to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. and you can see.

a green light to. prove that some immigrants into the u.s. . would be. stuck at the bottom of the heap america's billion dollar rebuilding scheme leaves the iraqis behind forcing them to make. the holy day has come to russia. the birth of christ with the family did.

and in our business program find out whether the notes. on its way to becoming the longest pipeline in the world i'll have more on that in twenty minutes program. a very warm welcome to you live from moscow for the millions of immigrants the dream of a better life in america the green card symbolizes entrance to a land of opportunity but winning the lottery for the right to work is not always all it seems that's why a qualified doctors and teachers often end up driving cabs or cleaning floors if they're lucky. to reports. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and touring

for a chance to win for a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is owen and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration jackpot with permanent residency the prize is not cash but green cards and this startling experience is due to a lot of we have to start from scratch from zero once we got here two years of

struggling with joblessness after finding their education in nepal doesn't count in the u.s. setbacks they never expected this we didn't know people used to say you're educated it will be easy america's a big country with a lot of facilities life will be better but in reality everything the incident. yes to hire. experts who work on immigration issues a lottery winners really are given no resources from the government that invited them here and the struggles of jimena and her family are not unique for most people we have and counted it's been very difficult they reflect a group of immigrants who come to the u.s. not because of a job lined up or a family sponsoring them but for many because of the vision of what they can achieve they really have that american dream and edge of coming to the u.s. they know that they've invested in their education and they. i think that the united states is the place to put that skills those degrees and that ambition to

work with the greatest possible return. when many find is maybe something the year already of an ethnic neighborhood like this one that has southeast asian music restaurants and fashion what many struggle with is finding the economic opportunities that are any better than what they had in their home country or even finding jobs that allow them to survive here we're seeing a lot of this downward mobility of immigrants and often very highly qualified goods . finding foreign degrees and experience don't count for many u.s. employers these immigrants end up taking anything it means engineers and business managers and up as cab drivers and cashiers according to a study two out of five ford educated immigrants are either in this situation or unemployed all together it's an american dream they want to wake up from if you got if we had known this we wouldn't have come life was much easier in my country people who see their plight firsthand argue the government should help more i do

think it's a state department's responsibility and i think that the united states is going to lose out relative to other countries have taken that step possibly losing out to countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure winning the lottery actually pays off more and mr new york. in iraq millions are living below the poverty line despite america's billion dollar rebuilding program they often have to turn to the garbage dump as a means of survival also uses sebastian and maya reports for thousands driven from their homes by sectarian violence life is literally rubbish. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that miss family is too poor to send her to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroad for recycling

a reward for carting forty pounds of trash around two dollars and fifty cents behind me says acres of baghdad's trash to many this is just waste but for the families here this is not only their livelihood but also their homes over two thousand people live on baghdad's landfill are. making their homes out of the garbage that the rest of the city throws away there's no running water or electricity and certainly no access to medical treatment if someone gets sick they have to be taken to hospital the same way they get drinking water by donkey cart can you believe in iraq you would live in a shack made from the garbage people who threw that feel it and change so we could see if it's iraq is still a wonderful place by god fueled regime is gone and we have a new government but look at her situation we're living in shacks america spending fifty three billion dollars on the reconstruction effort in iraq but the residents of our jet haven't seen a dime of it what they have seen though is the sectarian violence the drove them

from their home five years ago. we used to live in abu ghraib you know then america came the war increased in iraq people started killing each other and so we fled because we were freed in two thousand and five names family moved to the landfill and has been living there ever since too afraid in too poor to return home you know the american occupation turned iraq into a battlefield as well as sowing the seeds of political corruption how can americans stand back and watch without intervening in this situation everybody knows about the failure of the iraq economy this is having a terrible impact on the ground zero. socially and economically. experts worry about the children who grow up too poor to go to school without an education and they're easily preyed on by criminal gangs and terrorist organizations who lure them with money and promises of a brighter future. how can i fulfill a dream will even fear i can't accomplish anything nothing good security if you

every want to go back home if there is no work we only need security that's it iraq remains a very dangerous place where kidnappings and murders are part of daily life for these families living on a trash heap is still better than living with sunni neighbors back home but until that is possible until american reconstruction dollars reach the quarter of iraq's population lives in poverty children like fatima will continue to collect trash in order to survive sebastian meyer party in baghdad. coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. and a christmas celebrations are underway across russia. and the west christmas day for. today russia is celebrating. the wife of alleged russian arms dealer viktor boot says that she and her family were detained for hours and questioned on arrival

in the u.s. it's family came to join him in new york where he's being held in custody r.t. spoke to outside j.f.k. airport after she was released. most learned through travel. they've clearly been waiting for us that we have spent two hours in some strange premises they turned our luggage upside down and took away all the personal things from my bag they told me just switched off my cell phone and didn't allow me to get in touch with the russian consul in till this interrogation or question in session whatever you call it was a that there was a person that who introduced himself as a special anti terror agent he told me he wanted to talk to me about the purpose of my visit and my plans and intentions he had a long list of questions that she wanted to ask however i told him that i was waiting for a russian embassy representative my lawyer and an interpreter that i would talk to him only in my presence an immigration officer i think also asked me whether i knew that my husband was a terrorist and why i had been arrested i answered that i didn't know why my

husband was being kept in new york because no one had yet proven that he was a terrorist or somehow linked to terrorism with. viktor bout is being held in new york after being extradited from thailand last november he was arrested in bangkok in two thousand and eight during a us thing of fresh fruit faces a number of charges including supplying weapons to terrorists and inspiring to feel the american citizens moscow has criticized his extradition and the conditions of his arrest it said russia is not defending him but protecting the rights of its citizens who they hope will have a fair trial boots pretrial hearings are set to begin next week. well one of three vessels stuck in ice off russia's far eastern coast is now free where the two others are still awaiting rescue the admiral is returning to the second ship now to tow it to safe waters and a more powerful icebreaker is on its way to help rescue the third vessel which needs a big a path through the ice to get help there are more than three hundred people on

board the ships that are still stranded but officials say they're not in any danger and do have enough supplies the rescue is being hampered by extreme weather conditions like sound out of several you have from the federal fishing agency says the mission is far from plain sailing. the weather has got worse chilling snowstorm a settlin with winds of up to twenty meters per second the temperatures well below minus twenty degrees celsius visibility is low it's difficult to see how long the admiral mccarville take to get back to the remaining two ships in the path forged by the ice breaker through the ice closes back up quickly and this makes the risky operation even more difficult.

now let's get to some other world news headlines this hour and in germany about five thousand. in the production of. has killed at least seventeen people more than. the blast happened in a crowded public house where people were getting ready for a press official say the. police commander who was inside the building.

responsibility. britain's a security alert has been raised to its second highest level across the country more police will be stationed at airports and public transport hubs officials say the move is a precaution doesn't mean an attack is imminent. palestinians. have clashed with israeli soldiers while protesting against the west bank security barrier it comes just a week after a palestinian woman after being tear gassed by israeli troops demonstrators marched to the barrier in the village of building a photo of the thirty six year old protester who died in hospital on saturday. well orthodox christians are celebrating christmas day in russia today the holy day is marked with church ceremonies and family celebrations across the country. is in central moscow to find out how the russians celebrate this day.

merry christmas indeed how popular it's christmas here in russia how do the people celebrate it. well merry christmas says celebrating all over russia today possibly with festivities such a thing as we head most gay a christmas for us you've got the lovely brightly colored stools and whilst in russia christmas day is more of a traditionally religious holiday it's certainly fun for the family can see here we've got a lot of children turned out with their families enjoying the ice lies we've also got some of the beautiful ice coaches that such a part of the winter celebrations and say we're having a really good time here as we said hey in russia traditionally it's more of a religious ceremony say last night there was a big midnight mass at quite the savior and today he will be sitting around the tables having the traditional christmas meal and enjoying the celebrations now sorry many people around the world celebrate the celebrated christmas about ten or

so days ago tell me why do these festivities for one john or the seven here in russia. of course yes thirteen days on from the traditional western world that's because a russian they celebrate according to the julian calendar christmas is actually banned in russia and till one thousand nine hundred eighty under savior rule as he said it does tend to be more of a religious holiday it's actually. tends to be the heat widely celebrated one that's when they get their presents on years they have the huge parties but it's as we say christmas is celebrated by calling. for a closer look at the history of christmas in russia. thirteen days later the difference in deeds is because russian christmas falls on the seventh of january following the julian calendar but it wasn't always this way

to give parents celebrated christmas in much the same way as the rest of the world on december the twenty feet but the bullshit revolution changed it all. moved the christmas tree on to new year's day move the gifts on to new year's they moved us to new year's and they banned christmas suki's a child of the soviet union which slapped a banner not only on freedom of speech but on freedom of faith to its only half truths collapse in one thousand nine hundred ninety one that christmas was again celebrated publicly i knew. we could plan the shows on christmas eve go to church and never a decorator fir tree for new year it took a while to explain to our child that a christmas tree is the credit on christmas only for god and not for santa. their family has traveled

a lot they lived in canada and in brazil but no where they say screws most recognized soul solemnly as it is back home definitely less capitalistic because christmas in the west today i believe is essentially buying gifts having a good time while in russia. and it's becoming more and more spiritual thing russians believe you can start your festive dinner before the first star appears in the night sky marking the birth of christ a strict diet for two days no animal produced preparing yourself physically for the special event on christmas night vigils are held in thousands of churches across russia but the main service takes place here at christ the savior cathedral which is symbolic because just like christmas itself it saw a rebirth only after the collapse of the soviet union region is the opium of the

people the communist leaders declared and leveled to the ground the country's main cathedral for many years there was a swimming pool on the site thousands of other churches felt a similar fleet today these child of emigrants is happy to be back in a country which has returned to its roots in the west churches are causing down. they don't know what to do with their buildings they cannot grade them they cannot maintain them they are selling them their ten thirty in them then two apartments discotheques cares and the other way around it seems that is integration of the soviet union almost twenty thousand churches have opened up a warship has that's around three churches a day and with the country's new senior think this eating by example it's clear the christian tradition now outweighs the communist want x.

integrate your martini. and cool russian christmas pulling in the middle of the traditional holiday page here in russia that runs from the first till the tenth january stay as you can see lots of people have there's lots of people enjoying the holiday time at the maybe new clothes as other russian traditional christmas think the fairy from the west i rather than fancy clothes they have a father for also that in the us and they go to his name age and he helps then hand out the and as we said they tend to have the main festivities on the new year and the christmas day is enjoyed by lots of the people we've got a ton of the christmas the head and we're enjoying christmas they. certainly are not here at all wishing all of us in russia and around the world who are celebrating this orthodox christmas a very merry christmas and sorry for the flock in moscow thank you for the

christmas holidays i must go also i mean it's a good time to hit the sales for the later we go bargain hunting in the best boutiques that the russian capital has to offer. hello and welcome to the show that was millions around the world are recovering after the recent festivities most russians are celebrating the orthodox christmas this weekend but soon it's back to work for everyone and the colder weather is on its way to moscow but it's not all doom and gloom as january is the best time to go clothes shopping. was. most about it's here in about ten minutes time but first let's check out the business news with sean.

hello welcome to our business program i'm sure on a qian this stockmen gas field is home to one of the world's largest natural gas deposits in the world and was discovered twenty years ago but production has yet to start despite numerous attempts by various companies there are signs however that things could change for better in two thousand and eleven r.t. correspondent tim of say a classic has more. one of the biggest discovered natural gas fields in the world the stockmen fields hidden deep in the bering sea line estimated three point nine trillion cubic meters of natural gas despite being discovered two decades ago the gas still remains untouched these combined of these two factors that it is number one it is arctic and number two it is offshore makes this. globally unique i don't think there is. there is of toyota with such a tough weather such

a tough environment conditions stop one but it does have its advantages the field is located significantly closer to its main consumer europe russia's gas giant gazprom partnered with french to tao and norwegian stat oil in two thousand and eight to have a go at developing the fields various attempts have been made since the ninety's by both russian and foreign companies but no significant progress was made however analysts say this time gas from has what it takes for has. enough power to. propose and to push with the development plan that gas from considers to be the right one but it's more about actual demand and. the returns on this project the stockman project is heavily tied to the global oil prices low prices in two thousand and ten were one of the reasons that the project was virtually put on hold due to low profitability however

by the end of the year oil prices went back up gas from start now to consider stalk one as its next priority project as the next priority possible project again. but at the same time on our hand just a month ago gas from has caught up its program by more than one hundred billion rubles for two thousand and eleven another major issue. as logistics there's an ongoing dispute between the partners about how to transport begins and would tell you pipeline to use but in the midst of all these control over seas ahead of stockmen development bubbles of confidence. by two thousand and sixteen we parents start producing just there are no problems with the schedule which has been determined by the shareholders. analysts say. or inflated expect only a modest pick up in demand over the next five years and little reason to accelerate

the pace of development timothy cross business or. let's look at the stock markets now in russia the bourses are close to the eleventh of january for the russian new year holiday break here p. and stocks have fallen in the volatile trading on friday as investors await the u.s. labor market data do later in the session. and seven percent of the first line of the north stream gas pipeline which will connect russia and germany across the baltic sea bed has been laid that's according to georg no no it's three major project manager for germany eight hundred fifty kilometers of pipes have already been laid out of a total length of twelve hundred kilometers the plan for the offshore pipeline is to build two parallel legs each with a capacity of twenty seven and a half billion cubic metres per year with the first gas delivery scheduled for late two thousand and eleven when finished it will be the longest subsidy pipeline in the world.

and global car production has generally seen a rebound from the recent economic downturn this accelerating growth however should see some historical changes on the global as well as russian auto market medina coast of us has the story. just ten years ago the production in the developing countries accounted for just twenty percent of global output twenty eleven is expected to reach parity russia is one of the principal drivers of that trend is projected to supply six percent of the global market in the coming twelve months and other factors for the growth in the domestic sector was due to the government's cash for clunkers program that lacked the way for increased consumer spending however for the third time the majority of vehicles produced will not be as domestic brands is just as involved as instead russians will be making renos full time gangs and ford's stock that the growth of the economy as

a whole drives the market the further development of bank loan programs and the recent car utilization campaign run by the state have been the factors for increased consumer spending. world khari sales have accelerated an impressive nineteen percent in twenty ten rebounding strongly from the financial crisis the growth was driven mainly by the bric countries brazil russia india and china analysts believe china will take over the global center of car production and the next five years we're predicting ridiculous amounts of growth in china it really is going to take over a century of competition in the world but also india brazil and russia will also play the part of growth with predicting that during the next five years over the next five years the whole of the growth in production comes from the bric countries and six percent coming from russia manufacturers continue to view russia as

a particularly attractive market car ownership is still relatively low compared to the developed markets in the west but the market has quickly been playing catch up and is now the second largest in europe and with its population advantage is slated to capture the top spot from germany within a few years might in the question our business. and that's where business update for this hour but you can always find more business stories on our web site that's r t dot com slash business stay with us.