the big politics of the liberal. position prime minister. in an exclusive interview to order to russia's third richest man says if not me then find out all the details in just a few moments. dozens of terror bombings in afghanistan as barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw one third of u.s. troops from the country. london is accused of harboring a foreigner fugitives by allowing the former egyptian finance minister to live openly in britain despite a thirty year jail sentence. a very warm welcome to you this is the live from moscow now one of russia's richest

men has set his sights on politics after conquering the world of business. has been elected leader of the right cause party which plans to run in december as parliamentary elections. has spoken exclusively to the billionaire. because it is not yet known as a successful politician but he is known as a very successful businessman and when it comes to pull her off and be a right cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma to the next election but also to become the second most powerful political force in the country right there next to the united russia party and even though. political career is just starting he's already aiming for the senior levels off for russia's political elite i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into illusion we have particular goals to get into russia's lower house of parliament with the maximum number of votes what i also understand

is that i could be a good prime minister if the party successful i would fight for disposition. of himself has asked the members of the right course party not to refer to themselves as the opposition explaining that the cruelly of the term opposition is critically understood by millions of russians who according to paul sort of see the current opposition in russia as a disorganized marginal force on capable of making any changes the changes that paul heard of and his party are talking about and they are already getting concrete ideas off continuing the modernization off russia and making a liberal improvements. surely is quite a colorful character starting from his time to this man is over two metres tall to basically all the things that he undertakes has become quite successful he's known

to be quite a sports fan martial arts expert he's known to be quite an active a jet skier he also the new jersey nets successful the u.s. and basketball team one of his latest projects the your my b. which is a core currently being developed. in russia even though it's not yet being produced there is apparently already of huge huge for these course four years ten years ahead most of the projects that are put off of his undertaking really did become successful that's why there is a reason to believe that the right course party really does stand a chair it's. going to reporting right there and you can see the full exclusive interview with mikhail prokhorov all day sunday here on r.t. make sure you don't miss it well on the way still to come here as financial woes grip europe we take to the streets of new york to find out if people there feel they're heading down at the same right. bruce's work in bad spring is looking bad but i feel like we're on the right but i think we have to fix it on the global

level but i think we reach country have to lower their their expectations it was pretty bad during the great depression that we can. get that bad but i don't think we're there yet. really five minutes past the hour. egypt's former finance minister sentenced to thirty years in prison is living openly in london despite being wanted by cairo. he was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after the january revolution and reports this isn't the first time london has provided a safe haven for rich foreign fugitives. when egypt abrupt it into violence at the start of the year the u.k. was among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept aside but many running in fear for

their lives ran straight to a new life in london and the local egyptian community is horrified and disappointed some of them calling. because it is a long time now with the british government being. people running away not just from egypt from all over the world. garley is just one the former finance minister instead of beginning a thirty year prison sentence for embezzlement in egypt he said to be running around london a free man who trusts god he was convicted in absentia of corruption profiteering and abusing state and private assets he's also been ordered to repay more than ten million dollars and slaughter has demanded the british government does something about it but is disappointed by the response but expect to see some more actually. both against the money and other goods as been extorted from egypt and other.

arab countries but also against fugitives from justice in this country and that's why i'm still pressing the governor here today but secondly we do have a very strong tradition in this country of upholding international law and i want to see that continue i don't want the current government to neglect that you too many think they're already negligent in beatrice gollies case an international arrest warrant has reportedly been issued by egypt but critics feel money and connection secure a ticket to freedom in the u.k. it is god he would not have approved of them to get into the united kingdom for so many reasons and the simplest one of them is the money has got i mean you can get to remain with your money in the u.k. if your money is clear meanwhile in egypt people aren't surprised england they say is where corrupt middle eastern officials go to hide it is not a stranger to the west very much one of the west's men in egypt was one of the

worst men in egypt so that he's found refuge in london is not surprising to anybody the chips in diaspora in the u.k. is a million benefit here in london to community leaders say that people are still angry there's no guarantee took ali will stay safe here in the u.k. remain a lousy excuse to put christie letting support for the middle east in a great democracy movement. great great seeing your avatar team. and your opinion is important to us go online and visit our website our to talk calm to take part in the latest poll today we're asking you why does the u.k. harper exiles so far the most popular response to this question is because money doesn't smell not far behind on forty one percent is because they do not turn their backs on what may one day. come in handy and not many of you agree that it's because of bad political leverage is better than none although the u.k.

is a truly democratic country make sure you log on to r.t. dot com and have your own vote. while a suicide bomb blast at a hospital in eastern afghanistan has killed at least twenty five and wounded dozens more the attack comes a day after a bomb ripped through a market in another part of the country killing ten now despite the recent surge in violence in afghanistan barack obama has announced the withdrawal of over thirty thousand u.s. soldiers by the end of next year obama's military commanders are calling the plan risky and advise a much smaller troop reduction all this as international investigators say the nearly ten year long u.s. mission has failed to reduce corruption among afghan officials more on this now we're joined live from the afghan capital by local journalist. good to see you so two deadly bomb blasts over the course of two days possibly part of a growing surge of violence in your country so should the u.s. be keeping its troops in place do you think to protect the afghan people.

to for not vote for protecting. against any more. ten years of experience tours that use troops and. what not very useful. for venting this kind of. that is. making it. nato airstrikes and night raids have been killing civilians by mistake for years how is that affecting public opinion and the war with the taliban. there's a very impact in their mind public. if you're seeing did media no see if you're seeing. the action of why did. actions in the mines are getting worse and back again as they were and specially. the niger and also the.

villages and also some. segment is. turning people to join some insurgencies groups and fight again is this government so if you leave me to my next question here what will happen there if the foreign forces leave for the taliban run the country and all the afghan security forces ready to fend for themselves. i think national security forces. are ready to have this sponsibility i think leave i mean do you. believe in two thousand and fourteen may the taliban come after a short time but do you think we will have peace with this with the smaller short term civil. war and i'm you are you are in the kabul tell us this what is better

for afghanistan life under the taliban or the last ten years and nato occupation. i think. is that we are saying. air force us there are some good things and also some but we have some achievements in cutting government but also we have a lot of tension. i continued that i have gone dark which i'm going to. say their capital kabul and countryside you know all living in tensions and they cannot. move to this leaves because of this. and then because of this nigeria it's because of this long and fick. idea look at intelligence and services that they are arresting people who are doing taliban to. we do not have this tension all the afghan did not have tension at least. this troll at night at least to

walk and go through some of the. local countryside. at this government get it cutting government under the support of us we have some achievement that i shouldn't say we shouldn't try that we have some achievement we have some construction but most of them. a lot in the use of us not and it was a chance so you say you had some achievements and some construction in recent years but international investigators have released a report saying that afghanistan is riddled with corruption and government officials colluded with the taliban how true is this from your perspective. if anyone saying this is this current government could have given them and he's not done i think this gentleman's the big came together with the us and the start of the invasion in two thousand and one they were all could after the problem they

will all be proud of that they were committed criminal. committed crimes and they have a different kind of for a criminal act they have done in past only they could have people and came together with them so they were. higher their ruling circles of the country these are still those people. who were in circle left afghanistan i will accept and this is obviously a fact that i've been to some government described and they are a little inside a. man's woman but i have to but. beside that good option we have some achievement for example. we do not have. a bit but now we have. all. provided says but unfortunately this highway is still under the news a few days and you know if i. forgive me for interrupting but you say you know the

issue of corruption there is a better certainly must be some levels of corruption within the afghan government what about the rampant drug industry i mean nato's done virtually nothing about it afghanistan is still the world's largest opium farm can the afghan people succeed where nato has failed is there is there a solution to the problem of the drugs. smuggling . it's not only. measure enough. well enough going to government. issues and it's a business neighbor that can do the world can do this also they have some fairness . not good dick's modelling. i think. some cooperation of their vision of going to. join the air force there would be a solution for smuggling got this. from kabul the afghan journalist.

thank you very much. well coming up here in our twenty first century exodus find out why thousands of israelis are applying for european and american passports in the hope of leaving the promised land. and emergency ministries plane has been sent to russia's north caucasus to collect those seriously injured in a gas explosion at a wedding ceremony for six people including six children were hurt and those with the worst injuries will not be brought to moscow. is in a city of a lot of where the blast took place. well everything happened during our wedding ceremony and weddings here in russia's north caucasus are big celebrations were no less than three hundred guests coming the food is usually being cooked outside in special councils. and this requires gas canisters well one of those gas canister

exploded and injured dozens of people many have been taken to hospital and the moment of them are children whereas a sieve am burned now according to the latest information coming from the hospital many are seriously enjoy it eleven are in intensive care and among them are children know the news about the blast to quickly spread around the city of the capital all for the republic of north assad and so many people are worried at the moment there are checking whether there were no one of their friends all relative so who were injured during the blast it has been a question of reporting right now let's get to some other world news for you in brief this hour pakistan says at least fifteen islamic militants have been killed near the afghan border the shoot out was reportedly between two rival groups of taliban commanders although it's not known why they decided to fire upon each other meanwhile triple blasts have been heard of a police station that's under attack by militants in the northwest of the country at least four officers have been killed in the area just outside pakistan's tribal

belt. the mauritanian army say they have destroyed an al qaeda training camp in neighboring mali and the assault in the forest region of what i would do involved strikes following followed me by fierce fighting earlier this month mali and mauritania agreed on a joint military operation to crush al qaeda in the region the terrorist group is believed to have bases in mali from where it carries out attacks and kidnappings as well as trafficking. drugs. fifteen people have been killed in a nato air strike on civilian sites this according to libyan state television more than twenty others were reportedly hurt by the attack in the eastern town of brega the t.v. report did not specify exactly when the assault took place the alliance meantime has rejected the allegations saying that it only hit legitimate military targets. syria's twenty people including two children were killed when the security forces

reportedly opened fire on demonstrators in a new wave of protests thousands took to the streets of several cities to call on president bashar assad to step down after four decades of his family's rule in the capital damascus protesters also came under fire as they blocked roads leading to the city's center a three month long crackdown has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead. but we have more on the situation in syria online for you just visit our web site dot com you can watch an interview with one independent journalist who says e.u. sanctions will not bring any resolution to the crisis in syria. also online there's no fairytale ending for a real life cinderella a russian girl turned global supermodel. splits from her royal husband. and a smooth jazz legend saxophonist dave costs visits moscow when he talks to us about

his passion for music you can watch that interview with him on our website at www dot com. twenty minutes past the hour now here in moscow israel was created as the promised land to provide a home for all of the jews of the world but tens of thousands of fled the country over the past few years and more lining up to leave. found that fears over security mean many are seeking a new safer life in europe or the u.s. . rachel shites has no reason to like germany she was born there before the second world war and within six years had been expelled and most of her family killed but the irony is she now wants a german passport. holder get money i want the german citizenship to help my

children and grandchildren which might be shocking if it wasn't so common in israel today in the last decade some fifty thousand israelis have applied for you appeal of citizenship a quarter of a million already have a second passport it's unlikely that any other country in the world has such a large percentage of new immigrants preparing to leave. the story because it was a stubborn to become a shill for the jewish people and europe becomes the shell of the. death of my place the american heart of tel aviv here you'll hear more in these things and you'll be forgiven for thinking that you were in the us and not to the promised land most israelis here have a second passport many of them grew up abroad or have a parent who came from another country i have canadian israeli and i would never give up my canadian and probably would give up my israeli the american i wouldn't give up because i have family and i want to have to go there any time british

passport or european passport is a doorway to opportunities eight years ago the bar was blown up by a suicide bomber three people were killed and fifty injured the bar didn't close down but some say the rush for new passports heated up in very peak of of the suicide bombings when there was a feeling of insecurity so yes there was an increase both in immigration and in the demand for passports and that demand has only grown in the last five years israel has been into walls and many fear another is not far off and the government's policy of settlement expansion has only isolated the country internationally so it's no surprise this leading israeli journalist gideon levy their people are tired of living in a war zone. racing it's leadership on creating all the. feel frying. against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe. than the sun has processed

nearly five thousand applications for a second passport in the last ten years that works out at about forty passports a month and he's only one lawyer working in the field the fate of the draw in world war two. the one who are favored were the one who got though i'd. call. if you're going to go that. can help you to move out of danger zone when you do it every year more jews leave israel for europe in the states and then the other way around one in five of soviet jews has already returned home and with no israeli palestinian peace talks on the horizon and growing israeli insecurity about the arab demonstrations on the doorstep this so-called insurance passport is unlikely to lose popularity any time soon pointlessly r r t television. now good news stories for the u.s. economy are few and far between with mass job cuts layoffs and growing national

debt however some are staying optimistic saying things could be even worse as our own resident in new york found out. all the latest data indicates the global economy is going limp are you personally affected this week let's talk about that have you felt the facts of a bad economy need a better job this economy's not get me a better job here does i try to go to college and i can because car my car gas is all expensive at school so expensive so it's more in the vicious cycle is really bad but i'm happy because brazil is growing like for me it's good so is that kind of the way it goes when when some countries are hurting other countries can prosper more yeah greece is looking bad spain is looking bad i feel like we're on the right . so they're just exaggerating not in greece and spain no no i feel like the

reports in the u.s. are i'm actually in the military so i do not feel that at all that's the only perk i would say that i'm one park my job i've been getting steady paychecks for five years yet i can't see that the american military is going to go out of it if they do any time soon and i guess we have bigger problems to worry about the economy and you had. to we had to cut back even more would show we could take cruises to come to new york this. crucial british first time in new york city today so that doesn't sound like you're hurting that it sounds like you're doing ok we haven't cut back on a lot of other things do you think that we've seen the bottom of this crisis or are we headed for bread lines and even worse things that we've seen the bottom what is the bottom look like. well it was pretty bad during the great depression is a bottom that we can compare it to i don't know if we'll get that bad but i don't think we're there yet so do you think we can fix it i'm a global level or do you think it's time countries started looking at themselves

first i think we have to fix it on the global level but i think we reach country have to lower their their expectations of. the living standard i think we all have to go down whether or not even personally affected the bottom line is the global economy apparently continues to fall flat. now at twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow devoted scientists give up the comfort of their homes and the company of family and friends to work in extreme conditions at the ends of the earth sean thomas investigates now the price people have to pay to fulfill their passion for new discoveries. antarctic storms are known to be fierce sometimes forcing those who have to endure them to take safe harbor and it was pretty bad it was. thirty thirty thirty but.

it was rolling around. we had to. get in between us. so we were rolling around. trying to make a good road or we have here the crew of this ship was able to pull through the tempest and even work with nearby stations to repair their damaged vessel but they were lucky operating in such a remote environment means replacement parts aren't always available and the workers here have to make do with what they can it is pretty hard to get here good equipment to get here sophisticated equipment so. one challenge is to try to make your big science was a very small amount of equipment because of the hearts and extreme weather conditions and i think there is considered one of the most dangerous environments on the planet and because of this operating down here logistically it can be more than a convenience it can be downright deadly during the same storm the crew from that

would go on t.v.'s base lost one of their team when a jeep wall down an embankment into a frigid antarctic lake. that was the most difficult experience of my career in such more. so i start to think that good just once was to try is out here. but in antarctica time is a valuable commodity and work crews have limited time to prepare the base for winter after the accident happened we didn't even have time to make a stop which the moment required a stop to think to express compassion we had to go on with our work which we finished at about four am the next day the incident sparked an outpouring of international support from the surrounding bases but in a twist all too appropriate for the harsh realities of working in antarctica the chilean air force plane that was to airlift of the body back to south america suffered an explosion in the left engine as it was taking off the pilots on board of hurting another fatal tragedy by a matter of seconds still the southern continent doesn't provide the opportunity to

dwell on the difficulties when the key thing is it's all problems as soon as possible or the opportunity will be lost when there is no immediate response because and avoid actions that me get one of those hurt for example in the airplane engine field we have avoided doing anything that could have gotten any of us hurt in any way so we don't have to airlift anybody else here we have avoided any wrists until another airplane arrives when a system derived from unfortunate necessity which keeps those living and working in the face of danger and safe as possible in antarctica sean thomas. and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories for you in just a few minutes. isn't

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