the u.s. is a very litigious society we have more lawyers per capita per capita than any other country and i think the world and so you know when you have to worry when you're a rescuer and you have to worry about a lawsuit and you cannot rescue a person as a result i mean that's that's really a problem if the firefighters had rescued the man even saved his life but somehow maybe broke a rib or hurt him in some other way you know they stand to be sued in court and that's just the way our system works even after the serve brought raymond zack's body closer to the shore firefighters refused to get in the water and retrieve the corpse so they waited until a passer by volunteered to do the job the logic you don't get anything unless you pay makes sense to a lot of americans but when you have money and rules on one side of the scale and humanity the human urge to help on the other and money wins this is when one gets the says that something is wrong with the way the system works i'm going to shut

down reporting from washington r.t. . let's go back now if we can to peer should a lie from the indian capital new delhi and these are unconfirmed reports that iran will know the oil flowing to one of its biggest customers india will get payment indulge in the dollar is a pretty to tell us more about this. that's absolutely right kerry so basically india actually has already bought iranian oil using gold instead of u.s. dollars and this is extremely significant because every year india actually spends twelve billion u.s. dollars on iranian oil and now actually beijing is also saying that it might want to jump on board with the new delhi and also look into some sort of agreement with iran to continue to get oil new delhi and beijing actually account for forty percent of the imports of iranian oil the e.u. only counts for twenty percent obviously we've been talking about all week about this oil embargo that the e.u.

announced on monday that they're hoping to roll out and put into place by july first and obviously if new delhi and beijing find a way to continue trading with iran using gold instead of u.s. dollars this would severely hurt what the european union in washington is trying to do also i should point out that russia has also said that it wants to continue trading with iran using domestic car and seize instead of u.s. dollars so that's. where we go there's much as we could from that would of course try and bring pierce through a bit later on in the program few grams that we apologize. well that iran says all embargo imposed by your opinion it is doomed to fail on monday the e.u. delivering on its threat to ban the import of crude from the islamic state response to its nuclear program latest round of sanctions prohibits any new oil contracts but allows for existing deals to run until july but rise around eighteen percent of

all iranian crude iran has been told may be lifted if it returns to talk so its nuclear agenda which the west suspects is aimed bomb russia has dismissed the new sanctions on iran as counterproductive ron had earlier threatened to block a vital supply route in the persian gulf when the embargo comes into force the u.s. navy is poised to reopen the strait of hormuz by force if necessary economist and asia times correspondent i ask abbas says iran is unlikely to back down the p five plus one as it's called the five permanent members of the security council plus germany dish should sit down theoretically by the end of this month with iran in this whole thing was brokered by turkey to start talking again about iranian nuclear program but i wonder if iran has any incentive at the moment any fact the

hard line there is interest say exactly that. after the sanctions and if they are fully implemented on july first we're going to close down the street of hormuz as a reaction this is something that they need to see terms of their internal public opinion because they're being pressured all the time by the europeans the americans and europeans any really eighty million iranians are asking themselves what is our government doing to defend that in effect that we have the right to develop a peaceful nuclear program and there is no if it is a new where the idea is by national intelligence estimates in the united states that they are developing a nuclear weapon. for some world news in brief for you now at this hour a car bomb attacks of killed eight people and injured thirty two in iraq the first blast targeted in the early morning gathering of workers in a mainly sheer terror of baghdad minutes later a car blew up near a pastry shop in the same district at least one hundred seventy people have been killed in similar time since the beginning. turkey has vowed to retaliate after the

french senate approved the bills making it a crime did not pay for the massacre of armenians by the ottoman empire nine hundred fifty genocide both houses of the french parliament of pass the bill which still has to be signed off by president sarkozy in order to become law the proposal to make the denial of genocide and war crimes recognized by french law punishable by up to a year in prison how many are says one and a half million people were killed in the massacre turkey says the figure was much lower rejects the term genocide. two kenyan presidential candidates will stand trial at the hague on charges of crimes against humanity the men are among four prominent kenyans accused of orchestrating a deadly wave of violence put on the country's two thousand and seven election more than twelve hundred people were killed in the country's post-election clashes more than half million forced to flee their homes no date has been set for the trial.

the creator is had with all the business. thank you carrie it's twenty three past one pm here in moscow welcome to business here at r.t. the rally you know oil prices is continuing traders await the next move in the escalating dispute between iran and the west tehran has responded to the decision to impose an oil embargo by threatening to close the straits of hormuz twenty percent of the world's crude supply passes through it however hold him want to pack from platts believes that the warning and they embark go should be seen as a bargaining points. the ward being also says that they'll be a review in may so they're almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in may i don't think anybody wants these things to happen because europe right now is very weak. financially economically the last thing that

you're really wants is a confrontation because that will be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to an oil that was going to asia from the location of west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always replace the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. let's look at the numbers now fluctuating below one hundred dollars a barrel of new york and speculation that u.s. stockpiles gain last week is way against the worries about iran blandest trading at over one hundred and ten dollars a barrel stocks in europe are lower with banks and miners leading the downside investors also fret after years of finance ministers reportedly rejected an offer from private bond holders over greek debt places losing one point eight percent pushing the forty down the german dax is shedding half a percent by three percent

a loss for heavyweights siemens which reported a drop in fiscal first quarter profit. from the russian markets are trading lower in the afternoon the r.t.s. is losing over half a percent of the mars express starting point eight percent let's take a look at some individual shareholders on live like this hour most of the blue chips are lower with banking and energy stocks the main decliners media is losing over one percent one point two percent the company plans to invest more than one billion dollars in oil which trips fielded since siberia and chemical group is among the gainers it's reported an almost five percent increase in production for the year two thousand and michael stein from a criticism of the upcoming davos economic forum a bomber speech at the u.s. corporate results will keep investors busy all week long. given the improved outlook for the oil price because of your ran news that we saw yesterday and given the very low value. as for russia generally and the fact that many of our clients

continue to see fund flows into the russian dedicated funds we think that the market will gradually melt higher and that's it investors will pay attention to global events and this week there are a lot of them investors will look at the f one c meeting coming up president barack obama's speech to the nation's address in addition we've got the world economic forum and more than one hundred twenty companies in united states are releasing their fourth quarter financial results so we'll be quite a busy week on the external side and then here at home in russia investors and pick close attention from macro data most notably the unemployment report in russia for december in addition to industrial production figures on the corporate side will also see operating updates from metals and mining companies including natural. the financial woes of european banks are affecting their business abroad one of germany's biggest lenders is leaving the russian market it's selling

a fourteen percent stake in one of the top fifteen local lenders back this is part of the effort to increase its capital by roughly five billion euros to comply with the european exploration. well that's it for now but remember you can always go on to our website our business and find more stories that. the nature and discover its beauty in the the

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. today headlines for you the e.u. imposes more sanctions on syria as damascus rejects arab league calls for president assad to step down mounting international pressure senior regime persevered for the syrian people are feeling the squeeze. new violence in libya gadhafi loyalists clash with interim government forces in the town of bani walid as fears grow of a slide back into civil war the fighting follows weeks of protests with libya's new

leaders struggling to unify the country. and derided for being one sided the extradition or between the u.s. and the u.k. designed to help bring terror suspects to justice basis fresh calls for review and made british anger it's a one way street for american jails. when i started takes you to see this stunning scenery of caucuses nature in southern russia that's in our special report don't go away. southern russia. this faraway place can be reached by helicopter. the first few special permission

to travel around here. mitri says. such damage. to film the landscapes it's all this close read it's all set up i can't tell you how beautiful. the weather is right. crossland. this place. has declared a world heritage site. of the total area of the caucuses.

a long time ago the people of the caucuses used to shepherd droves of sheep across the a bug of lambs were often targeted by hawks even today let. me bring hawks back to this past. july. this is a bearded vulture i need is the bugs and. loads of this kind of bitterness on low lying logs of thirty or forty kilometers from here. but when they go hunting for. fifty kilometers in search of food. they're interesting creatures. the above go is situated close to the greater northern slope of the caucuses mountain range from

the grassland you can get a panoramic view of the mountain ridge of the caucuses nature reserve. there is also a clear view of mt fished one of the highest points in the western caucuses the local problem let's try to get the mountains in fraying filming is best done from the highest point on the bar go it's about nine hundred meters above sea level here dimitri is teaching your son killed how to set up for the filming. look. normal you can see that the lighting is on one side or the mist covers most of the valley. we don't want to film only the mist we need to focus on the foreground look at the grass gleaming in the sunlight and it's light of the valley is dark. so the light strip will show this shot to the

best advantage. no. the greater northern slope is a continuous chain of mountain ridges tops by snowy peaks millions of years ago there was a vast sea in this place the smallest part of it the black sea is now hidden behind mountain ridges they form a shield in the way of warm breezes blowing from the sea the warm air creates a sub tropical climate in the foothills of the southern slope of the greater caucuses ridge there is a moderate zone further upslope the kingdom of eternal snow and ice on the mountain tops is more than three thousand metres above sea level. which is the. i'm going to film these magnificent landscapes we never know in order to show the food to the hundreds of people who never venture here. or with either

because they have no time. when you go because they don't understand the meaning of nature. be able. to go lie side by side with the pass translated from the cassie and language means the mountain of caucasian goats the reserve is the only habitat of western caucasian goats in the wild here they don't move about very much a small herd might well stay for decades in the same area high in the mountains one thousand eight hundred metres. the only trail leading across the past begins in the embargo grassland. caucuses reserve ranges often use it to make rounds of the area they always do it on horseback a round trip usually takes one week. where they come across perches

interests on this path is broken europe still only way here there are rocks on one side and a thick tangle of bread and rain on the other it is very difficult terrain. all. the ranges camp out in small parts and it's always cold in the mountains at night.

or. shortly before dawn the metering kill head to a small flat mountain top according to an old caucasian legend do you often meet the sunrise in the mountains lives a long and happy life. get real you can no see mode you go and you're right in that the sun will rise from behind the aspen pass. we're going to choose the highest point for filming will only have ten to fifteen minutes for that. new. form.

is a mystery to the one used to it no single one is ever the same the villain in. its truly wonderful guy. the nearest settlement is far away radio is the only means of communication with human civilization. hey folks if you're listening to our movement of radio show us your hosts once again and you get to the last term and talked about the history of the caucuses nature reserve to get you to the small studio broadcasting the movement show is in the town of scores of kilometers away from the a bug for school children tell locals about the caucuses reserve journalist.

oversees the programs the children talk about the reserves animals surviving trees mountaintops and rare plants. they draw on their experience as reporters and engineers working in various protected areas therefore they always fully prepared for the program when they go on there. would have then i think when people look at it and they try to imagine what they see a tree so a long time ago. as for me i always have this on the county feeling that my agent stature martin significant in front of these or inspiring giant.

one of the most famous parts of the caucuses nature reserve is the growth situated close to the black sea coast the oldest tree here is over a thousand years old. the grove has survived several generations of tourists and many natural disasters. according to scientists the greatest of them took place some eighteen million years ago. a rupture in the earth's crust created a natural labyrinth and the gorge the gorges bed was filled with water from a mountain stream. this landscape has undergone no changes since then. visitors are fascinated by the mysterious origin of the grove and the agent trees there in they think of it as a living relic of the distant past. i can tell you that i really do feel mystical about it was that people rarely break the rules here they're not eager to

destroy or cut things down so that wish that some people might say i'm crazy but i honestly believe nature herself is at work here and i think this place is protected by higher forces. the small canyon in the outer edge of the grove marks its natural boundary in the north the west and east and horns of an infamous mountain river called the haast joint where the canyon is at its most narrow and the never ending roar of water is a sign of its dangerous allure. then you'll know. this canyon is notorious because the water rises quickly when the snow melts or after terentia already has been above though the whirlpool formed a strong water splashing against one side of the ravine and then against the other . anything that falls into the whirlpool gets sucked down to the bottom people trying to swim or walk across and end up drowning your youth on the road there have

been several deaths as a result. that's why this place is infamously known as the devil's great meal in the george bush bottle. there are four major waterways in the caucuses reserve a river is one of the deepest and which down has been put up there a small hydro power station supplies electricity to the heart's in the upper reaches of the reserves northern sector where ranges stay for the night. but the. water is clean through there is a. when you push through wherever you go you can get some water from any spray or a small river or do it your mortar not going to work and it's all fit for drinking and. you. international rafting

competitions take place on the bella river every year the route is extreme the rapids and near impossible to clear. a clique. you you feel. we have seen the damage it has done to our environment mark chemicals what the park props we do not want any more new g.m.o.

foods. our core system is just there was a does more experience and i'm just just appalled that that's allowed to go on america. eating this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling there for it being used like a board to experiment be used as guinea pig. now we have more questions than we have at guards. like. a cargo helicopter flies through a mountain coolidge before it reaches the weather station and juga good is situated

in the mountains of the caucuses nature is a as an altitude of more than two thousand meters above sea level it is the optimised station in the western caucuses it's still the square is two hundred maybe two thousand head to our reserve is the only one in russia that occupies the territory of three russian regions it's really unique. the directive the coaxes reserve personally oversees the rotation of strong and food supplies in this remote area. the helicopter rarely stops at juga for more than twenty minutes but even such a short period of time is enough for dimitri says an anchor and his son killed to get several shots on take. i.

most of the world's weather stations located in major cities record changes in the atmosphere resulting from industrial waste and vehicle fumes the data collected juga and similar stations is important for fundamental research into how the earth's climate changes in areas situated far away from manmade sources of pollution what is your blood now the temperature a jugar is fifteen degrees above zero but a couple of days ago trees were falling to the ground under the impact of strong gusts of wind which by the way where the snow is usually one meter deep around this time in december temperatures were unusually high in november and it may well turn out to be the warmest november in twenty five years. each day courses reserve staff record temperatures wind velocity humidity and damask.