half the time you don't have the inclination come people that you get into if you ever try to have a meaningful discussion with someone about politics i try every day it's pretty pretty bad to be honest say you never going to know where they were even if they did you wouldn't know anyway so. we don't always. get to go you think common sense takes over a little bit ok we don't know. but our moon think we would know. a little look up there to see because. so think some people are listening to what's being said and are thinking for themselves let's just hope they can catch the much more subtle inaccuracy parted with by the media every day. in the us an increasing number of people are struggling to make their ends meet supporting their own needs or for that matter an entire family is proving to be

a growing challenge and it's important i reports those who can't get food stamps are looking down every avenue for nourishment. the number of people on food stamps has reached an all time high and more and more people are going hungry and one in three americans live in or near poverty and suffering hunger in this land of plenty . in this land of plenty roughly two point seven million tons of food is reportedly raised and grown each here is seem country that loves so much to consume calories. also loves to waste that. this is a liquid geo and although it is a dumpster diver instead of paying for food he ramaj is there garbage bags on the streets of new york city it's another to close were tons of edible food is thrown

out and each night i never thought it was a pizza here is the reason there isn't bagel for twenty seven year old musician makes his way from the bakery to the telly there's hot food here which probably comes from a hot food bar relying on supermarket trash for his essential vitamins even without opening the bag i can see that there's an orange. and some other greens what we and those crowding around g.o.c. is that in a country where more than forty million people struggle daily to get enough food millions of meals are literally being wasted as this as you can see is still perfectly edible and there's no sense that it should be wasted thrown away. otherwise it would end up. on top of a landfill somewhere and as to me the thirty to fifty percent of u.s. food produced for consumption ends up at landfills each year that comes at an

annual cost of one billion dollars simultaneously food prices continue to rise leaving millions more on line at soup kitchens and ultimately searching through trash eating meat a big show in the documentary die follows filmmaker jeremy seifert and his friends in the back alleys and rubbish piles of los angeles as thousands of dollars worth of edible food is salvaged it's a result of our excess we are a wealthy country and we have excess and so we is. really necessarily a byproduct of excess and it's a bad habit of sort of the spoiled rich kid as it were i mean america's expanding climate of food waste critics say the country's overall carelessness causes ripple effects around the world it is a global market and our over consumption directly impacts the hungry

and or in other countries us taking more than we need and we see it affects the prices of food affects the availability of food so yeah i guess it was rightly because there was a sense of outrage just as waste something of a paradox society defined both by we still consumption and an ongoing struggle to make ends meet writing because my expenses are first thing that we go through so the question is why pay for that which you can get for free in a pretty naive artsy new york. and plenty more stories available for you on line twenty four seventh's there's a bit of what is awaiting the for your website r.p. dot com. russia is the riskier valley truckers rounding off its u.s. tour to learn more about their triumphant performances check out our our own culture section plus. for an international team of scientists has suspended

its study of the deadly mutation of the h five n one bird flu virus live on our t.v. i promise. you. now a look at what else is making news around the world we begin in nigeria where the death toll after a series of coordinated bomb and bomb attacks has climbed to more than one hundred fifty people the radical islamists sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for targeting different locations including police stations and the regional police headquarters the group which is behind a string of bombings in there to region recently claim it's your tax are in response to authorities refusal to release their members from prison.

nearly two dozen occupy protesters have been arrested in san francisco after demonstrations turned violent there several were arrested after refusing to break from their human chain of blocking the headquarters was fargo bank some demonstrators also three furniture i think a hotel rooftop organizers said the protests coincided with the u.s. supreme court's decision two years ago to remove limits on how much money quote the corporations could donate to political term picks. the yemeni parliament has approved immunity from prosecution for president the last a lady who is due. for the u.s. to seek medical treatment he has been accused of suppressing protests and killing many people however those working under the president could still face legal action so lay will formally hand over power next month after thirty three years as a ruler and is expected to return to oman after his state of new at. the russian

city of sochi is the host city of the next winter olympics and it's making safety the main priority heavy snow is usually good news for skiers and snowboarders but it can also spell danger for the thrill seekers. joint of those mountain peaks clear about. sochi avalanche hunters seven spools of sand cannons on their side. the mission to keep them healthy feet clear and see. it's been snowing heavily in sochi this week and skip earth for a magnificent but what may seem is just snow to most of us and provide prized. avalon chanters. the avalanche team surveys every new can craney of the resort they say russians love to push the boundaries and many skiers like writing off the beaten track live in need is the team's lead expert and he uses computers and

weather stations to monitor the snow fall but being a local who's been living in the caucasus mountains for over forty years the man says there is more to his job than that. is a living being it has its own life you just have to learn how to understand it and this in turn is only possible if you spend your life with it at times the snow can cure nasty if there's more than twenty centimeters chances are high it's going to slide for real proves the clues are easy to discover. you know it's not that i don't like a thirty thirty centimeter call or a tall one and we hit it with a shovel exactly ten times very slightly as the column falls apart at some point means the snow is too soft and it will collapse the morning survey is over so now it's time for snow angels to descend to their headquarters and pass on the good news. over. there northrop's given permission to lead the tourists there and start the cable

cars. in february and march this resort will host international ski competitions bringing new challenges for the avalanche team head of the two thousand and fourteen winter games when the venue faces its ultimate test learning to attain the white beast will be more important than ever then as will all ski our team sochi. i'll be back with a quick recap of today's headlines in just a couple of minutes talk about.

when we can uncover the question leads to a great magazine the news more is enough obviously. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. worked someone asking him why do you make a secret of it when the powers to be suppressed the boys of those something different. when you go experiencing very serious problems often the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three but. that was when the problems began piling up. into these are now off limits or journalists they were often be snuck in familia it's the public one of them to protect property puts life in real

danger in fact we have been deprived of the only means and i have gotten a regionalism papers from the little guys the ownership rights on the basis of cause freedom becomes just the stage for. it's. safe.

technology innovation all the elements please please go into the future and. it's seven thirty on a saturday evening if you're watching in tampa florida united states it is four for the morning here on saturday in moscow whether it's on the front if it's actually there is a long list of parties with an overwhelming majority in egypt's first post mubarak elections and more than seventy percent of seats in parliament. it sounds like the arab league mission in syria with critics questioning the group's independence while supporters say that their presence has helped the violence. the

police clashed with protesters in croatia's capital zagreb where hundreds of for the rally against are going to be mules and head of a country that membership referendum led anymore trouble in the e.u. as were millions take to the streets in force there and chaos security anger in the worst violence in the country illegally. next to the moscow out team heads to florence to look for traces of russian culture in italy. oh.

hello and welcome to the program today the most route to you all and it's really as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad the music from star cos he ought by pins in ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world so judy most of our roots as we take a look at russian influence and connections one of the most beautiful historic and romantic cities in the world florence. christians have been fascinated with italian culture for centuries florence is often compared to st petersburg. with its architecture and consequence a tendency consisting of art music and literature it's easy to draw comparisons to the cultural grand jury of russia's former capital. grounds in major cities in italy today due to the chit chat excited russians worsts the date devour the social see here and there exploring what it has to offer now more than ever before which was really an event although i feel it came in florence is about my childhood in

russia as ray studying the culture the renascence and the principles of humanism and this city is the essence of such cultures does this year usually to sustain it with just a few features they're stuck with it because we feel comfortable here you know it doesn't even seem like a foreign country and it challenges are very frowned like probably in all my life was an interest it's all an art and russian art nothing else because it's the most maybe fancy is the most difficult difficult technique difficult colors. everything else they're all dozens of connections. between italy and russia this is a nation which in the field of arts goes back centuries. we arrived at the russian consequent to me located in a grand building in the sense of the city it brings together all of us of all ages and nationalities. you can almost feel the creativity as you walk in here. many

students have taken sabbaticals to come to florence and learn more about art school is angles towards classical russian teaching methods and takes individuals back to basics studying the works of old masters. nice work but. class is taken as positive full time coast weekend or even causes a whole range of subjects to study from campus painting too much touring but why come to a russian off school in florence. we are trying to train see if we can get it if you are severely cut or. our schools are out of here it's just very focused on st peter actually i never planned for it steve internet and the sculpture that i was given. the option met them away that day they teach me my dream and prefixing as i came here and most of the buildings are still authentic so

it does appear that sort of idea background for us i'm sure. many like models are using the conses tools an english version of italian she does take visual photographs with the aim of recreating the image in sketch form. based on cosco traditions and values in the modern art world because he is learning about sites size technique. for the training here it's like the basics of technique that makes a call up of the study of about a great amount of portraits most of the trees are here off of russia and they bring with them a whole range of classical knowledge or experience having trained at various stages universities in moscow and st petersburg are being sent seconds to help each

student five that their expression of a standard about very very high school in france is a good many of colleges around the world are opening up to contemporary styles and radical new training methods and will not need to discuss the company's objectives its needs to speak scariest. resident let me to meet you so tell me about the recent debate here in florence and the here during two years which is three years ago to the first course but into a funeral of all that i did during ten years doing different planned workshops and called here as a care demand of i want to bring a russian academic plastic school to shirts of european students and of course green spiritual waters and art which is very important to mention european students there you have russian orthodox or italians it is a little international of the students which is a half from belgium or from eton and from even glance from america around the world

can anybody come here all they have to be you know a decent officer school are not the beer when i think you can be here which is a normal student just sending their application form together with a walk but after one a year or so our professor choosing if a student will continue filthier or second year which is a big answer an exam but it would have exam after one year were serious and this church is almost the russian teachings that most russian which is that it's teachers who are already going to do it it's a little harsh. as a professional artist but himself most of the. war in russia russian government academy well many of the you know art schools around the world they focus now all contemporary arts maybe the training is more strict with its russian roots maybe. because our opinion. giving

class the foundations all without foundation classic school bus you can develop your own style and there was a school the nonprofessional way. which is that's me in our opinion i would bring school in the people and the business school will develop their own future it was great to meet you and good luck with your career thank your minds. so what the cultural links is for it's hard with russia well the most celebrated filmmakers of the twentieth century person director of hundred two kosky lived in france in the mighty eighties in the capital with the skinny. on his two last films astound you and sacrifice anything pronounced as an honest citizen of florence by its authorities took a left italy and my son into six and moved to paris where he died the same year now a memorial play could be seen on the house and the son nicholas but the filmmaker

lived and worked. in the beautiful surroundings of florence in the southern the tuscan countryside as a hotel bearing a russian name to jimmy the country result is a modern fish story itself burns after the famous russian wealthy and influential from your family from the eighteenth century but jimmy does have a villa in this part of italy and they think it shows the litigation wisely as the pews here are spectacular and relaxing. about twenty minutes drive from the sense of florence offers a hundred rooms and suites with all modern comforts i'm still it's. our hotel is up here for business and lasers chase the missiles family used to enjoy the surroundings many centuries ago and now our guests can enjoy the same nature and the most the facilities to relax play.

charan's is a sensational city a sense that is an open i'm easy i'm itself every corner is a photo opportunity i wonder if the famous russian figures came to live here. to see s.k. for example chose florence not only because it's inspiring ata through so many of the foreigners but maybe because of the library they contain russian periodicals it was the idiot here in january eighteenth sixty nine of the seventeen months of work . another russian legend spent a considerable length of time in italy as the composer tchaikovsky he came to florence in the eight hundred seventy eight to write quietly in a villa overlooking the city situated on the beach the street via the sun live another twenty minutes outside the city has a completely different fields in the center of florence it was stated that tchaikovsky called florence a city of dreams for him it was one of the best locations in the world as he

enjoyed the architecture landscapes and soul of the area he said it was one of the most inspirational places to live and to work he wrote the famous russian opera the queen of spades here and it's late in eighty ninety and back in russia to celebrate his beloved city he wrote the piece souvenir florence. from the florence or oligarchs in the glamour shots on the island of capri the prison of russian influence and connections in italy vice versa isn't it a tyrant and not just bush is closer to many european cities than think just another affair with the things yorkie and she has no signs of slowing down. the country that your bridge is a beautiful medieval landmark not city this is

a focal point city it represents many to florence and all its glory and whether you are chinese english american russian the historic landmarks and fantastic cultural world of florence with a longstanding russian italian connections or something everyone should cherish what an amazing city well unfortunately that's not how we have left on this week's program i see you can ask the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the things that i am. our. there are losing

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barred look at the global financial headlines today is a report. on . the back. lot of parties when an overwhelming majority in egypt's first post mubarak elections more than seventy percent of seats in parliament. are cast over the arab league's a mission in syria with critics questioning the group's independence hall supporters say their presence has helped communal violence. police clashed with protesters in croatia's capital zagreb for hundreds took to the streets to rally against joining us head of a country for membership referendum. and more trouble in the. city take to the streets to voice their. anger in the worst violence the country has seen.

those are the headlines this hour now it's time for the latest sports news. i walk into the stores on the top stories. majestic maria chirac the brits germans and me in straight sets to go into the last sixteen of the israeli and open. more options called on the day the trick is that. while strength to strength still pending men's champion novak djokovic loses to a straight sets win over a lead nickel out to beach the fourth round the murray also goes through. the winning ways alexander goes it off scores the way that as each beat the iraqi olympic team to want to reach the final of the friendly match world cup tournament

in july. but first to tennis and world number four maria sharapova has gone through to the fourth round of the australian open with a comprehensive six one sixteen victory over. the two thousand and eight champion had had limited preparation for the first round slam of the season has dropped five games in three matches so far but we are going to talk. until i was. going to give. you computers cell for nothing if. you knew well enough to be comfortable scoring. so sure up of the next space germany's sabine lisicki who came from a second down to knock out russia's special honor because that's over two six six four six months. while it's also the end of the road for verizon or a guy who suffered a shock to beat.