what anything really changed between paris and brussels. the press so there's no europe force one europe for whom is it europe for the banker of. europe for trade with europe for. business. or europe of senses of europe of sorts for rights and the rest of the continents watching too knowing that whoever its next partner is a honeymoon phase is out of the question the answer is still here r t brussels the un as planned to reckon massive financial buffer around the euro zone hasn't been welcomed by everybody with nanny nations reluctant to commit their cash and commenting on the idea investment advisor patrick young doesn't have much faith and move will help save the euro zone this is absolutely a cataclysm for the euro zone there is no way no matter how hard large to see it going to are no matter how high big zouk it is that the i.m.f. is currently assembling and nobody can afford to pay for italian government debt it is simply impossible we are pushing nations on the mediterranean fringe of europe into anarchy if we expect that they're goin

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troops but the problem was addressed in brussels today what exactly has been said. is indeed a lot of condemnation with regard to scandals related to soldiers or forces u.s. forces cities committed against afghan people u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta had condemned those actions but then he said that this is a young soldiers committing this acting in the heat of the moment however this is not the first start or is it an isolated case now the l a times pictures. of the soldiers posing by the side corpses we've had in the past a koran burning incident as well as absolutely zero in aiding on afghan corpses this does not go down well with the countries involved the afghan people or the american people as well and again afghanistan is in the spotlight right now but this is not the first time the u.s. has been involved in such stories iraq for example a recent video has emerged of soldiers also committing atrocities this is just the tip of the iceberg though what it comes to obstacles they have to deal with it in a can is done this is a p.r. image disaster for this

cilia r t brussels. with the future shrouded in uncertainty the i.m.f. chief has set a goal to protect the world from europe christine legarde wants to erect a four hundred billion dollar financial wall around the block a planner is eighty billion dollars short with hopes that the fast growing countries known as the brics group will clog the whole result russia china in the and south africa ready to lend a helping hand but only for a bigger say over the international bank meeting today in washington and the says when the group of twenty industrialized nations will focus on that funding political analyst christophe hostiles says the i.m.f. won't be able to help europe without the brics which shows global power is shifting . not really to pay money so there is a very bad situation or a blow up of the i.m.f. it's not only a good negotiation position and it's a number one chance in fact the brics one thing is very clear without it being a say here in this institution very clearly there is no incentive for the brics nations to you know give their good money a

but france's relationships with berlin and brussels have hit a rough patch the french election if you look at the campaign in france i think because on the right side there is mrs le pen this is the plan once to reintroduce her for the french franc the french currency force mr along once during negotiations to the of the treaty on the fiscal compact incumbent nicolas sarkozy is no exception pledging to freeze france's e.u. funding and bringing back border controls over in the left corner. rally rejects europe's budget belt tightening pact people are uneasy with the fact that they or contributing to the failed policies in other parts of the then people don't really understand why is it that there's more and more legislation coming from the european level in member states have to adjust it for the mostly pro europe french public it's about jobs and social security just as brussels and birth women want tough cutbacks. and that doesn't rest easy with voters who gave a resounding no to giving the e.u. machine even more power seven years ago even though it's been a perfect tool to offload q

what everything really changed between paris and brussels. the big question is now europe for what europe for hoover is it europe for the banker of europe for trade europe for. business oh he's it a europe of cities or a europe of social rights and the rest of the continents watching too knowing that whoever its next partner is a honeymoon phase is out of the question just are still here archie brussels. the ambassador result plan however needs eighty billion dollars more and the bank is relying on the fast growing breaks countries to make up the shortfall russia has pledged ten billion dollars but along with the rest of the emerging economies once a greater say in how it spans meeting today in washington finance ministers from a group of twenty of us realise nations will focus on their funding brazil russia china india and south africa are expected to come up with eighty billion for a bigger sway over the international monetary fund the i.m.f. president christine lagarde was optimistic that a compromise will be reached by the commons and oth

harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the twenty twelve championship in ukraine this over the case of jailed yulia timoshenko. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very interview show right here on our. quiz is the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising. worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is are with me rule. in syria a third bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city of live just hours after eight were killed and dozens wounded in twin explosions the government and the opposition both blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks now the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped to broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary elections in just two weeks time but the u.s. and its allies are still calling for regime change jordan a base prefer a louche syria fell out of favor. playing by its own will.

or anything really change between paris and brussels. would be really is no europe for europe. is it europe for the banker of. europe for trade with europe for. business or has it a europe of cities a europe of social rights and the rest of the continents watching to knowing that whoever its next partner is a honeymoon phase is out of the question just are still here r t brussels well the i.m.f. eurozone plan however still needs eighty billion dollars more the hope is that the fast growing countries known as the brics group will manage to make up that shortfall russia has already pledged ten billion dollars but along with the rest of the emerging economies wants a greater say in how it's spent meeting today in washington ministers from the group of twenty industrialized nations will focus on that funding personal russia china india and south africa are expected to come up with the eighteen billion but ask for a bigger sway over the international bank the i.m.f. president christine lagarde was optimistic that a compromise could be reached but commenting on the plan investment ad

sylvia archie brussels. the i.m.f. here is on plan however still needs eighty billion dollars more and the hope is that a fast growing countries known as the brics were up will make up the shortfall russia has pledged billion u.s. dollars bought a long way the rest of the emerging economies once a greater say in how it spanned meeting today in washington ministers from the group of twenty industrialized nations will focus on their funding brazil russia china india and south africa are expected to come up with the eighty billion but ask for a bigger sway over the international bank. president christine legarde was optimistic that a compromise would be reached but commenting on the plan of vestment advisor patrick young doesn't have much faith a move will help save the euro zone. this is absolutely a counter killer some for the euro zone there is no way no matter how hard large the sea of guards are no matter how big it is that the i.m.f. is currently assembling nobody can afford to pay for entirely in government debt it

for the swedish pirate party she joins us now live from brussels tell us football is officially aimed at gathering data related to cyber attacks so what's the danger for a lot of biding users. well gathers started indiscriminately so the obvious threat is for freedom of speech kind of censorship practices that people abide also by self-censorship knowing that they're being watched by their government or by a private actor and therefore modify the way in which they would behave in which they behave this can have very damaging effects for for instance democrat democratic development and also actually the way that we construct our communities and social interactions between each other why do you think you have legislators are trying to push bills focused on citizen surveillance instead of aiming to improve the country's overall web infrastructure. i think it's actually partly a problem of money so currently we have a very strongly expanding that a geisha an industry that live off of private data from citizens or live off of being able to catalog the way people communicate with each other

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what everything really changed between paris and brussels. europe for. for. europe for the bankers. europe for trade of europe for. business oh is it a europe of citizens of europe of social rights and the rest of the continents watching too knowing that whoever its next partner is the honeymoon phase is out of the question to answer celia archie brussels and stay with r.t. on sunday for our extensive coverage of the french vote without votes from paris and expert opinion. and the currency crisis. cuts. tragically integration. who will be left standing with the people speech. the french election on r.t. . with the future shrouded in uncertainty the i.m.f. chief has set a goal to protect the world from europe christina guard wants to erect a four hundred billion dollar financial wall around the block the plan however is short of eighty billion dollars with hopes that the fast growing countries known as the brics group will plug the hole and brazil russia china india and south africa are ready to lend a helping hand but only for a bigger say over the international bank meeting now in

this vision and version of the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind their anti brussels candidates proposal supporting bad border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. it's an hour quarter past the hour here in the russian capital the eastern ukrainian city of the net profit off slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bomb explosions on friday thirty people injured ten of them children and while doctors are continuing to treat the injured police are now sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites with this report. for some residents of new bit of skin ukraine their regular tri majority through the city was cut short because of the earth and i just got up from my chair when i heard splosion but those were smashed the windows shattered remember when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. i was selling tickets

brussels and they don't headquarters are not particularly peaceful some might say. well what reflektor trying to do is to bring the legal look people the official policies before the courts have you tried to do that ourselves bar and i prefer civil disobedience or if they prosecute us we also have a discussion on the legality of the like the nuclear weapons policies and the military interventions before so that's a good distance behind the protests let's take a step back and look at the broader picture nato has been credited by some with bringing a fled fledgling form of democracy to libya for years has been working to bring the same to afghanistan isn't nato a successful pro peace organization. well i would hope to successful i mean nato is not for ten years in afghanistan and i don't see a lot of success libya now we see like the revenues of more than on that that's between wars or between militias so effectively you can question if the military interventions are really pretty or are we just arming the next phase in civil war but if it through the military the num

evidence in support of that regime change so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the way what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on. political leaders of the syrian opposition have been calling for foreign military intervention but it's something people on the ground are refusing to accept as are his oxana boyko reports from damascus. almost everyone in syria these days is in opposition to something ready to lash out at opponents at any moment and seventy six year old my feet mohammad is in opposition to that he says syrians are so worked up about politics that it's become difficult to make people smile but he found a way. i like dancing in the street and i like the reaction it produces in people i feel free this way. even he can't stay away from politics when i ask him about his biggest concern his sass syria should not dance to somebody else's tune. we don't need any countries meddling in our food. while the pro

evidence in support of that regime change so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato the way what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on the syrian conflict because balancing on the brink of civil war also costing the country's economy dearly alleged terrorist destroying industrial sites under the pretext of fighting against president assad or his ex on a boyko has more from the syrian city of aleppo. a lifetime of work burned overnight. this facility is one of a growing number of businesses in syria destroyed by those claiming to advance the cause of that revolution this factory was a classic example of syrian interpreter ship one hundred and fifty employees producing textiles for furniture it was never turning out a lot of profit but provided the decision living for its people all of which is now gone north routes no warnings one evening in fabry a group of young man threw molotov cocktails into the building the owner s

live in brussels thank you. patrick young the executive director of investment for advisers although we. could be treated as a drug for the problems that highlights the very serious indeed. the truth of the matter is that i think it's difficult to keep seriously the idea of simply seeking attention through destroying our works when actually wouldn't be a great deal of a better idea to have these artists and indeed these artworks being sold so they could actually go somewhere to try to help some of the pensioners i mean it strikes me that it is a rather ludicrous protest rather say to do all draw attention to. the fundamental underpinnings of many europeans see it and that means that the us to much of the money that he would spend on the social status whether it be in art whether it be in pensions whatever it is is coming to an end europe and the euro zone cannot of ford it's socialism. this is artsy a twenty two million dollar fine the punishment for perhaps america's most controversial financial giant penalty c

back in time with one's own bureaucrats turning on brussels to no bid to escape voter fury. running battles in montreal see eighty five more students arrested in the and creasing li violent face off over a rise in tuition. oh you're watching live from moscow words four pm it's three pm in kiev and we have breaking news this hour a series of blasts hit the city of new proposed in eastern ukraine on friday morning injuring twenty seven people the latest reports put the number of explosions out for the first blast occurred around noon noon at a tram stop five people were reportedly injured as a result there the device is said to have been planted in a trash can forty minutes later a second explosion struck near a movie theater hurting some seven people next to more blasts went off in quick succession also in the city center a criminal investigation how the launch what use are casting a terror attack one of the latest live from our correspondent in ukraine a look see yourselves coming up shortly here on our team. in other news soon americans may find that every private e-mail th

all right alex problem to us live from brussels thank you very much for your analysis. was mia is marking twenty years since the start of one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history that left almost one hundred thousand dead and over four million displaced in the capital sarajevo an orchestra will play in front of thousands of empty red chairs one for every man woman and child killed in the city of the war resulted from the breakup of yugoslavia and began after the european community recognized as an independent country the conflicts are vibrant division among the bosnian serbs croats and muslims but nato eventually forced to intervene but serbian historian employs the knowledge says western countries only accelerated the conflict. ironically still track to the consulate in a sense it's always don't you know we can hear. the political option you sharing. your story of. and mining. if you see one hundred ninety two engine we haven't changed much. since she was in twenty years and years of news about bosnia that it was a conflict it ran rampant on its own and the wes

who said that releasing these two prisoners is definitely a right move to improve relations between brussels and main scans she demanded that the whole other political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and minsk have been very much strains after the events and in december to a to turn the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all has of old diplomatic missions to do the european union left immediately all twenty seven passengers then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessman are still prohibited from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union there have been talks of more tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks so the possibility that the two. of the possible sanctions and the release of the prisoners are connected cannot be ruled out by many experts. well that story following online tonight on our web site r t dot com if it's not me a t.v. get a moment also these t

brussels in eastern ukrainian city of slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bombings friday thirty people were injured ten of them children while doctors continue to treat the injured police are sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites artie's aleck's airshows q reports from q. for some residents of new bit of skin ukraine of their regular crime joran and through the city was cut short because the police and i just got up from my chair when i heard the explosion of the doors was smashed the windows shattered all remember that when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. i was selling tickets when it came out of nowhere i grabbed my knees trying to hold on there was blood all over i got out sat down on a bench and like doubt it was a powerful blast the trousers i was wearing were all covered in holes i couldn't see if my legs were injured but it's not like it's a horror of previously unseen in ukraine's third largest city for homemade explosive devices hidden in trash cans detonated one aft

missile defense shield is not a russia or live in brussels thank you. activists a gathering near a moscow court today in support of a feminist punk band whose members were arrested on hooliganism charges back in february or the court will consider whether to extend custody which expires and now in less than one week the group rushed to the altar of russia's christ the savior cathedral in moscow and performed what prosecutors claim was a blasphemous song of the five women who took part three were arrested and charged in our face up to seven years in prison performances drawing huge public response and a wave of criticism from russia's orthodox church. a twenty two million dollar fine that's the latest punishment dished out to america's perhaps most controversial financial giant goldman sachs and the penalty came after revelations the bank gave inside information to us preferred clients allowing them an unfair advantage over other investors and as always our very own kaiser report coming up next hour here on r.t. has the lowdown on that. it makes sense th

who said that releasing these two prisoners is definitely a right move to improve relations between brussels and minsk and she demanded that the old political prisoners must be set free as well definitely the ties between brussels and. i have been very much strange after the events in december and the presidential election and the crackdown on the opposition in fact all heads of all diplomatic missions to. the european union left immediately all twenty seven passengers then the european union imposed sanctions umbrella was namely more than two hundred state officials and businessmen are still brought here from traveling to the european union countries as well as several companies are blacklisted from trade with the european union several companies certainly now there have been talks of more tougher sanctions to come within the next several weeks and political analysts are trying to determine whether this unprecedented move by a look at trying to releasing the two high profile prisoners is somehow connected to the possible for the prospect of tougher sanctions but while they are speculating d

for more or less from hollow a phony he's founder of the c p p i should say foundation and that is a brussels based think tank and he has written extensively on the middle east that russia has said today the un has evidence that syrian rebels are committing human rights violations and yet the u.s. and its allies are continuing it seems to ignore the role of militants in the violence and pledge more to help them why are they so persistent in their support of this armed opposition. well the the situation in syria is quite confused actually because you have a government which is the assad government which is under attack internationally accusations sanctions and so on on the other hand you have an internal political opposition which is mostly i'm able to express way out from the white nigerian which the country is full full since of several months and would like to open negotiations to sincerely probably with governments with the international community then you have armed groups of different sorts. some some of the foreign countries namely france for instance once them to be all represented wit

let's stop there were guests rescued a journalist and author michel call on who joins us live from brussels thanks very much for being with us now whoever wins the election has a challenging to do list unemployment's is a record high and the country's economy struggling so much of the candidates in your opinion is best suited to steer the country out of its financial difficulties . i'm not sure i have perfectly the question because of that connection i think you have only three candidates and if you conceive such a cosy. show. and i think the first problem is to understand why there's so many french rejects. can sound usual that the president is not relaxed it's. really changed because he promised to break with the guns the promise to protect. comes of the ordinary people to make life better to defend pensions and saw him and he made exactly the country he made to live through very difficult people he gave a lot of gifts to its era rich friends. it's. got all the. really the leaders of the freshman to nationals having a very rich slide. and also making walls everywhere. and. people knew wha

silly reporting live from brussels thanks for that. the first u.s. marines have arrived in australia as america boost its military presence in the asia pacific region more than two thousand personnel will be deployed there over the next few years it adds to america's military footprint in such countries as japan the philippines and singapore all of course in china's backyard asia times roving correspondent pepe escobar now joins us live from bangkok thanks for being with us once again the deal also includes an increased presence of u.s. warships and military aircraft operating from an australian base how did this cooperation further develop as you see it. happen to be yesterday and the end of this place talks to us that there were no very bright. welcoming could be cheap. pieces that are straight almost every week right so look this is that there's only one thing about this whole thing which is certainly if not the rest in china what are your other way around rather caressing it staffs are these two thousand five hundred marines in daraa north of aus

brussels. skepticism a major issue in the french presidential election member states and the awaiting the outcome of the vote on our website at www dot com we're asking what the main challenge for next french leader would be so let's say the main task will be bearing the eurozone debt burden both of you think the most difficult task of kickstarting the economy and the rest of it's almost equally spread amongst the biggest challenges in defusing tension of integration and involvement in foreign conflicts. cairo's tahrir square will fill with anger again on friday as addiction islamists vent their frustrations towards the country's current military rulers are the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power etc first now reports from any objections the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy to the sidelines. that protests nation after the revolution toppled president mubarak gyptian si

accuses the european union of parking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro championship in ukraine and poland over the case of jailed ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko more details to follow in a few minutes. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host to be very old interview show right here on our. quiz is the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising all the details just ahead. international news and comment live from the russian capital this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day in syria a third bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city just hours after nine people were killed and around one hundred wounded in twin explosions that the government and the opposition of blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks. the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped broker ahead of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the roadmap is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary elections in just

still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. one hundred sixty protests within just two months and canada student uprising continues unabated new clashes on thursday night to the standoff over. the increasingly violent centron of the country's second largest city of montreal clashes resumed after talks collapsed between student leaders in the forty's right offices maced and detained dozens of protesters while the police chief publicly complained that its forces were worn out the students are incensed over tuition fees rise which the government says is necessary but journalist but. they said heavy handed policing provoked the students. there were relatively minor incidents windows broken. recalls but i realised the police is using that as a pretext to conduct massive repression and usually the ones you will break your window or another once you get caught the police those that they run faster than the police the ones who get caught are peaceful protesters and people are becoming infuriated by the behavior of the police who were

vision and version of europe the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind their to brussels candidates to oppose also putting back border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. one hundred sixty protests within just two months and kind of a student uprising continues unabated and with new clashes on thursday night the standoff over tuition fee hikes is turning increasingly violent centering on the country's second largest city of montreal clashes resumed after talks collapsed between student leaders and authorities riot officers charged maced and detained dozens of protesters for the police chief probably complain that his forces were bored out there. students are incensed over it she wish and fees rise which the government says is necessary the journalist. says heavy handed policing will only provoke the students further mistaken if. there were relatively minor incidents or windows broken. recalls but

all times of being on the program much pre-shared for belgium and pillage joining us now live from brussels and here. are the headlines today several torture techniques used by the united states against terror suspects have been labeled war crimes in a leak secret state department officials burma which also reveals a warning to the bush administration about their use and as marina porter explains next for r t some believe president obama is turning a blind eye to america's past. america's so-called war on terror produced images and accounts that ignited a world of questions about torture and the u.s. treatment of suspects american people need to know or using techniques within the law to protect them two years after george w. bush left the white house let's talk about waterboarding the former commander in chief admitted his stamp of approval for the use of interrogation techniques like waterboarding dubbed into humane and illegal under u.s. law and the geneva conventions why is water political in your opinion as a lawyer said it was legal. or within the. latter torture. and. let's go first

its vision and version of fear of the obstacles to getting bigger from voters rallying behind anti brussels candidates to oppose also putting back border controls some e.u. leaders some dismiss them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. skepticism a major issue in the french presidential election member states nervously awaiting the outcome of the vote website. we're asking you today the main challenge for the next. spot you say the main task for the u.s. and that of course of you think the most difficult task kickstarting. rest of it so we're equally split between them some see the biggest challenges facing the tension of a nation in foreign. cairo's tahrir square will fill with anger again on friday as egyptian is lists of vent their frustrations towards the country's current military rulers however the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power the center fo

its vision and version of fear of the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind anti brussels candidates to oppose also putting back border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. now the first round of the french presidential ballot or so marina look pounds a national front do better than ever as it came in with almost eighteen percent of the vote a french journalist. will have to work hard to attract these far right voters in the second. i think the reason one of the reasons why a. high score which is the highest of party ever is partly because of rejection of nicolas sarkozy so this rejection those people who voted for that reason that would have to be overcome in the coming two weeks if he wants to sway them it's probably all that he will carry on as he has in the last few weeks trying to send messages more strongly on the issues of. security and immigration and will not like this kind of talk so it's

and all of this is happening all of this news is coming as nato ministers are meeting right now in brussels to discuss discuss the future. afghanistan after the international coalition pulls out so clearly a very delicate and sensitive situation being even more compromised with these new grim photos being published of the u.s. paratroopers in two thousand and ten posing with the corpses of afghans and even as you say america meeting with its allies in brussels today trying to ask for a billion dollars in funds per year to finance the afghan security operation once they leave that country he's going to put in a new york thank you. well meantime a former afghan m.p. sultanzoy thinks that the size posing a threat to relations between his country and the u.s. or the scandal will contribute to nato leaving behind one grim legacy. biggest legacy that it would leave if it doesn't address the problems that will be left behind would be that we will think of the west the europeans and the americans. for a generation who are looking for instant gratification even in wars like this. instant coffee and