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people who are still struggling to get. a. quick trip around the globe to enjoy the highlights of the. six pm sunday evening here in moscow welcome if you just joined us i'm kevin owen and this is our news review of the past seven days and it was a week when moscow ground to a halt freezing rain brought down power lines paralyzing traffic and crippling airports for thousands of stranded travelers and starting the holiday stocking jams or sleeping on the airport floor others were left in the dark on new year's eve parties are kept in a group report. turned into a lump of ice overnight the rain was freezing while pulling almost skin emergency

workers knocked it down like glass. heavy 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 holiday getaway this is how i want to be easiest tops looks like power is back on and flies are getting back on shad you like that the my idea that the airport which was worst hit by bad weather conditions over the weekend when a snowstorm disrupted power lines in the area as a result of that some one hundred fifty flights were delayed and over eight thousand passengers were forced to sleep on the applets premises. it's very hard for me here i have a broken leg and there are new facilities here into bureaucracy and no one's helping there's no service honestly what do you think about how the airport has been dealing with the problem. actually not very well but i don't think i mean your port deals are very well with these problems as we're seeing across europe. russia

second largest and help sure imagine that suffered no electricity blackouts that based how did you least put thousands of passengers who stormed the control zones bloke's luggage areas and clashed with police. meanwhile outside was no better motorist. we're 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 straight all the way to burst so low now 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 saying yes but it's not up to me. it's been for thirty

five villages for families and people still without power i have an idea of let you go to these villages that we can celebrate the new year together with these people . and the first time in six days the jurors 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 their power was back on and twenty eleven was already looking brighter if even the crash of r r t most. of the families of those who died after a russian passenger jet caught fire and exploded in western siberia will receive nearly seventy thousand dollars in compensation the innocent claimed at least three lives and left over forty injured investigators have now recovered the flight recorders of a plane that may help to understand what caused the fire in the engine of the topple of as it was taxiing for takeoff from the city of sort of court more than

a hundred twenty passengers and crew were evacuated from the jet before it blew up among those on board was a russian pop group called non-a 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 is in a critical condition tonight. this is the r t news channel coming up this hour when shopping turns into a religion. you should. we look at some desperate methods to confront consumerism in the u.s. as the country's financial troubles seem to impute america's credit card addiction but. pulling minibus is the only way these weightlifters show their strength it can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle join artie's close a team in the siberian city of homs to see what some of russian strongest people

would capable of and where their power comes from. this week danish police prevented what they called 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 thought the man with links to international terror networks were plotting a gun rampage in the office of the newspaper which printed cartoons of the prophet muhammad five years ago the drawing sparked outrage among muslims across the world officials say those arrested intended to kill as many people as possible in the paper's newsroom and it is the latest in a series of arrests throughout the year which have put european nations are high alert over the spread of islamic radicalism and he got piskun off for. over a year of investigations and a massive police raid in the end brought results twenty six people have been arrested in belgium germany the netherlands belgium dutch moroccans and churchills

all are suspected of recruiting so-called jihad is kenya it's an financing terrorist organizations right from the portland of europe its mission a success absolutely but is the battle over this is just a visible part of the iceberg it's huge there is a whole machine behind this we don't want to lose it was born in belgium. in a family of christians and converted to islam when he was late he says he did it on his own will because it simply provided the answers he would 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 busy 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 misting 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 streets and in the must 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 islam a little work in many european muslim communities seem to have become the driving force behind the spread of extremist belgium's early to towards asylum on 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 the work is going off or the process. for oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky had his prison term extended on thursday his current sentence for fraud and tax evasion would have ended this year but a new sentence for stealing oil means he'll stay behind bars now until twenty seventeen his lawyers appealed against the verdicts are in english there are reports. four days that's how long it took the judge to be the verdict six more

years that's how long the hill 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 he is here by sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment the sentence will be served in the correctional colony of a medium security prison in this second trial the bush king just partner but only because if it 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 their minority investors to attend and was thrown out a gun point their meeting went on to dilute the investor a man called american called kind of his state down to virtually 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 that he told us 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 often in one nine hundred ninety s. and became russia's fastest growing only producer at the 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 so 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. singled out the prosecution not so much for financial reasons as for his political ambitions so why do his supporters in russia tend to view 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 who can be smart he can be a particular that he couldn't be sole support spoken but it doesn't mean that necessarily this is a city of non-guilt and that might be a case with that of course 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 integrals carty moscow. a massive new oil pipeline from russia to china began operating on the first day of twenty eleven little pump around fifteen million tons a year and replaces the railway is the main means to transport fuel pipelines length is about a thousand kilometers with most of it being on chinese territory it's a joint project between the two countries biggest oil companies and russia hopes it

will become a gateway to the growing asian energy barket. coming your way next here on our t a mechanism for miracles and it's one thing to make a wish i knew you might but quite another of course for it to come true however we speak to the russian families a few tips for us on how to make it happen. protests have swept across garza this week as it marks two years since a military offensive by israel the three week war left more than a thousand palestinians dead many of them civilians 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 there after mass what she believes is a terrorist group took control of the strip in two thousand and seven since then aid has been restricted and rarely reaches its destination and that is paul asli is we finding out. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing but they

can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoys with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza on border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and are determined corps 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 for tell a failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that earlier attempt 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 girls to 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't 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 well just two hundred dollars for a rather simplistic alternative that what can we do there's no fuel for vehicles spare parts inevitably result that it's kind of transportation to. donkeys 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. policy are to israel. this week the new year was welcomed with fireworks and celebrations all around the world. i see they got off to a stunning start in new zealand the spectators packed into all close harbor to enjoy the huge display there from the tower then it moved further west to australia as it does every year where celebrations went off with a bang is sydney's now it's traditional spectacular fireworks look at the skyline over the harbor bridge and revelers in japan welcome the new year by releasing a massive super balloons carrying notes with hopes for the future people taiwan the

islands tallest skyscraper was the centerpiece is found in the building in the u.k. a quarter of a million people flocked to the riverside to watch london light up at midnight across the atlantic to new york's festivities scented as always around the slow descent of a six time crystal ball with thirty two thousand lights and in moscow the main celebration to a place that meets the snow on red square where thousands gathered to watch the fireworks that too. good night all right now talking of fireworks and celebrations plenty more of that to come over to our t.v. dot com both on the ground but as you'll find out if you log on the international space station crew is at the most unique start to the new year arguably find out what it feels like to see the whole planet celebrating from high above. and pretty dangerous to learn how to choose the right fireworks so they don't go off with unexpected bangs we've consumer reports online.

americans are hooked on shopping and spending despite the country's heavily indebted economy and painful lessons from the crisis that alone left alone rather with credit card shopaholics fall into addiction and uncontrollable search for hard styles and bargains but there are people who don't shy away from putting up a very loud fight against consumerism in the wake of this to see a church met one of them. true. you should. stop.

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. obvious way to twenty five things we do we 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 the urge to possess has taken over men to statistics see men and women compulsively shop equally in the

us nowadays i'm not truly excited about spencer 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 show he's mean life mission is to cheese so with. this shopping devil by putting on acts in churches and shopping malls around the country betrayed across the purpose of the exaggerations is to make americans see their flaws use of this plastic you spend too much money consumer consumer.

it's a church become trolls us it's a fundamentalist church like the roman catholic church in the fourteen hundreds these desperate times by normally except my credit card limit every month could be calling for desperate measures like spells and exorcisms nothing to the letter of the word 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 true cannot part see. but take away the winter blues are

spending with a nice little trip this time to siberia as we take in more of russia close up. look at the map in fact we're in the southwest an. area that's fast becoming a sporting capital of siberia locals there like to say that growing up in the famed tundra gives you a real backbone but judging by the regions of them pick contributions and very professional i suck iti certainly seem to be some truth in that results as told by explains the experts healthy only example the site being strength. i and almost goes wild the local hockey team album god puts another goal in the net i they may look like other teams from around russia or in the world but they know they're special i bet some of them i know you're still missing my niece since we were little we've practiced outside in the cold weather so

a used to hot conditions it's women know america so we're the toughest players. and it's not just seasoned on school players enthusiasm for the test of courage and strength comes young. and. i like the way they play hockey the pillow fights the strikes and the opportunity to become a still on the ice. ice hockey isn't the only have kilian and dev attracting attention here how about the water no telling a minibus. of those boys to be there in say bierria in winter with sleeper roads it's pretty hard to. pulling many buses are the only way these whitely have to show their strength they can also find many other ways to flex some siberian muscle. him original local gym the team lifts bends and pulls anything they can lay their hands on the competitions across russia they also put on public shows to entertain the crowds and earn some extra money in your budget but day in day out it's about

heaving that little bit. moan that i had to stop at 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 would suck to. 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 should one of the i stand could possibly come south and historically people from siberia have been very strong and made great soldiers i think they greatly contributed. to victory in world war two conditions here make people learn how to survive he thinks the 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's around need

a tire moving. need some joined weights lifting. or perhaps even me. it's not a problem for the men with the muscles tom barton r.t. . the start of the new years always a good time for a wishful thinking is not just of unemployment still high in the u.s. hopes for a better life high as well many of play in the problems on globalization which is driving jobs overseas well web talk show host larry hafner says been gauging opinion on the streets of new york all about that. 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 really over europe we want to be taken care of here as well and on the same you do for us 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. 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 with some of the opportunities that we have so that's a positive pressure as it is but the negative it's taking things away from here too many things are going to asia. ok yeah a for 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 there has been. again it depends on 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 needs are going to join the globalization movement they're just being exploited for cheap labor. so it's not like we're all becoming one happy global 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 and not have not get repercussions from it but i guess they've got to figure out a way to control that 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 i'm a 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. roman will be here in twenty minutes time tonight was sports update and the latest from the chelsea aston villa match score that instantly right now is three or seven zero and you're watching our team's news review of the week this sunday evening.