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a club small town photo in the big old. ski corinthian the ski punnets s.a.'s roy kempinski twenty two. punch in. southern sudan's upcoming vote on whether to become independent from the north gives hope to millions displaced by decades of conflict to be able to go home. we know is it works or whether or not because five thousand black birds to get liquefied inside then what good has bugs fall out of the sky dead fish washed ashore 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 that country russia has a special forces in training. an exclusive. worldwide news from. heart of moscow this is r.t. 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 that starts on sunday the christian dominated south is widely expected to choose independence from the mainly muslim north the week long ballot is being held as part of a peace deal which ended decades of civil war in two thousand and five but tension remains high in the region with just on saturday nine people killed in an attack on

south sudanese soldiers a civil conflict claimed two million lives displaced four million people thousands of those sort refuge in israel a place considered an enemy state by the sudanese government artie's paul asli met some of the refugees have to ask about their hopes for the 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 and israel is. and they do this country. and christian 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 without measure of the sort of not

to see you otherwise you would be something shooting and to me a martyr made actually 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. who have weapons on and this but it's war doesn't really know what to do with these refugees last year alone eighteen thousand arrived just from sudan and eritrea is all this party to the convention on the status of refugees which means it constantly fiji's 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 life is not. how walking. i didn't go to my unit to clean my should be rain hours

and thousands of sudanese share his story poor homes no jobs little money and it's too dangerous to go back to sudan. government is again israel israel is. accusing our enemy of our. if you were going to northern sudan you would be and sudanese leaders have said as much if the authorities would 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 benjamin moore not sure what to do home beckons despite the risks if those are those who don't is pretty don't. 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 artie's caterina as out of a takes a look to see of the really a something fishy going on or if it's just media hype. sing a song or suspense one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds so 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 feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks who are 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. that seem to have opened the floodgates i think the media by and large not a portion are actually underestimating how serious it is so i believe you have

multiple causes but basically mean that the entire planet is an uproar that we have a toxic release of gases and changes in the oceanic currents that 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. so far you cannot even get down the road without running over hundreds it was that bad with more and more mysterious deaths around the world fish in brazil australia and new zealand crabs in the u.k. the frenzy is growing and the headlines scream a coocoo lips these fishy stories looks set to continue stealing the media

spotlight at least until scientists about a chance to examine the dead animals or you know the world comes to an end whichever of course happens first. catherine as our art moscow. meantime a miami based vet pedro de weese raised told r.t. that these types of events have happened before but a thorough investigation is needed. it's impossible to see for sure what's happened to the birds and fish until proper investigations are held in fact i don't believe that these events are interlinked they followed one after another and that attracted universal attention it's not the first time that the world is observing such phenomena it's happened in other countries to have the moment the investigation in arkansas claims or not topsy has revealed the bird suffered from internal bleeding but the research is yet to be completed we could also be dealing with some new virus so into it is 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 you are with r.t. it's good to have your company today and still ahead for you this hour communist a bogey man get a lease of life the fathers of socialism attracting new admirers in financially crisis hit america also. we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces see just what they have to go through in just a few minutes. more than three hundred people are stranded on board a ship in the icy waters off 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 said the people on board are in no immediate danger they do 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 path through the ice to get out the second vessel is currently being towed to safety by the icebreaker admiral mike outof. the u.s. is set to increase military intelligence and financial support to pakistan to try and stabilize the troubled region that's according to the washington post that's despite ongoing frustration that pakistani authorities on doing enough to combat insurgency washington is also sending fourteen hundred more soldiers to support nato forces in afghanistan aussies and military contributors says what matters is how this fresh batch of troops is going to be used the way to stack 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 country 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 or the kershaw 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 really gann be used and abused in full accordance with the policy of save guiding 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 helmand and beyond. it's just now after ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you with r.t. let's get to some other international news in brief this hour the shia cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel quote 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 rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation southers return from iraq comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed parliament he gained a widespread popularity among choose after the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion. and young says he wants to reopen to a talks with seoul as soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula the north offered to start negotiations without preconditions this month

it's the second such proposal from pyongyang this week the south dismissed the first one as insincere relations between the two koreas abruptly deteriorated after the shelling of a south korean island in november that left four people dead each side blames the other for firing first. and australia's prime minister has warned of the city of st george could still face major flooding most flood waters in the north east 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 have been 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 social equality is beginning to seem appealing to some so much so that the work of box angles and even london is going through mine over surgeons . list i went to meet a few of america's socialists. in the very first sentence of the communist manifesto and to use 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 marks of school in one nine hundred seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and it's poster a philosopher so to speak is revered. 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 or the financial crisis kind of hit home in 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 in here right in our area like these carolers are urging

a boycott of israel because of its policies towards palestine and the building of illegal settlements in the west bank partly virtues. sure. ok ok you're ok but behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges but feel that it was just in the world of knowledge that had never been exposed to. people also just played poker with the side of political analysis you don't hear on cable the whole struggle. you know the immigration story. is cause. kept 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 a 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 brac 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. you can always check out. much more news and analysis here are some

of the things we have lined up for you right now you're just spiking the number arrested terrorist suspects raising questions whether front row. asylum seekers. also. find out about mystical messengers between humans and the ancient tradition lives on in some remote parts of russia for more than just. 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 going to earn the right to wear the spetznaz crimson. 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 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 their 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 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. for him said to belong to the elite but of course i am human and argue about fears to cope with them is a reason soldiers number one most challenging turkish. left turn and colonel and

draper ryan face here to help the young boys deal with that oh no the order of courage was terrorising chechnya and the crimson berry that talks prisoners all are similar to america's greenberry he knows how to take control of a human nature was many sportsmen come to us and fails only twenty percent manage to prove they deserve it as a truce but it's not soldier is a fusion of physical insurance and what may be even more important emotional maturity. countering terrorism is pat's 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 joke the special forces 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 they will stay for longer sign a contract and continue as professionals in the. very notion r t. i will if you're thinking of hitting the winter sales here in moscow so that our team show you how to get the latest must have trends in the russian capital. now although the stores in humor 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 cans out on miley for example amazing clothes a discounted prices.

and moscow out of here in about an hour's time ten minutes from now we discuss how politics has taken control of the world's energy supplies that's in spotlight but first though it's there we can business news with. 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 close reports. the gigantic ultramodern building off 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 a legacy 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 what you got this is what this is about eleven billion dollars yeah what is the border for me that we. are investing

eleven you know less than fifty percent yet more. topics 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 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 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 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 score sector or pocket question 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 force 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 and ten as investors increasingly turn to emerging markets but a select group emerged as big winners and potential gainers 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.