these. accusations of lies and hypocrisy of flying both ways as obama and mitt romney blockheads in that debate just ahead of the presidential vote. but it made all this discussion about who won who lost the media here somehow completely ignored the rest over another presidential candidate right outside the town hall where the last night debate took place i'll be back with more in just a few moments. and madonna create the singing superstars send a summons why russian prosecutors office civil activists take offense at. the material girl is added again and we'll tell you why madonna's latest antics

mean just slam turn of russian courtroom those details coming up next. a leading european satellite provider takes iranian stations off of the as a result of the latest sanctions on tehran exposing hypocrisy in the e.u. stance on free speech. approving the bushido position a figure is brought in for questioning by the investigative committee in connection with a criminal investigation into the organization of riots in the country. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on arts he today. live in moscow pulling at the u.s. economy back from the brink of retaliating for the killing of american diplomats start all took center stage during the second presidential debate between mitt

romney and of course barack obama they faced off to trade fresh blows with less than a month left before the crucial vote for the white house. now with more from washington . by all accounts this debate was thought to be crucial for the president and his chances of getting reelected especially after the first debate two weeks ago when the president looked less and less competitive then governor romney this time around he was on the offensive which got the media and his supporters very excited according to television audience polls the president came out as the winner in this debate they kept arguing the tax plan is going to add more to the country's gigantic dad who will be better at competing with china and the rest of the world in terms of economic growth and it was very there was very little on foreign policy there was one more debate coming out before the election that one specifically on foreign policy when there was one question about libya and the murder of the american ambassador there and the president did come up with. punchline to that he said this we were going to find out who did this and we're going to hunt them down

because one of the things that are throughout my presidency is when folks mess with americans we go after them well as far as leave you know the administration would want to present the mission of toppling qaddafi as a huge success as they had before at the tragic attack this september in benghazi but now it's hard to cover up the fact that libya is very far from that success story that it's a mess with radical forces on the rise but again these debates are not about discussions they're more about who's going to deliver a better punchline and who will provide for a better show essentially and it says the news cycle here. because entirely around the debates has been like one big reality t.v. show with all these never ending discussions on the body language of the candidates all the channels do that they invite experts to analyze the candidate smile with body potion as they stand up where they sit down during the debate they are of course have this cardiogram with the viewers reaction to what they're saying so

there is a very skilled pool of build up of excitement here which makes great reality t.v. but it's a big question whether americans really have a choice something that has gotten cool. please unnoticed uncovered by the mainstream media here by this nonstop reality t.v. was the arrest the arrest of a presidential candidate in this election jule styne nominee from the green party she was arrested shortly before the debate right outside the town hall where this debate was being held she and her running mate were protesting their exclusion from these presidential debates they were asked to leave they refused to do so and they were arrested for blocking the traffic the fact that there are other candidates in this presidential election outside these two parties very few americans know anything about that is because as jule styne told me when we sat down for an interview a few months ago they're being pushed out of the debates by those sure interested in keeping it a two horse race she was referring to special interests take

a listen but they really have is the support of the one percent and then they have a propaganda campaign going on an intensive public relations and psychological warfare that's intended to convince people that they don't have any options the american system is designed to eliminate political opposition like some of the. you know dictatorships that we criticize that have rigged political systems in many ways the american system is also rigged but in ways that are not as straightforward jill stein will be on ballots although not in all states she was also telling me how hard it is for an independent candidate to get on those ballots in the u.s. that every state has its own intricate rules centrally designed to keep it a two party race as far as the big televised presidential debates there are organized by the democratic and republican parties through the commission on presidential debates so there's not much enthusiasm on part of that commission to lead a third party but you would think the media that's somewhere between discussing the

body language of the candidates the chemistry on stage the addresses of the wives that somewhere between all those things they would mention the arrest of a presidential candidate but no it's being completely ignored. he's got an extra kind there in washington and well you can watch the full interview with joel stein the green party's presidential candidate that next hour here on a file us professor stephen zunes says the big business depends on bipartisan system offers no real choice for american voters if we don't have a portion representation we have so it's a winner take all system by state through the electoral college many people might be inclined to for example who are both florrie left wing party or the green party similarly some conservatives the more libertarian bent might want to vote for the libertarian party that cetera that you print pretty much realistically anyway if

the only choices are these two main parties involved the fact they had more to get elected especially the president you know you need to raise millions and millions of dollars and you have twenty two horses so to people who have that kind of money you certainly have their their own agenda and want to impact the outcome in ways that will benefit themselves but we seem to be naturally stuck in this cycle every four years of voting for the lesser evil. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran ties road pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads to parties still dictate. to a selection of clothes if they are to beginning of two or twenty second. into the r.t. world of day we go starting with the suicide bomb attack by the taliban or the us afghan military camp has left at least ten afghan soldiers injured in the country's east of the blast followed by indirect fire went off before the bomb actually

reached the military facility nato officials have confirmed there were no casualties among international troops it is the latest in a series of intensified attacks on nato and afghan security forces by the taliban. greece is facing yet more protests with the country likely to be virtually paralyzed for two full days doctors lawyers engineers and journalists many other professionals all going to stay away from work today with a nationwide general strike do you want the day greece is fast approaching the deadline to qualify for another vital bailout tranche from its international creditors and the country continues to slide deeper into recession with unemployment at alarming rates. a u.n. commission on human rights abuses in syria says there's an increasing risk of islamist groups radicalizing the conflict comes as american intelligence officials recently admitted the bulk of arms flowing into syria are going right into the

hands of al qaeda and other is the most militias the government of the massacres has long blamed much of the violence on foreign backed terror groups as his forces continue to pound rebel strongholds in the country's north according to the united nations more than twenty thousand lives on both sides have been lost since the uprising began in march of last year. well it might be a good time for madonna to check her new york letter books the queen of pop's been invited back to russia this time though it's not to appear before her adoring fans but rather some rather angry prosecutors caffein offer points. the material girl herself is unlikely to materialize but that hasn't stopped a russian court in russia's second city of st petersburg from agreeing to hear a case a lawsuit against her for more than ten million dollars in damages by anti-gay groups who allege they have suffered quote moral damages from a performance that she held recently in that city in august now the reason we're

talking about the story today is the plaintiffs have confirmed to the media that they have found madonna's new york city address and have sent a summons there for her to she will show up to the st petersburg court they've also sent a summons for her to a health fitness club the hard candy club here in moscow and they're basically trying to get her into the court room again in order to share this case which alleges that madonna essentially promoted so-called homosexual propaganda adjourn for a concert there she asked people to sort of raise their hands and support and handed out t. shirts and banners and whatnot but st petersburg unlike the rest of russia had recently passed a law that bans the so-called promotion of homosexuality bisexual ism transgenderism so these groups allege that what madonna did effectively trampled on that law violated the law and supposedly psychologically damage the conscious and the feelings of the residents who were exposed to that madonna is no stranger to controversy from burning crosses in the music video in the u.s.

to exposing a nipple in istanbul to speaking out picking a fight with a national front in paris by screening a video of their leader with the swastika on her head and of course turned controversy here in russia also by speaking out in defense of the punk band group pussy riot she's no stranger to controversy the question is whether she'll actually appear in this court room and as of now especially if they don't get the summons translated it doesn't really seem likely we'll of course keep following the story for you. just after ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital this is all too well the u.s. is set to help libya create a new five hundred strong come on dough for. to fight as the extremists and which has been on the rise ever since the beginning of the arab spring the pentagon has diverted nearly eight million dollars from its operations and aid in pakistan to begin building of the elite libyan force which is reportedly due by the end of next year but he has remained highly volatile since last year's uprising against moammar gadhafi which was supported by the u.s.

and according to. the co-author of pakistan terrorism ground zero washington still has no intention of leaving the region. to snore functioning state at the moment the need to drench an indian country has worsened the situation i would also add that the us led european airlines removed addicted to it like manuel because of free reduced number of small dictators small entirely insane warlords who are pushing libya into groups actually entering in chaos during the war on terror if i do strongly they were largely going to do it in a harness signed by designing your are but as the americans to leave afghanistan these jihad these forces or also falling america in the middle east as well so that is one reason for america today were funds from pakistan to lead and there is another reason this has become clear in the recent years that american. or your

views are changing at the moment after spending more than a decade in price on the no american strategic schools is shifting to other areas including the middle east and asia pacific and i'm sure that americans are used to for a longer period of time immediately east into asia pacific reason. thanks for joining us here on our team today still to come for you in the program silencing the other side of the story in europe a leading of satellite provider takes iranian stations off the air in the e.u. as a result of the latest sanctions to talk about what was going spelled the issue of freedom of speech that's coming your way very soon. the sun rises over what seems like enlist forest here in new directions cry for hundred kilometers north of light of all storm as in much of the world it's disappearing at a catastrophic rate. markers both illegal and those finding

ways to outsmart the system for filing down the forests of the region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be easy the forest is enormous and our chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find solid tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and get out silently in order not to scare the loggers off alexander someone in ca has been a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right direction by word of mouth you can see that the ground is soft here which means that these twelve the tractor trails are very fresh

which in fact means that we need to be quiet in order to not scare them off as we get closer. this team says they're legal but have no documents now xander can now call the police to take over his work here is done he is overwhelmingly outnumbered here. too few rangers working in the promoter ski region and the w w f a says the government isn't doing enough to stop it just you. know who it is no one tries to stop them in just five years divorce will be gone what will the people who live after those who do it's a question more and more people are aware of today climate change and the safety of our environment as a whole are being discussed around the world and perhaps it's those small steps that might be a start to people living in harmony solution a terse. buy

from moscow this is our to a prominent face of the russian opposition a sort of gold belt soft has been brought in for questioning by the country's investigative committee and it's off to law enforcement officials conducted searches of the homes of the protest leader his parents and associates this morning he's pretty well find out reports. the investigative committee have launched a criminal case into the proposed organization of riots that's what we're hearing it all follows on the back of a a second part of a documentary called the enough to me protest that was shown on television here in russia now in the documentary we see. speaking with a georgian citizen who has very close ties to the government employee. after the investigative committee had looked at the facts and checked the circumstances that are shown in that documentary they decided to carry out the searches on the home of

mr also some of those people close to him as well following that he's been brought in for questioning no himself has said that he was consulting people from georgia concerning funding for his political party left front however he denies that he ever spoke to anybody concerning the organization of demonstrations all right it's being investigated the moment it isn't the first time. a brush with authorities in two thousand and eleven on the same day is the parliamentary elections here in russia december of two thousand and eleven he was detained by police on a a mine a public order offense but this investigation it will be ongoing for a little while now to find out just what was going on in that documentary that we've we've seen on russian television and it's worth noting. the charges that could be brought against adults or boy any of his associates could bring with them

a potential jail term of up to ten years so these are very serious charges indeed that are being looked into by the investigative committee right now. doughty course want to put her over there now the iranian state broadcaster reportedly saying it could take legal action against a leading european satellite provider for cutting off its programs and this comes after nineteen iranian t.v. and radio stations including the international english speaking channel press t.v. have all been taken off the air in europe it's the result of new e.u. sanctions on tehran these latest measures are aimed at pressuring iran's government to be upfront about its nuclear program their structures of targeting iran's banking sector gas exports and oil shipments to iran says the regulations will not affect the country's economy in the long run but ultimately the end of the day just hurts ordinary people a political analyst a ceramic child says western nations don't want to find a solution to the crisis. the human side of your himself not just the general

government has said that the sanctions are hurting civilians and people in iran and i think this message you'll hear if it goes out to the western publics and there's an attempt to cover it up and to keep it going consistent propaganda i think the the west unfortunately is not interested in a solution they want to keep this part modeling short of war or or even the wrong with trying to get bin would have even war so i think there'd be some distance pollutions i mean the real solution is no sanctions no more we want better not europeans in a state of decline and you seem to be becoming grace it's i think they are punching above the are we in trying to impose a solution on the iranian question europe has isn't generally conjured as a group of power after the economic crisis in the because of the last four or five years and i think it is fanciful imagine that you're out in some hole either

decisive sweeney actor in trying to force iran. if you have a for the heart. dot com right now you'll find out why germany pays the price for going green also why a turning away from the dangers of nuclear power might be a bit too much. government to stomach. plus the u.k. blocks the extradition of gary mckinnon to america the british man accused of hacking into the pentagon's computer network all those details available for you just a click away at home. with the business for now over one million jewish children two million women three million men all killed across europe of course during the holocaust the israeli government does everything to ensure the world remembers the terrorist of the third reich however as aussies paula reports it stands accused of actually forgetting those who managed to survive it. a celebration of life and age dismissed by many here as offensive and misguided

nearly seventy years after these women cheated death in nazi concentration camps there competing to be holocaust survivor beauty queen. whoever went through the whole cost it's in them inside we will never forget how we were put through but the younger generation it is possible we understand their roots but otherwise no one really thinks of us. every month dozens of these water time victims die in loneliness and poverty forgotten by the country that was supposed to be the promised land the fact that many of these people survived a terrible ordeal and decades of struggle for normal life that followed is pay me laugh the coolest irony is that many flocked to israel after world war two thinking they would live out their lives in safety and prosperity of course why was build this country they went through so much we have about ten years to make it right

over there won't be any survivors left alive better to spin lives alone in hotel of apartment she spent her childhood hiding from the nazi occupation in the ukraine she and her parents were the only survivors from her family today survival is still her main worry. i was supposed to get help from the finance ministry ten years ago but they didn't help they give me nothing only when i fell and broke my that did i get some assistance but it wasn't easy even then to get this money i did get a little help from the germans three years ago they started giving me about four hundred dollars a month which i now live off of. israel it seems always remembers the holocaust but tends to forget those who survived it a third of the country's holocaust survivors live in poverty with little or no help and support in two thousand and eight a state inquiry found that tel aviv failed to pass on some thirty billion dollars that had been paid to israel by germany you would think that. the holocaust will be

behind them but some of them are here and are living the same horrible stories again they are alone without food. without a person in this world who takes care of them. and. it's horrible. so while some may see this is distasteful this pageant is an attempt to reach out to be estimated fifty thousand two hundred casa find this living below the poverty line the proceeds hoping to pave the way. the government doesn't do nearly enough to help us i received a one time payment from germany for two and a half thousand euros that's it and my husband who is in the ghetto gets four hundred dollars a month for everything it's a value put on those who survived a living hell in a country supposedly cost as a result of this suffering to protect them police here are. the stricken with a lovely marina culture of

a stunning by the aussie prisoners there so good to see you again i know you're continuing to follow the whole the story more twists and turns in this than a pretzel what's happened that's exactly right and i've been personally following the story for months if not years here especially the business that's what's happened in the side it's when all of b.p.'s fifty percent stake was up for grabs but in a new twist according to sky news it's the consortium they are who are now reportedly looking to sell their fifty percent. while apparently it's the countries or major roles that the let's take it step by step first of all we're not the companies have reportedly signed an outline agreements worth twenty eight billion dollars last night however this agreement is not final and could google voice the partly b.p. wants it's a quick that's for sure the venture four years due to various shareholder disputes that will be reporting and until now the british partners were the ones looking for buyers for their half of the company and many so. as the likely buyer today marked

the end of the law compere iot for their shares which meant the russian partners will also exclusive right to buy the stake but as we now know they may be selling instead also if he has a failed so blocked the disclosure of documents that could show corruption between the company's top managers and russian state officials the high court in london has refused to prolong the temporary gagging order against the forum is former head of logistics he says the ex employee has documents that are confidential and could damage the company's reputation but a quick look at international markets let's start with the euro where things have been flat for a number of hours right now we're seeing that is speaking up some steam and we have optimism coming from the fact that moody's investor service is i have to say left the spanish sovereign credit rating unchanged just out of the junk status and also there are signs of that germany may ease its resistance to a spanish a bailout moving on to the russian markets where it's going completely on from the

previous. super cent oil prices definitely have something to do with i will take a look at them in a second first let's look at currencies and see how they're performing we know that the euro has been strengthened versus the u.s. dollar in fact it's at its highest level versus the dollar in about a month after these investors services and now we have the russian parents which remains a mix to the currency basket that prices i mentioned they're at the highest level in about every month and that's after industrial production the rose more than expected in the u.s. which is the world's a biggest of crude and this is how business looks this hour coming up shortly can join peter lavelle and his guests for a heated debate in the latest edition of crossfire by from the. looking at some dogs you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how

they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strand in canada and the u.s. i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like a laska and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from australia now it's truly has come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail of place but a nun and for all friends who brought their dia to life. five years ago of a bill to dock kennel in the village kids from the local open h. came round to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem

extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed to the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but smother purse cable also encourages her kids to become dad hands on the computer and internet the boys who regularly update their websites and they're in touch with the busy ma the twenty four seven on the phone it's. the children are the most important thing my only interests not play any role anymore and regardless of whether parsky has huskies window race or not she hopes the composition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the weaning but truly just the taking part that counts.

and. if you want to. follow in welcome to crossfire can you tell me what our loss what kind of foreign policy could the world expect from a romney administration his supporters claim he would restore america's honor and standing in the world critics retort his rhetoric in world view are remarkably close to that of george w. bush and there are those who see romney is no different from barack obama. and. started. to cross talk the world of mitt i'm joined by and shall pfeffer in london he is a journalist and columnist for her outs in washington we have penny lee she is a political communications and government relations strategist and president.