us live now from new delhi more on this prayer was during people that the most. that's right always worthwhile there's a lot of outrage here in india today as you mentioned the indian supremes. trial bureau of investigation investigations petition for harsher sentences for the seven indian managers of union carbide corporation that were actually convicted of death by negligence in the boat all in bhopal and industrial accidents. as you mentioned just this hasn't been served many people feel here they actually were convicted back in june almost twenty five years later sentences were only for

they want to or take advantage of a generous benefits system in most european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa the signing of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders were all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no longer control the new bush you see brussels. some other stories making headlines across the globe people have been killed more than one hundred injured after explosions hit a paramilitary academy in pakistan two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the main gate of the facility close to the afghan border most of the dead were trainee rick you but there were also civilian casualties the pakistani taliban said they're behind the bombing too offended the death of osama bin laden. the earthquake hit spanish town of lorca has held a funeral mass for victims of wednesday's disaster nine people were killed much of the city devastated when the tremor struck thousands of people were forced to camp out since the quake it's the deadliest

members earlier this week european m.p.'s voted in favor of requesting their own a permanent representative and seat at the u.n. security council it's part of an overall plan of the e.u.'s common defense security and foreign policy with the move has created discord among some of the states the u.k. has already said it will not give up its permanent seat on the council for the sake of a single european seat. charles thinks britain will fight to defend its u.n. influence. there's no way that the british government or the british can serve the delegation and i speak for the conservatives in the european parliament we would support any move which weakened our ability to project our foreign policy interests and clearly being founding members of the un security council with a veto as a permanent member is a major plank in being able to project our foreign policy interests and indeed we were so successful recently in collaboration with our french colleagues in securing un security council resolution nineteen seventy three over liby

your european connections. they worry about your support of hamas and hezbollah. th worry about the conflict with israel. what do you say to those ople who raise those points that they have relations they have with turkey may be changing? >> rose: i think there is a wrong question here. there was a question before, who lost turkey. >> re: yes. >> it means those who are (inaudible) not part of the west. no, we are part of the western because we are a member of nato and we are, indeed, a way of the full membership of e.u.. so no country in nato can claim that they are more active in nato than turkey. rose: you have troops in afghanistan. >> yeah. turkish contribution in nato has increased tremendously everywhere. turkey'sn the forefront of nato's diplomacy. security policy. >> rose: so when you want to say... >> there is no change in the sense of our orientation in nato or e.u. during our government, we have started negotiations with e.u.. so it means our orientations with e.u. and nato have increased. at the sam

the flow of refugees from arab uprisings threatening to defy the european union member countries consider reestablishing borders in the free travel zone. and russia's eighteen year long bid to join the world trade organization may encounter gets another obstacle as the e.u. slams tax concessions that russia has to for in the call make his joy means what he would have done from the. five pm in moscow i met trezeguet good to have you with us here on r t our top story in spain a sweeping victory for russia as it winds its bid to host the two thousand and sixteen ice hockey world championship the country slid to the top with a snap shot beating out rivals denmark and ukraine our correspondent europe eskin all will join us live from some in a little bit with a live report. but before we get to that syria is stepping up security measures closing off areas setting up checkpoints across the country to prevent nationwide anti-government protests damascus has ordered troops not to fire on opposition after dozens were reportedly killed by snow. as irrational pressure is mounting on the syrian govern