how reach it's gas and all deposits are and who will gain control of these treasures in the future but with you know because the task is to prove it scientifically that russia's continental shelf goes far beyond its northern shores that ends up deep in the arctic this is the primary task. of russia's presidential envoy to the north pole says the first telegram sent from the news station what to the president and the prime minister that 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. ski with over two dozen polar expeditions on to his belt the much has supervised the unloading and construction of the station. better to. start with equipping our i was all the necessary amenities with electricity to go for and then world building 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 masters groceries everything absolutely everything. philip tricity man sergei is the oldest one here he says this expedition is his dream come true and his younger mates don't even realize how lucky they are to be part of this adventure. for twenty years so i've been trying to get him you and believe it i've written countless letters to various institutions but they tell me you're a thirty year old railroad worker stay where you're on you're too old for us and no one fifteen and i'm here. as dusk spalling these fireworks

marked the beginning of the real mission the russian flag is hoisted and that means the resi icebreaker and its crew will be hiding for the mainland leaving the fifteen men face to face with the severe arctic night the russian multipole mission is now officially underway launched into v.x. it with traditional maritime music and less traditional fireworks the pole that sets off a year of freezing conditions lie ahead with painstaking studies of the arctic to reveal the treasures in the exhibit the catch of the r.t. from the arctic national poverty rates across the u.s. are higher than they've been almost half a century one in seven americans currently lives below the poverty line which for many means living without a house. or reports from new york where the problem of homelessness is reaching a 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 floor is that they just don't have a home. these days the chances of getting a bed in new york or slimmer than ever homelessness in the city has skyrocketed by an entire fifty percent last year almost one hundred twenty thousand different new york city men women and children spent at least a night and a 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 man 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 home shelter and bed i put together this project where i go home

last week every year but most of my nights i just end up you know sleeping on a cardboard box in front of us so posting his experience in a blog use of has 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 i just. you know i'm just trying to make people aware that in the packed city like new york homelessness is no novelty in a city where you can buy a coffee drinker 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 homeless people we have thirty seven thousand people. including nearly fifteen thousand children who are homeless and they're excited

a 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. politicians. to be able to do. so. 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 the nation and our team new york. chavez the president of venezuela was busy on friday signing multi-million dollar deals with russian leaders and moscow but he found time to sit down for an exclusive interview with r.t. spatter shall chavez believes the mainstream media is trying hard to make i'm not a monster out of him. but there are still laws about venezuela if they claim

it's evolved in relations with organizations like the revolutionary forces or colombia or fark and the enemy national mancipation has been they claim we reach ukrainian they do they have to do now was accused of trying to build an atomic bomb. or tree of laws they've created you know to justify whatever they need to be justified they say about me that i support terrorism the drugs trade and the intrude into the affairs of other countries is just too long which is repeated a hundred times sounds like the truth headlines would be seen if i was a with the brain collapses take to chavez. you can catch the full interview with the band as well as outspoken leader in about ten minutes here on r.t. . plenty more for you ahead in this hour including artie's close up team visiting

the historic russian city of the leaky no girl it's a city that seems staggering wealth and devastating war over its thousand year history but it's now recovering after the financial crisis. but first fashion east as are flocking to moscow on moss's russian fashion week hits its stride the events kicked off with designers from around the world showcasing the latest styles and trends on the capital's catwalks r.t.e. stacey bivins has a front row seat. russian fashion week and the finnish elite under way at the top overhaul there isn't as models sasha is the latest collection designers for russia from the former soviet union and this is a twenty first that moscow has most of the beds and it still a big deal or so excited there in the future crowds here even before the events got underway and so this is their big deal in an exciting time and they're going to have fifty shows located all to beijing all the latest fashion suits in france so

there everybody starting from the models designers standing just visiting. came here to see you collection. trends of the year every year is right to the i'm sad to see. my late game to them but 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 day's going to be like and then i'm very. elegant but the design is that they are well why we're here and there's a wide range of things that he's brought to the to showcase the park and let's let the both be very hot falling a little bit more with speed and they're denies all that but. their spring spots one other guy who was excited to be our next to that is now

well known in the. race to be a part of this poll it is beneficial. it is publicity it gives p.r. it gives it gives me new contacts new people coming in seeing the collection. expressing their interest if there is any and. also benefit those. 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 stuff and there were a lot of talented it's here but like i say that's a very good line. it's not. like that was the. night. when the you might not sound like oh this is wonderful and everybody else

through and that was just agreed on the way. my birth you make the money because let me let. you can always find plenty more on our website r.t. dot com stories features and analysis log on anytime and explore at your leisure here's a quick taste of what's online right now. find out how the web pirates are being allowed to continue sailing all with the help of internet providers. plus find out the recipe for a terminator cocktail which will supposedly raise works as well as your spirits it's all in the mix are going to. talk a lot now and come with us as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia it's

time now for our close up series. in today's trip our we continue our tour of the ancient city of illegal located fifty five hundred kilometers northwest of moscow the site within a site with its rich history historical pastor tracks thousands of tourists every year these days though the region is being forced to adjust to the harsh economic realities with whole villages struggling to make ends meet are teams eager ordinary has more unlike the larger metropolitan areas around the good husband being able to attract the same amount of investment from big businesses over the last few yeah this big business is essential it brings the jobs added brings in money for the local authorities as well but because it is just one such large factory which has been built by good old cow debris 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 a hundred years the plywood mill has supplied most people in the town of product and with jobs unfortunately it's also been exactly a hundred years since its last major renovation and when you're sick with mint it's from delight nine hundred seventy thanks a. when the economic crisis struck two years ago the factory couldn't compete and one bankrupt straight away and with it the apart from the. whole families were suddenly they lost their jobs pensioners had to help their children and grandchildren by no 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 certain other return to work that out of the one thousand six hundred employees only a third remain and the plan is still officially bankrupt the plywood will apotheker 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 not 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 and nation slavic republic then thought i said they have no good world heritage site that there were duties of the year same as everywhere else in russia we have to bring the infrastructure up to the same level as the attractions 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 industry good competitive not just in russia but the brule this bus of medium size truck problems to be a breakthrough. several times cheaper than for an equivalence our production lines are the same as our competitors but the stuff costs are lower. while no pie brings these in bush's plans have yet to bring substantial cash into the government coffers but the know good money just to achieve them will determine if the region continues to fund more abundant the prizes like golf and a full leap into the twenty first century. a student can have fun oh yeah there are girls. you know you'll soon going to graduate what they want.

on the last year of my studies and i am working and you. know my profession is going to be interpreted and translates to make you like my mentor you know it was a big list down working out with my names and words and sound working for a company we actually had several months to think i wouldn't want to postpone and couple of offers to me and i just stayed there all of these is a good example of a company that's trying something out there and so they want stage and to introduce you to the patriots in two different countries to different countries into different stages of russia which i think it's great because i know i do know a lot of people do want to stay number one though i can say too easy to find a job here in our town is developing and into developing quite fast and there are some international companies being opened here in number one to each and. tourists keep coming here. a lot of people get to know our less than tone so i'm really

optimistic thank you very much i know you've been speaking to a local student head about the prospects of old young people both studying and the . flash floods have raged through russia's southern krasnodar region killing at least ten people with three still missing a state of emergency has been declared in the worst affected areas where more than twenty villages have been swamped around fifteen hundred people have been caught in the daily luge and so far several hundred have had to do evacuated from their homes flooding is the result of several days of heavy rain that have caused local rivers to burst their banks. a downpour also brought about mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north caucasian railroad the rain stopped for now but forecasters warn there could be more ahead. turning out of some other stories making headlines across the globe hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have marched in cities across france and anger president nicolas sarkozy's pension reform that raises the retirement age from sixty to sixty two and powers protesters

clashed with police after a peaceful mass rally. strike by transporting the oil refinery workers is on its fifth day as fears grow that airports could run out of fuel in the city of marsay rubbish hasn't been collected for four days. in a series of bombings has rocked the southern afghan city of kandahar killing at least two civilians wounding several others the regions of the scene of a massive ongoing nato offensive against the taliban twenty times already been the bloodiest year of the war for both the afghan people and international forces the coalition's now taking a new approach to training the violence it granted taliban commanders safe passage to kabul in an attempt to encourage a ceasefire negotiation. most of the rescued chilean miners have returned home to a hero's welcome after spending more than two months trapped underground only two of the thirty three workers remain in the hospital for what's described as minor.

ailments despite having endured weeks of harsh conditions most of the matter are said to be quite healthy doctors say the most lasting damage could be emotional and that recovery could be complicated tense. or greek ship has been released by somali pirates after five months in captivity twenty two crew men who are mainly filipino are all alive according to some reports a ransom was paid but the amount is unknown pirates in the region are thought to be holding around twenty other ships and four hundred crew members hostage. up next who know chavez speaks exclusively to r.t. spanish channel heading out of the u.s. role in latin american affairs that interview coming your way next.

today i'm talking to the president of what his way. thank you very much for this opportunity. you once called former u.s. president george w. bush the devil what would you call the current president. didn't know him the devil i said there was a smell of sulfur i mean. maybe he was accompanied by the devil and the news he left behind the smell of soap. but of what. he's believed to an aggressive imperialist blow to see greatly home the world. look at the legacy he left was

intention he said we will punish terrorists 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 trinidad and tobago is a smiling man who gave many promises he promised to respect other nations sovereignty i remember his speech in cairo but there's also another obama obama the president of an empire you know them about a year on i think that unfortunately the distance between these two personas has grown and it seems to me that the obama he promised change the a bomb he promised many other things the man who shook my hand in trinidad 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 over recent takeovers like in ecuador against the president rafael correia quito for a question against venezuela the empire continues to move its way despite obama's. you once said in an interview that a permanent reason for the conflict between what is a whale and columbia 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 with the law i became the reason for tragedy the whole war was based on the law i know that the iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction that this was the only reason the yankee empire invaded the country but then they admitted that there hadn't been any such weapons. so they had designed that law i had to bring

the war to iraq that was the politics of the yankee m on there are still laws about venezuela they claim it's involved in relations with organizations like the revolutionary forces of colombia or font of the enemy of national mancipation and has blown it but they claim we enrich uranium so they have to do now is accused of trying to build an atomic bomb not 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 i intrude into the affairs of other countries is just a law which is repeated a hundred times until it sounds like the truth. headlines would you see if i was a were thrown collapse of the tape to chavez and the lies have been working their dictator chavez dictatorship whatever happens is blamed on me being a dictator this mechanism works in many cases at the instigation of the empire that

i do not think it will last forever it will fade away the events in ukraine revolution have proven that fortunately for the people of illinois do not work every time they used i'm sure this mechanism will soon start working against venezuela for. 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 he witnessed about me or venezuela not necessarily but possibly oh those laws there were a lot of laws lies about me the ones all had to live through that i lost 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 his repeated so many times that gave rise to a legend saying that ships with weapons for partisan troops in colombia venezuela and other south american countries were sailing along the river orinoco to venezuela here's another example of iran of 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 ideas are not the person i'm just a man there is a project 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 but also. so i mean what readers used to say when they attack by all of a hundred eighty years ago that those were not attacks on born 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. 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 seen in 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 known as to russia we've heard a very constructive to say. russian with the president of russia and the foreign minister and i leave with the impression that there were lation is 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 want you to win elections in twenty two. in twenty twelve there is going to be presidential elections both in russia and venezuela and so you also when you 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. british holds. the. markets.

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in the russian capital good to be with you here on our easier headline. polar research. scientists start their yearlong mission to gather evidence to reinforce the region's. new poor r t looks at the record breaking rise of homelessness in the big apple and what the government is doing to help the number of americans living in poverty in the city is the highest since the great depression. fresh talent on show young designers get a chance to showcase their skills alongside established favorites russian fashion

week moscow was pushing for its place on a coach or a catwalk beside the likes of paris milan and london. up next our interview show spotlight former british intelligence officer michael smith reveals some trade secrets to host al gore and stay with us. how it will get a welcome to spotlight the m.t.v. show on r t i'm al going on and today my guest on the show is michael smith the british intelligence service now known as the m i six or simply the six has started .