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millennium hotel in china you can see. the hotel macau given the resort hotel. resort. riviera hotel in the central hotel macau. proposed to vote on whether to split from the north giving millions of refugees hope they'll be able to come back. or whether it could cause five thousand black birds. inside a story that's making feathers fly in the skies rain birds and dead fish. cross the world but it could be doomsday fairies accompanying them. young

recruits are put through the mill in preparation to protect their country takes an exclusive look at russia special forces in training. for russia and around the world this is. good to have you with us millions of sudanese are preparing to vote in a referendum the could see one of africa's poorest and most trouble nations split into two countries and the vote that starts on sunday the christian dominated self is widely expected to choose independence from the mainly muslim north. is being held as part of a peace deal which ended decades of civil war in two thousand and five the tension remains in the region but just on saturday nine people killed in an attack on south sudanese soldiers the civil. it 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 but is part of some of the refugees to ask about their hopes for the upcoming historic vote. the road to freedom is long israel 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. is near from here in israel. and they do. 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 marcia 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 israel 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 those who 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. if you were 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 the people realize that they don't really have a future here and people are also homesick and benjamin not sure what to do home

beckons despite the risks. of those who don't is pre-dawn. i will decide the world. policy or r.t. southern israel when thousands of turtle doves fall from the sky in italy 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 lottie's caterina's are about 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. and first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then who's e n a followed suit and your feathers with mysterious avian death since wieden 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 hundred thousand dead fish joined up on us shores and that seem to have opened the floodgates i think. by and large not proportional actually underestimate you know serious it is so. that the entire planet was an uproar that we have release of gases and changes in the oceanic currents that now the entire 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 now we do context. so far you could not easily 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 a coocoo lips these fishy stories look set to end stealing the media spotlight at least until scientists have a chance to examine the dead animals or the world comes to an end whichever of course happens first. catherine as our r.t.

moscow. mommy base fed pedro do we raise told r.t. that these types of events have happened before and authority vested in is needed. it's impossible to say 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's attracted universe to attention it's not the first time that the world is observing such phenomena it's happens in other countries too of 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. well still ahead for you this hour here in r.t.e. communist bogeyman new lease of life the fathers of socialism attract new admirers

and financial crisis in america also. we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces see just what they have to go through in a few minutes from now. 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 and 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. u.s. is set to increase military intelligence and financial support to pakistan to

stabilize the troubled region the washington post reports that's despite ongoing frustration that pakistan authorities aren't doing enough to combat insurgency washington is also sending fourteen hundred more soldiers to support nato forces in afghanistan on artie's military contributed says that what matters is how this fresh batch of troops is 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 boy 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 really gann 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 at 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. when are some other international news in brief. 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 his return from iran comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed parliament . popularity among shias after the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion. says it wants to reopen to a talks with solve as soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula and was 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. u.s. authorities of all of the messaging web site twitter to hand over personal details of people linked to wiki leaks the district court in virginia wants all account

information including user names phone numbers addresses and payment details we can expand a jewel in the sergeant and nice landing. in the u.s. a criminal investigation is looking at a involvement in the leaking of thousands of classified documents. from 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 nearly five thousand farms are being closed after the chemical was found in eggs produced in the northwest of the country some infected eggs have reportedly been exported to britain father netherlands. in terms 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. in 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 marxist and i wanted to be around other marxists and and it's just a tough with all the more sense 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 or 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. 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. ok sure. yes. behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges but feel that it was just sort of the world the knowledge they had never been exposed to. 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. is cause 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's socialism and capitalism 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 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 of working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic lauren lyster r.t. new york. news. for you that right now europe sees a spike in the number of a rusted terror suspects raising questions where the poor background checks among saddam's because of the blame also. find out about you could use mystical messages between humans and spirits and tradition of chauvinism lives on in some remote parts of russia for more on that story and others had to r.t. dot com. russian special forces are on the front line of protecting their country

from terrorism from home and abroad only the fittest the strongest and the best can earn the right to wear the spetsnaz crimson bearing well it is more if emotional 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 or spetznaz 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 elite and in the twenty first century they are on the front line of the fight against terror siege hostage taking for these youngsters these are life like scenarios from training now here we have taken part in

a real operation. day by day to 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 teen. 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. left turn and colonel andree 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 berry that talks place not all are similar to america's greenberry he knows how to take control of human nature was full of many sportsmen come to us and fail only twenty percent managed 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. 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 one of those and or. all of these young soldiers a conscripts for a year at least. many say they will stay for longer sign a contract and continue as professionals in the early space nasty. race nationality moscow. well if you're thinking of hitting the winter sales here in moscow let our t.v. show you how to get the latest must have trends for less here in the russian capital . now although the stores that means 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 cans out all our money for example amazing clothes at discounted prices. i want to know what the most go out is here in an hour from now here in r.t. up next for the weekend business news stay with us. welcome to our business program i'm surrounded. by 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 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 not this model is built with construction keech it's intended for people with limited hand movement which 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 that we're. investing eleven you know less than fifty percent. more. up it's from the road to the top five sectors prioritize to drive russia's modernization our energy efficiency. nuclear in space technology medicine telecommunications and. 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 our 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 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 bank are 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 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 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 minimum 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 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 the theme of fast recovery consumer demand in russia which is fast recovery and 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 circle sectors which has a high correlation with their 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 .