will be speaking but i gather at last we can go to sochi olympics if it's. twenty three days to a flame so to arrive in the games will be good lindsey france is the loser you can you hear me. good to see you notice where there was always some sort cheers from indian government in the outflow but those are the folks in the locals there's been a lot of criticism about all the building work that's going on the locals a robot mode has put out a joint for various reasons one of the i have to say about it. well as always kevin when you're living what is essentially been a construction site for a couple of years noses are going to be bent out of shape but the constant didn't create it but i think as as andrew farmer mentioned that it's been a construction site but now it's about beautification so the residents are really getting to see everything being sort of prettied up around these gorgeous facilities which is a very nice sight to see and the weather has it looks like we're going to have a nice cold winter in saatchi this year this current weather is any indicat

you will do everything to ensure that all competitors and guests at the winter olympics in sochi too comfortable regardless of race or sexual orientation. well it's estimated to these games are going to cost fifty billion u.s. dollars making them the most expensive in the history of the games movement every venue was built from scratch of course and despite the vost undertaking the message from the organizers it's clear that sochi will be ready. for paul thanks very much indeed for the subway as he rightly said the last one hundred days will probably be the business but very exciting nonetheless reporting from saatchi as the countdown hits the one hundred days mark the olympic torch relay still has quite a way to go while the torch is overall route is sixty five thousand kilometers long reaching more than two thousand nine hundred towns and cities it's traveling by car plane train and helicopter as well as some less than usual means like reindeer sleigh and hot air balloon and at the moment the torch is in russia's western most region approaching the city of kaliningrad artes and far

olympic games in sochi will be free of any kind of. discrimination. olympic charter will apply so the president putin. in sochi to celebrate excellent olympic winter games altogether but also in our chat back told me that the i.o.c. have complete confidence that all of venues will be completed come the opening ceremony on february the seventh but he did reiterate his earlier point before the organizers the final one hundred days in the lead up to the games are set to be the busiest. reporting there the u.k. is we thinking it's policy towards green energy taxation the prime minister pledged to cut so-called green levies which have a hefty sum to energy bills. went to find out why the move is being backed by a majority of the public. talking about the weather may be a british foible but nowadays it can make or break a household budget when terrorist setting in mass are announcements that energy prices of things are fine yes again now roughly ten percent of the u.k. says africa's household energy bill is made up of so-called green taxes and the prime min

on board is the president of the sochi olympics committee. you spent the last eight years of your life trying to bring this flame to russia. you must be pretty excited. >> we are very proud and very much excited because it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the generations to showcase the new modern russia to the world. several billions of viewers for the opening ceremony, which will be held in 124 days. >> you have a busy time ahead. i will let you get some more rest. we are due to touch down in moscow in about two hours time. and we have just landed in moscow. it is an historic moment. you will see the olympic flame for sochi is about to receive a very warm welcome. >> he also spoke to a veteran organizer of olympic torch relays who was a consultant for sochi. he talked about choosing torchbearers and the logistics to making it a success. >> for 4 years, 18 has been planning this. 30-40 people in the organizing committee. there are hundreds who have been working on this over the last year. when we go on the road, there will be thousand

let's focus now though on what's going to come in sochi do you think it's had too much of a bad press if you think any of it justify what are your thoughts on it. amount of bad press over great if you go right but i think that problem has gone away now i don't expect any serious problems there i mean after all one does recall from the 1980's the the attempts of boycotts then and how they were unsuccessful and i don't think there's any real impetus behind it so as far as such is concerned you know everything seems to be going well i think the one thing that concerns me about the games is if you look back to the world athletics championships which took place in august in moscow the the lack of spectators for many of the event was rather disappointing and i just hope that such which is only you know says here of five hundred thousand people all. respond to the going in in the way it was a big problem you think it was the ticket prices wasn't it i mean we thinking back now that the initial flurry for tickets was more than a flier it was a stampede for tickets in london very very expensive

more about where the flames going to go and what's in store for it and then a little bit more about sochi itself. well definitely this this is the start of an epic journey for the for the olympic flame which will take part of course in the longest olympic torch relay in the history of winter olympics it will cover more than sixty five thousand kilometers it will pass through almost three thousand towns cities and villages across russia from kaliningrad zula give us talk it will be carried by more than fourteen thousand torch carriers and another peculiarity another record breaking aspect here is that more than a hundred and thirty million people across russia will be able to participate. relight because ninety percent of the russian population will be within one hour's reach the points to the to the route of the olympic torch relay and that's why one hundred thirty million people will be able to in one way or another participate in the store to relay the olympic flame during this exciting one hundred twenty three day long relay will find itself in the outer space at the bottom of the lake

olympic games in sochi will be free of any kind of. discrimination the olympic charter will apply so the president putin. in sochi to celebrate excellent olympic winter games altogether but also in our shot back told me that the i.o.c. have complete confidence that all of venues will be completed come the opening ceremony on february the seventh but he did reiterate his earlier point before the the organizers. the games are set to be the busiest. reporting that up next to an hour to use we promised talks look at the n.s.a. surveillance that's out of the break. while. it was a. very hard to take out. once again on a plan that we never had sex with a perfect where no. one. was .

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at sochi train station and later on she's day the president of russia's an impact committee is going to give a lesson to schoolchildren in the city about the benefits of hosting the olympics but on monday president vladimir putin was in the town and of course the games are of matter of personal pride to the president whose closely followed the development of the redevelopment of such a over the last six years or so now he greeted the new president of the international olympic committee thomas but he's visiting the region for the very first time since being elected as the new president of the i say now they open a new transport hub now that you are agree that all sporting venues will be ready on time they're pretty much near completion right now is just the finishing touches that it being applied in thomas park even said that the final one hundred days that is the busiest in the build up to the games so that's probably bad news for the organizes meanwhile the president also took the opportunity to try to lay thing is over russia's so-called anti-gay of course that bans are the pro pro

and the countdown to sochi winter olympics is about to hit the one hundred day mark the games official clock and the russian capital is keeping exact track of the timing artie's paul scott is watching the preparations in sochi. the final preparations are well and truly underway in such a now they're going to be no lavish celebrations to mark one hundred days until the start of the games but the five limping rings have been installed at such a train station and the president of russia is limpid committees also giving a lesson to schoolchildren in the city to promote the benefits of the area hosting the games now on monday president vladimir putin was also in such a and of course the games are a matter of personal pride for him he's over seen and played close close interest to the redevelopment of sochi over the last six years or so and he greeted the new president of the international olympic committee thomas back who's visiting sochi for the very first time in his new capacity the past opened a new transport hub in the city before going for a meeting at the president's country residenc

poles in sochi busy day in seoul she tell us more. yes well tomorrow tuesday marks one hundred days until the sochi winter olympics begin here in the black sea resort but on monday president vladimir putin began his day by putting a new transport a new transport hub in the city a new train station that's going to be a transport hub it was a new state of the office and he opened it as you say with the new president of the international olympic committee thomas bach who has only really in the job for a month he's new to the role and this is his vote visit to sochi the opened. facility that transport before coming to the president's residence here in the sochi where they had a behind closed doors meeting but addressing some of the concerns president vladimir putin tried to allay some of those phase notably will the venues be ready on time the president has assured almost brought from the i.o.c. that the things will indeed be ready on time even the. opening ceremony which is having a really installed rest of the sports venue it's believed

operational standards but the feeling in sochi is right now. the hard work needs to continue to ensure that come february the seventh the city is ready to welcome the sporting world. she's pretty like a lot of people celebrating the hundred day. because the. touring this year on the baltic sea has just arrived. on the. one hundred day down and it really is. a very memorable day. to be plenty of excitement as i found. only days to go the soldiers making its way across the living gradually to the first wave that has just started here and the time. which is just forty kilometers away from kaliningrad enjoying the day will make is why i came to this city where it's due to arrive later this evening if you can see there's a lot of commotion here but this is. the most wesley point of the relay that's because this russian flags fly by sandwiched between piling up around about a million people live and you can see hundreds have turned out today to try and cheer on the torch through also dozens of troops berets involved one of those that included russia'

and so with just a few hours to go before the one hundred day countdown to the sochi winter olympics we'll bring you the latest from the preparations in the host city and follow the record breaking toss really. a very warm welcome to you if you have just joined us here on r.t. with me to about monday let's take a look at our top story this hour. the british government has warned it could resort to legal action to silence newspapers seeking to publish edward snowden's n.s.a. revelations it's the latest in a string of attempts to block the release of embarrassing documents archie surfer has more from london. well it's reported that he said on monday that if newspapers don't demonstrate some social responsibility then it will be difficult for the government to stand back and not act now he also made reference to injunctions and dean says these are measures that the government has to prevent the disclosure of certain types of information by the media particularly if it would impact u.k. military or intelligence operations now he did go on to say that his preference was not for heavy hand

olympic games in sochi will be free of any kind of. discrimination. olympic charter will apply so the president putin. in sochi to celebrate excellent olympic winter games altogether but also in our chat back told me that the i.o.c. have complete confidence that all of venues will be completed come the opening ceremony on the february the seventh but he did reiterate his earlier point for the organizers the final one hundred days in the lead up to the games are set to be the busiest. ortiz paul scott there up next here man versus woman we look at combat schools in ukraine in just a minute from now on i'll be back with a news team with more for you in just over half an hour from now. world. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. if we look at the history of the o.p.c. w. and its engagements in the past with the united states best there is the history all let's say intimidation on many collation of whatever you call it if indeed we find that president assad is lying or cheating and i doubtfu

and how do you feel about being able to carry the sochi twenty fourteen olympic torch are going to be doing it very shortly. that's my question hello thank you very much for this opportunity to comment on what has been happening here it's an amazing feeling ah it's tremendous i feel very good. for what is happening here today we finally launched to do use really feels very happy and proud that i will take part in this olympic torch really. this isn't your first olympic relay is it in your view is this one more special that was you've taken in the past. there is a slowness that's exactly this is. very special for me this is my third so i mean my first time was before i was below in the olympics and this was a dream come true for me because when i was an athlete i always dreamed of taking part in the olympics works very well for the olympics and i are participating in the anti-war truly. risky games and this is my first time a much more when three games in this is particularly important to me this means a lot to me so we know about you we know you've done so well and showed in your fiel

right well coming greg is just one leg of the sochi olympic flame record breaking journey which still has quite a way now the torch is a total route sixty five thousand kilometers reaching more than two thousand nine hundred towns and cities it's traveling by car plane train and helicopter as well as some more unusual means of transport including a reindeer sleigh and a hot air balloon the flame will change hands with around fourteen thousand people before ending up in sochi and still on the final preparations for the game in full swing arches paul scott reports from the black sea resort. as the countdown continues in the final preparations are being made ahead of sochi twenty fourteen and although there's going to be no lavish ceremony to celebrate one hundred days until the start of the games as you can see the iconic olympic rings have been installed at the equally as iconic sochi train station and it's all been about public transport really over the last twenty four hours or cyber monday president putin was in town where he greeted the new president of the international olympic co

and up next on his wish list is top on this in sochi as the father of two will turn thirty one on the first day of competition i'll try to do my best to not because i have really really really make. hard season then yeah it's my goal actually to race as fast as i can on the russian olympic games in sochi and we'll see how it's going to go this during the season carried the olympic torch in moscow and this is where he'll try to go one better than he's vancouver silver he's already competed twice this year at the purpose built arena and lauded other sorts of in use even though the infrastructure is still playing catch up we'll take a little bit under construction now but i believe like some how many one to montreux will be ready and i think even so with the book you know to our country we'll try to make them perfect and they believe for olympic games to be perfect i mean the games and they have now but it will see better the figures than we would have it russia records are unlikely to tumble the torchy because they rarely do at sea level rinks discovery of targets new heights in the war

there is just one leg of the sochi olympics flames a record breaking journey which still has quite a way to go the torch is glory route sixty five thousand kilometers long passing through thousands of towns and cities it's been carried by cars trains and planes as well as helicopters and much more unusual means of transport as a radius of a hot air balloon as well as a nuclear icebreaker and i wonder if farmer has mentioned the torch will even be taken on a space walk in russia the relay has so far covered almost forty cities with more than two thousand barrels involved in this part of the journey and are not for every the seventh the torch will end up in the olympic host city of sochi where the final preparation for the games are now being made artie's postcard reports from the black sea resort. as the countdown continues in the final preparations are being made ahead of searching twenty fourteen and although there's going to be no lavish ceremony to celebrate one hundred days until the start of the games you can see the iconic olympic rings how been installed at the equally as icon

now russia's olympic and paralympic stars have been competing in sochi to secure their call ups for the fast approaching world cup season ahead of the country's first winter games while the cup holder alexanders a profit stay at his four month bobsled to domestic glory as the thirty nine year old claimed victory at the pre-season russian cup making up for finishing runner up in the two man discipline the veteran is aiming for his maiden gold in sochi after silver in charin bronze in vancouver while the slinky sliding center also hosted the skeleton cup where reigning world champion alexander trichet dominated the men's event and european champion elaine in the key to not top the time sheets on the women's side admitted she could have done even better. but it's a good track it's not as dangerous as the one in the cooler are unlocked here where you can pull off and he yourself hard this one is easier to negotiate that it's difficult to post fast times here it's got its own challenges but we still like it very much. while russia's paralympic by athletes and cross-country skiers were put th

>> yes. >> you're going sochi, right? >> yes. >> have you ever been to sochi? >> i have never been to russia. >> oh, you haven't? it's a dump. no, it's not. st. petersburg is nice. how do you call jump in those things at the same time? >> it's finesse. a lot of speed and be fearless. >> let me ask you this question, how fast do those things go? >> i've hit up to 90 miles per hour. >> what? >> yes. >> are you on this team? >> i'm trying. i was on 20 ten2010. i went to the 20 ten olympics. >> were you on "dancing with the stars"? >> i was. >> really? >> yeah. >> did you win? >> no, they were haters on me over there. >> they're all rigged. >> those judges -- >> do you see "the five." >> i have. >> thank you, man. >> i put him in a hospital ward. i thought it was called hurling, but it's curling. >> curling. brings me back to my drinking days. you versus me? >> sure. >> i'll bet you a buck. >> are you kidding me? >> watch my form. watch everything i do and you'll be fine. i win. hey, give me -- you take [ bleep ] and i'm going to break your face with it. >> there w

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the olympic flame is possible in greece to russia to begin its epic nationwide poll culminating in sochi for the twenty fourteen winter games. no excuse for internet anonymity it's revealed the n.s.a. has been snooping on those who generally need online privacy while the web's giants desperately move to amend the depreciation. of surface trade day of deadlock sees the u.s. government in paralysis with the economy as a warning of an impending disaster we reported what the red vs blue standoff is costing america. and switzerland plan to pay its citizens a nearly two thousand euros a month or whether they have a job or not tell you why. you live with us here from moscow with me to say this is our team for more international news from my headquarters here in russia now for such the way the olympic torch all the twenty fourteen winter games is being handed over to russia it'll fivefold to moscow after a colorful ceremony in athens to kick off its sixty five thousand kilometers tour of the host country. is a watching of the festivities in greece he joins us live andrew exploit men to a histori

is second to none and many of them trying to have that experience in sochi so lots to look forward to absolutely cause waiting for something exciting absolutely fantastic to happen to happen yeah definitely so i'll just have to wait and see there martin thank you so much for sharing your insight all right. with me here in the studio and i'll be back with more news after a very short break to stay with us. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred ton two cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand kilometers. in a record setting trip by land air sea an outer space. a limpid torch relay. on r t r two dot com. her. basis with economic ups and downs in the final months day the london deal sang i and the rest of the life during the making it will be every week on. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are today. please. welcome to. science technology innovation all the lat

for months at relay for russia before it launches their two thousand and fourteen sochi winter games. celebrations for the fortieth anniversary of egypt's a last war with israel turned violent in cairo where fierce clashes between opponents and supporters of mohamed morsi was ousted regime lead scores killed and wounded. a u.s. operation in libya seizing top terror leader seized a separate raid in somalia proves unsuccessful with special forces unable to capture a wanted al shabaab militant leader. and at least a dozen children are killed in a suicide attack in iraq were targeted in elementary school the most recent assault in a wave of violence that hit the nation. and you're watching r t direct from our studios in moscow glad to have you with us a big day for russia the olympic flame has arrived in moscow for the final countdown to the two thousand and fourteen a sochi winter olympics. a massive convoy of bikers brought it safely into red square and a cheering crowd before president of the torch on its way are you going to be sent off watch the festivities by the kremlin walls. well

this time it's in sochi, russia. like so many other olympic games, the bay area will be well represented. nbc's janelle wang introduces us to a few of our local athletes who have golden dreams of bringing home the gold. and they train year-round. we tune in in february, but they train all the time. >> yes, they do, and they train hard. as of right now, we could see 19 northern california athletes compete in sochi, from snowboarders, to skiers, to bobsledders and figure skaters. they all have one thing in common. a deep desire to compete for team usa. there's something about lake tahoe. >> at the finish. >> reporter: that breeds olympic athletes. >> our daycare was like getting thrown out of the mountain and then two home with mom when she got off work. and that just, that grew a love of the sport. >> reporter: for alpine skier mark o'sullivan, that love turned into a career. and if the 33-year-old qualifies for sochi, it will mark his fourth and last winter olympic games. >> this is it, and there's no reason to hold

they sent the olympic torch on the journey to sochi. this synchronized swimmer might look like she might drown. tothe flame is on its way the start of a marathon journey. >> it will plunge and blast into space. back on earth, there have been problems. good job he was on hand with his lighter. a russian law restricts the flow of information of homosexuality. these olympic volunteers were upbeat. it is a chance for the whole world. surprised. a big country, a big show. >> a big journey before the flame finally reaches sochi next february. >> a year ago this week, shot and left for dead near the home in pakistan. crime -- she had to undergo a series of major operations. she now lived in birmingham. >> a day out in birmingham, the 16-year-old's life was transformed by the attack that nearly killed her. time foren spending her and her family. >> what is the hardest thing about coming to birmingham? coming here, of course. >> your life changed in that moment and in seconds. she first spoke out for girls rights to go to school. >> the world sh

from sochi just a couple of days ago we were talking with you saying everything was covered if it happened snow there was a worry was make it a couple of mild winters if it hadn't snow. yet because so close to you have to store the snow up but when you were there it was bucketing to tell you i we were very surprised that we got to the top of one of the mountain clusters and what did you see there it was like minus two degrees in the middle of september it was just incredible but it kind of gave you a sort of feeling of how this new our pain like the environment that they've created is going to feel like you know when all the skiis of the and when you know especially for those who want to come out to the enjoy those winter games and if that before we even delve into it i want to show you a little bit of what i saw what i did what i was out in sochi let's take a look right now i think it's going to play this moment. once to go before kickoff starts are for the twenty second winter olympics as well as the paralympics that will be hosted by a source here in russia of course we're giving you a

city of sochi ok well you've got a busy time ahead so i will let you get some more rest we are g.'s to touch down in moscow in a bank two hours time. and we have just landed in moscow it is in the story moment and if you look out of the door you will see the olympic flame for sochi twenty fourteen is about to receive a very warm welcome. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to show. one hundred twenty three days. through to. the cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limpet torch relay. m r g r r g. still ahead of the program frezza down chill rays of data stands first democratic transition of power or at turf war campaigning it had of next year's voters fired up as a list of candidates turns into a bland of warlords tribal leaders and foreign militants all hungry for power. plus. skyrocketing unemployment leave spaniards out in the cold then looking for a place to live was no sign tough a vacation laws will be eased that much more in just a couple of minutes. we know how to do bankin

the olympic flame of bribes in moscow as the first torch to begin the relay through russia before the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter games. celebrations for the fortieth anniversary of egypt's last more. violent in cairo where fierce clashes between opponents and supporters of mohamed morsi. leave scores killed and wounded. u.s. secretary of state says a military force is into the solution in syria while russia's foreign minister urges the opposition to follow the diplomatic way out. of diplomatic talks on the sidelines of the apec summit in bali. and the u.s. operation in libya sees a top terror leader c.u.z. a separate raid in somalia proves successful special forces an able to capture a militant leader. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our sean thomas glad to have you with us a big day for russia the olympic flame arrived in moscow for the final countdown to the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics. a massive convoy of bikers have brought it safely to red square and a cheering crowd before president putin sent the torch on its way going off watc

olympic games in sochi would be free of any kind of. discrimination that the olympic charter will apply so that the president putin are welcome in sochi to celebrate excellent olympic winter games altogether but also. told me that the i.o.c. have complete confidence that all of venues will be completed come the opening ceremony on the february the seventh but he did reiterate his earlier point before the organizers the final one hundred days in the lead up to the games set to be the busiest. and up next i know for you mine is woman home but schools in ukraine interesting. to me the national security agency has taken months of scandal embarrassing lies to get obama and his administration to this point what is clear is the following obama is unaware of the extent of n.s.a. surveillance or he remains on. truthful with the american people and the world in the end it's all about trust. live. live. live live. live . she turned his lover into an amazon that a little better than my dream. but he couldn't hold on to. their. teacher. now she runs

on the sochi countdown entering the home stretch. of being ticked off in the olympics if he gets called surpass the one hundred day mark until the winter games. now a justice seeking journey of thousands of miles for one pakistani family which survived a cia drone attack is now culminated in that testimony in front of a u.s. congressman the strike killed their grandmother but failed to hit any militants so the victims of the bombing aust lawmakers why their home was targeted in the first place. it was at the briefing. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of growth strikes so it's very difficult to expect a sudden change of heart even though her heart was with these drone victims were appealing through on october twenty fourth of last year a u.s. drone strike left this pakistani family devastated the nine year old girl and her thirteen year old

they sent the olympic torch on the journey to sochi. this synchronized swimmer might look like she might drown. tothe flame is on its way the start of a marathon journey. >> it will plunge and blast into space. back on earth, there have been problems. good job he was on hand with his lighter. a russian law restricts the flow of information of homosexuality. these olympic volunteers were upbeat. it is a chance for the whole world. surprised. a big country, a big show. >> a big journey before the flame finally reaches sochi next february. >> a year ago this week, shot and left for dead near the home in pakistan. crime -- she had to undergo a series of major operations. she now lived in birmingham. >> a day out in birmingham, the 16-year-old's life was transformed by the attack that nearly killed her. time foren spending her and her family. >> what is the hardest thing about coming to birmingham? coming here, of course. >> your life changed in that moment and in seconds. she first spoke out for girls rights to go to school. >> the world sh

again the hundred day there it is to the sochi winter olympics started celebrations of. a couple of hours ago as well as in russia's western most region of kaliningrad which is the current stop of the olympic torch relay routes incidentally but in the host city itself it's making those final touches to the facilities. for scott. the message from the organizers is that she will be ready but it's actually been a rather low key affair to mark one hundred days until the start of the games the feeling in the city is that the hard work needs to continue the new president of the international olympic committee thomas bach saying that the one hundred days in the build up to the games the start of the games are undoubtedly going to be the busiest for the organizers now park has been on a school of some of the venue over the last twenty four hours or so says that he thinks the venues are impressive and that he's confident that the athletes are going to be delighted with them over the course of the next three months they're going to be one hundred and seventeen different. sporting

i can promise any of us will claim gold in sochi but we also at the bar as high as possible only time will tell how we fare in the competitions but we do give our role when we're preparing all of our resources and time and will try to peak at the olympics. and russia's freestyle skiing as court is also gearing up for the olympics and hoping the saatchi showcase will propel the spectacular sport to new highs across the country michael graf genco has more. freestyle skiing consists of five disciplines moguls ariel's ski cross halfpipe and slope style moguls all raised bumps on the track can trace its competitive roots back to the nine hundred sixty s. but it has only been an olympic event since albertville in one thousand nine hundred two since then popularity in the various disciplines has steadily grown and all five will be included at sochi in twenty fourteen with half pipe making its debut russia's relatively new on the freestyle scene and yet to win an olympic gold by the country's head coach is optimistic this will soon change freestyle for russia is still quite a young sport and

meanwhile sochi organizing committee chief dimitri chan is shankar presented the official motorcades that will carry the athletes and torch bearers more than twenty thousand kilometers across the country as the flame travels on planes trains and automobiles and with dogs reindeer skiers and skaters before arriving in sochi to kick start the twenty second winter olympics. and the organizers also promise security measures one dump in the festivities for either the locals all visitors to the black sea resort next february checkpoints will be in place at the main venue is a major transport hubs but all that's needed to gain access is to produce your ticket and spectators pass both of which will be available online. city large outside the security zones won't change at all the only thing you'll notice is more police patrolling the streets to help maintain order security zones are common practice during big international events including the olympics and as a rule they don't cause any inconvenience whatsoever. now let's move on to football where there was some turkish delight for former ma

story for russia unfolding right now a story day for moscow the olympic flame for the twenty fourteen sochi winter games touched down a little earlier in the russian capital less than an hour ago in fact. the iconic symbol of the games landed on a special flight from athens ahead of the ceremony which will kick start the russian leg of its record breaking really over the next hundred twenty three days. in red square hagai said so go to one of the airport again first of all election the plane landed the flame is off the plane tell us what happens next. well i literally saw about five seven minutes ago how the olympic flame was carried away from the airport to draw literally ten fifteen meters away from me and now it's headed to the red square it is being exported by motorcade of the night biker group it's not just the average bikers this group consists of business off sports. different singers and these other people who see biking as their whole beach and they are privileged to explore the olympic flame to the red square where we'll see the culmination of the ceremony where thousands of athl

also says he can qualify for all five known team events in sochi but will most likely skip the sprint distances all to boost his chances of a maiden gold medal great show for our team. and finally as the record long relay continues across russia the olympic flame has for the first time reached the north pole after a trip on board a nuclear powered icebreaker torch bearers from the eight arctic nations of russia canada the us denmark finland iceland is no way how sweden full took part in a special project as russian polar explorer after having found off its a cold room near the north pole sign the flame is also set to touch the bottom of the world's deepest lake baikal and scale the peak of europe's highest mountain el bruce. that's all the sport i found. wealthy british scientists hold some. of the. markets fine. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name to cause a report on. most of the missions that soldiers. pretext of terrorism prevention are in many ways targeting civilians that have nothing to do w

hosting a visit to sochi by the head of the olympic committee on monday president putin was diffusing the treatment of gay people in russia. >> translator: we are doing everything, both the organizers and our athletes and fans so that participants and guests feel comfortable in sochi regardless of national naturalty, race or sexual orientation. >> reporter: the grand tour of russia's olympic flame has taken in the north pole and as it traveled south allegations of bureaucratic corruption are piling up. the opposition politician borris is a native of sochi and swearing was deleted and he wants to dazzle the world and told event organizers to get it done or drop dead. sochi residents have been largely stoic of disruption to their lives and may have something to do with the climate. even now in the last days of october the temperatures here are a balmy 20 degrees centigrade but in the mountains it is around zero. the snow here is expected to start falling in earnest by the end of november. and officials realize the reputation is at stake so they ordered their own snow making commitment a

and he greeted the new president of the international olympic committee thomas back who's visiting sochi for the very first time in his new capacity the past opened a new transport hub in the city before going for a meeting at the president's country residence now that you agreed. that many of the sporting venues will be ready on time there in fact very near completion is just the final finishing touches that are being made out the momentum back even said that it's the final one hundred days in the build up to the games that are the busiest which is perhaps not good news for the organizers now president putin also moved to allay fears concerning russia's so-called anti gay nor of course banning the promotion of nontraditional sexual relations to minus and you will do everything to ensure that all competitors and guests at the winter olympics in sochi too comfortable regardless of race or sexual orientation while the games are estimated to cost around fifty billion u.s. dollars which makes them the most expensive games ever and every sports venue has been built from scratch but despite th