long. as these railway tracks president obama's call to go back to its night the sixty seven borders with the palestinians are still looks of why washington has continuously failed to reveal peace in the last adding conflict. the us action in libya is now formally unconstitutional after congress allows the sixty day long campaign to go along without official approval. from the great survivors at home in the harsh climate of antarctica explore the exotic wildlife and you.

can watch an r t coming to you live from moscow thanks for joining us at ease rail 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 well prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is in washington for talks says he is ready to compromise but described the proposed boundaries as indefensible as artie's christine for azhar reports it's america's decades long approach towards israel that's failing to break the stalemate. it is a scene all too familiar in this region a protest on israel's border that leads. to violence. here in was the may fifteenth protest marking what palestinians call nakba or catastrophe the creation of the state of israel on this date in. one nine hundred

forty eight because for israel it was a matter of security according to downhaul a 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 it in violation of the law. but 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 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 u.s. 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 but 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 this conceptions a wrong view of the causes of the conflict and a prescription that doesn't stand up to even the most total scrutiny of the question is not right i don't we have a solution at this point 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 somebody bribing somebody to change their behavior doesn't work when you spoil 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 the regardless award obama say is or how he sees it and he says it ever been bush but what he does is say the costs of peace are high high cost of broad and at home pro israel many accounting for between one quarter and one third of all the nations to the major political parties a concern for many including former u.s. congresswoman cynthia mckinney they want the executive branch state what 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 with elections eighteen months away. this is a lot of work but with the need to show support for the arab spring and

a reconciliation between the two palestinian factions u.s. leaders need be feeling the pressure to make a push yet again christine for is now r t. a palestinian official says his people are planning to seek u.n. recognition of their state despite barack obama's warnings that their efforts will not work a political writer william angle says tension is now also growing between the u.s. and its main ally in the region he's real. yes agenda is not the agenda that barak 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 nine hundred forty eight recognition of israel and so you could the basis of the trust relationship between israel and washington is been drastically challenge by the us support of these destabilization from egypt tunisia libya and the entire middle east since the end

of a 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 the continued tension between israel and washington under the guise of peace. that was political writer volume angle talking about deteriorating u.s. israeli relations. now nato is campaign in libya rumble sonic two months after it started the u.s. which led the operation is still highly engaged without official consent from congress well according to the constitution america's military action over libya is now illegal but it's r.t.s. or investor 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 not weeks. but 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 broke lock the thing here you said you don't think people in power think 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 country 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 in a 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 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 but still when it comes to war powers there's enough blame to go around absolutely congress doesn't take it seriously and

president seven taking it seriously and u.s. media 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 of the whole idea of having laws that you can still go out and give beautiful speeches as the president seems to do an arc about peace and justice same principles. as the clock strike days sixty in the libyan intervention and the bill hits a reported three quarters of a billion dollars in the u.s. this 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 to. going on there and mr r. t. washington d.c. . 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 it to have done it but it's clearly a move in the direction of more executive power and more executive years or patient of the. congressional war making power people want to take credit if it goes well the krays the president or if it goes well badly they can criticize him but if you have a vote on a declaration of war anything sort of authorization for that they have to go on record as either opposing it or supporting it and therefore you know they can get blamed by their constituents one way or the other so just like the president take their responsibility and we'll you know will be kibitzers on the side and say you did a great job or you didn't do a good job george bush 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 here and are to including a trip to the coldest and driest continent in the world so what. is certain is i'm sounds armisen coming are far too weird for the many different kinds of animals are going to sound down here. plus i doubt howard poured into the us religious group the world the world and today. russia's foreign minister says talks on a proposed joint european missile defense system are being stalled above moscow's partners so gay lover of was speaking following a meeting with his german and polish counterparts or he insisted that the joint missile defense system in the fully proposed by moscow puts the future of the entire continent at stake much of that was so good and so obviously 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 some people on the street it's an obvious thing but this refusal to answer the question does raise some concerns and we hope that it will be laid to rest in the near future with the greens we come to will determine the future of europe continues time where you can either be a common thing for us all or we can end up back in time and thirty years. earlier russia said if it intends to take action if the u.s. and nato go ahead with their plans without taking moscow's views and to work out well the u.s. is pushing on with the building of a missile base in romania or washington ed 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. in the project. well now let's check some other international news making the headlines at this hour at least six people killed and over twenty injured after a suicide bomber struck the main military hospital in kabul an attacker blew himself up inside a tent filled with medical students eating their lunch with two attackers were believed to be in the hospital one of which detonated the explosives while the other is thought to have probably allied the taliban has claimed responsibility for the assault. twenty children and four adults have been a breed by a landslide that hit evolution orphanage just south of the capital kuala lumpur six pupils of abortive were pulled out with serious injuries and the bodies of five boys have so far been recovered on what we have the rainfall was cited as the cause

of the landslide and the tragedy struck of europe the afternoon where the children were practicing traditional maori drums in the school grounds. to spain now where thousands continue to protest despite a pre-election ban on mass gatherings people camped out overnight at madrid several square cheering and chanting anti-government slogans demonstrators gathered to protest high unemployment and a government economic policies all the protests began a week ago and spread across the country. and after six months of bloodshed and political standoff al assad ouattara has been a sworn in as the president of ivory coast more than twenty heads of state attended the ceremony what are won last november's election about the former leader of the on ballot bowl refused to hand over power a battle between the opponents left three thousand people dead and forced over a million to flee the violence. 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 a g. eight meeting in france next week well our own resident in new york laurie harvest asks people of 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 as if they should be focusing on. greening i mean just saving the planet and also humanity politics and more people and more communication and more trees 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 i suspect most countries come to the table with their own best interests in mind i hope all that and those aside at least enough to come to some compromise i'm hopeful that my retirement savings is

worth something when i retire will 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 and 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 fix them seem to be trying to fix. the problem so why do they have the stomach . fixing the problem oh my 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'd be 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 well the economy's important but better than the economy they got everything else straightened out i think no matter what you want the world leaders to solve the

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

a continent follow another half year starting from a tiny creatures. 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 animals like polar bears or nothing like that occurs down here we only have marine mammals and marine birds that come ashore to breed and the only trust your life is limited to the vegetation and maybe some. progress 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 part we've got a tremendous range of seals and different types of seals you can expect to see six if you're lucky on the plane with just two or three of the brushtail penguins you'd expect to see in the peninsula but a most trips we're lucky and see up to six different species the wildlife in antarctica. and

a 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 those animals. we are seeing into the adelie penguins which are the most abundant penguin species in the antarctic and true ice loading species they are declining in the antarctic peninsula seriously and may disappear in 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 a 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 for us to start that is one of three sides which is that the forest is growing increasingly in average whether to create winter temperatures is western siberia and last year i mean antarctica nature which is will be five times far superior to leaving many to wonder what is

to become of the animals that call this place home in antarctica shown thomas archie. overprepared a whole series of reports from antarctica so don't miss them here on our team but in case you do you can always catch them online about our dot com plus a fun thomas' blog about his several weeks on the concert and is also on life so if you make sure to check it out. for the world. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is it and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes sense arctic is so special and attractive for many wildlife in antarctica is a place that you live in the sunset. expedition to the bottom of the earth. is. now over five thousand people have gathered in georgia's capital to the mouth of president saakashvili steps down

demonstrators in the center of tbilisi are calling on the world to open its eyes to what's happening in georgia they say the current regime has taken away people's democratic freedoms claiming that saakashvili has continued process up the top puts a whole new meaning should have risked six thousand protesters have also staged a rally in georgia just a seaside resort off but to me in the capital large numbers of police that have been put on standby previously opposition rallies have been violently suppressed and demonstrators to take. now the end of the world is almost here well at least according to one religious group in the u.s. by the calculations of family radio today is judgment day and a huge earthquake is about to destroy the planet killer for not the group to find out what are the horrors of wait on may twenty first have you heard the awesome news watch watch watch the world is ending death destruction it's all you can see.

nine months ago eddie and jessica ramos hit the road to tell people just back away from greed that this was the best way to work to do what we're supposed to do according to what the bible is telling us to warn the people there are three daughters travel with them i homeschooled they were in school for a little bit and then now that it's towards the end we decided to pull down. 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 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 me twenty first two thousand and eleven camping did predict the end once before in september one thousand nine hundred four camping's prediction has since been branded on buses billboards t. shirts this is the greatest and the biggest advertising campaign in the world.

there's never been anything like this before she is god through this world. the bible promised that everybody all nations will get this message for a great story for story world and everything in between including gary bombers 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 got 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 pic. 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 dateline 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 strengthen i think your heart much. sorrow suffering and meanwhile those who know they'll be left behind like these atheists are already making plans of their own offering to buy on craigslist raptured people's possessions and dogs for those called up to heaven the listeners of family radio see 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. . oh he'd like to know what you think are the subjects to do join the discussion on our website that's our dot com or you can check out some other things we've lined up for you a former cia agent drives a real bomb by seeing some of the law and hasn't been killed in a u.s. operation that's actually been dead for five years. have you heard that how the whole world glued to the t.v. the royal wedding get a previous partner as the big three day parade here in russia but if you missed skeptical of military might you can relive it r t v dot com.

now life at zero gravity is a sensation a few of us will ever experience well that's why our plan to meet an american astronaut ahead of his mission to the international space station next week to find out about the challenges of life in orbit. we're here in the countryside part of star city because more 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 of 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 shuttle missions twice and this is his first rocket mission up to the i assess and 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

we're on earth gravity helps things go where you want them to go and they're flushed away with water in 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 the brain you can wash your hair completely close and get a little soapy water on your hair and then scrub it out the water didn't fall down on your clothing it just sticks to your head and you must gently keep massage it with a lot of energy then you have droplets of water in a pick pattern spring around your head and what happens if some of those things break how do you cope with that when you're working on equipment when you start taking it apart and you take out all the little screws well you can't just set him on the other 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 when you drop it. you know where to 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 a spoon and a knife for the rest of the flight as we were packing up to come home two weeks later and i came floating out from some corner and what about the food is not a challenge of food it's not like camping food most of the u.s. food is pretty dry so you add water and let it sit for a bit and it rehydrate and becomes something you recognize like vegetables or ration taters or shrimp cocktail and regular bread as crumbs we 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 there and you know soon your eyes are in the air conditioning filters and so we don't use regular bread much we use tortillas. i'll be back to give you a recap of the top stories in just

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