debt crisis the offer comes after a strong lobbying push on the part of the german chancellor during her three day trip to the asian nation there. asked for help in saving a battle a chinese counterpart promised to look into joe so pushed for beijing to cut its ties to iran this comes as. drawn out greek debt talks go through to its receiving a second bailout seen as its only chance to avoid default the same time even leaders are working feverishly to patna financial legislation but political analysts christophe says the public won't like these measures what's the point it. it only got to get worse i mean at the moment they're burning german flags on the streets of athens i predict it will be roll next and then there's been you never know it could be top lose well the tensions between the countries particularly between the north of europe and the south of europe is only going to get greater and what you've got is you've got protests in the south and what we're seeing in

the north is a political revolution where new parties are spreading you know and euro skeptic parties are getting better results than ever before the scary thing here that you have is once you start thinking with democracy and trying to change things i think you've got a very slippery slope in the them what's happening at the moment over here is that the e.u. is really showing it through to children what it's all about it doesn't want to listen to the people they're talking about an intergovernmental agreement and this will go into primary e.u. law through secondary legislation which means that the people can be bypassed there will be referendums across the continent particularly in iowa where there should be a referendum on this and what will happen is they will bypass the people and it will go straight into review law and they will get exactly what they want and it is a complete affront to democracy. well course more details on everything we're covering can always be found online at r.t. dot com stay up to date through our website it's happened to some of the stories waiting for that right now for american inventor says it's only a matter of decades before when one says between robots and humans become commonplace about his usual vision for the future.

and actor protests we cross europe and rather just brute polish of dorothy's desire to suspend online piracy that this nation. occupy wall street protest in the us lost some ground this weekend as they were evicted from downtown washington activists had been a gathering there despite a camping ban issued by the court or it is earlier in the week obvious is wearing protective gear came early on saturday morning to force the ruling tents and sleeping bags in the western east for people the park was cordoned off and the helicopter was seen holding overhead occupy movement has seen some heavy handed police tactics including the recent taser shocking the nonviolent protest in d.c. excessive force what activists away want to having is this for me it's our economy think tank. who knows what's going through their head space on that you know when

we i watched that video available online and it looked like there was no justification for it when i went to make fires in the day to ask about it people said the only thing he was doing was taking down signs around the tents and said no camping and so that was the rationale for tasering him he was dropping a valve he was not being threatening it looks like a excessive use of force my sense is that it's not going to provoke the macpherson campers that they're more. disciplined than that to fall for that kind of trap the occupy movement in a few months has shifted the weight and shown the american people that if they get mobilized and organized that we have power we can change the direction this country so the future's going to be an american spring that's going to explode on the scene and become more important the presidential race in two thousand and twelve. well this week has seen the end of an epic trial on the extradition of the world's top whistleblower julian assange to sweden he's wanted there are allegations of sexual assault that we can expound wristed in limbo as the u.k.

supreme court is not likely to come to a verdict for several weeks and denied all accusations said to the prosecutors were . that arrest warrant issued by them is not valid he added that his case was politically motivated or swedish authorities rejected us on his arguments saying that he won the case it turned on its head. there are two other news making headlines around the world this hour. the u.s. presidential race where the republican front runner mitt romney appears to be cruising to victory in early results in the nevada state caucuses former governor of massachusetts has gained over forty percent of the vote so far but his main rival. behind almost a quarter romney has already won in two states on the latest in a process to pick the republican nominee for an event as general election. europe's week long cold snap has now claimed two hundred sixty lives this country strong

with a record low temperatures airports a place disruption london's heathrow having to cancel a third of its flights meanwhile boston authorities declared a state of emergency in the capital. and snow cause power outages and closed transit routes ukraine is being hit the hardest as moving one hundred died in term just plummeted to minus thirty degrees celsius the victims were innocent people. there's been an unexpected u. turn from the father of the former f.s.b. officer examine the younger was poisoned in london six years ago he says he was wrong to accuse the kremlin of organizing his son's death and admits he just said what the west wanted to hear r.t. went to listen to voter story firsthand. but it is. this is how we found mike that leads me and co praying in his tiny tellin apartment

no electricity no gas no port water what. if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from hunger or frozen to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas. we expected more because six years ago after his son former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko was poisoned in london he was taken care of by some very powerful patrons like self ixil tycoon ski and ahmed zakayev and a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. . yet you get extremist young dorsett there and he's just give me a yes but here doris you would be. the one vital you to namco sent a letter asking to be interviewed by russian television we expected more of the same but instead. we're going to. be made of each if you're

watching this program please forgive me for all the slander the thai said and wrote about you for the hatred i had for you if only i had known my son worked for british intelligence i would not talk about his death he could easily have been shot as a double agent betrayers should be shot what else can i add to this. the u.-turn vaulters says came when his sons we doe marina bin and co revealed to the british media that her husband had worked for m i six alexander litvinenko was receiving a retainer of around two thousand pounds a month from the british security services at the time he was murdered at first by turnitin and co like many others claimed his son had been poisoned with polonium two ten on putin's order the former f.s.b. officer and fierce critic of the kremlin alexander litvinenko spent twenty three days in a london clinic slowly dying from

a toxic substance possibly consumed through a cup of tea even before police in london started questioning suspects the victim's father was actively kissing the russian government today by their at me it's he was saying only what the west wanted to hear. of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idiot enough to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and there suspect and a little boy is not a fool either it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me like you are now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his words to be heard but the media outside russia which once beat down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests. why is that why because they like it when i scold the regime i was a real treasure for them all the while there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about putin as i did. you know living in two thousand and

eight but the only thing young call flat russia or sanctuary need to leave is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sinegal it offered to new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today by the lithuanian co is still afraid to open this door not because of putin though but because of his landlord to whom he owes a lot of money this miserable life has made him a slave of his sanctuary but surely the namco sold everything he had in russia to come to eataly he opened a small business several years ago but it went bankrupt things got worse after the seventy three year old had buried his wife but are now fears here casket could be removed because he hasn't paid the cost of a burial plot and it's been months since the electricity was shot up to his flat he's lost forty euros went on a gas canister and that is gone to. this is how my son of

a book that i've been this daughter lit the southern wind inside. there is east and there is russia you are my homeland for. children i want to go home to russia i don't want to stay here. fix it in the church are t. sity gonna eataly you could. but i'll recap our top stories for in just a couple minutes stay with up to.

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that you're looking for somewhere off the beaten track to visit in russia what's now our special reports on a village that's beyond the arctic circle. on his way to work every day just. walks by what once the homes of his neighbors the houses are gone the remains are covered with layers of sand and the people moved out a long time ago. but used to be a house right here buried by the. there were three other homes next to it another house was here. i remember it was turned on its side almost upright. yes that's my house there. though it's still standing but it won't last long this isn't much of a sandra ft 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 zahara 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 are 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 whites 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. gallina konya cove has been the village doctor for many years most of her patients call on 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 if 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 all teary spicy food stay healthy out come to see you tomorrow bye bye. yes i've been here for six years you know when i arrived in two thousand and five there was only one baby and a village two thousand and seven story spike in the birth rate it was the year when the diesel power plant been done that we did not have light for a month back them teams 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 in 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 remand 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 ski was born in choice he returned to his native village from the big city which he found uncomfortable because 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 trolling fleet it was showing as gold to the local fish processing factories cans 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 had. a 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 sands 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 fun to

hang out 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 which 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 as the person in charge of the police maintenance to raise it he uses hydrogen which is obtained through an old recipe mixing sodium hydroxide with water etc silicon and a minion powder the gas created it is just as effective as any commercial produced . nicholai

prepares it to radio location and generic 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. whether they're just laugh it is digging up some timber buried in the sand or wood will come in handy the winter turns out to be cold yet just last 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 thousand nine hundred four i went to live in ukraine but 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 it was just. 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 custard aside 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 arctic tundra only around. she recently purchased an old motorbike and learned to ride it . twice a day jury in low tide she 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 congo 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. today showing a is receiving the delivery of fuel some machinery and merchandise for the villages and 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 proceeded to head to the station across the sometimes missionary we start sailing in late may and finish in october we travel from our candles to show you know 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 or by air so that leaves us with the ship's. 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 is 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.

my. encounter 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 ben 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 clouds 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 you they say that climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change are 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. very hydrophilic it drew out all the water and left small sand junes in its wake is. to 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 comic sheep these sheep were perfectly suited to life in the desert they were grazing did no permanent damage to the grass as hitler's army approached the volga during world war two the cow mixed sheep herds were taken to kazakstan as a result the county kurds had to be restored with a different breed after the war. battle belying is a long time sheep herder and is very familiar with another factor that is causing the desert if occasion of can make it. 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 grozny sheep even a. couple of a couple it's got very small shop who and they damage the ground if you like you. bad choices and crop planting intense cattle power.