uprising say they expect official recognition from some arab league states later this week i might have a fighting for the flashpoint city of homs the country's second largest residential area aleppo suffer as twin car bombings that claimed at least twenty five lives responsibility was initially claimed by a senior member of the armed opposition but that was later denied by the free syrian army is cheap was no un mandate to intervene in the crisis the united states is now said to be gathering a coalition of countries willing to prop up the opposition and pile more pressure on the mask but some activists say intervention will be a costly mistake. in syria i think it is a matter of there are some very legitimate interest in the country of people who would like to be able to participate more in their government and i think the government has made some effort to respond they think it needs to make more of an effort but i don't think that comes through foreign intervention it comes through indigenous processes of the people in the country if you look at any foreign

intervention over the last several years you see that after the foreign intervention many more people died then could have possibly died through any type of indigenous process even one involving violence and i think that moscow and some of its allies on this matter are very wise seen the pitfalls of foreign intervention and there is a u.n. charter makes it very clear the use of force should only be the last possible means of trying to deal with the conflict. and i was courtesy of our activist and international human rights lawyer talking to us from geneva. the greek cabinets has unanimously approved a new set of desperate measures demanded by the e.u. and i mapped meanwhile a two day strike in response to the harshest area measures continues throughout the country passing the package was crucial to satisfy international creditors to get

a second much needed one hundred thirty billion euros package to bolster countries quibbled economy the draft bill now has to go through the greek parliament and european finance ministers agreement came after a few years and prolonged cabinet debates which and it was six ministers quitting their jobs meanwhile on friday anger over the plan spilled over into the streets of athens where police used tear gas on protesters who hurled rocks and fire bombs and why financial journalist demetri casino assess the action taken by greece leadership it's nothing to do with the people's welfare. the government so doing what's in the people's best interests it's just doing what's in its own interests and the people don't trust the government the government had an option they could have just said no we're not going to accept these measures that will go to default and by the way there's no reason that a default has to equal an exit from the euro zone i don't see that that connection other people have made that point and that's used to to intimidate the population in greece to scare them to say well if you don't accept these measures that are going to default and are going to be one of the chaos of all the drachma

hyperinflation disaster and you know these are scare tactics because the people that are in power are bent benefit from a system where they can cooperate with the euro kratz in brussels i don't believe anyone within their right mind would think that they'd be able to to to pay though those that's back clearly there's an interest for the banks that are on the hook the european central bank is obviously bought a lot of that debt so they stand to lose but at the same time if they just keep rolling it over they're going to lose anyway i think part of this is just a functional good of the system and people just trying to you that expression all the time kick the can count down the road but that's something that people do all the time in their daily lives and they certainly do it in politics they do. they don't want to deal with a problem and they just would rather push it along and i think in many in many cases that explains a lot of what you see here. now you watching aren't you coming to you live from moscow let's go back now to our correspondent who is in the congo and who's following the developments for us there. hopefully can hear us better this time now

as we now mubarak has been out of the picture for a year and the military took over when he left not what's behind the latest public show of discontent with the armed forces. well like you said mubarak has been out for a year but a lot of people here in the country are saying that nothing really has changed over the past year. but he is his legacy so to speak lives on and that of massive civil disobedience it has begun last night in cairo and in several other cities in egypt is going to continue for as long as the people can hold out so matter of fact. the act of civil disobedience and a strike which they're calling on everybody in the country to join has been staged by by the organization which comprises which is comprised of fifty most active revolutionary movements in the country including six of the most of the most prominent revolutionary movements they include anybody not just the political groups but pretty much everybody from from from workers to students university

students university professors as a matter of fact a lot of the people who are involved in this act of civil disobedience are mostly young people they're the driving force behind who were the driving force behind the . toppling of mubarak last year they are not satisfied with what they've seen over the past year so they're calling on students to not attend classes as a matter of fact. the semester has started most of these universities today as they're called so they're not going to go to classes they're going to boycott lectures exams professors are not going to go to lectures as well as workers are encouraged to stay away from work. there are massive sit ins at universities at the ministry of interior aware this it actually has begun last night also of course it's a very square which is right behind me there is there will be a very major rallies and protest leader on a day but already there are people gathering there right now again sitting in their

very tense with people basically expressing their disillusionment and their frustration with the current situation in the country. right now let's talk about why. it's been actually achieved and watched changing the country for the better after all it was the people who fought in their revolution so what has been achieved. what people have fought in the revolution yes and mubarak is out and we can talk about the elections which took place not too long ago so they did have a chance to make their voices heard they didn't have a chance to cast a vote there of course of course there were some doubts as to whether or not the vote was conducted fairly but you still have to face the fact that the. elections did take place people did go to the polls and a lot of the a lot of those who we spoke to say that the elections were free and fair that they have succeeded in reaching at least some of the goals but again a lot of people are saying that still not everything has been achieved that

a lot of their evolutionary goals the jobs the economy education and also. doing away with massive corruption which was left over from the mubarak era a lot of that still has not been done it's better a fact my colleague looks at the finer points of what exactly people are trying to achieve by continuing to staged protests. around a thousand killed at least six thousand injured and even more still missing egypt's people have played high price to live in a new country but despite all the sacrifices the shadow of the old regime still lose large during mubarak thirty years of mubarak's rule the estimated number of people try them under military tribunals where one to two thousand now you know within about ten months or eleven months we have twelve thousand which is of course a humongous number for a country ruled by the military the supreme council of the armed forces. that's no surprise but surprisingly enough those discomforted over from who'd previously run

the country are not themselves before military tribunals. for. suspected. the. court system. the ordinary people there may be. medical records this is a better way and this is in the. hasty with no proper investigation usually with no lawyer and behind closed doors and with no right of appeal human rights activists complain military trials provide no justice and violate human rights you know you have a nineteen year old getting a twenty five year old center in your centers because he had a box of molotov cocktails and people who are found guilty of killing somebody by brutally beating him up and torturing him until he died these are getting seven years in jail so i mean it there obviously there's something wrong with this

picture a lot of these people are trying for absolutely no reason i mean some or just just being in the wrong place at the wrong time is enough to get you in trouble that's exactly what matters is his case september the time these really embassy in cairo the place. the young screenplay writer was present at clashes between the army and demonstrators and began helping the injured arrested he was brought to military barracks after summary trial which lasted just twenty minutes he was taken straight to prison to serve almost four months for terrorists and he says the military dishes out a very rough justice. emerging a seventy two year old who's been in the army for at least thirty years it must be hard for him to take off his uniform and this lifestyle and this was the only way they know how to deal with problems. for several days what father did know her

son's whereabouts. when his sister came to me and said i have to talk to you i knew it was about him hoping for the best i prepared myself for the worst. a month after ahmed was relieved he now faces yet another trial from the same incident at these really embassy. her goal is to intimidate people the message is clear if you go to tory you'll be arrested and it makes us even stronger how is it they don't understand the met is now working on a book he wants to title you must shut up he explains if people didn't give up after being beaten and humiliated they'll never give up until their voice has a harem of. the citadel in cairo egypt a medieval symbol of power and strength it was fortified centuries ago to protect the region from his enemies at that time crusades and crusaders today egypt's rulers are doing the same striving to defend themselves and to keep power with

thousands in jails and dozens killed the concern here is that they may have been working too hard. written off. cairo. coming your way in the program here in our testing the slopes russia's major ski resort such a begins its first rehearsal for the winter olympic games by staging a competition for the world's leading winter athletes. also extreme canine agility meet a family food show that excels in the art of extreme sport park or band has become an online celebrity because of his death defying feat. in the us the obesity epidemic is growing with around seventy five percent of americans now considered overweight and as waistlines across the country swell out so do the pockets of big corporations who every year make millions from the fattening of america first lady michelle obama warns that obesity could be the next

national security threat whether one of four adults unable to serve in the military because they are overweight or she is needed by example keeping yourself physically fit and teaching children to the corpus of healthy eating obesity costs the u.s. department of defense one point one billion dollars a year and that looks unlikely to improve as big corporations continue to choose profit over quality was walt reports. we're broke. and we need to stop the out of control spending spree destroying our of washington d.c. as the debate over cutting government spending rages on billions of taxpayer dollars wasted each year on junk food between one nine hundred ninety five and two thousand and ten over two hundred fifty billion dollars was spent on subsidizing foods that are making americans fat seventy four percent of all the subsidies go to just ten percent of the agribusinesses these are not the small farms public funds go to agra giants like monsanto the company produces genetically modified seeds and

claims more than ninety three percent of soybean and eighty percent of the corn market in the u.s. but this is not what americans are consuming the crops are turned into products like high fructose corn syrup which end up in most processed foods the effect on american health is devastating seventy five percent of americans are now overweight and advertisers today target kids the most important part of the mcdonald's happy there is you pay superman this is kryptonite for. the results one in five kids in america are obese they like sweets and they like all the additives that are added to fast foods and sodas and snacks meanwhile corporations are profiting from the fattening of america they spend millions each year lobbying congress to uphold policies that keep the big businesses profitable david rosen calls the system the obesity and duster complex that this system is essentially it's you know it's

a pay to play system and if you can pay. to support your local congressman or senator you have a stronger opportunity to both not only influence the laws that are passed but actually draft the was like congress recently declaring pizza a vegetable agribusiness is spend a lot of money on capitol hill and making sure that the funding is going towards things that are going to drive down the products of the most profitable products also cashing in on the. of america pharmaceutical companies the u.s. spends one hundred forty seven billion dollars each year treating obesity related illnesses countries from china to hungary require labeling of g.m.o. foods but the power of corporations and lobbyists to englewood's politics no such laws exist in the u.s. today and washington liz wall artsy. but remember you can access all of our news and much more by logging on to our website are two dot com here's what's in store for you there right now stay on the safe side germany delays the signing of

controversial new and piracy laws after protests erupted in europe also online. striking fire man in brussels give local police a cold shower at the main entrance of the prime minister's office find out why our team dot com. staci welcomes some of the world's best winter astley's as they prepare for its first skiing competition which kicks off today it's to tast of facility ahead of the winter olympics which the russian resort will host in two years' time reports. so she's been known to have warm february's in the past but not this year blizzards and temperatures well below zero may be great for some winter sports but with downhill skiing you want good visibility and less snow that's already on the ground

and not still falling preparing that this in such conditions was a challenge but the weather is of course a key factor in heavy fog and blizzards can hold us up and cause delays but it hasn't affected overall preparations in the resort it is now ready to host the world ski cup. despite bad weather delays were minimal and as the mountain skies cleared domestic competitions began in earnest to put facilities to the test the venues here on the slopes and bridges across napoleon are undergoing this sternest examination yet ahead of the two thousand and fourteen winter games for both the organizers and the athletes it's a perfect chance to fly in tune their routines ladies were the first to compete on the slopes for russia's downhill ski cup some compared the experience favorably with the two thousand and ten winter olympics in vancouver and i meet up with some city basically live peace here candy compared to what i signed canada except there was ice in vancouver too which made it even more difficult but the overall

conditions here are good questions. alexandra burke came out on the top of the competition she says smaller events like this one offer an important rehearsal before the main event in sochi in two thousand and fourteen. and it's a chance to train more and we'll have the advantage in comparison to other skiers who only come here for the olympics with thirty kilometers of new posts and world class accommodation you organizers hope to make the test competition something together both spectators and athletes a lawyer but above all this experience is priceless for the sochi two thousand and fourteen organizing committee that will use this competition as a dry run to give olympic preparations a boost. sochi. well if you're looking for the great outdoors but close to the city join our team layer this hour as they delve into the activities on her around the capital here's a preview of what's coming up in about ten minutes.

well other alternative way of traveling in the woods about the show is great for the dogs are just so well and everyone can relate to the sense of try this out it cost one thousand rubles. for twenty minute right.

now is take a look at some other stories from around the world the un chief ban ki moon has called in argentina and the u.k. to avoid an escalation in tensions over the disputed islands in the run up to the thirtieth anniversary of the two countries going to war argentina's foreign minister have to has made an official complaint about the u.k.'s militarization of the south atlantic say in all of south america is also accused of britain is also accused britain of deploying nuclear weapons near the balkan islands which long been described as absurd. thank you in a sorties having you arrested an alleged leader of the radical islam in the east of the country from police custody last month after being accused of masterminding the violent christmas day bombings that killed at least forty four people the militants his aim is to establish sharia law in nigeria killed over one hundred eighty people in a series of attacks in the city of qana westmont. the world the renowned carnival has . kicked off in the streets of rio de janeiro despite local police striking over

they are salaries officers have been given and agreed pay rise of thirty nine percent over the next two years they want to double similar industrial action in the city of salvador saw the murder rate double was one hundred twenty people killed during and nine day police strike. and now was a race for the white house well underway our very own new york resident laurie harvest asks people in the big apple their views about the process and. according to some polls ron paul is now that good in the u.s. republican presidential candidacy raised does he really have a chance this week let's talk about that do you think ron paul has a chance i personally don't looks weak just physically don't know just looks like an old man and said to say it maybe his values are great and everything but. that's interesting so do you think the battle affect the way people vote that's affecting

the way i've a illuminati is going to have whatever they want so do you think they're going to choose them. not a chance why now it is just too much on the fringe for the rest of america but he has such a strong contingent among the you. for now well i'll tell you that any changes he'll bring forward will be on obama's good work that's what i'll tell you that he's laying down a foundation for the next president whoever he is exactly that's my belief you know and i and i mean the strain here i think he's got to think of those effects of the public the novelty of his kind of a sea world within about twelve months of his arrival and ron paul certainly would be a novelty in office he's been o.t. but that's what. politics is based on at the moment i think he's interesting he's a non politician speaks very honestly but i don't agree with his policies so if i were living here i wouldn't vote for him no he gets more independents than both. in

all three candidates of the candidates so why does the media not pay attention to him because he's against the establishment he's against everything is stands for you against. military national complex you against the federal reserve you think he has a chance here oh he is there are ten zero why he doesn't have the finances of the team necessary to put together a serious campaign. so you're just talking about how he's running not actually his policies or whether or not he'd be good for the country well if he could doesn't have the team and the money to get his message out nobody's going to hear whether or not you think ron paul actually has a chance to become the next u.s. president the bottom line is if elected he certainly would shake things up and that seems to be something everyone is looking for. now they stream spore that seems to defy gravity and some of the rules of physics

appeals to many to like adrenaline junkies now a four legged one is well a dog in western ukraine has become an internet sensation awards passion for an active lifestyle. has a story. the two thousand and one french movie the game of course she launched a new world wide grace the park or thousands of print using worldwide took to the sixty's performing breathtaking stunts on walls and rooftops this skill of running and jumping from one surface to another is not so hard to master. after a few slip ups and bruises you will eventually get it right but imagine if you were doing that standing on four legs and not being as a gyle as a human being. but this ranji fellow proves nothing is impossible to tread stuff or cheer a terrier from western ukraine you may see mean looking but in fact that is extremely kind hearted and he is one of only two dogs known to the world yes

yes no i want there is a dog like that i don't know why it might have appeared before to it but honestly i knew nothing about it when we started training besides that dog is much later in the tricks are not a spectacular. owner you've guinea had been doing park or until a knee injury ruined his career his unfulfilled dreams suddenly reincarnated in a six month old puppy for more than four years tried has been doing some amazing stuff both in urban landscapes and historic landmarks. but when he was only six months old he jumped to a cheer and from there he jumped on top of the fridge that's when he thought he had talent this reed is very energetic and sometimes they're used in dogs like this before the five years we've been doing parkway were true it has never been aggressive to anyone he hasn't fought you even aborted it and. it looks like

a case of serious animal training just like in a circus but you get he says he has only invented a few tricks for trout believe it or not the dog makes up almost all of the moves. he finds it interesting you can see him. it looks like he's enjoying what he does i only coordinate on him and very often he improvises some say that i field and park for myself and i will make the dog do what i was unable to welcome you can see for yourself nobody makes you do so when you put up with the. threats breathtaking videos have garnered millions of you tube views and earned him global recognition in their hometown you've gainey and he spat have not become offline celebrities just yet at least until a movie starring the unique dog hits the big screen in the summer but everyone in the neighborhood can rest assured threat is not a threat. reporting from chad enough to own ukraine.

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los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand saddam has not enough in-patient beds not enough urgency department that's another enough nurses commandos there to to. care of all the people who are here the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to do and i started out going to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem this medical was that a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours but i wouldn't say it's a francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall with patients and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room.

we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. welcome back you're watching r t here is a look at the top stories generals refused to step down as they do from capitol braces itself for a day of massive public protests against military rule exactly in from around the former president was ousted thousands of people are calling on the armed forces to cede power immediately to a civilian government. divisions of virgin the armed wing of syria's opposition over claims of responsibility for the deadly bombing of the security service headquarters in the country's second largest city at least twenty five people were killed and when last which the free syrian army first submitted but later denied. that a new threat to national security america's growing obesity problem is of spanning

waistlines and corporate bag accounts as big business as harvest big profits from fattening the people one in five american children is now overweight is a national fast food chain sorry excuse of targeting in their ads campaigns. we have next on our team martin anders gives advice on how to keep your mind and body active through the russian winter moscow is next. while some people embrace the winter and all the frost filled it to tease that come with it others like to hide and jewels staying in from the dark nights of temperatures.