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but you know what you know. will do a boutique hotel and you're like toast. in serbia multis available in hyatt regency . southern sudan's upcoming vote on whether to become independent from the north and gives hope to millions displaced by decades of conflict but they'll be able to go home. all we know is that there are works or weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have a liquefied insides and then what could cause bugs pulled out of the sky dead fish show washed ashore around the world would look at whether it's an apocalypse in the making all just fuss and feathers. and these young recruits go through fire

and water to protect their country rushers a special forces in training he gets an exclusive look. a very warm welcome to you this is aussie life from moscow millions of sudanese are preparing to vote in a referendum could see one of africa's poorest and most. troubled nations split into two countries in the vote starts on sunday the christian dominated south is widely expected to choose independence from the mainly muslim north the weeklong ballot is being held as part of a peace deal which i did decades of civil war in two thousand and five but tension remains in the region with just on saturday four people killed in an attack on south sudanese soldiers

a civil conflict claimed two million lives and displaced around four million people thousands of those sort refuge in israel a place considered an enemy state by the sudanese government artie's pulis clear that some of the refugees and found out their hopes for the upcoming historic vote . on the road to freedom is long and its role wasn't their first choice egypt was but as the thousands of refugees fleeing sudan found themselves under assault in cairo by a police force trying to clean up the streets the decision to cross over into israel seemed a logical one israel is near from here and israel is. and they do this country. but the journey was long sometimes on foot sometimes penguins to drive them you have to cross the border and coming to the israeli border with the. measure. of not to see

you otherwise you would be something shooting and me or marsha made their journey three years ago with his wife and four children he watched friends and family die along the way some were shot some died of hunger. but it's all doesn't really know what to do with these refugees last year alone eight hundred thousand arrived just from sudan and eritrea is always party to the convention on the status of refugees which means a constant refugees back home if this would risk their lives but keeping them here is becoming more and more difficult. benjamin corey arm works as a cleaner in a hotel and struggles to make ends meet. i didn't go. and thousands of sudanese share his story

poor homes no jobs little money and it's too dangerous to go back to sudan. is again is. going to northern sudan you will be killed and student leaders have said as much if the authorities. really the northern government of sudan finds out that the person has sought asylum in israel this person would be in serious risk of persecution southern sudan is holding a referendum on whether to separate from the. and become an independent state it's the final stage in a peace agreement that ended twenty two years of war many of them have has spurred from being in israel for such a long time with no rights whatsoever the people realize that they don't really

have a future here and people are also homesick and benjamin moore not sure what to do home beckons despite the risks. of those who don't to predawn. i will decide the world. policy or r.t. southern israel. when thousands of total darkness fell from the sky in italy it became one of the latest examples of a series of unexplained mass animal deaths across the globe some of the more outlandish speculation has suggested it could be the first signs of the end of the world r.t. is covering us out of our takes a look to see if there really is something fishy going on or if it's just media hype. sing a song of suspense one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds fell out of the sky and when the birds were found the news began to sing the end of days conspiracy does have a catchy ring. at first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then

who is e n a followed suit and your prophet some feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks or flew into trees and cars because of bad weather and we know is that fireworks or weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have a liquefied insides that's what the fish and wildlife veterinarian sad they've never seen anything like it now we're seeing the same polarization of the insides of black birds they are dad when they hit the ground they are dying in the night while they're roosting in trees but then one hundred thousand dead fish joined up on us shores and that seemed to have opened the floodgates i think. by and large not. actually under us meaning how serious it is so i believe there are multiple causes. but the entire planet was an uproar that we have.

the changes in the oceanic currents the. entire system is no destructive for those not very impressed with the scientific explanation there's always the religious one fanatical bloggers have once again started flooding the world wide web with end of days posts and the international media storm for news during a slow post christmas month of january is having a field day and you are asked to call sooner rather than later context. so far you could not even get down the road without running over hundreds it was that bad with more and more mr. deaths around the world fish in brazil australia and new zealand crabs in the u.k. the frenzy is growing and the headlines scream collapse these stories look set to end up stealing the media spotlight at least until scientists have

a chance to examine the dead animals or you know the world comes to an end whichever of course happens first. catherine as our r.t. moscow. well miami based vet petro luis rey told us here at r.t. that these types of events have happened before but a thorough investigation is needed. it's impossible to say for sure what's happened to the birds and fish until proper investigations are handled in fact i don't believe that these events are interlinked they followed one after another and that's attracted universal attention there's not the first time that the world is observing such phenomena it's happens in other countries too at the moment the investigation in arkansas claims an autopsy has revealed the bird suffered from internal bleeding but the research has yet to be completed we could also be dealing with some new virus i signed waivers another possible explanation but i repeat that food investigation is needed to establish the cause of what's happened and find

a scientific explanation for it. and still ahead for you this hour here on r.t. communist bogeyman they get a new lease of life fathers of socialism attracting new word marriage and financial crisis hit america also. we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces see just what they have to go through just a few moments. more than three hundred people stranded on board a ship in the icy waters of russia's far eastern coast are still awaiting rescue it's the last of three vessels that became stuck more than a week ago extreme weather conditions have been hampering the operation officials say the people on board are in at no immediate danger that they have enough supplies a more powerful icebreaker is expected to arrive within a several hours to help with the rescue of the still stranded ship which needs a bigger path through the ice to get help the second vessel is currently being

towed to ward safety by the icebreaker admiral mike out of the captain of the ship now being taken out says the going is still tough. though we are following the icebreaker admiral macarthur which is clearing our way through the ice we're moving slowly to bear so to speak it's a long difficult route and the ice may be up to two meters thick it's like a slice of pie consisting of many layers one on top of the other. is an hour ten minutes past the hour here in moscow this is r.t. now the u.s. is set to increase military intelligence and financial support to pakistan to stabilize the troubled region there's according to the washington post it's despite ongoing frustration that pakistani authorities aren't doing enough to combat insurgency washington is also sending fourteen hundred more soldiers to support nato forces in afghanistan artie's military contributor says what matters is how this fresh batch of troops is going to be used. the latest tech tical shift that is

supposed to happen in afghanistan it's an additional beef up of u.s. marines in the southern part of the contrie going to the latest data the u.s. marine corps is expected to beef up its deployment the question is who cares whether it's going to be just the same static twenty thousand or just another one thousand marines the kershner difference is to what purpose real this additional marines serve the key issue here is that helmand province is a u.s. marines sanctuary and it could make or break they new military campaign in southern afghanistan and define the future of afghanistan itself and the future of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan and beyond if american marines will again be used and abused in full accordance with the policy of safeguarding the drug lords

and their slaves in helmand province then they will be remembered in afghanistan in generations to come as the most expensive suckers of the exploit of the drug and warlords in afghanistan who are deployed to safeguard yet another record breaking opium harvest in hell manned and beyond. all right now let's get to some other international news in brief this hour the shia cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel common enemies of iraq during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear the rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation return from iran comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed parliament he gained it widespread popularity among shias after the two thousand and three

u.s. led invasion. yang says he wants to reopen to a talks rather with soul as soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula the north offered to start negotiations without preconditions within this month it's the second of such a proposal from pyongyang this week the south dismissed the first one as insincere relations between two koreas abruptly deteriorated after the shelling of a south korean island in november that left about four people dead each side blames the other for firing the first shot. australia's prime minister has warned of the city of st george could still face major flooding most floodwaters in the northeast of the country have started to recede the repair of roads and damaged houses have now been made a priority by the government hundreds of homes are still underwater with more than two hundred thousand people affected at least ten people have been killed by floods in queensland since november. the company at the center of germany's animal

food contamination scare may face criminal charges tests found traces of the toxic chemical dioxin at seventy seven times above the legal limit nearly five thousand farms are being closed after the chemical was found in eggs produced in the north west of the country some infected eggs have reportedly been exported to britain via the netherlands. well in times of rising unemployment and poverty in the united states the idea of a social equality is beginning to seem a bit more appealing to some so much so that the work of marx engels and even lenin is going through a minor surgeon's lauren lyster went to meet a few of america's socialists. the very first sentence of the communist manifesto in the. specter hangs over europe the spark of communism. in modern day us the specter of communism hangs over the bottom floor of

a brick building on the west side of downtown new york city the wrexham started out actually as the new york marks of school in one nine hundred seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and its poster a philosopher so to speak is revered a marxist and i wanted to be around other marxists and and it's just a talk with all the marxists in the us that may sound a little taboo even unpatriotic to the average joe but these days amid rising poverty and inequality in the country more and more people are joining in the discussion certainly since the kind of the economic crisis where the financial crisis kind of hit home and a lot of people realized you know there are some systemic problems we saw a huge increase in. traffic here people opening their eyes to a different view here people's histories poster projects wherever you look you can see a chapter of events not found in history books they don't realize that that haiti was the first free black republic in the western hemisphere you know and

historically they've been punished because of it. choose a door and behind it you may find any number of leftist social movements left out of mainstream news here very rarely these carolers are urging a boycott of israel because of its policies towards palestine and the building of illegal settlements in the west bank. behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges i feel that it was just an amazing world the knowledge that i had never been exposed to. people also just play poker with a side of political analysis you don't hear on cable the whole struggle of. the immigration story. is caused by that. stranglehold.

though we're at the marxist school the people we've spoken to here are calling for any kind of proletariat revolution no violent political uprising but everywhere you look the history in the philosophy of communism is here you can see all of the works of marx engels over here is lenin even here the writings of joseph stalin and the version of monopoly that they play is called class struggle to prepare for life in capitalist america where the object is to win the revolution of workers when it is socialism a capitalist when it's barbarism talking to people around the bric forum it seems many are trying to implement the change they're studying without uttering the s. or c. is in communism word now it's become more positive to say progressive or less whatever you want to call it they are actively trying to solve the problems and inequality they see in the country which is an attempt to make change but maybe right now it's

not in terms of a revolution but a working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic lauren lyster r.t. new york. we can always check out r.t. dot com for much more news and analysis and here are some of the items we have lined up for you right now on our web site europe it's a spike in the number of arrested terrorist suspects it's raising questions whether paul background checks among the silence is are to blame. and you can find out about your cutie as mystical messenger between humans and. the ancient tradition of charmin is lives on in some remote parts of russia for more head over to you on t.v. dot com. russia is a special forces are on the front line of protecting their country from terrorism at home and abroad only the fittest the strongest and the best on the right so

where the suspects crimson baron. went to meet the latest recruits hoping to receive that honor. it may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the special forces are very real. these young soldiers part of the country's internal forces are preparing to meet and it's france their country may face the history of special units all spetznaz in the russian army goes back centuries that tactics and techniques have evolved dependent on the key challenge of the time but these guys have always been the lead and in the twenty first century they are on the front line of the fight against terror a siege a hostage taking for these youngsters these are life like scenarios from training none have yet taken part in a real operation. day by day they learn how to act effectively face to face with an

enemy that is exhausting both physically and mentally but for many facing their own fears remains the hardest thing with his mother or him said to belong to the elite but of course i am human and i do my fears to cope with them is a resolder is number one most challenging task. left him and colonel and dre for ryan is here to help the young boys deal with that. oh no the order of courage was serious in chechnya and the crimson bury the top space not all in a similar term erika's greenberry he knows how to take control of human nature was many sportsmen come to us and fail only twenty percent manage to prove they deserve it as a true spitz not soldier is a fusion of physical insurance and what may be even more important emotional maturity. countering terrorism is

a spats not spatiality but they could be sent to any kind of emergency if it threatens the country's security in mid december when the russian capital was hit by a wave of violent nationalist riots spetznaz soldiers were on standby close by. some may say that's no job for special forces but for the police we don't agree there is the order and we have to carry it out as well as we can that's it was almost. all of these young soldiers a conscript saw a year at least. many say they will stay for longer sign a contract and continue as professionals in the early space nasty. race notion r t moscow. now if you're thinking of hitting the winter sales here in moscow let me show you how to get the latest must have trends for less here in the russian capital. now although the

stores again if you are generally expensive january is the best time to come shopping here you'll find terrific bargains during the sales and western design is such as paul smith kenzo all our money for example amazing clothes at discounted prices. we want to. go out of here in about an hour's time up next we can business news to stay with us. welcome to our business program i'm surrounded. a high tech country needs to make high tech products the government is putting its political and financial capital behind modernizing the economy but it also needs to find innovative goods the rest of the world might want to buy that tell you how global reports. the gigantic

ultramodern building of the called innovation center these days it's attracting a lot of interest from those who in the near future could change the face of both russian science and its economy speaking at the forum the presidential aide even went as far as saying that russia may become the world leader in innovation within the next five years but for that to happen talent needs to be nurtured and harnessed such as that belonging to this fifteen year old muscovite was in the us this model is built with the leg and construction cage it's intended for people with limited hand movement it is constructed on the principle of human biomechanics and fully replicates the hands function i'm currently expanding my project and i hope it will soon help even those who are paralyzed three times that they had a roof not a was more cautious and preferred not to unveil details of their breakthrough projects but assured that there were at least three that could change the world and

it was the sense of exciting potential that was attracting a new wave of private capital to come to russia a number of. other. couple says this is about eleven billion dollars yeah what is the border for me that we. are investing eleven you know less than fifty percent. more. topics from the road to the top five sectors prioritize to drive russia's modernization our energy efficiency nuclear in space technology medicine telecommunications and aunty but some of the most interesting projects have universal appeal and cut across all area . of the economy and society this is what the library of the future should look like in the eyes of some young russian inventors they believe it could be a real money spinner in just the last year more than one hundred thousand people

have paid to join their start up service booth scientists and businessmen agree that finding talent in russia is not the major problem the skolkovo research group has already found many exciting and innovative candidates the trick will be to harness that into primary or energy to produce goods that will make the whole world sit up and take notice and then get out its wallet. r t moscow. two thousand and eleven will see more changes in the banking system with some players leaving the market and the rules getting stricter speaking exclusively to r.t. deputy general director of russia's deposit insurance agency under miller cough spoke about the upcoming reforms. so there is that those are the only changes we think we should make is to create procedures so that the assets and deposits of a bank or bank are given to a healthy one that's the situation we see in the states of the moment in the us in

ninety five percent of cases this mechanism is being implemented the clients of the bankrupt banks are given access to their deposits quicker also the agency together with the state doesn't have to spend a lot of money and the liquidation process is faster so now we think this mechanism could be used in our country we have already tried it several times and found that it works we think it is possible and this will also give us more but unities to save capital reserves the central bank plans to raise the minimum capital requirement for retail banks do you think this will force a more banks into liquidation start or sector or. this move lies in the overall strategy to develop the banking sector last year the minimum level was three million dollars the next step is six million dollars until the end of two thousand and eleven for all banks to fulfill this obligation the system needs capital reserves of some three hundred million dollars i don't think this is

a crucial figure so i believe the russian banking system will see another minimal level increase and this will prompt further reduction in the number of banks present in the market next year i expect this to for some ten to twelve banks to leave the sector but this will not be critical for the whole system. do you see more consolidation in the banking market next year and i think on the every year around fifty banks leave the market next year our forecast is that some thirty banks will have to be shut down but you can never really say exactly how many banks our country needs the main aim is for all of these banks to function properly currently we have around one thousand banks in the market and they cooperate quite well with each other. and russian companies enjoyed a successful rebound from the crisis in two thousand.