the colbert report website says tensions in the region will only rise if the u.s. and its allies continue to pressure iran. i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us 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 it's 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 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 sanctions to to the mix is is really just a recipe for military disaster i think. you with r.t. it's good to have a company today and coming your way in the program the truth quite a quiet german town becomes a battlefield between neo nazis and those prepared to stand up to the full story that's coming your way shortly. jordan is hosting the first a bilateral meeting between the israeli and palestinian negotiators this in more than a year it's considered a last ditch attempt to revive direct peace talks aimed at reaching a two state solution the palestinian president says his side it will take quote

tough new measures if the meeting fails to bring any 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 at direct negotiations themselves jordanian 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 the chief palestinian negotiator has called on israel to stop with the 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 israeli said 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 it here to buy from 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 the mood is really not that upbeat and most people don't really expect anything significant to come out of these talks. as usual we are always interested in your opinion today those are jordanian mideast peace talks are the subject of our latest global online poll just out of the website. right now the numbers i see how you're voting today right now over half of

you say it will be a futile attempt to bring israel and palestine together for the second highest number of voters think it will and a major diplomatic disaster and a minority claim that will actually become a first step towards a new accords by previous ones agreed upon a camp david do go online. and while you're there check out these stories are also covered for you on our website. so up a new eye in the sky to find out about the if you want to find out rather about the satellite it could be giving the rest of the world close up images of israel for the very first time also online. check out this adorable footage of a panda cub settling into his new home in a chinese others just one of the many videos we have on our t.v. you tube channel.

four news today. these are the images. from the streets of. giant corporations today. you're watching on t.v. egyptians are voting in the third round of their first post revolution parliamentary election for the country's a leading islamist party is expected to dominate with results in just ten days the vote will see a transition of power from the army which has been in charge since the toppling of press. mubarak and for very 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 just last month the previous round of voting was

overshadowed by violent clashes between protesters and the army and government raids on a charitable organizations last week of also added to the bad sentiment and i thought his arena reports from cairo discontent is still 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 your actions on the one hand producing a majority but the people on the streets pushing for change secularists who have links with these groups so that this 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 energy all of the races in post-revolutionary egypt. the members of the arabic center for an independent judiciary never did get an official explanation for the confiscation of their documents or the victualling 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 of everything and didn't give a simple answer whether he wanted bank statements or anything else doesn't make him sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the victim to ngo workers point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak was in charge he says i would surprise. the police but. the current system. can't take a position. against the human rights. she. says

. this is a. 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. 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 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 the. 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 pressure has to come from the egyptians and we as a human rights organization should provide it. whatever the real reasons for the reins of n.g.o.s says 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. . still to come ahead in the program. the secret of my success. in america we don't have that chance anymore because. it's very expensive to begin

farming here we have a chance to take as much land as needed but it's not. the country's potential to the fullest. close. to the most ambitious football club in the world. lead. our goes to the far east where the timber industry legendary siberian tigers where the native community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's minerals starts its way across the ocean. to. russia.

from moscow russia is speeding up the reform modernization of its forces the military hasn't been a top priority since soviet times but the kremlin is now each set that right and as . reports changes long. the russian armed forces the pride of the nation or are they the last man forces certainly are falling behind enough for a behind some of the large 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 me he just army now is in need of contemporary modern equipment and if the russian defense industry can't yet provide us with what we need we'll buy it's abroad. new purchases include this london ship the mistral bought from france lorries from italy and flying drones from israel drones have proved a particular problem the defense ministry dismayed by the russian company tasked with designing and building them. i asked them up 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 exacta 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 are 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 rearmament is going just fine and that buying foreign weapons undermines russia's military independence. we are becoming dependent on foreign suppliers of spare parts for military equipment and foreign military personnel training on foreign supplies will specific fuels and lubricants and other substances needed for the new equipment nonsense say other servers 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 opposition it reinforced the need for serious change the money being thrown at the problem is vast regiments of rubles on their own aren't enough most here at the defense ministry now know that before the armed forces are ready for modern 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 watson r.t. moscow. all right now let's go to some other world news for you in brief this hour time for the r.t. world update us turn our attention now to libya where fighting has broken out in the center of the capital between two armed militia groups leaving at least five people dead now the clash is thought of started after former rebels based in tripoli arrested fighters who belong to a rival group from the city of misrata on new year's eve when you say the tripoli militia arrested six men brought them inside a council between a building excuse me attacked them and detained them at the resulting intense

battle on tuesday and called machine guns and rocket propelled grenades and anti aircraft guns and eight month civil war in libya ended on october but there are concerns of a growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria prances voice of 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 homs province which the government has blamed on terrorists five thousand people have been killed in syria since the uprising began last march . thirteen people have died in three separate bomb blasts in the afghan city of kandahar in the first day motorbike bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint killing four including one police officer official say the

target may have been nearby a police vehicle the second attack of the day thought to be against a nato convoy killed a child who was nearby. the taliban says it has struck a deal with cutter to open a political office that the plan is being seen as a major step towards ending the ten year war in afghanistan. on germany and the us of been urging the group to create representatives able to start peace negotiations the u.s. and taliban have previously held talks of 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 but sometimes divides whole towns between those in favor of extremism and those trying to make a stand you got a pretty good off now investigates was driving young people down a violent path. a quiet down disturbed.

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 locals many are retired and armed with 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 and this new book of in that we won't let me go now sees rule here yet not all locals agree the initiative is often criticised the neo nazi party even gained three percent of votes at the most recent local parliament election. beans that had split our town some say were 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 socialist schemes which the town can offer it's often simply boredom driving them to streams . well a population of just around six thousand people sausan is a typical small german town far away from large industries and financial centers life here is called 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 november german authorities caught two suspects believed to be members of a neo nazi terrorists keep them for years and were involved in killing at least ten foreigners but. it's money struggles which are igniting the trouble economic. causes families conflict and families. solved we have a kind of rage but now the rage was you know escalated by racist education germany's spending billions to call the eurozone crisis but ignoring economic trouble at home could be. if left unchecked it may be

too long before disenfranchised youth drags the entire country toward some of the biggest mistakes of its past. or to germany. and we continue with our new series on reports of foreigners who are venture to russia achieve huge success here. today we catch up with a british farmer who moved to russia fifteen years ago to milk the country's potential johnno kopecky now owns one of the country's most profitable dairy farms so 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 will over four thousand head does this year ten twelve years ago the people are paying

a ruble for milk and even though the rouble 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 started 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 a good. night cow makes color. the easiest thing to manage is people that cause 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. we go as far as to tell them each day what they have to do and what has to be finished 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 one 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 you know if 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 here. 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 mills we've got em in from germany we've got company now and we've got pepsi if you work here properly you've got big plans you can do big farms i'm just really efficiency of scale because lannes more efficiency is 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 is needed because it's not used. 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 has a farmer all over the world. 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 the more i really felt i was

a real person i come here and i see that affected the lives of 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 colored paper here i'm seeing the product i get a great sense of satisfaction by doing. and we will be meeting more business trailblazers in russia and now a special pathfinders series of certainly over the next two weeks here and on more headlines with me will researcher to come your way off to this short break.

i had a family i lived in a fairly nice community wasn't which was an upscale it was just like you know archie bunker society ok then they started showing up here what happened was my company decided i could get cheap labor and they got rid of us. these are. the rules of the eaglets love legally we have to get up every morning we have to go

to work and you know we have to pay our bills and we have to do it and that's just the american dream and if you want the american dream you have to go by the law as i figure is here's one of the major trails into the united states senate. i watch and they run run down my property and so about this noise. all this legal team that got mortgages from coming to the wire is protecting the country and the kind of guy who doesn't mind goodness pants dirty so i come out here you know we're all. immigrants as well that we all carry some sorrow. one stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is miss mirage. but this beauty brings death at a speed of more than four hundred kilometers per. step in a long. narrow

it's not about spilling blood. just the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut people from the land for twelve years. the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over. ride to clean a ghost town. squandered money. abandoned mine. what is now. more new sixty square kilometers of the mahmoud found a mistake. and those who are still surprising new lives and finding are just.

it's very bad out here. but not saying hardly any birds squirrels you know. ducks you know i don't know what's going on. on screen on our chief. if you're just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is all of you live from the headlines turning up the tension front schools for tough new sanctions against iran targeting the country's financial and energy sector is it's accusing iran of developing a nuclear weapon even as iran says it's ready to talk with the west about its atomic program. israel and the palestinians return to the negotiating table for the first time since peace talks broke down more than

a year ago but both sides played down expectations of a breakthrough ahead of the meeting. of the russian military is trying to restore its former glory with the kremlin to reform the armed forces the military industrial complex is falling behind technologically speaking riddled with corruption. we talked to former german chancellor and current chairman of the nord stream gas pipeline. and he tells us about the benefits of any cooperation between russia and the e.u. and discusses ways for the eurozone to try and escape its debt crisis. through the world chills live germany from two thousand and four and he's chairman of the board at nordstrom. under the bald.