over the top. can imagine if it was the other way around if these sanctions were against american exports of oil or if this was or against china for instance assuming china you know main source of of of foreign exchange for china will be to export energy it is an act of war and this thing is how you're going to implemented and who's going to respect me with your opinions like you know the french foreign ministry pathetically is saying look we have to curb our imports of iranian oil what's going to happen to the european economy if that happens you know now it's one hundred eighth a barrel so it's going to be one hundred twenty any one months 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 china or with countries in south america or in central asia for that matter. the editor of the colbert report current affairs website says further pressure about the u.s. and its allies on iran push the beach into the age. 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 era to run 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 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 stance of lee 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. we're always keen to know your take on the story today we're asking what you believe new sanctions on iran will bring almost half of you think you're wrong will be pushed to desperation sanctions regarded as a matter of no rest of reportedly the measures will bring no changes the rest are evenly split between whether the new measures will punish the rain instead of the leaders that's on prices will soar as a result sparking the world's already shaky financial situation where you can cost your vote i don't see don't call. the us presidential campaign is now on the way in earnest for the first contest to determine a single republican nominee having taken place in the state on what they all ballots are counted just a few votes separate the front runners so if a conservative center on land on massachusetts governor mitt romney the third place

is empty or advocate long i was polls are largely seeing the settle that for the nomination race weeding out candidates. happening lucre against democrat president barack obama and the members election of former congressional aide and diplomat joel rubin believes it's one paul who stands out from the rest but is on lucky to get enough support from his fellow republicans. 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 and international affairs and some areas that can be good he's opposed to military action with the rod who are supposed to be iraq war but the other candidates are all extremely hawkish on foreign policy very neo conservatives and ron paul does stand out amongst them he makes voters want to support him but he's far is leading the party and getting other republicans on

board to really. 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 that kind of positioning will not win the general election against president obama but meanwhile things aren't looking too good for president obama either having been elected on the wave of hope four years ago he now faces a drop in popularity among disillusioned democrats point not in polls. three years ago one historic campaign turned us politics into a pop culture phenomenon. ok overall the democratic candidate achieved unprecedented support international fame and a record breaking six hundred fifty million dollars in donations.

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 the straight has been donated to the movement that became a phenomenon in two thousand and eleven there are about twenty people holding out david moffatt 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 is up is over to us like that that's the thing that's inspiring you know like that's why i brought the fight so 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 making a decision to get obama's familiar prose may not be enough to win back his familiar fan base he didn't produce 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 you get the beers you get the newness is. the freshness taking part in more than one hundred campaign events but last april the prominent intellectual told r.t. that obama has failed he's too friendly face of the american empire abroad he's in the process actually of becoming very sadly a pawn of 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. no no no and i think i really think he misinterpreted his. 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 default. artsy new york. but i still ahead for you this hour the secret recipe for success making it big in business in the us we highlight two ex-pat banks are serving up delicious treats and profits russia's top and bakery sector.

also two families two children and one almighty makes up this story is one of confusion. and most amazing friendship that's ahead. the third and final stage of egypt's parliamentary election resumes on wednesday the country's leading islamist party is expected to dominate with a results in a few days the vote comes amid continuing political tensions with the military rulers in charge since. being accused of going on to power last month the previous round of voting was overshadowed by violent clashes between protesters and the army on the raids on western sponsored n.g.o.s last week both added to the sense of instability in the east experts tariq ali says that want to stabilize and get the military has to give its people what they want and step down . no not sure majority of egyptians the military to be

a defense outfit defending the concrete against outside. checkpoints eventually not play a political role at all because for the last ten. to forty years egypt has essentially when they were under mubarak or under sadat being a multi to indicate to shape run by the middle or crean people want an end to that so when the military books. barak on trial again it's an attempt to divert attention from its own room in the concrete that is what is really worrying people and that is or should be discussed and attacking the g.o.p. and jim carrey is is i think to show that form bars are manipulating. creates a row which is again nonsense i think washington has a great deal of influence within the military after all big billions of dollars

i mean they get a billion dollars a year that's a huge amount of money but 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 in about twenty minutes time at middle eastern politics expert dr jimmy sold says this tunnel vision when it comes to deciding just who's doing the killing has what to have point. in its report. the human rights council report for powerful but there was no explanation of that where they go. a few days later nothing pillai who's the un human rights commissioner he threw up a few security council and said five thousand. and the figure echoes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination is five thousand people being killed by the syrian government by the security forces by the north or whatever whereas in fact i don't think is any doubt at all that

a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about it but but fact is so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these figures. curbing a gang of violence is now one of the top priorities for britain's leaders but for some the efforts will be in vain unless the government tackles an underlying culture of fear as always smith reports now from london. the dark underbelly of life in britain's inner cities 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.

at his lowest ebb gavin admits to having stopped 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. two thousand and twelve olympic park but it's also more than almost anywhere else. 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 and more than half of kids are living below the poverty line and they don't feel the government doing anything to help

them how can you hold me. you have to have. a government. when gavin met sheldon thomas an ex gangster 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 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 in a restaurant 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 tougher punishments but this isn't going to work according to shelton thomas who feels the government is forcing him at every turn what they do is they look at the manifestation of gangs gun violence gangs gang rape. that's just a manifestation of. the cause and stems from family breakdown moles gone out the window from the hole 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

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where the ancient native community. losing its way in the modern world. and where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. welcome to the bombs creature russia. well. it's technology innovation all these developments around russia we've got the future covered well next the latest in the series. the secrets of business success in russia. but one such example is a story in and go on in more than a decent crust from russia's premium bakery sector they've been running the biggest operation of its kind in moscow for more than four years they give us

a taste of what it takes. i am twice a week in the production sector and the rest of the time i mean the restaurant genya. genya idea that's just to make sure everything is ok definitely the way when you are starting something new everything in. 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 and the whole point of our project the whole point the business was that these products. hardly exist in russia today you don't get many customers here you can help in that. yes 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 line staff 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 really give you a hundred. if you're not. really ever might destroy your resume so we've made it again but it's still a chat the first quarter we spent 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 compared to the euro so suddenly overnight

imported prices were up thirty forty percent and that is deadly for any kind of business like goals 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 in russia. we united states or in europe 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 car from there however on the other hand if we see that your heart they 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 again but i think i would make sure that we raise a bit more capital up front 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 many more cells and then we would be even more successful than we are today i think but yes i would absolutely. i would have more ports on for an intrapreneur getting begin business in russia in our part in the serious throughout the weekend . where some of the world's news the first to south sudan where thousands of use from an ethnic group who attacked a rival community have been repelled by government troops there attack on the town of. left at least one hundred fifty dead and scores of others forced to leave the

violence despite u.n. troops stepping up security and they couldn't prevent the deadly fighting it was like rates. in chile is battling the several 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 many homes destroyed chilean authorities recently arrested and later a veiled israeli tourists on suspicion of starting a huge forest fire in a national park. well next a terrible tangle that two girls born at the same time and in the same ward in the russian urals who accidently swapped ending up with the wrong parents karen has the story of maternity mistake that took years to be discovered. meet anya she's thirteen years own to muslim and lives with her father nine in the chalabi town of kut based on the other side of town so thirty nine 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 laws on the surface one way and in that moment i was in such a state of shock that i thought it was all a joke sleep in one nine hundred ninety 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 yulia insisted upon her innocence had the family take not one but two d.n.a. tests the results show that in fact the ex was not the father and both results showed that yulia was not arenas mother but that a good one was my first thought was that irina doesn't find out and the second was where is my biological child born 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. they 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 nine 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. the first time i got used to girls to each other that we came to visit we took pictures walked around and ate ice cream romagnoli just had told me that when i meant it was my biological father in the beginning i didn't believe it but my mother said it's true i'm not flying. irina ananya 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 breaks your heart one day i don't think that's the way to live it

just adds to the 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 or write when they speak i don't understand why they are seeing more of this saying something about. 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 r.t.t. moscow. both are mind top stories is coming your way in just a few minutes thanks to statements.

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welcome back a look now at the headlines for you the u.s. rebuffs terrans demand not to bring its aircraft carrier back to the persian gulf saying it will continue its military presence off the rain post the standoff between the two sides is sparking fears of a booming military conflict. u.s. republicans have cast their votes in the first caucus to pick a single presidential nominee two hopefuls leaving the home and. homes in third but his views are being blamed for not winning enough support among members. curbing gang violence is now one of the top politics for britain's leaders but

analysts say the root causes need tackling first a deep seated poverty in the use of families teams into street crime. developments in the arab world and north africa have once again join international focus towards its impact on the middle east regional politics expert dr journey salter 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 the west talks. and acts if it's true if you agree with this what should be done what can be done to prevent syria from falling into these patterns look at what's been happening in the middle east and the policies the western governments of followed since the beginning of 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.