tv [untitled] June 25, 2011 12:01pm-12:30pm EDT
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from a studio here in central moscow this is. one of russia's richest man. in the world of business. has been elected leader of the right party which plans to run in december parliamentary elections. spoken exclusively to the billionaire. it is not known as a successful politician but he is known as a very successful businessman and when it comes to andy a right cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma as 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. he's just starting he's already aiming for the senior levels of political elite i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into illusions we have particular goals to get into russia's lower house of
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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 this position. himself has asked the members of the right cause party not to refer to themselves as the opposition explaining that the currently the term opposition is critically understood by millions of russians who according to see the current opposition in russia as a disorganized marginal force capable of making any changes to the changes that paul and his party are talking about and they are already giving concrete idea of continuing the modernization of 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 go things that he undertakes has become quite successful he's known
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to be quite a sports fan a morsel arts expert he's known to be quite an active a jet skier he all of the new jersey nets successful basketball team one of his latest projects the your my b. which is a core currently being developed. in russia and even though it's not yet being produced there's apparently already a huge queue for these cars for years and years ahead most of the projects. really did become successful that's why there is a reason to believe that the right cause really does stand a chance. and you can see the full exclusive interview with me all day sunday here on our. one on the way this hour for u.s. financial woes grip europe we take to the streets of new york to find out of people there feel they're heading down the same road. greece is working. but i
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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 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. a suicide bomb blast of a hospital in eastern afghanistan has killed at least thirty 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 despite the recent surge of violence in afghanistan barack obama has announced the withdrawal of about thirty thousand u.s. soldiers by the end of next year obama's military commanders according to plan risky and advise a much smaller troop reduction all this is international investigators say the nearly ten year long u.s. mission has failed to reduce corruption among afghan officials kabul based journalist. says the ongoing nato patient is infuriating the afghan people.
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why did the actions and the good thing was going to. deny to it and also the. villagers and also some. seven is. turning people to join some insurgency is going to this government. outside their capital kabul and prentiss all living intentions and they cannot. do this leaves because of this. because of this not because of this ongoing fick. look at intelligence services that some people. are doing taliban time we do not have this. tension at least. this troll.
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locally so. this government got a current government under the support of here so we have some achievement i should and. i should try that we have some achievement we have some construction but most of them a lot in the news are not and. egypt's former finance minister sentenced to thirty years in prison is living openly in london despite being wanted by current use of butchers gone he was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after the generate revolution and as all of these laws and the 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
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their lives ran straight to a new die in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed. because. the british government. has just won the former finance minister instead of beginning a thirty year prison sentence for embezzle months 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 action both against the money and other goods that's been extorted from egypt and other. arab countries but also against fugitives from justice in this country and that
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pressing the government here today 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 government to neglect that you too many think they're already negligent in case an international arrest warrant has reportedly been issued by egypt but critics bail money and connections secure a ticket to freedom in the u.k. you would not have a brougham to get into the united kingdom for so many reasons and the simplest one of them is the money. i mean you get to remain with your money in the u.k. if your money. it is clear meanwhile in egypt people aren't surprised england they say is where corrupt middle eastern officials go to hide he's not a stranger to the west very much one of the west's men in egypt was one of the west's men in egypt so that he's found refuge in london is not surprising to
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anybody chips in diaspora in the u.k. is a million strong and fit here in london community needed say to people who are angry that's no guarantee a big truck ali will stay safe and the longer he remains the more they pay lousy excuse to pocket the support of the middle east and great democracy movement while . bring the old great great see you are at it our team. when your opinion is important to us you can go online and visit our website r.t. dot com to take part in the latest poll and today as you can see on screen we're asking you why does the u.k. harbor exiles was so far the most popular response to this question is because money talks will fall behind and forty two percent is because they do not turn their backs on what may one day come in handy and that many of you agree that it's because political leverage is better than none or that the u.k.
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is a truly democratic country logo on them voter because to hear what you have to say . still to come this twenty first century exodus you can find out why thousands of israelis apply for european and american passports in the hope of leaving the promised land. plus we discover what the unpredictable self paul has in store for those brave enough to try and whether it's. those stories still to come for you but first emergencies ministry plane has been sent to russia's north caucasus to collect those seriously injured and a gas explosion at a wedding ceremony forty six people including six children and those with the worst injuries will be brought to moscow. in the city of logic of the blast took place. well everything happened during our wedding ceremony and weddings here in russia's north caucasus are big celebrations whereas no less than three hundred guests coming the food is usually being cooked outside in special councils and this
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requires gas canisters well one of those gas canister exploded and injured dozens of people many have been taken to hospital and the moaning of them are children where versa van burns now according to the latest information coming from the hospital many are seriously enjoy eleven are in intensive care and the moans them all children know the news about the blast to quickly spread around the city of the capital off the republic off north 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. some of the world news in brief the world updates are full blast to be at a polling station under attack by militants in the north west of pakistan at least ten officers have reportedly been killed some two dozen of those are believed to be trapped inside the compound it's just the latest assault in recent weeks involving
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teams of all insurgents targeting security forces no group has claimed responsibility for the taliban have carried out similar attacks in the published. mauritanian army say they've destroyed in al qaeda training camp in neighboring mali their source in the forest region of ouagadougou involved strikes followed by fierce fighting earlier this month mali and mauritania agreed on a joint military operation to crush in the region the terrorist group is believed to be in mali from where it carries out the texan kidnappings as well as. drug trafficking. fifteen people have been killed in the nato air strike on civilians according to libyan state television and twenty others were reportedly hurt by the attack in the eastern town of brega a t.v. report did not specify exactly. and the place has rejected the allegations saying that it only hit legitimate military targets. as a syrian now twenty people including two children were killed when security forces
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reportedly opened foreign demonstrators without warning and 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 from his room in the capital damascus protesters also on the far as they brought roads leading to the city center three months long crackdown has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead. or we have more on the situation in syria on life you just visit our web site it's dot com. there you can watch an interview with one independent journalist who says new sanctions will not bring any resolution to the crisis in syria. for so long for him is no fairy tale ending for a real life cinderella russian built on the global supermodel natalia antonova splits from her royal husband. and smooth jazz legend saxophonist dame calls visits moscow and talks to r.t.
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feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. boom which brightened. soon from feinstein. who threw stones on t.v. dot com. israel was created as the promised land to provide a home for all the jews of the world but tens of thousands of fled the country over the past few years or more a lining up to leave. that fears over security mean many seeking a new safer life in europe or the u.s. . rachel shites has no reason to like germany she was born
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a 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. to 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 us 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 he was a stubborn to become a shelter you know europe becomes a shelter to sleep it is. this is my face the american heart of tel aviv here you'll hear more english than hebrew and you'll be forgiven for thinking that you're in the us and not the promised land most israelis here have
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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 them a canadian and i probably would give up my israeli the american i wouldn't give up because i have family there and i want to go to go there any time british passport or european passport is 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 to die in vain because 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 in two wars 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 meeting israeli journalist gideon levy that people are tired of living in a war zone. basing its leadership on creating all the. fear
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of frying the comparing against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe. damn 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 draws in world war two the one who are favored were the ones who got the wide world for their leisure knew that if you're going to go out. that can help your dog move out of danger zone then you do it every year more jews leave israel for europe in this case then the other way around and one in five or so if you choose 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
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so-called insurance passport is unlikely to lose popularity any time soon points leader r.t. television. good news stories for the u.s. economy are few and far between with mass job cuts layoffs and a growing national debt however some are staying optimistic saying things could be even worse as our own resident in new york has been finding 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 effects of the bad economy need a better job this economy is not given you a better job yes i try to go to college and then i can because car my car gas is all expensive at school so expensive so this one is 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
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way it goes when when some countries are hurting other countries can prosper more yeah greece is looking bad spain is looking bad but 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 us 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 perk 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 cut back on things for we had to cut back even more so 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 then it sounds like you're doing ok we have a comeback 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 i don't think we've seen the bottom what is the bottom look like. well it was pretty bad during the great depression
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that 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 you've been personally attacked the bottom line is the global economy apparently continues. divergent scientists give up their comfort of their homes in the company of family and friends to work in extreme conditions at the ends of the earth when r.t. shaun thomas investigates the price people have to pay to fulfill their passion for new discoveries. antarctic storms are known to be fierce sometimes forcing
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those who have to endure them to take safe harbor and it was pretty bad it was that and. thirty to thirty but not. so it was the focus rolling around for a bit we had to put them. in that kids and then in this in between as well so we're rolling around pretty violently trying to make her hair on the good rather than we can have your ability with 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 why don't want challengers to try to make your big science was a very small amount of equipment because of the hearts and three weather conditions
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and art that 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 done right deadly during the same storm the crew from that would go on t.v.'s base lost one of their team when a jeep rolled down an embankment into a frigid antarctic lake. that was the most difficult experience in my career in such moments i start to sing that good just once is 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 start which the moment required a step back to express compassion we had to go on with our work which we finished that's 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 air lifted the body back to south america
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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 a concealed under the key thing is all problems as soon as possible or the opportunity will be lost when there is no immediate response would be cautions and avoid actions that may get one of us hurt for example when the airplane engine failed 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 out of here we have void any risk until another airplane arrives wanting into the system derived from unfortunate necessity which keeps those living and working in the face of danger and safe is possible in antarctica sean thomas. of the weather more videos and stories from sean's adventures around the world on his blog that's on our website artie dot com . more than
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a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers flight makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica is both if you live in the frontal. expedition to the bottom of the earth artsy. as interest sweet victories and bitter losses russia's olympic committee has been around for exactly one hundred years is celebrating its birthday with festivities across the country with international olympic day. yes we'll be looking at what's been happening here in moscow in about twenty minutes from. one that will be off to go out to retrace is the steps of the fall of the
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