leaders the lisbon treaty needed to be overhauled. the reworking it includes a permit rescue fund to handle any future crises. angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy did not get what they wanted in terms of punishing countries that fail to reduce their debt and deficit levels quickly enough. they were aiming for an immediate suspension of voting rights for offenders. the president of the european council is set to report back on how changes to the treaty could be implemented in december. >>> chancellor merkel took a gamble at this summit, but didn't pay off? we put that question to our correspondent in brussels. at -- did it pay off? >> yes, it did. she lost one battle, the suspension of voting rights. frankly, the bigger prize was the one that she got, which was the agreement to look into ways of putting this permit crisis mechanism, the permanent bailout mechanism as was agreed it temporarily for greece into the treaty. that means reopening the treaty. the wording is clear in the summit conclusion, limit it reopening of the treaty. what

no one has survived will it survive until you my friend in the lisbon treaty look at the irish situation there were the first to take them to court clearly states in the constitution if there's any changes to the lisbon treaty there has to be a referendum of the people don't forget ireland's really have to referendums they can't send them back to the gave the right answer to satisfy the political elite i'm saying in this way age of austerity that has nothing to do with the working man we didn't cause the problem it was the bankers a lot tribulations by politicians right across the eurozone we don't fit in our understand well we have to feel the pain for that and it's obvious the german people feel the same way which is why angela merkel is trying to change as i've been treated now what i'm saying if you want to change it you've got to have a referendum and very confident now that referendum will come we had a poll out of iran while ago it was empty five percent of the u.k. population want a referendum seventy five percent why one of the political elite gives it what are they scared of i'

france and germany but changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want to punish countries that are fiscally irresponsible and a prominent centralized funds to bail these countries out when they do get into trouble if they don't want to pay the price of the country's irresponsible money management ever again as they did earlier this year where europe. so there you are we have created this economic block a trading block. a very powerful block where when there's a crisis it is individual members who have picked up the pieces and. they meet. but this is the euro skeptics say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the eurozone dispersed so much it's impossible to have a common monetary policy and it's the strong who've suffered germany particularly paid the lion's share into a seven hundred fifty billion euro fund to bail out greece earlier this year it was a move that was opposed by more than half of german chancellor angela merkel now says she couldn't do that again without risking action from the constitutio

leaders agreed that changes of the lisbon treaty were needed laura abbott explains how europeans hope to shore up the region's troubled economy. this is what's turned out to be the u.k.'s pass into the realms of financial security because those who are using this are now in brussels heading into another raul over the euro zone france and germany are arguing for changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want it's punishments for countries that are fiscally irresponsible and a permanent centralised funds to bail those countries out when they do get into trouble essentially they don't want to pay the price for other countries irresponsible money management ever again as they did earlier this year where your in all dues. so there you are. for this economic block a trading bloc. a very powerful bloc well there's a crisis if the individual member states who have to pick up the pieces and. the elites who run this is the euro skeptics say the reason it's not working is because it's fundamentally flawed the economies in the eurozone differ so much it's impo

will now seriously be on the table in the next months allow mug russia nato meeting to take place in lisbon and possibly even before that when they take secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen visits moscow well one the particular area in which both russia and they can cooperate is in the own going issue all of afghanistan and maintaining peace in that area and also in the ongoing fines against drug trafficking that comes out of afghanistan earlier this week several leading u.k. newspapers and made the statement that russia would be sending troops back into the country to help in training afghan forces now russia's envoy they say to be a ruggles that has flatly denied that he said that russia will no account be re entering afghanistan russia of course for a bit said decade long war in afghanistan from nine hundred seventy nine to nine hundred eighty nine and to be free and i call it in the house said the russia has no wish to go back into the country what he has said russia will be doing though is possibly supplying helicopters to the ongoing fight in afghanistan and will also potentially h

including the need to change the lisbon treaty to punish countries. picking up the pieces american forces pulling out of iraq leave behind piles of unwanted and poisonous and junk for locals to clean up and sell it to their home. eat not sleep instead of plunging into a peaceful hibernation hungry russian bears head into a. gun sometimes people. now takes you want to tour all haunted moscow looking for creative ways to celebrate halloween in the russian capital. this weekend thousands of people will dress up as.

just a month before the lisbon summit many experts agree the proposed security concept be welcomed by all analytical think tank criticizes the concept of the lack of a unified perception of threats to the alliance with countries to suit their own goals and fail to find a common threat the need to secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen says he is sure the walk real time. proposed missile defense shield. like russia to become a pot system. thank you for joining our program first of all how would you assess the recent some in. it's only important for russia to work at various levels both in large scale form. the european union the united nations in the always see anyone formats in other forms and says well russia has existed was developed in europe for thousands of years so we have a long history of relations with the leading european nations so i mean that's why whenever i'm asked whether this summit has brought something new. that would be holding joint summits with france and germany for at least three hundred years it's a very important because both france and germany are in the. eu

the russian president has and i'll kill the ten the next month's nato summit in lisbon while with a meeting with french and german leaders the move has been welcomed as a significant step towards closer ties with the e.u. . russia has a grim. coal's foldback a try for education as the legal licenses have the government efforts to make the road safe. we're bringing you global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow now a group of militants who broke into the parliament of russia's republic of chechnya have all been killed in the course of a security operation at least three other people died after the gunman started shooting inside the building in the city of grozny. is in the chechen republic for us. we're in cross and the moment we're at the parliament building has been stranded by the militants the whole area is a blog to know and what we know so far is that four militants drove into the parliament's parking zone they fell because one of the parliament members and the militants who are believed to belong to al qaida opened fire three people have been killed in the crossfire a

russia is present in the treatment that it would attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomes a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. you know it's meant to came during talks between the russian french and german leaders and the french resort of the real katrina server is there following the meetings. singing from the same hymn sheet and all smiles at a summit in the french seaside town of deauville the leaders of germany france and russia were so keen to emphasize their newfound similarities the even spoke alike dialogue and compilation verne ship they were not after concrete results rather the aim was to shape future relations and central to this was me the middle age of accepting an invitation to attend the nato summit in lisbon next month. we're happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at cooperation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues togeth

relationship specifically of course the russian president's agreement to attend the nato summit in lisbon that will take place next month that many already viewing as a sign that russia and nato are getting over some of its differences and difficulties and are willing to work together. we're happy the russian president will be taking part in the russian native summit in lisbon that's because nature is new strategic concept is aimed at creation without the conjurers including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle easy shoes together. so of course this is a very important step for russia and the european union this decision to work closer with nato are discussing the potential for russia to join the european anti-missile defense program according to the leaders was also discussed and of course a number of other issues on which previously europe and russia did not exactly see eye to eye on specifically of course the war in south of thousand and eight and today president sarkozy actually said the best way f

this is significant because the summit in lisbon is a kind of milestone as the north atlantic treaty organization is rethinking its strategy for russia to be included in this process is a guaranteed sign of an integrity participation in the european union the true also drew attention to the format of the summit. i hope this cooperation format will be kept in the future. this is a very useful format which allows us to discuss all sorts of issues in a friendly and transparent. and the reason why so many are paying attention to it is because it isn't the first time france germany and russia stepped up to the plate together in two thousand and three they formed a coalition of the unwilling refusing to support the us invasion of iraq seven years on they definitely have more than a head. and in deciding the financial future of your so a first glance the success of this summit in this quiet french city may not be immediately obvious but the shift in relations is more than evident the french region where the summit was held is famous not only for its wine and cheese but also for its apples a

the first russia's president dmitry medvedev will attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort to deal with. is the following the meetings. yes to nato russian president dmitry medvedev showed relations between his country and the european union are on the mend by agreeing to attend the nato summit in lisbon next month speaking at a joint press conference with angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy the russian leader spoke of a growing need for greater structure of european security and it seems he's finally being heard. we're happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at corporation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues together and not be enemies anymore. the summit in the french seaside town of divvied appears

sustenance to the afghanistan presence and this it will be the issue which will be discussed at the lisbon nato summit which russian president putin that it will attend on the for twenty of the head of nato anders fogh rasmussen will be in moscow on november fifth and of course this is down to be also one of the major issues to be discussed during his visit. to discuss russia nato as joint operations in afghanistan are now joined by afghan parliament member. mr sultanzoy russia and nato have shown that it's possible to fight together against the drug trade in afghanistan tell me why why hasn't this been done sooner. i think this is a very. welcome. news. it's. not enough but it's a good start i think to fight the drug. eradicate the drug problem in afghanistan and we should not look at it as an afghan problem it's a global problem requires a multi-pronged multi-track approach that would require the russian and the european and american cooperation not only in afghanistan but also outside afghanistan to interdict trafficking to dry up the chemical precursors that come from chemical companie

the opinion is powerful than ever it's you know under the lisbon treaty vast more areas of power were given to the so from its own political point of view it's doing very well it's practically eighty odd percent of new laws now come out of the european union not domestic parliaments so from their point of view it's all fine and their problem is always that there isn't enough european union not that there's too much of it but they don't have enough power so they see every crisis as an excuse for demanding more power to solve the problems that they created in the first place or a general. batton a member of the european parliament thank you. you're welcome. well let's have a brief look at now at other stories making headlines around the world this hour and more than three hundred forty people have been confirmed dead following a tsunami in indonesia thousands of people have attended funeral ceremonies for the victims already over four hundred people are still missing and are feared to have been swept away by the giant wave nevertheless rescue teams are still hoping to find survivors aft

leaders the lisbon treaty needed to be overhauled. the reworking it includes a permit rescue fund to handle any future crises. angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy did not get what they wanted in terms of punishing countries that fail to reduce their debt and deficit levels quickly enough. they were aiming for an immediate suspension of voting rights for offenders. the president of the european council is set to report back on how changes to the treaty could be implemented in december. >>> chancellor merkel took a gamble at this summit, but didn't pay off? we put that question to our correspondent in brussels. at -- did it pay off? >> yes, it did. she lost one battle, the suspension of voting rights. frankly, the bigger prize was the one that she got, which was the agreement to look into ways of putting this permit crisis mechanism, the permanent bailout mechanism as was agreed it temporarily for greece into the treaty. that means reopening the treaty. the wording is clear in the summit conclusion, limit it reopening of the treaty. what

members, angry at a recent compromise by heavyweights germany and france and their bid to change the lisbon treaty. >> this debate is going in the wrong direction. it's a mistake if our goal is to change the treaty and return to the 19th century. with the reintroduction of census law. >> since this lot is an old term meaning that those countries facing the most also have the biggest say in european affairs. tempers have been freed since last week's meeting between the german and french ministers. they carved out a deal that would prevent automatic sanctions against the huge deficit offenders. angela merkel gave ground to nicolas sarkozy for his bid to draw voting rights from states that do not stick to budgetary rules. >> it is not fair for a country to keep its rights if it does not fulfil its obligations. >> but that would require changing the lisbon treaty. it came into force just last december after years of wrangling, a tall order. >> anything is possible, but little is likely. >> germany is now caught up in a fierce debate that probably will not subside any time soon. >> there is a gl

from were happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at cooperation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues together and not be enemies any more. the summit in the french seaside town of deal appears to have bridged more than a few gaps the french german or russian leaders found common ground on creating a new monetary system and maintaining dialogue with iran. but if you're on iran we have confirmed that we will follow the agreements that were reached earlier on the one hand we should stick to the sanctions that were imposed on the other hand we should prompt iran to cooperate on all issues. even previously sensitive areas became get another point of contact like the georgian military aggression in south ossetia in two thousand and eight. we have to continue diplomatic efforts through the georgian authorities have to commits to north using fools and our russian friend

russia's president dmitri medvedev will attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort of a view. is following all the. many experts are already saying that the mood of resetting ties which started of course with russia and the united states is now moving eastward with relations between russia and the e.u. also growing closer stronger better talk all the three leaders russian president dmitry medvedev and his colleagues angle of merkel and nicolas sarkozy took the chance to reiterate the friendship and the nature of trust that exists at the moment between the three countries and they want to continue investing into that trust and building on that friendship to develop their relationship specifically of course the russian president's agreement to attend the nato summit in lisbon that will take place next month that many already viewing as a sign that russia and nato are getting over some of its differences and difficulties and are w

that lisbon summit with nato i absolutely hope that there's a video who will offer a new agenda in your ideas for need to just to overcome this stupid cold war thinking and cold war mentality to look young of editor in chief of russia in global affairs magazine thank you thank you well the un has urged an investigation into claims of torture in iraqi prisons following the latest revelation from wiki leaks the whistle blowing web site also raised concerns that a kurdish controlled northern iraq could be plunged into bloodshed when u.s. troops withdraw and of sebastian maya reports many in the country do fear the two thousand and eleven deadline is too soon for local security forces to cope on their own. a dawn raid a race against time to catch militants off guard in the iraqi province of kirkuk where in the suburb of duck cook and the police have just a few minutes to get into position before sunrise. daybreak's and the raid begins police under the supervision of the u.s. army go door to door searching rooms and checking residents against lists of unknown terrorists. police dominated hea

the meeting of the three state employees ahead of the summit of nato which will be taking place in lisbon next month how will the current talks are going on now developed sort of a fact meeting and how will they prepare for that as you know my head of the meeting in lisbon i need to meet alison but also the head of the european council europeans of course and some of the waiting to take place in later this month and this is very important because right yesterday before medvedev provided to. cause an american had a meeting together and they agreed on common measures to. on economic architecture in europe on economic regulation system in europe and that was seen by european observers as a sign. as a sign to show to president medvedev the unity of europe and this is very important . because of this meeting nato meeting in all is born really european good leaders want to bring russia to lisbon and they want russia to be to be present at this meeting and to try to resolve the problems pending problems in the european security but that that is not that doesn't mean that the new security archite

that again without risking action from the constitutional court in germany in theory changes to the lisbon treaty would mean individual countries would be able to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the e.u. but there's increasing your a skepticism relating to the cost of being in the e.u. and the benefits involved if countries did hold a vote it's not a tool clear what would remain of the union. more and that that will go into his head of the e.u. referendum campaign in the u.k. and he believes being part of the e.u. club has had a devastating impact on the british economy. it's costing us forty eight million pounds a day in the u.k. and our prime ministers today who had the backbone just spine of a blown moan and gave away another four hundred million pounds of our money out of figures do all got a democratic mandate to do that we need a referendum on the football and david cameron some would say was strong and he saved the u.k. taxpayer even. in some ways assertions that actually gave the u.k. a very strong voice and it prevented further budgets being asked from the u.k. by the come

the alliance's military presence in its youngest member states the move comes ahead of a summit in lisbon which will focus on the creation of a single missile defense system covering the whole of nato and afghan security russia's proposal is likely to come up at the meeting and perhaps earlier when the alliances secretary general visits moscow the foreign ministry is keen to stop nato pushing any further to the east now for more on this issue because we are now joined by you or your local off director of the franklin roosevelt foundation for united states studies at moscow state university so previous calls have not stopped nato from increasing its military presence in its new member states what are the chances do you think that russia has a new demands will be fulfilled. well i see the chances are pretty good for us the wall we're talking about there reset of the relations between the united states and russia these days and there are a lot of talks about the improving all relations between nato and russia as well and certainly there the first step on this road would be to limit a substan

who are helping the russian president who will be taking part in the russian native summit in lisbon that's because nato has new strategic concept is aimed at corporation with the contras including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle easy shoes together. so of course this is a very important step for russia and the european union this decision to work closer with nato are discussing the potential for russia to join the european anti-missile defense program according to the leaders was also discussed and of course a number of other issues on which previously europe and russia did not exactly see eye to eye on specifically of course the war in south to thousand and eight and today president sarkozy actually said. the best way for the situation to to develop and to progress would be for georgia to sign a non invasion agreement and for russia to agree to post european observers in those territories. we have to continue. to the. north. and the russian friends in return. many were expecting to hear mor

next month's nato summit in lisbon meeting with french and german leaders the move has been welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. . and israel is facing criticism over a recently adopted building requires non jewish citizens to swear loyalty to the state initiative is straining already uneasy relations with the arabs who refuse to pledge themselves to a country they say is snatching. immigration tensions are rising in germany following chancellor merkel statement that multiculturalism has failed in the country next talks to a german journalist and author on what's behind the integration dispute and where it may lead stay with us. dr karp is a renowned journalist and academic but his views on islam have caused an outcry has been investigated by the german government has received multiple death threats. what are your issues with islam whenever you see a tripe and. in brazil that is untouched by a different culture everybody is going to stand up and to say you have to protect this tribe that is not affected by western or eastern or muslim or whatever culture you hav

lisbon treaty economic collapse the new measures include punishing those. piles of trash the american troops. might be contaminated and dangerous. being sold for cheap prices. across the country. well now it's time for the sports with your. hello and welcome this is sports today i'm you know neal and these are headlines this hour. peace and quiet in two world cups we'd seen which draw a complaint about russia's campaign. christmas number one new car line wozniacki will take the world's top ranking in two twenty eleven after she clearing her place in the semifinals of the w t a championship. zero from two at c.s.k. moscow's worst starts are your only campaign in years with the army mangling down to a second straight defeat this time. now what was fast beginning to overshadow both countries world cup campaigns looks to have been defused england standing don their complaint after russia's most senior sporting figure apologized for any misunderstanding over comments made by his compadre it's in recent weeks sport minister to tell you adding he has great respect

german chancellor merkel says that there will be joining a summit in lisbon, but have dismissed rumors that ato wold seek -- next month's summit will map out a future strategy for nato. >> little members probably agree the new strategic direction should seek -- nato members agree that the strategic direction should seek cooperation with russia. the german chancellor does not envision a formal role for russia within nato itself. rick that it is a partnership. when we reach concrete agreements -- >> it is a partnership. when we reach concrete agreements, we should use common -- concrete projects to show we're working together. russia should take place -- take part in the muscle it -- russia should take part in the missile defense program for europe. regret we're faced with the real threat. we -- >> we are faced with a real threat. we need real defense to protect our pocket -- populations effectively. >> he attended a security conference with germany's opposition green party. in contrt to e chancellor, they're in favor of russia joining the alliance. >> i nato should offer russia talks on

brussels heading into another raul over the euro zone france and germany are arguing for changes to the lisbon treaty adopted controversially less than a year ago they want punishments for countries that a fiscal year.

financial discipline and new ways of handling the konami downturns including the need to change the lisbon treaty to punish countries which break their budgets. as scramble for the do or top u.s. officials quit the white house with a number of excuses but some believe they're just deserving a sinking ship. taking out the toxic pieces american forces pulling out of iraq leave behind piles of unwonted and poisonous junk from locals to clean up and sell at risk of illness. and aid not sleep instead of plunging into a peaceful hibernation hungry russian bear is head into town to hunt livestock and sometimes a tap people. those from the allies here in the back of the top of the hour in the meantime will bring in a sports have date with natalia. hello and welcome you all with us for snooze an hour to you thanks for joining us this hour and here is what's coming up why the open premier league leaders in need lose at spartak moscow to ensure a thrilling last few weeks and they russian championship. media ankle surgery has cost him a productive season bought me to their sort of seems to be regainin

financial mistakes and agreed to the lisbon treaty to an economic collapse of the new measures include punishing those overspending and creating out . of the myth becomes true as bad as a really are wandering the streets of russia driven by hunger as their winter food supply would largely destroyed by the summer heat wave. is about the best choice human remains as part of. the sports with. hello and welcome this is sports today i'm you know neal and these are headlines this hour. peace and quiet into the world cup seem will draw a complaint about russia's campaign. christmas number one carline wozniacki will take the world's top ranking in two twenty eleven after securing her place in the semifinals of the w t a championship. zero from two at c.s.k. moscow's worst start to your only campaign in years with the army mangling down to a second straight defeat this time and. now what was fast beginning to overshadow both countries world cup campaigns looks to have been diffused england standing don their complaint after russia's most senior sporting figure apologized for any misunderstandin

it's too late no it isn't too late we should have a referendum saying do you accept the terms of the lisbon treaty or do you wish the government to renegotiate those terms and that would give i'm sure we get to renegotiate that would give a british government a very strong position a very strong mandate to renegotiate so that's what we want to do now the question that is also arising should we have a referendum in or out. i'm less clear there what the outcome would be. i think probably after a good campaign we would actually get an out vote but i'm less confident of it and of course if we had an inner vote on the part and the people voted to stay in then i suppose the issue would be off the agenda for twenty years so from my point of view that is a high risk route i would just like to see the referendum that we originally were promised it was interesting to me members of the european parliament who are opposed to the e.u. as a construct how does that work well i'm often asked that question and there's a sort of underlying assumption that if you take the brussels shilling then you're all the

happy that the russian president dmitri medvedev also wants to you visit the russian nato summit in lisbon and i'm instead relationship in washington and i'm moving in. after you know or didn't it will also. bring a certain benefit to the whole world. posen to. also discuss our sanctions against iran you know that to be managed to do it is cost a lot of interest. i haven't heard tell you. if iran is going to. be quiet. moderates. doesn't want. us if you are taking and is saying sanctions against this country and we also discussed some issues about my career and i would like to tell you about right now that some of the people you know invited. them in the way of ferocity of sorts and i think solutions but we didn't discuss a new architecture for the world but they would like to. tell you right now that we are not able to decide about the new regulations we were near and now as for the president i hope he will also and the join us will also help us through the cooperation between germany and france and. the nation for the world being kept in the future by that we only have. this is the right

in the french resort of the bill doesn't that get obsessed will expand next month's nato summit in lisbon. and people in the u.k. take the streets to protest against plans to slash public spending cuts to be announced later are expected to be the largest in decades and will influence how to hundreds of thousands of jobs. now russia's relations with the european union and nato come under scrutiny next in our interview. hi mr coffee it's good to have you with us today over. the image of modern russia evokes fear in many europeans what does all the prejudice come from. this but with indeed i sometimes notice that russia in the eyes of europeans is a country that in essence continues the tradition settled by the soviet union or something like that but i don't think this approach is entirely correct russia is a completely new country it has a new foreign policy it has gone through substantial reform but there is no longer any difference in ideology between russia and the rest of the world the reason for all this prejudice as i see it is the fact that we still bear the legacy of the cold war we

with the germans and the french so that there isn't a referendum on the changes that they want to the lisbon treaty as well this is an affront to democracy not just for you but for germans and french and the other twenty seven countries in the european union a lot of sort of you've been rubbing your hands with glee then we see a lot of this intense internal debate over the bailing out of weak economies obviously a lot of dissent between some of the major players would you rather then see the whole or do you think this perhaps could be the beginning of the end of the european union. yeah it is the beginning of the end of the euro is crashing and burning thank goodness we never joined the single currency we now have a situation where there's riots on the street in athens parish we've also had riots of course in barcelona in parts of spain and of course now the germans and the french don't want to allow the show called pig economists or let me just ask you one thing in the turbulent times we've seen that in the greek crisis in fact the eurozone survived they're now saying this the euro will str