do you think greece should carry on cutting in the way brussels is asking? "they have to stop," he tells me. "there will be trouble. people do not have anything more to give." despite the very obvious beauty here, there are storm clouds on the horizon. a large number of people are expected to vote on parties that want to turn their back on the brussels-imposed austerity. if that happens, there are those who fear this country could be charting a very different course, one that takes it out of the euro, with all the massive implications for this continent that that would bring. wind your way around this country and you find exhaustion. greece is defeated, crumbling. that is changing politics. the same old faces have governed here for decades. in the local council, they know the two main parties who pushed through the cuts are now losing support. the new mayor, an independent, does not believe anyone has the vision to save his country. >> the plan is to win the election. it is the plan for 15 days. we want a plan for the next 15 years and we do not have anythin

here for us is the european union the party back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty eight well football championship in ukraine and poland over the case of jail ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko more details to follow in a few minutes. also. we can leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on r.t. . julian quizzes the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising all that is has just ahead. international news and covered live from the russian capital this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day in syria a third bomb blast has 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 the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire and that's because maintains its fighting a foreig

kid of accuses the emir of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty four championship in the crane it's the latest developments in the row over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko the serving time for abusing power. in the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very are going to be show right here on r.t. on tuesday june of us only to be the new president of chile is here where arab spring football speaking. for those stories in full with me in fifteen minutes from now the meantime pool's here with the latest action from the world of sport. thank you very much for the welcome to the sports headlines it was coming up on his way the russian football federation. that dick advocaat has to step down as manager of the national side following this summer's european championship. game maria sharapova wald number one victoria azarenka on the stoop all claim to claim her first title of two thousand and twelve. and the waiting game there's drama at the way in his russian middleweight champion to me pl

of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the row over the handling of the former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's serving time for abusing. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on r.t. on tuesday interviews the new president of. the arab spring revolts to get. those stories in full in less than fifteen minutes from now. with the sports. thank you very much bill welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up on his way the russian football federation confirmed to wate that dick advocaat is to step down as manager at the end of this summer's european football championships. net gain maria sharapova beats world number one victoria azarenka on the schoolgirl clay to claim her first title in two thousand and twelve. and a waiting game in the drama at the weigh in as russian middleweight champion dmitri piddled prepares to put his w.b.i. crown on the line on tuesday night. but first th

and that takes place more than 3000 miles from nato's headquarters in brussels, where troops from all 28 members serve with troops from 22 nonmembers, partner countries have joined in the isaf mission. only nato has the integrated command and control structure that could manage such a complex undertaking. and 7000 more soldiers are maintaining security in the balkans where casework continues to play a crucial role. including are fighting the insurance of a safe and secure environment during the serbian presidential elections that will take place this coming sunday. presidential and parliamentary election. made it was also conducting maritime operations under nato flag. and as you know the last few weeks we successfully concluded a critical mission and libya that saved countless lives. there really isn't an issue today that is of national security importance that we do not work on with our european allies. countering terrorism, dealing with weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile proliferation, addressing cybersecurity, enhancing energy security. the list goes on and on. when

of yulia timoshenko the former ukrainian prime minister now serving a prison term for abusing power brussels claims the case though was politically motivated to michelle because currently on hunger strike the latest now from marquis of correspondent r.t. as i like to ski. what seems to be purely domestic case has received very serious international reactions with presidents of germany the czech republic the head of the euro commission as well as german chancellor angela merkel all saying they will boy call their land troops to ukraine in particular for the u. of twenty twelve football period as easily as if to protest against the treatment. of prime minister now even called on the german national football team to boy call it their participation in this tournament the idea which was even supported by the president of the champions league final this club byron munich now also reactions came from mosco with president medvedev raising his eyebrows over the treatment of you to saying that this these actions to throw serious shade on ukraine's reputation and are unacceptable for a democratic count

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.

shipments who have come from lebanon into syria so who's got time answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the 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. and watching r.t. now the world's most famous secret spiller is here again to unleash further controversy with his shows next episode airing on r.t. this change of course julian assange she's already spoken to the hezbollah leader in his first international interview and over six years and brought together two political extremes from both sides of the atlantic laura smith now joins us live from london with the details of the next upcoming storm laura good to see you so what can we expect this time around who is the guest for songs on cheese today. well this is the third episode of the program and the guest this week is the first president of the new tune is the president. of course is where the arab spring first really kicked off and the jasmine revolution as it's come to be known was on

or have a have come from lebanon into syria 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. chris hedges author and u.s. war correspondent says under the guise of democracy washington is pushing its own interest in the region. i don't think anyone in the muslim world thinks that we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military bases some the size of small cities i think there is at this point absolutely no credibility i'm talking about within the middle east when the united states claims that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria my feeling is that everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a ceasefire rather than pass a resolution that calls for assad's removal or resolution. that calls for intervention or anything else there's no real formal opposition you know it's a sort of a mess and they just

brussels the eastern ukrainian city of knepper patro slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bombings friday thirty people were hurt ten of them children and doctors continuing to treat the injured police meanwhile sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites parties like sarah reports. for some residents of new but a bit off skin ukraine their regular tri majority through the city was cut short because the ultimate just. from my chair when i heard splosion that 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 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 blacked out 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 after another a tram stop

evidence in support of that regime change so who's gotten an answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the world 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 balancing on the brink of civil war is also costing the country's economy daily alleged terrorists are destroying industrial sites under the pretext of fighting against president assad but he's accent of arka has more now from the syrian city of aleppo. lifetime of work burned overnight. this 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 churning out a lot of profit but provided a distant 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 sa

overwhelming evidence in support of that regime change so whose contact answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the world 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 political leaders of the syrian opposition have been calling for foreign military intervention but that's something many people on the ground refuse to accept as artie's accel of boyko reports now 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 it has become difficulty make people smile but he found the way. i like dancing in the street and i like the reaction it was easy to read this way. yes even he can stay away from politics when i ask him about his biggest concern is to ask syria should not dance just somebody else's tune. we don't need any countries meddling in our food. while the p

still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still the r t brussels. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow it's good to have you with us today the eastern ukrainian city of inappropriate slowly getting back to normal after its residents were left in a state of shock by a series of bomb explosions on friday thirty of them ten of the injured were children now while doctors are continuing to treat the injured police have begun sifting through c.c.t.v. footage of the blast sites with this report now it's a. scam. for some residents of new bit of skin ukraine their regular tri majority through the city was cut short because of the last one i just got up from my chair when i heard the explosion but those were smashed the windows shattered all i remember when i got up there was smoke and dust everywhere and women were crying. beach 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 h

vision and version of fear of the obstacles or getting bigger from voters rallying behind their anti brussels candidates to oppose also putting back the border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as a 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 good to have you with us here and all to you today still to come in the program of. thousands are rallying in egypt's revolution roof square venting their frustration over the upcoming elections which they say will not represent their. detecting the truth russian m.p. on the very little boy takes a radical step roughish britain's accusation that he killed former security officer alexander litvinenko. on friday a series of explosions of the city of the in a property off script that's in eastern ukraine almost thirty people were injured when four consecutive blasts went off within an hour in public areas causing widespread panic that suspected terror attacks stoked fear not only among the locals but also abroad as the co

vision and version of here are the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind that 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. you know what you are to live for moscow still to come on the program back on every year thousands rally gets revolution where are venting their frustration over the upcoming elections which they say represent their voice . and detecting the truth russian m.p. andre look at boyd takes a radical step to rubbish britain's accusation that he killed former security officer or example of any of. our friday series of explosions have hit the city of never a trough skin eastern ukraine almost thirty people were injured when four consecutive blasts went off within an hour in public areas causing widespread panic the suspected terror attacks stoke fear at all only among the locals but also abroad as a country prepares to host the euro two

still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. well the first round of the french presidential ballots on marine le pen's national front do better than ever as a came third with almost eighteen percent of the vote french journalist says sarkozy will have to work hard to attract these far right voters in the second round. i think the reason one of the reasons why a man like ben had such a high score which is the highest of our 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 really a tricky game to play for sarkozy to be able to get his speech just right to sway people he needs i still think. we need. programs specially on economic matters. very close there was very little to tell them apart

. >> right this minute skyping from brussels, belgium, we have karen corrigan, she's responsible for the advertising for pimke. >> how did this come about? >> we thought how could pimke say they were a specialist in color but actually we help people choose things, what am i going to wear today and which color. >> pimke must be really excited that the trend is color blocking. >> it could actually be very, very realistic. we did not only put the cameras in fashion cities but also in the most fashionable places in the fashion cities. >> i log on to the color forecast and see a lot of people are wearing purple in milan, i put on some purple. that's how it works. >> or you can say, no, i'm not going to do it because i'm a rebel. that's another way to see it. or you can just download the app and say i want to be woken up with an alarm saying which color is trending tomorrow morning in paris. and you say, oh, i'm going to wear that or i'm going to wear the opposite. >> are there some color that say just don't change with time that people always wear? >> there will be colors that always come

still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. but always more on our website including all the latest stories video analysis and much more here's with on line for you today from leading the country leading the party russia's outgoing president accepts the reins of the ruling united russia party replacing him or put him in the post. and a teenage cancer sufferers forced to pay for illness survived chemotherapy and having a leg room. but one russian airline for better from flying and finds her for being an inconvenience they mean she could die during the flight that much more but are. the father of russia's executed officer alexander litvinenko poisoned in london six years ago claims that he knows who killed his son he says the u.k.'s prime suspect russian deputy under the look of war has nothing to do with the murder that belief has also been backed by the result of a british led polygraph test article that even has more on the revelations. polonium can poison a man and relations between two countries in two thousand and six form

sometimes if they just have open rooms -- it happened to me once in brussels -- they just put us in a suite, we're like, what did we do to be here? they want you to want to come back so they give you something. >> one of the things you say is be nice to people and that will help. we've both seen people who just complain and are loud. sometimes the person at desk, you they just want to quiet them down. they sometimes will help out those ones hot are the lout mouths? >> my favorite story is the person standing behind someone like that in line and the person i need to be upgraded, my back hurts and the person says well, you can buy a business class seat. that guy left, that person came up, they gave that person a business class seat just because they were nice. >> rental cars. maybe get the compact, you want to go mid size. is there a good approach there? >> rental cars will upgrade you if they've run out of the kind of car you've requested. if you get there early in the morning, before the people have returned their cars for the next day, or late in the week when a lot of those cars hav

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 to 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. still to come this hour here on r.t. the toxic truth. the road to the merger was in the rest of the father of versus former security officer alexander litvinenko says he knows who poisoned and killed his son and it's not scotland yard's main suspect in the murder . one hundred and sixty protests within just two months and kind of a student uprising continues on. the bait and new clashes on thursday night with 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 right officers charged maced and detained dozens of protesters while the police chief publicly complained that his force

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

i'm told i even sparkle about things like brussel spouts. >> stephen: how would you sparkle about a brussel sprout? >> are you kidding? oh, my god, brussel sprouts, and they're roasted. that's a real turn-on. >> stephen: are you going to yell through this entire interview? >> no. really by sparkle we mean what is it that makes your heart sing? >> stephen: you know what would make me sparkle? if we could sing a little song together. >> i don't think so. >> stephen: you've also written a series of books about "dumpy the dump truck." >> those are for very young, young men. >> stephen: very young. "dumpy the dump truck" spoke to me. >> really? >> stephen: how does dumpy learn how the take a dump? >> well, he just does that automatically because that's what he is. but don't go any further. >> stephen: ever thought about extending the series to other objects? are rusty the trombone? >> no, we haven't got there yet. we have a lot of other books, but we haven't done the trombone yet, but good idea. >> stephen: yeah. trombone nobody wants to play. [laughter] because it's all rusty. >> rusty. >> step

government collapse on monday when mark rather resigned as a fail to agree on painful measures demanded by brussels the political crisis has already been described as a revolt against enforced you are sterile the u.k. based journalist and blogger neil clark says there's every chance now that the netherlands will abandon the euro which he believes would be disastrous for the single currency. the big divide of course europe and not just good in the south but in the north as well is between the people and the elite the people have had enough of austerity and they're now being told that because of this absolutely insane if you school act which was agreed at the end of last year that they've got to be fifteen billion in cuts but fifteen billion cuts in government spending and basically will destroy the whole and you will destroy the economy it will destroy the good life that the dutch people have been used to over the years and unsurprisingly the dutch are saying it's enough all and will to leave the euro and that's not such of a far fetched idea you know that it might have appeared if you. years ago bu

collapsed on monday when mark ritter resigned as it failed to agree on painful measures to monitor by brussels political crisis of a people described against forced. we u.k. based journalist and blogger new york mark says there's every chance now other than one abandon the euro which he believes would be disastrous for the single currency . the big divide across europe and not just in the south but in the north as well is between the people and the elite the people have had enough of austerity and they're now being told that because of this absolutely insane fiscal pact which was agreed at the end of last year that they've got to be fifteen billion cuts fifteen billion cuts in government spending and this basically will destroy the whole and it will destroy the economy it will destroy the good life that the dutch people have been used to over the years and i'm surprised the dutch saying it's enough in holland were to leave the euro and that's not such a far fetched idea as it might have appeared a few years ago but it really is game over because hollande has been a strong ally of germany in th

brussels sprouts. when you buy brussels sprouts you want to make sure that they're nice and green. very important. not too large. is there is and yellow that to not buy them. and when you bring them home. put them in the refrigerator right away with red onions, planchette and brussels sprouts and oil, we sought say everything together. then we add chopped tomato. and some pasta. now we're going to lighten this up a little bit. add some of that cost a water that was in the pasta when we were cooking. then we add red pepper flakes. pepper. and some kosher salt. i want to add she's right on top here. not after but we'll is cooking so that the cheese absorbers in there. ok, and we're going to put this on a little bit and that is it. we're going to stir. hold on one second and here it comes. did your for already. brussels sprouts, tossed up. delicious. and a piece of tin shed. i am tony tantillo and this is tony's table. bone appetit! >> i love tony but i can't do brussels sprouts. >> coming up tonight at 5:00 daily deals making it into your in box becoming less appealing and more restr

gear on california he's the editor of the french news web site corporal poor dog on the line live from brussels thank you bring up the international or i don't know this tight margin of the first rounds got the kick out of the scuffling for the fringe votes is that we are witnessing. the far left by the looks of where will the pens far right voters going to go to be swayed to thank you. that's a very key question and your guess is frankly as good as mine i think the reason one of the reasons why then had such a high school yesterday which is the highest of our party ever is partly because of rejection of nicolas sarkozy's or this rejection those people who voted for that reason that would have to be overcome in the coming two weeks if you want to sway them well he says he's now heard what the far right voters have to say he says i've heard you all draw all the all the consequences does that mean he's going to lean even further to the right what can he do it convince voters in the next two weeks to the left in available to him. it's. probably all that he will carry on as he has in the last few w