James Walston, Italian politics expert from the American University of Rome, also joins RT studio to discuss this.
The number of people living in extreme poverty in Spain has doubled in just five years - according to a new report from charity groups there. Around three million Spaniards now have to survive on under 307 euros per month, while the cost of living continues to climb.
That's as the number of families where not one person is employed, has gone up five-fold since the start of crisis, that's 1 point 8 million households.
And now the Spanish government is set to become the first in Europe to tax something that's been free and available to everyone since the dawn of time - sunlight. Madrid wants to impose a levy on solar power, to help plug its yawning energy debt, as Sara Firth reports.
Insurers stop covering for cell phone use, called the next 'casualty catastrophe' after tobacco and asbestos; phone manufacturers hit with a class action and personal lawsuits; and the warning deep inside your mobile. Seek truth from facts with Ellie Marks, whose husband Alan is suing the industry for his brain tumor, 'cell phone survivor' Bret Bocook, leading radiation biologist Prof. Dariusz Leszczynski, Microwave News editor Dr. Louis Slesin, Storyleak editor Anthony Gucciardi, and former senior White House adviser Dr. Devra Davis. Read the full transcript here
Violence broke out between police and demonstrators in Rome on Saturday as tens of thousands took to the streets to protest Italy's new budget. Fifteen protesters were arrested and at least 20 police officers were injured, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
To try and keep a lid on spending, governments often turn to private firms to provide some public services. There's one firm in Britain that's got a lucrative finger in many pies - from running hospital pathology labs to immigrant detention centres. As Tesa Arcilla now reports, it's making the headlines for all the wrong reasons
Global Frackdown Day is on - Saturday marks a worldwide protest, uniting all activists who want to put an end to shale gas extraction. 'Fracktivists', as they're called, are urging their governments to stand up to the oil and gas lobby. However, in Britain the authorities see things very differently... Prime Minister has become a vigorous advocate of the risky technique, as Laura Smith reports. So why exactly are environmentalists so concerned about this particular form of oil and gas extraction? For more on this RT is joined by Vanessa Vine - she's an anti-fracking campaigner for Britain and Ireland Frack Free group
A suicide bombing has claimed the lives of 16 Syrian soldiers near Damascus - it's being blamed on Al-Qaeda affiliated militants. Meanwhile other opposition fractions have been pleading with the West for military and financial aid. RT's Maria Finoshina is one of the few journalists who's been reporting from Syria - she spoke to members of the Free Syrian Army inside rebel-held territory.
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