dozens of. human rights groups. from the conflict. resolution to syria's bloody conflict. appear to agree that a transitional government should take. on the u.k.'s northeast feels the financial pinch the country. with.

worldwide news live. with me will receive it is good to have you with us today. has a couple sentences for dozens of people who took part in government rallies last year but the move has failed to satisfy local activists who are calling for the release of all political prisoners a human rights groups are urging the kingdom to stop using. torture interrogations and its continued crackdown on public gatherings. exactly who stands to benefit from two years of unrest. when it came to supporting calls for democracy in the middle east or north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence

leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave a very clear message for president which is it is time for him to go but when scenes of violent clashes between riot police and reform complain risk came from bahrain the definition of democracy shifted and rhetoric softened. in the summer of the us state department came up with a statement expressing its concerns over the human rights situation and alleged torture in bahrain this was only several months after washington had restarted weapons sales to this gulf state dissenters in bahrain have been directing anger at their government for months now stop arming the killers is a message they are more often sending out to the west some of the in bahrain blood is worthless and the libyan blood is more important it's just critical a stand so he had youssif often travels to europe to direct attention to what he

believes to be brutal repression in his country and he and others like him have managed to alert human rights organizations but that's as far as it goes they go clinton made a statement about bahrain about the human rights situation in bahrain and this. one protester was killed you know and show you that there is no impact on the ground we are a victim and behind because we live in a country they condemn the violence committed by the bahraini government against the peaceful to put this but that is still continuing for decades bahrain has been one of washington's closest allies in the gulf its naval base houses the u.s. fifth fleet and six thousand troops in a seemingly irreversible decision made decades ago despite a growing anti-american mood among some of bahrain's neighbors. if anything happens in the bush era plan or any of the other planners that there are allegations of a nuclear weapon being built we are very close to all of those sites and we have to

make the right decision in preventing any kind of catastrophe coming here we are or are not capable of doing that and that's why we turn to our friends and allies and officials firmly deny that washington plays a decisive role in preventing any revolution happening in bahrain even the bahraini government's information minister suggests the us main fact be playing a double game. i think the iranian opposition is a key ally of the us leader of the opposition and the terrorist members of the opposition have close ties with foreign embassies in bahrain we can leak some of the old many documents proving that if this is true then washington sitting comfortably it can quickly switch sides but for now the opposition in bahrain is left to wonder as to why calls to support democracy from some are less worthy of attention than others like see russia skee r.t. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. where she might have been executed on

wednesday that one knows because the deadline set by the syrian rebels to receive ransom for a captive ukrainian journalist has passed without word on what's happened civilians and the media are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of the twenty one month old conflict with rebels and the government trading fresh accusations of atrocities our middle east correspondent paula slayer explains. there is growing concern as to the fate of a ukrainian journalist. who was taken captive by syrian rebels two months ago in october now a second deadline has no hostile output ransom being paid what the rebel group holding who is asking for is some fifty million dollars they've accusing her of being a russian and a syrian spy and they've already released some two you tube videos in which she does appear it was an earlier deadline that was extended to wayne's day but as i say this has passed we are hearing from the ukrainian foreign ministry that it is

on involved in talks for her release but that they're not releasing any kind of information we do know that ukrainian journalists have directly been appealing and talking to the syrian opposition to release her and if not release to at least keep her safe until they do so now of course the rebels almost strangers to kidnapping foreigners but there are two russians who are currently being held captive they were taken out last week to moscow is trying to secure their release and then of course it was the n.b.c. crew that also managed to escape the rebel captives they would hope held for several days and they were also threatened with execution it's not just kidnappings that the rebels have increased but certainly they have increased the kind of violent activities they've been conducting there's been a flurry of videos appearing on you tube in which we've witnessed the rebels executing various people in some of the videos that prisoners are flying full good we've seen videos of them behaving people and we constantly hear reports coming out of syria with each side accusing the other of perpetrating calamities indeed what

we've witnessing happening in syria is a media war is a misinformation more that is increasingly difficult to verify the rebels themselves on not innocent in fact they target guilty as a lot of these as of yet unconfirmed videos so if you do suggest. now the international peace envoy for syria has been urging the creation of a transitional government to run the country until elections are held by russia's foreign minister has backed the plan at a meeting right here in moscow with the syrian delegation also saying at the time that the violence must come to an end. after international. who's been trying to call to put their weapons down he met with the president. later said that he had a positive feeling and that something good was going on according to speculation have discussed a peaceful transition of power which may include forming

a transitional government with representatives from both the syrian authorities and position mr brahimi is expected in the russian capital also on saturday has a good chance of mediating this since it's been in contact with the syrian authorities and with the opposition. president and the syrian government as the official power in the country. while the u.k. is on the tentative road to recovery but there are parts of the country certainly not sharing in the turnaround of people in britain's poorest region the northeast still feeling the bite there are three times more attempted suicides there than in the entire london area. want to see why the situation looks so pretty. as the old saying impressing gays it's grim up north it's a perception of life in some of the nation's other major cities recessions hit the

case hard it's been in the northeast where it's been felt particularly acutely. you know a common a recession and that is right. here i mean you know the very people who are living on the poverty line trade union leader about scott's furious with the government's decision to close sunderland's rentboy factory it's a government venture that began back in the nine hundred forty s. to provide employment the people with disabilities two weeks before christmas the government announced that they were going to close the package in factories and leaves a very bleak uncertain future for disabled workers killa stubbs was laid off from another rempel a factory back in april and accuses the government of forcing people out of paid jobs and on to a life of welfare we were told in the week before we left the factory.

jobs. yeah in fact just four people from his old factory found a job it's not the first time the northern workers have felt the first hand of a conservative government back in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the miners' strike and the margaret thatcher became a symbol of a divided nation this mining village in the living museum in the north east gives us a snapshot of the past three decades since margaret thatcher and her conservative government crushed the miners' unions the impact that her policies had on the north east was extreme and long felt and even today there are many people who still have a deep mistrust of the conservative government the conservatives reputation up here is one that's hard to shake and it makes it hard for them to get a fair hearing on any plans to regenerate so to find out more we decided it was time to pay a visit to number ten i was shocked at the level of understanding on the conservative

benches of how people who live in. the northeast. who. visit the areas very often and i think they have a completely different view of how people's lives of the government are accused of not understanding the north but isn't that your job to represent the things to be a fair bit of bickering that goes on among northern and. well i mean having an accent in the house of commons you know i've got quite happy ducks and but that sort of you get sneers when you have an accent and you speak in the commons from the government benches so that in itself is just an example of how the mismatch between the two sides of the government insists it's treating grace in the area seriously and his earmarks money for infrastructure projects targeting the northeast in particular but a legacy of let downs has left many northerners less than and see what we're

showing is. the government this is going to happen this is. it's a complete shambles so all in it together or a nation divided one thing seems certain that with many predicting an increase in unemployment and a triple dip recession for the the challenges of the year ahead looks to be testing times for everyone. r.t. sandland. and a ban on u.s. adoption of russian kids is about to be signed into law president putin is ready to put pen to paper in response to washington sanctioning russian officials those details that come your way shortly here on the program. also and you see taking a look back at how giuliana sons launched his groundbreaking interview show exclusively here on. our look back at one of the main stories of twenty twelve.

right. if you're from my generation or younger and you were born into the one percent that i have a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much higher salary later but now the system works in reverse many young americans studied very hard to not make any money at all around nine percent of americans with student loans have defaulted and at least nine but maybe up to eighteen percent are ninety days late with their payments given the situation the people at u.c. berkeley were nice enough to give away a million dollars in scholarships for everyone everyone that's an illegal immigrant yeah that's right if you're born in america then pay to jump the border and enjoy

the red carpet education treatment the people who would be getting the scholarships are mostly the children of illegal immigrants who spent many of their formative years in america and yeah i could see the logic that could be hard for them to get an education when the when they aren't citizens but they came into the country illegally it isn't taxpayers jobs to help them but wait berkeley a surprise of an institution so i guess they can give out the money to whoever they want whenever they want however they want but berkeley management if you're watching this i would really appreciate if you chose of finance. mercy to american citizens it isn't like they don't need the help but that's just my opinion.

of the time this is arts he with me rory sushi and why. president vladimir putin said that he will sign a ban on u.s. citizens adopting russian children the draft law as a response to washington's magnitsky act targeting russian officials are allegedly involved in human rights violations and with more on this sees every not going to school he says that he doesn't see any reason why i shouldn't sign it but he did mention that he should take one very close careful. on top of that however alleged

it was and has also mentioned that he is ready to sign the dead additional law which would. send children in the. out to provide enough security for the russian children who are being adopted by american parents and should another tragedy like this strike they don't want the russian children to suffer you know a lot of people see this as they get back at the americans for the so-called act which entails a list of people who are prohibited from ever entering the united states and their

financial assets in the country also are frozen now now said the minister was a russian lawyer who was imprisoned on charges of tax evasion and died while in custody that case has never seen any logical conclusion it is not possible at this point to say whether or not the people who are accused of being involved in the case are actually fault and should be blamed for his death. reporting right now refused to help the central african republic fight off the rebels that are closing in on the capital and. said paris is only protecting its own interests not the regime the local protesters are angry at a lack of action a target at the french embassy lawrence freeman of the intelligence review magazine says this is part of the. these developments do not occur overnight this has been brewing for years the french are playing

a very bad role and if they get become militarily involved again in the central african republic that's not going to be helpful african countries are going to have to move in and saudi's brown i think the french have a right to attack their embassy but beyond that if they become military involved it's not going to be helpful to the central african republic or any of the neighboring countries of the c.l.r. what's going on there is what's been going on in most of the countries in their region which is that you're very unstable governments these countries have never become sovereign the colonial powers france and to be require power britain have kept their finger on the resources of these countries and they basically have never allowed these countries to develop for government wins and they would develop the country for the people economically. this is russia now says the next generation of spacecraft design is ready. spaceship.

flying to the international space station. perhaps all the way to the moon and those details on our website. for you are. failing to live up to its claims of luxury the softer a defective the life of one man. i. can't speak.

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on. morning news today violence has once again flared up and police are the images for world peace and seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are old today. welcome back this is r.t. live from moscow let's get into it straight into the world update some of the global headlines for you in brief madrid's doctors and nurses once again on the streets calling for plans for privatized hospitals to be scrapped but the striking now for a fifth week in a row medical workers are also angry of a possible layoffs but many still unsure whether their contracts will be renewed next year spends government says the cuts and needed to maintain the health service through recession and countries regions are a total of one hundred eighty five billion euros and. the

opposition in egypt has dismissed president morsi as calls for dialogue he doesn't offer any real. it was on wednesday that morsi delivered his first national address after signing in the new charter hailing it as paving the road to democracy over the opposition insists the new constitution allows the islamic majority to form a dictatorship meanwhile egypt's prosecutor ordered an investigation into claims the opposition plotted to overthrow the regime. well the festive atmosphere has certainly been reaching new heights here with the crew enjoying their holiday spirit well after over our heads the team on the international space station held their traditional video conference with russia's father frost just ahead of the new year's celebrations though they are in a tight shot all over the next five months with experiments and space walks for now they're getting some free time on the upside during the holiday season.

now the afghan foreign ministry says the country has lost over seventy million dollars in taxes because foreign firms are linked to nato and not paying their dues the report says that tax dodgers rely on the u.s. led alliance to keep ball off their backs but political analyst and former afghan m.p. sultanzoy says local politicians are equally to blame what was going on in two thousand and one two thousand and two when the interim authority came to existence in this country they signed deals exempting some of these companies who are dealing with need to and i say and then. many other companies came and started. carpetbagging in backpacking. illegitimate gains in never paid taxes this is not new and this government will never have peace the guts to collect taxes from those row companies just in evasion alone. there are dozens and dozens of companies who

are bringing passengers and cargo to this country and who are bringing other goods and they have never paid any taxes they've never paid even landing fees in some cases they haven't paid or flaked fees this is just aviation and you can imagine in other fields of commerce in. fuel and transportation and logistics and security in other arenas in all arenas there are hundreds of millions of dollars every year there are scaping and this government also sometimes gives them some reprieve by reducing their taxes and exchange for bribes. now as a two thousand and twelve draws to a close we do continue to look at the events that shaped it today our news teams recall the launch of julian assange just show broadcast exclusively here on r.t. now that we can lease founder gave voice to a prominent figures ultimately shunned by the mainstream media when he was still

under house arrest and. it was right on the new year's eve when i went to london to see june and to discuss the news so. i'm julie in the sun. it's true when she wakes we've exposed the world secret police documents from the very beginning to decay moon high profile shows strong with a lot of it's as a boss or so we created this web page with a big video player and video feeds containing trailers teasers sneak peeks most shows tend to have a spike and then go down to both more it's online and you would hear keeps climbing in quite a quite

a study about i think the beauty of the story is that this was quite an important piece here in the julian assange show gains over a one million visits and views online and believe me for an interview show it's kind of an achievement never before that we had anything like that on t.v. when one person sitting on the house the rapture would give voice to quiet quite a few people around the world whose position of the world doesn't fit in the mainstream media picture. when i do stay with us here a lot safer more twenty twelve week old often elbow the last of two parts of our feature on america's most violent gangs that's coming your way in just a second. it

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