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to vote on whether to split from the north given millions of refugees hope they'll be able to come back. or weather could cause black merge to have a little find inside. a story that's making their feathers fly as the skies rain birds and fish litter the shores across the world but the doomsday fear is accompanying them. and in the line of these young recruits are put through the mill

in preparation to protect their country as he takes an exclusive look at russia's special forces in training. with news from russia and around the world this is r.t. here in moscow good to have you with us millions of sudanese are preparing to vote in a referendum that 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 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 sort refuge in israel

a place considered an enemy state by the sudanese government parties some of the refugees to ask about their hopes for the upcoming historic fact. the road to freedom is long 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 and logical one. from here and israel. and they do scan. 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 the sort of not to see you otherwise you would be something shooting and to me

a marshal 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. but israel doesn't really know what to do with these refugees last year alone eighteen thousand arrived just from sudan and eritrea is always 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. 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. coming. if you're going to northern sudan you would be and student leaders have said as much if the authorities. 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 it's the final stage in a peace agreement that ended twenty two years of war many of them have has the spirit from being in israel for such a long time with no rights whatsoever that people realise that they don't really have a future here and people are also homesick and me of benjamin not sure what to do

home beckons despite the risks if there. is pretty. i will decide. policy or r.t. southern israel. when thousands of turtle doves 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 he's got a new server 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 feathers with mysterious avian death since

we've been experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks or flew into trees in 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 there were 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 a portion are actually under us meaning how serious it is so i believe. that the entire planet was an uproar that we have release of gases and changes in the

oceanic currents the. entire well current system is no destructive for those not very impressed with the scientific explanation there is 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 free news during the slow post christmas month of january is having a field day and you are asked to call sooner rather than later contacts. so far you cannot easily 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. 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. 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 for a flock of birds coming up with new catchy words new ad lives and the like obviously it's it's a 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 know 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 me 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. well still ahead for you this communist bogeyman. get a new lease of life the fathers of socialism attract new admirers and financial crisis hit america also. gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces see just what they have to go through in a few. but first more than three hundred people 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

say the people on board are in no immediate danger and have enough supplies 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 mcconnell. talk that you and some other international news this hour in our world update the sheer 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 him urge the rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation soldiers return from iran comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed parliament to gain widespread popularity among shares after the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion. says it wants to reopen two way 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 november that left four people dead each side blames the other for firing first. australia's prime minister has warned 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 at seventy seven times above the legal limit really five thousand

farms have been closed after the chemical was found in eggs produced in the northwest of the country some infected eggs have reportedly been reported 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. went to meet a few of america's socialists. the very first sentence of the commons 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 it's poster a philosopher so to speak is revered. and i wanted to be around other

more and and it's just to talk with other more in the u.s. 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 project 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. these carolers are urging

a boycott of israel because of its policies towards palestine and the building of illegal settlements in the west bank. a. i think you're. behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges i felt that it was just sort of the world the knowledge that i had never been exposed to this. people also just play poker with a side of political analysis you don't hear on cable the whole struggle. you know the immigration story. is cause. capriles 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 a capitalist when it's barbarism talking to people around the black form it seems many are trying to implement the change they're studying without uttering their ass 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. for more news and analysis that's our web site has some of what's

right now europe's. in the number of arrested terror suspects raising questions with a poor background checks among asylum seekers at the blaze also on the web site of the moment. find out about your crew tears mystical messages between humans and spirits in traditional shamanism lives on in some remote parts of russia for more so. don't call. down to the official party application to your i phone i pod touch from the. on the go. video on demand. broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question. dot com.

question special forces are on the front line of protecting their country from terrorism at home and abroad and of the fittest the strongest and the best k'naan the right to wear the spetsnaz crimson berry lottie's written otieno 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 sprits not in the russian army goes back centuries the 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 force is 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 i do a lot of fears to. with them is a resolder is number one most challenging. left turn and colonel andrei for ryan is here to help the young boys deal with that and we know the order of courage was serious in chechnya and the crimson berry that tops place now us all in a similar turn erika's greenberry he knows how to take control of human nature 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 pat's not speciality 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. sword 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. and you're. all of these young soldiers a conscript a year at least. many say they'll stay for longer sign a contract and continue as professionals in the early space nancy. grace notion r.t. moscow. well if you're thinking of heading the winter sales here in moscow

a little to show you how to get the latest must have trends for less here in the russian capital. now although the stores in cuba are generally expensive january is the best time to come shopping here five terrific bargains during the sales and western design is such as paul smith kenzo or armani for example amazing clothes discounted prices. so join martin andrews in ten minutes from now here on. well in the sport in about half an hour you can find out why it took two days for the new junior hockey world champions to get home before that we have the weekend business news for you stay with us here on r.t. .

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 close reports. the gigantic ultramodern building obstacle cover 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 a legacy construction keech 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 regions in the us they had a rough not it 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 your gut says. is about eleven billion dollars yeah what is the board of forty yeah we're. investing eleven you know less than fifty percent or more. upwards from the for. 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 end of it if 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. yes that was 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. or sector. 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 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 air flowed ended the year well as it was laying choi 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. used to play their fast recovery consumer demand in russia which is faster car and indeed. this continue in my view in two thousand and eleven and there are flawed is certainly in the sector which is which is on the circles which has

a high correlation with consumer demand are flawed so there's going to be the beneficiaries of that growth because it's an airline. and that's your business update for this hour but you can always find more business stories on our website that's our dot com slash business stay with us.