free. free. free. free. download free broadcast video for your media project free media r.t. dot com. u.s. citizens from adopting russian children gets a second reading in parliament details just ahead. up next door an embassy in london for six months the world's top. to deliver a christmas message outlining his aspirations for. president barack obama backs the renewal of a ban on assault weapons in the u.s. after the massacre of twenty children at sandy hook elementary school.

you're watching. state in the second reading of a bill which if passed will prevent u.s. citizens from adopting children from the country the action is said to be part of moscow's response to washington applying sanctions against a list of russians as part of the so-called magnitsky act several activists have been detained after staging protests against the proposed adoption ban in the russian capital. of the state to force. just to remind us that a game of news given the russian lawyer who was suspected of large scale tax evasion he died in prison before a court could make a decision on his case he's seen by many in the west especially in the u.s. as a victim to various human rights violations in russia and recently america lawmakers passed to the so-called magnitsky act which allow sanctioning russian officials

suspected in the u.s. of being connected to human rights violations in russia in moscow by many of the shows this law is seen as anti russian and a legislator syrian the say duma have been working on what they say will be a proportionate response and besides sanctioning american citizens for thought to be connected with violations of the rights of russian citizens many deputies are pushing for the draft to also include a ban for american citizens to adopt russian children adoption has become quite a heavy issue in the relations between moscow and washington due to the so many cases of abuse and sometimes even death like the story of twenty one month old jim yackety of russian boy who was adopted by an american couple and he died after his adoptive father left him in a locked car on a hot day or another case when an american adoptive mother put her child on a plane back to russia caring only north and underwear with him all this is causing

outrage here in russia but not only that he says themselves but also a lack of proper reaction from american authorities to prevent these cases from reoccurring including the lack of heavy jail sentences this draft has become a source of heated debate both in the public and among the political elite a russian lawmakers have shown to be quite emotional on this issue when it comes to the executive power we've just heard from the president's spokesman dmitri piscopo said that it's understood why the deputies are being so emotional due to the evidence and the russian rhetoric coming from some members of the. international community but at the same time he said that the kremlin has a more reserved approach in the meantime it's clear that everybody understands all those responsible for the violation of human rights or especially children's rights have to be punished but it is causing debate whether or not a general ban on adoption by americans should be introduced we've heard from

several ministers including the foreign minister has also spoken against introducing this ban so the debate continues especially here in the state duma as a russian lawmakers continue reviewing the draft he's already announced his intentions to run for parliament in australia alltel says on julia saunders agenda for twenty thirteen cooped up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for six months so far top with the christmas message outlining his plans for the year ahead and i see sarah ferguson are a force. it's been six months to the day since julian a son's thought refuge behind the doors of the ecuadorian embassy it was a bid to avoid extradition to sweden where he's wanted for sexual assault allegations that he continues to refuse to travel to sweden because if it will be extradited to the u.s. america investigating the wiki leaks website for publishing documents including

dossiers on the wars in iraq and afghanistan now despite having twenty four hour round the clock police protection it's been a busy six months that julian assange and we've had him publish a book we see concerns over his health we seem to live in a sound addressing world leaders as well as giving a number of personal exclusive into the city and of course we've had the ongoing protests and vigils in support of both julian assange and the wiki leaks website and in the next couple of days today the sun is expected to give a christmas address normally the territory of monaco but in this case julia sons will be summing up his own going predicament and outlining his plans for the year ahead now what is to come remains relatively unknown we've seen the dramas unfolding over the last six months so you can be pretty sure it will be unpredictable there's a lot of rumors a lot of talk at the moment that we could see in twenty thirty julian

a son's running for the australians that it and forming his own wiki leaks political party well those will be the next steps and of course r.t. is going to be there every step of the way taking you through this ongoing story and today we're marking the six months since julian assange thought asylum in ecuador by turning up at the ecuadorian embassy here in london. now president barack obama has made a move toward stronger gun control in the u.s. he voiced support for an initiative to renew an expired ban on assault weapons and the creation of a new law to tighten gun sales regulations the proposal comes after the mass shooting at the sandy hook elementary school that took the lives of twenty six people including twenty children ortiz report nine has the details. when you consider the tragic events that unfolded at an elementary school last week in the us it is not surprising that finally u.s. president barack obama is taking a position that would reinstate a ban on assault weapons in america now the last federal assault weapons ban which

expired in two thousand and four prohibited the manufacturing of eighteen specific models of semiautomatic weapons along with the manufacturing of high capacity ammunition magazines that could carry more than ten rounds now according to white house spokesman jay carney obama would also support legislation that closes a so-called gun show loophole that has allowed some weapons to be sold without criminal background checks but the buyers since obama has been president for mass shootings have taken place but until now critics say that obama has skirted the issue of federal gun control last week's massacre at that elementary school in newtown connecticut claimed the lives of twenty innocent children ages between six and seven and also six staff members were killed in the gun control advocates say it's a shame so many lives have been lost before u.s. leaders finally got the ball rolling on legislation in real largest firearms maker

in the u.s. also announced on tuesday that it's being put up for sale by its owner freedom group international is the maker of the bushmaster rifle the weapons thought to have been used in friday's connecticut massacre shares in publicly traded gun makers have been dropping for a third straight day there's also been reports of a large spike in gun sales in recent days because many believe that the federal government will in fact enforce stricter gun control one commentator told r.t. the gun business is not criticised by some u.s. media that's due to the links to producers and the right. they have a message they have a narrative that narrative has to percolate through their delivery system which unfortunately are their anchors and reporters set up the delivery system for the pundits for the host driven shows where you have the right. mentality come in and it's rehashed and then shot back out you know in these various media outlets where

they're pundits feed into this is their message machine at work the talking points coming from the n.r.a. the politicians that are in matched in the n.r.a. and in conservative causes i mean that's that's that's not speculation on my part that's politics and media one zero one for the last fifteen years but greece prepares for yet another twenty four hour standstill as people against. this integrating details just ahead. ready for blastoff three spacemen their fond farewell to their families as they gear up for a five month trip to the stars latest addition to the space station. and liftoff from kazakhstan shortly. you can tell an ordinary russian siberian apart in the blink of an.

anthropologist and those days siberians were different clothes eight different food . different animals. but what about. my journey began in two men but the big city was all shiny oil funded skyscrapers and shopping malls much like any other prosperous russian post. so i decided to. a small town just outside. dumplings came from here to dominate the russian cuisine but only in siberia. filled with cabbage and jam making sure you can have many as a starter main dish. was although it may draw. most people in siberia see nothing wrong with hunting only if

you decide to participate. when you look upon martin. as in the middle of a swamp only accessible by air transport in the summer months and winter. it's inhabited by siberian a large muslim minority that migrated head before the russians. and this. israel siberia may be.

for international news for you now moscow says it's doing everything possible to bring about the release of two russians kidnapped in syria on monday they are being held for ransom by suspected rebels who also seized and it's high and citizens when other hostage ukrainian journalist remains in a little hearns deadline passing out a fifty million dollars price tag for her life meanwhile a news crew working for a u.s. channel has a skate after several days in captivity becomes as fighting intensifies across the country in the capital damascus rebels are locked in battles of palestinian militias who support the syrian government some observers blame the violence on foreign meddling. terrorist groups your library how kidnappings for financing research is true of park in latin america it's true the. terrorist groups so that

in many other places. they already have world tension financing as always they are terrorists or insurgents the goal of the the enemies of syria has been divided into what many little pieces so you want to be syrian regime are you out there is where you have a kurdish. fortune and you have no other sections of the. opposition members fighting against each other for the troll i mean you know that the muslim brotherhood paid goons from around the world all want to impose their own totalitarian system on what's left of the of syria ratings agency standard and poor's has raised the credit rating of greece is a sovereign debt becomes just hours before a planned twenty four hour nationwide strike as people continue venting their frustration at biting cuts on monday athens that received a fresh challenge of bailout funds from the e.u. and the international monetary fund and i bet many experts say that despite the

much anticipated cash the greek economy's far from salvation. the fact that the ratings agencies gave us a higher rating to be green bombs and yet there's going to be a strike if you get what's happened to that right now the international community b i n s the e.c.b. m.d.c. have two wars austerity which makes investors happy but of course makes the people angry and soon to see this strike going on and people a lot of people getting very upset in greece while the investor community is relatively happy because you know there was more greater safeguards that their money is going to be returned to them in the form of bonds so i think that you going to continue to see this is exactly where you'll go up and the people are happier but the investor community is less happy and they're going to have a swerves to the right where you have more austerity making people more angry and more riots and more protests and more strikes and yet investors feeling more secure

in in the bonds of a buying greeks even money this crisis is far from over we never. mean president the europeans have yet to solve the basic problem that the european peripheral countries are insolvent based simply do not have the money to pay back all the money that they have borrowed and because of that fact which is incontrovertibly we are going to come to a day of reckoning of some point the issue becomes when is that day going to happen and how far will the pm of europe perhaps even with the kick the can down the road . independent panel tasked with investigating september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi has revealed that systematic failures at the state department were behind the security breaches at the mission where salt claimed the lives of the american bastard to their beer and three other u.s. officials it happened as violent demonstrations over an anti islamic film made in america began sweeping across the arab world actually it was believed the attack

had developed out of a similar protest however the report suggests the incident wasn't preceded by any protest to confirm earlier intelligence information that was a terrorist attack. the french quarter has refused to drop him bring charges against dominique strauss camp the former international monetary fund chief allegedly took part in sex parties with prostitutes which his defense denies. said the authorities were trying to criminalize last is the last inquiry against the sixty three year old who's already fought off several sex crimes charges. but with medical checkups and final training behind them the latest members of the international space station crew are ready to head for the stars temperatures in the kazakhstan of dropped to minus thirty degrees celsius and several pre flight traditions of had to be cancelled but the team is hoping that some music will keep things i know it has some bottom or false. a farewell on

guitar music was in the air was the next cruise the international space station said the last goodbyes to earth it will be in the cockpit too says the i assesses next commander chris hadfield and actually when we're sitting on the launch pad inside our soyuz there will be music playing both two to warm up our bodies and to warm our hearts while the music will be a comfort there was months of work ahead on the station preparing a launch is like a technical and scientific symphony no rocket crew and an orchestra of engineers around them cheering up for the main overture. for the families this time is as nerve wracking as it is exciting chris hadfield's wife says she'll still feel connected to him while he's up there again through music but like really if you're here you're going to be playing so much music because they get it you're their part of their lives and then you work hard at it life so that they were sure that we'll

play lots of surveys that yes there's a spec corner. to open up my guitar and. play songs that are important to me we shouldn't feel too sorry for chris thomas as well as enjoying music they'll be able to look down on earth as we celebrate so it's seasons greetings from our sweet sounding spaceman merry christmas. happy. tom barton r t baikonur kazakhstan. will be broadcasting the launch live here on r.t.e. and also online so don't miss a lift off cosmic day g.m.t.

and more about the mission at r.t. dot com. also on like a mega-star gerard deford your says he might consider russia search for a new one that is at the claims italy now says french citizenship center backs off from excruciating taxes. supporters of russian champion football teams and petersburg say they don't want any african or latin american players in the squad but claim it has nothing to do with racism dressed the clubs and management in a written manifesto where it's also stressed. that it will be tolerated. that was some insight on the story here which is what exactly is in this letter you see it. was part of the biggest point was just that they don't want any african players black players or latin american players and to be honest that's an absolute joke i mean. i think forget probably the best player was born in venezuela which is

latin america danny is probably the best russian borders come into play in the russian premier league over the last ten years or so and france is a bear manifesto was correct. or was to be submitted. best player i mean they also say that they want to give preference to homegrown players russian based players but i think every team in the world would want to do that because it would be much cheaper but the fact is. russia don't produce enough good players i mean even brazil even top nations like argentina where you have to import players it's common knowledge even mention it real madrid they don't have players from just around mantra store madrid. because this is way before all has grown and has developed and of course many supporters have been in trouble before haven't they bad behavior there quite a few times i mean there was. a cup tie against. quite a few years ago when they were fined i think it's about thirty thousand euros for racist behavior towards black players there was an incident last season with the

fam was chucked a banana carlos and of course just this season they were they had to spend it and they were docked three points for a technical loss when a fan flew for a player on the pitch in russian premier league match against an arm of moscow so i mean this is a club which has a lot of problems of its fans but unfortunately it doesn't want to take any measures to try to control the fans behavior and of course you've got russia hosting the world cup in five years time how could this impact on their knees this attitude widespread among i wouldn't say it's massively widespread well it isn't it isn't so i think the problem is there's a group of around one hundred two hundred hard. he spoke to fans who are racist and you get this around the world you'll get this in the u.k. you get this in italy you get this in germany you just can't change them for education for whatever they will say the same the problem is you have a few thousand teenagers who go on to the matches and they don't know what they're doing so they copy what these. races fans are doing and what the club needs to do

is try to educate the teenagers the clubs the russian premier league the russian football union they need to get special players involved because teenagers will look up to these players and try and get. campaigns going in respect of a two thousand and eighteen world cup i think this is a massive opportunity for russia to try and tackle the point of racism because we're going to have a lot of people coming into the country ok ok we have to leave it there thanks for that. let's hope everything will be ok thanks very much as if i'm perfect while on the way our regular financial check up in washington with more on this.

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but afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are headlines for tuesday december eighteenth two thousand and one japanese funds are starting to invest in gold for the first time according to the wall street journal they're looking to mitigate the damage of market shocks and reduce the risks associated with currencies the paper says until recently they've invested in mostly domestic stocks and bonds will have more on metals with the gold antitrust action committees bill murphy and chris powell here in studio plus the as the sea has approved a j.p. morgan copper exchange traded fund reportedly the first one is backed by physical copper and received the go ahead despite opposition from companies that actually use copper and some lawmakers who opposed it too now the concerns are that it could allow speculators to squeeze the market increase prices volatility and undermine

price transparency for and dust cereal metal will discuss the impact and the newtown school shooting has unleashed tears tragedy and of course through talk of gun control and gun laws from the weapon use the bushmaster rifle to big business let's talk about the reaction from wal-mart to wall street let's get to today's capital account. the price mechanism is something we often talk about on this show and the role central banks around the world play in distorting it whether it's through central bank verb or q e or through private banks manipulating live or without question

markets are manipulated and prices distorted our next guest has been making the case for years that the precious metals markets are no exception you know it's a tough one though because there isn't a smoking gun per se of libel or with gold though we may see the queen of england touring the bank of england vaults as we did just recently and you see there what we don't get to see is transparent disclosure of the gold transactions of central banks in terms of their lease things swapping that sort of thing now that we may know of this the f.t.c. these investigations into silver market manipulation it's been ongoing for years still with no results but here to discuss some of the latest developments in precious metals in light of what we do know are bill murphy and chris powell of the gold antitrust action committee better known as gap time and they are together at the same desk in our studio which is just so exciting thanks so much for being here gentlemen good to be here alone great to have you so let's start with to.