powered up to thrash out of your energy future president putin to me see you leaders of his first trip to brussels since retiring to the ground. turkey in town trade routes report on the drone campaign dividing gannon and why the country's leadership seems to be quiet about said aren't. you expelled already over a million goalkeepers being paid to be released during a song which promises durable secrets concerning every government in the world as he lays out his battle plan for twentieth thirteen and a christmas address from his embassy hideout in.

here will see live from moscow 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's the largest oil and natural gas exporter the twenty seven nation block but such a big partnership rarely comes without hurdles as an executor 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.

russel's 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 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 the never ending several standoff in syria and possible ways to answer the violence that were raised by russia's foreign minister and exclusive interview with l.c. sergei lavrov warns that they refuse in the western states to condemn violence

carried out by the rebels could lead to a dangerous fallout and also said that russia will never support their push for regime trying to syria and we also ask the foreign minister why in laser was so eager to deploy patriot missiles on take his border with syria and whether iran was the actual target and his will have to say well that's what that's what some people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media. really looks like it could be used against the real. and you can watch the school into you would soon be level here on monday. yemen's you as box president has assumed control of the country's ballistic missile also off to the military of rivals to his leadership it was fears that the army of would refuse to go along with the move on suring in more turmoil in

a country called between uprisings drone strikes and al qaeda going on now and 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 terrorists getting ready to attack america but very few think of yemen as a chokepoint of vast economic interests yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but it's sitting on one of the most important trade routes in the wall the bubble may end up straight most people have heard about the southwest canal world war three almost broke out over the canal right that's how important it is but bob amanda doesn't instantly ring a bell although it's basically an extension of this west canal and it is a similar strategic importance almost all of europe's trade with china japan india and the rest of asia passes through babel mendez every day that's how important it is some argue that washington sees terrorism in yemen as a problem in

a sense that it 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 you said city or the u.s. i think most importantly of course is access to the strait 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 a 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. the arrangement of 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 with 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 seventeen people they were in a cynic they did not deserve to die he wanted some way to go we were protesting a year for it to happen he left what we have now americans are coming to our land to kill or 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 abdullah high to shine was accused of aiding terrorists it was about to deal with 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 control in the waging the challenge here is something similar to what happened in. former yugoslavia when when they were looking for targets to bomb 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 said 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 organization 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 us friendly enough to allow the u.s. to bomb them as 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's one hour later it gets the sense that their government is serving its own interests and the interest of those thousands of miles away in washington i'm going

to check in. britain is sounding the retreat as the cost of conflict become too much to bat in a few minutes report on the u.k.'s rush to pull its troops from afghanistan because the bill's perving but indefensible on the home front. trot out we can mix and said julian assange says his whistle blowing web site is ready to reveal more gain train during data next share headrest his supporters and the media who have gathered outside the ecuadorian embassy in london where his been and scones for six months. after. the world's media and a lot of supporters have come out for him this evening also holding a candlelight vigil he called the tragedy 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 of ecuador it is he told that who had taken him in

and then he said that 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 who 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. democracy and more nikky unite in common purpose and common principle to design document and defeat in loon. act now two thousand and twelve being a busy year for wiki leaks he has written a book he's also made

a show 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 but he's certainly not resting on his laurels. germany's learning a hard lesson of illiteracy ahead around seven million people are struggling with basic reason and pricing will meet some of those who don't get the country's success. i never thought i could earn a living best way. to avoid is a lot more should just small arms so there's

a lot almost machine building ploy and not only a source to count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no way i'm so tired of shooting. the planet's history goes from making firearms during world war two to ballistic missiles from nuclear submarines during the cold war the bulk of the soviet industry was moved here in the 1940's to flee the advancing germans so i was here also became the heart of soviet military production closed off to foreigners for half a century it thrived on the massive moods of the soviet military when the u.s.s.r. collapsed but life here was shaken to the core but some adapted to better than others. this is the year old truck factory brushes the number of truck maker or gravel look at how well the workplace is organized everything's done to make sure the workers don't waste time waiting there was production is booming the

factory has largely managed to get on to civil rails blues johnson's sold around the globe hey i bet it's a brand new car wait for him to be delivered to acquire seventy trucks like this one roll up the bronx conveyor belt every day look about things that absolutely huge. well i'm no formula one pilot but hopefully if i can get up that. well i can go for a test drive. well i was falling back so should get one of these to travel to whatever in the morning but with the cost of about forty thousand dollars i should start saving my. choose your language. we can without any financial.

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solid home though is they most of us there was a regime that's underway and leaders cutting costs wherever they can point to point to has a story. seventeen billion pounds the british government has just revealed that that's been the cost of the so far eleven here of war in afghanistan now it was a very field at the same time as a clearer timetable was announced for troop withdrawals from the region but it's those seventeen billion pounds that are being spent that have been spent on them for the war on top of the existing defense budget which means that estimates for the final price tag for the afghan war might be something around twenty below office sounds and of course the u.k. is going to keep sending money to afghanistan after twenty fourteen they're going

to be spending 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 or sarah here at home that's going to continue until at least twenty seven hundred twenty eight hundred and the chancellor announcing that there's going to be extra welfare cuts and an extra ten billion pounds slashed from the welfare budget i'm joined by john hillery who's the executive director of the property charity bought one point eleven years later seventeen billion pounds down the line about money have been better spent elsewhere you could hardly really think of any worse with. today out here in britain we're seeing a normas cuts to government spending and to the welfare budgets about twenty five billion pounds in total which actually is almost the same as been spent in the war in afghanistan defense spending can be justified but this is seventeen billion

pounds over and above the existing british defense budget it's a completely unpopular war people in britain wanted the troops out people in afghanistan also wanted the troops out and now we're being faced with these massive cuts on top of that people are really angry about the fact that the war has continued already the defense secretary has said that parts of afghanistan won't be under government control and so that means a lot more questions from the british taxpayers about the eleven years fighting the war and the twenty billion pound price tag for at. to greece is largest banks could be in line for bailouts after reporting huge losses this year together they'll need about thirteen billion euros worth of loans to stay afloat and this is just days after the country's credit rating was raised six not years from selective default to the mine is the view which has been urging greek citizens to tighten their belts has already issued eighteen billion euros to keep the country's lenders afloat and its second bailout package back in may. that is resurgent and you need to

this time after the country's top prosecutor was during his resignation abraham pressured dredges not to release protesters 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 constitution which has split the country into its opponents think it's hey stand aimed at creating an islamist state. firefighters are still battling a massive fire on the outskirts of the nigerian capital after an oil pipeline exploded there monday is thought thieves trying to siphon off fuel caused the blast ahead of the nigerian national petroleum corporation which owns the pipes they were sent dry as a theft because seriously disrupt and interests applies to some parts of the country. and here's where you might want to head to if you were expecting the world to end it's

a small town in southern italy which range in group believes all survive any minor apocalyptic predictions do mongers have also descended on guatemala to mark what they think will be the end of the world and at nine thirty g.m.t. will report on how people around the world are preparing for the end of the mayan calendar with some turning supposed final hours and to profit. divine power in action activate the shotguns. i am and she says we need these we are under the control of those governing us he said we're at the service of a space mafia i found that on that day the magnetic field of the sun will be for us

to create the super got the stuff. after the second coming it will be a beautiful place it will receive its pure disco glory it will be a renewed world and it will be a beautiful place. full of the best. will stop this type emulation. it's good business for us it's kind of like being a doctor you know if there's a disaster businesses. better unfortunately. to become one of the walls industrial titans you need a workforce that's ready for anything but grim statistics in the heart of europe tremendous of adults are being left behind because they have trouble reading and writing has also his piece. germany and engineering giant

a footballing colossus a nation at the very forefront of modern european civilization and this if you 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. 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 are able to keep it covered up always making

excuses not to come out 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 but 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 and volved. from small local businesses to huge manufacturing giants they have. to give stuff with literacy problems flexible working hours so they can

attend classes. but 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 . if a bit is. 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 these are all over germany. the military is breaking the system just a few minutes. wealthy british style.

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the tough guys are now the marne today i want to talk to you about one of my biggest pet peeves speed cameras and it's not just because these cameras are becoming so frequent that there are almost no where you can go without being watched trucker data mine it's because of instances of drivers getting duped into the money that they don't know take for exams. one maryland driver just received a photo ticket for speeding one problem here the driver was stopped at a red light he was even driving at the time this picture was taken about this virginia woman who was fighting nine take it from the same speed camera and for each one she received notice the ticket fine had doubled without ever receiving the original ticket so perhaps these are mistakes we have to wonder specially when you know that in washington d.c. traffic cameras generated eighty four point nine million dollars in fines for the past year in fact a single camera was responsible for six point two million dollars of that total so

are these cameras really about ensuring safety or is it just about making money i'll let you be the judge of that. it looks like. you've never seen anything like this. so guys believe it or not we're now at the end of two thousand and twelve and looking back i have to say it was a monumental year to say the least gyptian zz were able to democratically elect their first president the afghanistan war continues at no end the global war on whistleblowers as quoted protests erupted in europe over proposed austerity measures and of course we saw americans reelect president obama for a second term and while it's important reflect on the events that have defined this past year in history it's equally important to take a look forward so to talk about what we can.