hello and thank you for joining us six o'clock here in moscow on parents with headlines around the world around the house war in the united states it will take action if an american warship returns to the persian gulf at left the area when iran started its ten day naval war games during which they successfully test fired a number of different missiles but russia's defense ministry says that despite the latest military exercise their right don't have the technology to make the continental ballistic missiles meanwhile francis pushing for stricter sanctions as it says it's short on its developing nuclear weapons its urge to you countries to follow the u.s. and freezing iranian central bank assets and imposing an embargo on oil exports to iran has been threatening to block the strait of hormuz one of the world's most important oil routes if the west stepped up sanctions james corbet editor of the corporate report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s.

senate's allies continue to pressure iran. to think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the u.s. and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that erodes iran is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because it really does is tantamount to an act of war and and really the i think the only logical outcome for this is another increase in military tensions between the countries involved in that region that are already on the knife edge of military tension so it is quite an explosive thing to be talking about and i think the escalation in recent weeks with the recent ten day military drill in in the straits of hormuz has to be weighing heavily on the minds of of the u.s. and others but but i think really the idea that iran would really close off the straits of hormuz or attempt to do so would only be and. absolute last major resort

for a country that relies on the importation of refined gasoline and other things through the very straits that they would be a sensibly sabotaging and planting mines in so it's it's quite remarkable to think that that iran would do that in any other situation other than they felt that the entire existence of their country was under threat so adding more seeing sions two to the mix is is really just a recipe for military disaster i think your authority coming your way in the program a righteous fight. a quiet german town becomes a battlefield between neo nazis and those prepared to stand up to the full story is just ahead. jordan is set to host the first bilateral meeting between israeli and palestinian negotiators and more than a year it's considered a last ditch attempt to revive direct peace talks and at reaching a two state solution palestinian president says his side will take tough new measures if the meeting fails to bring progress archies policy or from tel aviv has

more. both sides have played down any kind of expectation that there will be a breakthrough in these talks saying that these will not lead to direct negotiations and should not be confused to be done in direct negotiations themselves as a diplomat said that these talks will not solve anything although they do bring a new energy to the table the israeli defense minister put it this way he said that these are negotiations about negotiations now the last time that israelis and palestinians sat down around the negotiating table was more than a year ago this time around they will be representatives from both israelis and palestinians they will be representatives from the quartet as well as the jordanian foreign minister they will be discussing the stalled middle east peace process and they will be looking again at the positions of both sides and the major issues that they will be trying to address issues of border security now the chief palestinian negotiator has called on israel to stop with its settlement building to release all

palestinian prisoners and to recommit itself to a palestinian state within one thousand nine hundred sixty seven borders he says that if israel does this it will show a commitment on the israeli side to restart peace talks just last week there were several palestinians who were killed when this all launched a series of strikes on gaza the israelis say that those were in response to palestinian militants firing into southern israel these raids also concerned that any kind of negotiations that they reach with will not be adhered to by him us until there is a reconsideration deal in place between these two palestinian groups the other stumbling block is of course the whole issue of settlements and he had the netanyahu government has shown that it is continuing to build settlements despite the international criticism these radius of say that they can be no preconditions for these talks what most people are hoping for is that both sides will come to the party and will really just put forward where they stand and what they're prepared

to do but it is worth mentioning that the mood is really not that upbeat and most people don't really expect anything significant to come out of these talks. we're always interested in your opinion and today those jordanian mideast peace talks are the subject of our latest online poll head to our web site r t dot com to take part . this hour over half of you say it will be a futile attempt to bring israel and palestine together the second highest number of voters think it will end a major diplomatic disaster and i'm not a minority claim it will actually become a first step towards a new accords like previous ones agree that camp david go online to cast your vote and while you're there check out these stories we're covering for you on our web site. turkey sounds off the new eye in the sky and find out about the satellite which could give the rest of the world close up images of israel for the very first time also online. turned ammonium check out this footage of a panda cub settling into its new home in the chinese do just one of the videos we

have at our you tube channel. four news today vorlon. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to rule the day. and your plans are voting in the third round of their first post revolution parliamentary election country's leading islamist party is expected to dominate in the polls system with results expected in ten days the vote will see a transition of power from the army which has been in charge since the toppling of president mubarak in february of last year mubarak in the meantime is on trial charged with complicity in the killing of more than eight hundred protesters during february's popular uprising last month the previous round of voting was

overshadowed by final clashes between protesters and army government raids on charitable organizations last week have also added to the bad feeling and. reports from cairo discontent is running high. the revolution may have toppled hosni mubarak the manager accused of corruption and suffocating freedom but now it's the ruling supreme council of armed forces which finds itself in hot water with the west following raids on human rights organizations last week feel this is a very dangerous situation because you have elections only one and producing a majority but the people on the streets pushing for change secularists who have links with these groups so that the big tension really between washington and kyra . dobbs cellphones and more than twenty boxes of documents were reportedly seized during raids by the police authorities promised all will be returned yet several

questions are mean what prompted the raids and what could possibly be so suspicious about it and you operate as an post-revolutionary egypt. in the members of the arabic center for an independent judiciary never did get an official explanation for the confiscation of their documents or the eviction from their office that followed. we don't know what they were searching for we told them we could give them anything they wanted but they came in search everything and didn't give a simple answer whether they wanted bank statements or anything else. sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the vix it angio workers point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak charge of our surprise. the police like the. ticket system just. can't take a position. against the human rights activists. say she.

says. this is a new for us human rights activists in egypt believe the razer are attempts to punish them for accusing military rulers of failing to carry through democratic reforms but western observers say the authorities are becoming increasingly wary of the ever watchful eye from washington and the true purpose of raids is to prove foreign funding over going is ations which authorities accuse of destabilizing egypt and seems to be a strand of opinion inside the military inside the state machine that. is very disillusioned with the old friendship with the west and may be trying to find evidence to prove that some of the trouble on the streets. has been in some way fostered by. washington tirelessly repeats the old adagio of the importance of its relations with egypt as a key player in the middle east but polite talk may hide

a very different agenda washington doesn't want stabilization they want permanent so that they can you know use that as a lever in the entire region egyptian activists aren't too happy with western help which they say can do more harm than good. and i don't like the way foreign countries put pressure on egyptian authorities that the pressure has to come from the egyptians and we as a human rights organization should provide it with money from us whatever the real reasons for the raids of n.-g. o. offices the increasing internal strife in the country could portend a shipwreck not just for egypt's relations with the west but for the country's revolution in cairo. r.t. . coming up ahead in the program the secret of my success. in america we don't have that chance anymore because billions all taken it's very expensive you've been farming here we have a chance to do it as much land is needed but it's not you revisit

a dairy farm run by x. parents who made the move to russia and milk to the country's potential to the fullest. stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is miss mirage. but this beauty brings deaths at a speed of more than two hundred kilometers per. step in the long run on. wealthy british soil sun it's a spot on the. market

why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into khan's report. thanks for being with us six twelve here in moscow russia is a speeding up of the reforming and modernization of its armed forces military housing been a top priority so soviet times but the kremlin is now eager to set that right and as artie's tom barton reports change is long overdue. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they but i'm for certain falling behind and have fallen behind some of the larger arrivals new equipment is a priority there's also a dire need for reforms in organization recruitment training pay and military doctrine the government has promised six hundred forty billion dollars over the next ten years to buy new weapons but russian arms manufacturers are no longer what

they used to be i mean she just. me now is in need of contemporary modern equipment and if the russian defense industry can't yet provide us with what we need by broad new purchases include this lander so ship the mistral book from france lorries from italy and flying drones from israel drones has proved a particular problem the defense ministry dismayed by the russian company tasked with designing and building them. i asked them what was their problem and what prevented them from producing good vehicles the enterprise's bosses found plenty of excuses such as the absence of engines gliders executor and i now know how much money they received and i saw the rubbish they produced not all new russian made weapons are falling below standard the su thirty four fighter bomber is widely considered an exceptional aircraft but so few have been delivered that the older

models they were to replace were starting to fail although russian designers come up with some excellent hardware for instance in terms of fighter and combat aircraft some time the industry has trouble in maintaining these at a high level and producing about the kind of numbers of the armed forces needed and the reforms still have angry opponents to both in and outside the armed forces many of them argue that the we are mint is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military. independence commission because we are becoming dependent on foreign suppliers of spare parts for military equipment on foreign military personnel training on foreign supplies and specifically fuels and lubricants and other substances needed for the new equipment norms say. in two thousand and eight russian forces pushed the georgian army out of some of the city in just five days but experts were dismayed at how outdated and clumsy the russian army looked when faced with real position it reinforced the need for serious change

the money being thrown at the problem is vast regiments of rubles on the road on to enough most to the defense ministry no no before the armed forces are ready for more than conflict a very long and very demanding war for reform must be won here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia tom boxen r.t. moscow some other world news in briefly this hour on first to libya where fighting has broken out in the center of tripoli between two armed militia groups they are thought to have been competing for control of a government building in the capital the intense battle involved machine guns and rocket propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns there was no immediate word on casualties and eight month civil war in libya ended in october but there are concerns over growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league house hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria

france has voiced doubts over the effectiveness of the league's monitors in the country amid concerns that forces are still killing anti-government protesters and the most recent wave of trouble a gas pipeline exploded in homes problems which the government has blamed on terrorists five thousand people have been killed in syria since the uprising began last march. a suicide blast in afghanistan has killed five people and injured over a dozen others the attack happened when a motorbike bomber detonated his explosives at a police checkpoint in the city of kandahar among those killed were four civilians and a police officer with many children suffering injuries officials say there was no clear target for the attack but it may have been aimed at a nearby police vehicle. the taliban says it has struck a deal with qatar to open a political office there the plan is being seen as a major step towards ending the ten year war in afghanistan germany and the u.s.

have been urging the group to create representatives able to start peace negotiations the u.s. and taliban have previously held talks over issues such as the release of afghan prisoners from guantanamo bay. despite a dark past with fascism like many other european countries germany is seeing a surge in support for neo nazi groups it's a problem that sometimes divides whole towns between those in favor of extremism and those trying to make a stand here gore school of investigates what is driving young people down a violent path. a quiet down to. a small community. it began with the appearance of nazi symbols then the local social center was burned to the ground your own office was also vandalized says for him the final straw was when neo nazis marched through the

town's main square. i used to be afraid but it helps not to act alone to have supporters i became a public person with our initiative and it sort of my protection the end the initiative is actively supported by around fifty local. retired and armed posters they stand up to those who are often much younger and looking not too friendly like this young man who openly calls himself a neo nazi and admits encouraging a teenager to set the social center on fire he now faces up to two years behind bars in this new book within that we won't let me rule here yet not all locals agree the initiative is often criticized the neo nazi party even blamed three percent of bullets at the most recent people on the election but the beans that had split our town some say we're exaggerating and are only making things worse by attracting too much attention but i think they're simply afraid. activists say it's

easy for new nazis to recruit new members especially among disillusioned and dejected teenagers with poor infrastructure and high unemployment and few social skeets which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to extremes with a population of just around six thousand people thoughts on is a typical small german town far away from large industries and financial centers life here is called and peaceful or at least it used to be before two thousand and nine mr vantine and the other activists are not going to back down until after it turns back to normal but unfortunately the problem with neo nazis in germany exists on a much wider scale. thousands of new gather for a new all marches in dresden often clashing with police and fascist activists and in the bamberg german authorities caught two suspects believed to be members of a neo nazi terrorist so that it is keep them for years in killing at least ten

foreigners but and it was no excuse it's money struggles which are igniting the trouble of course economic analyst causes families conflict and families and if they are not solved we have a kind of rage but now the rage was you know escalated by racist education germany's maybe on spending billions to call the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be at its period if we're unchecked it may not be too long before disenfranchised youth ranks the entire country toward some of the biggest mistakes of this past. or to germany. that we continue with our new series of reports on foreigners who have ventured to russia and the chief huge success here.

just today we catch up with a british farmer who moved to russia fifteen years ago to milk the country's potential jonker pisky and now owns one of the country's most profitable dairy farms. when we went on these lines people hadn't worked on the between two years we had forest growing today these lines are now working we have a well over four thousand hectares this year ten twelve years ago people are paying a ruble for milk and even at a ruble we started our project we thought we could make money out of that we talked to various parties they said it's a good idea the middle market will be there and we went ahead. the first problem we encountered i think the normal was that the workers expected that they'd lost by by mr starlin and now john had a right in the first year that we were here we were changing ninety percent of the start of the month we couldn't find anybody that we thought could manage such

a modern farm so in the end we decided to cover our risk we would look overseas and i interviewed many people and in the end we have a young american now running the farm he's been with us for six years with his family we should look at the manure more what do you think it's a good. night's cow makes color. the easiest thing to manage as people because the problem probably number one problem i saw with people was they never had to take on responsibility for themselves now we've kind of. i made this a team effort here where people have personal responsibility. we go as far as to tell them each day what they have to do and what has to be there from certain forms to fill out so that we can see they did their job either you love money or you love russia without that you can't work it because the frustrations of the bureaucracy is the main thing there are just too many laws every day just finding new ones in

a farm in the west a husband and wife and an accountant an external accountant can run the farm here i've got fourteen people in the office it really is the sense that in order for you to get a desired it's a very long road in the west it's faster you need to do some treatment which. typically here on a russian farm there's someone that's your boss and someone's boss is someone else's boss here we don't have that it's me i'm the boss of the farm and then we have workers that's it there's no middle management. it was much harder ten years ago we had to go running around asking do you want. in these ten years the market has evolved we've got investments now we've got done on the go to uni mill we've got em in from germany we've got company and we've got pepsi if you work it properly you've got big plans you can do big farms and just really efficiency of scale because lannes more efficiency starts to be a big advantage in america we don't have that chance anymore because the land's all

taken it's very expensive to begin farming here we have a chance to take as much land as needed because it's not used. and their ears are cold and temperature was ok this morning there's always a challenge and america gets boring after a while everything's there everything is simple here. the same question everybody onto the farmer all over the world how do we radiate so we like it i do it because . when we started i didn't know anything about it but the more i worked on the line to become a farmer the more i really felt i was a real person i come here and i see the effect of the lives of over one hundred people the local community know in the shops become better and we're producing something that really is worth something i spent all my life selling and buying millions of tons of coal i never sold a cold i just saw a paper here i'm seeing the product i get a great sense of satisfaction by doing. just

by meeting more business trailblazers in russia and our special pathfinder series over the next two weeks here on our team in a few moments so we ask a former german chancellor how to avoid economic crisis in europe but before that another look at today's top stories.

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we. thank you for joining us six thirty here in moscow and karen tara with a quick recap of your headlines turning up the tension france calls for new tough new sanctions against iran targeting the country's financial and energy sectors it's accusing talk problem of developing nuclear weapons even around iran says it's ready to talk with the west about its atomic program and israel and the palestinians head back to the negotiating table for the first time since peace talks broke down more than a year ago but both sides have played down expecting.