pressure on the home nation to produce its own talent is also increasing with russia said to host the world cup in just over five years and spark docs academy with its long term experience of encouraging talent could be one for tell grown for growing young stars who shine sooner rather than later. i. consented by the arty. now from the russian stars of the future to the world wide headline mike as of today here's the pick of the week. on monday they usually cheer on others but a bunch of mascots themselves run a race at kempton park in england the boy and field included britain's former olympic sprinter human thomas however the former european champion proved no match for believe barrett as the safety mascot for a major building firm denied one of mr bond a trick of titles so tears of regret for the bonnet f.c. mascot and celebrations for the win out if it in kid of sprint you're saying vote. on tuesday a baseball player was stretchered off the field and later admitted to hospital after toronto blue jays pitcher j.a. happ was hit on the head by a line drive during a game at the tampa

does cooperation with russia doesn't mean we have turned away from the u. cooperation with the e.u. doesn't mean we've turned away from russia moscow has never told serbia directly or indirectly that it shouldn't cooperate with the e.u. russia wants the serbian government to do whatever it takes to improve the living standards about people we leaning towards europe simply because of a geographic location we're in the heart of the. surrounded by e.u. countries that's why european standards are the benchmark for us becoming an e.u. member is not important in itself a primary goal is to catch up with the developed european countries and if we succeed the lives of our people will definitely improve earlier our relations with the west boils down to serbia doing what the west says but i refuse to go along with such an approach and then drafted a platform which served as the basis for a major very solution in the status of kosovo serbs serbia had to face new conditions regularly being placed on it now we've set out own conditions you must have seen how the talks i

positions in russia during the ninety's in particular he'd worked. it worked at alpha bank and then was picked up by the the television state national television group before being brought into the kremlin in one thousand nine hundred nine. part of the presidential administration of the chief of staff if i'm not mistaken he was the concept architect behind what we know is sovereign democracy behind the political ideological platform which shaped that amir putin and. particularly putin's. putin's early presidencies two thousand two thousand through two thousand and eight and to some extent to be made videos afterwards so he was quite a notorious figure certainly to russia watchers and to correspondents based here he was always very very interesting mountain. watch and someone who's ever got for once was always dissected and discussed by local journalism correspondents alike and can you give us a flavor of what sort of thing he was responsible for the particular area sure. well i think most famous to right now he was behind the draw that was most signi

russia's mediation effort in syria goes this sums up from the yuan but faces obstacles from powers that want to arm the rebel forces that despite evidence of atrocities committed by them in the anbar and civil war. and iraq is trying to restore basic services and infrastructure left in tatters by the american occupation the country's devastated by a series of bombings that have left dozens dead. international news and comment live from moscow this is with me here leisure paula hello and welcome to the program bonking privacy could soon be a thing of the past in europe that is if you or your wages have their way your clients have been pushing hard for access to all account data on the continent and even switzerland and no member nation has found itself being squeezed and there's all these case you peel the reports the prospects for the alpine banking on looking good. so what do we know about switzerland that while the mountainous country sells tasty chocolate it is home to some of the finest watches and it's a great place to ski but when it comes its banking sector well that's when it al

now russia criticize u.s. intelligence this week for crossing a red line and its operations after a cia spy was uncovered in moscow trying to recruit a russian agent in the wake of the arrest russian intelligence made public the identity of the cia bureau chief in moscow with investigates ryan fogle was caught in the act trying to recruit a russian special services agent to work for the americans now russia's federal security service has released a photo technical equipment and some other items that were found when he was detained including a compress a map of moscow a large amount of cash and even two weeks to allegedly use as disguises now this is suspected cia agent was offering one million dollars a year for passing on classified information and that was revealed to you know why a taped telephone conversation between full goal and the security agent he was trying to recruit made public by russia's federal security service. you're going up a storm subordinate to so many of us more. talk of the war than you

now tennis and in three weeks' time russia's maria sharapova will aim to defend a grand slam title the first time at the french open in paris and relishes the prospect of facing rival serena williams but first the world number two had another sweet encounter as michael crabtree and her reports. it turns out that maria sharapova has a sweet tooth which a venture into the family making business has clearly shown. a recent visit to moscow for the russia wide launch of a sugar pobre candy brand wrapped up the successful half year for the commercial project and sharapova has also managed to emulate that success on the court this year with a recent defense of her stuttgart grand retitle proof things are starting to fall into place she's now back up to second in the w t a world ranking behind her nemesis serena williams it's a rivalry that has spanned almost a decade and one that has continued this year sharapova met serena williams both in the semifinal of the doha open in qatar. and in the final of the miami open tennis tournament but couldn't break her eleven game losing streak against the

but i think the main thing is is that it's going back to the grand days of russia it's going back to the pre revolutionary world with the. first thing i know you look fantastic yourself with your. it's also very important to note the technology and that's what's making a difference with this. and indeed you can compare. it to. but in many ways this is bigger and better than ever before and you know the whole technology aspect of it is what makes it as unique as that's what most people are very impressed with the scale of the technology the sound that comes out of the auditorium and so forth of course but i think some people have been a little perturbed over the aesthetic look of the building has been quite controversial it has it's speaking about that i mean the sydney opera house had that. example let's talk about all those control of the sydney opera house it was over budget i mean this ground building twenty one billion rubles which i believe is around seven hundred million and it's been compared to the city opera house because basically they say it was over budget it was it was f

russia is not the c.d.'s not the former yugoslavia word that the solution of the entities can stablish peace russia and medicare can play an opposite troll that's one of the end of the cold war the atom acutely at having mature diplomacy they can learn to put out there so they found something to see if you have run out of time i wish we had a lot more many thanks today to my guests in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here our see you next time and remember cross talk with us. real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking at dirty birds we have between four to five million people in this directly affected area of the coast and it's pretty clear why it's not being reported because b.p. can't afford to have a reported all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business if b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the us war machine is heavily reliant upon b.p. and their oil this is a huge step backward

so from russia to the wider world and the rest of the week sporting action. each day n.b.a. veteran jason collins became the first active player in a major team sport in america to come out as gay the thirty four year old washington wizards center will become a free agent this summer but aims to land another deal while soccer champions the l.a. galaxy trained with recently retired robbie rogers after the former usa midfielder also revealed he's gay. on tuesday while the before david ferrer traded in his tennis racket to take a paddle boarding lesson in portugal this involved a board and a paddle it was that simple as a thirty one year old fella in that he said he enjoyed it the top seed later lost the final of the nearby portugal open six one is six four to start his last brinker what's russia's anastasio apologetic about did win the women's title. on wednesday the world water bombing championships made a big splash in the english city of sheffield thirty six contestants but knowing different teams forgot style grace and acrobatic diving skill to send as much water flying as

in london iona studies russian culture different from russia recommended that she worked at the petersburg person into. the. east coast middle of yes and that certainly set it i says a when the serious both and solo. and the others but a ninety m. yes it's. not totally fancy and it's not just wouldn't that be an uncle sam uncle escudo thing you just had to pull. my own no bugs here for free she's one of one hundred fifty volunteers they all share in the visitors carry boxes arranged chairs where they needed to be whatever it takes to earn that prestigious title become a volunteer not everyone is worthy of the on a. just about five hours is what we expect from people if they really want to become fully fledged volunteers a lot of them will have a museum pass made for them. five hours a week is the minimum the true quiet newcomer sunnah can find enough free time and she passes her probation period she will also become a volunteer at russia's grand museum. and you will be taking part in one of our grand events dharma taj camp day. instead of an interview i was taking by the hand and led to th

and russia as well for months russia has been criticizing the west for taking one side in this conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels russia has been criticizing the calls in the west to arm the syrian rebels provide them with military training and even possibly intervene into the conflict going on in syria now definitely we also know that russia also said about the syrian conflict that the west has been calling on assad to step down but at the same time never mentioned that the future of the future of syria must be decided by the syrian people and mosco john kerry in many ways agreed that the syrian people who will have to decide the future of the country in election at the same time he reached aerated that that washington does not want to see assad in power it's interesting to see whether the same sentiments will be coming from david cameron after he meets president putin here in sochi especially given the fact that he already did a statement saying that there was an urgent need to find a quick and peaceful solution to the syrian conflict and that is exactly. a reason why davi

interesting about this story, about it being russia? are we just playing out the cold war or is there particular reason this is happening in russia? >> i think the really interesting thing about this is not that america spies on russia. it's not that the cia has officers at the american embassy in moscow. it's not that they try and recruit rugs. that's their job. it's not even that surprising they get caught because espionage is about taking risks, and when something works, it looks brilliant. when it goes wrong, it always looks like a terrible bungle. what's really surprising about this is the fuss the russians made about this. they didn't need to go down this public humiliation route. they named the cia station chief in moscow and that's a really big breach of diplomatic protocol. they had this public humiliation of television which looked like something out of the cold war. i remember when michael sellers a cia guy in moscow in 1986 was caught and he was paraded in just the same way, also with a wig as it happens. this shows to me th

possibly the greatest threat to russia faces now from afghanistan is the flow of afghan heroin that kills thousands of russians every year so russia has a state it has stated a clear interest in afghanistan that would be under control of a responsible government not plagued with corruption. a government that would help and this drug plague but what if global powers are on able to avoid a power vacuum in afghanistan what could happen then if you've ever comes to the stage where we have to be ploy forces or support somewhere you may have to delete the only problem is in the past in the one nine hundred ninety s. after the soviet withdrawal discussion of external proxies led to a major civil war with. positive outcome one thousand nine hundred ninety six so we want to avoid that kind of civil war like situation now as far as the taliban the talks with them stalled last year after their failure to agree on the terms for the release of five afghan insurgent commanders held at guantanamo it's not really clear how far those talks will go because the taliban are not homogenous either part o

russia's national security council chief is in washington for talks weighs u.s. counterpart dominating the agenda on the issue of global safety argues a gorgeous going up has the details the operation took place in a residential neighborhood in russia's south the republic of english traits in the caucasus police blocked a private house where a group of suspected militants was fighting the refused to surrender only a woman accompanied by a child came out she is believed to be the wife of one of the armed men and shortly after she did they opened fire at the authorities and were eliminated now soon after the operation ended the investigators found out that one of the militants was the right hand men of russia as the number one terrorist model for took the responsibility for various terror attacks across all russia including the two moscow metro blasts and the attack on the much of the airport and to the operation continues a set of successful anti terror efforts in russia since just on monday of that he's announced that before a plan to attack moscow by a group of

he took the lie detector test in russia he's repeatedly said from russia that he's happy to give evidence and to take part in the inquiry so at the moment the inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko looking very. undecided and it could be falling apart at the seams still very much indeed for that explanation of this turn of events there of that case thank you very much for that low. update from london and of course we'll have more on this over the next few hours with live expert opinion and analysis as the development unfolds and we stay with the spy theme one spy scandal too many for russia as it says the cia is crossed the line with its antics after the latest u.s. agent was caught in moscow this is r.t. obtained a phone recording involving another american operative intercepted earlier this year. so that story still to come for you here on r.t. in the meantime the european union can survive without britain that's according to the french president two gave a marathon three hour news conference yesterday for all and went as far as accusing the british of being a threat to the very

is running a continuous covert operation in russia the russian government is calling attention to the fact that the us is doing something of a full court press on russia a shadow war so to speak they have the using the n.g.o.s and the penetration of russian society by us soft power through the n.g.o.s at one level trying to carry out many many intelligence operations to get russians to defect kind of trading russian society i think also you watch the u.s. media very favorable coverage to the russian opposition any protest that takes place in russia even if it's small it's enormous front page coverage while here protest movements in the united states get almost no coverage you see the general scenario being played out of hostility to the russian government even if there is still a magic overtures at another level. well it's been a turbulent week for the digital currency bitcoin which has seen the funds of its major operators seized by the u.s. government they point has been a market roller coaster recently increasing about eight times the value in april before slowly deflating to its c

modern russia was bill's. fuel for it's fun to resists coke for it steal me more gold is it more than heat for it's people. join me james brown to meet the men who spend their lives underground and live in one of the world's most dangerous professions. woodlands. hearts of coal on altie. hunger strike despair pushed to the limit. the answer is really one hundred guantanamo detainees are screaming for justice. where is the end for get. it watching aussies great to have you with it's a slow news space capsule has successfully touched down on the step bringing home the fair to both of us as expedition on the big commander of canadian crees hadfield while in orbit the team leader released a series of videos showing how every day life takes on a whole new dimension and space out he's shown thomas from mission control in moscow now explains. the crew of so use zero seven am has returned to earth safely landing in kazakhstan at just after six thirty in the morning moscow time and this is an incredibly experienced cre

russian security forces say they've killed the right hand man of russia's most wanted terrorist in a special operation in the north caucasus. international hackers saugor the us military running one tunnel. speaks to a lawyer for one of the hunger strikers who claims to have been nearly shot dead by prison guards. tribal leaders in the wrong to demand autonomy for the sunni population as a country slides deeper into sectarian violence and fears of a region wide spillover. the world said to you most populous nations and then that's a door neighbors so we report on why india and china need each other both economically and strategically later on. a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here on our team when live from moscow and you're with me to bang with a. russia's security forces say they have killed a key deputy of the country's most wanted terrorists during a special operation in the north caucasus aren't his he got a piece going off has the details bandito operation took place in a residential neighborhood. in the caucasus police blocked a private house suspected milit

ass and russia had to r.t. dot com for the background of this story. the u.s. justice department is on the bike food defending its massive spy operation against their sociedad press news agency about one hundred journalists and editors had their phones tapped for months with the revelations sparking widespread outrage on his little has been following the scandal. it's being called an unprecedented government intrusion the justice department secretly collected two months of telephone records from the associated press and its reporters. a.p. believes this story prompted the secret investigation the cia uncovered a plot to bomb a u.s. bound airliner a plot originated in yemen and was carried out by al qaeda their arabian peninsula by reporting this al qaeda was put on notice that the cia had an inside look at their activities be a piece says the justice department did not say why they needed the information but says among the nearly two dozen telephone records collected at least five of them were from reporters working on the story in question. i've been a prosecu

and russia agree on an international peace conference to tackle the deadly conflict . also this week a spy scandal rusher exposes the cia's chief in moscow on u.s. intelligence is caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent. live from moscow this is our weekly news review with me carrie johnston. more than one hundred days and counting a hunger strike on a tourist guantanamo bay prison is showing no signs of ending prison officials admitted to r.t. that one hundred three prisoners are now refusing food the lawyers for the inmates say the number may be as high as one hundred thirty where many are being force fed through the nose an extremely painful procedure the detainees are seeking an end to their indefinite detention without charge him on the us president has repeatedly promised to close the facility so far no action has been taken and each account has more. after years of inaction injustice and indifference and after more than three months of starvation one tunnel detainees have finally got the president's attention i'm going to go back out this they've hea

one rebels in the golan heights comes as america's top diplomat visits russia in the times to bridge the divide of assyria with moscow accusing the your us of inciting bloodshed in the civil conflict. of the u.k. admits that radioactive materials have gone missing in the country in dozens of locations sparking fears that dangerous substances could fall into the wrong hands . and china hosts both the leaders of israel and palestine as beijing's growing economic and political clout spreads to the middle east. international news live from moscow this is all she with me you know. and welcome to the program. israel is facing the prospect of syria based militants at talking across its northern border with the backing of bashar al assad's regime a police state an armed group reportedly says it's been given a green light from damascus to carry out raids on the golan heights which are over here is apparently part of syria's response to a series of israeli air strikes on its territory over the weekend syrian missiles are allegedly being pointed at israel ready to retaliate immediately in case

russia has slammed the e.u. decision to drop the syria arms embargo as counterproductive towards finding a diplomatic solution moscow says it will continue to supply air to fans missiles to damascus calling in a balance designed to deter foreign interventions in syria are to shawn thomas explain the details to me earlier. the first thing you have to understand is that these are all the existing contracts that were signed before the syrian conflict even began so in some ways russia is obligated to fulfill these contracts so that's the one way of looking at it but it is interesting the timing today in the wake of the e.u. allowing this arms embargo to expire this paves the way for different countries to individually start arming the rebels so the foreign ministry and the russian president's office they have expressed their disappointment in this to senators saying that it undermines the international peace process something that they've been working very hard for in fact this week lavrov and kerry meeting to try a

russia. and the biggest intrigue of that meeting was whether david cameron would sing to the same tune as john kerry did in moscow it's no secret that we have had differing views on how best to handle the situation but we share fundamental aims to end the conflict to stop syria fragmenting to let the syrian people choose who governs them and to prevent the growth of violent extremism so i strongly support the conference that mr lavrov for mr kerry agreed this week to deliver a political solution a solution which has a transitional government based on the consent of the syrian people as a whole so clearly the events of the of this past week have given us a clear indication that there may be interesting things to come in terms of the syrian conflict and this conference can actually produce something of a peaceful solution he was toppled jailed and then exiled but now no washer in the looks set to return to power after claiming an early victory in pakistan's general election the vote was the fir

funny it's technology innovation believes developments from around russia we go into the future covered. every detail. every piece of metal. and every one of those who wrote step on red square on the ninth of may are ready. for the victory day parade and watch the live coverage on r t. s. great pleasure to have you with us here on arts here on river sushi in moscow election violence back in pakistan it's forcing major candidates to give up life on the campaign trail just to survive the voting period they say being on the taliban's hit list doesn't exactly encourage actively pursuing votes and since april eighteenth seven people have fallen victim to the taliban's bombings mainly targeting the rallies of parties opposed to the movement of the latest blast on monday killed some eighteen demonstrators just less than a week before the vote jeffrey laurenti a senior fellow with a century foundation on international affairs he believes the ballot was rigged way before it even started. the secular parties for the moderate aren't used to losing their traditional share of the vote their candidat

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partner and that's the reason that here in russia we presented for the first. the new investment law in greece this tell us a little bit more about that investment. well i'll tell you two things that are quite significant on the high level. we have the fast track procedure high level i mean big investments we have the hype of a fast track procedure which is that means that practically whoever invests more than fifty million euros in greece or world we will take the investor by the hand and guide him to the fulfilment of his investment we have made certain procedures that for example or permissions all necessary permissions will be by one service they won't have to go through this marathon labyrinth of the service to get permissions this bureaucratic. it's an easier procedure were battling bureaucracy we're simplifying things something else in the low level something that i believe will be attractive and attractive idea for many russians is that we will have any russian that buys a house in greece. up above a certain level which i believe will be around two hund

russia says it plans to deliver an anti-aircraft missile system to syria. a senior official said russia wants to deter hopheads from getting involved in the syrian conflict and undermining next month's peace talks. it comes after the european union decision to lift its arms embargo on syrian rebels. >> russia is a major ally of bashar assad's regime and has condemned the european union for not renewing the arms ban. syria's main opposition group has welcomed the move but says it was too little too late with fighting raging on for control of strategic towns in the country. >> these latest images of violence in syria are said to show rubble's battering -- battling -- rebels battling government forces. they do not seem to have much in equipment, but they are fighting a full-scale war. british foreign minister william hague pushed to end the embargo, but he says he hopes arm shipments will be unnecessary. >> we have no plans to send arms at the moment. this is a strong signal to the assad regime, that it needs to engage in the political process, and as i have a

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time this will become the top priority facility in russia the brand new cosmodrome. this will make russia independent mostly independent from the baikonur cosmodrome which is now using and paying an annual rent of six hundred million u.s. dollars of this will also make life easy in terms of political decisions on several occasions looked a launch of russia's satellites and manned space ships of course when russia will have its own space port here in the far east this problem will no longer exist there will of course be some disadvantages for instance the transportation of the russian carriers to the cosmodrome here in the far east right now it takes several days to deliver them to the baikonur cosmodrome which is two thousand five hundred kilometers away from moscow this side here is five thousand five hundred kilometers from moscow so it will take longer and a little more closely but the advantages which exist in this project of having its russia having its own cosmodrome are much more more significant in the first place the parts of the carriers the parts of rocket

for us agrees to russia's push for dialogue on syria but fails to retreat on possibly giving arms to the rebels. in the war. while crags at the heart of europe as france is jack so sorry to you all in britain the queen gets a playwright subjects' for the tide to. some choice our roles in a violent wave of islamist unrest are leaving nearby states hammering out plans to contain one thing the taliban eyes ation of the region. we're watching our da live from moscow it's eight o'clock here and you're here with me tom what's a good to have you with us this morning the chatham between russia and the u.s. over hard to achieve peace in syria seems to be narrowing with both sides saying they'll try to bring all wearing factions to the table the un usual show of solidarity came despite the u.s. not giving up its plans to arm the syrian rebels at some point in the future. he's been following the first visit of secretary of state john kerry to moscow. after a very lengthy meeting between the russian president the russian foreign minister and the u.s. state secretary hardly anybody in the press r

my next goal is winning the championship of all russia. i know it's not easy to become a winner, but i will try my best with confidence and continue my training. >> reporter: maxim and his fellow wrestlers will continue training hard in hopes of raising the profile of russian sumo even further. elena solodayka, nhk world. >>> rachel ferguson has the weather team has more on the sigh colonic storm that's on the way to myanmar, rachel? >> yes, we'll get you another update on this cyclone. it is starting to move now. it's picked up the pace and it is moving at ten kilometers per hour. with gusts up at 93. it's expected to pick up the pace and continue this northerly movement, swerving toward the northeast before making landfall. it could be myanmar, it could be further towards the west. that looks like it will be happening on thursday. local time. it will be bringing in some considerable precipitation and that is going to be a concern because the last seven days have seen significant rainfall here. what you're seeing in the red is very small

the chance between russia and the u.s. over how to achieve peace in syria seems to be narrowing with both sides say build trying to bring all wearing factions to the table and usual show of solidarity came despite the u.s. not giving up its plans to arm the syrian rebels at some point in the future alessio chef ski's been forming the visit of secretary of state john kerry to moscow. after a very lengthy meeting between the russian president the russian foreign minister and the u.s. state secretary hardly anybody in the press room expected that there would be somewhat of a backing down from a very harsh rhetoric which we heard from washington and moscow on the syrian conflict lately in fact at one point of the press conference john kerry even said that there is a common perception that russia and the united states have been on a different page about syria and they were here to show to everyone that they were on the same page in fact the main bottom line of the meeting and that was voice that the press conference was that th

russia's can do. the ease decision to drop the syria arms embargo as counterproductive towards finding a diplomatic solution russia's foreign minister says governments are banned by international law from supplying weapons to non governmental organizations like the rebels moscow's decided to go ahead and provide air defense missiles to the syrian state calling it a balance designed to deter foreign intervention in the country or he's marina joshi and sean thomas discussed the details earlier. the first thing you have to understand is that these are all the existing contracts that were signed before the syrian conflict even began so in some ways russia is obligated to fulfill these contracts so that's the one way of looking at it but it is interesting the timing today in the wake of the e.u. allowing this arms embargo to expire this paves the way for different countries to individually start arming the rebels so the foreign ministry and the russian president's office they have expressed their disappoin

russian security forces say they have killed the right hand man of russia's most wanted terrorist in a special operation in the north caucasus. justice department versus journalists outrage over what's seen as a government swipe at media freedom after a target a fox news reporter who published secrets from an official. seven pm in moscow watching r.t. with me marina joshie welcome to the program the search for survivors continues in the suburbs of america's oklahoma city devastated by one of the deadliest tornadoes in years a massive cyclon tore through a residential area leaving chaos in its wake. local medical examiner's office has revised the initial number of dead down from fifty one to at least twenty four some of the victims are schoolchildren but the figures are still expected to rise as rescuers continue to sift through the rubble president obama's declare the area a disaster zone party sam sachs has more from washington. a massive tornado ripped through oklahoma ripped through the areas around oklahoma city i was need for a tornado it's the second strongest tornado on the sc

russia is booting out a u.s. diplomat accused of spying and displaying what it calls his disguises, his cash, and other tools of the trade. angelina jolie reveals her very difficult decision opting for a double mastectomy to try to beat the odds on breast cancer.

and russia are rational players however when you look at these militias be it. or job to. these are not necessarily rational players in many cases these are ideological fanatics. this complicate the situation very much now what do you think about that i mean because we had this news report of a military commander a militant eating the heart of a soldier on the ground i mean who's controlling these guys who's controlling these guys. now bill go ahead. this is cannibalism it's video ugly i mean basically it is that they are controlled by. emotions but this should not intimidate to big powers with nuclear arsenals and heavy conventional armaments from stopping and even fully wiping out militias because you know the illusion is that what is going to use a proxy node nobody is going to use a new just let me know what is going to use nukes that nobody. is on the ground that's a very that's a very watching them boy i mean they have the have a lot of intelligence agents they have their own clients the have that if you move aside they have. to the proxy agents or the states that ar

notice russia's gray cardinal resigns from a top position in the government we take a look at the man what could be behind his exit from the halls of power. also when life in prison is the only life you can afford some courts in ohio now jailing . people with disabilities because they can't afford to pay a small fine. all over again even if you just joined us kevin owen here at r t h q tonight with our top stories and the u.n. is calling for the immediate release of four of its peacekeepers held by syrian rebels the peacekeepers were abducted in the golan heights the demilitarized zone between syria and israel is our middle east correspondent paula slee it with the latest. i've just gotten off the phone with the deputy chief of staff for the united nations peacekeeping force in the area and he says that they are definitely remaining there this follows the kidnapping of four filipino un peacekeepers who are being held in a cease fire line between syria and these ready side of the golan heights now that is almost a no man's land not israeli nor syrian forces can go operate in that area

modern russia was built on coal. fuel for its factories the for coke for its steel the flame war and gold is it more than heat for its people. join me james brown to meet them and spend their lives underground and work in one of the world's most dangerous professions. from. the woodlands you. hearts of coal on l.t. . you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i've got so many i mean the town i know that i'm sitting seems really messed up. in the old story so personally apologize if the. worst you're delivering the white house to give it to the radio guy and call the tail minister of a cricket cause they don't want you to watch close for about fifteen years you've never seen anything like this i'm told. what's up guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so you might wonder why i along with many of my colleagues today are wearing orange and black ribbons called the ribbon to save george warren ahead of victory day in remembrance for the si

headed by russia by russia and the united states we have to understand that this listing off the ban on arms to. go to syria is opening an entirely new. phase in the syrian conflict it could be spelling out a potential disaster which will only intensify further bloodshed in syria. we were going to be reporting from paris on the syrian peace the conference we'll have more updates with you as we follow this story closely. by the u.k. agency oxfam has want of devastating consequences save more fenton to syria but however believes arming the rebels would complement rather than work against the peace process claiming it would strengthen the opposition hand in negotiations with the fund and to war activists richard bacco says the arms embargo never stopped western supporters of the opposition the arms embargo was a bit of fiction anyway they arms are pouring into the opposition in syria but for coming from qatar and saudi arabia there are undoubtedly be organized by the united states and the other nato powers where they really mean is that they want to send heavier weapons and because the

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and russia had r.t. dot com for the background to all of this. a new crackdown on illegal downloads in the u.k. looks set to begin leading body representing the national record industry is now deciding if it will take legal action to block citizens from accessing dozens of file sharing sites but as officer a furphy explains there are adults over how effective any new measures could be. well record labels could be about to launch the biggest battle yet against pirate sites and what's alleged will be the main blocking blitz in the ongoing fight against websites file sharing and infringe on music copyright the british internet service providers or i have already in the recent past been asked to block websites certain websites that are illegally file sharing music now it's thought that the british industry trade body. he launched the previous successful legal action is set to take a third wave of action now p.v. i haven't yet responded to this latest information but it's thought that would be targeting sites such as the us based file sharing site gri