we are being treated the same on the border we have the grease you still love ricky's the syrian blood for and your heart is become no heavily involved in this iran conflict so what the opposition pledges to carry on fighting and the rejection of president assad's new peace plan. a war of words between britain and argentina but could it turn into a real war the u.k. prime minister says he is ready to fight to keep control of the default went on and . on and make marking all for christmas in russia and around the world as people packed into churches and cathedrals for special celebration.

this is all c. coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. plus the syrian opposition and western leaders have rejected a peace plan proposed by president assad and instead they are again demanding that he should go in a rare t.v. address bashar al assad offered a national dialogue and a constitutional referendum to end the nearly two years civil conflict where he pledged to continue fighting what he called terrorist widens and urged foreign nations to stop funding his enemies assad speech was punctuated with a loud cheering from his supporters but his opponents dismissed the address as hypocritical political analyst and marcus papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that will continue fighting despite any peace

proposals. so really for now or various groups including many islamist groups and many groups linked to al qaida and the free free syrian army is of course back to follow it certain countries in the west and certain countries in the region and the free syrian army has been responsible for. terrorist attacks in the last couple of years in syria but ultimately it's got to be america turkey saudi arabia qatar they've got to stop supporting the militants people who are ideologically speaking the same people who brought about the terrible attacks in new york washington and london madrid and bali. and we do apologize for some sound problems earlier on now questions how i reason even western nations supporting the rebels as to who exactly

is fighting in the syrian conflict. now takes a closer look at how this standoff is attracting competence from far beyond the country's borders. she keeps her son's room exactly the way he left it last spring his clothes and art supplies are the only reminders she has of twenty one year old sami. sami told his mother he was going to a conference in libya you wouldn't stay more than one week to ten days he went in for the whole week that he stayed there he called home every day he called in the twenty second of march and said he's coming back to tunisia but never arrived at the beginning of april i got a skype call telling me my son was captured on the border as he was crossing from turkey to syria in a group of fighters. further proof came with a syrian t.v. report in which sami was featured among the captured rebel fighters he talked about coming from tunisia to fight for the syrian people still the explanation wasn't enough to ease the minds of his parents if anything it made matters worse they

simply can't understand how intimidating man transformed into a jihadist. they do have. a year ago suddenly began training and i was very happy because i'm a muslim and i thought it was a good thing. maybe after that he started going to a mosque and heard something that made him go off to syria. official reports claim some four hundred out of the five thousand mosques in tunisia are controlled by radical islamists who call in their followers to take part in jihad in foreign countries the exact number of tunisians fighting in syria or libya or iraq is not known but the families and friends of those who went off to fight in a for land are saying that even one death is already one too many especially for those who are fighting a foreign leader in a different country the government says that they're watching the situation closely

but relatives of those who have died are not convinced they believe that the government's silence is as good as a green light for the impressionable youngsters. like. it's known that for the last ten years most terrorist groups have tunisians in their midst somebody in belgium others have been killed in afghanistan we know that a great number of to millions have gone to syria recently and it's likely that the government was encouraging them to go by being silent about it the officials know about these things but don't say anything these fighters went to libya then they went to syria by way of turkey we're talking about more than one hundred tunisians already killed in fighting in syria. this statement is supported by united nations human rights investigators whose report published at the end of two thousand and twelve warned of an increasing number of fighters pouring into syria investigator said people from at least twenty nine different countries are fighting alongside

syrian rebels most of them are sunni's hailing from neighboring countries but some have come to syria from this far away as america and europe they get called in for a supposedly higher purpose but once they're on the ground the situation proves far more mundane. it's impossible for any arab combat some fighting in syria to get treated whoever gets injured dies i dare them to bring me a single arab who got injured and treated in a field hospital we are being treated as. we are the grease used to love brigade that using syrian blood got this despite its warnings many young men in tunisia still choose to go abroad to battle infidels in the name of allah it only goes go r.t. in tunisia. tina has told the british prime minister to make jobs not war in a robust response to his comments about the falkland islands david cameron said the u.k. military is ready to fight for the disputed territory sparking concerns there could

be a repeat of the armed conflict between the two nations thirty years ago a surface has more for us. here with our says question in an interview whether britain would fight to keep the falkland islands and prime minister david cameron saying of course we would say he made his position there extremely clear if an attempt was made by argentina to retake the falkland islands that military treats would be the fly by person so absolutely very clear on that very strong rhetoric coming from the prime minister a view that issuing this comes on the back of argentina as president re making these accusations that the falkland islands is stolen from argentina by britain i think she called it a nineteenth century colonialism and i think some concern for people here today that you know this is something that is very much focused on in the course of the interview this was some of the strongest statements of course perhaps a discharging a little bit some of the other very important issues that are happening on a national level at the moment here in the country we've got very close to trial

senate there coming in this week various cheese day that are going to the house of commons so as a very important issues here at home at the moment of course a lot of people say we're talking about fighting a war somewhere else when it when actually was fighting our own battles through in the country on the remote screen nearly thirty years since we saw the end of the focus war it definitely has a very strong resonance with people here in britain but we seeing this result in the kickoff again as i said you have very strong comments from the president in argentina is also of course commenting much more recent argument again because it's been discovered that there are large oil reserves of course i think that's really going to play a big part in seeing this contest over the islands between britain and argentina really heating up again it doesn't look like it's going away. and as david cameron's popularity at home was troll things some analysts say there were news debate over the falkland islands could be used to distract attention away from

issues the government is failing to address but david cameron it's a great issue that it's come up again because the economy here is in dire straits and austerity is really biting people are very unhappy with what he's doing and so i see that cameron is very much open. to the greenback the average of ninety two and the people's attentions here from the very are popular things that he's doing at home but for this issue to come up now is a very trying read because the government is well down of the opinion polls the government is really unpopular i can't recall it becoming so on popular so quickly and so i think that he will want to keep this in the news headlines because why he's reacted in such a sort of strong way. so we have for you this hour it's not only an enemy fire taking its toll on u.s. troops but also mourning their own there was a mystery award for see more and more american soldiers to take their own lives.

and violence has once again spread through the northern irish capital raising tensions between pro british loyalists and irish republican small that of late and the progress. egypt's muslim brotherhood is accused of illegally accepting hundreds of millions of dollars from the u.s. government before even coming to power a group of egyptian lawyers has triggered an investigation also saying that the brotherhood funded armed cells that sparked violence that protest yes are saved and who filed the complaint said the u.s. payments were all about preserving interests. much darker this money might have been beneficial for both the merican side promises support for the muslim brotherhood while they in turn promised to secure american interests in egypt namely a u.s. air force base in the province of. dealing with the brotherhood as

a political authority is permissible for funding it before it's had even come to power is not we also believe that the brotherhood run cells tasked with provoking public unrest and violence are protests a form active member who quit the brotherhood spoke of such groups which carried out operations for the muslim brotherhood benefit. with more news in just a moment. a nation free credit patient free in-store charge of free. range month three. free stereotype free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media john darche dot com.

well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. good to have you with us let's move on now the suicide rate in the u.s.

army has rocketed with the number of those taken own lives now higher than those who perished in bottle and he's going to find sound while the government trumpets its military success stories they come at a high price going to the trials so quickly it's on. another feel good moral boosting speech on. the u.s. president has delivered many of those rockers trying to convince the american people that the war was worth it when you have a sort of birth but or you're missing a soccer game or or what you're most are going to have a verse or those of us back home or of a good joint it's because you. told us come back home they missed much more than that their own selves once you go into combat you know what you people and what you spent a year and that are going to environment you are not the same person tim kenny came back severely wounded from a tour in afghanistan two years ago having spent ten months in combat the vehicle

on which he was a goner was blown up nine times when i got crushed by. i was suicidal you know i mean but i'm married with four kids and i just couldn't find a way to kill myself and some kind of accident that my family wouldn't have to suffer he was able to step back from the brink but many of his fellow servicemen were not so fortunate. more american soldiers committed suicide last year than were killed in active service in afghanistan staggering statistics that's almost want to day when. i think. i can't cope anymore. because they don't think i'm a. normal society. officials in washington seem to be trying to present afghanistan as

a success story while for those coming home it looks anything but that they do put lipstick on a pig or cancer to speak they take real you're in pain. for the mainstream media in the us with their everything military their questioning of the cause of the war usually comes down to this sort of makes you the most proud about what you've done here a mindset this testily perpetuated that the ends justify the means while those ends are often identified in abstract terms like freedom and security what have we got us we've got quite a bit i mean honestly the afghan people even from when i was appointed in iraq and all three during the invasion you could see the iraqi people and the afghan people starting to do stuff on their own having more freedoms and stuff like that stuff like that also includes almost twenty thousand afghan civilian deaths and drug production which has gone through the roof since coalition troops have been in the

country accounts like this never make it to mainstream airwaves neither do major u.s. news channels dwell on the subject of the afghans overwhelming desire to see american troops out of their country instead another success story on t.v. but there was another war the war on terror continues and go somewhere else would you still go without and without a doubt yes these are paintings by a soldier's mother who was petrified her son would be deployed he never was and she counter self lucky but the fear caught up with her and it's. this series of paintings her reflections on those who returned wounded physically or emotionally reflections that clash with the mindset that human suffering should be the price you have to pay for a cause in washington i'm going to strike out. and later on today are seen as cost of gas trying to figure out how u.s. policy is defined the perception of the western general and all the time cold war means now it's a. great killing innocent people as well as the guilty you know there was

a time when warriors story sure the face to face them was never a good thing sometimes it's inevitable i don't blame the west for using drones it's an exclusive the worst of course all people use them only two percent two percent of those killed are what america cause high level military targets nearly all the others who are civilians you talk about drone wars they're killing civilians the pentagon denies it the cia deny me the cia absolutely deny it but those are the core hard facts do york university and stanford university don't blame me talk to them. we've. now reached france and so wish to russia and iran of attacks with many branding him

a traitor but some projects that movie star. is only leading the others will follow amid criticism that french politics are drowning out the super rich and my colleague spoke to our own thomas about what russia the world's second most popular destination for migrants has to offer a new comer. let's look at the taxes and that's the question at hand right now if you look at russia at the current laws we have a flat tax rate here of thirteen percent in fact france and germany they both have complicated tax codes if you look at france forty one percent right now up to forty one percent in germany up to forty five percent as opposed to russia's thirteen percent but if this new law comes into effect in france that. march for france goes up to seventy five percent of that when it comes to the global meltdown that we've been seeing for years particularly twenty twelve was not a good year for the eurozone or for much of the world indeed but somehow russia managed to avoid the global economic crisis and that is certainly the case in fact

it is one of the brics countries which means it is one of the emerging markets in the world but if you look at what's been happening around europe in fact in the past year we've been seeing austerity protests we've been seeing people come into the streets who are looking for jobs and in fact the unemployment rate's if you look at greece twenty six percent if you look at the e.u. in general the average there eleven percent if you look at the unemployment rate in russia only six point four percent the united nations that actually taken a moment to appraise russia's immigration policies that what's what's that about well certainly if you look at the numbers the most recent numbers in fact show that russia is the second most desirable country for immigrants to come to only second to the united states in fact in fact it can be a little bit confusing because people look at the numbers about moscow being one of the most expensive cities for ex-pats to live with that's for ex-pats and it is true things here it is a big city it can be expensive but if you look at average cost of food it's cheaper than the rest of europe much cheaper to live here for gas prices as well i think

that the real reason people come here is that you get two christmases and you get two new year's. and do not forget you can always share your opinion on deborah deers five o two france and his new russian citizenship but. there's plenty more for you at the moment right now that make sure you go enough calcul planning to visit the money only in vatican city after all credit card operations were suspended and a.t.m. zor entered. the buccaneers beware as an armed privately from the u.k. set sail to protect shipping routes off the coast of east africa from pirates most .

in northern ireland hundreds have again clashed with police in belfast over the weekend in protest of the decision to fly the british flag only on designated days and jason walsh from the christian science monitor things the culprits driven by the function that british protestants are losing ground to the growing conflict majority home mostly free but leaving the u.k. to form a united ireland. but first this tradition throughout its history been a predominantly protestant and unionist city and the latest census results show that's not really the case any longer it's not slightly it's like a republican nationalist a majority or we could wish for the decision itself to fly the flag only on

seventeen designated days a year taken on december third. reflects this change and that's usually what's troubling loyalists rather than the flag itself because in fact flying the flag they simply bring it into line with other government and civic buildings. and let's not check some other international news this hour and that's how vital a suicide bomber's has claimed at least five lies in southern afghanistan the taliban militants have breached the government compound shelled the guard dead and then detonated their explosives they were reportedly targeting a local officials it happened in kandahar province one of the most violent in the country and believed to be a smuggling coley daughter pakistan. australian authorities have started a search for up to one hundred people missing in areas hit by a wildfire as thousands more have been evacuated to save see winds and very high temperatures nationwide have provided optimal conditions for brush for bushfires to break out authorities warned that the extreme really hot and dry weather is likely

to continue throughout the week. security forces in the philippines have gone down thirteen suspected gang members who were trying to break through a highway tried point while firing at guards at least three police personnel were among the gunman and the talks are thought to be a case where criminal syndicates plot a bank robberies using security forces and corrupt politicians. yes christmas celebrations in western countries are now over for follows of the also look around the world the seventh of january monks the biggest day of celebration that includes many millions in russia and the country's main cathedral has been a child to mark the occasion he is told but an hour. here at the course to save you cathedral the main cathedral in the russian capital in churches and cathedrals both here across russia and in all three docs communities across the world it isn't fact christmas it could be offered up church in the in the crisis

a few cathedral worshippers have popped in to take part in to listen to the liturgy chanted and to feel the presence of of the spirit of christmas eve which is here celebrated on the sixth to the seventh of january not the twenty fifth of december because of the use of the julian calendar here but the all russian orthodox church rather than the gregorian calendar in other countries after the soviet union which is just over the end of the soviet union just over twenty years ago there was a a large gap in the number of believers after that long atheist period and even today most russians don't strictly observe the russian orthodox christmas for most russians new year is the real celebration but there is a significant number of of strict religious observance of the russian orthodox faith and for them this is an immensely special night indeed for them just as for

most russians on new year's eve at large banquet is held many big dinners held and it's also a time for them to go to their church to take part in what is one of the longest services in the russian orthodox calendar but also. in the view of many believers and observers of russian orthodox faith one of the most beautiful services. take a trip to the heart of russia's corridors of power with i'll see our grand tour of the kremlin begins right after this short break.

join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourist you're going to meet some real crime insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. .

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from a bird's eye view the oddly shaped triangle formed by moscow's kremlin could be seen as the heart of russia a small state within a state these red walls have been protecting moscow's kremlin for more than five centuries so to be a good idea of its size so we decided to actually go around it before going inside we must start right here at this basket our time you watch. things stand over the kremlin walls is over two kilometers and if you want to go around it you better go real fast because the winters in russia

a really cold it's minus ten today. the first kremlin was built south of woods a couple of times before being rebuilt in white stowed. three hundred years later the walls in a tower square faced with the famous red rake but if you actually pulled away the red brick you would see a wall as whites as a bridal gown and some of those walls are almost six meters thick. right here on the red square was a depend moat filled with water and together with a ring of twenty towers made the kremlin and inaccessible fortress known around the world. stopped to watch now the town clogged.