in the countries and particularly between the north of europe and the south of europe it's 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 you're a skeptic party to get better results than ever before the scary thing here that you have is once you start tinkering with democracy and trying to change things i think you know a very slippery slope indeed and what's happening at the moment over here is that the e.u. is really showing its teeth of showing 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 a primary e.u. more 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 they will get exactly what they want and it is a complete affront to democracy for details on everything we're covering can always be found online at r.t. dot com let's have a look at some of the stories waiting for you there right now an american inventor says it's only

a matter of decades before romance is between robots and humans become common plates read about his usual vision for the future. and after protests sweeping across europe and bear their first root as polish authorities decide to suspend the anti online piracy legislation. occupy wall street protesters in the u.s. lost some ground this weekend as they were victims from downtown washington d.c. activists had been gathering there despite a camping man issued by local authorities earlier in the week officers wearing protective gear came early on saturday morning to enforce the ruling they removed tents and sleeping bags and arrested at least four people and park was cornered off and a helicopter was seen going overhead the occupy movement has seen some heavy handed police tactics including the recent taser shocking of a nonviolent protester in d.c. but excessive force won't scare activists away says kevin zeese from it's our

economy think tank. who knows what's going through the head space on that you know when we i watch that video it's available online and it looks like there was no justification for it when i went to me for years in the day to ask about it people so the only that he was do was taking the signs around the turn so it said no camping and so that was the rational for tasering him he was dropping it well he was not being threatening it looks like excessive use of force my sense is that it's not going to provoke the macpherson campers that they're more. disciplined than to fall for that kind of a trap the occupy movement in a few months. and show 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 going to split out of the sea and become more important the presidential race in two thousand and twelve now the other news making headlines around the world this hour to the u.s.

presidential race where the republican front runner mitt romney has screws to the victory line in the nevada state caucuses the former governor of massachusetts gained over forty percent of the votes with his main rival newt gingrich behind with just over a quarter leaving fellow candidates ron paul and rick santorum trailing further back romney has already won in two states the votes are the latest in the process to pick a republican nominee for november's election. kuwait's transitional government has resigned following thursday's parliamentary election a new one must be formed within two weeks according to the constitution thirty four out of the fifty parliamentary seats were won by islamicists who is campaigning focused around a religious and anti-corruption slogans the previous parliament was dissolved by the end there in december after disagreements between the country's legislative and executive authorities led to a political crisis. there's been an unexpected a u.

turn from the father of the former f.s.b. officer alexander had lead go who 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 vault their new story first hand. but. this is how we found mike that litvinenko praying in his tiny italian apartment no electricity no gas no porch 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 suffix out tycoon boris berezovsky and i have and

a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. if you just. have them we brought. 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 litvinenko 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 siena guy 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 was the live in young 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 for now fears her casket could be removed because he hasn't paid the cost of a barrel plot and it's been months since the electricity was shadow 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 door to let 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 integrate sure our t. sity ghalia eataly and i'll recap our top stories for you in just a couple of minutes stay with our team in the.

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a report on our. thanks for being with us at half past the hour here's a quick look at what's making headlines around the world stalemate at the u.n. russia china rebuffed the western backed draft resolution on syria with moscow saying its vague wording leaves the door open for foreign military intervention. dropped by return to on rest a dozen dead and thousands wounded in egypt as protesters there attempt to loosen the military is iron grip on power. in russia hundreds of thousands gather for rival rallies ahead of next month's presidential vote with massive pro and

anti-government marches. now if you're looking for somewhere off the beaten track to visit and russia watch our special report on a village that's beyond the arctic circle coming up next. on his way to work every day. by what once the homes of his neighbors the houses of the remains of coveted 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. 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 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 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 marshall is. the village of showing a sit on cape can in notes 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 leg and as 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 in a few flowers which don't even get enough sunlight to bloom galena kenya 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 in from the city of our candles

to settle down in. life 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 if you didn't 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 source spike in the birth rate it was the year when the diesel power plant been done we did not have lights for a month back them humans and it ended up boosting the birth rate what else could be on 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 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 mairi 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 if they continue to say 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 skill was born in showing up 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 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 he would see people dancing in the afternoon and at night it was so much fun 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 nicholai much a whole city is 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 sarah 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 the actor's laughter 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 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 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 their residents are entitled to state and housing in central russia the majority custard aside and return to their homes and showing. unlike many others in addition to correct in 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 that 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 sand. today showing it is receiving a 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 proceeded to head to the station across the sometimes missionary of council we start sailing in late may and finish in october we travel from two showing on 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 a 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 holme 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. thanks.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. 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 been bailiff is not a religious man but every time he sets out on a journey he comes to the say could place to forget about worldly things for a while today constantine is heading for the so-called shore in the zimmy all black

clouds one of the most environmentally troubled regions of county. it is found two hundred kilometers southwest of comique is capital s. stock his mission is to monitor the work bottling the deserts of the cation and samara. 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 premium 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 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 could be. throughout 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 there 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. battle the lion is a long time sheep herder and is very familiar with another factor that is causing the desert if occasion of comique it. 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 grozny sheep even though the group .