i 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 era to run is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because that 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 of 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 an absolute last measure 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 and 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 sanctions to to the mix is is really just a recipe for military disaster i think. you know with our tea coming our 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 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 aimed at reaching a two state solution president says his side will take tough new measures if the meeting fails to bring progress. has more from tel aviv. 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. 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 the round 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 stored 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 palestinian prisoners and to recommit itself to

a palestinian state within the 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 are also concerned that any kind of negotiations that they reach with will not be here to buy from us until there is a reconsideration deal in place between these two groups the other stumbling block is of course the whole issue of statements and he had the 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 policy 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 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 on line 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 up being a major diplomatic disaster and a minority claim in a war actually become a first step towards new accords like previous ones agreed at 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 sums up a new eye in the sky find out about the satellite which could give the rest of the world close up images of israel for the very first time also on long. term demonio check out this footage of a panda cub settling into its new home in a chinese zoo just one of the videos we have at our you tube channel.

more news today volumes. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the street. canada. giant corporations rule today. are voting in the third round of their first post revolution parliamentary election the country's leading islamist party is expected to dominate with results due 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 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 violent clashes between protesters and the army and government

reigns on charitable organizations last week have also added to the south and is he being a go school 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 we received a very dangerous situation because you have elections. but the people in the streets pushing secularists who have links with these groups so the tension really between. cell phones 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 me what prompted the raids and what could possibly be so suspicious about n.g.o.s durations in post revolutionary egypt. and 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 vicks it and point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak charge this is our surprise. to the police but. the transitional just. can't take a position. against the human rights. and says. this is

a. human rights activists in egypt believe the razor 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. which authorities accuse of destabilizing egypt and seems to be a strand of opinion in the military in the state machine that. is very disillusioned with the 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 with for. sure on egyptian authorities that pressure has to come from the egyptians and we as a human rights organization should provide it so much in the come on money from us whatever the real reasons for the reins of n.g.o.s 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 the lands all taken it's very expensive to begin farming here we have a chance as much land is needed because it's not new we visited a dairy farm run by x. parents who maybe move to russia and melt the country's potential to the fullest

and. the close up team has been to docu stuff birthplace to the most ambitious football club in the world. now r.j. goes to the far east where the timber industry attracts the legendary siberian tigers where the ancient native community loses its weight in the modern world. and where the country's mental well starts its way across the ocean. come to the bar screeching russia blows up.

pressure is a speeding up of the reforming and modernization of its armed forces the military hasn't been a top priority since soviet times but the cat was now eager to set that right as artist tom parton reports change is long overdue. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they but i'm for certain falling behind enough for a behind some of the larger arrivals new equipment is a priority there's also a dire need for reforms an organization with crude meant training pay and military doctrine the government has promised six hundred forty billion dollars over the next ten years to buy new weapons russian arms manufacturers are no longer what they used to be i mean she just. 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 land the sole ship in a strong 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 yeah. 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 exaction 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 point two 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 combat aircraft some time the industry has trouble in maintaining these at a high level and producing them. the kind of members of the armed forces need and the reform still have the angry opponents to both in and outside the armed forces many of them argue that the we are movement is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military independence commission. we are becoming dependent on foreign suppliers of spare parts for military equipment and foreign military personnel training on foreign supplies were specifically fuels and lubricants and other substances needed for the new equipment. sales. in two thousand and eight russian forces pushed the georgian army out of south setia 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 their own onto enough most terror the defense ministry now know that before the armed forces are ready for a modern conflict a very long and very demanding war for reform must be one here in the corridors of government and in factories around russia. r.t. moscow. some other world news in brief for you this hour but first to libya where fighting has broken out in the center of tripoli between two armed militia groups there are thought to have been competing for control of a government building in the capital the intense battle involved machine guns rocket propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns there is no immediate word on casualties and the eight months civil war in libya ended in october but there are concerns over growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria france has boys doubts over the effectiveness of the league's monitors in the

country amid concerns that forces are still killing anti-government protesters in the most recent wave of trouble a gas pipeline exploded in homes problems which the government has playing 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 had a police checkpoint in the city of khan the 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 the house previously hold talks over issues such as the release of afghan prints from guantanamo bay. despite a dark past with financials 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. investigates what is driving young people down a violent path. a quiet down disturbed. a small community divided. 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 your nazis marched through the town's main square. i used to be afraid but it helps not to act alone to have

supposed i became a public person with our initiative and it sort of my protection the end the initiative is actively supported by around fifty locals many are retired and armed with posters they stand up to those who are often much younger and are 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 bendish new book within that we won't let me know now sees rule here yet not all locals agree the initiative is often criticized the neo nazi party even being three percent of bullets at the most recent full time in the election did put on ten thousand genes that had split our town some say where 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 us to recruit new members especially in

disillusioned and dejected teenagers with poor infrastructure and high unemployment and few social skills which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to street. just around six thousand people is a typical small german town far away from large industries and financial centers life here is called peaceful or at least. a thousand and nine. and the other activists are not going to back down until returns back to normal but unfortunately the problem. exists on a much wider scale thousands of gather for anyone. with police and activists and german authorities two suspects believed to be. terrorists keep them for years in killing at least ten foreigners but.

its money struggles with. the trouble of course. causes. conflict and. we have a kind of rage. you know escalated. education germany's spending billions to call the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be. if left unchecked it may be for disenfranchised youth drank the entire country towards some of the biggest mistakes of this past. or to germany. now we continue with our new series of foreigners who have ventured to russia and achieved huge success here.

today we catch up with a british farmer who moved to russia fifteen years ago to milk the country's potential john cook this scheme now owns one of the country's most profitable dairy farms. when we went on these lines people hadn't worked on the between the years we had forest growing today these lines are now working we have a whale of a four thousand take does this year ten twelve years ago the people applying approval for old mill and even as a rule 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 stalin and now john had arrived 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 good it's. nice color. cows are 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. made this a team effort here where people have personal responsibility and. we go as far as to tell them each day what they have to do and what has to be theist and 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 you just finding new ones in a farm in the west

a husband and wife and an accountant an external accountant could 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 this ten years the market has evolved we've got investments now we've got. we've got. one 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 problems and just really efficiency of scale and more efficiency that's the real 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 cold and temperature was ok this morning there's always a challenge in america gets boring after a while everything's there everything is simple here. the same question everybody answered the farmer all over the world are the 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 the became 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 and of a soul the coal to dissipate here i'm seeing the product i get a great sense of satisfaction by doing.

and will be meeting more in business trailblazers in russia and our special pathfinder series over the next two weeks here on our team i'll be back with another run through of today's top stories shortly.

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thank you for joining us seven thirty here in moscow here's a quick recap of your headlines turning up the time shown france calls for tough new sanctions against iran targeting the country's financial and turns its accusing teflon of developing nuclear weapons even as a round says it's ready to talk with the west about its atomic program. israel on the palestinians return to the negotiating table for the first time since peace talks broke down more than a year ago but both sides have played down expectations of a breakthrough ahead of the meeting. and the russian military is trying to restore its former glory with the kremlin can to reform the armed forces the military industrial complex has fallen behind technologically and become riddled with

corruption. up next our financial guru max cars or some charts the economic headlines to his own unique brand of scrutiny. max kaiser welcome to the kaiser report one of the great things about doing a show on our today is that new year lasts oh seems like almost two weeks they say herbert mags is only eight days they're a light weight we're still partying hero. well that's because i found what's considered to be a shot.