margetts weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy is because a report on our. russian billionaire mea culpa venters big politics as head of a liberal pro-business party and sets his sights on the prime minister's position. in an exclusive interview to orgy russia's richest man says it's not me went home to find out all the details in just a few moments. dozens die in terrible means 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 foreign fugitives byline the former egyptian finance minister to live openly in britain despite a thirty year jail sentence back home.

internationalising comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is. one of russia's richest men has set his sights on politics after concrete the world of business because has been elected leader of the right cause party which counts to run in december's parliamentary elections. spoken exclusively to the billionaire . because a lot of it is not yet known as a successful politician but he is known as a very successful businessman and when it comes to profit off and the right cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma to the max election but also to become the second most powerful political force in the country right there next to the united russia party and he didn't go

out of his political career is just starting he's already aiming for the senior levels of our russia's political elite i'm not the kind of person who turns a dream or plunges into illusions we are particular goals to get into russia's lower house of parliament with the maximum number of votes but i also understand is that i could be a good prime minister if the party successful i would fight for disposition he called 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 profit off see the current opposition in russia as i do it's organized a marginal force i'm 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 of russia and making a liberal improvements we've actually 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 a morsel arts expert he's known to be quite an active a jet skier he holds of the new jersey nets a successful us and basketball team one of his latest projects the your my b. which is a quarterly being developed. in russia 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 make up a lot 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 chance. and you can see the full exclusive interview with the car profit of all

day sunday. on the way as financial woes grip europe we take to the streets of new york to find out of people there feel they are heading down the same road. produces work and. they feel like we're on the right 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. but i don't think we're there yet. that's still to come this hour but first a suicide bomb blasts 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 over thirty thousand u.s. soldiers by the end of next year obama's military commanders are calling

a 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 called the base journalist doesn't mean. you're going to patience is infuriating the afghan people . why did the actions and to get there was. an especially. denied and also be. religious and also some. social service. people who join some insurgencies groups and fight again is this a government. outside their capital kabul and countries here are all living in tensions and. because of this. because of this now because of this think this was. intelligence and.

some people. doing color one term we do not have this. tension at least. they stroll. through some of the. countries. this government government under supposed to feel some achievement i shouldn't say. i that we have some achievement we have some construction but most of them are in the use of us not the afghans. egypt's former finance minister sentenced to thirty years in prison is living openly in london despite being wanted by current use of interest garley was convicted of abusing power for personal profit but fled the country after the revolution and artie's lohr reports this isn't the first time london has provided a safe haven for rich foreign fugitives. 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 angry disappointed some of them call it she won in grounds. because it is a long time now that the british government being a low we've had people running away not just from egypt from all over the world. goalie 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 boutros ghali 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 he under the slaughter has demanded to push his government does

something about it but it's disappointed by the response but expect to see some more action both against the money and all the goods that's been extorted from egypt and other. arab countries but also against fugitives from justice in this country and that's what i feel pressing to cover here today exactly we do have a very strong tradition in this country of holding internationally. and i want to see that continue like it will be the current government to neglect that you to many think they're already negligent in picturesque ali's case an international arrest warrant has. reportedly been issued by egypt that critics feel money and connections secure a ticket to freedom in the u.k. it is that he would not have a problem to get into the united kingdom for so many reasons and the simplest one of them is the money his goods 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 she's not a stranger to the west very much one of the west's men in egypt all was one of the worst mentally so that he's found refuge in london is not surprising to anybody here chips in diaspora in the u.k. it's half a million strong benefit in london to community leaders say that people assume i'm great it's no guarantee the truck ali will stay safe and alone if he remains more than a lousy excuse to put kristie pledging support to the middle east in the pro-democracy movement. bring it to the great great sea nor am it hearty that your opinion is important to us go online visit our website r.t. dot com and take part in the latest poll we're holding at the moment and there on screen you can see that we're asking you why does the u.k.

harbor exiles well so far the most popular response to this question is because money talks pop one hundred thirty nine percent is because they do not turn out perhaps on what may one day come in handy and not many of you agree that it's actually because of bad political leverage and saying that the u.k. is a truly democratic country log on and vote because it would have to set off you know com. coming up this twenty first century exodus you can find out why files of his ratings are applying for european and american passports in the hope of leaving the promised land. also still to come this hour we discover what would be unpredictable solve cold war has in store for those brave enough to try and weather it. but first the number of wounded in a gas explosion in russia's north caucasus has risen to fifty five with twenty in serious condition the blast happened at

a wedding ceremony in the capital of north assertive a lot of media control over is in relic of now there will cross over to for the latest medina what's being done to help the victims of this explosion. well the number of injured people indeed has increased as now more people are asking for a magical how answer of the moment of the number of people has risen to over thirty whether some are twenty being any serious condition now some of those people have even burns all across their bodies and they're all have been placed in three different local hospitals here in of like us meanwhile russian emergencies ministry's plane has a wife to us and i brought medical specialist from moscow and these x. spirits of those injuries and work out a list of a dozen people were the most severe ones to bring down to moscow for special treatments. can you explain exactly what happened during these celebrations.

well the blast happened during a wedding ceremony and here in russia's north caucuses weddings are big celebrations and usually are not less than three hundred guests are invited for this type of ceremonies and the food is being cooked outside in special paddles that's why it requires gas chemistries and lawn over these gas can is to use exploded and seriously injuring a significant number of people and so does very well saying over four hundred guests were invited but at the time of the blast only one hundred were present in the yard near the residential area so the scale of those accidents could have been bigger. thanks very much indeed for that live update reader question of reporting from russia's republican in office have you. planet update you on some other world news in brief in our world update this hour triple blasts have been heard at a police station under attack by militants in the northwest of pakistan at least

ten officers are reportedly being killed some two thousand others are believed to be trapped inside the compound it's just the latest assault in recent weeks involving teams of armed insurgents targeting security forces no group has claimed responsibility but the taliban have carried out similar attacks in the past. two years ago now or at least eleven people have died after a militia group allegedly allied to the northern government attacked a southern town true ally hosts tens of thousands of refugees displaced by fighting southern officials say the attacks are part of a plan by the north to take over oil rich areas in the cell before it gains independence next month both sides ended more than two decades of a civil war in two thousand and five which he claimed over two million lives. fifteen people have been killed in a nato air strike on civilians sites that's according to libyan state television more than twenty others were reportedly hurt by the attack in the eastern town of brega a t.v. report did not specify exactly when the assault took place in answers rejected the

allegations saying that it only hit legitimate military targets. in syria twenty people including two children were killed when security forces reportedly opened fire on 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 family's rule in the capital damascus protesters also came under fire as they blocked roads leading to the city center a three month run crackdown has reportedly left thirteen hundred people dead. and that we have more on the situation in syria alone for you just visit our web site is r t v dot com i'm running with what an interview there with one independent journalist who says that e.u. sanctions will not bring any resolution to the crisis in syria. also online there's no ferry to. an ending for real life cinderella russian girl to a global supermodel that's all the budget over the splits from heiress to craft a husband.

and smooth jazz legend saxophonist dave koz visits moscow and talks to r.t. about his question from the z. can you can watch that interview with him on our website at all so you don't call. it. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images go world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all over the day.

in motion soon which brightened if you knew about song from phones to impression it's. nice for instance on t.v. don't come. mission free accreditation free in-store charge is free the maintenance free is free. to types free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and a free medio don carty 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 and more a lining up to leave. their fears over security mean that many are seeking

a new safer life in europe or the u.s. rachel shites has no reason to like germany she was born 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 i think. 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 thirty thousand israelis have applied for european 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 it's really. the story because these are the stubborn to become a show through. europe because the show but it's. this is my face you taking the heart of tel aviv here you'll hear more english than

hebrew and you'll be forgiven for thinking that you're in the u.s. and not 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. 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 go to go there anytime british passport or european password is a doorway to opportunity is 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. bombings when there was a feeling of insecurity so yes there was an increase in immigration and in the demand for passports and that the mind 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 says leading israeli journalist gideon levy

there people are tired of living in a war zone. seeing its own creating. for the variance against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe. danise time 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 of probe of the drop in world war two. the one who are the one who got though i'd throw both call you if you're going to go. help you. move. out of danger zone then you would every year more jews leave israel for europe and the states then the other way around one in five or so if you choose has

a really returned home and with no israeli palestinian peace talks on the horizon and growing israeli insecurity about the arab demonstrations on the doorstep the so-called insurance passport is unlikely to lose popularity any time soon what is c r t tel aviv. good news stories from the u.s. economy are few and far between in the moment 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 fact that a bad economy a better job this economy is not get me a better job here because i try to go to college and i can't because car to my car gas is all expensive at school so expensive so it's more nutritious cycle is really

bad but i'm happy because brazil is growing like for me to go so is that kind of the way it goes when some countries are hurting other countries can prosper more. producers work and. 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 feel it at all that's the only per annum one for my job i think in steady paycheck for five years yeah 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 we had to cut back on playing for we had to go back even more sure we could take cruises you come to new york this is. crucial 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 come back a lot of other things you think that we've seen the bottom of this crisis or are we

headed for bright lines and even worse things like we've seen the bottom 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 know where they live their expectations of. the living standard i think we all have to dadar on whether or not you've been personally impacted the bottom line at the global economy apparently continues to fall flat. diverted scientists give up become for the homes in the company of family and friends to work in extreme conditions at the ends of the earth or not 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 it was for you it was. thirty to thirty. years. ahead of. him it didn't mean. that we were rolling around. trying to make a good rider. the crew of this ship was able to call 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 here is to try

to make your big science was a very small amount of equipment because of the hearth and free radical difference . is considered one of the most. quoted and because of this operating down here. we're going to really and we 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 rolled down an embankment into a frigid antarctic lake. that was most difficult experience of my career and such moments and starts us in the good just wants us 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 happens 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. the body back to south america suffered an explosion in the left engine as it was taking on the pilots on board of hurting another seal tragedy by a matter of seconds still the southern continent doesn't provide the opportunity to dwell on the difficulties. that the key things are all problems as soon as possible or the opportunity will be lost when there is no immediate response to precautions and avoid actions let me get one of those hurt for example in the airplane engine field we avoided doing anything that could have gotten any of us hurt in any way so we don't have anybody else has a fear we have avoided any risk another airplane arrives when put into a system derived from unfortunate necessity which keeps those living and working in the face of danger and safe is possible in antarctica sean thomas. and there are more videos and stories from sean's adventures across the antarctic on his blog and

that's on our website it's a hearty welcome. to the world. 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 what makes antarctica so special and attractive the wildlife in antarctica is. the. expedition to the bottom of the earth. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories for you in just a few moments from now stay with us live here in moscow.

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