access to health care education housing and are the reason corporations banks no longer have control of our political system the federal government and the political leaders and wall street were all tone deaf they could not hear this so the occupy movement has offered them a hearing aid and they're getting our message loud and clear now the purpose of this was to unite us in this space so if they want to arrest one of us they have to rest all of us are not us and washington liz wahl. eighteen minutes past the hour now in the russian capital quick look now at some other world news in brief and i will not thank thousands of egyptians are flooded the streets in protest of the own going parliamentary elections demanding faster reforms demonstrators want the immediate dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from the deposed president hosni mubarak isn't this parties are expected to win majority control of the upper house of parliament and already hold the majority of seats in the lower house. the search for the remaining fifteen passengers still missing from

the stricken costa concordia cruise ship has been cooled off italian officials say the effort was too dangerous for rescue workers such as already been suspended several times due to poor weather and choppy waters seventeen bodies have been recovered from the korea since it run aground off the on individually of this month . a recap of our top stories when we build on is only just a few minutes away from now but in the meantime marty talks to m.e.p.a. martin coming in from the u.k. conservative party about where he thinks the fallout of the year's first e.u. summit will be worst felt that interview next on r.t. .

today we're joined by martin he's an m.e.p. from the u.k. conservative party and he's also the new head of the european conservatives and a reformist group at the european parliament thanks very much for joining us today the first question is the e.u. has now imposed a block wide oil embargo on iran is this part of president and sanctions on the country over its controversial nuclear program i want a joint statement british prime minister david cameron along with french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkel and said that quote our message

is clear we have no quarrel with the iranian people but the iranian leadership has failed to restore international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program now at what cost to the european union is this message being delivered clearly there is going to be an economic cost because you have agreed that we are not going to buy any more oil from iran a number of member states do have. reasonable reason to be considerable purchases from them so they would have to stop buying oil from from iran but i think you know the overall goal is what you know we have come together as twenty seven nations and we are saying to the iranians you know you know we really must get some assurances on the nuclear program it's unacceptable to the rest of the world for iran to acquire nuclear weapons but i will factor will the sanctions be right now you see india still buying oil from iran with gold and you have china that could possibly just step in and buy the oil that the u.s. and the e.u.

don't want so how effective really will these sanctions be but i hope countries like india which of course. functioning democracies as well i'm sure that diplomatic pressure being applied to them too to maybe get them on board with the with the regime as well you know we we have to be united as a world to say to iran this is unacceptable you will not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons. we will leave no stone to the pursuing this policy let's. talk about the euro zone this question has been asked long enough even at the recent press conference of the the i.m.f. the journalists were trying to get a straight answer of whether or not greece will default or exit from the euro so what do you think will there be a greece default or a euro exit i can give you my opinion about how i think they will default you know effectively. that's being imposed on the bondholders at the moment many could argue that that's effectively a default anyway. maybe your question is. will it be an uncontrolled credit event

of this no. we don't know but what is clear to me is the current debt. is unsustainable. in my view that debt will have to be reduced considerably one way of doing it would be for them to default and leave the euro i do my view that it's probably the most effective way of doing that and at the same time helping to save the rest of the eurozone well there are still some people who would argue that there are other solutions to this crisis one of which would be the issuance bonds and other would be the further beefing up of funding mechanisms vailable for countries that may need them with germany contributing more than germany has said no to all of these suggestions and some would say that this behavior from germany is akin to bullying what do you think considerable sympathy for the germans in this i would if i was a german politician i wouldn't consider. it i don't see how. it's a solution to

a debt crisis you know we need to be getting finding new ways of issuing the new tax all of the time. you know this look at the fundamental democratic aspect of it you know what will it be from german taxpayers to perceive the greeks having greater levels of public expenditure having better social benefits having early retirement rates. will be in germany for german taxpayers to pay greece to do this is the fundamental problem with the euro. that was never resolved the creation of it so i have considerable sympathy for germany in this and i hope they will also continue to resist as well so the december. of course. where does that. consistently. push this forward are you optimistic about the future. i'm just asking myself what is the point of this you know what we're going to achieve it's going to

solve euro zone crisis at the moment it might prevent the next crisis five years down the right if countries are persuaded to rein in rowing. and run a lower fiscal deficit but you know this is going to take eighteen months possibly two years to be implemented. all the national parliaments of countries that used to sign up to it so this is going to provide a magic solution to a crisis that could explode in the next month or two is fanciful it's not going to happen this is not going to solve the current crisis and what worries me about the whole thing is that it's distracting attention from the very real things that need to be done to solve the current crisis and we're engaging in this institution of navel gazing of rewriting treaties and agreeing new pact. instead of addressing the fundamental problem which is there's too much debt in europe and there is a competitiveness crisis in europe none of these issues are being addressed by this so i don't think it work and i think it's essentially pointless so they're the new head. parliament. that the

agenda is striking a chord with the european people what is this. i think it's a realistic acceptance of the limits of european integration you know there's a lot of people are very keen to. make you know. hyperbole and statements. about european integration in the course of european unity etc you know you're seeing with the eurozone crisis.

a soulless substance. can attack like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothing. the mysterious sons of russia. martin. was shot four times in total and i have ways it would. sort of the bullets are still in my body. and people should be

allowed to defend themselves where were they on guns in the hands of law abiding decent people are not a national rifle association was a group of basically retired military police love to shoot holes and i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and what's in front of here is going to die and that's all the training you really really need raise your hand if you know something's been. ok to live what i want to philadelphia only the streets. to tell it without a gun hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be prepared for the full class including the teacher i think was. seventeen students and i think i am one of seven boys still alive.

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no growth even. fiscal restrictions that critics say. with more on those developments particularly what's happening at the u.n. at the moment in about half an hour from now in the meantime we take you beyond the arctic circle to a tiny village that has to withstand relentless sandstorms which mysteriously first appeared fifty years ago a special report attempts to solve the riddle. on his way to work every day. the homes of his neighbors. and the people a long time ago. they used to be a house right here. there were three other homes next to it. was here. i remember it was. almost. yes that's my house

there. though it's still standing but it won't last long this isn't much of a sand drift the when usually brings much more than covers the house up to its roof sometimes the windows are blocked off and there's no use trying to clear the side of the house you would need a bulldozer but you can't get one close enough because that would make the house collapse. these are not the dunes of the sahara in fact they're found be on the arctic circle in the permafrost of russia's north how did this place come to be deserted. an airplane pierces the low lying clouds and begins to descend inside its baggage laden cabin passengers of patiently waiting to land exhausted from turbulence everyone on board knows that flying to the village of showing a is always risky the white sea coast is infamous for its volatile weather which

can change drastically within minutes if a strong crossed wind picks up will be impossible to set down the airplane will have to turn back home and attempt to return journey in a week's time weather permitting. when the pilot sees the green patchwork of the arctic plains give way to yellow swathes of sand he knows that he has arrived at the world's northernmost desert every incoming airplane is an event for the village on wednesdays local residents gather at the airfield some travel by foot others drive customized all terrain vehicles that are the only machines capable traversing both the sams am marshlands. the village of showing us sits on cape can in no us washed by the white see it lies beyond the arctic circle one thousand four hundred kilometers north of moscow this tiny settlement in the middle of nowhere is unique fifty years ago the sound appeared. it has been waging

a relentless offensive against the villages ever since local residents were totally unprepared and houses were evacuated china's population plummeted from two thousand people to a mere three hundred seventy rule number one here is not to shut your front door at night otherwise it might be completely blocked up in the morning. local resident pilcher my league in has many household chores to take care of the most important one is watering the vegetable patch gets his water from the well despite its color it is fresh and suitable for drinking there is no other source of water in the village the tiny vegetable plot that reclaimed from the desert is in stark contrast to the surrounding environment the sand can only accommodate weeds and a few flowers which don't even get enough sunlight to bloom. galena konya cove has been the village doctor for many years most of her patients call him her with heart

problems and physiological disorders from walking on uneven sand day after day to day galina has to make a special house call the village has a new resident two week old step his mother brought him from the city of our candles to settle down and. why does he cry b.c. coping ok he says yes we born you were born a big baby does he burst feet ok yes yes after feedin put him up right in lay him down on one side stick to the diagnosis alter spicy food stay healthy out come to see you tomorrow bye bye. yes i've been here for six years when i arrived in two thousand and five there was only one lady and a village two thousand and seven story spike in the birth rate it was the year when the diesel power plant been done we did not have light for a month back them fumes and it ended up boosting the birth rate what else could the

young people do ten babies were born at a time today the rate is now relatively normal but there are still more and more children every year. the lighthouse is the pride of the locals and the main symbol of the village it is the only construction the desert was unable to destroy it was even renovated got a new coat of paint for its fiftieth anniversary unfortunately in two thousand and ten it was closed down remember the good of we used to be in charge of the lighthouse does not understand what happened in his spare time he still counts the one hundred forty seven steps that bring him to the top. where it was wrong to close this place down when the question of reviving the lighthouse was asked beyond so was may really perhaps perhaps in three five or even

ten years right now if we had the means and the money to reopen it it would be up and running again immediately the structure holds a fun place in the hearts of or a man and his former colleagues they continue to take care of the building to the best of their abilities even though they know it is pointless modern navigation technologies have made such lighthouses redundant but it comes as no consolation to remember. nikolai much of skiing was born in choice he returned to his native village from the big city which he found uncomfortable because it prefers to go to work by his own vehicle his daily route takes him along a sandy beach south of the showing a river today this place looks more like a huge scrap metal at one time it boasted a wooden pavement club welcome visitors and fish were collected around the clock on the pier and the village was founded in the one nine hundred thirty s. the base for a fish trawling fleet it was showing as gold to the local fish processing factories

canned millions of fish dozens of boats waited their turn to be unloaded with their cargo holds filled soul called and how about the intense fishing her. the knock on effect the trolling nets were destroying the seabeds vegetation tide started to pull thousands of tons of loose sand to shore with barely any trees on the tundra the sun's advance could not be held back. and came to work in showing a in one nine hundred forty seven she only planned to stay for three years but ended up living here ever since she remembers the night when the sea seemed to term and to get revenge on them. a few years dorm struck in one thousand nine hundred sixty three taken away all the seafront constructions of the village all the warehouses and there was a street there that was blown away all the houses were destroyed it all disappeared

after that life in the village started to slow down we had cows and horses back then today there are none everything has been taken away the place used to be really exciting people worked into shifts i remember walking through the village she would see people dancing in the afternoon and at night it was so much found to hang back then. the damage from fishing is just one possible cause for the sounds coming here the residents simply continue to live out their lives in this quietly dying place now classified as an environmental disaster yet even though showing us suffers nature's wrath it is home to a weather station studying its affects the station is used for the first choice weather forecasts come rain or shine at three thirty in the morning and evening a weather balloon is released from nikolai much a whole city is the person in charge of the balloons maintenance to raise it he uses his' original which is obtained through an old recipe mixing sodium hydroxide

with water etc silicon and a minion powder the gas created is just as effective as any commercially produced. nicholai prepares it to radio location and generic in the control center inputs the data required for a successful launch finally balloon is ready to go and is released. it will float up forty kilometers into the air and it will start gathering data about the situation in the lower atmosphere. eager to make use of the warm weather there. is digging up some timber buried in the sand the wood will come in handy the winter turns out to be cold slabs house is quite old with large cracks in the walls it is vulnerable to the weather so having more firewood never hurts. to do in one

nine hundred ninety four i went to live in ukraine. i spent twelve months there but i didn't like it. is no freedom there. i'm not suited for farmer's work so i came back here. they have american hunt and fish i'm free to do whatever i like it's a place for free people if it is. a feeling of complete freedom and unity with nature is the main reason people continue to stay here despite the fact that a lot of showing the residents are entitled to state and housing in central russia the majority custer's decide and return to their homes and showing. unlike many others not just a correction of a never considered leaving an option. she's a member of the village administration and spends her free time in the uk to two hundred only around. she recently purchased an old motorbike and learned to ride it

. twice a day during low tide rides to the white seashore to check on the fishing nets. today's catch is disappointing. is not much but enough for dinner i get flatfish call it smelt fish and herring i used to fish with a fish and rod. then i started using the net and then it just kind of bit tiring and i bought a bike to go fish and pick berries or just go see places. i love these shores there's no and to them i love showing them and that's something that cannot be changed because it is in my heart and soul of all of. this is to showing i will see that it is a place of contrasts even though each house is equipped with a satellite dish they're all heated with an old wood burning stove firewood is delivered from our congress by sea. quite often the cargo ships have to spend

a while on the shore during low tide and end up looking like huge whales stranded on the sand. today showing a is receiving the delivery of fuel some machinery and merchandise for the villages and the shop the highlight is a brand new tractor for the weather station. the villagers were initially worried that it might have been damaged in transit but it started up on the first try procedure to head to the station across the sand dunes missionary of cancer we start sailing in late may and finish in october when we travel from our candles to showing them europe which takes about two days transporting food and equipment carrying a hundred tons of cargo on this trip there's no roads and it's too expensive to transport it by air so that leaves us with the ships or. the tide begins to return and the captain climbs aboard the crew has to hurry to steer the boat into the sea

with a farewell horn blast the ship heads out leaving behind it a village of people who have managed to stand up against nature not just literally but also psychological. sunday mornings are ideal for walking along the shore especially if it gives your dolls the chance to see one of the big ships that come into the harbor. these future mums hold their own as they run into a junior neighbor that won't play with metal and there was not upset she likes dogs better. and he loves her grandfather leaving more because he always takes her to the beach to look at the ships leaving for our candlestick city with trees which ano has only seen on television. thank you.

well things are the first science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. cultures that so much are given to the huge musician bearing in mind that remark with siri on the brink of violence escalates in this in battle country the calls for strong sanctions and even a military intervention grow in intensity. in kalmykia the majority of the population is buddhist here there is a saying that if a person is pure of heart one turn of the prayer wheel is as good as saying a million mantras constantine then bales is not a religious man but every time he sets out on a journey he comes to the sacred place to forget about worldly things for a while today constantine is heading for the so-called charney zimmy all black lands one of the most environmentally troubled regions of kalmykia it is found two

hundred kilometers southwest of comic his capital s. star his mission is to monitor the work battling the desert of the cation in this area. is an arid region located in the southeastern part of european russia. my organ that this is my homeland. when we were children playing in the steps the grass was so tall that you could barely see if this could be more proof than me they say that climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change right in front of our eyes. it was plowed in the one nine hundred sixty s. . they planted corn. sure but it didn't work out and it ruined the steps of the corn is very hydrophilic it drew out all the water and left small sand junes in its wake the bees. through out history the cow mix of lived as

a nomadic tribe of herders that lived in harmony with nature breeding horses camels and even a special breed of counted sheep these sheep were perfectly suited to life in the desert grazing did no permanent damage to the grass as hitler's army approached the volga during world war two counted sheep herds were taken to kazakstan as a result the county kurds had to be restored with a different breed after the war. is a long time sheepherder and is very familiar with another factor that is causing the desert if occasion of can make it. nice well one of the fine fleece merino breeds came from grozny. unfortunately that breed ended up replacing the cull mcbride and we ended up with over three million in grozny sheep even a. couple of cup without its got very small shop who and they damaged the ground like you.