. >>> a full moon has an eerie reputation, but in greece, it's a tourist attraction. archaeological sites like the acropolis opened up to the public for free the night of the full moon, which in august is considered the most beautiful. tourists came out to marvel at the impressive color and moonlighting in what's become a 13-year tradition in greece. >>> you've seen robots that can walk and talk. so what's next? apparently, the ability to smell. scientists in japan implanted genetically modified frog cells into a robot which absorbs odor and then sends a signal to a computer sensor. why would this keen sense come in handy, you may be wondering? well, scientists hope it will lead to a nurse robot that detects changes in patients from their body odor. which, apparently, there's a shortage of people to smell patients. >> there would be a shortage of that. it could sniff shoes to tell you if the shoes should be washed. >> yeah, or if you need to take a shower, you know. you need a robot to give you a hint. >> or if you should enter a bathroom or not. >> oh, i hope it does

when we had to say breez -- save greece, a financial guarantee plan was mobilized. it would been better to take swifter action, but in your, the decision making process involves 27 sovereign nations. history will remember that as always, the european -- europe overcame its problems by choosing solidarity and unity. what history will remember is that these problems represented an opportunity for the eu to make you progress set -- to make new progress. what history will remember is that once again, a franco-german understanding allow this progress to take place at the crucial place. but i take away from this ordeal is that we mistreat and the effectiveness of european institutions. the next page, the next step will be economic government. whatever necessary, meetings between the 16 members of the eurozone, but only a few months ago, the words european economic government were taboo. we could not use those words, except france. today, europe recognizes that true european economic government is necessary and even essential. now must be establishing concrete terms. franc

that is probably what is quite likely to emerge after the problems with greece and with the deficits are dealt with to prevent a crisis like that to happen again they will probably play called the steps that they can think of to make this less likely what do you think will happen to the theory or whatever you may say. here would be catastrophic for us as well what do you think is the real danger that something may happen to iraq that would not be just catastrophic for russia it would have been catastrophic for europe had it happened and the rest of the world would have been affected i mean again a lot of strain. it is in the votes of many central banks around the world and that is something that would affect. europe and beyond and if for no other reason than that reason alone is probably going to assume. that the euro would. look at your opinion where are they in their relationship well as far as concern to russia. in the early stages still learning what do you being union is it really started when mr yeltsin was over this is the first time when you know people in the kremlin. compre

bushmen accused of beating and stabbing him out while still holding koreans have been extradited to greece for trial one of the lawyers say the evidence against them is ludicrously weak but a european a rule means suspects can be sent to a not the e.u. nation without any proof being presented as were met reports the men feel abandoned by their government. a last taste of freedom before these two young men are extradited to a foreign country accused of instigating a drunken brawl in a popular holiday resort in crete which left a man in a coma george collins and ben herdman must go to the greeks for the european arrest warrants the warrant operates europe wide and doesn't require the extraditing country to present any evidence of people having been involved in a crime the links all having to go through to clear my name. just. know it wouldn't take it wouldn't take long for the person. look over this look at the evidence look at everything. look at the statements confirming manon involvement. and report back to the greeks from where the judicial for. look into the evidence in the case and the

popular holiday resort in crete which left a man in a coma george hollands and ben herdman must go to greece following a european arrest warrant the warrant operates europe wide and doesn't require the extraditing country to present any evidence of people having been involved in a crime the links all having to go through to clear. it wouldn't take. long for the person to. look over this look at the evidence look at everything. look at the statements confirming more noninvolvement . and report back to the greeks from where the judicial. look into the evidence in the case and then decide there and then whether there is sufficient evidence to say people to these foreign countries i was in prison at the incident and oldest wish. to me out of nine nomination under the european arrest warrant once an extradition requests been received if the forms correctly failed in there's very little individual countries can do to prevent an extradition taking place but i don't actually have to produce any evidence this is the fundamental floor of the european arrest warrant is all i have to do is fill in a pla

now what are the economic austerity measures in greece really about and who are they actually helping well analysts max keiser and stacy herbert share some revelations on the true nature of the financial cuts the food costs reporters coming up next hour but here's a preview. rising greece as austerity measures backfire unemployment is up to seventy percent in some regions and in athens up to seventeen percent of all shops i've closed so this is the result of the economic death spiral so us terry therefore it was not a good idea andres it's not a good idea probably anywhere in the world in this type of environment which has been victimized by banking fraud and predatory bankers who ripped the guts up stole the money so in response they're going to impose austerity on the people actually just to pay for the banker bonuses not to help the people. where you can find what i website that's r.t. dot com and charlotte's head. if you go for secession oh well global retailer wal-mart could soon be finding its way on to the russian market to get talks to buy russian company compare seat what hav

and i think we're willing to fight there's emotion on the table from people in greece who are now being forced to undergo severe austerity measures from the i.m.f. from the e.c.b. from the e.u. commission to try to ameliorate the crisis that was foisted upon them by bankers on wall street there is a murder of a foot to have some joining together of resistance as you put it between the people in iceland people of greece as a been any moment on this front. i haven't heard of complex being made but but i don't think not nothing has been trivialized yet but i think it's a great idea you know if you know i mean europe is near is new territory for the i.m.f. and they haven't been in europe since they went into with the u.k. in seventy six i believe so i think they are you know it's a surprise to the i.m.f. that we just don't accept all the messes that we are being. presented with kind intacta you know that my gma case is. link to the i.m.f. because one of the one of the policies it just seems to go with the government is that we should go to. new sources from unknown tradable to attributable

tensions are rising in greece as austerity measures a backfire unemployment is up to seventy percent in some regions and in athens up to seventeen percent of all shops i've closed so this is the result of the economic death spiral so austerity therefore it was not a good idea andres it's not a good idea probably anywhere in the world in this type of environment which has been victimized by a banking fraud and predatory bankers who ripped the guts out stole the money so in response they're going to impose austerity on the people actually just to pay for the banker bonuses not to help the people. in the. business news is next and we saw that. hello welcome to the business program with me show that i was folly russia's biggest line and arrows nickel is currently the subject of a fierce fight for control tycoons all you. need to turn in both twenty five percent of the group each wants to buy the other two though neither wants to sell but what's a stake in the battle of the billionaires correspondent and tasha have clover visits the town of numerals. the wald's richest nickel comparable l

something called the european investigation order and what happened there is european countries like greece rumania both areas they will be able to require the british police to actually investigate cases for them they can snoop on you they can buy your telephone they can take you to your night your fingerprint evidence what's wrong about all this is entirely one sided the collecting the evidence for the prosecution as they've done in this case where they've interviewed witnesses but not for the defense critics say the arrest warrant and investigates in order rests on the assumption that standards are the same across the board inside the e.u. but the prison where ben and george are likely to be held has come under fire from amnesty international for inhumane treatment of detainees something the u.k. courts refuse to take into account nor and that r.t. london. got my thoughts on the story the e.u. war and systematists nobody darty dot com website of course our home page online twenty four hours a day just hit the discussion button on the stories that you thought also plenty of others of cour

is something called the european investigation or a more happened there is european countries like greece remind me about the area they will be able to require the british police to actually investigate cases for them they can snoop on you that can bug your telephone they can take you to you know your fingerprints and evidence what's wrong about all this is it's entirely one sided they're collecting the evidence for the prosecution as they've done in this case where they've interviewed witnesses but not for the defense critics say the arrest warrant and investigation order rest on the assumption that standards are the same across the board inside the e.u. but the prison where ben and george are likely to be held has come under fire from amnesty international inhumane treatment of detainees something the u.k. course refused to take into account nor emmet r.t. . through some of today's other world news now under prime minister david cameron has led pakistani president asif ali zardari at his checkers residence cameron will attempt to mend relations with ari after his claim last week the pak

economic austerity measures in greece really about and who they are actually helping honest max keiser. revelations on the true nature of the financial cuts the full report is coming up in fifteen minutes time but here's a preview. rising greece as austerity measures backfire unemployment is up to seventy percent some regions and is. athens up to seventeen percent of all shops have closed so this is the result of the economic death spiral so us terry therefore it was not a good idea andres it's not a good idea probably anywhere in the world in this type of environment which has been victimized by banking fraud and predatory bankers who ripped the guts out stole the money so in response they're going to impose austerity on the people actually just to pay for the banker bonuses not to help the people. rather sternly intelligence is backing the target and the militants using the u.s. for its own interests that's according to a new york times report the authors quote a pakistani official who says top on leaders have been enjoying support from some pows in islamabad for years report also sa

eighty seven to fifty nine in their last warm up match before istanbul greece looking nothing like the side which knocked us out of the semifinals of the two thousand and six world finals the n.b.a. is up and comer john b. list stars putting on a show derrick rose with the americans up twenty five seventeen in the second chicago polls guard finishing with thirteen points in just nineteen minutes of action defending silver medalist grease only able to regain momentum with the u.s. sealing the right by a strong twenty eight twelve run in the third quarter. and now there's all the sports i'll see you soon the world weather summing up and just takes. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. disarming saddam hussein. asked maturity of iraqi citizens. this event brings further assurance that the torture chambers and the secret police are gone forever. flies again over embassy in kabul. generous to once occupied afgha

current market situation some of god's promise clients want to transfer up to forty percent of gusts in greece to sports prices which are now lower than prices fixed in traditional long term contracts and this a problem will have to react to the new demands of the market but so far just wants management is not reconsidering already existing contracts. not for the business use for now but i'll be back with more few in about an hour's time and of course you can find more stories on our website that's called slash business. there conduced childhood was overshadowed by this tragedy. these still feel the fear they faced. and remember every second of this nightmare. it will remain in their memories and hearts forever. and it seemed so. innocent. tom a little angel when augustine. wealthy british style. sometimes the title of. the. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with months cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our jeep. war. on the one hundred. streams still keeps its secrets but now it's time

greece portugal spain they are reducing their welfare programs they're cutting the programs the citizens have to obviously to tighten the belts. do you think it will have consequences on the people on the values of the people will they from now on have to think once again about survival rather than self expression in the short run certainly the no one likes these measures they're very unpopular and the government agrees that you know is extremely unpopular to the point where some of them are hiding. it's a real crisis the values are another thing the immediate reaction is we hate it but the basic values don't change that fast mostly values change during your first twenty years use bit a basic personality that doesn't change very much afterwards so the basic values won't change overnight if what happens is the start of a decade or two decades of severe. severe poverty we would try to work in the opposite direction to build logic you're absolutely right here in the long run if we are now starting to great depression of the twenty first century then i would predict a turn back to all of use

big fire out of greece. this is on an island, any time you have a gigantic fire on an island, that's scary because there's nowhere to go. they evacuated a number of tourists, about 400. it's believed the fire was started by shepherds who started it. there have been several wildfires in greece over the past few weeks. also in the newsroom, two accused terrorists have been arrested in spain. you hear terror in spain and you may be thinking about the al qaeda attacks on that train in 2004. these are home-grown terrorists for spain. basque terrorists accused in the shooting death of a policeman. the region between spain and france will on the ocean, the basque region, they want to be separate from the two countries and have about 600 or 800 people who have died in that fight over the last 20 years. >> thanks a lot. >>> hundreds of people, even celebrities, are lining up for a chance to grow marijuana in oakland. the city recently passed a cultivation law opening the door for a marijuana farming in oakland. so fa

the main subsidiary specializes in trips to greece, egypt, canary islands, turkey. >> an ideal way to spend the summer. they face the anxiety of disruptions for their plants. >> this is so annoying. >> in the aviation authority has promised flights before 6:00 p.m. on wednesday. after that, people have to rebuild with other companies and might not get a refund. the civil aviation authority says that it will bring everyone who was abroad home. this is the third british holiday company to collapse in recent weeks. the effect of the recession has affected the larger players. the biggest operators are not in financial danger. this has been a pretty miserable summer. people have stopped booking and they are having to discount heavily in order to fill the seats on planes and hotels. >> some holidaymakers must worry that these are not the last problems. >> why south african game reserves are struggling to save the rhino. russian investigators say an explosion outside of the north caucuses was caught by a car bomb. . advest 20 people were injured in the blast. the explosion came after is afte

as you are all aware, greece marked the beginning of the -- from government bonds, they had to accept the highest grades introduction of the euro. this increased the payment obligations and review credit waiting even further, so we had a vicious circle which ultimately threatens the country's in 2010. it became a euro crisis with rapid shifts with investors massively pulling out of the euro. following government on the ninth of may you remember state agreed on the seven 150 ewe row rescue plan to save and protect all the big states too like spain. in total, loans were 500 billion euros were approved by the e. u. in addition, it was were available by the ims. in spite of the spes of these short term measures, recovery from both will be slow and painful, the financial and euro crisis shows the monetary union needs to be reformed. last week the u.s. congress adopted president obama's reform package bringing the biggest changes in banking regulations since the financial crisis in the 90/20. what is being done in europe to reform the markets? the european party and parliament requested a r

the second son of the former king of greece has been married. a who's who of european royalty greeted the couple. hundreds of line the streets to catch a glimpse of the couple as they were taken in a horse-drawn carriage. vivian wedgewood has unpacked 37 pairs of shoes. the show includes a pair of the electric boat heels -- a lecture blow heels that famously laid low a fashion icon. >> here is the affect. one of the most famous moments when naomi campbell toppled off her rather tall shoes. this is the woman who designed them, vivian wedgewood, surrounded by more than 200 examples of her attention- grabbing footwear. >> everything has to be sexy. that is what my job is. i suspect ideas enter into fashion. we have some good ideas for flat shoes, too. >> she has rated the toy box to create styles and covers -- styles and colors, many you will not be able to afford or where, but this is fashion as an artistic statement, and if you manage to stand up, you will make an impression. what of that moment in 1993, when gravity got the better of mrs. campbe

others are still struggling, like greece where output fell over the same period. all that is important for british exporters like this one that benefits from growing and european economies. this manufacturer is seen accelerating sales thanks to foreign customers. >> exports are vital to our business. we have to look at new markets. exports in european countries are vital to the growth of our business. >> here is an example. what is made in essex is bought by shoppers in paris. if french consumers are feeling confident, that is good news for the u.k. economy. what does the future hold? there is anxiety in france and other euro zone economy is about whether the pace of recovery can be sustained. there are signs of confidence ebbing amidst fears about government cuts. we cannot assume there will be another big step up next time. >> when a secret military documents were leaked onto the net it caused an outcry and concern. a former director of the cia told the bbc another leak is inevitable because of the way intelligence has been shared. there could be another 750,000

out of control temper explosions serbia against greece yesterday. and nadad who plays for oklahoma city right in the middle of it. the biggest guy out there. actually threw a chair. he was arrested. they don't mess around there. several hours in jail. he could face further disciplinary action by the nba when he gets back to the usa. that's the sporting life for friday night. lots going on. >> mark, thank you. [ male announcer when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. you don't have to worry about this inside your dishwasher. that's because finish quantum has three chamber technology that releases agents to breakdown food residues so they wash away. leaving nothing behi

temperatures getting a little bit hot for areas across greece. otherwise, looking at that rain to continue impacting the northern tier of europe. baltic states, western russia, southern portions of norway as well as sweden. denmark picking up on that rain today. british isles, a couple more showers move in off the atlantic. looking pretty dry for eastern sections here. 23 degrees for your high in london with sunny intervals. 25 in paris. 24 degrees for vienna. 25 in kiev. looking a lot cooler in the east here. 22 degrees for moscow. a big dip in temperatures. it's actually even going to get cooler tomorrow. look forward to that. it should be a lot more mild and nice. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." we'll be back in half an hour with the latest news and weather. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

out of control temper explosions serbia against greece yesterday. and nadad who plays for oklahoma city right in the middle of it. the biggest guy out there. actually threw a chair. he was arrested. they don't mess around there. several hours in jail. he could face further disciplinary action by the nba when he gets back to the usa. that's the sporting life for friday night. lots going on. >> mark, thank you. >>> and that is the 10:00 news for tonight. i'm julie haener. >> i'm ken wayne. good night. >> good night.

when we had to save greece, $110 billion euros were mobilized. to save the entire eurozone, a guarantee of $850 billion was mobilized. it would have been battle to take swifter action, beer subtraction. what history will remember -- swifter action. what history will remember it is solidarity and unity. what history will remember is that these problems represented an opportunity for the eu to make more progress in its economic governance. what history will remember is that, once again, franco-german understanding allowed this progress to take place at the crew showed -- at the crucial moment. we must strengthen the effectiveness of european institutions. the next stage, the next step will be economic government of the 27th. whenever is necessary -- whatever is necessary, meetings will take place in the eurozone. only a few months ago, the words european economic governance were taboo. today, europe recognizes that a true european become a governance is necessary and even essential. -- european economic governance is necessary and even essential. f

cooling down as well. 19 degrees for your daytime high, while it will stay hot down in the south of greece. 34 in madrid and kiev. here ta here's the extended forecast. >>> taking a look at our top stories this hour, chinese state media says a plane with 96 people on board failed a landing and burst into flames in china killing at least 43 people. the remaining 53 have been hospitalized. xinhua news agency says the accident involving a henan airlines plane occurred at an airport in yichun city, heilongjiang province on tuesday. the plane left the provincial capital of harbin for yichun shortly before the accident carrying 91 passengers and 5 crew members. local tv footage shows parts of a broken fuselage and firefighters trying to extinguish the fire. >>> the head of the u.s. pacific command says the u.s. military is bracing for more possible acts of provocation by north korea as the country seems to be preparing for successor to its leader kim jong-il. in an interview with nhk in tokyo on tuesday, admiral robert willard suggested that the sinking of a south korean warship in the yellow se

five british citizens extradited to greece to face trial of the stabbing of a man in crete accuse the government of abandoning them saying the european arrest warrant system allows them to be sent for trial abroad without any evidence. this is r.t. is what i am here in moscow ten pm in london five in the afternoon in new york city thanks for watching us this were ever in the world you're watching it's kevin owen here with the top stories and first police in the start of use live rounds of tear gas to break up antigovernment protesters just outside the capital bishkek riot police have been on standby opened fire after of being attacked with stones twenty seven people have been arrested accused of being responsible for the violence correspondent catherine azhar of is in bishkek with the latest. following a very tense few hours just outside at a checkpoint by the city of cond where there were just a few dozen meters separating riot police and a few thousand of protesters who demanded their requests be heard and met basically they were calling the wire the interim president of kurdistan t

but since the birth of the idea in ancient greece democracy has undergone many changes in definition but it's still essential for politics and peace that's according to historian and theorist john donne who spoke with. democracy originally meant that it's the people who hold power and exercise who you say that sometimes that's a thumping false could you elaborate on that well it's not what we have today because very obviously i don't rule the united kingdom and you don't rule the united kingdom and. so you could argue about how many people do it but certainly not very people when they very definitely are ministers is in athens the systems weren't a very large proportion of the population but they did take all the better public the sessions and there went to very many people who were chosen to exercise special powers observe the en route to the military leaders elected and that was seen as a rather undemocratic practice because the spirit necessary because in war you want to be quite sure that you were led by the people who are most likely to lead you to victory do you think that demo

and five british citizens extradited to greece to face trial over the stabbing of a man in crete accuse their government of turning its back on them critics say the european arrest warrant system under which they've been transferred allows them to be sent for trial abroad with minimal evidence. next mass keyser and stacy herbert take a look at how some american financier is maybe dragging the u.s. into a quote zombie economy that's coming your way up in the kaiser report that's next on our team. don once again for the kaiser report i'm max kaiser and the wall street journal confirmed what we've been saying on this show for months that the flay ssion is the bogeyman yes credit collapse and money supply is throwing the world into a deflationary spiral and now the question is what's next but let's talk a little bit more about some zombies and some vampires and some walking dead people stacey herbert stacey herbert talk to us about what's going on out there well max you mentioned deflation and of course japan is the deflationary king they've had a lost decade which has gone on now for about

new york saying farewell to the iconic cabs out of greece to its streets for decades ford is holding production of its crown victoria model next year a competition is now underway in the big apple to find a more fuel efficient successor. time now for martin andrews our very own explorer of the so-called golden ring cities around moscow this week's destination one of the most historic and mysterious locations on the volga river discover the city of next on our. a destination for that little gem of a place quite old that sits in the shop corner of the volga river it's actually the coach on the street fight it was even out of its parables favorite location so we're always that is it as we continue on it's for the goldbergs. is most likely to be visited this part of the boat trip the approach into the towns where the most memorable sights of the cruise along with. as the town lies in the shot bend in the river here for its name is said to have come from google in russian meaning cooler. is located two hundred fifty kilometers from the russian capital regarding ground transport you can ge

and on a winning the americans cruising past screens eighty seven fifty nine and their final warm up greece looking nothing like the side which not the u.s. out of the semifinals of the two thousand and six world run the n.b.a.'s up and almost these stars putting on a show that derrick rose with the americans up twenty five seventeen in the second the chicago bulls guard finishing with thirteen points in nineteen minutes of action of defending silver medalist great unable to regain momentum in the u.s. saving the right by a strong twenty eight twelve run in the third quarter. and lastly the first ever youth olympics have come to an end in singapore with china finishing on top of the medal standings and russia coming second with nineteen goals i.o.c. officials say the games have been a success but she jest certain countries should pay more attention to the event and expect stronger participants the next olympics in china in twenty four to. but we're going to discuss with that we would prefer there's a number of countries that have. not the absolute top athletes but at the lower level they al

and five british citizens extradited to greece face trial over the stabbing of a man in crete and they accuse their government of turning its back on the critics say the european or rest warren system under which they have been transferred allows them to be sent for trial abroad with minimal evidence. up next debate not for the faint hearted peter lavelle's interview show cross talk coming your way here on r t. if you can. stay. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in one thousand nine hundred six the late samuel huntington suggested that post cold war conflicts would occur because of cultural rather than ideological differences is culture more powerful than ideology today with the rise of china the islamic world and emerging economies is the world prone to more clashes particularly with the west. particularly. to discuss of huntington's thesis stands today i'm joined by richard bullet in tel aviv and author and history professor at columbia university in washington we have shereen hunter she's a visiting professor at the center for muslim christian understanding at george

. >> jacqueline kennedy was criticized for going to greece and to italy, so certainly michelle obama -- the criticism of michelle obama would not be a first. >> reporter: well, the first family also plans to spend a weekend in the gulf coast this month as well as spend ten days on martha's vineyard. we can report tonight that the president got two calls today. mrs. obama and sasha called from spain and malia, who's on that summer camp sleepaway camp just gets one call during that time at camp. she saved it for today and called her father to wish him happy birthday, lester. >> that was a great call i'm sure. savannah, thanks very much. >>> on wall street today, stocks finished modestly higher. the dow gained 44 points closing at 10,680. that's close to a three-month high. >>> when we come back here tonight, how one billionaire persuaded so many more to do something unexpected. >>> the haitian-american superstar jean says he has decided to run for president of haiti. the massive earthquake was a wake-up call for him. he told time magazine if you can't take five years out to serve my co

and by british citizens extradited to greece to face trial over the stabbing of a man in crete accuse their government of turning its back on them critics say the european arrest warrant system under which they've been transferred allows them to be sent for trial abroad with minimal evidence. headlines up next to explore russia with r t your very own guy james brown is in the siberian city of tome square as well as uncovering the sites he gets to know local musicians and artists stay with us. in southeastern missouri the room three thousand kilometers from. it's a city with destroying students an academic population and it's going to reputation for giving visitors a friendly local. i was ready to experience it from us. when you. see the new hotel has a message for you to make yourself at home but there are literally dozens of little . i've tried certainly enough. i'm going to go for a walk with the office.