we are being true to the stream of water are we are the grease used to love real syrian blood. for injured and become more heavily involved in this syrian conflict where the opposition pledges to carry on fighting in a rejection of president assad's new peace plan. also this hour 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 over the four glint islands. and the marking also expressed most and russia and around the world as people come into the churches on the same trolls prospects for celebrating.

international news live from moscow this is our see with me. hello and welcome to the program. the syrian opposition and western leaders have rejected a peace plan proposed by president assad and instead they are again demanding that he had to 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 but he pledged to continue fighting what he calls terrorist violence and urged foreign nations to stop funding his enemies assad's speech was punctuated with loud cheering from his supporters that his opponents dismissed their press as hypocritical political analyst marcus papadopoulos believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that talk continue fighting despite any peace proposal

it's very important to make this clear in particular to western audiences who are unfortunately not fred when it comes to syria the free syrian army is a lethal cocktail or various groups including many islamist groups and many groups linked to al qaida and the street free syrian army is of course backed by 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 questions have a reason now even in western nations supporting the rebels as to who exactly is fighting in the syrian conflict. 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 she left it last spring his clothes and art supplies are the only reminders she has of twenty one year old son. sami told his mother he was going to a conference in libya you couldn'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. that further proof came with the syrian t.v. report in which sami was betrayed him all the capture example fighters he talked about coming from tunisia to fight for the syrian people still explanation wasn't enough to please the minds of his parents if anything it made matters worse these

simply can't understand how intimately transformed into a jihadist notice all they do have seen this. year ago certainly began praying 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. official reports claim some four hundred out of the five. controlled by radical islamists and 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 foreign 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. yes it's known that for the last ten years most terrorist groups have tunisians in their midst some a job in belgium others have been killed in afghanistan but we know that a great number to millions have gone to syria recently and it's likely that the government was encouraging them to go by being silent about it if issues 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 this report published at the end of two thousand and twelve more 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 supposedly higher purpose but once they're on the ground the situation proves far more mundane. it's impossible for any arab cumbersome fighting in syria to be treated whoever gets injured dies i dare them to worry me a single arab got injured and treated in a field hospital we are being treated as cannon fodder we have the grease used to abrogate the syrian blood for them a city got to see despite its warnings many young men in tunisia still choose to go abroad to battle infidels in the name of allah it only goes cool r.t. in tunisia. anjan 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. as well. here with asked this 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 they're extremely clear if an attempt was made by argentina to retake the falkland islands that military treats would be the fluid by birth and 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 a president remaking leaves accusations that the falkland islands was 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 avis are doing 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 the cuts to travel that they're coming in this week it's chiefly that i'll go to the house of commons

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 where when actually was fighting our own battles here in the country on the remote screen nearly thirty years as we saw the end of the focus war it definitely has a very strong resonance with people here in britain that we seeing this this old me kick off again as i said we've had 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 the tween britain and argentina really heating up again it doesn't look like it's going away as david cameron's popularity at home is dropping some analysts say the renewed 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 in britain austerity is really biting people are very unhappy with what he's doing and so i think. cameron is very much hope that this will be the greenback the average of ninety two and the people's attention here from the very popular things that he's doing hope that this year to come up now is very timely because the government is well down of the opinion polls the government is really unpopular i can't recall it becoming so popular so quickly and so i think that he will want to keep this in the news headlines we see why he's reacted in such a sort of strong way. and this is still ahead it's not only enemy fire taking its toll on u.s. troops also mourning their own with the misery of war forcing more and more american soldiers to take that of. violence has

a bias against thread through the northern irish capital raising tensions between pro british loyalists and irish republicans on that later in the project while. 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 of protests yesterday i said who filed the complaint says their u.s. payments were all about preserving interest. which started this money might have been beneficial for both the american 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 arm are dealing with the brotherhood as a political authority is permissible both. before it's had even come to power is

not we also believe that the brotherhood run the cells tasked with provoking public rest and violence not protests but active member who quit the brotherhood spoke of such groups and carried out the operations for the muslim brotherhood benefit. of course there's more news heading your way after this short break. mission is free accreditation free in-store charges priests arrangements three. three stereotypes free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free medio dot harty dot com. the

world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. playing. more news today violence is once again flared up. saying these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are all of that. plane. this is all see live from moscow welcome back we continue the suicide rate in the u.s. army has rocketed of the number of those taking their own lives now higher than those who perished in battle and as he's going to check out finds out while the

government trumpets its military success stories they come at a high price going to be chills i thought i told tonight. oh another feel good moral boosting son of ghana that is the u.s. president is deliberately rocker's trying to convince the american people that the war was worth it when you're missing a birthday or you're missing a soccer game or or what you're missing give it a verse or those of us back home or able to enjoy it because you will see when soldiers 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 an environment you are not the same. team kenny came back severely wounded from a tour in afghanistan two years ago having spent ten months in combat the vehicle in which he was a gunner was blown up nine times when i got crushed by p.t.s.d.

i mean. i was suicidal you know. but i'm married with four kids and i just couldn't find a way to kill myself in some kind i actually did. 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 work killed in active service in afghanistan staggering statistics that's almost one a day when you or i think. i can't anymore risk my life. because they don't think america is back. to. 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 and me to be ready 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 is 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 you've been from when i was a ploy 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 everyone that we blame for nine eleven is dead or in jail. there is no

justification for this war. there's no reason that our brothers and sisters should die in the sand there is no reason that their children should go to sleep every night terrified of the next drone strike or the next move kicking down their door 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 because someone else would you start out with without a doubt yes these are painting speil soldiers 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 inspired 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 check out. and next hour sees console guests

trying to figure out how u.s. policy is defying the perception of the west in general and all the time cold war means now attacking drones are killing innocent people as well as the guilty you know there was a time when boreas story each other 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 and what america cause high level military targets nearly all the others who are civilians you talk about drone wars killing civilians the pentagon denies it the cia deny me the cia absolutely deny it but those are the core hard facts new york university and stanford university don't play me talk to them.

he did france and switch to russia in iraq over time with many branding him a traitor but some projects that movie star. is only leading what others will follow amid criticism that french policies are driving out this approach earlier my colleague what research shows poker also has shown told us about what russia the world's second most popular destination for migrants has to offer or need. 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 comes into effect in france that. market for france goes up to

seventy five percent certainly 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 if a 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 you look at the unemployment rate in russia only six point four percent the united nations is actually taking a moment to appraise russia's immigration policies and 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 don't forget you can always share your opinion on jeopardy go to france on his new russian citizenship at dot com and there's plenty more for you of course that make sure you go enough cash if you're planning to visit the pod it's now money only in vatican city after all credit card operations were suspended and a.t.m.'s were and should. last a buccaneers beware as an armed private fleet from the u.k. said so to protect shipping routes off the coast of west africa from pirates known that at all to drop.

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 jason walsh from the christian science monitor things the conflicts driven by the function that british protestants are losing ground to the growing catholic majority who mostly favor leaving the u.k. to form a united ireland. but first this traditionally throughout its history been a predominantly protestant and unionist city and their latest census results show that's not really the case any longer it's not slightly that's led to

a republican nationalist a majority or for the decision itself to fly the flag only on seventeen designated days a year taken on december third. reflects this change and that seems to be what's troubling loyalists rather than this like itself because in fact flying the flag simply brings into line with all the british government and civic buildings and let's check some other international news stories this hour at a time by two suicide bombers claimed at least five lies in southern afghanistan the taliban militants breached the government compound shelby guard dead and then detonated their explosives they were reportedly targeting local officials it happened in kandahar province one of the baathists a violent and the country believed to be a smuggling corridor to pakistan. five men accused of the brutal gang rape of an indian student that led have appeared in court for the first time

pretrial hearings have been charged with murder and the production a six suspect age seventeen is expected to be tried separately in a juvenile court the rape case sparks massive protests over the rising number of crimes against women named here. as truly authorities have started a search for up to one hundred people missing in areas hit by wildfires thousands more have been evacuated to safety winds and very high temperatures nationwide have provided optimal conditions for both fires to break out authorities warn the big strain we hold and dry weather is likely to continue throughout the week. as christmas celebrations in western countries are now over for follows of the also next chance around the world the seventh of january marked the biggest day of celebration that includes many millions in russia and the country's main cathedral has been packed out to mark the occasion of his tongue bite on our pool here at

the christ the savior cathedral the main cathedral in the russian capital in churches and cathedrals both here across russia and also docks communities across the world it isn't a fact christmas it would be awful lot church in the in the crisis a victory speech worshippers have kept in. in to listen to the liturgy chanted and to listen to 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 old 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. and just ahead kate partridge told me here to bring us up to date on what's going on in the world of sport.

crime is a plague of the big cities but in a tiny arkansas town of twenty five thousand it is really getting out of hand pure gold is a property crime index of more than double the national average and rape burglary and assault are also way above average poor poor gold is a dangerous place to live in but what's the answer to living in constant fear of criminals well the mayor thinks that the answer to that problem is to live in constant fear of the government how logical the mayor and police chief have a doorstop plan to send out police patrols with a ar fifteen and full swat armor to i guess intimidate the local population into submission well actually the plan is for them to stand around it ask people an important question ask them to show id the answer to crime isn't a police state sending guys out with automatic weapons and body armor around just to check people's id like it's the berlin wall or something won't do anything

a guy who breaks into your house for crystal meth money isn't going to be affected by this only the good average citizens will have to show an armed thug of their id just to go buy milk but that's just my opinion. the streets. will. able to.

run a very late. hello welcome to the r t sports show thank you for joining me k. contracts and here's just a taste of the stories to come. out tricare i would be and i find me looking set to

end yet any math in school is his second the trouble and alexander ovechkin is also on target in the. while all growing up when talking to russian tennis player andre close knit saw him as the former wimbledon boys champion gets his maiden victory on the gruelling a.t.p. tour. and from pool to school after winning every available title record breaking synchronised swimming anastasio babied about moves on to try and the next generation of russia's stance. but let's start on the ice where the n.h.l. lockout could be over after owners and players reached a tentative deal on sunday some of russia's biggest stars then may soon return overseas but still produce key performances in this week's as robert rather neon reports. all the new year has brought the good chill new litters. again with sixteen so the elements because joris in the course of their gay.