russian billionaire. big politics is head of a liberal pro-business party and sets its sights on the prime minister's position. not me. in just a few moments. in afghanistan as barack obama promises to follow through with the decision to withdraw u.s. troops from the country. gyptian finance minister openly in britain despite.

international news in comment line from our studios here in central moscow this is . one of russia's richest men has set his sights on politics after conquering the world of business because 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 for the

senior levels political elite i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into allusions 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. 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 the changes that paul and his party are talking about and they are already getting concrete idea of 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 meters tall to basically all the things that he undertakes he should become quite successful he's known to be quite a sports fan a morsel arts expert he's known to be quite an active a jet ski year olds of the new jersey nets successful basketball team one of his latest projects the your my b. which is a core currently being developed. even though it's not yet being produced there is apparently already a huge huge for these cars for years and years ahead of most of the projects that. really did become successful that's why there is a reason to believe that the right course party really does stand a chance. and you can see the full exclusive interview with all day sunday here well on the way this hour as financial woes grip europe we take you to the streets

of new york to people there feel they're heading down the same road. freezes work and. 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 there 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. the suicide bomb blast at a hospital in eastern afghanistan has killed at least thirty five and wounded dozens more the attack comes a day off or 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 over thirty thousand u.s. soldiers by the end of next year the bomb has been a true commanders according to plan risky and advise a much smaller troop reduction this is international investigators say the nearly ten year long u.s.

mission has failed to reduce corruption among afghan officials kabul based journalist doesn't mean a lot because as i says the ongoing nature patient is infuriating the afghan people . why did the actions and the good thing was again as they were. denied to and also the. villagers and. so she certainly is. turning people to join some insurgencies groups against this government all over and outside their capital kabul and countryside or living intentions and they cannot. stroll through to their sleeves because of this bombardment because of this night or it's because of this wrong and fake. intelligence services that some people. are doing taliban don't really do not have this tension all the. tension at least. this troll.

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 cairo use of boutros ghali was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after the january revolution and his artie's lore 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 die in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them. because it is a long time that the british government. has just won the former finance minister instead of beginning a thirty year prison sentence for embezzle months in egypt he's said to be running around london a free man but 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 all the goods that's been extorted from egypt and other. countries

but also get fugitives from justice and those countries that are pressing to govern 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 feel money and connections secure a ticket to freedom in the u.k. you would not have approved 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 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 anybody the egyptian diaspora in the u.k. is a million strong and fit here in london community needed say that people are still angry that's no guarantee big truck dolly will stay safe and the longer he remains the more a lousy excuse to pocket the letting support for the middle east and great democracy movement. bring. great great see your avatar team. well your opinion is important to us here at r.t. so you can go online and visit our website r.t. dot com to take part in the latest poll this is what we can see on screen the moment today we're ask you why does the u.k. harbor exiles will so far the most popular response to this question is because money talks 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 can see at the moment agree that it's because of political leverage is better than none or that the u.k. is a truly democratic country express your point of view because to hear from you log on and vote on r.t. dot com. sort of come to twenty first century accidents you can find out why felons of israelis apply for european and american passports in the hope of leaving the promised land. plus we discover what the unpredictable south pole has in store for those brave enough to try. and emergencies ministry plane has been sent to russia's north caucuses to collect those seriously injured and the gas explosion at a wedding ceremony forty six people including sitch children were hurt and those with the worst injuries would be brought to moscow. is in the city. where 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 requires gas canisters well one of those gas canister exploded and injured dozens of people many have been taken to hospital and among them are children where versus a van burns now according to the latest information coming from the hospital many are seriously enjoy it 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 all for 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 and we're just getting reports that fifty five people are reported to have been injured in that incident well let's turn our attention to some other world news in brief a triple blasts are being heard of

a police station under attack by militants in the northwest of pakistan at least ten officers are reported to be some two dozen of us are believed to be trapped inside the compound just the latest assault in recent weeks involving teams of insurgents targeting security forces the group has claimed responsibility but the taliban have carried out similar attacks in. the mauritanian already say they've destroyed an al qaeda training camp in neighboring mali the assault in the forest region do involve strikes followed 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 bases in mali from where it carries out all of the attacks and kidnappings as well as drug trafficking. fifteen people have been killed in the nato air strike on civilians according to libyan state television more than twenty others were reportedly. t.v.

report did not specify exactly place. in syria twenty people including two children were killed when security forces reportedly demonstrators without warning and. took to the streets of several cities to president bashar al assad to step down after four decades of use. in the capital damascus protests. roads leading to a three month long crackdown is reported. dead. but we have more on the situation in syria. watch an interview with one independent journalist who says that. any resolution to the crisis in syria. fareed a real life cinderella russian. splits.

they call it because it's. passion for music you can watch that interview with. more news today. these are the images. from the streets of canada. today.

today children play war in the old case maybe. nine hundred forty one these walls really first barriers and announce the troops on their way to moscow. were dying one by one under siege this. one. in the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words very well mother i'm dying but i'm not surrendering.

israel was created as the promised land to provide a home for all the jews of the world but tens of thousands have fled the country over the past few years a more alarming up to leave artie's paula slip found that fears over security mean that many are seeking a new safer life in europe or the us rachel shites has no reason to like germany she was born there before the second world war and within six years have been expelled and most of her family killed but the irony is she now wants a german passport. i hope that 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 have 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. iraq. because he is or was a stubborn to become

a shelter for the jews now europe becomes the shelter for you to sleep in is. that of 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 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 i probably would give up my israeli the american i wouldn't give up because i have family there and i want to be out 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 heated up 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 the israeli leadership basing its leadership on creating. frightening comparing against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe no less than a son 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 drop in world war two. the one who are favored were the ones who got the wide berth 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 and the skates any other way around and 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. r t tel aviv. 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 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 effects of the bad economy need a better job this economy's not give me

a better job yeah exactly try to go to college and then i can because car my car gas is all expensive at school so expensive so small 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 but i feel like we're on the right. so they're just exaggerated 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 it at all that's the only perk i would say it's the number 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 but we had to cut back even lower 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 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 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 affected the bottom line at the global economy apparently continues to fall flat.

devoted scientists give up the comfort of their homes in the company of family and friends to work in extreme conditions at the ends of the earth thomas investigates 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 not. so it was just rolling around for a bit we had to put it. in that and then in this in between us. so we're rolling around pretty violently trying to make your hair on a good road or we can have security the crew of this ship was able to pull through the temple stand even work with nearby stations to repair their damaged vessel but they were monkey operated 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 one challenges to try to make your big science was a very small amount of equipment because of the hearts and three weather conditions 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 downright deadly during the same storm the crew from the water 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 of my career in such moments i start to feel that good just once just to try us out here and then with that 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. that the express compassion we have to go on without work which we finished was about four am the last 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 air lifting 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 do well and the difficulties when it comes here under the good things all the old will not as soon as possible will be lost when the media respond to caution and avoid actions that me get one of those hurt for example when the airplane engine killed we have already 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 when we have order 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. by the way more videos and stories from sean's adventures across the antarctic on his blog that's available on our website artie dot com. more than 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 a both and a frontal. expedition to the bottom of the earth. the center of sweet victories and bitter losses russia's a limpid committee has been around for exactly one hundred years it's celebrating its birthday with festivities across the country to coincide with international olympic day i know sports desk will be looking at what's been happening in moscow

here in the next town want to take. one of the latest edition of technology update is coming away him on the road off to a recap of our top stories with me in just a few minutes from now stay with us here in moscow.

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