all deposits are and who will gain control of these treasures in the future when with you know you because your task is to prove it scientifically that russia's continental shelf goes far beyond its northern shores that ends up in the arctic this is the primary task. of russia's presidential envoy to the north pole says the first telegram sent from the new station were to the president and the prime minister there personally tracking all the latest on the north pole thirty eight expedition the one who'll be in charge of sending further updates to the mainland is the head of the station. with over two dozen polar expeditions on to his belt the much has supervised the unloading and construction of the station. will start with equipping our i was in all the necessary amenities with electricity it go for and then we'll build a traditional wardroom but this in the end once we do the rest of comparing the

youngest member of the expedition is the cook he promises his fellows the menu of his arctic restaurant will be rich and diverse. this. is the warm storage of all the products that shouldn't be exposed to frost here bridged balls canned food what else can these two keys pastors groceries everything absolutely everything and village tricity man sergei is the oldest one here he says this expedition is he's dream come true and he's younger mates don't even realize how lucky they are to be part of this adventure. for twenty years i've been trying to get him you won't believe it i've read in countless letters to various institutions but they tell me you're a thirty year old railroad worker stay where you are on your to interest and now i'm fifteen and i'm here. as dusk is falling these spawn. works mark

the beginning of the real mission the russian flag is hoisted and that means the resi icebreaker and its crew will be having for the mainland leaving the fifteen man face to face with the severe arctic night the russian melt cold mission is now officially underway launched into the arctic with traditional maritime music and less traditional fireworks the polar sets off a year of freezing conditions lie with painstaking studies of the arctic to reveal the trash just underneath it in the groucho r.t. from the arctic. plenty more ahead for you. including our close up team visits that weekend of god russian city seen both staggering wealth and devastating wars over its thousand year history but is now recovering after the financial crisis. the first national poverty rates across the u.s. are higher than they've been in almost half a century one in seven americans currently live below the poverty line which for

many means living without a house and i started checking the reports now from new york where the problem of homelessness is reaching crisis point. well. this is no lottery for a chance to win some cash these people are petion flee waiting to find out if they can win a roof over their heads for the night they're not criminals they're not drunks they're flaw is that they just don't have a home. these days the chances of getting a bed in new york are slimmer than ever homelessness in the city has skyrocketed by an entire fifty percent last year or two hundred twenty thousand different new york city men women and children to lose tonight and our city shelter that's a shocking number of the highest number that's ever been recorded keith who became homeless in this last year says he's fifth on standby to get a bed he considers himself lucky for the men this means at least some hope my

number doesn't come up i'm going to be outside in the rain yousif knows exactly what it's like calling a place like this only shelter and bed i put together this project away i go home last week every year most of my nights i just end up you know sleeping on a cardboard box in front of us posting his experience in a blog yousif is been able to collect thousands of dollars in donations for the homeless the reality is a lot of people most people a lot of people are one paycheck away from being homeless you know and i just. you know i'm just trying to make people aware of the packed city like new york homelessness is no novelty in a city where you can buy a coffee drink for almost eight dollars there are dozens of thousands of people who just don't have that kind of money and to many it's clear that their numbers are bound to keep growing even though the already existing statistics are higher than

they have been since the great depression there are more than thirty seven thousand people we have thirty seven thousand people. nearly fifteen thousand children who are homeless and they are. near record number of homeless families nearly ten thousand homeless families in an apocalyptic state of economy all of these people are hoping to be saved. as the cries for help stretch across the country the u.s. government sticks to the official party line that the economy is back on its feet but in reality the state of the economy is staring everyone in the face and if looking the other way continues to be the norm this could soon become the real face of a nation just as you are new york hugo chavez the president of venezuela was busy on

friday signing multi-million dollar deals with russian leaders here in moscow and also found time to give an exclusive interview to spanish channel seven says the mainstream media trying to make a monster. there are still laws about venezuela they claim it's involved in relations with organizations like the revolutionary forces of colombia or fark the enemy of national mancipation and has been long but they cleanly richey raney and so they have to do now was accused of trying to build an atomic bomb and that's the laboratory of laws they've created to justify whatever they need to be justified or that they say about me that i support terrorism the drugs trade and knowing truth into the affairs of other countries just a lawyer which is repeated a hundred times until it sounds like the truth. headlines would you see if i was a with roone collapse of the chair of is.

and you can watch the interview with the leader of venezuela in around twenty minutes from now here on. flash floods of rage through russia's southern cross nadar region killing eleven people while three are still missing a state of emergency has been declared in the worst affected areas where more than twenty villages have been swarmed around fifteen hundred people have been caught in the deluge and so far several hundred had to be evacuated from their homes the flooding is the result of several days of heavy rain because local rivers to burst their banks down her also brought about mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north cation railroad the rain has stopped for now but forecasters warn there could still be able. to some other world news this hour a series of bomb blasts has rocked the southern afghan city of kandahar at least two civilians and went several others on to the scene of a massive ongoing nato offensive against the taliban try to tend already the bloodiest year of the war for both the afghan people and international forces the

coalition is now taking a new approach to try to end the violence going to taliban commander safe passage to kabul in an attempt to encourage cease fire negotiations or. ship has been released by somali pirates. after five months in captivity the twenty two members of crew who are many filipinos are all alive according to some reports a ransom was paid but the amount is unknown parts in the region of thought to be holding around twenty other ships and four hundred crew members hostage. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have marched across the country in anger at president nicolas sarkozy's pension reform and protests to settle flares filling streets with thick smoke a strike by transport an oil refinery workers that's been going on for five days has raised fears that airports could run out of fuel the city of musée rubbish has been collected for four days pension reform which raises the retirement age from sixty to sixty two is to be voted on in the senate on wednesday. most of the

rescued chilean miners have returned home to a hero's welcome after spending more than two months trapped underground just two of the thirty three workers remain in hospital for what were described as minor ailments despite having injured weeks in harsh conditions most of the medicine to be healthy but to say the most lasting damage could be emotional and the recovery could be complicated by the intense public interest. followers of fashion are flocking to moscow was russian fashion week is kicked off the event opened with designers from around the world showcasing their latest styles and trends on the capital's catwalks well earlier i spoke to art. got a front seat. russian fashion week and the issue will be under way at the top most mothers as models sasha is the latest collection designers for russia from the former soviet union and this is a twenty first that must come home to the man and it still to kill her still excited there in the future crowds here for me and it's got to play this is the big

deal. they're going to have if. they also keeping all the live past seats in france so everybody time from the models designers just mixing. came here to see you collection. trends of the year every year to try to make. a game to them that maybe you don't bring any more to me because here everything is new so right same he's going to be very very sort of the future a maze going to be like. paris l.a. but the fact is that they are well why we're here and there's a wide range of things rather. than as a showcase for the benefit of the both be very high quality little bit more wind speed and they're the guys. that sets it off their spring. so what.

it was exciting to be a car that's two dollars in a while now and then. race might be a part of the goal it is beneficial as it is published the t.v. against be are against paying it gives me new content new people coming in seeing their collections. expressing their interest if there is any and. also benefit because. we don't pay. we don't pay for this event meaning part of. it is a very big bonus for any label which it is which is just growing and doesn't have much money that kind of so there are a lot of talented athletes here but absolutely that's the law. and it's not. like that. when they came out the.

this is wonderful and everybody else throughout that was just agreed to. my birthday to make. that. a reporter. in central by the way there's plenty more stories features opinion and analysis waiting for you on our website online all the time it's. just not on any time and explore here's a quick look at what's there right. you can find out for example how the web being allowed to continue sailing all with the help of internet providers. plus find out the recipe for cocktail. spirits it's all in the mix.

well now buckle up and join us as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia to get closer. in today's episode we continue our tour of the ancient city of god in the region located five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow the area with its rich historical past attracts thousands of tourists each year and these days however the region is being forced to adjust to the harsh economic climate with whole villages struggling to make ends meet he has more. unlike the larger metropolitan areas around the globe good hasn't been able to attract the same amount of investment from big businesses over the last few years this big business is essential it brings the jobs that it brings in money for the local authorities as

well but because meat is just one such large factory which has been built by their old cadre and provides hundreds of jobs for people here but for the rest of the area it's still suffering from the aftermath of the economic crisis. for one hundred years the plywood mill has supplied most people in the town of part of jobs unfortunately it's also been exactly a hundred years since its last major renovation and when you're sick workman is from the late nine hundred seventy. i think when the economic crisis struck two years ago the factory couldn't compete and went bankrupt straight away and with it the town apart from the. whole families were tear and suddenly they lost their jobs pensioners had to help their children and grandchildren buy enough food to eat the town was devastated. certainly has an unfinished degree in management it's of no use here instead to

support her son she had to get a job with the mail only to lose it. sitting at home without money my relationship with my husband deteriorated and my family fell apart i blame the factory in this town. regional authorities provided a bailout and tax relief and strictly on their return to work what are the one thousand six hundred employees only a third remain and the plant is still officially bankrupt the plywood mill up oftener has been saved but it continues to be on life support it's still not turning in a profit in order to survive it needs to modernize and end up where it's emblematic of the region as a whole no good region has a population of less than seven hundred thousand with few strategic industrial objects and a small consumer market that has to find creative ways to generate wealth the authorities have adopted a three prong strategy firstly tourism a nation slavic republic then thought i said they have no good world heritage site

that they will feel the duties of the same as everywhere else in russia we have to bring the infrastructure up to the same level as detractions themselves. secondly foreign investment. in previous times a difficult relationship with a local administration has prevented a good investment climate from forming now we have swung our doors open. and finally developing industries that are competitive not just in russia but abroad. versus medium sized promises to be a breakthrough. several times cheaper than for an equivalence our production lines are to seem as our competitors but to stuff costs are lower. while no pipe dreams these in bush's plans have yet to bring substantial cash into the government coffers. what the no good man just to achieve that will determine if the region continues to fund more abundant the prizes like golf and

a whole leap into the twenty first century starting next we are. a student in hope for no idea there are no girls yet you know you'll soon going to graduate what you're going to do once you're. on the last year of my studies and i am more akin to you. know my profession is going to be interpreted and translate to make it like my major and it was in english working now with my english language and how looking for a company we actually has several offices including one in moscow and a couple of office in new mexico so this is a good example of a company that's right there at the world stage and to introduce our seat to the patriotism to different countries to different countries into different stages of russia which i think it's great because i know i don't know a lot of people who do want to stay number though i can say too easy to find a job here our town is developing and it is developing quite fast and there are

some international companies being opened here in number one to reach and. tourists keep coming here a lot of people get to know i was the town so i'm really optimistic about this thank you very much i have been speaking to a local student here about the prospects for young people studying here. one hour from the fascist of the flash to the classics of a bygone era the moscow team revs up for action in just a few minutes from now on. wow because inside here are amazing in the course of this one here i mean sixteen million rubles that's about half a million dollars. so

that's moscow out it's coming up in less than ten minutes from now ahead on t.v. but first hugo chavez speaks exclusively to spanish channel hitting on the u.s. role in latin american affairs that interview is next.

today i'm talking to the president of one as whalen chavez thank you very much for this opportunity. he once called former u.s. president george w. bush the devil what would you call the current president. delicately. but didn't look in the devil i said there was a smell of sulfur i mean bush had been maybe he was accompanied by the devil and it was him he left behind the smell of sofas. better when bush in his ear or his village or an aggressive imperialist. policy greatly harm the world look at the legacy he left wars and tension he said we will punish terrorists but he was not referring to real terrorists he was referring to those who disagree with america's imperialistic policy. as for your question about the incumbent president i can see two people in obama the first obama is the one i met in tuna dug into bago he is

a smiling man who gave many promises he promised to respect other nations sovereignty i remember his speech in cairo but there is also another a bomb or a bomb of the president of an empire a year on i think that unfortunately the distance between these two personas has grown it seems to me that the obama who promised change the a bomb he promised many other things the man who shook my hand in tuna died and tobago has totally disappeared and nothing has changed in the way the north american empire treats other countries aggression is escalating in latin america and the yankee empire is behind this aggression all recent takeovers like in ecuador against the president rafael correia quito for it question against venezuela the empire continues to move its way despite obama. you once said

in an interview that a permanent reason for the conflict between when as a whale and current was a lie created by the laboratory what laboratory did you mean and how does this mechanism of lie production work. take a look at the war in iraq thousands of people have died women and children were killed because a lot i became the reason for tragedy the whole war was based on the law i the iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction this was the only reason the yankee empire invaded the country where. then they admitted that there hadn't been any such weapons so they had designed that law i to bring war to iraq that's the politics of the yankee empire there are still laws about venezuela they claim it's involved in relations with organizations like the revolutionary forces of colombia or fark the enemy of national mancipation etc and has been long but they claim we

enrich uranium so they have to do now is accuse of trying to build an atomic bomb that celebratory of laws they've created to justify whatever they need to be justified that they say about me that i support terrorism the drugs trade and knowing truth into the affairs of other countries is just a lawyer which is repeated a hundred times until it sounds like the truth or what headlines would you see if i was overthrown collapse of the hated chavez and the laws have been working dictator chavez dictatorship whatever happens is blamed on me being a dictator this mechanism works in many cases at the instigation of the empire but i do not think it will last forever it will fade away the events in ukraine evolution have proven that fortunately for the people lawyers do not work every time they used i'm sure this mechanism will soon start working against venezuela.

you often talk about the lies happening at an international level in your long career you have seen a lot and taken part in many things in your opinion which lie was the biggest the most obvious and the most cruel great price. and regarding venezuela any lies you witnessed about me or venezuela not necessarily but possibly oh those laws there were a lot of laws lies about me the ones i had to live through the ones that made me suffer before i became president there were people claiming that hugo chavez was raising the ball of our partisan movement in south america it was everywhere on the radio on t.v. and in the newspapers he was repeated so many times that gave rise to a legend saying that ships with weapons for parties and troops from colombia venezuela and other south american countries were sailing along the river orinoco to venezuela here's another example of iran and venezuela have

a number of projects important for both countries for example a bicycle factory but then in a news paper there was an article saying that in the celo the factory we enrich uranium and that's what serious respected journalists from respected newspapers said but the aim of these publications is distort the idea not the person i'm just a man but there is a project that they are afraid of the idea of the truth. of what we represent and they do their best to distort it in order to put an end to it. so i mean what readers used to say when they attacked pearl of a hundred eighty years ago that those were not attacks on both of our because he was just a man they were afraid of the idea he represented and that it could have been disseminated. what impression did this visit to russia leave on you. and i made no impression the impression that we're going to get the right way and that we're building the future we've dreamt of we've signed so many important treaties in

power engineering oil and gas agriculture and transportation we will be glad to import russian lauda cars to venezuela and deliver coffee cocoa and been on as to russia we've heard a very constructive to say. in with the president of russia and the foreign minister i leave with the impression that there were lay shoes between russia and venezuela already very good but becoming stronger we signed a strategic plan of action for twenty two to twenty forty i said we are two to win elections in twenty two. in twenty twelve there is going to be presidential elections both in russia and venezuela and so we also when we continue to lay down a new direction. we'll hope it turns out as you say thank you very much once again for speaking to us.

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why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is cause a report. from the russian capital with the. top stories this hour fifteen adventurers marooned on a piece of ice that's the beginning of a given moment russian mission in the north pole explorers of there to find out why the tickers molting natural treasures it hides and who they belong to. new york new records a number of homeless people in america's most populous city reaches its highest point in hoff a sentry despite u.s. government claims the economy is by contract and the figures are set to keep growing threatening to support the great depression. this

season new design to stand side by side with the world's best education that they just creations catwalks of russian fashion week kicks off in the capital. on now as promised. in the driving seat to explore the russian passion for stay with us. illustrates moscow program will be delving into the subject of cars from the holster and carriages of peter the great to soviet largest in the western imports of today used as a status symbol not just as a forward trials course it's easy to see how part.