britain is hanging by a thread. there is every reason to believe hitler is going to invade the british isles. it's everybody's assumption including roosevelt that britain could go down. but nonetheless he does everything he can to bolster the united kingdom at that point. what we talk about fdr's decision making process because that is what is at the core of this book. but that's not true. i don't believe that's true. there is no evidence to suggest that. there's nothing inevitable about this decision. he made the decision entirely alone from september until before the convention in july and 40. there is no evidence that he talked to another human being about this issue. this was typical of the decision making process of on the major decisions. he always needed people around him that he was a very solitary person. in upstate new york the to french-speaking self-reliant and dewitt that became one of his defining characteristics throughout the presidency. he made this decision alone without ever having spoken to anyon

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k.'s recession hit economy is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants britain to share in that economic progress that means seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as british airports and water and energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britons see that the chinese economy is no longer low wage or low tech one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come how sophisticated your businesses are how would grant you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my princip

second rate george osborne says second great britain must rediscover its can do attitude chancellor dismisses suggestions that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country. you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of england so they're going to keep interest rates low in seoul employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so that everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the do rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to that as part of me a feudal ism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting a pod up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing well the other thing i want to point out is that he should look in the mirror and look what his government is doing because in china they are command and control economy just like the u.k.'s command and control economy

was involved in the slave trade from the moment that we sort of began as a colony of britain, and one of the interesting things about u.s. history is that in the constitutional convention there was a compromise between the states that had slaves and the states that didn't, and the u.s. constitution said that the federal congress couldn't take any action against the slave trade until 1808. and the u.s., at the first moment it could in 1807, president jefferson, sent legislation up to congress that banned par tis nation -- participation in the slave trade by u.s. ships and u.s. persons, and come passed that. so in 1808 the u.s. prohibited the slave trade, which was a long time before, of course, slavery itself ended in the united states. but the issues were seen as different and even southerners were in support of banning the slave trade. >> why were southerners in support of that? >> guest: a lot of different ropes. one it was perceived as the moe unjust or inhuman part of the traffic, but also they had an economic self-interest. they already owned slaves, and the environment in the u.

second rate george osborne says second great britain must rediscover its can do attitude chancellor dismisses suggestions that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country. you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of england so they're going to keep interest rates low in seoul employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so the job everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the do rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to god as part of meal feudalism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting a pot up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing well the other thing i want to point out is that he should look in the mirror and look what his government is doing because in china they are a command and control economy just like the u.k.'s command and control econo

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k. is recession hits economy is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants britain to share in the economic progress that means seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as ports and water in energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britain's see that the chinese economy is no longer a low wage or low tech one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come sophisticated your businesses how would rants you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my principal goals this

has been named as the heartland of militant islam in britain in europe actually where the seven seven seven seven suicide bombers left from it's the fertilizer bomb plot the stock market will be rather close in my hometown so yes all you have been attacked since leaving. her is i'm here mostly. i will get people out of the problem we have. if it was hostile or hostile muslim youth the different put me out of which which one is an islamist ideology but at the same time as having an islamist ideology we have a very hostile attitude by general muslim youth against no muslims that is breeding the hostilities we have to get to the bottom a lot of what why we have that in our country and and it's causing big problems up and down the country in many communities which is why this is resentment going on. but of course i have been for in boy people from the genuine far right what would you know what we're doing in this country is anyone who's created critical of islam we're calling far right which is dangerous which we should be doing because they're genuine fears and concerns there is a legiti

the united states felt its own sovereignty was not respected by great britain. our ships we're stopped by the british royal navy at sea. anybody they suspected of british origin could be pressed into service and there was a lot of restrictions on american trade that were infuriating to a lot of people in the united states ended 1812 we had a new congress that was elected i would not say radical but a group of people who felt firm the we put a stop to this and pushed for war with great britain. james madison who was a bit ambivalent at the same time of course, one of the great father's of the constitution had come to the conclusion if the united states did not put a stop to the british action we it might as well be a state of great britain and again. so war is declared in 1812 in great britain was infuriated and saw it as a step in the back that set the stage for our story. the war went pretty bad the verbal sides in both ways. for the united states it was a catastrophic start to the war we launched several invasions of canada. something you don't hear very often

was over there in the east as well he was heading over there with the gold well as you say he called britain second rate george osborne says second rate britain must rediscover its can do attitude chancellor dismisses suggestions that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country. you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of being with us so they're going to keep interest rates low in so employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so the job everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the do rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to that as part of neil feudalism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting of up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing well the other thing i want to point out is that he should look in the mirror and look what his government is doing be

gold well as you say he called britain second rate george osborne says second rate britain must rediscover its can do attitude chancellor dismisses suggestions that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country. you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of england is so they're going to keep interest rates low in seoul employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so that everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the do rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to that as part of meal feudalism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting a pop up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing well the other thing i want to point out is that he should look in the mirror and look what his government is doing because in china they are a command and control economy just like the

britain's prime minister threatens a legal action to stop me from publishing edward snowden's leaks exposing the extent of spying by u.s. and u.k. intelligence agencies. one man outraged by washington's snooping acquittals president rafael correa gives an exclusive interview to our teacher in his visit to moscow plus. a mother my children were injured we have no idea why our village or my house was targeted they survived a u.s. drone strike in pakistan but lost a grandmother are to speak to the family preparing to testify before members of congress in the first ever hearing of its kind. and so with just a few hours to go before the one hundred day countdown to the sochi winter olympics we'll bring you the latest from the preparations in the host city and follow the record breaking toss really. a very warm welcome to you if you have just joined us here on r.t. with me to about monday let's take a look at our top story this hour. the british government has warned it could resort to legal action to silence newspapers seeking to publish edward snowden's n.s.a. revelations it's the latest in a st

britain should have and decided not to. you look at africa which is looking at a marketing man because they have such a problem with alcohol. so people -- and that is a whole other subject. there are many policies some of the best research in the world but the gap between what we know and what we don't do is enormous. >> host: would you say it is more so here than in other countries? >> guest: absolutely. alcohol is hugely cheap in this country. in canada we have not police and a fairly firm hand on pricing. but here all bets are off. all gloves are off and i come regularly to an alcohol policy conference here but in north america we have some of the best brains working on these issues and yet the public appetite for understanding this is small. >> host: there's a great deal of environmental strategy to be utilized but maybe are not necessarily. >> exactly. >> what sort of messages can be incorporated across the life span for females that could reach them about the impact of risky drinking? >> guest: we have the guidelines

suggestions that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country. you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of england so they're going to keep interest rates low in seoul employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so that everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to that as part of meal feudalism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting of up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing well the other thing i want to point out is that he should look in the mirror and look what his government is doing because in china they are a command and control economy just like the u.k.'s command and control economy but the difference is that in china they have a sovereign wealth fund they also have a five year plan here we have a sover

moscow's fear is about to police allegedly beat up and detain a russian diplomat in the hague present britain demands an apology while the dozen bells of the is summoned to explain. flush with cash beijing's finest on snapping up prices all right you can call durations and brands on line each time it's my to manufacturing industry but someone has to know how. and syria's chemical disarmament is on track with the un plan as its progress is praised by the u.s. and russia at the asia pacific summit in bonn. from moscow this is r t you with me to bomb the day let's take a look at our top story this hour russia still wants an apology a from of the netherlands over the treatment of a russian diplomat in the hague police reportedly beat up the official and detained him overnight to the news comes against the backdrop of another spread between the two countries the details from marty's can just again. the netherlands responded to russia's demand for an explanation and an apology by saying that they're investigating the incident and that they will apologize when and if they prove that the dutch law en

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k.'s recession hit economy is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants britain to share in the economic progress that means seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as british airports and water and energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britain's see that the chinese economy is no longer a low wage or low tech one of my talks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come how sophisticated your business is how would grant you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my princip

has been named as the heartland of militant islam in britain in europe actually where the seven seven seven seven suicide bombers left from it's the fertilizer bomb plot the stock market will be rather close in my hometown so yes all you have been attacked since leaving. her is i'm here mostly. i will get people out of the problem we have. if it was hostile or hostile muslim youth the different put me on which which one is an islamist ideology but at the same time as having an islamist ideology we have a very hostile attitude by general muslim youth against on the slim says that it's breeding the hostilities we have to get to the bottom a lot of what why we have that in our country and and it's causing big problems up and down the country in many communities which is why this is resentment going on. but of course there have been for him by people from the genuine far right what would what we're doing in this country is anyone who's critical of islam we're calling far right which is dangerous which we should be doing because there are genuine fears and concerns there is a legitimate fa

. >> two of britain's best known newspapers have gone to war and are dragging more papers around the world into the fray. 'the daily telegraph' on the right versus the "the guardian" on the left. the issue is national security - what should be reported, what secrets should be kept. >> the "the guardian" is responsible for leaking the edward snowden story and the nsa leaks in the u.s., and gcaq in the u.k. "the guardian" and "daily mail" never liked each other. they have never gone at it this way before. "the guardian" tried to isolate the "mail" by having 33 editors from 15 countries writing oped pieces backing "mail." the domestic feud comes at a critical time in the ongoing debate about the future of revelation sparked by rupert murdoch's phone-hacking obligation. they are at each other's threats. . >> anybody who knows anything about the british media knows incredibly polar iffed, it's political and always has been. >> there was definitely a split between the "mail" and "the guardian." it's been hammer and tongs for the last fortnight. >> some people think the "the guardian" may h

britain's sovereignty will increase the sky s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual that here debt spirals and deflationary spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or any sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card unlike a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here and two b

britain sovereignty will increase the sky s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual that here debt spirals into place terry spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or any sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card unlike a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account and the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here and t

for the party he believes it's time for britain to take matters into its own hands britain does exploit the issue of human rights terribly in its relationships with russia there was an occasion a few months ago where a recommendation was made to limit the abuses committed by journalists and william hague the foreign secretary said that these measures should not be introduced in britain because then britain would not be able to castigate russia over its own allegedly of freedom in the media so there's no consistency and it shows how human rights have become a hypocritical mechanism for attacking russia and a hypocritical instrument in foreign policy. it's good to have you with us are naughty today still to come a bit later this hour leaving the drug disaster behind as nato troops prepare to bid farewell to afghanistan we look at how the drug industry engulfed the country during the stay the afghan made heroin it's spreading around the world. and really freezing the fuel is right as prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a visit to america trying to persuade the u.s. president not to be too

forecasters say it is the worst storm to hit britain in years. a teen boy is feared dead after being swept to see while playing in the surf. >> watch for a parade of

britain may pull out from the european human rights convention this according to the country's prime minister who pledges to do everything to throw out those posing a security threat to the u.k. . and the settlement talks between the u.s. and iran gain momentum the israeli prime minister rushes to washington to urge the american president not to get too close to tehran. so just turning noon here in the russian capital it's arts he lives with me rule research welcome to the program and the time has run out for u.s. lawmakers to agree on federal funding ultimately that means the government is now officially shut down the democratic led senate rejected the temporary bills by house republicans that would have delayed obama's health care law as the price to continue funding obama warns the shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people because oxys liz wahl has been finding out it won't exactly be a disaster. better all air traffic controllers will remain working so will the majority of the department of homeland security everything from the u.s. coast guard to the transpor

britain sovereignty will increase the sky s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual debt here debt spirals and deflationary spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or any sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card unlike a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here and two b

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k.'s recession his economy is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants britain to share in the economic progress that means seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as british airports and war share in energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britons see that the chinese economy is no longer low wage or low tech one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come how sophisticated your businesses are how would branch you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my prin

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k. is recession hits economy is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants britain to share in the economic progress that means seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as british airports and water and energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britons see that the chinese economy is no longer low wage or low tech one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come sophisticated your businesses are how would grant you all in the fields of high tech and science and one of my principal

britain does exploit the issue of human rights terribly in its relationships with russia there was an occasion a few months ago where a recommendation was made to limit the abuses committed by journalists and william hague the foreign secretary said that these measures should not be introduced in britain because then britain would not be able to castigate russia over its own allegedly of freedom in the media so there's no consistency and it shows how human rights have become a hypocritical mechanism for attacking russia and a hypocritical instrument in foreign policy. thanks for joining us here on our. mission to teach me. to see. her street. and i would think. if you were playing around on facebook or the n.s.a. may be spying on you those details in just a minute here on our team as we come to you live from moscow. the israeli prime minister is in america with a mission to persuade obama not to trust iran on a meeting with the president netanyahu urged him not to lift the crippling sanctions against the country at least not prematurely his visit is spurred on by the foreign relations

has been named as the heartland the militant islam in britain and in europe actually where the seven seven seven seven suicide bombers left from it's the fertilizer bomb plot the stock market will be rather close in my hometown so yes all you have been attacked since leaving the english tensely i'm here mostly with i get what i can yes i will get people out of the problem we have. if it was hostile or hostile muslim youth the difference put me out which one is an islamist ideology but at the same time as having an islamist ideology we have a very hostile attitude by general muslim youth against no muslims there is breeding the hostilities we have to get to the bottom a lot of what why we have that in our country and and it's causing big problems up and down the country in many communities which is why this is resentment going on. but of course i have been for in boy people from the genuine far right what would you know what we're doing in this country is anyone who's critical of islam we're calling far right which is dangerous which we should be doing because they're genuine fears an

that's all they think ahead is five days as you point out china's got a huge sovereign wealth fund britain's got this huge sovereign debt problem and their plans are really minute by minute day by day as a debt holik they should be going to debtors anonymous and they should be getting on some kind of twelve step program or george osborne is powerless over this country's debt and he needs to seek a higher power well it's also proves that we do run on a ponzi system here because a ponzi scheme needs constantly to have new money coming in and here we always have a five day plan because that's that's every week you have to get a new ponzi is to come into the scheme whereas in china they can plan ahead for five years because they're not running a ponzi scheme yet you know they do have high house prices like here but it's mostly paid in cash now they also have because of their five year plan they also have new deals being done with george osborne new nuclear reactors will transfer billions of pounds a year from british consumers to france and china so you know he hailed this big deal he did with c

britain's sovereignty will increase if this guy s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual debt here debt spirals and deflationary spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or and he sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card on like a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account and the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here a

great britain, because of the struggle with france was was quite often willing to ignore it. and president james madison had come to the belief that if not truly an independent nation. >> how long did it last? >> the war of 1812 was a poor name for a war. it lasted nearly three years. the event i write about -- attacking washington and baltimore. and the war continued on through early 1815. >> host: steve, before we get to the six weeks. behalf the conclusion of the war? >> guest: the treaty was included in negotiations. christmas eve of 1814. and a lot of ways, the treaty, which wasn't ratified until a few months later. the treaty reasserted status quo. so a lot of people think the war of 1812 didn't really settle anything. but it actually settled quite a bit in term of establishing that canada would remain, that the time, part of great britain, but for the future independence. and the united states was given more or less a green light for west ward expansion. >> steve vogel is our guest. we're talking about the war of 1812. a national reporter with the "washington post." an

britain's sovereignty will increase if this guy s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual debt here and debt spirals into place terry spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or a and he sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card like a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account the company can however automatically reinstate collections now this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here an

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k.'s recession hits a corner me is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants. economic progress that mean seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as british airports and water and energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britain's see that the chinese economy is no longer low wage or low tech one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come how sophisticated your businesses are how would branch you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my principal goals this wee

britain sovereignty will increase the sky s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual that here debt spirals and deflationary spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or any sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card unlike a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here and two b

britain's doors are open to china and more importantly the u.k.'s recession hits a corner me is ready for chinese money to start flowing in that's the message that the u.k. challenge so george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some of the western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants to share in the economic progress that means speaking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as british airports and an energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in the chinese. see that the chinese economy is no longer low wage or low tat one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come how sophisticated your businesses are how advanced you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my principal goals this week is not just to incr

but let's talk about britain in a different perspective london will block scotland from sharing its high level intelligence if it was to become independent next here the british home secretary has warned this could pose a problem for scotland but also for the security of the u.k. and smith is aware that i right now hi there laura lovely to see how serious could this be for one independent scotland. well there is this is a report as you say that's been released by the home secretary theresa may and she says that any scottish independence words undermine the fight against organized crime cyber attacks terrorism things like that because scotland would have to build up its own security infrastructure that would no longer necessarily have access to intelligence that comes from the u.k. or indeed from other countries that currently. information so scotland would have to build up its own infrastructure while it was doing that there would be holes in the defense system for everybody scotland's plan it says we don't need your army anyway its plan is to build up its own three armed forces an organ

britain sovereignty will increase the sky s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts now the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual that here debt spirals and deflationary spiles and this is the concept called continuous payment authority c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or a and he sort of service like wonga it gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card unlike a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account and the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here

i tell you, what britain can do better than that. \[applause] to raise living standards, to really raise living standards you need to do some major things. you need to cut the deficit to keep mortgage rates low, grow your economy and get people jobs. and yes, you need to cut people's taxes. i want people to keep more of their money to spend as they choose. we have cut the taxes of 25 million hardworking people and yes that is 25 million more reasons to finish the job we've started. and while we're on taxes, let me get one thing straight. i don't know whether you caught the lib conference a couple of weeks ago. no. they were trying to take all the credit for these tax cuts as though they've been twisting our arm to do it. memo to you lecturing us on low taxes is like us lecturing you on constitutional tinkering. we will continue cutting the taxes on hardworking people in our country. and let me say this, when i say a lapped of opportunity for all, i mean everyone north and south. this country, our country has been too london centric f

swindon, in the southwest of britain, has begun to see an upturn in its economic fortunes. after a steep rise across britain a year ago, unemployment has fallen in the town for two consecutive months. but some of the migrants, who constitute 10% of swindon's population, have detected a ripple of hostility. >> even in the music industry, in this day and age, when i go in, i'm looking for a gig. i can go to the barman and ask him, "have you got any--i mean, as a musician, can i have a couple of gigs here?" the first [indistinct] look at you and they'll say, "no, we haven't got any gigs. we're booked for the rest of the year." if somebody else goes, a friend of mine goes there and asks the same question, they will give them a booking. but they won't give me a booking. >> unemployment has sometimes been blamed on the town's migrant communities, especially the recent e.u. arrivals who can come without a firm job offer and undercut the going rate for the job. >> i think the difficult thing is, we're in a recession now and, um, we're faced with the unskilled, uh, migrant workers t

mercedes and algae and in return britain seeking. banking sector from the way brussels regulations the proposed deal may also include germany's help to a cap on bankers' bonuses something the tory policies controversy points against the tide of public opinion but it's not just germany and britain practically every member has something to complain about. pricing policies spain is unhappy with fishing reforms others criticised sky high budget contributions red tape and bailouts whether it's contributing to them or punishing economic regimes after receiving them all combined to undermine the project but now that two of the unions most powerful members appear to be commuting to defy the rules of the organization it looks like dissatisfaction has hit a whole new level. countries bickering among themselves there are actually growing signs of economic hope the irish government has said that it will soon leave behind the bailout program that was forced upon it when it came close to bankruptcy five years ago and also used on a boy with prime

second rate george osborne says second great britain must rediscover its can do attitude chancellor dismisses suggestions that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country. you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of england is so they're going to keep interest rates low in seoul employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so that everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to that as part of meal feudalism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting a pod up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing well the other thing i want to point out is that he should look in the mirror and look what his government is doing because in china they are a command and control economy just like the u.k.'s command and control economy

britain sovereignty will increase the sky s.t.'s feud. well you know one of the big backers of the tory party the conservative party and david cameron is why so speaking of profits he's there in this final headline here payday lenders are taking money they shouldn't from bank accounts you know the interesting thing of how they're able to do this is this concept which is the concept of financialization this is the reason why we only have sovereign debt funds and perpetual debt here debt spirals and deflationary spiles and this is the concept called continue. c.p.a. it gives the company who you sign up to whether it's like you know the gas company or a and he sort of service like wonga gives the company power to take money out of your account via your debit card unlike a debit card however max you cannot cancel it yourself you need to tell the company to stop taking money out of your account the company can however automatically reinstate collections and this practice is illegal in the united states but it's legal here and two billion pound

ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital britain may have a rethink on green energy since a survey claims two of its citizens are against propping up the noncompetitive industry and the so-called green levies make up a hefty part of average energy bills and the only predicted to snowball if indeed the u.k. proceeds with its program policies pony boy has the story from london now. talking about the weather may be a british foible but nowadays it can make or break a household budget when terror is setting in as our announcements that energy prices are set to rise yes again now roughly ten percent of the u.k.'s average household energy bill is made up of so-called green taxes and the prime minister david cameron has pledged to do away with them in order to help out struggling brits now the ideas proved popular for a country battling with austerity according to a recent poll by savation some sixty percent of brits object to having to shell out for the green levies. but. you know about what it is cost to wait and see if it's way things cheaper things to do not prefer the profit

britain france germany china and russia since her son rouhani was elected as the country's new president one of the first things he said is that he hoped iran and the west would be able to reach an understanding over its nuclear program in the near future confirming that tehran fully supports the idea of a nuclear free middle east now also read ahead of the conference in geneva with heard from the iranian foreign minister who said that he hoped they'd be able to drop some. sort of a roadmap according to russian diplomats. meeting in geneva has now become a true test of how constructive the worse could be adding that economic sanctions on iran have been hampering seriously negotiations israel was widely believed to have nuclear weapons many are now raising the question is israel more interested in reaching some sort of a constructive ending in the iranian nuclear dispute or is it more interested in diverting international attention from itself you've got this kind of arty brussels . a number of comments before the conferences include a one from the israeli leader plant something of a damp

britain may pull out from the european human rights convention this according to the country's prime minister who pledges to do everything to throw out those posing a security threat to the u.k. . fears of a settlement talks between the u.s. and iran gain momentum the israeli prime minister is in washington urging his american counterpart not to get too close to terror on. the world's top headlines for this hour welcome to the program here on our i'm live in moscow. time has run out for u.s. lawmakers to agree on federal funding it means the government has now officially shut down the democratic led senate rejected the temporary bills by the republicans that would have delayed obama's health care law as the price to continue funding obama warned the shutdown would have a very real economic impact on real people. reports on this. better all air traffic controllers will remain working so will the majority of the department of homeland security everything from the u.s. coast guard to the transportation security agency will keep operating federal prisons will stay open the state departme

that china has a sweatshop economy and wishes britain would be more like the communist country yeah well you know he wants brits to work for lower wages that's why the bank of england said they're going to keep interest rates low in so employment goes higher that means that they want wages to trend lower to be on a par with china so that you have everyone employed but making subsistence wages used to be here subsistence farming used to be the rigueur economic model here in britain under the lords and ladies and kings and queens of the feudal period now they wish to return to that as part of neil feudalism so george osborne can be piggly wiggly georgie porgie putting him up on his throne making all sides of commandments all day long and not doing jack nothing. because a report about him exactly got to be one hour from now for the meantime though here on the program finding love against the odds coming up next is our documentary about two very different individuals whose love is simply. it seems like politicians can get away with anything nowadays but not all of them the former mayor

they found a water leak in june caused by corrosion. >>> japan's prime minister shinzo abe and britain prince andrew have launched a bilateral security conference in tokyo. delegates are working on coordinating responses to issues like terrorism and cyber security. about 200 people took part in the first of two days on monday. they discussed how to deal with terrorism in the middle east and africa. they talked about coordinating security to meet china's military buildup. >> but we need to look forward as to how the relationship can be nurtured, built, and become more relevant, i would suggest, to the needs and the requirements of the 21st century. >> translator: we will continu to promote cooperation wh britain by sharing knowledge, views and experience to enhance world peace and stability. >> some attendees mentioned terrorist attacks on companies operating abad. they suggested sharing intelligence resources with britain could be a possible solution. >>> a typhoon has hit. it seems people in vietnam are cleaning up. what's the latest situation? >> good morning, catherine and, yes, you

once providing the life blood to the british economy now much of britain's industrial infrastructure lies in ruin but whilst full industrial hubs like leeds and manchester have risen from the ashes many smaller northern towns and cities have had a harder time reinventing themselves and a recent article in the economist magazine took it one step further suggesting that rather than further investment in places like middlesbrough or burnley and whole decaying towns and cities should be left behind it's true that economically britain remains a deeply divided country but with all this talk of failing towns and cities we thought we'd come and speak to some of the people who actually live in them and find out what they have to say about it all and say we've come to the market town of burnley in lancashire in the north west of the country. so. people say a lot of. burnley's friendly. and good a football. needs help i'm going to leeds pub for a year. because i don't want to be your own in my. opinion might speak divided but burnley which was recently named the most enterprising place in brita

regulation it's a tit for tat britain's proposing to support germany's to delay the introduction of a cap on carbon dioxide emissions which will harm b.m.w. mercedes and and in return britain seeking germany's help to protect the banking sector from the brussels regulations the proposed deal may also include germany's help. on bankers' bonuses something the tory policies controversy points against the tide of public opinion but it's not just germany and britain practically every member has something to complain about belgian. pricing policies spain is unhappy with fishing reforms others criticised sky high budget contributions red tape and bailouts whether it's contributing to them or punishing economic regimes after receiving them all combined to undermine the project but now that two of the union's most powerful members appear to be commuting to defy the rules of the organization it looks like dissatisfaction has hit a whole new level. so there are actually growing signs of economic hope that the irish government will soon leave the bailout program forced upon it when it came close