the u.s. election campaign answers the final straits with a two rival still neck and neck we look at how the race is increasingly resembling a reality show rather than a political faceoff. the un is looking into what is branded a shocking video which is suspected to be evidence of a war crime committed by the syrian rebels. and pressure outside and within the e.u. calls on britain to decide on its membership amid a squabble in the u.k. parliament over how much the country should pay for us it's. nine am and the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome

to the program well there are just four days left before the u.s. presidential election but even all the files stretch brock obama and mitt romney remain effectively tied with neither debates nor a devastating hurricane giving either candidate a tangible advantage questions are mounting what the most expensive campaign of the country's history has really achieved and there is a growing feeling it was more about impressing the viewer than talking real politics as it is nice to see if you're going to explains some time fire is the best way to explain the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits. dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional

wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro wrestling in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind the scenes it's a business. and that's the same way it is for them it's a sham a sham largely compared to reality television survivor style started out eliminating a contestant on the island and then event they have to form alliances you can call those parties and then they finally grant. you have two three five years to go at it and they and that video gets the big gets the big prize the big prize for years to run the united states of america the contestants are giving it their all to win the competition the concept of a reality show we all know is supposed to be some kind of reality but but in reality it's just really made for t.v. and the presidential campaigns in the us are completely made for t.v.

like in any major production a huge crew and big box run the game they have people determine what a guy's going to wear what kind of haircut how much makeup you know some of these opportunities for a lot of people to get rich from looks to comments and statements most of the election campaign and scripted. the mainstream media following the presidential campaigns eats the show right up one example i'm going to stop the subsidy to p.b.s. i'm going to stop other things i like p.b.s. i love big bird the debates the first us presidential debate of two. of the two million you that makes it the most successful most reality show her while fact checking leaves the building. and you know. about x. . you're. spreading

a giant welcome mat for trivialized news coverage is romney hurting obama's feelings as obama hurting his feelings are they being cordial to each other or are they being angry look at the way obama looks up and looks down the show must go on . until the curtains are drawn presidential candidates putting on a performance to be voted into the white house a superficial media paying little attention to the actual words being said and not demanding to hear the words that should matter as the u.s. election enters its closing act and look to team ain't remains king and politics not much more than a circus and. party new york well what a presidential race bare is all the signs of a stage show there are legitimate concerns about how committed the candidates are to making their campaign statements our reality u.s. national security expert gareth porter shared his views on which election promises are likely to remain nothing more than part of a t.v. performance the issues of u.s.

national security policy and the military i'm sorry to say that i don't believe. obama will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to and u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan the fact is the obama administration has made the decision that there will be a residual force of at least ten thousand for an indefinite period of time i think the closest romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise. is perhaps the the idea of they would somehow be more successful in putting pressure on iran to end its nuclear program but i must say that it was not made with much conviction in the campaign and in the last presidential debate romney was really more saying me too to president obama's

policy toward iran. both candidates have their own ways of dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sandy in an attempt to break the pre-vote down a lot with campaigning now fully back on track our resident new yorker laurie harvest has been finding out who came through with the best. new york was hit hard by hurricane sandy will it affect the way new yorkers vote or the way they look at the issues this week let's talk about that i was a county alan or sixty four and i seen every day there would just be water. water everywhere the beach was industry do you think that the government has handled the storm well no how could they have done better they could have gotten the subway running a lot quicker but you think they have anything to do with how much water down there no i think they're just really slow to respond to the whole thing with the buses over here is ridiculous and it's unconstitutional that you have to have three

people in a car i use they're going to vote on tuesday is that no then. the city could have been wiped away if the voting polls still stand i have to be there. reacted to it it seems to be going. to be. able to pull lives together yes so do you think that obama's looking better than romney right now. i think mitt romney is a much bigger natural disaster than hurricane sandy and i hope people realize that vote for obama you don't think there's anything wrong with obama i think there's plenty wrong in terms of his. foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us.

now we will of course continue our coverage of the u.s. elections looking at the race from different perspectives plus our t. is hosting a very special event this coming monday as we are exclusively bringing you the final round of third party candidates debate live from our washington studios. will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power power that. once if america changes. was election was gone monday november fifth on our team. now the un is examining a video which it says could be evidence of a war crime committed by the syrian rebels or the newly released online search for four of them shows opposition fire or summarily executing capture and government troops ten soldiers who are no longer believed to be incompetence are apparently

shell being beaten and lined up on the ground well we won't show you what happens next but all the man were then repeatedly shot with automatic rifles investigative journalist james corbat says it's a rare case that the tactics of the opposition forces have come under international scrutiny. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and unfortunately that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous documents coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that did note some of these atrocities being committed by the rebels were

almost always prefaced by reports of government atrocities and that was buried somewhere down half way through the article time and time again so it is of course and if it be hypocrisy that's underlying this and that's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in the west to to be on the floors and on the side of these rebel forces the only real plan that's on the table that right now that's feasible. when the china just put forth the four point proposal for the syrian troops which also does not include any language for assad to step down it does not in court include any enforcement language which is a political long starter in washington because of course those are the two key issues that they want to make sure is part of any type of proposal so once again we see that that washington is really absolutely keen to make sure that assad stepping down as part of any proposal and i think they're not going to accept anything short of that so i think they are content to watch these atrocities and and these murders and executions and torture pile up in the name of trying to get rid of assad and

unfortunately the only real peace plan on the table at the moment isn't even being considered seriously by washington and iran a recent ban on public rallies has failed to deter protesters from taking to the streets of several towns on friday there are reports of police brutality towards the anti-government demonstrators and the rest of those documenting the attacks this comes amid a judicial crackdown with yet another activist sentenced to six months in jail for allegedly insulting the king on twitter calling about a former elector at the university of bahrain says it's too late for international condemnation to improve the situation and the gulf country. to jail phone one for voicing their opinion violates freedom of expression that violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like

a violin they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and they are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they continue the crackdown they continue the torture they continue to daily and they continue the chilean bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or out of it the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they must abdicate of was there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation will continue to get more chaotic. i reported and the british media says the u.k. is on standby to sand warplanes to the persian gulf the initiative which aims to boost the british presence and the turbulent region comes after talks with the united arab emirates where the jets are expected to be stationed but given israel's

persistent calls on its western partners to attack iran's nuclear facilities a move such as london's is bound to destabilize the situation in the region says anti-war activist john riis. this is not the first report we've had all western increased deployments in the area there have been a whole spate of them in recent weeks and months which all point in the same direction of increased u.s. british and other western nations deploying a great deal more than the normal commitment to the gulf area not big enough in normal times i think we all understand what the imperial structure of the of the middle east is and that is that the western powers britain a better america with the support britain and other western european powers believes that it has an absolute right to control this area of the globe and it employees the israeli state has its watchdog we reach tori's that the israelis and the u.s. have now come to an agreement about a time scale within which they must deal with iran so i don't say that's going to

happen the day after the u.s. elections but i do think that things will move on and we'll be clear exactly what the program deploying further pressure on the iranian regime is in a week or so is time. and while britain gears up for a new military campaign abroad its population grows even more angry over the country's membership of the e.u. . if you're being union was a company that does on the chief executive would all be in jail the accusations of corruption are sided as just one of the reasons behind growing n.z. e.u. sentiment while the cost of membership is causing widening cracks in the u.k. parliament we have more on that shortly. shopping you to a healthier lifestyle we reveal one radical approach to turning people off junk food whether help of deadly diseases out there and much more in just a couple of minutes.

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welcome back you are with our team live from moscow as doctors around the globe sound the alarm against a rising in obesity and its dire health consequences medics in canada have come up with a graphic idea of how to warn against the risks but one man's meat is another man's poison as they say and the proposal is fast becoming a hot potato barton explains. imagine you're about to bite into your pizza when you see this disease liver or perhaps you're taking a swig of your drink when this diseased foot catches your eye put off your food well that's just the effect some doctors in canada want frustrated with a growing epidemic of obesity the entire medical association have taken a leaf from their anti smoking contemporary's book and called for graphic labeling

on fatty sugary and salty processed foods they say society must stop tiptoeing around health risks such as diabetes heart and liver disease which can arise from eating too much of certain foods what we want to do is we want to tax foods that are high in calories in the nutritional value and get tax breaks the healthy food but as you might imagine the shock food tactics have been hard to swallow for those who make or enjoy eating the targeted products they think the labels are over the top and accuse doctors of demonizing certain products and food categories carrying bacco to every day and beverage items non-sensical smoking tobacco products do not really have a balance in healthy ways that various food and beverage products which the ontario medical association would place label warnings on i can absolutely

part of a balance other proposals that have sparked controversy include labeling excessive salt sugar and fat as pathogens that is disease causing viruses and bacteria age limits for buying soft drinks and temporarily taking some obese children away from their parents william endl author of seeds of destruction says the doctors are right about the dangers of highly processed foods but that these labels will simply be ignored i don't know any single cigarette smoker who you know they pick up their cigarettes that make. their blood look a little bit i don't think that stuff. nobody the fruits are engineer today and this has been tested in private lab the foods are engineers today in many cases to be addicted to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain so until you forced by law to change that kind of a who can't and you're not going to have any solution to this my mother the i may also recommends higher taxes and marketing restrictions on junk food especially to children to to stick suggests twenty six percent of canadian children aged five to

seventeen are overweight or obese. how more news is also available on our website r.t. dot com including the police that nate foley seen as after pictures published on facebook show kerry an obvious search for their eyes a lot of example young of all breaking number of rules reborn are on our website our team dot com. plus a long way home online and we've got a story of a woman and women who've been held captive in a supermarket. that is calling on britain to make a decision on its e.u. membership as leaders lose patience over the u.k.'s budget squabble david cameron

is facing huge opposition in parliament on how much the country should pay for being part of the club his deputy has already warned the budget crisis may leave britain out of the block parties laura smith explains with the cloud hanging over the houses of parliament could this be the beginning of the end of britain's membership of the european union pro europe deputy prime minister nick clegg certainly seems to fear he's said that wednesday's rebellion by conservative m.p.'s when they voted in favor of cutting the budget the e.u. could leave britain either isolated inside the union all out of his altogether that will be music to the is of many who support leaving the e.u. the money britain contributes has become a huge burden of contention while brussels encourages e.u. member countries to tighten their belts it doesn't appear to be tightening its own

in fact if the e.u. commission gets its way britain will be forced to pay an extra one point. three billion pounds next year in budget contributions on top of the eleven billion we already pay and we'd soon be handing over a staggering twenty two thousand pounds and minutes to brussels david cameron has promised tell negotiate a deal that means u.k. contributions would rise only in line with inflation but that's proven not good enough this week with rebels in his own party demanding a real terms cards in cash going to the e.u. there's a summit in brussels to discuss the budget towards the end of the month and this could all push cameron into taking a tougher stance which could and did and you'll budget negotiations with the union and eventually what nick clegg fears but many support a slide out of the e.u. altogether. your m.p. paul natal believes frustration over e.u.

bills keeps growing at a majority of the british want to go it alone. the problem that you've got is that our status he doesn't exist in the european union and might exist in the member countries where we're going to cut back on almost everything we have real estate is he out the money doesn't it doesn't matter they spend more and more every single year the budget goes up a member states including states such as greece and portugal and ireland who wouldn't serious trouble will be asked to put their hands in their pockets and give multiple shows it's wrong. of britain actually out of the states which is in the code and see we pay so much to the tune of around fifty million pounds a day just to be members of that club to recount the mega amounts of money the street tens of billions it costs us to comply with e.u. directives and regulations so it's bad and some of the british people it's something we know happy about you look at recent opinion polls eighty percent of

people want a referendum so around sixty percent of people actually want to leave the european union altogether so the people are certainly moving away if the european union was a company in the directors on the chief executive role be in jail but it's not it's cruel to not to move the reason why the british people want that referendum i want to leave. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world hundreds taking to the city of benghazi pushing for greater autonomy for the region protestors are calling for the country's leadership to provide more authority in managing local affairs and give more access to state resources agonise blame the government for depriving benghazi of its high status after the uprising in two thousand and eleven which toppled the previous regime. one of the most important question pilgrimage destinations in jerusalem has announced it's shutting its doors the church of the holy built on a hill were believers say jesus was crucified is protesting sudden demands to pay off its two million dollar water bill to the israeli state water authority it's

appealing to the israeli government claiming the move on reminds the sanctity of the site. well coming up here on our team would take a look at the ferber and passion that spread across america with the occupy movement last year that's after a short break stay with us. for this international drugs on an international ball we should not bomb iran we need to cut the budget and bring the troops home we should end the war in afghanistan to. stop the persecution of whistleblowers. let's bring you the truth here.

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