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five are arrested in denmark and what's said to be the country's biggest terrorism attempt it's fueling concerns of islamic extremism spreading across europe. and central moscow russia's once richest man await street here his very day to find out all the details in just a few moments. you shall be. storing up trouble the economic crisis groups and no barrier to america's credit card addiction shoppers continue to swipe their way through recession.

twenty four seventh's this is live from moscow danish police are investigating what they're calling the most serious terror plot ever attempted in the country five suspected islamic militants have been arrested for allegedly planning a gun attack in copenhagen that's how it was the office of the newspaper that printed the controversial cartoons of the prophet mohammed five years ago police say the suspects intended to break in and to kill as many people as possible the publication of the cartoons one of which depicted the prophet mohammed with a bomb shaped turban invoke the fury of muslims around the world it is the latest in a series of arrests throughout the year which is putting a european nations on high alert over the spread of islamic radicalism and bizarre to say you could it was going to the courts it's happening right under the authorities noses. over a year of investigations and

a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany and the netherlands. dutch morocco. churchills all are suspected of recruiting so-called the hardest candidates and financing terrorist organizations right from the heartland of europe police mission a success absolutely but is the battle over this is the it's just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this redo on a ruse was born in belgium in a family of christians and converted to islam when he was. he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he couldn't find in other religions according to him islam teaches peace and tolerance but unfortunately due to generally poor knowledge about it it can be used to teach the exact opposite. there are really extreme arms acting in europe and the problem is people who don't feel erratic and don't understand the muslim philosophy they end up in the arms of busy

moms who come from saudi arabia egypt a former french intelligence officer claude when he can now has a company advising governments and corporations on health to deal with terrorism and extremism related threats based in brussels he claims the spread of islamic extremism is happening right in front of the authorities veiled from their attention by its privacy they will say you are not a good missed him because you don't practice five times the price five times a day you are not a good missed him because you are drinking you are not a good muslim because your life is not very. good missed him because you don't do nothing for your brother. in palestine in iraq and so on which oppressed and are killed it begins in the families it begins in the industry and in the mosque this is one of the immigrant quarters of brussels. by muslim signs in arabic specialist shops and cafes kind of core to believe we are in the portland top european union

official around a quarter of the local active working age population from eighteen to thirty is an envoy to officially this figure is even higher. which makes it prime ground for recruitment. the lack of education about a little work in many european muslim communities seem to have become the driving force behind the spread of extremism. to towards asylum or among the most to be left in the european union the flow of newcomers is likely to continue and many experts believe unless more effort is made to hope muslims integrate into a multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests or me you've got this kind of brussels. you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and there are still many more stories coming your way shortly right here on. a show of a siberian strength we travel to the russian city of tough climate produces

a tough breed of people. for the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is on the way sentencing is expected on friday. and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzle meant and money laundering both men are now coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud to use coming out of a now in moscow with more developments on this hello to you catch yourself just take us through what's happening in call right now and tell us why is it taking so long to deliver the verdict. very right now the judges in the process of reading the verdict this is of course the fourth consecutive day of reading and it's taking so long because the verdict is this long. there are fourteen files in the verdict at them so itself around three hundred pages a trial so far the judges read five hundred pages so nobody knows as of now whether

the judge will actually finished reading the verdict before at the year two thousand and ten is only part or whether the process will in that carry on. into january some of the defense lawyers are already suggesting that their reading may well go on long into tomorrow which of course is new year's eve a very celebrated holiday here in russia but many others suggesting that those meetings will continue all the way into next year of course the previous trial because of the verdict took over two leaks to be read so it may well take a very long time but for now everybody here at the courthouse just monitoring the reading watching and wondering whether the verdict will be read in full today and the prison sentence the fact that the final part of the verdict that everyone is now waiting for to find out exactly how many years behind bars. and welcome david if his former colleagues will receive will actually be announced today. the second

trial. who were initially arrested in two thousand and three if we will just. arrested back in two thousand and three. back in two thousand and three a criminal process began. his former colleagues. accused of tax evasion and money laundering and fraud they were guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison the sentence was later reduced to eight years and they are of course coming up to the end of that sentence they were coming up to the end of that sentence when the prosecution launched a new case into them accusing them of stealing of over twenty five billion dollars worth of oil and the laundering the proceeds we know that the judge has found them guilty we don't yet know exactly how much how lengthy of a prison term they will receive but the prosecution did ask for fourteen years behind bars starting from the time when the first trial of originally began in two

thousand and three so should the judge grant the prosecution their wishes and give . the whole fourteen years they will be released in twenty seventeen weed. i do however know that one of the charges was dropped because the statute of limitations on it ran out so it might not be the full fourteen years that the two men received this of course is the information everybody here is waiting for just days ago we had some comments from officials in the west that were concerns about the trial there was quite a strong return. telling the west to essentially keep its nose out of what is basically a domestic matter the has always cool some concern within the western community tell us more about how about reaction has been the. well ever since the first trial began back in two thousand and three a lot of interest in the trials and tribulations of. calling the trial politicized or from prosecutors of course always maintaining the fact that everything has been

done according to procedure and by the book however many in the west have frequently expressed concerns over the matter saying that some government officials exercised pressure over the courts making sure that he received obnoxious among jail time and instigating a second trial when his first prison term was almost over this of course and these latest comments of come from countries such as the united states who expressed concern over this latest trial germany also calling it a step backwards for russia russian foreign affairs ministry coming back with quite a harsh retort basically telling everybody else to mind their own business this is a domestic affair and a legal one no it's strictly legalized and of course politics never enter the fray according to the russian forces of foreign affairs ministry basically everything that has been done has been done according to procedure and by the law so no

comments or contradictions or concerns should be voiced. just to come here and. thank you. well there's more reaction and analysis on that story it on t.v. dot com and here's what i was recovering for you online today frosty the frustration across moscow as a wintery snapper brings airports on roads to a halt it's putting new year holiday plans for thousands on the skids. and dozens of exotic animals die after a fire breaks out another russian traveling circus those details waiting for you at r.t. dot com. the

united states may be a nation deep in debt but you would never guess it with stores still ringing in the takings but it's the credit card so i'm making the killings with shoppers weighing heavily on the plastic. but reverend billy a man with a mission to break the american addiction to shopping. truth. you should. stop. her. heart styles and new must have items of the fashion world changes fast as the seasons but one thing that never goes out of style in the us is shopping america is the birthplace of modern consumerism nowhere else in the world do people buy more than here with officially more shopping malls in the us than

high schools if i didn't spend enough money on sunglasses i could probably save for college and things like bad very few actually admit to an addiction is a dora does exactly what. the robbers waited twenty five things with a daily need for a new dose of jackets sweaters and skirts she considers herself a shopaholic how many pairs of shoes do you have. so hundreds be urged to possess has taken over men to statistics age men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about expensive runs during the last couple of years i've spent i think a one hundred thousand dollars on clothes while these numbers are simply unimaginable for millions of americans only a few are putting up a very loud fight against consumerism. reverend billy

says a credit card exorcism on the entire nation is what can cure america fifteen million americans are addicted to shopping but many more americans than fifteen million shop too much still shaping his me life mission is to cheese so with. this shopping devil by putting on acts in churches and shopping malls around the country the credit crunch the purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws yes. the splash trick you're spending too much money consumer consumers. it's a church that controls us it's a fundamentalist church like the roman catholic church in the fourteen hundreds these desperate times normally accept my credit card limit every mom could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms the things that glitter in the wood does all that appeal to you since more often than not in the us legally

the majority of people have too much month left at the end of the money the average american is said to generate over fifty tons of garbage by the time they are a senior with millions buzzing around new york stores this holiday season it's hard to tell who is doing it responsibly and who is completely out of control because of shopping not considered a mental disorder there are dozens of there are people and clinics in the big apple for those who are willing to admit they have a problem an indication of no lessons learned even after the big crash of a recession and stacy artsy. meantime filmmaker danny schechter told us here at our team that only those able to afford luxury goods are the ones that still have cash in the bank and everybody else has to rely upon their credit cards. media has been you know suggesting this is been a great christmas you know cause you know the amount of money span has gone way up but actually when you break it down you see that the biggest items that have been

sold are luxury items which are going to people who can afford them because of the distribution of wealth in our country where the rich have the money to spend then the poor don't secondly a lot of people who have gone into bankruptcy no longer have debts so they now have more money to spend and the second thing is people aren't paying on their mortgages so they apply that money to buy and shopping but you know at the end of the day it catches everyone in a big net and they're trapped in this whole situation which is getting worse for most americans and unfortunately you know our media which is part of the you know hype for consumerism isn't also doing a very good job of explaining all this to people warning them about what they're getting into and as a result people find themselves spending more spending more money that they then they have been ending up with bills they can't afford to pay. it's now

a quarter past the hour here in moscow and you are with r.t. now the balkans today synonymous with struggle and division spurred on by the devastating conflicts of the one nine hundred ninety s. for many the future is even less with a feeling of being pushed towards e.u. integration and as i was hearing reports it's being met by a wave of new good nostalgia as many say they hanker for the stability and prosperity that came under the leadership of marshall tito. everyone in stumpy a noose around his cafe is a popular watering hole for locals and tourists alike keen for a taste of you going to stone. stepping inside the camp in yugoslavia really it's like taking a step back in time i mean food and alcohol available in the former yugoslavia. in a french wines or with the menu and you can pay for your meal in local currency we were told on no account will they accept us dollars or english pounds. but now he's

channeling his love for all things yugoslavian into politics founding the fledgling alliance of tito's left forces policy. when you say tito you think socialism peace brotherhood and unity it just says it all life was better than it was cheaper to live it was safe we could travel more people had jobs and factories were working now everything is imported you youngsters he may not remember life but they certainly know who he was appalled by a macedonian based think tank revealed the most believed life was better in the former yugoslavia where they felt richer and freer the late. eighty's which are considered progressive period of the. federation when the image about this period has never faded when there's always been kept as a positive results tallied with similar surveys carried out across the balkans bit

of additional i remember how could i not remember it was good but now days things are miserable in all the republics. there's no need to ask if life was better then you could live off your monthly salary and still save something now it lasts just three days. but is it just fear talking when the earth's shape is shaking when everything is so uncertain and so on. the only thing which provides absolute certainty a fixed point. comedian point is the past the recent wave of crises to hit the euro zone has raised concerns among some here in macedonia that has their own country new certainly towards joining the bloc membership might not solely help solve their own pressing domestic problems of high unemployment and economic stagnation macedonia's i'm after quest for two hundred eighty million euros his raise concerns that it will further in debt the country in tie it to

a europe in the throes of a financial crisis in the mountains surrounding belgrade still cheer for the past is alive and bushie down his commitment to it is so strong he's built a movie lead to his dogs to say when i was a cool reader live local. i live like a big oh. say one governments in the former yugoslavia have their eyes firmly says one europe you can still hear remains for those keen to fly the flag for days gone by how is that our see in macedonia and central. the us is refusing to help poland with investigating claims of a secret cia prison which allegedly operated in the country between two thousand and three and two thousand and five was or prosecutors have spent the past two years looking into the supposed hidden facilities washington's refusal to help was reported by a polish news agency just days after

a palestinian terror suspect claimed that he was secretly shipped to the country and tortured in one of the prisons let's count some more insight on this now i mean the coordinator of the helsinki human rights courts cia observation program so why is the u.s. refusing to cooperate if they say as they say the persons didn't exist then surely there's nothing to hide right. as we know from the prosecutor's office. the president of justice of america informed there are not going to provide legal assistance in this case. since it might endangered their national security the security of the state or other. important interests. of poland feel the motion to american authorities in order to obtain such a legal assistance however in two thousand and nine department of justice refuse it on the grounds of mutual legal assistance. agreement. we only

know from the prosecutor's service in war so that the reason for that was as i said before state secrecy however and the whole request is classified as the investigation is also so washington officials are saying this is all classified saying it's a threat to national security but tell me this all other polish prosecutors now. like the european commission or the human rights court going to be able to take part in some way do you think. we'll have to wait for the development of the case however we believe that the refusal of the terrorists is this not definitely mean. now poland is not going to prosecute the investigation in poland will not lead to an explanation of this issue all the friends of the material gathered by the prosecutor which may even close serious. proofs and

evidences what is also important is that there have been lately to investigate to intervene interventions into the investigation. by the persons claiming to be former prisoners of. secret cia prison in poland which might be serious to milan for an investigation and the explanation of the case so washington is keeping a tight lid. at the moment i'm preventing any forthcoming report on this but tell me you were recording in june suggests that poland is not the only european country to have secretly housed cia detention centers yet most governments deny their existence tell me why would those nations willingly allow a foreign power to conduct a so-called dubious intelligence operations on their soil. yes according to international. reports and information known well known in the public domain it's not only poland who are hosting such it's probably hosting such

a secret. prison but also for a minute and later when you know it is also said. for example great britain was somehow involved in this. program as well so. it's all now it's what we know now and. there is definitely a need to conduct investigations in this matter in europe since. events in june two thousand and ten show that american courts are willing to. close its doors to victims of the program because this claim. to claim is. the first one and the second of binyam mohamed and others against a company that probably was involved in this rendition program. i would start to see if washington d.c. in the state department continues to say this is

a threat to national security hence they will not give any information on any of this or me in the past from the helsinki human rights court cia observation program live in warsaw thank you. and time now to see more of russia close up as we head off on a siberian expedition. and we're now in the southwestern almost region which was once the capital of siberia today we focus on his sporting prowess the people of arms know how to make the most of the ice proud as they are there right now in a professional hockey team of on guard but as tom barton explains it's not the only example of something aryan strength i've. had my eye and almost goes wild the local hockey team album guard puts another goal in the net they may look like other teams from around russia or in the world but they know their

special i said i just was in my place since we were little we've practiced outside in the cold weather so we're used to hot conditions it's women know america so we have the toughest players. and it's not just seasoned on school players enthusiasm for the test of courage and strength comes young i mean i like the way they play hockey the pillow fights the strikes and the opportunity to become a stone right. ice hockey isn't the only had kilian endevor tracting attention here how about the why don't no turning a minibus. those boys even say bierria in winter with sleepy roads it's pretty hard . pulling many buses is the only way this is why you have to show their strength they can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle.

he regional gym the team lifts bends and pulls anything they can lay their hands on for competitions across russia they also put on public shows to entertain the crowds. but earn some extra money for your big day in day out it's about heaving that little bit. moan that i had to put the same it's different i just like it that's all i like wrestling against these pieces of equipment i like to achieve high results with. the team only formed a few years ago so they haven't won a major titles yet but again the siberian spirit infuses them and they have a strong sense of its special qualities are sure that of. become assassin historically people from siberia have been very strong and made great soldiers i think they greatly contributed to our victory in world war two conditions he a make people learn how to survive because he thinks they might strong indeed in

fact you could hardly describe these lot as being in survival mode. if it looks lift a bold move all these guys will try and muscle it's around need a tire moving. need some joined weights lifting. or perhaps even made. it's not a problem for the men with the muscles tombaugh it's an arty. time now for the business with the area. hollow and are welcome to the business program with start with a quick look at their interests us and russia the markets are flat to negative before the last day all this yes trading you can see if they guess right now it's plain and moving on we can see the figures in here appear.