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we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on. a recap of the stories that shape the week now most go falls victim when the weather is frozen rate the massive blackouts and travel chaos paralyzing the russian capital and several day. europe's a grow you recently wary of the spread of islamic extremism put the recent arrests over an alleged mass terror plot in denmark adding to the fear it's. russia's most famous prisoner mikhail hunter can't even say his status for six more years as the court finds the words like you see of massive oil and gas. sixty

years after israel's military offensive on the goals that we report on how people there are all still struggling to get back to normal despite his red insisting on using the economic blockade. on the world wide welcome to twenty eleven zero quake trip around the globe to enjoy the highlight of the new year festivity. a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alice have it now was a week when moscow ground to a halt freezing rain a ruptured power lines paralyzed traffic and crippled at ports for thousands of stranded travelers that meant stalls in the holidays stuck in john's will sleep only app for all those were left in the dark. that in the garage over reports.

turned into a lump of ice overnight the rain was freezing falling on emergency workers knocked it down like gloss. how the eyes snapped power lines and shut down the country's largest airport for almost two days but enough at any time of year but horrendous at the height of the holaday getaway this is how one of moscow's busiest hops looks like power is back on and flies are getting back on should you like that the my idea that the airport which was worst hit by bad weather conditions over the weekend what a snowstorm disrupted polis in the area as a result of that some a hundred and fifty flights were delayed and over eight thousand passengers were forced to sleep on the airports premises. it's very hard for me here i have a broken leg and there are no facilities here it will be wrong crissy and no one's

helping there's no service want to get what you think about how the airport has been dealing with the problem. actually not very well but i don't think any reporting is very well with these problems as we're seeing across europe. russia second largest sure america suffered no electricity blackouts but faced how to deal a sport thousands of passengers who stormed past but control zones blocked luggage areas and clashed with police. meanwhile outside was no better motorists were first clearing their cars from eyes and then spent hours in jams freezing up again at three thousand two hundred kilometers the queues be all records in the city and even one straight line would stretch all the way to burst solona i've been stuck in traffic for five hours. with clocks fast approaching the new year the prime minister was pushing the local authorities to

work harder. as you promised that by six pm today electricity will be back on it's six now. yes but it's not enough to meet only. thirty five villages for families and people still without power i have an idea you go to these villages and celebrate the new year together with these people. and the first time in six days villagers saw the streets lead up by the car is of the high ranking official sent to say sorry and just twenty minutes before midnight people were once again seeing the light relieved that power was back on and twenty eleven was already looking brighter if even the crash of r r t nor scope. to gators have found the flight recorders of the russian passenger jet which caught fire and exploded in west is siberia the incident claimed at least three lives and

that over forty injured investigators are looking for water cause the fire in the engine as the plane was taxiing for takeoff in the city of sort of goods more than one hundred twenty passengers were evacuated from the dead before it blew up among those on board was a russian paul group called nona who told journalists there was difficulty with opening the emergency exits some passengers reportedly had to run through the flames to escape leaving them with severe burns one of the injured in critical condition. there with still had few this hour when shopping turns into a religion. we look at some desperate measures to confront consumerism in the u.s. as the country's financial troubles seem to have cured america's credit card

addiction plus. pulling really bosses is the only way these weightlifters show their strength it can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle join our team in the siberian city of all to see some of russia's strongest people all of them where their power comes from. this week a danish police have prevented what they call the most serious terror plot ever attempted in the country four suspects arrested on wednesday will stay in prison for several weeks on allegations of planning a gun attack in copenhagen it's the men with links where the international terror networks were crossing a gun rampage in the office of the newspaper which printed cartoons all the profits of mohammad to five years ago the drawing spawn downrange among muslims across the world officials say those arrested intended to kill as many people as possible in the papers these are and it's the latest in

a series of arrests throughout the year which puts european nations on high alert for the spread of islam and radicalism to go to cannot cause more. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the year and brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany the netherlands belgium dutch moroccan churches all are suspected of recruiting so-called the hardest candidates and terrorist organizations right from the whole of europe police mission a success absolutely. is the battle over 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 lame 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 erotic and don't understand the muslim philosophy they end up in the arms of these in moms who come from saudi arabia egypt a former french intelligence officer claude money 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 process in chechnya in palestine in iraq and so on which oppressed and at auckland it begins in the families. into streets and in the mosque this

is one of the immigrant quarters of brussels mostly populated by muslims signs in arabic specialist shops and cafes kind of core to believe we are in the portland of the european union official around a quarter of the local active working age population from eighteen to thirty is on a boy 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 extreme. belgium's early to towards the most of you lurked in the european union the flow of newcomers is wakely to continue and many experts believe. it is need to hope muslims integrate into a multicultural society the extremism threat will remain no matter how many arrests or me you go to school of brussels. for more oil.

costs he has had his present term extended on thursday his current sentence for fraud and tax evasion would have ended this year but a new sentence for stealing more oil means he'll stay behind bars until twenty seventeen his loyalty appealed against about it in a good report. four days that's how long it took the judge to be the verdict six more years that's how long michelle who will have to spend behind bars the forty seven year old is in the final stretch of an eight year prison term sentence after being convicted for tax evasion. because. if you're by sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment the sentence will be served in the correctional colony of a medium security prison in this second trial for the bush king just partner but don't leave it if you were convicted of stealing two hundred eighteen million tons of oil worth twenty seven billion dollars from a subsidiary company out of course he was known as the very worst corporate

governance abuse in russia and i myself was that you question how the meeting where i had a power of attorney from one of them minority investors to attend and was thrown out at gunpoint meeting went on to dilute the investor a man called american called kind of his state down to actually nothing and the company voted to sell oil to an independent trade company for one dollar twenty five a barrel at a time when the international price was thirty dollars so that he made his fortune through what was then one of the world's largest non-state oil companies ucas it began from the states so off in the one nine hundred ninety s. and became russia's fastest growing only producer at that time in the business was risky and ucas was no exception to could have caused his associates were found guilty of a number of murders even so their supporters insist the two men are innocent khodorkovsky was not to blame because he had a whole team of very experienced lawyers who are used to tell him that.

everything he did was within the law it was the blame of the laws that had those holes in them and the cost he has maintained his innocence of the fraud charges ever since his arrest in two thousand and three many in the west were of the opinion that. it's all about the prosecution not so much for financial reasons as for his political ambitions so why do his supporters and rush out to interview him as a sort of a martyr figure we are all humans and we feel compassion for people who who are who are behind the bars for a very long time here already eight years in prison and he has to spend many years more the person can be smart he can be a ticket what he could be sold for spoken but it doesn't mean that necessarily this is a synonym of non-guilt and that might be a case with the prosecutors had asked for at least six more years on top of his current sentence they got what they wanted but we may not have heard the last of

russia's trial of the decade it is a ghost party moscow. and coming your way in our next hour mechanism of the miracles it's one thing to make a way for new year's and not quite another for it to come true we speak to the russian families with tips on how to make it happen. that's across the middle east now and protests have swept across the gods of this week is it march two years since the military offensive by israel the three when a war left more than a thousand palestinians dead many of them civilians when israel said it was responding to palestinian rocket attacks and targeted hamas militants but the offensive drew worldwide condemnation because of the huge number of civilian casualties israel blockaded gaza after hamas which it believes is a terrorist group took control of the street in two thousand and seven since that aid has been restricted to and rarely which is its destination as paula syria has

been finding out. israelis and so spin economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza m border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza war the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sits sail from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aid flotilla failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that only were tim left nine activists did since then israel insists things have gotten better there is a humanitarian analysis that we are making on a daily basis which allow us to see a broad picture about the humanitarian conditions and the situation in the goes to a point each moment but gazans complain life is still unbearable. and israel has

limited the number of trucks clothes and shoes coming into gaza and this causes problems with coordination in gaza. last month twenty two international organizations issued a report claiming the easing of the blockade has helped bring in materials only for the u.n. and international building projects ordinary goods they say are still not getting in our goods have already been detained in israel for three years but the fines that we've paid already equal the costs of the goods so even if we receive the goods back now we can sell them they're spoiled and those goods that are getting in there too expensive for most people here. the goods that we receive are not of a high quality but we have to buy them because we don't have an alternative. cars have also become a luxury two thousand dollars for an engine while just two hundred dollars for a rather simplistic alternative that what can we do there's no fuel for vehicles no

spare parts inevitably result of this kind of transportation it was the donkeys and this is one of the largest cattle markets in gaza and as the economy here plummets it too is struggling to survive. we have no animals and no barley today and even when we have barley people are always here to buy it's been four years since israel imposed siege on gaza to try and break a massive support and with no sign that life will get better any time soon most gazans have the eyes on the sea and their hope on the next little or policy are to israel. or this week the new year was welcomed with fireworks and celebrations all around the world. was there as starlings are the new zealand the spectators packed into glen's harbor to enjoy the huge display that in the west to australia where celebrations went off with a bang as sydney is they'll traditional spades like the file words lit up the

skyline revelers in japan welcome the women singing that's the silver balloons carrying notes with their hopes for the. for the people of taiwan the island's tallest skyscraper was isn't. in the u.k. a quarter of a million be both up to the riverside towards london lights up at midnight the crawl said once a good new york festivities sends it as always around the slow descent of a six all with the as you do thousand lights they are mostly the main celebration to graze on red square where thousands gathered to watch the pot it was. a wonderful night now there's plenty of more five eggs and celebrations for you out dot com both on the ground and fall of the international space station crew has now been moved to the new year find out what it feels like to see the whole planet celebrating from high above. pretty dangerous learn how to choose the right fine

way exhibiting go off with unexpected bank. americans our own shopping and spending sprees the country's heavily indebted economy and painful lessons from the crisis left alone with credit called shopaholic fall into addiction in an uncontrollable such hot styles and balkans but they're all people who don't shy away from putting up a very loud fight against consumerism. or that one of them. truth. stops.

her. but 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 like of molly 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 eight men and women compulsively shop equally in the us nowadays i'm actually excited about spencer runs during the last couple of years i've seen 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 shape his main 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 of the splash trick you're spending too much money consumer

consumer. it's a church but controls us it's a fundamentalist church like the roman catholic church in the fourteen hundreds these desperate times by normally exit my credit card limit every month could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms if in fact later in the week does all the 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 tripping up artsy new york. are often a librarian explanation now as we take in more of russia. well where in the southwest and almost squeege in an area that's becoming the sporting capital of siberia like of like to say the growing up in the famed tundra gives you a real bad. thing by region than the contributions in that profession why something to a certain truth in that but as time barking this will be only the siberian strength . and almost goes wild the local hockey team album guard puts another goal in the net they may look like other teams from around rush or in the world but they know their special their side their. oh you're so

busy and mine is since we were little we've practiced outside in the cold weather so we're used to hard conditions it's room i know america so we're the toughest players. and it's not just seasoned almost players enthusiasm for the test of courage and strength comes young. and. i like the way they play hockey the pull of the strikes and the opportunity to become a star like. ice hockey isn't the only have kilian and dev attracting attention here how about the why don't know turning a minibus. but those boys even say bierria in winter with sleeper inroads it's pretty hard. pulling minibuses isn't the only way this is why you have to show their strength they can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle. here is a local 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 and earn some extra money. but day in day out it's about heaving that little bit more. 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 that special qualities should stand could possibly come south and 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 here make people learn how to survive it's their money strong indeed in fact you could hardly describe these lot as being in survival mode. if it looks lift

a ball or movable these guys will try and muscle it around me to tire moving. me some joined weights lifting. or perhaps even me. it's not a problem for the men with the muscles tom watson r.t. . the start of the new year is always a good time for wishful thinking and with unemployment still high in the u.s. hopes for a better life for high as well many of blame the problems on globalization which is driving jobs overseas web talk show host and or how often this is been dating opinion in the streets of new york. society is becoming more and more globalized is that a positive development or is it the beginning of the end this week let's talk about

that i think it's very important that we grow together and if you also care about each other because we're from you beautiful europe where we want to be taken care of here as well and on the same we do for you as well what do you think the effects of globalization are on our children oh i think it's a good thing i'm actually in education so i see it every day but it exposes our kids to different cultures and they're more understanding i think more tolerant just overall it helps more people to throughout the world so in some other places that may not necessarily have the opportunities that we have it presents them some of the opportunities that we have so that's a positive pressure as if but the negative it's taking things away from here you're too many things are going to asia. ok yeah sure is that you can't control where the things are going to go and there's you have to compete with a lot more people that's right you know global economy could be good. carbon

footprints and all that has been. gathered to present where your chances i don't think it's a good thing i think in theory it should be good but i think in reality i don't think it is because i feel like the countries that need need to kind of join the globalization movement they're just being exploited for cheap labor. so it's not like we're all becoming one happy globe it's we're taking advantage of others. i would say by recent events it's ridiculous that people can post anything they want out there or not have not get repercussions from it but i guess they've got to figure out a way to control that too don't they who are the very i don't know have you met them no i don't know them either but you trust them i don't trust anyone in the new york i live in a paranoid world no matter what your feelings toward globalization might be the bottom line is it doesn't look like the trend is going to end anytime soon. and if you want more magic in your life don't go away in a few moments.