laid the jews out of egypt he took a wrong turn on his way to the promised land bringing them to the one spot in the middle east that has no oil but that punchline might need to change because it seems that moses might not have been so wrong after all in two thousand and nine israel announced the discovery of a first major natural gas field off its coast but the most recent reports from the giant live ethan natural gas site off the coast of haifa point to a potential for billion barrels of black gold we will be able to future. energy. it will be less expensive which is how important. from political. appointee we were surely we should be less dependent on. import of foreign oil but it's not only israel laying claim to the reserves greek cyprus turkey and lebanon also say the oil's there is and while the international

law allows a country to drill in the so-called continental shelf of its coast the fact that israel and lebanon have never agreed on maritime boundaries makes it clear israel in and lebanon begins i know the club about how its version of think the border line will pass if and when they will have a negotiated i don't know that is what has its own version or the impulse but they're not the agreement on whether and because the two countries are enemy states there's unlikely to be any agreement anytime soon both have threatened to go to war over the issue obviously this is an israeli company. company and. will not be allowed to enter into lebanese territory or will have any further connection with ration of lebanese gas lebanon filed a complaint with the united nations after israel placed floating markers extending two miles into the sea and weighing in on the conflict hizbollah crucible is the

major political actor in lebanon. and here it is strongly supported from the syrian iran and it would seem if we take statements and public position seriously which we are not they were interested formant in activity creating tension israel has the upper hand for now it's already struck a deal with cyprus and is preparing to start extraction while lebanon still needs to sort out the boundaries of its economic zone with cyprus and syria and it will be years before it has the evidence it needs to show that israel's fields extend into lebanese territory police here are t. tell of a. still ahead for you this hour here on r.t. they're convinced that global warming is a model. we told the activists who say mother nature gave them a sign that they are right by sending two years ago all the details in just a few. about eighty percent of serious juvenile crimes took place in the

evening or night when children. are supposed to be looked after by their parents we investigated what's at the top of the youth crime table. russia is seeking to prevent nato from placing major forces close to its borders moscow has presented a plan which would limit the alliances military presence in its youngest member states alice it has details now from moscow. roll show wants to prevent naysay from placing any major full says close to its border it wants to set a formal limits i count on that the amount of the alliance's force is of that all place close to its borders particularly in its new members states which do light that bit closer to the russian border is it doing this russia believes that it simply asking for nato to keep the promises it's made to the then soviet president

mikhail gorbachev back in one thousand nine hundred when it promised not to move quite as much as the thumbs which further to the east say russia simply things that they are asking nato to keep to that promise that was made all those years ago other cording to foreign ministry buildings this plan was actually put forward as far back as december and has been in the stations ever since but will now seriously be on the table in the next months allow mugg russia nato meeting to take place in lisbon and possibly even before that when they take secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen visits moscow well one the particular area in which both russia and they can cooperate is in the own going issue of afghanistan and maintaining peace in that area and also in the ongoing fines against drug trafficking that comes out of afghanistan earlier this week several leading u.k. newspapers and made the statement that russia would be sending it troops back into

the country to help in training afghan forces now russia's envoy to nato to be at ruggles and has flatly denied that he said that russia will no account be re entering afghanistan russia of course for a bit said decade long war in afghanistan from nine hundred seventy nine to nine hundred eighty nine and to be as i call it in the house said the russia has no wish to go back into the country what he has said russia will be doing though is. possibly supplying helicopters to the ongoing fight in afghanistan and will also potentially help in the training of afghan forces and also in afghan and pakistan at police forces in their ongoing fight against the drug charge because that that training will not take place on afghan soil another area of potential cooperation is in the future discussion on the europe world missile defense shield in the

spirit of improved russian made so friendship nato has said that it very much wants nato to be russia rather to be a part of that discussion on how best to implement that missile defense shield cross europe. separate right there now for more on the story we're joined by a few go to look young off editor in chief of the russia in global affairs magazine good to see you that's if we will turn our attention first to afghanistan there are rumors that russia's troops will be participating in operations there in that country do you think or do you think that's actually likely absolutely it's totally excluded russia's be in afghanistan before and experience was such a terrible that i can't imagine in the circumstances under which russia will will return to afghanistan rumors are based i guess. intensified discussion of both future are going to stand which is also in the

framework of need to russia nato calls so and so but it's not a russian troops participating in fighting it's about how russia can support future constellation of a regime of gone situation by other means spying on military means now you mentioned moments ago the issue of nato let's talk about nato and that of trust because relations between moscow and brussels have been lacking lacking trust certainly since the alliance supposedly broke its agreement with the soviet leadership about expanding in. eastwards do you see a day when the two will truly trust each other or will that always be deficient do you think. for. agreement with soviet leadership we still don't know exactly where the agreements. existed or not because the it's very difficult to assess now of course the escort expansion was a bad thing for trust. i believe the sooner or later trust will be restored but in

the special special context because both russia and nature of course it's very difficult to overcome stereotypes but the reality of the turn to for surgery is so much different from the cold war time that all suspicious suspiciousness inherited from the past is completely irrelevant to the we need to see new edge and a new challenge us now what with these calls for more cooperation with russia and the news that germany and the u.k. are slashing their military budgets despite a disappointment in washington d.c. what impact could this have on nato and do you see it as a sign of a changing trend for the organization of course the less money in the turn the less money in member states the more willingness to attract new partners because because russia in military terms is still quite quiet powerful country and i think that nature will inevitably change its attitude in submission because not only

european countries but also united states will need to cut their enormous military budgets and nato has significant problems with finding a new mission and the for example strategic concept which should be adopted next martin lisbon it looks like there is no course of steel no clear idea about priorities so i think the less clarity inside need to the more desire to cooperate with russia but it does show something strong do you think that a president here that will be a ten. that lisbon summit with nato i absolutely hope that there's a video who will offer a new agenda in your ideas for need to just to overcome this stupid cold war thinking and cold war mentality to look young of editor in chief of russia in global affairs magazine thank you thank you well the un has urged an investigation into claims of torture in iraqi prisons following the latest revelation from wiki leaks the whistle blowing web site also raised concerns that

a kurdish controlled northern iraq could be plunged into bloodshed when u.s. troops withdraw and of sebastian maya reports many in the country do fear the two thousand and eleven deadline is too soon for local security forces to cope on their own. a dawn raid a race against time to catch militants off guard in the iraqi province of kirkuk where in the suburb of duck cook and the police have just a few minutes to get into position before sunrise. daybreak's and the raid begins police under the supervision of the u.s. army go door to door searching rooms and checking residents against lists of unknown terrorists. police dominated heavily by kurds have been remarkably successful recently they've cut terror attacks by over fifty percent in the past few months these guys are very good they are very good and they're very good at intelligence and developing gathering intelligence and developing intelligence and the other sort of very strong police force not worried about it but others mainly

the city's non kurds are here in downtown they're going to divide with mr her chair of the church where are you with her own historic claim of kirkuk is a unique city in iraq a true melting pot of all the different ethnicities in the country but this mixture continues to lead to extremely volatile ethnic tensions the two thousand and nine field report that was recently leaked by the whistleblower wiki leaks states that without strong and fair influence likely from a third party these tensions may quickly turn to violence after the u.s. forces withdraw. in terms of security when the us leaves it will be no independent security force right now the security is from the kurdish side of the city this is the truth when the u.s. leaves things will get worse it will be conflict arabs will stand up and prayed and we should say with their men and this will buy loads of god for a bit but wars will begin between the ethnic groups and we are not an example of

this violence wasn't long in coming no more than five minutes after we finished the interview a roadside bomb targeting the police detonated in the center of the city. luckily for the police the terrorist nest it appears that despite the gains that the police are making. the american troop withdrawal could easily lead to or turn to sectarianism in kirkuk for kurds arabs and turkmen alike the consequences of the u.s. led war have left the future of kirkuk very much uncertain sebastian meyer care cook for r.t. . just turning quarter past the hour now here in the russian capital and now let's have a look at some other stories making headlines all around the world this hour and aid workers and relief supplies so finally reached remote indonesian islands battered by a ten foot tsunami the massive wave which killed at least two hundred and seventy people has swept away in villages relief operations have been hampered by bad weather and a rough waters in the tsunami was triggered by an offshore earthquake. police have

clashed with arab protesters in northern israel ahead of virtual march by an ultra nationalist jewish group demonstrators had to position themselves along the planned route of the march but approaching police were mistaken for the marchers and pelted with rocks the crowd was dispersed then with tear gas and stun grenades. or russia house the highest rate of youth crime in europe that's according to a world health organization report tracking crimes committed by minors across the continent with more details here's daria pushkov. please show us on the dole where exactly you stabbed him with the knife it was here how many times. i don't remember roughly seven or ten times. in this reconstruction the suspects showing police just what happened when his gang carried out a brutal murder the main perpetrator would soon join his peers in one of russia's

sixty two young offenders institutions rosen of has already served more than half of his sentence for committing a racial murder he was a fifteen year old skinhead when both him and his friends attacked a foreign looking youth in my school the guy's noise lying next to him i suddenly thought he must have been using this knife to kill russianness ago i stepped into ice event posted to my three friends each night him stabbings account for almost half of the homicides carried out by youngsters in the european and central asian region according to our records by the world health organization and it puts russia with the highest rate of violence among the surveyed age group from ten to twenty nine. a change in psychology morality and even moral values all this contributes to an extremely high crime rate went up by the activities of religious sex and i'm

sorry to say this by all media including television which stories full of blood in russia around five thousand seven hundred miners are currently serving prison terms the majority are either from a one parent family or an orphanage experts say about eighty percent of syria's juvenile crimes take place in the evening or night when children in theory are supposed to be looked after by their parents however in reality many children often end up on the streets searching for their room and sitting mint. and that's primarily alcohol which is fueling so much of today's youth crime this iteration among mine is is actually slowly improving in the league i'm dealing with the underage crowd and in the past five years have seen a considerable decline of juvenile crimes a grim statistics among those who are of age takes for itself. well many of these young boys hope they'll be able to survive crime free in the future it may be down to those on the other side of the barbed wire to show they don't become and other

those generation. r.t. . now don't forget there's much more for you on our website. just log on and explore and here's a look at what might catch your eye right now. forward with his two thousand and fourteen winter olympic preparations the massive construction work reveal secrets of russia's interest. to discover why archaeologists not racing to the site. they're going against tradition find out why young couples in india face family for taking money to put off parenthood. to discuss the report and its implications and more depth in our joined live by. unicef representative here in russia. hello to you so so what particular factors have contributed to russia having the highest rate of crime in europe. well i think

first we need to look as a question south of finance in general and violence and cheer about and i think when you look at statistics we are first to remember that you have a much much higher number of children victims victims of violence than the number of children and young people committing committing violence now when it comes to both issues i think we have a common issue to look at there is the. you know the reason for that the reason for that and what's happening is easier for me. how somebody is in difficult situations it's interesting possibility. and what kind of support i mean support system and second chance we give to young people who are either for instance failing at school have difficulties you know. in these same integrated society so these are allowed to issues relating to prevention work there's

a need for for us through a very strong social protection system so that we can detect early enough. particular risk particular vulnerability is affecting families and and children if we do that would be able to. think and reduce. cases of violence against children and or saw the number of cases of violence perpetrated by young people and children are so you make some recommendations there about preventative measures to prevent these are kind of our youth crimes being committed to russia but tell me about the role of the parents because surely a lot of it relies upon the behavior and the skills of the parents. yes of course i mean what's happening in the family. and lungs of parents and between the parents as a child is it is very important. what we have to look at is what's happening and what's happening was offended. me in some instances you have also some some families which

are which are struggling which are struggling because they don't have. enough income. yeah these are very much you're unable due to the poverty some of the families you have issues of. drug addiction violence etc which which of course backed by countries by unicef overseas are yours has made some studies to try to stand what france and what was pushing and driving at she runs through the streets and realize that in many many instances and when you asked your friends in south why what led them to the streets were lies that in many cases they came to the street because they wanted to escape just from the family and why because there were some some violence happening within the family violence happening between the parents or violence inflicted by the parents onto the children now according to the report interpersonal violence is the third leading cause of death among young

europeans now besides the tragedy of losing young lives one of the other costs of this problem. where i think your next week or so are also causes off of death among young people and you would see that if you were not spoken about disease you are a suicide or so young people these russians are one of the highest in the world and i'm mentioning this because it points to the fight and possibly we have failed to address you know and i think what appropriate raising needs and the rights of of young people. in many countries european countries been creating russia we have been quite good in developing services for young children programs for young children but possibly we have neglected z. are there isn't supposed to. you know when we look at the cause he's off the stairs someone said good you see it's a high suicide rate you see or so interpersonal violence and he's possibly because he's a lack of support back off programs and lack of opportunities for young people are too many forty contribute to the life of their schools choose a life as

a communities. and and have you know maybe the final supports and difficulties to find a place and i think we decided we were going to have to wrap it up right there but fell from the you know some of their you know suburbs and that in russia thank you . time now for stephanie with the business update in just about. hungry for the full stop we've got to. the biggest issues get a cuban voice face to face with the news makers. wealthy british style it's time to explain. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes

a report on our. hello and welcome to the business bulletin the american company responsible for running operations at sucking one may be swapped for a russian company exxon never has twice off the government to raise subsidies for the oil and gas project while production house for the audit chamber says involving russian companies in similar ventures has previous to raise production and cut costs but according to the energy minister the issue of replacing the operator hasn't been considered as yet. top russian still produces a concentrating on domestic consumers to boost profits recent changes in tax law and other government incentives have made the market more attractive this is also giving a competitive edge to russian companies over their european and asian peers but in a question of reports. top russian natural producers sever stonehouse open to

new plants and the moscow region to supply can manufacture cars but first house to you is just one off a number of that are ramping up production to profit from growing domestic demand you have asked is upgrading its plant in that world mountains while i am m.k. funds to invest up to three billion dollars in the country to the capacity for them to do or do it on the part of those we are planning to produce ten million tons of metal this year. we're going to increase the output by some twenty percent by twenty eleven by another twenty percent the year after our aim was to restore the pre-crisis output recent changes in tax law have made it more profitable for russian companies to south processed macel to domestic consumers rather than exporting it in addition the state has offered tax breaks to foreign carmakers if they buy supplies from russian producers it's a part of the government's plan to encourage manufacturers to produce cars from start to finish with locally sourced materials the russian market is recovering

has recovered enough enough straddle xed here to consume all finished feel and therefore make filmmakers even better positional competitor compared to the global still makers selling precise still in russia can be three times as profitable as sounding it abroad but the market is being distorted by government intervention worldwide the demand for still has yet to recover from the financial crisis and prices remain weak so producers here have little reason not to take advantage of the situation my do not question the business. a list of the top fifty most influential russian businessmen has been published the russian paper. commissioned the list. alexei miller russian railways post rather mean you couldn't and resell see you only better off the top thirty seven experts compiled the survey from a total of one hundred and seven candidates placing them in full categories of

influence minimal moderate high and very high. and now let's turn to how the markets are forming european stocks are still trading and follow some of the weak u.s. manufacturing data for t. is down nearly one percent but mine is leaving the declines in frankfurt tech stocks are dragging on the docks. and wall street is low in early trade on wednesday that follows that weak durable goods data and investor speculation that the federal reserve to make take a more cautious approach to stimulating the economy. and here in moscow the russian markets have finished a low on wednesday put in to see shedding more than one percent all the blue chips finished in the red flags were among the worst before mr beattie slumped at more than two percent on the my sex cross after also underperformed down a two percent close. russian broadway's has a price range for shares in its subsidiary trans container at seventy nine to

ninety nine dollars per share the company could raise as much as five hundred million dollars from the london sting. russia's biggest mobile phone operator you have reset is considering selling thirty percent of it shows on the london stock exchange in march the company has already started discussions with banks to underwrite the offer but it still needs to get the agreement of some of its biggest shareholders. and not so the business use for now but of course you can always find the stories if you log on to our website that's all t dot com slash. news

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and see if. you visit. he is coming to you live from the russian capital headlines now a showdown looms between israel and lebanon over recently discovered oil in the eastern mediterranean with. claims without a clearly defined a maritime border. the countries are unlikely to reach agreement any time soon. northern iraq over fears ethnic violence will erupt after u.s. troops leave the kurdish controlled region concerns intensified after the whistle blowing web site wiki released documents highlighting. between. us.

and russia are seeking to prevent. the proposed. military presence in its newest member states. cooperation with moscow particularly. and afghanistan. well in half an hour's time my colleague bill dog will be here for the meantime we continue to discuss legal loopholes in the u.s. corruption they're the main issues. coming up next. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle corruption in one form or.