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the lax checks of the. people. hello this is r t it's now one am here in moscow you're watching our news review of the week with me kevin now in first extreme weather is hampering efforts to rescue two ships stranded for over a week now in freezing waters off russia's far east coast a second icebreaker is now 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 sarah first 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 as the icebreaker crosses 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 and then at the beginning of this week another two ships go stuck in the ice we've seen two ice breakers the admiral macros and the guys and working very hard and extremely tough conditions to free up the ships like nomination to get three of them to safety the last of which was the science research first so that they freed up on friday and since then the other icebreakers been working a 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 be cheese day

but they are working evenings extremely tough conditions as ice breakers have really had their work cut out for the we've had joe force winds up to ninety kilometers an hour the incredibly thick ice and poor visibility no third 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 would come quicker right now the cross an ice breaker is on it's really we have enough water and food could last two to four months so there's a cost me and the combined us 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. so. it's being pounced on by conspiracy theorists spy puzzled scientists and it says start of

a media frenzy to the alarming trend of unexplained mass animal deaths in different parts of the globe so get everyone guessing it all started on new year's eve with reports of black birds 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 to get some favorite online speculation experts have suggested a range of explanations from a change in climate parasites to poisoning conspiracy theorists a secret government experiment could be behind the deaths some even claiming it's a sign of moving on a given miami base that had ridden this way i spoke to us he says that a thorough investigation is needed. it's impossible to see for sure what's happened to the birds and the fish until proper interest occasions are held in fact i don't believe that these events are interlinked quickly followed one after another and that's attracted universally attention but it's not the first

time that the world is observing such phenomena it's happens in other countries too i've 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 we could also be dealing with some new virus or singly if it's another possible explanation but i repeat that feeling for extrication is needed to establish the cause of what's happening and find a scientific explanation for it. coming up in the program the misplaced hope of immigrants in the united states. they really have that american dream edge of 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 skills to those to that invasion to were with the greatest possible return but in reality getting a green card is only the start of an adventure which ends up making many people

longing for the life they left back home plus. people do not believe here anymore but say you know about flora and fauna we look at ukraine's controversial plans to turn the channel disaster zone into farm. security has been talking to britain's main transport hubs amid fears of an attack by terrorists on european countries the thirty's say they foiled several serious attempts so far and the wave of recent arrests is proof that they are coping. can offer ports next from austria where the e.u. is a solemn 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 streams really none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about. i'm afraid i wasn't for this. 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 christopher has been personally following this case armed with only a voice recorder and no t.v. he was more successful in getting the locals to share. his with a really big population become unity with. so that people can watch 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. he claims he lost the after being caught up in while. investigators are looking into or no other version whether his hands were all off while handling explosives this is raising questions austrians hell well asylum seekers are checked before getting the green light has 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 chord to find out who is who we want to know from the government in how many cases they actually did the 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 search 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 belgium germany and the netherlands all suspected of recruiting so-called jihad just candidates in 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 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 become sequences

of illegal asylum policies of some of its member states still lie ahead is going off or g. vienna austria. and 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 granting green cards this is laura mr reports next for many people the quest for the american dream could turn that into 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 for a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them turn 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 meet one of them. 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 prize is 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 getting the food and . yes to. 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 and counted 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 that american dream edge of coming to the u.s. they know that they've invested in their education and they. i think that the united states is the place to put that skills those degrees and that ambition to work with the greatest possible. body isn't something new here already 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 the downward mobility of immigrants and often very highly qualified and.

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 his cab drivers and cashiers according to a study two out of five ford educated immigrants are either in this situation or unemployed altogether it's the 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 first hand 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. more in mr r.t.d. new york. no in a few minutes we're back on the streets of the big apple to find out what people there think about mark twain's classic novel huckleberry finn because it's been edited to make it more politically correct. books and stones will break my bones

but names will never harm so no name is ever been offensive to you not because you know what you have to be emotionally disturbed to have any in the. first when defending its record in the iraq war the us is quick to point to the tens of billions of dollars of spending on reconstruction but between rampant corruption and grossly the fish and see poverty stricken iraq you say very little song of improvement invented daily lives that means many are forced to do whatever they can describe. it. 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 it's 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 homes 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's an iraqi would live in a shock commute from garbage people who threw the chain so we could see that iraq is still a wonderful place by god the old regime is gone 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 our jet haven't seen

a dime of it what they have seen is the sectarian violence that drove them from their home five years ago. we used to live in abu ghraib you know when america came to 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 are we going to be patient turned iraq into a battlefield as well as showing the seeds of political corruption how can americans stand back and watch without intervening if the situation everybody knows about the failure of the iraq economy this is having a terrible impact on the ground zero. socially 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 who lure them with money and promises of a brighter future. how can i fulfill a dream when i leave in fear i can't accomplish anything nothing good security for

everyone to go back home there is no work only need security that's it iraq remains a very dangerous place where kidnappings and murders are part of daily right for these families living on a trash is still better than living with sunni neighbors back home. but until that is possible until american reconstruction dollars reached a 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 of chernobyl 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 shop proposals have led to a clash between experts over the safety implications. reports next 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 nor will exclusion zone which made nature develop here rapidly. after the nine hundred eighty six fallout insure noble 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 trouble and the millions of hectares of land were left contaminated a quarter of a century 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 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 are 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 in your temperatures in the exclusion zone it says no agricultural product can be drawn on this land and for now experts. 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 ukraine and some parts of. the dead zone interim is still deemed too dangerous despite some optimists but the fact is radiation can stick around for anything up to twenty. four thousand years. reporting

from chernobyl ukraine. we got that story on our web site. tonight you think it's a step too far what you think about it just a few clicks away you can. see that also it's not online it may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the training of russian special forces is pretty real it takes blood sweat it. spreads mad red beret. a story. cops on camera find out why u.s. police are being filmed by the public after a number of scandals have come to light all that and so much more. for top world news stories for you now on an update on that plane crash i've been telling you about tonight's in iran let's start with that one surely at least seven

people now reported dead in a plane crash in the northwest of the country some thirty survivors have been taken to hospital the boeing seven to seven domestic flight from toronto failed to land there is destination the city of. and it broke into pieces follows a number of deadly crashes in iran in recent years with almost two hundred killed in two separate incidents back last july. the u.s. congresswoman is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in a bloody round page outside a supermarket in the state of arizona a gunman opened fire on a public meeting held by democrat giffords it killed six and injured twelve others one of her aides was among the dead as well as a nine year old girl and a district judge a twenty two year old suspect is now in custody while authorities are looking for a possible accomplice. to sit down the polls are closed after the first day of a weeklong referendum the could see one of his poorest and most troubled nations

split into two 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 a two thousand and five peace deal which ended decades of civil war that claimed two million lives and displaced in iraq twice as many others. in europe rising temperatures have triggered flooding throughout germany is thawing snow and ice overwhelm river banks emergency services are working to build flood walls and divert water from affected areas to parks and on populated lowlands authorities say there to space more flooding too as the warm spell continues while heavy rainfall is also. next american censors have taken the n word now out of the new edition of the classic novel huckleberry finn critics of the move say the book is a work of art and a product of its time and therefore shouldn't be changed let's find out what the people of new york city think about the.

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 and maybe what if it were a word that was offensive to you. i would look at this of a piece of art so someone could 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 piss 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 or 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. which will they necessarily know should they yes sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm so no name has ever been offensive to you because you know what you have to be emotionally disturbed to have any attention 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 is the poems on in the context that you use the word whether or not you believe the n word should be taken out of huckleberry finn the bottom line is we should consider have marginalized and boring the world would be if we take political correctness too far. now there's a soft well belatedly so we investigate the reaction to the opening of the first

arabic language public school in the u.s. for an interesting program when if you not quote it already it's coming up. knight here we are to news channel from moscow. to. download the official r.t.f. location to your i phone the i pod touch from the i choose ops to.