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well at the moment kerry it is night out in the far east of russia in the windy choppy seas two hundred kilometers off the island of software lynn where the rescue operation is ongoing the darkness and the difficult weather have meant that two helicopters and an aircraft that were helping rescue efforts have had to be withdrawn there remain two ships with their searchlights trying to help find the forty nine people that are thought that could still be alive in the water there the water there just above freezing and the air temperature at minus ten degrees so it really is a race against time to try and find those people that are still in the water and there has been for people who have been found in the water with no signs of life and fourteen people have been plucked out of the water by those helicopters the search goes on there was sixty seven people on board the the oil rig when it sank
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including fourteen passengers but the search has been complicated now by the fall of night. tom what's the latest take on why the rake went down. at the time of the sinking the rig was being towed by another ship it was being towed in very difficult waters a storm and whipped up around it and at the moment it's thought that water pumps that were constantly pumping out water on board which is a normal procedure those pumps couldn't cope with the amount of water they either broke or the amount of water coming into the rig vastly increased causing it to sink sinking in just twenty minutes which also meant that there wasn't time for any kind of proper evacuation for the dawning of life jackets which has led to so many people being in the water we can listen now to one of the coordinators of the rescue efforts who can tell us
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a bit more about what is thought to have caused the sinking. there are safety suits floating around the area but there are new people in them he means the crew was unable to get down to the lifeboats the boats were washed away with the flow of the water. investigators are saying that it was a breach of safety protocol investigators always use very official language in these circumstances what that really means is that the oil rig should never have been being towed in these kind of conditions in the first place the obviously the focus now for investigators and rescuers is to try and get as many people out alive before it's too late. ok keep us updated tom barton thank you for now. well the cost sank while it was being tugged back to port arthur to finish drilling in the seal that's why there's no major threat of oil contamination in the sea
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unlike previous incidents involving on rigs worldwide i think it was the mexican gulf incident of twenty ten when a b.p. oil rig exploded causing a disastrous leak only loved after around five million gallons of oil spilled into the ocean russian platform in today's instant it was built in one thousand eight hundred five and was one of the largest in the country seventy meters long eighty wide it was due to set sail for joining off the vietnamese coast at the end of its current assignment of course we'll keep you in touch with developments on the tragedy in the sea of states. this is our team from moscow on carriage the other main news we're covering the press clashes flare up in western just days after a demonstration by oil workers ended with eleven people dead. the west and its allies pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to get its draft resolution accepted at the u.n. and solving the crisis peacefully. passed the wait is finally over as russia
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has accepted as a member of the world trade organization eighteen years of tough talks. riots have reportedly flared up in western kazakhstan one person was killed and eleven others injured at a railway station where people were protesting against a fatal crackdown striking oil workers in a town around one hundred kilometers to the northeast. has the latest from. on saturday a group of protesters blocked a really station including train with over three hundred people on board in western gaza in total seven bastard trains and three freight trains were delayed and at around eight pm local time six pm moscow time police came in trying to disperse the
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crowd but instead google around fifty people and the opportunity to call them now hooligans showed fierce resistance they were going to set a locomotive on fire a few mold of cocktails that the train and the police some of them moved into nearby setting a christmas tree on fire breaking shop windows car windows and cetera and authorities say that their actions at one point became a threat to the lives of the locals and off the of the of the o.t. so they had to use force including a live rounds as a result twelve people were hospitalized with gunshot wounds and one of them died this particularly rally was actually initially organized in support of another one which happened in the town of jenin i was in this all down also in western style and what happened there on friday is that a protest rally against the salaries combined with celebrations of twenty years of
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kazakhstan's independence just spiraled out of control it's still not clear what exactly triggered it but at one point the angry crowd began setting buildings on fire including state facilities see that forty six buildings have been burned down in the clashes with the police as well and also unfortunately the authorities say they were forced to. retaliate and retake the sensualist situation under their control so some live shots were used there as well and according to official figures eleven people were killed in that incident several dozen others were injured although some sources suggest that the figures are much higher than that. what i see on the causeway now is a local journalist she told r.t. she believes the unrest was triggered from abroad oh workers in general i think have been striking for fairly long already for several months if this were a story now which if you know people in the old west including the guys uniforms
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this is very strange for a strike to uniform you know they were just rushing things around. and they were behaving too organized and they weren't attacking authorities at least until the police came in it looks like this is. even one of the opposition leaders that this is not in the interests of what we see that you are getting killed because they are not fighting for their own ideas but coming up tackling terrorism in the caucuses go to doug start see you become the target of militant brainwashing . the arab league has given the syrian government until wednesday to end its crackdown on the opposition and that in observers otherwise has threatened to turn to the u.n. security council for action meanwhile russia is defending its own proposed resolution on syria that the u.s. and its allies want to see changed moscow is appealing to both the assad regime and
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the opposition to end the violence and begin dialogue ruling out foreign intervention sanctions some western countries say they can't accept the proposal ending the bloodshed on the damascus authorities alone despite thousands of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down a set and running a professor at the university of burnham and in lebanon says the crimes of the government's forces are being deliberately exaggerated. well there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights of surfer tori particularly when it comes to the number of victims that they are victims of the government atrocities and many a time anyone who dies in syria they claim that these are victims of the syrian government atrocities you could say we haven't met several different banks factions here working here the united states and france and turkey and certain members of the league of arab states that of course are working very strongly to push for an allied government in syria government that would do its wishing as
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a government that may be more akin to the jordanian government more i came to what was in egypt prior to his downfall so i government that that would not not support resistance against israel a government that would work towards a peace agreement with israel a government that would open up its economies fully for the united states and in libya a country that's already seen regime change following international sanctions banks are preparing for a much needed cash injection as the u.s. lifts its economic restrictions while that's will help and you know this problems are brewing thousands of protesters rallied in the city of being ghazi resting place the lack of transparency the national transitional council he was where the nato then began. also. how to taze online like this in spite of the sea doesn't present the people. the national transitional council was never actually really part of
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a democratically forged libya anyway they were never on the streets really fighting for the with the libyan people against gadhafi a lot of them in fact of a country that the time waiting for almost be helicoptered in where it was safe enough to enter tripoli it was made up of gadhafi cronies people who were basically cherry picked by the west the. people to represent the libyan people no we have a situation where the libyan people are so you have got a minute these people don't represent of. well coming up for you this hour controversy in court but actually hearing your best bradley manning continues the protesters saying he deserves a medal not a prison sentence. but for that russia's leaders have spoken extensively this week we're acting to the changing political landscape after the recent parliamentary elections promise to put in health is our new live televised q. and a session he dismissed allegations of fraud during that i promise to make next
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year's presidential election more transparent. present to me to read the ruling united russia party to form introduced new faces saying people have grown tired of the old system and also want us on its european missile defense shield which russia perceives as a threat washington has provided no proof to the contrary kremlin to step up the country's security measures. we must not let ourselves be intimidated or confused we must clearly understand the goals we are heading for politics is a concrete think of a friendly relations we have if we are not being heard we will answer that's what i had to do it wasn't against obama but against the policy that the us has adopted if they continue to be rude we will respond if they hear our concerns we will work together. but russia has finally been accepted as a phone number of the world trade organization after weight of eighteen years it
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was expected to strengthen the country's global ties and provide greater incentive for investment as r.t. explains succession comes at a price. with all my studio a case of hard talks now over it's still not clear exactly what russia's w.t.r. membership is offering the country and with now used all the details of the green still firmly behind closed doors experience enough to try and little crystal ball gazing. their predictions begin with agriculture two into the w t o russia had to pledge to reduce in-state support to farming we've already traveled two hundred and fifty kilometers away from moscow and what we see here is a sad picture goes through it is like this one us road all across russia and with a struggle in agriculture industry there number is only crazing thirty percent of the countries are will land currently not in use and the raw fear is that cut of
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foreign subsidies like session will bring will only make things dramatically worse for the russians currently importing forty five percent of all food products that may soon become fifty to seventy percent local producers will be unable to compete with it all down because. meanwhile those competitive enough will stay afloat and benefit alexander and his family run a small business just outside moscow there one hundred twenty goats skiff enough milk to produce calories of high quality cheese in time but back in the crystal ball the future doesn't look bright for wrong the message cupboard uses have been on the menu start to w t o critics say russia's making history will be unable to meet the increased competition the accession of a tract offering a gloomy prediction that once the country's in bad lines will stop factories will shut and thousands of people will be left out of work and out of la however the
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predictions continue to go away with foreign investments said to be ready to rocket the cumulative gains we believe or roughly three point three percent of russian g.d.p. in the early years after accession and more like ten years we think russia would gain about eleven percent of g.d.p. but apart from economic achievements the country's political image should benefit not being part of the global body would have a vast illegal strange russia has been the biggest economy not to. into the w t o but after an eighteen year marathon of negotiations all the world's key players finally come together under the same umbrella. or if not. most go. to remind of our breaking news story now four people are confirmed dead after a russian oil rig went down in a storm in the sea of the heart of the country's far east coast there were more than sixty people on board including passengers and crew fourteen people have been
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plucked alive from the ice cold water is the rescue operations had a setback after one of the vessels involved suffered a leak and turned back to shore efforts are also complicated by nightfall and ongoing storm officials say there is no danger of a leak barely any oil was on board stay with r.t. the latest on this developing story. the military hearing of the so-called wiki leak it continues in the united states bradley manning having to spend his twenty fourth birthday in court this week he made his first public appearance since being detained over a year and a half ago a court hearing is to determine whether prosecutors had enough evidence to bring manning to trial if found guilty he could receive a life term army private places twenty two charges of distributing government secrets which eventually passed to wiki leaks aiding the enemy former cia officer kevin zeese bradley manning support network says manning has been prejudged by top
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officials enough faces a dark fate. we think that manning is not someone who is a traitor he was didn't sell documents to foreign enemies he didn't profit from them he is accused of giving them to the media and what he gave the media were allegedly were very low level documents low security in fact probably should not have been declassified documents at all we're also worried that i mean i can't get a fair trial president obama has already announced that he's guilty he's the commander in chief it's the command structure in the military sorry body who's involved in the judge the jury under president obama's command and their careers on the land line they have no choice but to say manning is guilty if they want to keep their military career since the president already said he's guilty a soldier who is in that situation is a choice of ignoring the nuremberg principles and becoming complicit in these crimes or exposing those crimes if meaning is guilty of what he's accused what does he get what he's guilty of is telling the truth the truth so the american public
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can see what the u.s. military and state department actually are doing this trial is embarrassment to the u.s. military and he united states it shows a great deal of fear of the truth and fear the truth is what's driving this prosecution. at least fifty occupy wall street activists have been arrested if they broke into a profit that happens that it's three months and this week the test is. attempting to set up a new campaign i said. i think those are things that this plan either. he's dispersed them pies were waiting private property turning by that the class was followed by a number of marches in different areas are all concluding times square thousands of people have been detained in the rest of the cost united states during the protests . and you can read more updates in the background on the pad test shaking america for months on our website dot com here's what else is waiting few online right now
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some world news in brief few this hour first to the philippines where more than five hundred people have died after floodwaters swept through the south of the country many perished on friday night twelve hours of relentless rain poured down in the mindanao region floodwaters from a tropical storm raced down the mountain slopes and tore through homes. authorities are continuing to search for more than two hundred missing people including many who were swept out to sea in the waters drug. ten people have been killed and hundreds injured and clashes between the egyptian military and civilian protesters to meet demonstrators are demanding power be transferred from the military to a civilian authority and test forces move into dispersant and wouldn't be sitting on friday. and the last remaining u.s. troops have left iraq signaling an official end to the nine year war because carrot
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soldiers across the border to kuwait on sunday morning record are amount we ended the war earlier this week with iraqi prime minister in the night in a conflict led to the deaths of more than one hundred thousand iraqi civilians and thousands of u.s. troops. belgium was left in mourning this week following tuesday's shooting spree in which five people were killed and more than one hundred twenty injured van went around page in the center of the age shooting and throwing grenades into crowds of christmas shock was. shot himself dead before police arrived at the scene it was an ex convict who just serve the sentence for possession of illicit firearms and in drugs the body of a female house cleaner was also discovered inside a shed he used there were initial reports that several gunmen were involved to the . police. when next we head to one of russia's most volatile regions in the battle to stop the young women prey to terrorists.
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pakistan pairs in the rushes headlines almost every day with reports of shootouts and explosions basis reports say eighty percent of all anti terror operations in russia are carried out in the unstable republic it has meant in the question of a ports efforts are also being made to wipe out extremism and radicalism at its root. the caucasian republic of dagestan in russia is one of the most volatile areas in the country groups of militants operating in this part of the caucasus are reported to have strong links with al qaida look to dissolve people in when they're young and to tell rays are constantly carried out in a time to eradicate the problem although militants usually target police and government officials tourism has often warranted the lives of many innocent
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families across the region because of that a number of organizations have sprung up fighting for victims' rights and helping is also fucked its peace their lives back together i had it turns to spend the day with. after losing her son three years ago has dedicated her life battling for her people's future. it's a called mr winter morning in the street line a sign of as always is first in the office the telephone starts to ring right as she enters the room it is the usual start of the day for the mothers of dagestan a human rights organization created four years ago and now known across the region the cyclone is heading to the outskirts of the capital a single mother of four lives her husband was killed by robbers and she was left with nothing but her children will sit on the brings food clothes and talks to her talking as soon as the most important part offering reassurance to victims that they have not been forgotten your brother should not be unusual our organization
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mostly helps women it doesn't matter what situation they're in if they're in need we come to help them with most of these women don't know their rights or who do to help three years ago said lana was in the same position when one day her son failed to return home she didn't know what to do and most valuable time that have been used to rest. with the she will if i knew then what i know today my rights the right people i could have saved him i could have found out where he was have done some. thank you and your. son was accused of helping terrorists in dagestan she fears he was killed but where she still doesn't know these accusations are common in this region young and immature people often become the victims of terrorist brainwashing high unemployment also boast this quite often people that fall under the influence of those with no financial or social prospects and c going into the forest use them as one for joining terrorist as the only way out for them that's
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what happened with mariam and it cost her her life she had a difficult childhood was raised without a father and her mother couldn't provide for the family her mother honeymoon remembers how when her daughter started working at the market she met very religious people that. at first i thought there was nothing bad in that but then my little girl started to change she talked a lot about being a real new slang were going to paradise i tried to talk her out of it but she never listened she only listened to her new friends. her new friends turned out to be extremists and the last year of her life she disappeared for several months the next time her mother saw her face was on t.v. in a report on the latest special forces raid against suspected terrorists these doubly skirmishes are part of a bigger conflict being played out across the north caucasus region the terrorist
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led by dog who is russia's most wanted militant and on the list of america's most wanted terrorists want to establish a pan caucasian islamist state. in the last decade parts of pakistan has become really just theoretical ice this region is now the heart of russia's islamic terrorist problem and almost every day the authorities are engaged and sure thousand with terrorists and very often that happens even in the capital city of the region. locals say it's hardly surprising muslims are to. turning to radical islam as they see it as an alternative to the hard life in the region the older members of the community believe a large proportion of those who went to the fore is a simply bandits from an am dissatisfied younger generation. who if anyone told me thirty years ago their life in dagestan would be like what we see now i would never believe that. the locals want the rule of law enforced and respect is again
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every turn to a time before terror played such a dominant part in the lives of so many i do not question our sequels in the republic. that was just one in a series of reports from russian republic of dagestan that we've been showing all this week but the travel to many other regions in the world's biggest country had to come. by reminding the breaking news story four people are confirmed dead after a russian oil rig went down in a storm in a sea of the hearts of the country's far east coast there were more than sixty people on board including passengers and crew fourteen people have been plucked alive from the ice cold waters the rescue operation is had a setback there after one of the vessels involved suffered a leak and turned back to shore efforts are also complicated by nightfall and ongoing storm officials say there's no danger of a neat barely any oil was on board stay with it latest on this developing story as we get. well just ahead export russia's far northwest
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ati dot com. world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. this is r.t. broadcasting live from moscow our breaking news story a russian oil rig off the country's bar east coast has gone down during a storm with more than sixty people on board the search operation will continue through the night fourteen people have been rescued four others are confirmed dead . in today's other main news and the week's top stories fresh clashes there up in western stan just days after demonstration by oil workers ended with seven people dead.
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