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these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are on the day. coming vote on whether to become independent from the north gives hope to millions displaced by decades of conflict but they'll soon be able to go home. all we know is the bad. weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have liquid finding insides and then what could. fall out of the sky dead fish to shore around the world we look at whether it's an apocalypse in the making or just

a fuss and feathers. and these young recruits go through fire and water to protect their country as a special forces in training gets an exclusive look. live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. millions of sudanese op apparent to vote in a referendum could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nations split into two countries in the vote that 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 ended decades of civil war in two thousand and five but tension remains in the region with just on saturday nine people killed in an attack on

south sudanese soldiers the civil conflict claimed two million lives and displaced four million people thousands of those refuge in israel a place considered an enemy state by the sudanese government. but some of the refugees and found out their hopes. upcoming historic vote. the road to freedom is long and its role wasn't the 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 in israel. and they do scan. and christiane but the journey was long sometimes on foot sometimes paying bedouins to drive them you have to cross the border and coming to the israeli border with the. measure of the of not to see

you otherwise you would be something shooting and to me a martyr 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. or. who have were born and this but israel doesn't really know what to do with these refugees last year alone eighteen thousand the one i've 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 my live. walking. or. i didn't go to my unit.

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. israelis. and i mean. if you are going to northern sudan you will be killed and sudanese leaders have said as much if the authority is really the northern government of sudan finds out that the person has sought asylum in israel this person would be in in serious risk of persecution southern sudan is holding a referendum on whether to separate from the north and become an independent state if 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 people realize that they don't really have

a future here and people are also homesick and any of benjamin not sure what to do home beckons despite the risks if those are those who don't is pre-dawn i will decide to go back to my own. 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 to scott ritter as out of a takes a look to see if there's really 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

louisiana followed suit and your brush filled some feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks for 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 turned up on shores that seem to have opened the floodgates i think. by and large not a portion are actually under us meaning how serious it is so i believe there are multiple causes but basically. the entire planet is an uproar that we have

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

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 filmmaker and blogger danny schechter says media sensationalism is taking the focus away from finding the real scientific causes behind the widespread deaths. when one set of incidents happens followed by another set followed by a third said suddenly it becomes a trend then it becomes a much bigger story in the media but it's still sort of a mystery it may be that each example is actually specific to a particular local set of circumstances we don't know they're calling it. you know a flock of birds coming up with new catchy words new ad lives and the like obviously it's it's something that intrigues audiences even if there isn't a lot of explanation it seems to be a pattern of this sort of thing where you have alarmist headlines followed by

a few examples which then you know lead to sober conclusions about the dramatic events and then there's no follow up for so you know if we really never find out what really happened and this is the in attention of the media maybe even the amnesia of the media the refusal to speak to the people who are most in the know because all of this is sort of titillation for the public and yet it could be a very serious. this is r.t. still ahead for you this hour communist a bogeyman a new lease of. socialism attracting new admirers and financially crisis hit america also. thanks we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces see what just what they have to go through in just a few minutes. 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 operations so far officials say the people on board are in no immediate danger that they have enough supplies a more powerful icebreaker is expected to arrive within several hours to help with the rescue of the still stranded ship which needs a bigger part of through the ice to get out a second vessel that is currently being total safety by the icebreaker admiral mike cut off the captain of the ship now being taken out says the going is still tough. though we are following the icebreaker i'm going to which is clearing our way through the ice we're moving slowly so to speak it's a long difficult route and the ice maybe up to two meters think it's like a slice of pie consisting of many layers one on top of the other. now let's get to some other international news in this hour and erica. has called the u.s. u.k.

and israel common enemies of iraq this during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear him urge the rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation southers return from iran comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed parliament he gained widespread popularity among shias after the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion. says he wants to reopen to a talks with seoul is soonest possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula the north offered to start negotiations without preconditions at this month it's the second such proposal from pyongyang this week the south dismissed the first one as insincere relations between two koreas deteriorated after the shelling of a south korean island in november that left four people dead each side blames the

other for firing first. australia's prime minister has warned that 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 may face criminal charges tests found traces of the toxic chemical dioxin seventy seven times above the legal limit nearly five thousand farms have been closed after the chemical was found in eggs produced in the north west of the country some infected eggs every portly being exported to britain via the netherlands. in times of rising unemployment and poverty in the united states

the idea of social equality is beginning to seem appealing to some so much so that the work of marx engels and even lenin is going through a minor resurgence artie's lauren lyster went to meet a few of america's socialists. the very first sentence of the commons manifesto in eighty four news a specter hangs over europe the specter of communism like. 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 wrexham started out actually as the new york marxist school in one nine hundred seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and it's 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 influx of 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 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 coming here again. these carolers are urging a boycott of israel because of its policies towards palestine and the building of illegal settlements in the west bank is only great they sure it. was

a hero oh i was behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges i felt that it was just an amazing wealth of knowledge that i had never been exposed to this. people also just play poker with the side of political analysis you don't hear on cable the whole struggle. you know the immigration story everything is cause. kept a 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 socialism capitalists when it's barbarism talking to people around the breck 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. now if you bear in mind you can always check out www dot com for much more news and analysis here are some of the things we have lined up for you right now you're buying in the number of arrested terrorists this is raising questions with a background check some of the saddam secrets are to blame also. find

out about your mystical messengers between humans and spirits tradition of shamanism lives on its remote russia for more head over to auntie dot com. the official delegation. from the. video. calls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. this is from moscow now russia's special forces are on the front line of protecting their country from terrorism home and abroad only the fittest the strongest and the

best on the right so whether spetznaz a crimson beret. 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 his friends their country may face the history of special units or spetznaz in the russian army goes back centuries that tactics and techniques have evolved dependent on the key challenges 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 hostage taking for these youngsters these are life like scenarios from training. none here get taken part in a real operation. day by day they learn how to act effectively face to face with an

enemy which is exhausting both physically and mentally but for many facing their own fears remains the hardest thing. for him said to belong to the elite but of course i am human and argue about fears to cope with them is every soldier's number one most challenging turkish. left ten in kernel and drape araya face here to help the young boys deal with that oh no the order of courage was serious in chechnya and crimson berry the top space nasa owner similar to america's greenberry he knows how to take control of human nature was aboard many sportsmen come to us and fails only twenty percent managed to prove they deserve it as a true spitz not soldier it is a fusion of physical insurance and what may be even more important emotional maturity and. 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. 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 that's almost. all of these young soldiers a conscript a year at least. many say stay for longer sign a contract and continue as professionals in the early. brief notion r t. now if you're thinking of hitting the winter sales here in moscow let artsy show you how to get the latest must have trends for less in the russian capital.

now although the stores in game 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 or armani for example all amazing clothes i discounted prices. and you can join me in about ten minutes time here on r.t. first though let's check out the business with china she's next. welcome to our business program. 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 skolkovo 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 most of us this model is built with the lego 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 but there are times that they had a ruslana 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 what you got this is a this is about eleven billion dollars yeah what is the border for that we. are investing eleven billion less than fifty percent yet the more. up it's from the private businesses 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 areas 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 the start up service booth scientists and businessmen agree that finding talent in russia is not the major problem the 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. but those the only changes we think we should make is to create procedures so that the assets and deposits of a bankrupt bank are given to a healthy one that's the situation we see in the states at 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 i think on 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 and ten as investors

increasingly turn to emerging markets but a select group emerged as big winners and potential gain was in two thousand and eleven float ended the year well as it was linked to a rebound in consumer demand and a recovering economy mark rubenstein from metropole explains why russian carrier will continue to interest investors in two thousand and eleven are for more on this stock said basically that you can use to play their feeble fast recovery consumer demand in russia which is fast recovering indeed and this is going to continue in my view in two thousand and eleven and there are flawed is certainly in the sector which is which is on the certain little sectors which has a high correlation with their consumer demand of loadstone is going to be the beneficiaries of that growth because it's in their line. and that's your business update for this hour but you can always find more business stories on our website.