granted you know you're a grand hotel emerald markopolos all of the club smoke it's so cool such olympic gold circus i told. greenfield let's get this this is really convinced the twin cities because god told him. no such thing. as these rail jets president obama's call to go back to its nine hundred sixty seven borders with the palestinians are to look at why washington has continuously failed to mediate peace in the last stand in conflict. the u.s. action in libya is now formally unconstitutional after congress leaves the sixty day wrong campaign to go abroad without official approval. and wait survivors at home in the harsh climate of antarctica to explore the exotic wildlife the bottom of your.

watching r t coming to you live from moscow thanks for joining us now he's royal has rejected a u.s. call for a peace deal with the palestinians based on the pre nine hundred sixty seven war borders which would mean its withdrawal from disputed territories prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is in washington for talks says he is ready to compromise but described the proposed boundaries as indefensible let's artie's christine for reports it's america's decades long approach towards israel that's failing to break the stalemate. it is a scene only too familiar in this region a protest on israel's border that leads. to violence. here it was the may fifteenth protest marking what palestinians called nakba or catastrophe the creation of the state of israel on. state in one nine hundred forty

s. because for israel it was a matter of security according to dan pollack co-director of the zionist organization of america i don't know what any country would do when people gather on your border and come across the violation of the law. for palestinians it is the continuation of a seemingly endless fight for an independent palestinian state a fight in which u.s. leaders try time and time again to play a chief negotiator from president carter to reagan to george h.w. bush to president clinton george w. bush and now the obama administration he said. we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the one nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states an unusually blunt indorsement of an end to israeli occupation of arab land by us

president the idea was immediately rejected by prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel argues peace cannot come at the cost of its security with continued palestinian rocket attacks there is one thing both sides actually agree on when it comes to the u.s. role as mediator it approaches they say is all wrong american policy is built on misconceptions a wrong view of the causes of the conflict and a prescription that doesn't stand up to even the most casual scrutiny of the question is not why don't we have a solution at this point but why on earth should we expect to have a solution with this system as it is their use of money your with the jerusalem project says talk is cheap when the us says it's in gauged in the process of a two state solution but is funding and supporting behavior by israel that simultaneously working against it paying somebody bribing somebody to change their

behavior doesn't work when you've spoiled them rotten a recent example in november the us offered several billion dollars in military assistance to israel if it put off the construction of jewish settlements for three months regardless award obama say it is or how he sees it and he says it better than bush but what he does is to say the costs of peace are high high cost of broad and at home pro israel money accounting for between one quarter and one third of all donations to the major political parties a concern for many including former u.s. congresswoman cynthia mckinney the executive branch they what they call the legislative branch pro israel campaign contributors totaled nearly twelve million dollars in two thousand and ten far higher than other. major donors making increasing the pressure on israel a politically daunting prospect especially if elections eighteen months away little to see here this is over today but with the need to show support for the arab

spring and a reconciliation between the two palestinian factions u.s. leaders may be feeling the pressure to make a push yet again christine for south r.t. . a palestinian official says his people are planning to seek you out of recognition of their state despite iraq obama's warnings that their efforts will not work the political writer william angle says attention is now also growing between the u.s. and its main ally in the region israel the us agenda is not the agenda of the obama claims it to be one of peace i think we're in the midst in my opinion of the most profound shift in israeli washington relations since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight recognition of israel and statehood the basis of the trust relationship between israel and washington is been drastically challenged by the u.s. support of these destabilization from egypt tunisia libya and the entire middle east

since the end of two thousand and ten has created a tremendous sense in israel of insecurity and the stability they thought they had is suddenly looking very very unstable so the nice words that obama said yesterday are window dressing the content is one of continued tension between israel and washington under the guise of a so-called peace. well that was political writer william engle talking about the terror rating us israeli relations. now nato's campaign in libya rumbles on two months after it started well the u.s. which led the operation is still highly engaged without official concert from congress well according to the constitution america's military action over libya is now illegal as artie's lauren lyster reports few on capitol hill seem concerned. fifty eight. fifty nine. sixty i said

at the outset that this was going to be a matter of days and weeks. and days have turned to months and in libya the battle rages on but in washington time has run out. and this rhetoric is running up against a real growth block here you don't think the power there's a war powers act war powers act a resolution that says sixty days marks the deadline for an american president pull u.s. forces from hostilities or get congress's approval for a formal declaration of war yet neither appear to be happening and according to the president publicly time seems to be the enemy only for someone else now time is working against gadhafi. he does not have control over his conference but it's unclear who or what has control over this one the law or the will of the president

the united states the president did not seek or decoration of war begin with. nor really has there been much discussion of the war powers act nor does it seem there will be when pressed by the majority of congress not with leaders of the senate foreign relations committee saying there are no plans for action and top lawmakers like john mccain saying quote he's never recognized the constitutionality of the war powers act nor has any president which is only sort of true according to legal and political experts every president has as expressed some concerns about its constitutionality but interestingly not a single president has questioned the sixty day rule hathaway says if obama does this would set a new precedent for combat by a president who campaigned on ending u.s. wars and abiding by constitutional law. still when it comes to war powers there's enough blame to go around absolutely congress doesn't take it seriously and

president seven taken it seriously and u.s. media it's don't take it seriously meanwhile u.s. drones fly over libya dropping bombs and the laws governing this type of mission seem to have flown out the window to it makes a joke at the idea of having laws but you can still go out and give you the full speeches as the president seems to do and talk about peace and justice and principles. as the clock strike days six feet in the libyan intervention and a bill hits a reported three quarters of a billion dollars in the u.s. is third war with no congressional oversight or end in sight time is working against rhetoric and the rule of law in theory in reality in the nation's capital though no alarm appears. be going on lauren lyster r. t. washington d.c. well political analyst ivan eland told r.t. that congress is shying away from

a decision on libya to make obama the scapegoat for any possible failure yes it's illegal and unconstitutional and it's not the first president to do to have done it but it's clearly a move in the direction of more executive power and more. executive your sort patient in the. congressional war making power people they want to take credit if it goes well the praise the president or if it goes well badly they can criticize him but if you have a vote on a declaration of war anything are sort of authorization for that they have to go on record as either opposing it or supporting it and therefore you know they get blamed by their constituents one way or the other so just let the president take responsibility and we'll you know will be kibitzers on the side and say he did a great job or he didn't do a good job george bush brought his failings he did get congressional authorization

for afghanistan and iraq and he was the champion of executive power but obama has really gone further in this case than bush ever went. well there's plenty more in store for you including a trip to the coldest and dries continent in the world. the world. is going through and some lessons from europe were to with its poor the many different kinds of animals that could be thrown down here. last spined out how a portie to be us religious group the world will end today. and russia's foreign minister says a talks on a proposed joint european missile defense system are being stalled by moscow's partners surrogate lover of was speaking of following a meeting with his german and polish counterparts well he insisted that the joint missile defense system initially proposed by moscow puts the future of the entire continent at stake. that was so and so is the concepts and it's obviously we

would like the issue of european missile defense to be resolved by taking the interests of all european countries into account we should start by green to create a joint european missile defense system at the moment this process is moving slowly we would like to see a document stating that the system will not be aimed against any country taking part in it but our partners say we don't need to put this on paper they see it's an obvious thing this refusal to answer our request does raise some concerns and we hope that there will be laid to rest in the near future with some of the agreements we come to will determine the future of europe continues time it can either be a common home for assault or we could end up throwing it back in time some thirty years. earlier russia said it intends to take action if the u.s. and nato go ahead with their plans without taking moscow's views into work out of the us is a pushing our the building of a missile base in romania washington and nato say the shield will protect europe

from missiles from countries like iran or north korea but russia sees it as a security threat and this insisting on an equal say in the project. now let's check some other international news making headlines this hour at least six people have been killed and over twenty injured after a suicide bomber struck the main military hospital in kabul an attacker blew himself up inside returned filled with medical students eating their lunch two attackers were believed to be at the hospital one of which detonated the explosives while the other is thought to have gotten away alive the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assault. and to spain now where thousands continue to protest the spite a pre-election ban on mass gatherings people camped out overnight in madrid central square cheering and chanting anti-government slogans the demonstrators gathered to protest high unemployment and a government economic policies all the protests began

a week ago and spread across the country. twenty three children have been burned by a landslide that hit a malaysian orphanage just south of the capital kuala lumpur officials say it's six children were pulled out and moved to a hospital all of them in critical condition only two bodies have so far been recovered ongoing heavy rainfall was cited as the cause of the landslide the tragedy struck during the afternoon or the children were practicing traditional mali drums in the school grounds. a tanker transporting fuel to nato forces has been hit by a bug in northwest pakistan sixteen people gathering to collect still fuel were burned to death when another fire broke out or many others were injured some other vehicles and containers also carrying supplies for nato troops in afghanistan were destroyed in a separate incident nearby. now the crisis in libya and the uprisings in the middle

east and north africa will no doubt take center stage as world leaders prepare for inchy a meeting in france next week or all residents in new york laurie harford has asked people on the streets of the big apple what else should be discussed. as world leaders gather at the g. eight summit what do you think they should be focusing on solving collectively this week let's talk about that i think they should be focusing on. greening booth i mean just saving the planet and also humanity politics and more people and more communication and more truth do you think they'll do that no not in a hundred years do you think that they'll be looking out for the global best interest or just their country's own interest suspect most countries come to the table with their own best interests in mind are you hopeful that they that those aside or at least enough to come to some kind of mine i'm hopeful that my

retirement savings is worse something when i retire would it be better if they just chose one to work on and fix that first i think. the ability is able to talk about a few issues they're able to talk about i don't have the able to solve them all in one time or the problems will never go away i don't believe the world leaders can pick them they don't seem to be trying to fix them so i can see in fixing the problem so why do they have the stomach. well. fixing the problem. lord i just wish people would get along a little bit better together just all the nationalities all the different religions and i think we much better off so maybe the summit should be more like a retreat where they talk about how they can get along and less about the economy. the economy is important but other than the economy they've got everything else straightened out i think no matter what you want the world leaders to solve the

bottom line let's just hope they can set aside their differences so they can work collectively for change. now there's a place on our planet where winter wears the crown of all heroes but despite extreme weather conditions life in antarctica is flourishing in fact it's mainly thanks to the subzero temperatures the penguins and sea lions call this on friendly place home well our man on the pole sean thomas got to know some of the region's inhabitants. jen at the bottom of the earth there is a land of ice and volcanic rock so different from the civilized world that it is hard to imagine that life can be found here. but in fact a closer look reveals it is one of the most interesting ecosystems on the planet. a really unique position. later for for a long time from

a continent but means that follow now that we have here starting from tiny creatures up to three of them. is unique and you can never find it anywhere else only here. but extreme temperatures and start conditions mean that you won't find any polar bears down here so we don't have any trust here all animals like polar bears are nothing like that occurs down here we only have marine mammals and marine birds that come ashore to breed and the only treasure life is limited to the vegetation and maybe some converts tiny turds that's about it and if you want to experience some of this exotic wildlife the antarctic peninsula is a good place to start well as everything here in this tremendous range of seals is four different types of seals you can expect to see six if you're lucky the penguins to three of the brushed open would you expect to see in the peninsula but a most trips we're lucky to see up to six different species that the wildlife in

antarctica. and the frog built one of the main areas of study down here on this continent is the environment to make sure that they can learn how to protect. we are seeing into the adelie penguins which are the most abundant penguin species in the antarctic and a true ice loving species they are declining in the antarctic peninsula seriously and may disappear from the peninsula in the next fifty years because of the warming and the loss of sea ice which is just part of their habitat with scientists witnessing such dramatic changes in such a short period of time the concern is. what to do in the future to prevent such a rapid change in the environment there's a very big message when there's nowhere on the planet changing for us to talk about it is one of three sites which is that the forest is growing increasing in average whether it be in winter temperatures is west in siberia alaska i mean antarctic peninsula which is warming five times for us to be on the plane leaving many to

wonder what is to become of the animals that call this place home in antarctica sean thomas archie overprepared a whole series of reports from antarctica so don't miss them here on our t.v. but in case you do you can always catch them at our teen dot com plaza sean thomas' blog about his several weeks on the peninsula is also on life so do make sure you check it out. more than a. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charged up and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special the destructive for many wildlife in antarctica is you live in the front of the. expedition to the bottom of the earth. now at the end

of the world is almost here well at least according to one religious group in the u.s. but the calculations of family radio today is judgment day and a huge earthquake is about to destroy the planet are killing ford met the group to find out what other horrors await on may twenty first. have you heard the awesome news watch watch the world is bending down destruction that's all you see. nine months ago eddie and jessica ramos hit the road to tell people just back away from greed that this is the best way. to do what we're supposed to do pour into what the bible is telling us to warn the people their three daughters travel with their i homeschooled they were in school for a little bit and then now that it's twice a year we decided to support our. much as possible jeff are going to be aren't alone there is just one of four caravans roaming the country preaching the apocalypse they believe the world of the ending may twenty first and that it's

their duty to warn the people here old camping the eighty nine year old founder of family radio used a series of biblical calculations to arrive at may twenty first two thousand and eleven camping did predict the end once before in september one thousand nine hundred four campaigns prediction has since been branded on buses billboards t. shirts this is the greatest the biggest advertising campaign in the world. there's never been anything like this before since god proved this world. the bible promised that everybody all nations will get this message for breakpoints first world and everything in between including gary bouma as s.u.v. she drives every day to his job at the department of homeland security this is a vehicle i had wrapped it was about two years ago i actually had the work done on it and it's pronounced in the lord's work of judgment day we actually have a depiction here this is actually a picture of the california plate actually sinking into the ocean this is actually

a depiction of fire and it's talking about how the lord is going to bring down fire and brimstone upon the earth and the dead destruction according to camping the day of destruction will begin with a giant rolling earthquake at the international date line and travel. around the world killing millions but before that happens all the true believers will be called on to be with christ and they want to spirits what's going to happen here far more. deaths or suffering and meanwhile those who know they'll be left behind these atheists are already making plans of their own offering to buy on craigslist raptured people's possessions and dogs called up to heaven and listeners of family radio it's the it's impossible the world won't end but for now we'll have to see what tomorrow brings you in for an artsy washington d.c. . we'd like to know what you think of the subjects so do join the discussion on our website that's r t v dot com and check out some other things we've lined up for you a former cia agent drops a real bomb by seeing some of it

a lot it hasn't been killed in a u.s. operation that has actually been dead for five years. and at the event that's how the whole world glued to the t.v. the royal wedding didn't prove as popular as of a victory day parade here in russia but if you miss the spectacle of military might you can relive it at argy dot com. life gravity is a sensation a few of us will ever experience well that's why our tom barge in to meet an american astronaut ahead of his mission to the international space station next to me to find out about the challenges of life in orbit. we're here in the countryside part of star city the cosmonaut training center north of moscow and we've managed to catch a rare moment where the cosmonauts and astronauts get to relax after all their exams and training before going off to baikonur to be fired up into space to the

international space station and i'm lucky enough to be here with mike fossum he's been on a shuttle missions twice and this is his first rocket mission up so that i assess we'll be talking a bit about some of the every day life up on a space shuttle so every day life in an extraordinary setting everything in space is typically harder than it is on earth things as simple as going to the bathroom or on earth gravity helps things go where you want them to go. and they're flushed away with water it's space the gravity doesn't work we don't have a shower on board the space station because the water wouldn't know how to find that drain you can wash your hair completely close it get a little soapy water on your hair and then scrub it up the water didn't fall down on your clothing it just sticks to your head and you must size it gently you keep massage it with a lot of energy then you have droplets of water in a big pattern spring around your head and what happens is some of those things

break how do you cope with that when you're working on equipment you start picking it apart take out all the little screws well you can't just sort of on the workbench to float away so you have to hold them down in some way and that ends up being probably the most frustrating thing easy to lose to on earth when you're working on something and you drop it. you know what i look because it's right around your feet someplace up there it can go in any direction on my first space shuttle mission i lost my fork we each have our eating kit i lost my fork on the second day of the mission. i don't have my fork and so i ate with the spoon in a knife for the rest of the flight as we were packing up to come home two weeks later when i came floating out from some corner and what about the thing is that's a challenge food is a lot like camping food most of the u.s. food is pre-strike so you add water and let it sit for a bit and it rehydrate and becomes something you recognize like vegetables or

potatoes or shrimp cocktail regular bread has crumbs you finish eating a sandwich on earth and on your plate you have these crumbs in space they don't go to the plate they go into the air and so they're in your nose or in your eyes they're in the air conditioning filters so we don't use regular bread much we use tortillas. i'll shortly report on how industry created one of the worst of manmade ecological disasters and the u.s. state of louisiana well that's after a review of this hour's main news in just a few moments.

for the full story we've got it from. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. you didn't start all of a sudden it's a long story of destroying the living and their habitats. there are constantly also feels something leaks about here when they get done with it it's just there if you took every fisherman out of the water and you don't do something about that word in the habitat protecting the habitat the fisheries means it's going to collapse nature the steps by making way for the function does or to move around

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