free is free. to free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free video god r.t. dot com. powered up just around child if you're obscenity future present pretend to me if you need isn't his first trip to brussels since returning to the ground and. tackling terrible trade routes a report on the drawn campaign dividing gehman and one of the country's leadership seems to be quiet about said. has already over a million documents being prepared to be released. sounds promises to reveal secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his battle plan for twenty thirteen and a christmas address from his embassy hideout in london. and

you saw russia and around the world this is all see with me hello and welcome to the program. continental energy issues are set to gather steam with president putin in brussels for talks with european union leaders russia is the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation blog but such a big partnership rarely comes without hurdles as on its explains. the media and the analysts are expecting a very interesting russia e.u. summit in brussels with the russian president attending it personally obviously the talks between. we will focus on the energy issues we know that russia has built already built several gas pipelines which will deliver the russian gas to the european continent but still there are some contradictions remaining between russia

and brussels with the latter of course accusing gas of breaking the rules of the market and now the very interesting part of the summit will probably be dedicated to the accusations from the european union of human rights violations in russia in particular. case and the recent law which was adopted in the united states and of course the law which was adopted in russia just recently just a couple of days ago as a starting response to the magnitsky law in the united states what is particularly interesting about this summit from the economic point of view is that it's happening i mean a financial crisis in the eurozone and some analysts the media have already been speculating whether this summit may eventually show if you want to see russia as a strategic partner in a very dark times it is going through right now or it wants to stick to rather difficult and difficult position on many issues with russia as we are as well as

the media analysts are expecting that putin will reconfirm russia's stance on the syrian conflict that it must be resolved at the negotiation table in full accordance with the international law this is something that has already touched upon during his annual press conference in moscow on thursday you know we're not concerned about the fate of assad's regime we understand what's going on there the family has been in power for forty years in undoubtedly there is demand for change . but we're concerned about what happens next in the country we just don't want ongoing strife between today's opposition if it takes power in the current government and if they become the opposition it can't go on forever so obviously will be in for a very long and interesting day and we'll be bringing up dates and all the latest information as we get it here in brussels a never ending civil standoff in syria and possible ways to end the violence were raised by russia's foreign minister an exclusive interview with sergei lavrov

believes nato has moved to deploy patriot missiles on the turkish border isn't only designed to protect against trucks from syrian territory this is just there are indications the systems may well turn out to be useful against iran and while talking about the push for a team trying to syria if foreign minister assistant that russia will play out. and not the business of regime change and some of the. regional players were suggesting to us why don't you tell president to leave we will arrange for. safe haven for him. my answer is very simple if indeed those who suggest that the stores have this in mind they should take a directly to president that's why shall they use us as postman. if president assad is interested this must be discussed directly with scheme.

so i want full interview with sergei lavrov here on monday. gammons u.s. bank president has assumed control of the country's ballistic missile arsenal after purging the military of rivals for his leadership and it was fears that the army would refuse to go along with the move trying in more turmoil in the country called between uprisings across tribes and al qaida go metric and now on what's at stake in yemen. as washington continues to make a moral case for its covert wars on terror yemen is presented as a place that is full of terry getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint the vast economic interests yemen is the poorest country in the middle the book it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the

bubble mend up straight most people have heard about the sou-s. canal well of course we almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amend that doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of the suez canal and is of similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes for babel manned up every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in a sense that he could have an adverse impact on economic interests at stake the united states wouldn't be engaged in such a conflict in yemen if it didn't hold very specific geo political and strategic necessity for the u.s. i think most importantly of course is access to this bob on monday straight which is one of the highest trafficked waterways in the world. the u.s. already has a vast military presence in the persian gulf to secure key oil shipping lanes under

the banner of chasing terrorists the u.s. is setting up new drone bases on the arabian peninsula including one in djibouti which is on the other side of the strait of babel and that the arrangement that the united states government has with the yemeni government is basically one of bribery we bribe them with money and weapons and in exchange we get to bomb their country was impunity. but it may be a dangerous proposition for the yemeni government because of the uproar this crisis caused among the population. an american plane bombed this place and killed seven. the people they were innocent they did not deserve to die he wanted so late to go we were protesting the year for it to happen he left what do we have now americans are coming to our land to kill us the journalist who shot these images of a two thousand and nine drone strike in yemen that killed fourteen women and twenty one children is now in jail abdul

a high to shine was accused of aiding terrorists it was about to be released but the yemeni government reverse this decision after a call from the white house because of the secrecy surrounding the program there was no way of knowing when the administration is out of target and some fear washington might continue the bombings to maintain controlling the region the challenge here is something similar to what happened in. former yugoslavia when when they were looking for targets to bomb in serbia prior to the dayton accords and the military. planners came to to richard holbrooke and they said well you know honestly we've run out of targets we've bombed everything and he's in holbrooke so we have to keep this bombing up and they say well before we've already had these stories to bomb them again find secondary targets because they needed to keep up the pressure now my fear is that in order to keep up the pressure on al qaeda or

its associated organizations the united states will explain you know its definition of who is a legitimate target washington is helping the current yemeni government in order for it not to fail and to be friendly to the u.s. friendly enough to allow the u.s. to bomb them of washington sees fit and friendly enough not to mess with this vital trade route but historically that kind of a prop by the united states is often led to alienating much of the local population that sooner or later gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interests of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going to check in. britain is sounding the retreat as the costs of conflict become too much to bear and the theme of this report from the u.k. is rough on its troops from afghanistan because the bill's proving indefensible on the home front. unbowed we can make sure that our son says his whistle blowing web site is a ready to reveal mole game changing day to next year headdress his supporters and

the media had gathered outside the ecuadorian embassy in london where he has been and this calls for six months. on staffers the world's media and a lot of supporters have come out for him this evening also holding a candlelight vigil he called the crowd when he came out a sight for sore eyes and then he mocked his six month in the embassy by talking about it saying that he entered the building and it's become his home and his office right to the principles like a door it is he will but you have taken him in and then he said but he is able to communicate to the people here unlike two hundred thirty two journalists who are currently in jail all over the world he named a few of them and he also spoke of bradley manning who have fruit is accused of leaking documents to wiki leaks and he said he saluted journalists and others to stand up to repression let's listen in to what he's got to say people often ask what can i do. the answer is not so difficult to learn how the world works

challenge the statements and intentions of those who seek to control us behind a facade of democracy and more nikki unite in common purpose and common principle to design build document and a fin learn. act now two thousand and twelve been a busy year fishing in ourselves out from wiki leaks he has written a book he's also made a show for r.t. and wiki leaks has continued to release documents but it seems that two thousand and thirteen will be no less busy a team have prepared a million documents which they promise to release with information that he says relates to every single government around the world and he also reiterated his plans to run for the australian senate so the message here is he might be cooked cooped up inside the at the syrian embassy base certainly not resting on his laurels germany is learning

a hard lesson of literacy ahead around seven million people are struggling with basic reading and writing so well those who don't get to share the culture success . on the march under guard teams men and women are walking one of the longest and probably the loneliest road in the world reacting the march into exile made by thousands of czarist russia. if i was here three hundred years ago i may have disappeared my local lord i may have deserted from the army or a variety of other crimes the result was the same what my fellow prisoners around me i've got a long and very cold walk ahead into exile in siberia it took them years to get their summers and winters entire years

a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of omsk discovered their living on the only surviving stretch of the original nine thousand kilometers of the siberian exiles track this had no modern changes made to it you're going to discover that he's descended from some of these exiles and decided to build a museum telling the story he and his reactors now receiving to us from all over the world to show them what it was like what these bodies were going to stop it's scary to put the shackles on of course it's interesting if we don't remember our history we will have no future we want is a monument to one of the czarist russia cruelest chapters. the city served as the capital of anticommunist white russian leader admiral culture shock in the civil war from one thousand nine hundred to nine hundred ninety last in residence he lived here to study of the man like the maintenance of this building has remained a taboo right up until the present day or we still receive hate mail saying that he

hanged a lot of people and was famous for severe punishment it's all true but it was at a time of civil war both sides were monstrously cruel it is sadly the theme of cruelty which links so much of our history to the rest of russia's particularly of exile where they were an apple or a criminal. this

is also the welcome back i've got astonished proving to be a problem britain can ill afford with a government providing a seventeen billion pound bill for the war so i thought what makes it even tougher to sell a home though is the most of us there was a regime that's under way and leaders cutting costs wherever they can point to boycott as a story. seventeen billion pounds the british government has just revealed that

that's been the cost of the so far eleven year war in afghanistan now it was a very deal that the same time as a clear timetable was announced for troop withdrawal from the region we're going to have u.k. troops lashed by about a half by the end of next year down to five thousand two hundred and then another large chunks of troops will be leaving by the end of twenty fourteen but it's those seventeen billion pounds that are being spent that have been spent on it for the war on top of the existing defense budget which means the estimates for the final price tag for the afghan war might be something around twenty billion pounds and of course the u.k. is going to keep sending money to afghanistan after twenty fourteen they're going to be sending something like seventeen million pounds for aid towards the afghan national security forces after twenty fourteen and this is all at the same time as the government announcing prolonged austerity at home that's going to continue until at least twenty seven hundred twenty eighteen along with cuts in every single

other government department now i'm joined by john hillery who is the executive director of anti poverty charities more on want seventeen billion pounds down the line about money have been better spent elsewhere you could hardly really think of any worse way of spending the money as you say if you pointed out here in britain we're seeing a norm is cuts to government spending into the world for budgets about twenty five billion pounds in total which actually it's almost the same as being spent in the war in afghanistan defense spending can be just after this is seventeen billion pounds over and above the existing british defense but you know it's a completely unpopular war people in britain want to the troops our people in afghanistan also want the troops out and now we're being faced with these massive cuts on top of what people are really angry about the fact that the waters continue already the defense secretary has said that parts of afghanistan won't be under government control and so back means

a lot more questions from the british taxpayers about the eleven years spent fighting the war and the twenty billion pound price tag for it. two of greece's largest banks could be in line for bailouts of their own also reporting huge losses this year together they'll need about thirteen billion euros worth of loans to stay afloat on this is just days after the country's credit rating was raised six not just from selective default to be mine it is the view which has been urging greek citizens to tighten their belts has already issued eighteen billion euro stickley because it was lenders afloat in its second bailout package back and by. this time after the country's top prosecutor was during his resignation talant a bring him to have pressured druggers not to release protest as opposed to president morsi his fate will now be decided by the justice minister egypt's preparing for a second round of voting on a controversial draft a constitution which has split the country into its opponents saying it's

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show millions of adults of being left behind because they have trouble raising and writing has also his piece on. germany and engineering giant a footballing colossus a nation at the very forefront of modern european civilization and this but when i was younger and my friends asked if i wanted to play football i was awaiting it even though i wanted to i was afraid that i might have to read something and that would reveal my problem that i couldn't read or write properly statistics from the ministry of education suggest around seven and a half million germans are functionally illiterate and that means that they can read or write single sentences but nothing more complex than that tim taylor fellner left school without the skills needed to get by in the world he turned to adult education and now works to help others. on the toughest part he says is getting people to confront their illiteracy it cloud there are plenty of people who

realize that they have problems you notice that in yourself but you try to hide it many are in denial they think they're ok and they're able to keep it covered up always making excuses not part of the closet or tim says large class sizes coupled with parents too busy at work to spend time reading at home has allowed some kids to slip through the cracks also under the radar as an estimated three hundred thousand adults who cannot read or write at all the government is running programs to try and tackle this but the numbers and rolling in courses is a drop in the ocean compared to the millions affected. and no one should leave school without the minimum required skills to function as a member of society this is a major issue and something we hope not only able to make sure doesn't happen in the future like to also help those who have problems now one program that is

looking to help functionally illiterate adults in and around the city of cologne has got employers involved. from small local businesses to huge manufacturing giants they have agree. to give stuff with literacy problems flexible working hours so they can attend classes get the plots it has been a very successful way of getting education to people who perhaps don't have that scientists and regular classes it benefits the employers as well they get to contribute to the local community and in return receive employees with more skills . a bit. despite the good work being done by programs like this one out of the estimated seven point five million functionally illiterate people in germany. only five percent are receiving any kind of education peter all of a germany after the raid his compass account prevails sunbonnet door money management on wall street and the deals that last seven traders to have of their

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afternoon most of the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday december twentieth two thousand and twelve in the u.s. as the fiscal cliff approaches reuters reports republicans are aiming to vote today in the house on a plan which obama promptly says he would veto meanwhile fitch has warned the u.s. could lose its aaa credit rating if washington doesn't get a deal to treat what we call economy no this may all feel like deja vu and maybe it will all turn out fine maybe it won't though where do you want to place your bets we'll talk to the daily reckoning eric brian and joe bowman about their choices was a german study finds paying taxes has a positive impact on a person's subjective well being no word on what the findings would bring in the west but if you are counting on taxation to make you feel like your quality of life is on the up and up state side we'll talk about some other economic options and the

opec of maple syrup has been robbed millions of dollars worth of the hot commodity has been stolen from canada's maple syrup cartel yes cartel i said maple syrup cartel and those are not my words that's according to the new york times we'll talk about it in loose change let's get to today's capital account. in the u.s. as we watch this fiscal cliff charade it honestly sounds just so much like what we were hearing during the debt ceiling debate of two thousand and eleven when lawmakers were bickering and another ratings agency was threatening to drop the u.s. is aaa credit rating and then it of course did now that was met with much fanfare

in the beginning but then not many direct consequences the dollar has strengthened against other currencies the u.s. has borrowed at record low rates since and maybe this whole fiscal cliff saga will play out in the exact same way and if another ratings agency in this case which downgrades the u.s. so what won't matter and with events that actually do change the contours of the game we don't actually know what these things will even look like until they happen and until they happen we have a really hard time entertaining the notion that they ever will like this i had a press conference today was represented steve king and louie gohmert we have a. grid no we won't we won't get downgraded of course not that's impossible.