it's a good goal i would international. every green lawyer told in talk of. new exodus iraq's christian community shrinks s. thousands are displaced in the face of growing violence and the willingness of security forces to protect them. we are proceeding with our missile defense because of the threat we face from iran not from the soviet union frequent bloopers by u.s. politicians soaping to democracy across the world only served to plant doubts over their expertise in global affairs plus. one to the north sea where significant number of populations over the age of sixty five to find out how pensioners here are coping with everyday problems a look at the heavy burden of all the aging russia's provinces in artie's close up series.

eleven am here in moscow this is our welcome to the program now violence and intimidation have forced hundreds of thousands of iraqi christians to flee their home what experts view that as one of the biggest victims of the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion with the minority group a continued target of extremists sebastian meyer reports. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of extremist groups in the country in two thousand and seven miriam was hit by a bomb that was planted outside her house black i went out with my arm just to buy some chocolates and come back and went out and didn't see anything i just heard the bomb and i fell to the ground and the room was lying in the street with her foot

dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside. so i saw my daughter lying on the ground it was a live in my my daughter was lying the growing and people were running shouting everything was covered in dust and shards of glass so i picked up my daughter with her legs dangling i almost lost it i was shouting my daughter's date she's been hit by a bomb but. luckily i had was able to get her to a doctor who could repair her leg but others have not been so lucky in october last year fifty six people were killed by militants when they attacked the our lady of salvation church in baghdad in the following weeks dozens more were killed in attacks across the country many fear that eventually christians will be driven out of iraq completely of the eight hundred thousand christians in the country before two thousand and three almost half of fled in the past month alone four thousand

have moved to the comparative safety of the northern kurdish region here they can worship and live in peace but in living their homes they've lost absolutely everything many like miriam's father and are forced to make a living cleaning toilets in bars and restaurants be them inside i served for seven years in the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square foot of land to my name why what's my crime many in the church feel that countries in the west are responsible. some opinion americans are liars we don't trust them their reputation is terrible because everywhere they've been they have light the us train the sunni and shia and they just watch while they kill us it is impossible not to see all these murders but they don't get involved. it's the end of a long day and time for the family to go to bed. everyone gets ready and eventually

the lights are switched off in the darkness and uncertainty miriam and the rest of her family are left to dream about and hope for a better tomorrow sebastian meier r t silliman near iraq. and still ahead this hour people leaving a different country for an entirely different reason. if you wait he has one of the highest levels of every grade should you many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of country we explore why one baltic nation is in the grip of a dangerous brain drain that's in a few minutes time on our t.v. . a fresh wave of anti-government rage is sweeping across egypt as labor unions and state media joined the popular rebellion while the country's embattled regime has responded with threats and an ultimatum warning the protestors of dire consequences state run television and newspapers change sides virtually overnight

backing the demonstrators the government also lashed out at the u.s. expressing its anger and frustration with washington's betrayal of its longtime ally president hosni mubarak it comes amid allegations that america turned a blind eye a rampant corruption and human rights abuses for decades sara flounders from the international action center says that there was a little the u.s. would not tolerate in return for mubarak's loyalty. well it's hardly surprising that it's coming out now but this is thirty years of absolute corruption and every u.s. corporation that did business in egypt and of course the u.s. military the cia they all knew that mubarak was their man and other words for payoffs he was willing to be a traitor to his own people who have ended up impoverished egypt underdeveloped in infrastructure in educational standards in employment for its young people and yet

mubarak one of the richest men in the world and not only mubarak his whole regime is corrupt this goes for silly monaco's for the generals the security apparatus every one of them are in on the take. and it's a well known fact it's known very well by the people of egypt just how corrupt it is and how much they have lost but it's also true of poor and working people here in the us need to know what it means when u.s. corporations and the u.s. government supports a dictator like this giving billions of dollars in aid again and again and it's money that goes both to mubarak and it goes to military contractors right here and never to the people of egypt in an exclusive interview r.t. spoke to the secretary general of the arab league amir mohamed morsi who says that the unrest in egypt is just the beginning of region wide upheaval the arab world is in a state of change in

a mood to change remember too much with different degrees of change and different interpretation of the word change but in general at the bend of the day it is a change everybody is feeling the effect of. the most vicious as a as a problem it is a major event in the history perhaps not only only to history of nations but it is an uprising of the people and by the people. it is new in this part of the world it happened and in some countries before but not with this intensity. more on the developing. and. other top stories.

when it comes to. foreign affairs even when it's obvious they haven't done their homework. on capitol hill. reports it's the american people who have become the butt of the joke. advising other countries on democracy seems to be a must for any u.s. politician and some of them get so carried away that they confuse what countries exactly they're talking about commenting on democracy in belarus john mccain for some reason called it lease or any air i also want to thank the president with the

way no group of our members of congress visited with her yesterday and choose a great leader and we also had the opportunity meet with members of the opposition many of whom have a low countrymen residing in prison have been beaten and tortured hard about what. we had cancer meeting during the same conference the former presidential candidate down one of the most influential republican senators referred to russia as the soviet union we all know that our missile defense rather modest over a year or more. we are proceeding with it because of the threat we face from iran and not from the soviet union and that senator mccain is gaffes don't stop there i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border

probably only in mccain's mind did pakistan share a border with iraq but he's not the only u.s. politician who is quick to share their expertise in world affairs without checking some facts george w. bush will not prides himself on having pushed democracy in egypt during his presidency thought africa was a nation ever has a nation or suffers from incredible disease the winner of hearts and minds of millions of americans sarah pailin two thought africa was a country some two years ago but now nothing seems to stop her from handing out advice on how to deal with egypt this is paley and has further contributed to her credibility in foreign affairs when commenting on the u.s. stance with regards to north korea. and with north korea now. we're down to create by worry about by well the paradox is is that politicians who really know nothing about these things have to appear to know something they have to speak out on all of these issues to be considered credible figures so sarah palin you know who could

see russia from her door and her window you know is now an expert on russia or whatever else the reason why us politicians feel free to make bloopers on international issues could be that many of their audience is can't catch the inconsistences well it's very easy to manipulate people when they don't know anything so they generally americans. indifferent they don't pay attention to world events and you can easily manipulate them cos of their public ignorance or ghastly after waging wars in iraq and afghanistan for years figures show most americans still have difficulties finding the countries on the map the only. if the public is not able to notice the ignorance of their politicians they won't be able to hold them accountable for their decisions some say that is one of the biggest threat to democracy in america i'm going to check our reporting from

washington our team. with a growing number of people leaving lithuania to head west for work this small nation is in danger of getting even smaller as the government prepares to carry out a major census fears or that the population has plummeted by half a million in the last decade peter all of our reports all the way you know losing its best and brightest. young educated and unemployed the rhenish have it she's a twenty four year old computer science graduate she can't find work in her native bilis so is headed to another country in search of a job she's one of the lucky ones she'll be reunited with her mother and father who have already made the switch i have finished university here and i couldn't find a job because of their economic. situation in the country. and my parents and they are living in ireland for six years whole already and i decided. to ireland to live with them and find

a job there more and more lithuanians are falling victim to the baltic brain drain young people finish their studies at home and then look for a job in western europe where salaries are much higher however the global financial crisis and crippling recession in countries like ireland means that the move abroad doesn't always provide the opportunities it once did its always so risky but. it's now a days it's better to go to ireland. to find a job there. is job then sitting just here and doing nothing in this lithuania is carrying out a census in march to determine the current population demographic preliminary government statistics for twenty ten show that last year alone an estimated eighty three thousand people left the country many in search of work elsewhere lithuania has one of the highest levels of emigration in the e.u.

many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of their native country this is one of the reasons that the twenty eleven census that will take place here will be the most comprehensive in the nation's history. with questionnaires in english russian polish as well as if you were in the department of social. statistics are desperate to find out how many people are living in the country they expect to see the two thousand and one population of three point four million four by almost five hundred thousand with no apparent end in sight to the exodus the long term estimates paint a bleak picture for the next forty years here it's not so bright. but it's excellence. in the year two thousand and fifty. five million pounds to task for bill this is to try and keep the best and brightest

from being lost to the brain drain to safeguard the future but how social security the second was to provide health security was before maybe it was to provide conditions for people to study which now it's. difficult because it is becoming expensive for people spend money on something i mean after money you know you can do. about i think we have to really interest access them access some of the people for especially for young people any changes come too late for arena she's already made her move to pastures new and the search for employment in western europe these are all other r.t. bills and no economic troubles as scape the clutches of our financial guru max kaiser well enjoy a bit of global thinking and his show coming up in about fifteen minutes time. now the russian flag will be flying high in formula one racing this season as

a brand new car hits the track for its first test drive the car called moto c.r. was revealed to the public at a packed media launch in london earlier this week the team is gearing up to drive it under the russian colors in just over a month when the new season starts presidents of both yours and a life of many says he's proud of his team's achievements. which it was. we managed to build here in times conditions a new modern and technically advanced automobile production when i started working for formula one and succeeded in some of our undertakings but it means that everything is possible there is a good attitude towards a certain ones from the moment we presented herself from frankfurt even before formula one so far we've fulfilled we have cleaned we will do. create a car and we did what we promised to perform in formula one and we do so at least we deserve to be respected. and now for

a brief look at some other major headlines from around the world a suicide bomber has killed nineteen people and wounded twenty six others at a military training center in northwestern pakistan the boy is said to have detonated his vest as army recruits were going morning drills according to early reports the attacker who was about fourteen was wearing a school uniform no one has claimed responsibility but the taliban had earlier vowed to target the region. mid level talks aimed at easing tension between north and south korea have broken down while the two sides were attempting to negotiate conditions for a higher level dialogue but officials at the meeting reportedly failed to reach a consensus with neither side willing to make an sessions. pyongyang in seoul broke late last year with the north responded to artillery fire near their territory by shelling a south korean island. prosecutors and it lee had filed

a request for the immediate trial of prime minister silvio berlusconi on charges of sex crimes and abuse of power he's alleged to have paid for sex with a seventeen year old girl and uses influence to secure her release from custody on charges berlusconi strongly denies any wrongdoing and says prosecutors are trying to destroy his career well the italian premier already faces the resumption of three trials for corruption and tax fraud next month. now or close of team continues to discover the western europe area as they get to explore the republic and its capital city. all this time the r.t. team learns how russia's elderly struggle to survive in the far urals villages where they make up the majority of the population with small pensions and poor healthcare the older generation is in desperate need of support to food and medical

assistance but in most cases they have to rely on their own strength and determination to go to school listen to their stories. for many of russia's elderly their golden years seem to be anything but that's a lot of them feel abandoned by their children who do not seem to pay enough attention to their parents they also feel abandoned by their government which they say does not supply enough aid in order for the pensioners to make it in their day to day lives so we wanted morsi aware significant number of populations over the age of sixty five to find out how pensioners here are coping with everyday problems . already a peculiar gets her daily exercise by breaking the ice in the well she'd much rather do without it but then she'd have no water the seventy seven year old lives in her native village on her own. is that we don't mind living like this we don't want to die but we do have a huge problem with water. water seems to be the main concern for these women but

once they start talking more problems come to surface what if we can't get an ambulance out here probably because we're old and they think we're not important. out of thirty people in this village twenty are over the age of sixty we have no access to running water medical help or food so for them it's not so much about enjoying life as it is about survival the main problem of these women is their age miniscule pensions and poor healthcare make the lives of russia's elderly all but unbearable but many say the way the elderly are. in the country is even more lamentable. between russia and the west is that in our country old age is considered to be a time of loss and reminiscence whereas in the west it's a time for new possibilities. you know he believes russia is in a dire need of more social programs to provide care for the elderly one woman in

the shift is already doing her part the idea for a private retirement home came to natalya when her mother died and she was looking for someone to look after her father the taliban and her job effectively and started her own business. when you see that you're good at what you do it's incredibly satisfying oh people come in frightened at first and then they start considering your family member it's especially satisfying when you realize you doing something important you unfortunately these village women cannot afford to live in a home like millions of russians and they're forced to rely on their own strength in good spirits while they still have them for more in their shoes which rushes elderly are facing today we're here joined by itself is a doctor who is the director of a charity foundation united way at the time to thank you very much for coming to meet with us today to tell us which issues the pensioners in russia are facing at the moment. thank you very much for inviting me i would like to say that this

a common package of the problems the elderly people are facing in russian federation this is not our only the financial issues which are extremely important but this is also their social isolation the lack of social support there of medical and other possibility for the elderly people frankly speaking it's very difficult in russia to get funding to find out the money for the programs focus on the interest of the elderly people and from all our the pull of the money raised annually it's about sixteen percent only goes for the grants through the ngo providing assistance to the elderly well. for more of the close up coverage as we continue to cover the events of morsi and cover other issues in our future programs as well. will guide you further through the beauties of russia and later today you'll have a chance to visit one of the oldest and largest protected areas in russia the caucasus nature reserve well this world heritage site can only be reached by

helicopter but it's an experience you'll never forget. discovering. nature. i'll be back with the headlines but first it's kareena with a business update in a few moments. hello

and welcome to our business bulletin the ruble has climbed five percent against the dollar over the past three months the best perform among twenty five emerging market currencies the currency appreciation is helping people in check as it reduces the cost of imported goods but as alexandra from the capital explains the russian central bank needs to balance its concern over rising prices against attracting and wanted speculative capital. for the central bank the tradeoff is really the need to they need some appreciation to curb inflation by the same time. they can't allow it to fos because otherwise they will treat you kept telling flows and it will make the problem of fighting inflation even more difficult so we're seeing the ruble against the dollar and twenty nine by the year end which is not far from from where we are no credit much stronger against the basket. so we in

total for this year we're seeing just seven percent appreciation against a bust. let's have a look at the markets stocks up for a second day of losses on thursday on concern that rising interest rates in china will hamper the global economic recovery japan's nikkei is dragged by tech stocks with leaders among chip makers hong kong shares are also extending losses after losing ground in the three previous sessions and oil rises to near eighty seven dollars an asia as reports show opec but amid growing crude demands. here in russia both mines are trading lower for the third day the r.t.s. is losing over a percentage of the market is point eight percent lower energy majors are a drag with gazprom of mccall losing the most. russian stocks declining slightly wanted to one and all price inquiry which. we will produce this is most likely temporary think the russian stalks or whether structure for however i think that

few domestic frames are going to be played by mr stores tuesday food inflation real very deeply in their goods if you have inflation of circuit thirty percent which is expected for this year and the market is expected to strengthen it's hurting exporters but it's been in the midst of the mystic where's. all the north america is recovering from yesterday's losses caused by another unexpectedly strong inventories report in the united states the report showed gasoline supply was at its strongest for twenty one years brant crude for delivery in march is extending gains and is trading above the one hundred dollars a barrel benchmark. here that the prime minister urged oil producers to maintain out at the post soviet record level of five hundred five million metric tons in the coming years that's one of russia's competition watchdog opened a case against all ages and price fixing and discrimination against customers

diesel prices rose by fifty percent in the last four months while jet fuel surged over thirty percent the prime minister also called to speed up work on tax breaks for new fields analysts believe the government will play important role in making this possible. that we do expect at least some relatively minor but important changes such as redistribution of the tax burden between the upstream and downstream probably there will be some sort of pact the same place that agreement between the government and the sector that in exchange. for this. modest but sizable amount of free cash will not be paid out to individuals but mostly not entirely but the same mostly reinvested that's all i have for you now but you can always find most of us on our website business or join me at twenty.

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