source of of of foreign exchange for china will be to export energy it is an act of war this thing is how you're going to implemented and who's going to respect that maybe the europeans like you know the french foreign ministry pathetically they say look we have to curb our imports of iranian oil what's going to happen to the european economy if that happens you know oil is now it's one hundred eighth a barrel so it's going to be one hundred trainee any one month's could be one hundred forty one hundred fifty and you want to recover the economies of the u.s. and europe as well with oil at one hundred fifty it's not going to happen and it's totally counterproductive. law and amendments and the way it's going to be interpreted by the obama administration i'm not sure they're going to try to provoke a confrontation against south korea for instance an ally with russia where china or with countries in south america or in central asia for that matter well the editor of the colbert report current affairs website says further pressure by the u.s.

and its allies on iran could push the region to the edge 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 the idea that iran would really close off the streets of reviews 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. well the third and final stage of egypt's

parliamentary election resumes on wednesday the country's leading islamist party is expected to dominate the results in few days comes in to political tensions with a miniature routers in charge since president barack was toppled nearly a year ago being accused of planning to power. will surround the place was overshadowed by questions test as any enemy army raids on western sponsors and he was last week also added to the sense of instability in middle east experts tariq ali says that to stabilize and put the military has to get what i want and step down. large majority of egyptians want the military to be a defense outfit defending the country against outside attack point dimension and not play a political role at all because for the last thirty to forty years egypt has essentially whether under mubarak or under some dark being a multi to indicate to share run by the middle or crean people want an end to that

so when the miller creek works so more barak on trial again it's an attempt to divert attention from its own rule in the concrete that is what is really worrying people and that is all should be discussed and attacking the g.o.p. and jim carrey is is i think to show that formed bars are manipulating of concrete and so for which is again nonsense i think washington has a great deal of influence within the military oh after all it billions of dollars i mean big you know billion dollars a year that's a huge amount of money. well meanwhile the arab league wants an emergency meeting on whether to withdraw its observers from syria where violence between the army and anti-government protesters continues later this hour our middle eastern politics expert dr germy salt says there is a tunnel vision when it comes to deciding just who's doing the killing here's what's ahead. in the report. the human rights

council report four thousand but there is no explanation of that where they go. a few days later. who's the u.n. human rights commission. security council and said five thousand. well and could the if you get it goes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination it's five thousand people being killed by the syrian government security forces by the neutral whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any thought at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by gangs about to this so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. the presidential campaign is now underway and then missed in the u.s. the first contest of the time in

a single republican nominee taking place in the state of iowa social conservative rick santorum all right but it's one poll and former massachusetts governor mitt romney the front runner as he pointed to the results i was largely seen. as only national race. that's eventual republican i saw him a perfect place and. then this presidential election congressional aide then diplomat joel rubin he's it's one pool who stands out from the rest but is unlikely to get enough support from the front of the publicans. in his foreign policy is very distinct from the other candidates in that he has a more isolationist viewpoint he wants the united states to retreat from international conflicts of international affairs in some areas that can be good he's opposed to military action with the ron he was opposed to the iraq war but the other candidates are all extremely hawkish on foreign policy very neo conservative

and ron paul does stand out among them makes voters want to support him. leading the party and getting other republicans on board to really show you know he hasn't done that someone who says i am a free american and i can make it on my own and that's what ron paul really embodies but republicans also understand that kind of positioning will not win the general election against president obama. well meanwhile things are not looking too good for barack obama either having me the elected on the wave of hope four years ago now faces a drop in popularity among disillusioned democrats as an important oil has been falling out. three years ago one historic campaign turned u.s. politics into a pop culture phenomenon. except for a democratic candidate achieved unprecedented support international fame and a record breaking six hundred fifty million dollars in donations.

i thousands of new yorkers celebrated the victory clutching an enormous american flag hand sewn by obama supporters but the winds have changed and the very same democratic symbol waved in honor of the president elect in a way each straight from a straight has been donated to them lou find that became a phenomenon in two thousand and eleven there are twenty people holding out david mulford out organize the flag project after being inspired by obama rhetoric a dream shattered by the subsequent years of politics as usual curly what's inspiring me as up as a lot of us like that that's the thing that's inspiring you know like that's why i brought the fight ws and the thing that inspired me about it is the fact that it's a grassroots movement. that had a like a very clear and transparent process artist shepard fairey seems similarly just an

chanted releasing an updated version of his iconic hope poster replacing obama with his now clear support for occupy wall street with an economy still in crisis wall street largely unregulated social programs slashed and over forty five million citizens on food stamps it all starts with you making a decision to get involved obama's familiar prose may not be enough to win back his familiar fan base who didn't produce what people wanted him to produce in two thousand and eight professor and author dr cornel west was one of obama's biggest supporters i think he's got the beers you've got the newness he's. the freshness taking part in more than one hundred campaign events but last april the prominent intellectual told r.t. that obama has failed eased a friendly face of the american empire abroad he's in the process actually of becoming very sadly upon big finance and

a puppet of big business and any politician here knows they are in trouble when the hollywood a listers start turning their backs are you happy with the way that obama has been running the country. and i think i really think you misinterpreted his. his mandate yet the approval ratings show voters are even more turned off with the alternatives leaving obama seemingly the lesser of two evils america's president clearly enters the twenty twelve race amid a growing band of disillusioned democrats most will still back barack obama over his republican rivals arguably with heavy hearts in two thousand and eight he was the unassailable candidate of choice this time mr obama is likely to stay in my defaults. artsy new york. was ahead for you this hour the hopes of getting back

to business in the middle east peace talks straight isn't it and she says. you know stalemate we explore things any chance of progress this time also. two families two children and one almighty mix up their story is one of confusion. friendship that's ahead. curbing gang of audience is not one of the top priorities for britain's leaders but for some of the efforts will be in vain unless the government tackles on the cultural fit there smith reports now from london. the dark underbelly of life in britain is in a city's gang culture dramatized here for a television series for gavin it was real life he got into a gang to escape

a feeling of powerlessness an abusive home life where money was a constant struggle. to. crazy. people. at his lowest ebb gavin admits to having stabbed a girl and his story isn't unusual in deprived areas nowhere is the question of how to solve the gang problem in london more relevant than here in new. london two thousand and twelve olympic park but it's also got more gangs than almost anywhere else in london around here young people say you start just by hanging out with your friends on the streets and you end up in a spiral of gang violence and fear. in you are more than half of the kids are

living below the poverty line and they don't feel the government's doing anything to help them how can you hold me. you have to have. i don't. know in a bar. in london and the neighbor. and the neighbor does. the government really knew and understood would be happening. when gavin met sheldon thomas an x guy next to himself he turned a corner and they're now working in a team to get young people out of gangs the government claims it wants the same thing and having laid the blame for august's riots firmly at the door of gangs their solution the carrot and stick method are as you found some excellent police work to identify and manage the highest risk members through

a combination of targeted surveillance enforcement and arrest renny offense however minor and positive offers of training employment and drugs treatment for those who want a different life. but for those not prepared to break away from violence they will face harsher and tougher punishments but this isn't going to work according to sheldon thomas who feels the government is forcing him at every turn what they do is they look at the manifestation of gangs gun violence. gang rape drugs that's just a manifestation of causes of the cause in stem from family breakdown morals gone out the window from society as a whole while the government rhetoric sounds encouraging other policies will undermine both carrot and stick economic austerity cuts will mean sixteen thousand fewer police officers on the streets and services that deal directly with gangs now will have their funding cut by between twenty and ninety percent in some areas that

means young people like gavin in the future will have nowhere to go but the street nora smith r.t. london. morning's comments and analysis is available if you're around the clock on our website so what's up. we picked turn of events that shaped twenty eleven correspondents first on the calendar supporting the world's hotspots testimony syrians. and the knights the planet party the picture galleries bring you the festive mood from around the world in twenty twenty it's a. newly announced plans by israel to build yet more settlements in occupied lands in east

jerusalem have ruined another attempt at peace talks with palestinians around the goshi ations held in the jordanian capital has ended in deadlock. reports. these talks between israelis and palestinians with representatives of the mideast quartet in the dog training government have ended with no major breakthrough and that was to be expected the stumbling blocks were essentially the positions that both israelis and palestinians hold the major position being that assessment construction it's interesting that while these talks were happening in the jordanian capital here in israel the israeli land administration announced that it was issuing tenders for three hundred new homes to be built across the green line so you're hearing again from the palestinians that there is no real commitment from the israeli side to stop with the settlement building this is on the table really issues of security issues of borders with palestinians again reiterating make or soviets release to withdraw to the one nine hundred sixty seven borders to release all palestinian prisoners as an indication that they are serious about resuming

direct talks they have been no direct talks for more than a year. of course we're always interested in your opinions on those middle east peace talks on the subject of our latest online poll head to our website r.t. dot com to take. dorothy. two percent say that peace talks are doomed to failure long as the u.s. continues to step back israel's next twenty six percent on line but just think that israel is ready to compromise because it won't hold your second building on. thirteen percent welcome the talks thinking that the first move towards peace just nine percent saying it's not ready for a dollar has reason to focus on the settlements issue. being to negotiate directly but you don't mind crossed your mind or you break some. other stories we're covering for you. when the next the latest

in our part find the series where experts entrepreneurs share the secrets of business success in russia. and there one such example is the story of in. more than a decent crust from russia's bakery sector they've been running the biggest operation of its kind in moscow for more than four years makes they give us a taste of what it takes. i have twice a week in the production sector and the rest of the time i'm in the restaurant genya. genya idiot just to make sure everything is ok definitely in the way when you are starting something new everything sets up the industry has existed here we had to do everything from scratch. when we started the business we realized. we had to. really difficult objectives one was

that we had to create our own brand and we decided to license at least initially in the nation's national brand for us the whole point of our project the whole point the business was that these products i called the bakery hardly exist in russia today you don't get many customers here you can't help in the early to this and that customer should be greeted every time every time you are developing a company culture you know one of the most difficult things in russia a few years ago was to make sure your lines that smile is just smile if it's not the culture at the beginning i would say if i come to the restaurant and if you're smiling i will give you one hundred. if you're not. really ever my desire your resume so good we've made it again but it's still a chat. first up was that we in two thousand and six we spent nine months

developing a very small factory we basically had a thirty square meter room where we were trying to make something like fifty products fresh every day and the biggest challenge was the local ingredients it would be insane to import. flour to russia when russia is one of the biggest low exporters in the world we were very very lucky that we did this because by the end of two thousand and eight when the recession started the first thing that happened in the recession in russia was a collapse of the ruble exchange rate bureau so suddenly overnight imported prices were up thirty forty percent and that is deadly for any kind of business like gods but for us at least the cost of our products was relatively stable because for the main ingredients like sugar like flour we were using locally made products. it's still a lot of things happens in russia mechanically in the service industry we have a hard time getting the idea they followed the rules or did they have

a problem so this is the difficulty to russia. united states it's a little bit easier because they have been used to it. you need to empty the garbage cans you need to clean up that place what is that card from there however on the other hand if we see that you are working hard to take it to heart. in other cultures that may be a little bit more difficult the idea to build a bakery business in russia was exactly right the idea that the competition wasn't so high in this sector i would do it again but i think i would make sure that we raise a bit more capital upfront than we did i would also make sure i think that we invest at the beginning far more in training of production people than we did we should have outsourced much less than we did four years ago we should have made much many more products ourselves and then we would be even more successful than we are today i think but yes i would absolutely. and there we have

more ports on foreign entrepreneurs getting big in business in russia in the past on the syrians throughout the week. with more of the world's news this hour and first to south sudan where thousands of youths from an ethnic group who attacked a rival community have been repelled by government troops. want to the left at least one hundred fifty dead scores of others forced to flee the violence despite u.n. troops stepping up security in the area they couldn't prevent the deadly flight response point out of raids. chile is battling a three massive wildfires with at least one person killed in the blazes efforts to cope with a disaster are being hampered by intense heat and strong winds hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area and many homes destroyed clean or thirty's recently arrested and later bailed an israeli tourist suspicion of starting a huge forest fire in a national park. no next

a terrible tangle to go on at the same time and in the same ward in the russian urals accidently swapped with the wrong parents. tara has the story of a maternity mistake that took years to be discovered. meet anya she's thirteen years own muslim and lives with her father nine in the chalabi town of kut based on the other side of town also thirteen lives with her russian orthodox mother yulia despite their differences in religion and culture they are recent friends sharing the same birthdays and ties that bind them deeper than what lies on the surface the long and simple in that moment i was in such a state of shock that i thought it was all a joke of in one thousand nine hundred eight anya an arena born only fifteen minutes apart in the same hospital were accidentally switched at birth the discovery happened with us ex-husband who claimed arena his daughter looked nothing

like him he refused to pay alimony but you insisted upon her innocence had the family take not one but two d.n.a. tests the results showed that in fact the ex was not the father and both results showed that yulia was not arenas mother but that a beautiful my first thought was that irina doesn't find out and the second was where is my biological child to bring with her lawyer and investigators by her side yulia discovered her biological child anya was living on the other side of town with ny much. told me they switch my child with another at the hospital they said your biological child is with another family they gave me a picture of her and i was in shock for about forty minutes my hands and legs were shaking. two days later reluctantly phoned yulia they met and decided to first introduce the girls to each other after they became friends the truth would be revealed to each of them separately but us and we lived in the face time with the girls to each other we came to this we took pictures walked around and ate on ice.

role model leadership told me there's no i meant it was my biological father in the beginning i didn't do a bit of a lot but my mother said it's true i'm not lying just a little irina nanya now close friends decided to remain with the parents who raised them but the inconvenience of living in different suburbs makes it much harder for the families to meet often so it's a problem it breaks your heart one day back and forth i don't think that's the way to live it isn't adds to our suffering it's the teenage girls that now face social hardships their separate cultures beliefs and habits make understanding each other difficult very different they pray they don't speak when they speak i don't understand what they are saying what if they're saying something about the wrong regardless of their differences irina and anya are happy to have each other as friends no matter the reasons that brought them together karen tara moscow. back with a headline short and stay with us. if

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question on the. wealthy british stock. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred the global financial headlines kaiser report. more news today violence is once again fled the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. today.

talk about let's take a look at the headlines around the u.s. rebuffs terror not to bring its aircraft carrier back to the persian gulf saying it will continue its military presence on preventing the standoff between the two sides is sparking fears of a new military. republicans are making their choice in the first caucus to make a single presidential nominee three hopefuls leading the poll while the popularity of democratic president barack obama appears to be doing even among his own supporters. curbing gang violence is one of the top priorities for britain's leaders but analysts say it's the root cause that needs tackling us to

see to poverty in the use of animals when teams into street crime. how developments in the arab world in north africa have once again drawn into national focus towards its impact on the middle east regional politics expert dr germy salt gives r.t. his outlook for twenty twelve. thank you jeremy for joining us here on r.t. as well as call put it when it comes to the middle east there west talks i gently sickly and acts brutally if it's true if you agree with this what should be done what can be done to prevent syria from fallen into these patterns look at what's been happening in the middle east and the policies the western governments followed since been this year they have always had the noble motive we're doing this for this very very good reason but we don't have to be terribly skeptical or cynical.