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a string of terror linked to rest sparks accusations the lack of checks or the plight of the spread of an extremist. and we report from iraq where people driven from their houses by the war make the landfill sites their home and livelihood. hello this is r.t. it's now eleven pm here in moscow you're watching our news review the week with me kevin now in and first extreme weather is hampering attempts to rescue two ships stranded now for over a week in freezing waters off russia's far east coast a second icebreaker is no less than ten miles away from the first one which was unable to free the vessels by itself more than three hundred people are on board the two stranded boats party sarah firth is following the rescue mission for us. this maritime john they're continuing to play out today and you've really got

a feel for the clean full days remaining t. shirts the eleventh day now hopefully the end possibly now in sight the ice breaker crossed in. that position not just to recap what's been happening even the polls week we saw these three original ships calling for rescue in december thirtieth that at the beginning of this week another two ships go stuck in the ice we see two ice breakers the admiral macros and the guys and working very hard in extremely tough conditions to free up these shirts like now managed to get three of them to safety the last of which was the science research vessel that they freed up on friday and since then the other icebreakers been working for the weekend to try and free up the remaining two but in incredibly tough conditions and they've not been able to do and they're in there now waiting for the icebreaker crossing which is nearing that position we've heard some reports saying that it's probably the

earliest i'll actually get them freed up would would be cheese day we've heard from the head of the fishing federal fishing agency just recently that taping for breakthrough in the early hours of tomorrow morning is the cross and obviously reaches they shared i worked with the other icebreaker that said stop breaking up this ice that's around but they are working evenings extremely tough conditions ice breakers have really had their work cut out for the we've had go full swing set to ninety kilometers an hour the incredibly thick ice and cool visibility you know it's a from the constant one of the stranded ships that the rescue operation the timing of it coming to an end it's really very dependent on whether these conditions eased up or indeed was. everything depends on the weather when the wind comes down the rescue operation to come quicker right now the cross an icebreaker is on its way here we have enough water in the last two to four months so those across from me and the combined that that will be able to break up the ice as he said the crew on

board the ships have been in contact they've got plenty of food and water supplies on board so they've not been in any particular danger but it's certainly been a long road rescue operation and it's the end now is in sight. yes sarah first our reporter there we will of course keep you up to date on how they get on rescuing those two remaining boats. it's been pounced on by conspiracy theorists it's puzzled scientists instead of a media frenzy be alarming trend of unexplained mass animal deaths in different parts of the globe still got everyone kept saying it all started on new year's eve with reports of black words falling from the sky in the american state of arkansas then there were flocks of birds dying in sweden and italy and finally millions of dead fish from brazil to new zealand have triggered some favorite online speculation experts have suggested a range of explanations from a changing climate to parasites or maybe poisoning conspiracy theorists a secret government experiments could be some even claiming it's a sign of looming armageddon miami based vet pedalo israel spoke to a c says

a further investigation is needed. it's impossible to see for sure what's happened to the birds and the fish until proper investigations are handled in fact i don't believe that these events are interlingua be followed one after another and that attracted universal expansion is not the first time that the world is observing such phenomena it's happens in other countries to the moment the investigation in arkansas claims an autopsy has revealed the bird suffered from internal bleeding but the research is yet to be completed it's going to look we could also be dealing with some new virus or singly if it's another possible explanation but i repeat that flu investigation is needed to establish the cause of what's happening and find a scientific explanation for it. real mystery and it will still come in the program the missed placed immigrants in the united states. they really

have that and they're interested in check coming to the u.s. they know that they've invested in their education and they think that in the united states it is perfectly. clear that those to carry with them that in addition to are with the greatest possible return but in reality getting a green card is only the start of the adventure which ends up making many people longing for the life they left back home got a story coming up plus. people do not live here anymore but same cannot be sad about flora and fauna we look at ukraine's controversial plans to turn the shuttle disaster zone into family. security has been talking to britain's main transport hubs amid fears of an attack by terrorists on european countries authorities say they foiled several serious attempts that the wave of recent arrests is proof that they are coping. going off

reports next tonight from austria where the ears asylum policies have come under fire for letting potential terrorists walk straight in through europe's front door . like many other small you would be and downs in southern austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind. extremists in planning attacks in the heart of the european union an ethnic chechen was detained at the airport in vienna as he returned from a pilgrimage to mecca news about the incident went around the world strangely none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but was it really because of a lack of information. and the deputy chief of one of australia's biggest

newspapers has been personally following this case armed with only a voice recorder and no t.v. crew he was more successful in getting the locals to share. his with a really big population become unity with. so that people are sinking what what what comes next i mean this is just my neighbor he was here with me and i'm now has his arrested because of suspect. terror plot with his wife and children really appear to be leading an ordinary life one of the most striking facts about this latest case is that the suspect has. he claims he lost the after being caught up in while. investigators are looking into or no other version whether his hands off while handling explosives this is raising questions and austrians well asylum seekers are checked before getting the green light

as one of the most liberal asylum policies in the european union last year alone the country received. fifteen thousand refugees from across the world with such an inflow of newcomers is becoming increasingly cord to find out who is who we want to know from the government in how many cases actually did this background checks to make sure that this people are not criminal or dangerous second in how many cases austria has received. information from the countries of origin. and certain in how many cases asylum seekers actually have been refused the latest arrest is part of a massive police operation targeting an alleged extremist network in late november twenty six people were detained in germany and the netherlands all suspected of recruiting so-called jihad is to candidates and financing terrorist organizations

it can be here in one year and it can be in any other town in europe in an effort to get more information asylum seekers the e.u. is now making deals with countries of origin including russia but many experts warn with hundreds of thousands of refugees already living in the union the consequences of policies of some of its member states still lie ahead. vienna austria. thousands of immigrants head to the u.s. every year in search of a better way of life the u.s. government attracts newcomers through official visa lottery is granting them green cards results he's learned this to reports next for many people the quest for the american dream can turn out to be a grim reality. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. entering for

a chance to win or a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them ten for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is jim burnett and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration the jackpot with permanent residency the prizes not cash but green cards and this startling experience was we had to start from scratch from zero once we got here two years of struggling with joblessness after finding their education in nepal doesn't count in

the u.s. setbacks they never expected. we didn't know people used to say you're educated it will be easy america is a big country with a lot of facilities life will be better but in reality it was. just. experts who work on immigration issues a lottery winners really are given no resources from the government that invited them here and the struggles of jimena and her family are not unique for most people we have encountered it's been very difficult they reflect a group of immigrants who come to the u.s. not because of a job lined up or a family sponsoring them but for many because of the vision of what they can achieve they really have. coming to the u.s. they know that they've invested in their education and they think that the united states is the place to put that. vision to work with the greatest possible.

is maybe something of an ethnic neighborhood like this one that has southeast asian music restaurants and fashion that many struggle with is finding economic opportunities that are any better than what they had in their home country or even finding jobs that allow them to survive here we're seeing a lot. of immigrants and often very highly qualified. finding foreign degrees an experience don't count for many u.s. employers these immigrants end up taking anything it means engineers and business managers and up as cab drivers and cashiers according to a study two out of five foreign educated immigrants are either in this situation or unemployed all together it's an american dream they want to wake up from if you got if we had known this we wouldn't have come life was much easier in my country people who see their plight firsthand argue the government should help more i do think it's the state department's responsibility and i think that the united states

is going to lose out relative to other countries taking that step possibly losing out to countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure of winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our new york bill later this hour back on the streets of the big apple to find out what people there think about mark twain's classic novel huckleberry finn is being added to the big politically correct. sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm no name is ever been offensive to you because in order to have this group to have any be. when defending its record in the iraq war the us is quick to point to the tens of billions of dollars in spending on reconstruction but between rampant corruption and gross inefficiency poverty stricken iraqis say they see little sign of improvement in their daily lives that means many are forced to do whatever they can to scrape by as. at seven am every morning fatima

crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that most families too poor to send her to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroad for recycling a reward for carting forty pounds of trash around two dollars and fifty cents behind me six acres of back that's trash to many this is just waste but for the families here this is not only their livelihood but also their home over two thousand people live on baghdad's landfill. making their homes out of the garbage that the rest of the city throws away there's no running water or electricity and certainly no access to medical treatment if someone gets sick they have to be taken to hospital the same way they get drinking water by donkey cart who can you believe it to be a rock he would live in

a shack commute from garbage people who through the chain so we could see if it's iraq is still a wonderful place by god if you will treat humans go along and we have a new government but look at her situation reliving and shocks america spending fifty three billion dollars on the reconstruction effort in iraq but the residents of haven't seen a dime of it but they have seen is the sectarian violence the drove them from their home five years ago. we used to live in abu ghraib you know then america came the war increased in iraq people started killing each other and so we fled because we were freed in two thousand and five names family moved to the landfill and has been living there ever since too afraid and too poor to return home and not only american occupation turned iraq into a battlefield as well as showing the seeds of political corruption how can americans stand back and watch without intervening in this situation everybody knows about the failure of the iraq economy this is having

a terrible impact on the ground both so. and economically. experts worry about the children who grow up too poor to go to school without an education they're easily preyed on by criminal gangs and terrorist organizations lure them with money and promises of a brighter future. if you feel a dream going to leave in fear i can't accomplish anything nothing good security for everyone to go back home there's no work we only need security that's it iraq remains a very dangerous place where kidnappings and murders a part of daily run for the shia families living out of trash is still better than living with sunni neighbors back home. but until that is possible until american reconstruction dollars reach the quarter of a rexx population and lives in poverty children like patrick will continue to collect trash in order to survive sebastian meyer r.t. in baghdad. the site of the world's biggest civilian nuclear disaster and chair

noble has largely been a no go zone for almost twenty five years but now ukraine is planning to make use of the land there which is still fertile despite years of radiation by using it for agriculture the show proposal led now to a clash between experts over the safety implications as artie's alexy reports these berries may look ripe and delicious but they're definitely not part of a healthy diet the bush is inside a thirty kilometer chernobyl exclusion zone in ukraine and radiation levels are off the scale people do not live here anymore but same cannot be said about flora and fauna some say it is the absence of anthropogenic harm in the church noble exclusion zone which made nature develop here rapidly. after the nine hundred eighty six fallout in the environment suffered badly one strip of forest was burned by radiation and turned red people left the area but mother nature stepped in novel

is home to many species of wild animals and rare plants scientists from slovakia studying most in the area made an incredible discovery a lot of the plant life is immune to radiation. we still don't understand how it's possible plans to grow and. at the very beginning of the earth when life started. on the surface. somehow stay inside the plant how much problem and the millions of hectares of land were left contaminated a quarter of a sentry on kiev has decided that this soil no longer poses any threat to humans in march twentieth. will launch a plan to get things growing again. we will

establish what parts of the contaminated areas could be used for agricultural needs there is a possibility that cultural products will be. when we have so much unoccupied land why not use it. those well familiar with chernobyl like the idea. after a million people work to clean this land of radioactivity now we're being told this is dead land this is not true just look at nature's riches exclusions if you were however there are those who are worried about what could end up on the dinner table critics feel ukrainian and russian markets could be flooded with radioactive agricultural products and there are legal hurdles. ukraine has a law regulating any activities in the exclusion zone it says no agricultural product can be drawn on this land and for now experts you know possibility of this law to be changed. the dominant view remains that the nearest save zones from the

plant are still hundreds of kilometers away in northern ukraine and some parts of belarus the dead zone and is still deemed too dangerous despite some optimists but the fact is radiation can stick around for anything up to twenty four thousand years. ski reporting from chernobyl ukraine story calling the controversy what do you think about. to do this sort of thing going to snow on our website stories on if you didn't you can have your say just a few clicks away also to our t. dog call we've got these lined up for you to feel like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the training of russia's special forces is very very really take the blood sweat and years of experience when they spetznaz red beret. and cults on camera find out why the u.s. police are trying to stop being filmed by the public after

a number of scandals come to light for you to. international news in brief on the developing story tonight we're hearing at least seventy people are reported dead in a plane crash in northwestern ram tonight some thirty survivors have been taken to hospital the boeing seven to seven domestic flight from tehran failed to land in its destination the city of and it broke into pieces it follows a number of deadly crashes in iran in recent years with almost two hundred killed in two separate incidents just last july. the u.s. congresswoman is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in a bloody rampage outside a supermarket in the state of arizona a gunman opened fire on a public meeting held by democrat gabrielle giffords killing six and injuring

twelve others one of her aides was among the dead as well as a nine year old girl and the district judge the twenty two year old suspect is now in custody while authorities are looking for possible to compass. the polls are closed now in sudan after the first day of a weeklong referendum that could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nations split into the christian dominated south is expected to vote for independence from the mainly muslim north deadly clashes of mar the run up to the ballot votes part of the two thousand and five peace deal which ended decades of civil war that claim two million lives and displaced about twice as many of its. in europe rising temperatures have triggered flooding throughout germany as thawing snow and ice overwhelmed river banks emergency service is working to build flood walls and divert water from affected areas to parks and unpopulated loehmann's authorities anticipate more flooding as the woman spoke continues and heavy rain is also forecast. american senses have

taken the and would out of the new edition of the classic novel huckleberry finn critics of the move say the book is a work of author and a product of its time and therefore shouldn't be changed let's find out what people on the streets of new york think about that. a new edition of mark twain's huckleberry finn is being published this time without the n word has political correctness gone too far this week let's talk about that do you think they should be editing it like that no you don't sound so it doesn't sound the same no no but what if it was a word that was derogatory towards you. maybe what if it were a word that was offensive to you i would look at this at a piece of art so some mark of deference no matter what it should stay has there

ever been of piece of art that has offended you absolutely. you know i think what about twenty years ago there was a work called his christ by andre serrano. it was offensive but andre serrano had the right to create that work and i think it provokes some very good discussions as to what art can do and should do what if they wanted to add the bible to take out all the offensive parts. i'm against all kind of things that you should take out so i think everybody should have their own opinion and they should be able to say what they want yeah i think so what if it was offensive to you i don't listen that's the way dutch people think they think it actually adds to the work yes i mean that's what the. term for the times was so if there were words that were offensive to this time period should those be included in our literature and

reflects what we're about today yes who should be governing what's offensive to people and what's not there should be no governing and individual should know if they respect themselves respect their parents they would know what's right and wrong but don't you think people are going to have different points of view on what's offensive and what's not yes but that's why i just bring it down to if you do respect yourself and respect of the people it all comes out in the end you think people will naturally be an offensive to each other. will they necessarily know should they yes sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never home so no name has ever been offensive to you know because you know what you have to be emotionally disturbed to have any me thank you and there's some who are more deeper than me so it's ok for anyone to call anyone anything. it depends on how you say it and it depends on in the context that you use the word

whether or not you believe the end which should be taken out of huckleberry finn the bottom line is we should consider have a margin and boring the world would be if we take political correctness the fact. more from the president next week you're watching r t the sunday evening the ninth of january with me kevin i know in a few minutes we take you to the heart of western siberia for a tour of the diverse and striking kemmer of a region of about the headlines in a very short while just before that adventure begins. thanks.